0:00:05 > 0:00:08Tonight at Ten: A special report from Yemen, where millions
0:00:08 > 0:00:15of lives are now threatened by famine and fighting.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17In the capital, school children suffer - in endless airstrikes
0:00:17 > 0:00:20by the Saudi-led coaliton.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22And in the vast camps for the displaced, we see
0:00:22 > 0:00:30the consequences of aid supplies being blocked.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33The war here has created so much misery, with lives disrupted.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And the recent escalation of the conflict mean that many more
0:00:35 > 0:00:37people will be relying on the kindness of strangers,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39just to survive.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42We'll have the latest on the UN warnings of
0:00:42 > 0:00:44a humanitarian catastrophe.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Also tonight:
0:00:47 > 0:00:50A firearms dealer has been found guilty of supplying guns and bullets
0:00:50 > 0:00:56linked to more than a hundred crimes, including three murders.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59The scene in the House of Commons, as Parliament starts to look
0:00:59 > 0:01:03in detail at the legislation that will lead to Brexit.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Six months after his election win, we ask France's President Macron
0:01:05 > 0:01:10for his views on Trump and Putin.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12£17 billion - the annual cost of wasted food,
0:01:12 > 0:01:18as campaigners say that it's time for much tougher measures.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20And Denmark have ended the Republic of Ireland's hopes of reaching
0:01:20 > 0:01:24the World Cup finals.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27And in the Sport on BBC News:
0:01:27 > 0:01:30England continue their World Cup preparations with a glamour tie
0:01:30 > 0:01:33against Brazil's Samba Boys at Wembley.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Good evening.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The United Nations is warning that the desperate humanitarian
0:01:58 > 0:02:02crisis in Yemen is worsening, and that unless aid is allowed in,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05millions more lives will be at risk.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08The crisis began in 2015, when Houthi rebels -
0:02:08 > 0:02:10backed by Iran - ousted the President and took control
0:02:10 > 0:02:13of parts of the country.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17A coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, then began a campaign of airstrikes,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20to try to restore the government.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Two years on, extreme hunger and disease are killing an estimated
0:02:23 > 0:02:27130 children every day.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29The conflict has left 80% of the country in need
0:02:29 > 0:02:32of humanitarian aid.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Seven million people are fully reliant on food aid,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38much of which is now not able to get through because of a blockade.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41From Yemen, my colleague, Clive Myrie, sent this extended report.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47This is a story about war and its humiliations.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50The stripping of dignity.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53But it's also about the desert trek to safety.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57It's a story of survival.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08There's panic at a school in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11A city under Houthi rebel control.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14FRENZIED SHOUTING
0:03:14 > 0:03:17A Saudi-coalition air strike targeting a nearby building has
0:03:17 > 0:03:22blown out the school's windows.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25In this conflict, death can come from the air at any time -
0:03:25 > 0:03:30for kids, as well as soldiers.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33What began as a civil war has become a proxy struggle
0:03:33 > 0:03:37between Saudi Arabia, backing Yemen's government,
0:03:37 > 0:03:42and Iran, alleged to be backing the rebels.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45The Houthis claim this is a bomb from the attack that didn't explode.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Several countries, including the UK and America, have sold billions
0:03:50 > 0:03:57of pounds' worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia during this war.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02Apart from arms dealers, this conflict has no
0:04:02 > 0:04:08winners, and civilians are the biggest losers.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Imagine what those displaced by the war are running from,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14if this is what they're running to.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Dusty, makeshift desert settlements across Yemen,
0:04:16 > 0:04:21home to three million people and counting.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23But it's a pitiful existence in a place like this,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27in the middle of a pitiless war.
0:04:27 > 0:04:34Only the most basic shelter protects from the unrelenting sun
0:04:34 > 0:04:35and the sand of the desert.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Yemen, already the Arab world's poorest nation,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39is now on its knees.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42An estimated seven million people are facing starvation.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48This is a man-made calamity that shames the world.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50The war here has created so much misery, with lives
0:04:50 > 0:04:56disrupted and destroyed.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59And the recent escalation of the conflict means that many more
0:04:59 > 0:05:01people will be relying on the kindness of
0:05:01 > 0:05:06strangers, just to survive.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09This woman and little Ayeeshia, who is seven months old,
0:05:09 > 0:05:15fled their home the night the bombs fell.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17TRANSLATION:It was like thunder and lightning in the sky.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20We were scared and took our children, but left
0:05:20 > 0:05:22everything else behind.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23We don't have food.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Our men don't have jobs.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30They go to market looking for work, but when they come back
0:05:30 > 0:05:36with nothing, the children cry.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Aden is one of the ports at the end of an aid pipeline
0:05:39 > 0:05:43that helps sustain more than 21 million people here.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46That's three quarters of the population.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50But it's a precarious humanitarian operation.
0:05:50 > 0:05:56Saudi Arabia controls Yemen's borders.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58A blockade has already seriously affected aid flowing into ports
0:05:58 > 0:06:00in rebel-held areas in the North.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And the harbour at Aden, here in the south, can be shut down
0:06:03 > 0:06:07at a moment's notice.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Saudi Arabia says sealing this country's borders will cut the flow
0:06:10 > 0:06:12of weapons to rebel forces, but aid shipments can be
0:06:12 > 0:06:14searched and verified, so why prevent all goods
0:06:14 > 0:06:18coming into Yemen?
0:06:18 > 0:06:24Well, using aid as a weapon of war is nothing new in this conflict.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28The Houthi rebels have themselves been accused
0:06:28 > 0:06:36of blocking aid convoys, so despite warehouses full of food,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40millions are at risk of starvation.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Aid workers acknowledge this is a dirty war,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44where both sides have questions to answer.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47They have their own tactics - to use the aid we are bringing
0:06:47 > 0:06:50in to the people, either to prevent it from people or give it
0:06:50 > 0:06:52to the people that they favour.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54For sure, that is how they use the aid.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56And if we cannot reach people to give them this food,
0:06:56 > 0:07:02then definitely, they will die.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Civilians in this war are forgotten people,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09pawns in a great game, victims of a conflict
0:07:09 > 0:07:11that they didn't create.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13They've done nothing wrong, their only crime
0:07:13 > 0:07:18was being born here.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Clive Myrie, BBC News, in southern Yemen.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet,
0:07:26 > 0:07:31is in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Can we talk about this blockade imposed by the Saudis and how they
0:07:35 > 0:07:42try to justify it?Well, just to Mako weeks ago, the senior Saudi
0:07:42 > 0:07:45officials said they were going to trying to find a way out of this
0:07:45 > 0:07:48crisis that was costing too much and there was supposed to be a meeting
0:07:48 > 0:07:53in London today involving some of the main actors, including the
0:07:53 > 0:07:56United States, to accelerate steps towards a political solution to this
0:07:56 > 0:08:01crisis. That came to an end on November four when the Houthis fired
0:08:01 > 0:08:07a long-range missile from neighbouring Yemen, intercepted over
0:08:07 > 0:08:11the International Airport at Riyadh and the Saudis said it was
0:08:11 > 0:08:16tantamount to a declaration of war and it had Iranian markings on it.
0:08:16 > 0:08:22This is not about Yemen and its suffering, it is an escalating boxy
0:08:22 > 0:08:26war between Iran and Saudi Arabia and proxy wars across this region,
0:08:26 > 0:08:33as always, with them, politics comes before people.And do you detect any
0:08:33 > 0:08:39signs that the Saudi approach may change?Well, there has been this
0:08:39 > 0:08:44huge international outcry which has put mounting pressure on Saudi
0:08:44 > 0:08:50Arabia and its allies to lift this punishing blockade devastating
0:08:50 > 0:08:54people. And yesterday, Saudi diplomats said they would start to
0:08:54 > 0:08:58ease the blockade and open the ports. But only in areas which are
0:08:58 > 0:09:03not controlled by the Houthis, including the main port on the red
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Sea, Aden, a vital lifeline for United Nations aid which is
0:09:07 > 0:09:11desperately needed now. The Saudis say there has to be a new inspection
0:09:11 > 0:09:17system because they see it as the main entry point for the Houthi arms
0:09:17 > 0:09:20and ammunition smuggled from Iran. The UN said the night there simply
0:09:20 > 0:09:25is no time for a new system, the system has to work, they say,
0:09:25 > 0:09:32because every extra day is a day too March, when millions of Yemenis are
0:09:32 > 0:09:36desperately in need.Thank you very much, from the Saudi capital,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Riyadh.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42We'll have another report tomorrow night on the plight of those
0:09:42 > 0:09:46without food in Yemen.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48And tonight, Clive will be answering
0:09:48 > 0:09:50questions you might have - in an online
0:09:50 > 0:09:51question-and-answer session.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52That's getting under way now.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55You can contact them via the details at the bottom of the screen,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58using the hashtag - BBC News Ten.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01A dealer in antique firearms has been found guilty of supplying guns
0:10:01 > 0:10:04and ammunition that have been linked to more than a hundred crime scenes,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08including three murders.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10A jury at Birmingham Crown also convicted Paul Edmunds -
0:10:10 > 0:10:12who's 66 and from Gloucestershire - of smuggling banned handguns
0:10:12 > 0:10:15from the US and perverting the course of justice,
0:10:15 > 0:10:20as our correspondent, Sima Kotecha, reports.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Paul Edmunds - a former antiques dealer, an expert in guns,
0:10:23 > 0:10:30enabling him to make bullets from his house in Gloucestershire.
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Inside, police discovered 100,000 rounds of ammunition
0:10:31 > 0:10:38in three separate armouries, along with almost 200 guns.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Bullets were found scattered around his bedroom and attic.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Today, following a six-week trial, Edmunds was found guilty
0:10:42 > 0:10:44of supplying guns and home-made ammunition to gangs
0:10:44 > 0:10:49across the country.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52The 66 year old made bullets for firearms that were classified
0:10:52 > 0:10:57as antiques and then sold them for a hefty profit.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59He supplied them to his accomplice, 56-year-old physiotherapist
0:10:59 > 0:11:05Mohinder Surdhar, who admitted selling them on to gangs.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Officers said the two men were the gun world's equivalent
0:11:07 > 0:11:10of the main characters from the TV show Breaking Bad.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12These weapons and ammunition have appeared at over a hundred
0:11:12 > 0:11:18crime scenes in the UK between 2009 and 2015.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22This involved murders and other serious crime.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24He abused his position and he abused his knowledge
0:11:24 > 0:11:26of ammunition and firearms.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Undoubtedly, this operation - which began in 2014 -
0:11:31 > 0:11:34has saved many lives, as we have been able to stop
0:11:34 > 0:11:36what was a major supply route of these firearms and ammunitions
0:11:36 > 0:11:39onto the streets.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42The pensioner's bullets were found at the scenes of fatal shootings,
0:11:42 > 0:11:43including the murder of Kenichi Phillips,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45in Birmingham last year.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47His ammunition was also used to shoot at a police
0:11:47 > 0:11:53helicopter in the 2011 riots.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Ballistic experts were lead to Edmunds after discovering
0:11:54 > 0:11:58ammunition with similar markings.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02When the ammunition is constructed, certain tools are used and these
0:12:02 > 0:12:05tools impart markings onto the modified rounds,
0:12:05 > 0:12:08and we start to notice there's a pattern of tool marks here.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11So when we look at lots of different criminal incidents, we see the same
0:12:11 > 0:12:14pattern of tool marks again and again, and you can start to link
0:12:14 > 0:12:16those together forensically, using the microscope.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18This building contains thousands of firearms that have been seized
0:12:18 > 0:12:21by police from across the country.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25This gun was imported by Edmunds from America.
0:12:25 > 0:12:31Now that he's been convicted, it too will be stored here.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35At the National Ballistics Intelligence Service,
0:12:35 > 0:12:37they're firing one of the antique revolvers, with the bullets
0:12:37 > 0:12:38made by Edmunds.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42The gun dealer will be sentenced next month.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Sima Kotecha.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47BBC News, Birmingham.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53The House of Commons has started to take a detailed look
0:12:53 > 0:12:55at the controversial legislation designed to take Britain out
0:12:55 > 0:12:57of the European Union.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01The EU Withdrawal Bill will end the primacy of European law,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03but MPs have tabled some 500 amendments, including one
0:13:03 > 0:13:08which opposes setting a date in law for Britain's departure.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11As the debate got under way, deep divisions within Conservative
0:13:11 > 0:13:13ranks were once again on show.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar, reports on what's
0:13:15 > 0:13:18likely to be a very challenging process for Theresa
0:13:18 > 0:13:19May's government.
0:13:19 > 0:13:26His report contains flash photography.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Brexit's still a work in progress.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30It's about Westminster taking back control,
0:13:30 > 0:13:36but the planning and scheming is now
0:13:36 > 0:13:41intense and, tonight, it's clear big questions of how -
0:13:41 > 0:13:43even when - Britain finally leaves are up for grabs.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45REPORTER:Do you think this is a meaningless vote?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Brexiteers like Liam Fox and Boris Johnson are now told
0:13:48 > 0:13:50the Brexit deadline of March 2019 will be met by law,
0:13:50 > 0:13:54but the Brexit Secretary would love to know if the way is clear to leave
0:13:54 > 0:13:56on schedule.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57And tonight, there's still no knowing.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02European Withdrawal Bill.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04In the Commons, they've started weeks of line-by-line debate
0:14:04 > 0:14:05on the law to leave.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Tory and Labour MPs saying a hard Brexit deadline
0:14:07 > 0:14:09could cut negotiations short, even force Britain to
0:14:09 > 0:14:10leave without a deal.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Everybody's got more and more brittle.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15More and more unwilling to listen.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18More and more persuaded that every suggestion that's being made
0:14:18 > 0:14:20is in some way a form of treason.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Does he understand how impossible it is for me to explain
0:14:22 > 0:14:32to my constituents that they can have certainty about nothing
0:14:33 > 0:14:36about Brexit as the Government plans it - except, according to him,
0:14:36 > 0:14:37the date when it will happen?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39The Labour leadership doesn't want to appear to obstruct Brexit,
0:14:39 > 0:14:46we all know we're leaving, they say, so why the deadline?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49If negotiations go to the wire, both we and the EU-27 might
0:14:49 > 0:14:52recognise the need for an extra week, an extra day, an extra hour,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56even an extra minute.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00So the battle lines are drawn, Brexiteers keen for victory.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Millions of people who died in both World Wars died for a reason,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05it was to do with sustaining the freedom and democracy
0:15:05 > 0:15:13of this House.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16And Brexiteer ministers pledging Brexit with a good deal if possible,
0:15:16 > 0:15:17but no deal if they must.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20We are going to go through the process of making sure,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22as a responsible government, that our country is ready to leave
0:15:22 > 0:15:25the European Union without a deal, if that proves necessary.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29The Tory's veteran pro-European let rip.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30I am the rebel.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Yes.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I aspouse the policies that the Conservative Party has
0:15:34 > 0:15:36followed for the 50 years of my membership of it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37And Brexit sceptics loved it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41CHEERING
0:15:41 > 0:15:44The ayes to the right, 318.
0:15:44 > 0:15:45The noes to the left, 68.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47They've been voting tonight and they'll go on voting,
0:15:47 > 0:15:50night after night between now and Christmas.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53On the role of EU judges, on a period of transition
0:15:53 > 0:16:00after Brexit begins, on other issues too,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02but it's the trial of strength over Theresa May's Brexit deadline
0:16:02 > 0:16:04that has MPs guessing who'll come out on top.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Earlier today, the Prime Minister met another Brexit critic,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Scotland's First Minister.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14In coming weeks, she may yet see off the challenges to her Brexit
0:16:14 > 0:16:15deadline closer to home.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16She'd better, her authority is at stake.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20John Pienaar, BBC News, Westminster.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22The headline rate of inflation, as measured
0:16:22 > 0:16:26by the Consumer Prices Index, has remained at 3%
0:16:26 > 0:16:29despite widespread expectations that it would rise.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31The cost of food and soft drinks rose sharply,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34but they were offset by falls in the price of petrol
0:16:34 > 0:16:42and furniture.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Two people arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46who's been missing for a week, have been released
0:16:46 > 0:16:48under investigation.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Gaia Pope, who is 19, was staying in Swanage
0:16:51 > 0:16:52when she disappeared last Tuesday.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53A 71-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man
0:16:53 > 0:16:57were arrested on Monday.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59In Iran, thousands of people are spending a third
0:16:59 > 0:17:01night without shelter, in freezing conditions,
0:17:01 > 0:17:03as the authorities struggle to help those left homeless
0:17:03 > 0:17:05by Sunday's earthquake.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09President Hassan Rouhani has visited the province of Kermanshah,
0:17:09 > 0:17:17where some 500 people were killed and many more injured.
0:17:17 > 0:17:26Thousands of buildings collapsed as our correspondent,
0:17:26 > 0:17:27James Robbins, tells us.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Iranian authorities say they're not expecting
0:17:29 > 0:17:30to find any more survivors.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Still, rescue dogs are helping to hunt for signs of life,
0:17:33 > 0:17:38but the work now is to clear ruined homes, demolish and then rebuild.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Local people are in shock.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Thousands are homeless and in desperate need
0:17:43 > 0:17:48of shelter and supplies.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51TRANSLATION:After I got up and the power was cut as well,
0:17:51 > 0:17:55I saw the walls and ceiling had come down and all my stuff
0:17:55 > 0:17:56thrown out of the house.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58We've got nothing left for us.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00TRANSLATION:Suddenly, the house came down on our heads
0:18:00 > 0:18:02in a matter of seconds.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I got out from the back door of my house.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I saved my child, but it was difficult.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Field hospitals have been set up and the aid
0:18:11 > 0:18:13effort is gathering pace, although some locals have complained
0:18:13 > 0:18:17the initial response was slow.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has visited the area promising whatever
0:18:19 > 0:18:21assistance is needed and criminal action if any public housing
0:18:21 > 0:18:28is found to have been sub-standard.
0:18:28 > 0:18:35This was the moment the earthquake struck on Sunday.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Just across Iran's border in Iraq, a birthday party for these
0:18:38 > 0:18:45twins ends in terror.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51But this Kurdish family escaped unharmed, and now the twins have
0:18:51 > 0:18:55had their party again, as the family sent
0:18:55 > 0:19:01condolences to all those who have suffered loss.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04And in Iran, at least 70,000 people are now homeless.
0:19:04 > 0:19:13They will need much warmer shelter than this, night-time temperatures
0:19:13 > 0:19:16fall close to freezing and yet going in doors is still terrifying
0:19:16 > 0:19:17because around 200 aftershocks have already been recorded.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20The painful process of grieving and eventual recovery for entire
0:19:20 > 0:19:21communities is only just beginning.
0:19:21 > 0:19:31James Robbins, BBC News.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Police in California say five people, including a gunman, are dead
0:19:37 > 0:19:39after a series of shootings at several locations
0:19:39 > 0:19:40including a primary school.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43At least one child was shot while pupils were being dropped
0:19:43 > 0:19:45off in the morning and another child was hit,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48along with a woman, while they were travelling in a truck.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Much more should be done to reduce the quantity
0:19:50 > 0:19:52of food wasted every year.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Campaigners say it's a problem that costs up to £17 billion a year
0:19:55 > 0:19:59and many are pointing the finger of blame at consumers.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02But simple steps like better planning of meals, storing
0:20:02 > 0:20:08and freezing food can make a big difference as our correspondent,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Jeremy Cooke, tells us.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12If you want to stop food waste, down on the farm
0:20:12 > 0:20:14is a good place to start.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18These fields are part of a trial to find new ways to make sure these
0:20:18 > 0:20:22potatoes end up on our plates and not in the bin.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I hate waste because it's costing me money and so I don't
0:20:25 > 0:20:26want to see waste.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29So that's why we're striving all the time to cut out
0:20:29 > 0:20:30waste in the field.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32So Ian, I've got some VA data here...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Jeff is comparing notes, sharing hi-tech data with Ian
0:20:34 > 0:20:35from the supermarket.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38So we're looking good, low waste.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Even before the potatoes come out of the ground,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42detailed computer analysis means they know, for instance,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45the yield and so how much shelf space in store,
0:20:45 > 0:20:52how much marketing to shift any excess.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54We're working with technology to allow that information flow
0:20:54 > 0:20:57from what's happening in the field.
0:20:57 > 0:21:03So our growers can tell us what they think they're going to be
0:21:03 > 0:21:06producing and then we can match that to what we want to sell and,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08hopefully, take that waste out of the supply chain.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11There are now big efforts throughout the process to reduce food waste,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14whether it be on the farm, in processing, in storage
0:21:14 > 0:21:17or in the supermarkets.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20But perhaps the biggest difference can be made by us consumers
0:21:20 > 0:21:22because most of the food that gets thrown away is from
0:21:22 > 0:21:24our own kitchens.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Kate's a self-confessed foodie, she took part in a scheme to reduce
0:21:27 > 0:21:29waste and now puts 20% less food in the bin.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35But how?
0:21:35 > 0:21:43Well, Kate measures ingredients so there's no waste,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45keeps the fridge at optimum temperature, so things stay fresh,
0:21:45 > 0:21:51uses DIY vacuum packs in the freezer for long-term storage.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Ta-da!
0:21:52 > 0:22:02And, keeps leftovers for week day lunch and super.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05You save food, you save money and you save time.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08So if you want to do any of those three things, it's worth it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11And then also, we should feel a little bit responsible
0:22:11 > 0:22:12for the planet as well.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15But what happens if you still have food heading for the bin?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Well, how about a community fridge.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19It's a simple idea, food that's still good is donated instead
0:22:19 > 0:22:22of discarded and then it's given for free to anyone who wants it.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24This one is in Swadlincote, it's one of two already operating,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28but the plan is to have 50 up and running by the end of the year.
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Good news for people like Lizzie.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36If obviously it's going in the bin it's wasted, especially for those
0:22:36 > 0:22:39that haven't got enough money to go and get a full food shop.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42There are people who are desperately in need and yet there are other
0:22:42 > 0:22:44organisations that are just throwing food down into skips.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47There are people that have come in here that have talked
0:22:47 > 0:22:50about the days when they used to have to go into the skips
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and the amount of the food they get out of the skip.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Producing food takes hard graft and major investment,
0:22:55 > 0:22:58but it's massively undervalued and reducing waste will take
0:22:58 > 0:23:00a huge shift of attitude in our throwaway society.
0:23:00 > 0:23:10Jeremy Cooke, BBC News.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has told the BBC
0:23:16 > 0:23:18that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are "threatening" Western values
0:23:18 > 0:23:22of openness and tolerance.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24It is now six months since Mr Macron took office,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26promising to transform French society, the economy
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and even its modern sense of identity in the world.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Our Paris correspondent, Lucy Williamson, who travelled
0:23:35 > 0:23:37with the President to Abu Dhabi recently, has sent this report.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Most presidents enjoy a flash of military uniform
0:23:40 > 0:23:42in their schedules, a tang of old fashioned global power,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45but Emmanuel Macron is fighting his own slippery battle
0:23:45 > 0:23:48for French influence abroad.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Jihadi groups in this region have built a grand narrative
0:23:51 > 0:23:58around their vision, he says, the West needs one
0:23:58 > 0:24:00too, based on openness, tolerance and democracy.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03At the opening of a new Louve Museum in Abu Dhabi, he told me those
0:24:03 > 0:24:05values were under threat from leaders like Vladimir
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Putin and Donald Trump.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11If you don't defend these values, it will become harder
0:24:11 > 0:24:12and harder, I agree.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14But is it harder now, is it under threat?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18I mean for sure it's a threat, for sure.
0:24:18 > 0:24:28But first of all, you have to speak and discuss with those leaders
0:24:33 > 0:24:36because sometimes there's a chance, they were not like that at the very
0:24:36 > 0:24:38beginning, and the explanation of the divergence is very often due
0:24:38 > 0:24:41to their paranoia of the threat and their willingness to protect
0:24:41 > 0:24:44something and to be much more nervous about what they want
0:24:44 > 0:24:46to protect, but forgetting the fact that part of their own civilisation
0:24:46 > 0:24:48is about openness.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53If you decide just to push them back from Europe
0:24:53 > 0:24:57If you decide just to push them back from Europe and all that you see,
0:24:57 > 0:24:58you are betraying our values.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59It's bad, you lose them.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00But does it work?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03When you sat down with Mr Trump and Mr Putin, have you found
0:25:03 > 0:25:05that you've been able to affect real change?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07I mean it's not overnight effect, for sure.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I'm optimistic and I can...
0:25:10 > 0:25:11I'm extremely (inaudible).
0:25:11 > 0:25:14So I will insist and insist and insist.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Macron ran his election campaign by insisting on the power of liberal
0:25:18 > 0:25:19values to solve France's problems, including its most
0:25:19 > 0:25:26pressing one - jobs.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29This area used to be the centre of a booming leather industry,
0:25:29 > 0:25:30with more than 100 factories.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Serge Cathala's factory is one of just a dozen left.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41Unemployment here is 21%, twice the national average,
0:25:41 > 0:25:43but President Macron's sweeping reforms means Serge has
0:25:43 > 0:25:45begun hiring again.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47TRANSLATION:What's great about Macron is that he's young,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50he looks like he's got guts.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Nobody's going to walk all over him, unlike his predecessors,
0:25:53 > 0:25:55and he's got good ideas, more flexibility for company owners
0:25:55 > 0:25:59to hire people and more freedom.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03A company needs leaders who will let them work.
0:26:03 > 0:26:12President Macron has already reformed France's rigid labour law
0:26:12 > 0:26:15to curb the power of the unions, but this area's favourites
0:26:15 > 0:26:17for president were the protectionist candidates on the far-right
0:26:17 > 0:26:18and far-left.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And in cafes like this one, Mr Macron's plans to extend
0:26:21 > 0:26:23unemployment insurance have less impact than say his tax break
0:26:23 > 0:26:24for French millionaires.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27TRANSLATION:He's the president of the rich.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29He hasn't changed my life or the lives of
0:26:29 > 0:26:33the people in this town.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36We are the little people and I don't know if this man
0:26:36 > 0:26:38is going to change things for us.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Here in Paris, six months ago, Mr Macron vowed
0:26:40 > 0:26:43to remake French politics.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Since then, he's been criticised for being more king than president.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Even some of those who agree with Mr Macron's analysis have
0:26:50 > 0:26:55questioned his style as President.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Were some see clarity, determination and poise,
0:26:56 > 0:27:02others see arrogance, pomposity and hubris.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Mr Macron has said modesty doesn't interest him because he's France's
0:27:04 > 0:27:06last chance to prove to itself that openness, tolerance
0:27:06 > 0:27:07and democracy work.
0:27:07 > 0:27:17Lucy Williamson, BBC News, Paris.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa has dismissed
0:27:35 > 0:27:37talk of a military coup against the 93-year-old
0:27:37 > 0:27:46President Robert Mugabe.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48He said the government in Harare was "intact"
0:27:48 > 0:27:50despite the presence of soldiers and armoured vehicles
0:27:50 > 0:27:51on the streets of the capital.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54The ruling Zanu-PF Party has accused the country's senior general
0:27:54 > 0:27:55of treasonable conduct.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Tonight's football, and the Republic of Ireland have missed out
0:27:58 > 0:28:01on a place in next summer's World Cup finals after a defeat
0:28:01 > 0:28:02at home to Denmark.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Wales and England have also been in action in friendlies.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07David Ornstein is in Wembley, we'll speak to him about those
0:28:07 > 0:28:09matches in a moment, but first to Dublin and our sports
0:28:09 > 0:28:10correspondent, Joe Wilson.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12The Republic of Ireland take their footballers from the Epping leash
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Premier League but from the second tier Championship. Their resources
0:28:15 > 0:28:17are limited. They build their success on being defensive strong,
0:28:17 > 0:28:19resolute. When the game against Denmark opened up, the home team
0:28:19 > 0:28:25fell apart there. Are tough words to write and to hear.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Mistakes, wrote Dublin's James Joyce, are portals to discovery.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Well fine, but he never had to play Denmark on a Tuesday night
0:28:30 > 0:28:32with the World Cup at stake.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36An error on the pitch could cost everything, both teams knew.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Five minutes gone, a free kick for the Republic of Ireland and this
0:28:39 > 0:28:42is what a perfect start looks like.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Shane Duffy, the big man with the big moment.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47But the chance came from a misdirected Danish boot.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51That goal seemed so precious, its value crashed.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57The Danes came with skill to tease the Irish defence,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59still Cyrus Christie was defending the line on that post.
0:28:59 > 0:29:06The ball evaded him.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08In Christian Eriksen of Tottenham, Denmark possessed the most
0:29:08 > 0:29:10talented man on the pitch.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Far too good to be left in space.
0:29:11 > 0:29:12Suddenly, 2-1.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Second half and Eriksen had the chance to settle it.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16Now that was a lovely finish.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Sadly there was still time for error.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Stephen Ward's defending set up Eriksen again.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22And by the time Bendtner put away a penalty,
0:29:22 > 0:29:23the evening had gone past sad.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Republic of Ireland must join Italy watching the World Cup.
0:29:27 > 0:29:32Joe Wilson, BBC News, Dublin.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35England have already qualified for Russia and tonight, here at Wembley,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39they held one of the greatest football nations, Brazil, to a
0:29:39 > 0:29:43goaless draw. Plenty of encouragement for this young and
0:29:43 > 0:29:46inexperienced squad. Over in Cardiff, Wales were also in friendly
0:29:46 > 0:29:51action. They took the lead through Tom Lawrence against Panama. What a
0:29:51 > 0:29:54strike that was. However, it is wasn't to be for the Welsh. The
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Panama, who are themselves going to the World Cup, equalised with
0:29:58 > 0:30:02virtually the last kick of the game. Huw.David thank you very much.
0:30:02 > 0:30:09David Ornstein for us there in Wembley.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11The Olympic champion, Mo Farah, is now Sir Mo
0:30:11 > 0:30:13after receiving his knighthood from the Queen at
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Buckingham Palace today.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Sir Mohamed Farah, for services to athletics.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25Sir Mo came to the UK from Somalia as a young boy and went on to become
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Britain's most decorated athlete.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30This summer, he retired from his track career to concentrate
0:30:30 > 0:30:34on running marathons.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38He described the knighthood today as a "dream come true."
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two, here's Evan Davies.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Something funny is going on in Zimbabwe right now,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45an apparent struggle to succeed President Mugabe, who's the world's