16/11/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten - Robert Mugabe

is refusing to resign

as President of Zimbabwe,

despite being held

under house arrest.

He's been discussing his future

with regional negotiators

and military leaders,

after the Armed Forces took control

of the country yesterday.

He's said to be insisting

that he remains Zimbabwe's

legitimate leader.

As military vehicles patrol

the streets of the capital,

the opposition leader calls

on the president to step down.

In the interests of people

of Zimbabwe, Mr Robert Mugabe must

resign, step down immediately,

in line with the national

sentiment and expectation.

We'll have the latest from Zimbabwe,

where the United Nations says it's

monitoring the situation carefully.

Also tonight.

Police investigating the fire

at Grenfell Tower say

they've identified all the victims.

The final number of dead is 71.

Nine days after this teenager

disappeared in Dorset,

a man has been arrested

on suspicion of murder.

20 people have alleged that

Kevin Spacey behaved inappropriately

towards them when he was artistic

director of London's

Old Vic theatre.

And we have a glimpse of the biggest

archaeological museum in the world,

due to open near Cairo next year.

And coming up on Sportsday on BBC

News: Playing himself

into Ashes contention.

Opener Mark Stoneman hit the first

century of England's tour

as the tourists find

their feet Down Under.

Good evening.

Robert Mugabe, the world's

oldest head of state,

is refusing to resign as president

of Zimbabwe, a day after

the military took control

of the country's government.

Mr Mugabe, who's accused

of countless abuses of power

during his 37 years in office,

is under house arrest and has been

discussing his future with regional

negotiators and the head

of the army.

The opposition leader,

Morgan Tsvangirai, has called

on Mr Mugabe to resign immediately.

Our Africa correspondent

Andrew Harding is in Zimbabwe

and sent this report.

This report contains some flashing

images.

He is a frail 93-year-old

under house arrest.

But tonight, new photos

of President Robert Mugabe

did not show a broken man.

Far from it.

The generals may have seized power

in Zimbabwe, but now they want

Mr Mugabe's blessing.

It's a surreal time

for a troubled country.

On the streets of the

capital we found only

a few hints of yesterday's

military coup.

And, for the most part,

an anxious calm.

So, what's going on?

In a sense, this is

all about Mrs Mugabe.

The army intervened here purely

to stop her succeeding her

husband as president.

A dramatic move in a power

struggle that has

steadily intensified

as Mr Mugabe has grown older.

Today, as convoys are spotted

rushing between rival

camps, the aim is to cut a deal that

sidelines Grace Mugabe and allows

the president to step down

with at least some dignity.

Mugabe needs to be persuaded

to resign, that's the

obvious route to take.

If one starts taking

the impeachment route, the

ill health route, trying

to get the Parliamentary

vote, this could be

a

long and protracted process,

and the outcome could be uncertain.

As the haggling continues,

we head far out

of Harare into a poor

neighbourhood to judge the mood.

You can really feel the sense

of anticipation here,

Zimbabweans, many Zimbabweans, are

ready to celebrate the departure of

the only president

they've ever known.

And yet, people are also very aware

that politics is a dangerous

business, and there's

a lot of fear here.

Are people still scared here?

People are very much scared.

Even now?

Even now.

Which is why you don't

see big celebrations?

Of course.

That's the reason.

Do you think that can change?

Erm...

Yeah, it can, it can change.

Many here blame Mr Mugabe

personally for the

struggle their lives have become.

Has he been bad for business?

Sure.

Why?

We're having no tourism.

No jobs.

No schools.

But there seems little

appetite for vengeance.

In fact, plenty of Zimbabweans

still respect Mr Mugabe.

We don't blame the president,

but we blame the

criminals that are surrounding him,

and are the ones that are making

this situation very bad.

But back in Harare some

of President Mugabe's

oldest rivals now fear he'll

dig his heels in and play for time.

In the interest of

the people of Zimbabwe,

Mr Robert Mugabe must resign.

Step down immediately

in line with the

national sentiment and expectation.

And so, for now, a nation waits

and wonders if and when Zimbabwe's

smiling prisoner will accept defeat.

Andrew Harding, BBC News, Harare.

Let's go live to Harare and our

Zimbabwe correspondent Shingai Nyoka

is there for us. What is your sense

of the view on the streets of the

capital? Do people think the Mugabe

era is now over?

Well, they simply

don't know whether this is the end.

The last 48 hours has been

unprecedented and it's caught many

Zimbabweans totally off-guard.

They've never witnessed anything

like this before. They are not sure

how they should respond. After all,

Robert Mugabe is synonymous with

Zimbabwe and has never been won

without the other and for many of

them he's the only leader they've

ever known. Those that I spoke to on

the street today say they are

waiting and watching, but they are

also going about their daily

business because they don't have a

choice. The economy no resilience,

but the overriding sentiment is that

they want change. The military tanks

and soldiers on the street, but no

one seems to be questioning whether

this is the change that they want.

Thank you very much again for the

analysis from Harare, Shingai Nyoka,

our Harare correspondent.

The Metropolitan Police has

announced what it says is a final

figure for the number of people

killed in the fire in Grenfell Tower

in west London in June this year.

Officers say 71 victims have been

formally identified,

while 223 other people

who were in the block at the time

have been accounted for.

In the days following the fire

there were persistent concerns

that the true casualty figures

were much higher.

Scotland Yard said some victims

were reported missing twice,

as our correspondent Elaine Dunkley

reports.

It was a night of

unprecedented horror.

As people escaped the flames

of the Grenfell Tower,

they feared for those

who couldn't get out.

Many believed the initial death toll

would be in the hundreds, but today,

the police confirmed that 71 people

in total lost their lives.

A little bit of closure that now

everyone has been identified.

Amongst them, Karim Mussilhy's

uncle, Hesham Rahman.

We have to accept it at face value.

People are going to question it,

but now it's all about getting

justice for the people that

lost their lives that night.

Identifying those that died has

been a mammoth task,

meticulously carried

out by investigators.

Today, the final two victims

of Grenfell were named,

71-year-old Victoria King

and her daughter, Alexandra Atala.

The challenge of it

has been immense.

We have had our specialist teams

work through about 15 and a half

tonnes of debris on each floor

of Grenfell Tower by hand to find

every single fragment that they can

of all those that died.

That has been extremely distressing

to the families and indeed to those

involved in the operation as well.

Initially in the days

following the fire,

there were thousands of calls.

400 people were reported missing

amongst the confusion.

As the months have gone by,

police have said that number

would be closer to 80,

and today, final confirmation

that it's lower.

But this isn't about a number,

it's about the human cost,

and recognising every life that

has been lost.

Artist Khadija Saye died in the fire

along with her mother,

Mary Mendy, on the 20th floor.

Our lives haven't been

the same since June 14th.

We're fortunate,

we had bodies to bury.

A lot of people didn't have bodies.

But we've got to look

forward as well.

The public enquiry,

everyone is aware of

the negligence and inhumanity

of society, greed, negligence.

Concerns were raised many

years before this fire.

And I think, had people sat up

and taken more notice,

this could have been prevented.

Today perhaps marks a significant

milestone, but time cannot heal

when so many feel they are so far

from the truth.

This community will not rest

until there are answers for those

that survived, and justice for

the 71 lives lost in this tragedy.

Elaine Dunkley, BBC News.

The Communities Secretary Sajid

Javid has said housing will be

a central element of next week's

Budget.

Mr Javid has set out a number

of measures to try to increase

the number of new homes being built,

including changes to encourage

housing associations to borrow money

for projects and forcing local

authorities in England

to take action.

Labour said the government

still did not have a coherent plan.

Our home editor Mark Easton

has more details.

After building the fewest social

homes since the Second World War,

the Prime Minister had tea

with council house tenants Rita

and Val today, to illustrate how

providing affordable homes

is now her personal mission.

The Government is clear.

We want more people to be able to be

able have the security

of a roof over their head,

their own home, for

themselves and their family.

Meanwhile, the Communities Secretary

in Bristol today was stressing how

united the Government is on building

a lot more homes.

I'm totally committed to building

more of the right homes in the right

places at the right prices.

So is the Prime Minister.

So is the Chancellor.

It's the Chancellor as much

as voters who's really the focus

of today's choreographed government

activity on housing.

Number Ten and the Communities

Department have been urging

the Treasury to do something big

on housing in next week's Budget.

The signs are all that

lobbying may have paid off.

Today, housing associations

in England - non-profit

organisations which provide most

social and affordable homes -

were officially redesignated

as private bodies, which means that

£63 billion of borrowing moves off

the public sector balance sheet.

And some think that gives

the Chancellor a bit

more flexibility ahead

of his Budget next week.

So what would housing

associations like to see him do?

It's really great to see that

housing is at the top

of the political agenda.

We're hoping to see more

help for social housing.

If we build a social rented home,

it takes us 30 years before

we get that money back,

so we need help in the form

of land which is affordable

for the rents we need to charge,

or in terms of some

kind of money subsidy.

And what does the Labour Party think

is the Chancellor's challenge?

Homelessness has gone up 50% since

this Government has been in power.

Rough sleeping in our

cities has been doubled.

Overcrowding like we've not seen

for generations now.

This is a crisis that's

got to be tackled.

Some in Government and some even

in the Conservative Party recognise

that, but Philip Hammond

doesn't seem to.

The Government is giving a big

build-up to a Budget on building.

But many in the housing sector say

they've heard it all before,

and even the Chancellor's warning

there's no silver bullet to

providing the homes Britain needs.

Mark Easton, BBC News.

The Prime Minister is to hold talks

tomorrow with the President

of the European Council

and the Prime Minister of Ireland,

as she seeks a significant step

forward in the Brexit negotiations.

Tonight, on the eve

of the European summit,

the Brexit Secretary David Davis,

speaking in Berlin, warned that

putting politics above prosperity

in the Brexit negotiations was not

a "smart choice".

Our political editor Laura

Kuenssberg is in Berlin tonight.

It's a notably bullish message from

David Davis. How do we square that

with what is actually going on?

It's

almost as if David Davis tonight

told the rest of the EU, it's not

me, it's you, warning them not to

put their political priorities, the

political sanctity of the EU ahead

of the livelihoods of their people

and put that in the way of a good

deal between Britain and the rest of

the EU that keeps our trade links

going. I think that betrays the

frustration that is felt in some

parts of the UK Government at what

they see as a pretty hardline

approach being taken, particularly

in Berlin and in Paris. But it's

provocative to come here, to the

EU's powerhouse, to make that case.

It's Pressel -- provocative as well

to say it's the other side that has

to be more flexible than the

consensus and in other European

capitals is that it's for Britain to

be the one who compromises, for

Britain as a matter of urgency in

the next couple of weeks to make a

promise that we are prepared to

stump up a bit more cash in order to

get on with all of this. But on that

crucial issue there was no new offer

in David Davis' hands tonight. He

was reticent and pretty silent on

that vexatious issue. But he was

clearer on which could cause a bit

of trouble at home, was that the

European Court would be the ones in

charge during a two year transition

period after we leave the EU.

There's a small but noisy of

Brexiteers on the Tory backbenches

for whom that is not acceptable and

that could cause trouble at home.

The trouble at home and all the

chaos of the last few weeks of

course hasn't gone unnoticed here

and when asked about that here in

Berlin tonight, David Davis tried to

shrug it off. He said, it's been a

period of turbulence, but I'm sure

that it will pass. But with

everything that's going on around

the continent and back in

Westminster, I'm not certain he can

be so sure.

Laura, many thanks for

the latest in Berlin, Laura

Kuenssberg.

Police investigating

the disappearance of a teenager

from Dorset, Gaia Pope,

have arrested a 49-year-old man

on suspicion of murder.

Women's clothing has been discovered

in a field close to the area

in Swanage where 19-year-old Gaia

was last seen nine days ago.

A search is now taking place

in the field and surrounding area,

as our correspondent Duncan Kennedy

reports.

It was on the cliffs above Swanage

that the woman's clothes were found.

Officers were called and spent hours

searching the fields here.

They say the pieces

discovered were similar

to clothing worn by Gaia.

The items of clothing

were found by a member

of the public at around half

past ten this morning.

And ever since then,

this coastal path just outside

Swanage has been sealed off,

as police have carried out further

investigations.

Gaia, who's 19, went

missing nine days ago.

Tonight, police said

they had made an arrest.

This afternoon we've arrested

a 49-year-old male on suspicion of

murder.

He is believed to be known to Gaia,

and is from the Swanage area.

Tonight it has been confirmed

that the name of the 49-year-old man

in custody is Paul Elsey.

Earlier, speaking before the police

announcement, Gaia's father,

Richard, said all her family are

finding her disappearance extremely

hard to deal with.

The family knows she'll be found,

until we don't know

that...

So we have every hope, every minute

that goes by, that, you know,

we still have hope.

It's...

You know, you can imagine.

It's just about the

toughest thing we can go

through.

It's tough, but, you know,

we'll hang on in there.

We'll hang on in there

for Gaia, for her

sisters, for her mum, for everybody,

we'll hang on in there.

Earlier this week police

released these CCTV

images of Gaia while she was running

on a road in Swanage.

And at a petrol station

in the town, buying

an ice cream on the afternoon

she disappeared.

Police divers and other search teams

have been operating in

a number of locations

around the town,

and officers say those

will

continue for as long as necessary.

Duncan Kennedy, BBC

News, in Swanage.

The Old Vic theatre in London says

that 20 people have come forward

claiming they were victims

of inappropriate behaviour

by Kevin Spacey while he was working

there as artistic director

between 2004 and 2015.

He's faced a series

of similar allegations

here and in the US in recent weeks.

Our entertainment correspondent

Lizo Mzimba is outside the Old Vic.

Tell us more about what has been

said today.

Yes, well, when

allegations about Kevin Spacey first

became public a few weeks ago, the

old Vic launched an independent

inquiry. Dozens of people came

forward, many of them making, of

course, what are unverified

allegations. 20 people, all of them

younger men, said that Kevin Spacey

had behaved inappropriately towards

them. Lawn of the allegations

involved rape but 14 of the men were

advised to contact the police

because in the opinion of the

independent investigators, the

alleged behaviour was so serious it

could well have been criminal. The

bulk of the allegations took place

between 2004 and 2009, during

spacey's tenure as artistic

director. The majority of the

alleged reported incidents actually

took place here at the old Vic

theatre in London. One of the issues

the Old Vic said may well have been

a cult of personality surrounding

Kevin Spacey, meaning junior staff

and younger actors might have felt

unable to speak out about things

they had witnessed, or his

behaviour. The theatre has now

apologised, saying measures are in

place to prevent anything like this

ever happening again. As for Kevin

Spacey, at this point there has been

no response from him regarding

today's allegations.

Many thanks for

the latest at the Old Vic, Lizo

Mzimba.

Saudi Arabia has denied that it's

imposed a blockade on Yemen,

where millions of people

are facing famine.

The Saudi foreign minister has told

the BBC that the blame

for the crisis lies with rebel

groups in Yemen.

The UN says that thousands

of civilians, including many

children, will die unless aid

is allowed into the country.

The crisis began in 2015,

when Houthi rebels -

backed by Iran - ousted

the president and took control

of much of the country.

A coalition led by Saudi Arabia then

began a campaign of air strikes

to try to restore the government.

The Saudis have now cut off access

to the International Airport

and to major Red Sea ports,

including Al Hudaydah, to try to cut

off supplies to the rebels.

Our chief international

correspondent Lyse Doucet reports.

Yemen the world's worst humanitarian

crisis. Now on the brink of an even

greater catastrophe. Ten days ago,

all its air and sea ports were shut

by neighbouring Saudi Arabia. And

now the UN is warning untold

thousands of innocent victims will

die if age doesn't enter now. Today

in Riyadh I sat down with the Saudi

Foreign Minister. The United Kingdom

and your other allies have called

for the immediate resumption of UN

aid flights to Yemen, and the

opening of the port.

We said these

measures are temporary in order to

make sure we have mechanisms to

prevent the smuggling of weapons and

missiles that can be launched in

Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

The UN has

said every day is one day too long,

they need the main red Sea port

opened immediately.

I think the

issue of Al Hudaydah, the goofy

destroyed the cranes at the port of

Al Hudaydah. -- Houthis. They steal

the humanitarian assistance and

proceed to sell it to fund their war

machine.

The war reached Riyadh on

November four. Houthis fired this

long-range ballistic missile

intercepted over the International

Airport. Saudi Arabia called it an

act of war, accusing Iran of

smuggling the missile through Al

Hudaydah. No aid will enter this

port until the UN controls it.

What

would you do if a ballistic missile

hit London Heathrow Airport,

wouldn't you take precautions to

protect your people? We've had more

than 70 ballistic missiles launched

at our company.

-- country. The UN

has said all sides are guilty for

causing the deaths of civilians but

the overwhelming majority are

because of the bombardment by the

Saudi led coalition. My BBC

colleagues were in Yemen this week

and saw the results of the Saudi led

coalition bombardment. Our more

steps going to be taken to protect

civilians?

We're taking steps, where

there are complaints we investigate

and make amends. This is something

the Houthis don't do. With respect

to the statistics people are putting

out, we have consistently and

repeatedly said we take issue with

the way the statistics were gathered

and with the way statistics were

complied.

It sounds like this is

going to go one for a very long

time, and with great human cost.

We

hope not. But we can't allow a

radical militia that is an

instrument of Iran to take over

Yemen. A strategically important

country that is neighbouring to

Saudi Arabia, and, and, and launch

ballistic missiles at us. This is

not going to happen, we've said this

from day one.

From day one, Yemen

has been a pawn in this brutal proxy

war. Only a political solution will

end this. But with every day it's

people keep paying a heavy price.

Lyse Doucet, BBC News, Riyadh.

Retail sales have

recorded their first

year-on-year decline

since March 2013.

The Office for National

Statistics says rising

inflation has dampened spending -

but that the final three months

to October actually show a rise

in the quantity of goods people

bought and point to an underlying

pattern of growth.

One of the few women allowed to fly

Spitfires and bombers

for the Air Transport Auxiliary

during the Second

World War has died.

Joy Lofthouse - who was 94 -

delivered aircraft

to the front line from the factories

where they were built.

She was one of only 164 female

pilots in the service.

The Royal International Air Tattoo

said she was an 'amazing character

with even more amazing stories'.

The new leader of Scottish Labour

will be announced on Saturday,

becoming the fourth leader

of the party in just

over three years.

Anas Sarwar and Richard Leonard

are the two candidates

to replace Kezia Dugdale,

who stood down in August.

The sense of turmoil

was underlined this week

when the party's interim leader,

Alex Rowley, stepped aside

amid allegations of misconduct

as our Scotland editor

Sarah Smith reports.

Don't be fooled by the smiles.

These men are fighting

a bitter battle for

one of the toughest jobs

in British politics.

Anas Sarwar is a former deputy

leader of the party, seen as

the more moderate candidate.

Richard Leonard is a

Corbyn loyalist who was

only elected as an MSP last year.

The winner will have

to drag their party

back from third place

in

Scottish politics.

Hello Ben, it's Richard

Leonard, the Labour

candidate in the Scottish

leadership contest.

A Yorkshireman who has

spent his adult life in Scotland,

Richard Leonard has strong support

from the unions, who signed up

thousands of new affiliate members

to vote in this election.

He's got radical plans

for a windfall wealth

tax, and increased welfare benefits.

I'm absolutely convinced that

by the Scottish Labour Party putting

forward a radical agenda around

extending public ownership, ending

austerity, redistributing

not just wealth but

power from the future

the

many, these are the kinds of ideas

that are exciting people out there.

In a fierce contest,

Anas Sarwar has been

attacked for sending

his

children to private school and had

to relinquish shares of his family

business.

He may be the more moderate

candidate, but he has tax

plans more radical

than even Jeremy Corbyn

and rejects the suggestion

he

is a Blairite.

I don't believe in the factions,

I think anyone that

thinks the opponents

are within the Labour Party

are absolutely wrong.

My opponents are not

in the Labour Party,

my enemies are not in

the

Labour Party, my opponents

are the SNP and the Tories.

My opponents are inequality,

injustice and poverty.

Scottish Labour certainly gets

through leaders fast.

Even the interim party

chief, Alex Rowley, had

to stand aside this week, as he is

being investigated over claims made

by a former girlfriend.

Labour in Scotland need

a whole new generation

of voters, so both candidates have

to try and win back for young people

who were so energised by the SNP

during the independence referendum.

I've previously been an SNP

supporter, voted SNP, but I really

wanted to get behind Jeremy Corbyn

and support his view for the Labour

Party and help push it forward.

For me wanting to

have an independent

Scotland, now I actually

see a genuine purpose

to the Labour Party again,

and it's actually quite good

to see, I'm actually quite happy

to be involved in that process now.

Scotland is a critical battle ground

for the UK wide Labour Party.

The new leader will need to convince

voters in places like Glasgow South

West where Labour lost by just 60

votes in the last general election.

If Jeremy Corbyn is ever to make it

to Downing Street, Labour need to

start winning seats

like this one in Scotland.

Sarah Smith, BBC News, Glasgow.

A painting attributed

to Leonardo da Vinci

depicting Jesus Christ has smashed

all records after being

sold at auction in New York.

$400 million is the bid. And the

piece is sold!

The painting known

as 'Salvator Mundi'

or 'Saviour of the World'

was sold for a final price

of £340 million

to an unknown bidder.

Leonardo Da Vinci died in 1519

and there are said to be

fewer than 20 of his

paintings in existence.

The biggest archaeological

museum in the world

is due to open next March

near the pyramids at Giza

on the outskirts of Cairo.

The Grand Egyptian Museum will be

home to the complete contents

of the tomb of King Tutankhamun,

which are being brought together

for the very first time.

And it's hoped the new museum

will deliver a desperately-needed

boost for the Egyptian tourist

industry, as our Middle East

correspondent Orla Guerin reports.

In the shadow of the pyramids,

Egypt is crafting a new home for the

treasures of the past.

The grand Egyptian Museum

will showcase more

than 100,000 artefacts.

Precious cargo has been

arriving, slowly and

carefully, packed for protection

against heat and vibrations.

This crate holds

a gilded funerary bed

from the collection

of King Tutankhamun.

Over the past three years more

than 40,000 objects have

been transferred here.

But when the museum opens

the star attractions

are going to be items

like this, connected

with the boy king,

and the

entire contents of his tomb

is being transported here.

Here we have bows from

the tomb of Tutankhamun.

It's a fantastic

puzzle work that our

colleague is doing here.

Priceless relics are

being restored in a

climate controlled

laboratory on site.

The museum director,

Doctor Tarek Tawfiq,

gave us a sneak preview of exhibits

that are being returned

to their former glory.

This is the way it was

displayed until now.

And our young, talented

staff, was able

to rebuild these sandals,

and to show new details at turn them

into a new attraction.

And there will be more than 3000

new attractions from

the Tutankhamun collection on show

for the very first time.

They will give insights

about the lifestyle of

Tutankhamun.

His footwear, his garments,

his weaponry, his shields,

objects that he used in daily life,

one will see Tutankhamun in a

totally new light.

The artefacts here are

getting the kid glove

treatment, but it hasn't

always been like this.

Not even for Tutankhamun's

golden death mask,

damaged by maintenance staff

at the museum in Tahrir Square.

After knocking off

the beard, they glued

it back on crudely.

It took German experts two

months to repair it.

But so far the transfers to

the new museum have gone smoothly.

Ancient masterpieces

unveiled on camera just

to prove it.

Egyptian officials say it's

as if their ancestors are

helping out, and

beckoning the tourists.

Orla Guerin, BBC News, Cairo.

Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two.

Here is MLE.