0:00:06 > 0:00:08Tonight at 10.00pm - the Pope appeals for tolerance
0:00:08 > 0:00:14in Myanmar but refuses to mention the persecuted Rohignyas by name.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19The Pope held talks with Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,
0:00:19 > 0:00:23whose government has been accused of ethnic cleansing in relation
0:00:23 > 0:00:26to the Rohingya minority.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled the violence in Myanmar
0:00:29 > 0:00:33to refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37I'm at the largest refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, where hundreds
0:00:37 > 0:00:42of thousands of people who fled Myanmar continue to endure the most
0:00:42 > 0:00:45squalid and desperate conditions.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48We'll have more from Reeta in one of the biggest camps in Bangladesh.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Also tonight:
0:00:50 > 0:00:53The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is to take place
0:00:53 > 0:00:55at St George's Chapel, Windsor, next May.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56North Korea has test-fired another ballistic missile -
0:00:56 > 0:01:05its first in two months.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08A fortnight ahead of a vital EU Summit, hints that the size
0:01:08 > 0:01:10of the Brexit divorce bill is close to agreement.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The UK's highest-paid university vice-chancellor is to retire,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15following a long-running controversy about her salary.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17And why vital satellites are being threatened
0:01:17 > 0:01:21by all the junk in space.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News - three wins from three for
0:01:27 > 0:01:29England's women, as they win their World Cup qualifier against
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Kazakhstan, 5-0.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Good evening.
0:01:53 > 0:02:01Pope Francis has defended the rights of ethnic groups on a visit
0:02:01 > 0:02:03to Myanmar but he notably failed to refer
0:02:03 > 0:02:05to the Muslim Rohingya minority by name.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Myanmar has been accused of ethnic cleansing,
0:02:07 > 0:02:08with more than 600,000 Rohingya fleeing the country
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in recent months.
0:02:10 > 0:02:20The Pope held talks with Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24repeatedly to speak out against
0:02:24 > 0:02:27the treatment of the Rohingya, many of whom are now living
0:02:27 > 0:02:28in refugeee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30My colleague Reeta Chakrabarti is in Kutupalong camp,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34some 20 miles from the port city of Cox's Bazar.
0:02:34 > 0:02:40We can join Reeta now. Huw, people here do look to world leaders to try
0:02:40 > 0:02:45to highlight their plight. There will have been expectations of Pope
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Francis on his first visit to Myanmar and not least whether or not
0:02:49 > 0:03:04he would refer to the Rohignya s directly by name. We have this
0:03:04 > 0:03:06report from Martin Bashir.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09On the lush grounds of Myanmar's presidential palace,
0:03:09 > 0:03:18a military band announces the arrival of Pope Francis,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22the rich pageantry, a world away from the terror felt by more
0:03:22 > 0:03:23than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who, since August, have
0:03:23 > 0:03:26fled into Bangladesh in what the United Nations has
0:03:26 > 0:03:34called "textbook ethnic cleansing".
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Today, Pope Francis met with Myanmar's de facto leader,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38as human rights organisations urged him to talk
0:03:38 > 0:03:39about the Rohingyas.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Though he referred to the Muslim minority last month,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46it's a word the Myanmar government does not use, saying they migrated
0:03:46 > 0:03:49illegally from Bangladesh and therefore should not be listed
0:03:49 > 0:03:53as one of the country's ethnic groups.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Inside the Convention Centre, Aung San Suu Kyi did make reference
0:03:55 > 0:03:57to the events in Rakhine, where Rohingya have
0:03:57 > 0:04:02lived for generations.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07As we address long-standing issues, the support of our people
0:04:07 > 0:04:09and of good friends, who only wish to see us
0:04:09 > 0:04:13succeed in our endeavours, has been invaluable.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Aung San Suu Kyi chose to say little about the crisis.
0:04:17 > 0:04:24Expectations then shifted to Pope Francis.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29TRANSLATION:The future of Myanmar must be peace,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32based on respect for the dignity and right of each member of society,
0:04:32 > 0:04:40respect for each ethnic group and its identity, none excluded.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Pope Francis praised the United Nations but he did not
0:04:43 > 0:04:46refer to the UN's accusation that Myanmar had been involved in ethnic
0:04:46 > 0:04:51cleansing and while he said the future of this nation must
0:04:51 > 0:04:57include all races and religions, he did not use the word "Rohingya".
0:04:57 > 0:05:05Human rights activists have expressed disappointment
0:05:05 > 0:05:10that the Pope didn't go further in his much-anticipated speech.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13By not using the word "Rohingya" the Pope has essentially emboldened
0:05:13 > 0:05:15the Burmese narrative that there are no Rohingya,
0:05:15 > 0:05:16the Rohingya don't exist.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18It's a tremendous missed opportunity and we're extraordinarily
0:05:18 > 0:05:23disappointed in Pope Francis.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26The Pope may also have been mindful of potential repercussions
0:05:26 > 0:05:34for another religious minority.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Christians make up just 6% of the population here and many have
0:05:37 > 0:05:39travelled to take part in a special mass, where hope Francis
0:05:39 > 0:05:41will preside tomorrow.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Martin Bashir, BBC News, Myanmar.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Here in the camps, many of the people we've spoken to have physical
0:05:49 > 0:05:52injuries which they say were sustained in the violence in
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Myanmar. But aid workers are increasingly worried about the
0:05:57 > 0:06:01psychological impact of events, too. I've been following the journey
0:06:01 > 0:06:12through the camps of one young refugee family.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Waiting at the border in Bangladesh, 600 refugees who've
0:06:14 > 0:06:15crossed from Myanmar.
0:06:15 > 0:06:15Is
0:06:15 > 0:06:20They're held here for two days before being allowed in.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22They're exhausted and anxious.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Among them we found 18-year-old Rabbia and her two nieces
0:06:26 > 0:06:33nine-year-old Umi, and four-year-old Nour.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35They said they escaped after the army and local Buddhists
0:06:35 > 0:06:39in Myanmar attacked their village.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Rabia's parents were killed.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44The little girl's mother was also killed and they don't know what's
0:06:44 > 0:06:45happened to their father.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46They've been walking for 25 days.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47TRANSLATION:People gave us food.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I just brought the two children.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I didn't bring anything to cook with.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55She says she's determined to keep the children with her,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58although it may be difficult.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04A week later we find them in the UN transit camp where vulnerable
0:07:04 > 0:07:05people are looked after.
0:07:05 > 0:07:11Umi has left to get their food rations.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Hello.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14So how are they getting on?
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Oh, this is where you live.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23You don't have much, do you?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Psychologists say little Nour is severely traumatised
0:07:25 > 0:07:27by her experiences.
0:07:27 > 0:07:37She never speaks to any adults.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Almost everybody that you meet in this camp say that they've seen
0:07:43 > 0:07:47some terrible things.
0:07:47 > 0:07:55This group has been set up to help people deal with their experiences.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56It's run by Mahmmuda, a psychologists.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59All the women here have lost their husbands in the violence
0:07:59 > 0:08:03in Myanmar and they're grateful for her counselling.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Anjuman Khatoun says Mahmuda asks questions about their lives,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08they really talk to each other about all the bad and the good
0:08:08 > 0:08:15that's happened to them.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Her friend, Hamida Begum, echos her, saying the sessions make her feel
0:08:18 > 0:08:19happy and they're thankful.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21People come from all over the camp for help from Mahmuda.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26She works with them to rebuild their lives.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29It really works magically, because in my session,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33normally I say a few words and that is like - you are here,
0:08:33 > 0:08:43and now you are safe and you are not alone,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46we are with you, so acknowledge your life as you are alive
0:08:46 > 0:08:48because you had to go through many stories and experiences but finally
0:08:48 > 0:08:50you are here and you are safe.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53We knew the three girls we met earlier were safe but it had been
0:08:53 > 0:08:58four days and they'd moved on.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01We found them with a group of people from their village,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05waiting to be registered in a more permanent camp.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07TRANSLATION:I hope for a good life.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I will never let the children go.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10I will never go anywhere.
0:09:10 > 0:09:16I will never leave their side.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Aid workers told us the girls will get child protection
0:09:19 > 0:09:21because they have no parents and they'll be placed with
0:09:21 > 0:09:26the others from their community.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Rabia, Umi and Nour are being looked after, but they'll take
0:09:29 > 0:09:37a long time to recover from the trauma they've experienced.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Reeta, you have been there now for several days. What's your impression
0:09:41 > 0:09:44of the scale of the challenge facing the officials there, clearly, with
0:09:44 > 0:09:49the kind of work they have to do, but of course the plight of the
0:09:49 > 0:09:54refugees themselves?Well, the scale of the challenge remains enormous
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and the plight of the refugees remains really pitiful. You'll have
0:09:57 > 0:10:04got a sense over the last few days of the scale of the challenge, of
0:10:04 > 0:10:08the poverty, of the physical environment here and also of the
0:10:08 > 0:10:11tremendous mental cost to some of the people here, as you saw there.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Aid workers say that a crisis of this sort, the speed of the influx
0:10:15 > 0:10:19of this huge number of people is something that they haven't
0:10:19 > 0:10:24experienced in decades. And how to adequately care for these people,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28and then eventually what to do with them will be the two enormous
0:10:28 > 0:10:33questions that nobody quite seems to have the answer to.Reeta, once
0:10:33 > 0:10:38again, many thanks for the latest there. Reporting from Kutupalong in
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Bangladesh.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42North Korea has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic
0:10:42 > 0:10:44missile, the first in more than two months.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Pyongyang has launched several missiles this year
0:10:46 > 0:10:48as tensions have risen because of its nuclear programme.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Our diplomatic correspondent, Paul Adams, reports from
0:10:50 > 0:10:55Seoul in South Korea.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58After two months without a test, North Korea is back at the top
0:10:58 > 0:11:01of President Trump's agenda.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04A missile was launched a little while ago from North Korea.
0:11:04 > 0:11:13I will only tell you that we will take care of it.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16This is the 23rd North Korean missile test this year,
0:11:16 > 0:11:17the first since mid-September.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20It took off in the early hours of the morning from Pyongsong,
0:11:20 > 0:11:21north of the capital Pyongyang.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24It flew east for about 1,000 kilometres, landing after 50 minutes
0:11:24 > 0:11:25in the Sea of Japan.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28American officials believe this was an intercontinental ballistic
0:11:28 > 0:11:38missile and say it flew higher than any previous test.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40In response, South Korea conducted a precision strike
0:11:40 > 0:11:43missile test of its own.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46The bottom line is it's a continued effort to build a ballistic missile
0:11:46 > 0:11:48threat that endangers world peace, regional peace and certainly
0:11:48 > 0:11:50the United States.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Thank you, General.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52And we will take care of that situation.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Thank you all very much, I appreciate it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Thank you.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has been seen in recent days
0:12:00 > 0:12:01visiting largely economic ventures.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03In the absence of fresh missile tests, observers wondered
0:12:03 > 0:12:04if his focus had shifted.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09This, it seems, was wishful thinking.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Here in Seoul, the President has convened a meeting
0:12:11 > 0:12:15of his National Security Council.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Most experts still think that North Korea needs two to three years
0:12:17 > 0:12:20to complete its nuclear weapons programme, but yesterday
0:12:20 > 0:12:22a Government Minister said he wouldn't be surprised
0:12:22 > 0:12:28if Kim Jong Un finished the job within the next year.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31North Korea he said was developing its nuclear weapons much faster
0:12:31 > 0:12:32than anyone expected.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35The United States has stepped up pressure on North Korea
0:12:35 > 0:12:37throughout the year.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Military exercises the most visible sign of Donald Trump's
0:12:39 > 0:12:41uncompromising approach.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Officials believe the pressure is making life harder
0:12:44 > 0:12:47for the North Korean leader but Kim Jong Un seems determined
0:12:47 > 0:12:49to achieve his nuclear ambitions and unwilling to talk
0:12:49 > 0:12:51in the meantime.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Paul Adams, BBC News, Seoul.
0:12:55 > 0:13:02Our Washington correspondent, Laura Bicker, is at the White House.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Laura, what does this latest test present to President Trump, as a
0:13:05 > 0:13:11challenge?Well, it's been one week since President Trump declared North
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Korea a state-sponsor of terror and it's two weeks since he was congreat
0:13:16 > 0:13:20lating North Korea's ally and neighbour, China, of getting on
0:13:20 > 0:13:24board his policy of maximum pressure on North Korea, to try to get Kim
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Jong Un to give up his weapons programme and that includes a huge
0:13:29 > 0:13:34increase in sanctions. And there was some hope, within some circles, that
0:13:34 > 0:13:39it was working. Afterall, it's been two months since North Korea fired a
0:13:39 > 0:13:45missile. Today, Kim Jong Un remains defiant. It wasn't just a missile.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49It was an intercontinental ballistic missile. One this White House has
0:13:49 > 0:13:54declared as a threat to world peace so. What does the US do now? Well,
0:13:54 > 0:13:59when it comes to North Korea, you've had the official policy of putting
0:13:59 > 0:14:03pressure on Pyongyang, getting Kim Jong Un to the negotiating table but
0:14:03 > 0:14:10first he must show he's willing to give up the weapons and that doesn't
0:14:10 > 0:14:14look likely. Many will look at the ambiguity of the President's words
0:14:14 > 0:14:18today that he'll "deal with it" a reminder that with this White House
0:14:18 > 0:14:21all options remain on the table, including a military option.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Many thanks, Laura bicker with the latest from the White House.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28Downing Street has sought to play down speculation
0:14:28 > 0:14:31that UK and EU negotiatiors have agreed the framework of a Brexit
0:14:31 > 0:14:33divorce payment ahead of a vital EU summit next month.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Officials say intensive talks continue to take place,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38as they try to move negotiations on to the next phase.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44Our Europe editor, Katya Adler, is in Brussels.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Ed. Are you detecting any signals there that this divorce payment
0:14:49 > 0:14:54debate is coming to some kind of conclusion? Well, the pressure is
0:14:54 > 0:15:03rising. Had uw. The E -- Huw, the EU imposed a deadline, this coming
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Monday, 4th December to make good progress on the three main issues,
0:15:07 > 0:15:12money, citizens' rights and Ireland. Overwie, said the EU, you, UK can
0:15:12 > 0:15:16forget what you want for Christmas, progressing in the Brexit talks to
0:15:16 > 0:15:19widen the talks to trade and transition. Theresa May plans to
0:15:19 > 0:15:24come here to the European Commission in Brussels to coincide with that
0:15:24 > 0:15:27deadline Monday for lunch with Jung Juncker, the Commission chief. It
0:15:27 > 0:15:32was expected she wouldn't and couldn't come here empty handed.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Tonight there are rumours swirling around that a framework deal has
0:15:35 > 0:15:38been agreed on the financial settlement. That's money the EU says
0:15:38 > 0:15:44the UK owes from its time as an EU member and has to honour. Now, the
0:15:44 > 0:15:47com Commission is not officially confirming it, nor is the UK
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Government but my sources here say the EU has been very upbeat of late
0:15:51 > 0:15:58of progress on the money issue. The kind of figure that's being talked
0:15:58 > 0:16:04about here is around who billion euros F that's the -- 40 #3wi8 yob
0:16:04 > 0:16:12euros. - 40 billion euros. That would be huge for the UK. Back in
0:16:12 > 0:16:16October the Prime Minister offered 20 billion. It'll be towards the
0:16:16 > 0:16:20lower side from what the EU expects from the UK but it'll give them the
0:16:20 > 0:16:24go-ahead to talk about trade and transition but, and another big but,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27up until now the big stumbling block for the UK to progressing in the
0:16:27 > 0:16:32talks had been the money issue, now, it's Ireland, with the Irish
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Government threatening to veto progressing those talks, to block
0:16:35 > 0:16:41them, to put pressure on blocking them, unless the UK gives strong
0:16:41 > 0:16:43commitments it'll not reintroduce a hard border between Northern Ireland
0:16:43 > 0:16:46and the Republic of Ireland. So there is still a lot of pressure
0:16:46 > 0:16:51tonight on the Prime Minister ahead of her visit here on Monday.Many
0:16:51 > 0:16:55thanks for the latest analysis there in Brussels.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Kensington Palace has announced that Prince Harry
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and the American actress, Meghan Markle, will marry in May
0:17:00 > 0:17:04at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Ms Markle is to become a British citizen and she'll be confirmed
0:17:07 > 0:17:09into the Church of England before the wedding service.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11The Royal Family will be covering the cost
0:17:11 > 0:17:12of the wedding and the reception.
0:17:12 > 0:17:20Live to Windsor and our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Yes, a Royal wedding within the ancient walls of Windsor Castle.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Good for security for sure, not so good potentially for public
0:17:29 > 0:17:31accessibility, the public have said they want the public to be part of
0:17:31 > 0:17:34the celebration, I would imagine there will be a carriage procession
0:17:34 > 0:17:38through the streets of this very committed Royal town. One point, the
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Royal Family have said they will pay the main costs of the ceremony. For
0:17:42 > 0:17:46the couple themselves, for Harry and Meghan, the priority now is
0:17:46 > 0:17:49planning.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51They have, in the words of their spokesman, been overwhelmed
0:17:51 > 0:17:54by the amount of the support they've received from Britain and elsewhere
0:17:54 > 0:17:57in the world to the news of their engagement and now,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Harry and Meghan are starting to organise the wedding,
0:17:59 > 0:18:04taking charge over all aspects of the ceremony themselves,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06according to their officials.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09As they do so, other members of the Royal family have been
0:18:09 > 0:18:15expressing their happiness at the news of their engagement.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18William and I are absolutely thrilled, it's such exciting news,
0:18:18 > 0:18:23it is a happy time for any couple and we wish them all the best
0:18:23 > 0:18:25and hope they enjoy this happy moment.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26America's loss is our gain.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29We are all absolutely delighted.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32As you can see, they are so happy.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Sometimes in a climate where we are surrounded by a lot
0:18:35 > 0:18:39of bad news it is a real joy to have a bit of good news for once.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The first big decision in terms of the wedding
0:18:41 > 0:18:42planning is the venue.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44The ceremony will take place inside Windsor Castle
0:18:44 > 0:18:46in the historic St George's Chapel.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49The month on the invitations will be May, a precise date has
0:18:49 > 0:18:53still to be decided.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55The 15th century chapel, festooned with the banners
0:18:55 > 0:18:59of the Knights of the Garter, is where Harry was christened.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02The disadvantage is the size.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05It can seat only 800 guests, fewer than half the capacity
0:19:05 > 0:19:08of Westminster Abbey.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11It is, though, a more intimate setting, it is where the marriage
0:19:11 > 0:19:16of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall was
0:19:16 > 0:19:19blessed in 2005 after their wedding in a registry office.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22In Windsor today reaction to having another Royal wedding in the town
0:19:22 > 0:19:23was predictably positive.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Absolutely amazing.
0:19:25 > 0:19:26We're so excited about it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28That's fantastic.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Really nice, yeah, lovely, it will be good for Windsor as well.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Really good.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Well, I live locally so it will be nice to have such a fabulous
0:19:35 > 0:19:38event in the local area.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40Aside from wedding preparations, Meghan will be applying
0:19:40 > 0:19:43for British citizenship.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45As she made clear in yesterday's interview, she wants to get
0:19:45 > 0:19:48to know Britain better.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I think in the beginning few months and now being boots on the ground
0:19:52 > 0:19:55in the UK I am excited to just really get to know more
0:19:55 > 0:20:00about the different communities here, smaller organisations,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03we are working on the same causes that I have always
0:20:03 > 0:20:04been passionate about.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08That process of getting to know her new country will start
0:20:08 > 0:20:11this Friday in Nottingham.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The city will witness the first official engagement
0:20:14 > 0:20:16of the new Royal team, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Nicolas Witchall, BBC News.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21The wholesale grocery firm Palmer and Harvey has
0:20:21 > 0:20:24gone into administration after rescue talks failed.
0:20:24 > 0:20:282,500 workers have been made redundant.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30P&H is the UK's fifth largest privately owned firm and supplies
0:20:30 > 0:20:35around 90,000 shops.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38The vice-chancellor of Bath University -
0:20:38 > 0:20:41who's been widely criticised for a salary package of nearly half
0:20:41 > 0:20:44a million pounds a year - is to retire from the post.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell is the highest-paid university
0:20:45 > 0:20:49vice-chancellor in the UK and she's faced demands for her resignation
0:20:49 > 0:20:52from students and staff, as our education Branwen Jeffreys
0:20:52 > 0:20:56reports.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Bath University sells itself as one of the best, good
0:20:58 > 0:21:05for students, good for research.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Good, too, for the vice-Chancellor.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Please do tell anyone who will listen how great
0:21:11 > 0:21:13the University of Bath is.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20Tell them that we are number one for student satisfaction.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Number one for vice-chancellor's pay.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26It wasn't just the money, but the flat too and the housekeeper
0:21:26 > 0:21:30that came with it.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Tonight, from the students, this reaction to her departure.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I think it was one of - it's time to go, I guess.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40There's been huge student reaction on social media saying that
0:21:40 > 0:21:46essentially it's time for her to go.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Is your pay justified?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52As the controversy grew, Dame Glynis Breakwell
0:21:52 > 0:21:56avoided questions.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00But last week came a damming report, the reputation of the University
0:22:00 > 0:22:04damaged, staff and students threatened more protests.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Tonight Dame Glynis Breakwell defended her record saying.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10"I have served the university to the best of my ability
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and will continue to do so until the day I leave office.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Since 2001, the university has changed dramatically.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21It has almost tripled in size and is now among the top
0:22:21 > 0:22:23universities in the UK."
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And for some who have campaigned hard, disappointment
0:22:30 > 0:22:35that she will be paid until 2019 and a car loan written off.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38This is sheer greed on the part of the university bosses.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41And what's happening in Bath is only the tip of the iceberg.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44There are 55 vice-chancellors who are paid more than £300,000 a year.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49None should be paid at that level.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52They should all take a big salary cut and the money should be
0:22:52 > 0:22:53given back to students.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55This is a crisis which has only just started.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Publicly, the university paid tribute to the vice-chancellor.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Privately, many will be relieved to move on.
0:22:59 > 0:23:09No word yet on how much her successor will be paid.
0:23:13 > 0:23:19So still questions here tonight at Bath University about the terms of
0:23:19 > 0:23:24the departure. Staying in her flat until August next year, paid until
0:23:24 > 0:23:30February 2019. But as the row here rumbles over, it's opening up a
0:23:30 > 0:23:34whole other set of debates elsewhere. There will be questions
0:23:34 > 0:23:40now for many other vice-Chancellors about whether their pay matches the
0:23:40 > 0:23:44status of their universities but also about how these decisions are
0:23:44 > 0:23:49made, who gives the senior leaders so much pay when university students
0:23:49 > 0:23:55are taking on so much debt to come to university? There is over the
0:23:55 > 0:23:58horizon a new regulator for universities that is already
0:23:58 > 0:24:03promising to look at value for money for taxpayers, value for money for
0:24:03 > 0:24:07students. And beyond that, the threat from Ministers that they
0:24:07 > 0:24:13might even look at the possibilities of fines. So this debate is only
0:24:13 > 0:24:19just beginning and Bath is just the first to feel the heat.
0:24:19 > 0:24:24Thank you very much for the latest there.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The suspect in last month's New York truck attack has pleaded not guilty
0:24:30 > 0:24:32to charges of murder and terrorism.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Eight people were killed and 12 others injured after they were hit
0:24:35 > 0:24:37by a rental truck speeding down a cycle path.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack
0:24:39 > 0:24:46which was the deadliest assault on New York City since 9/11.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Ireland's deputy prime minister, Frances Fitzgerald, has resigned
0:24:48 > 0:24:51following criticism of her handling of a whistle-blower scandal.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54She said she's stood down to avoid a potentially destabilising election
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and insists she's acted with integrity throughout
0:24:56 > 0:25:03her political career.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Thousands of local people and tourists are trying to find
0:25:06 > 0:25:09refuge on the Indonesian island of Bali amid fears that a local
0:25:09 > 0:25:10volcano could erupt at any time.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Mount Agung is sending clouds of ash, gas and smoke thousands
0:25:13 > 0:25:14of metres into the air.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16The airport is shut, tourists have been stranded
0:25:16 > 0:25:20and the authorities are moving people into more than 200
0:25:20 > 0:25:25evacuation centres.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28A petition - signed by more than 100,000 people -
0:25:28 > 0:25:30calling for accessible disabled toilets to be installed
0:25:30 > 0:25:33in all motorway services in the UK is being delivered to the Houses
0:25:33 > 0:25:36of Parliament tomorrow.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Standard disabled toilets don't meet the needs of an estimated 250,000
0:25:38 > 0:25:41people who can't get out of their wheelchair alone.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Our correspondent Natalie Pirks has been out shopping with those
0:25:43 > 0:25:50calling for major retailers to improve their facilities.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52It's a basic right many take for granted,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56the freedom to use a toilet.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59But what if your disability made spending a penny in public a choice
0:25:59 > 0:26:04between sitting in your own waste or lying on a germ ridden floor?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08A photo on social media of a disabled child being changed
0:26:08 > 0:26:13on a toilet floor in John Lewis prompted outrage, yet
0:26:13 > 0:26:15for campaigners, it's an everyday reality.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19If you were to see someone's child laying on a toilet floor or a baby
0:26:19 > 0:26:20would you do something about it?
0:26:20 > 0:26:28Would you wait for the law to make you do something about it?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31This is one of those things that they should be doing for moral
0:26:31 > 0:26:32and ethical reasons.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35John Lewis says its new Cheltenham store will have a hoist and adult
0:26:35 > 0:26:38sized bench and it's assessing whether these facilities can be
0:26:38 > 0:26:48incorporated into future shop refurbishments.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Currenty there are only around 1,000 so-called changing places
0:26:50 > 0:26:52toilets and in major supermarkets just nine across
0:26:52 > 0:26:53the whole of the UK.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55One business, though, is bucking the trend.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58The main reason given by retailers for not having more of these toilets
0:26:58 > 0:27:03in their stores is space.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06This is around 12 metres squared and money, it costs around £11,000
0:27:06 > 0:27:09to £14,000 to fit one of these changing places toilets.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Yet Ikea has managed to put these into most
0:27:11 > 0:27:16of their stores without any fuss and without really having to.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20The law needs to change. It's like a dog with no teeth.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Samantha and her 11-year-old son Alfie live in more sham.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Samantha and her 11-year-old son Alfie live in Horsham.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Christmas shopping has to be carefully planned.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34The council run toilet isn't fit for his needs.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37There's barely enough room for his chair and me
0:27:37 > 0:27:38without getting him out of the wheelchair and
0:27:38 > 0:27:40laying him on the floor.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Instead Samantha has to get Alfie back in the car and drive
0:27:42 > 0:27:44to their nearest suitable toilet.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46For many people, that is miles away.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49The law is confusing.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52The British standard institute recommends putting these toilets
0:27:52 > 0:27:57into all large public buildings, but it's not compulsory.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Whereas the equality act says businesses have a duty to make
0:28:00 > 0:28:01reasonable adjustments to ensure those with disabilities
0:28:01 > 0:28:06can access toilets, but what constitutes reasonable?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It's been left up to campaigners to try and enforce change.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13Now can you see why this is so important for us?
0:28:13 > 0:28:17This is what we need just to go to the loo.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21The Government has helped fund a map showing people their closest
0:28:21 > 0:28:24accessible toilets.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27The blue spots show the sparsest areas where there are less than ten.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29The Government says it's looking into whether current regulations
0:28:29 > 0:28:32adequately meet the needs of disabled people and it's
0:28:32 > 0:28:36appointed a disability champion for retail.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I think definitely when you've got a new build, there's no doubt
0:28:39 > 0:28:41that there should be a changing places facility in there.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45We have an issue with old stock in the UK, so it's quite hard
0:28:45 > 0:28:50when you've got a building to try and retro-fit that.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Disabled children become disabled adults, like
0:28:53 > 0:28:5643-year-old Julie Clough.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59The tireless campaigning of her brother and mother has led
0:28:59 > 0:29:05to every UK airport having a changing places toilet.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11When they said I had to use the room where they stored the body bags,
0:29:11 > 0:29:12that was the final straw.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14And I thought, watch this space.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18It's hoped in the future, they won't have to fight alone.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22Natalie Pirks, BBC News.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Vital satellites in space are in danger of being damaged
0:29:24 > 0:29:26and important communications interrupted by the existence
0:29:26 > 0:29:30of so much junk floating around, including redundant satellites,
0:29:30 > 0:29:35old rockets and fragments of abandoned spacecraft.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38A British team is hoping to solve the problem by sending a spacecraft
0:29:38 > 0:29:40to clear up some of the debris.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has the story.
0:29:45 > 0:29:50Trois, deux, un - lift off.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Blasting off, for decades we've been launching into space,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57but what goes up rarely comes down and space has become
0:29:57 > 0:30:02crowded with junk.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04The Remove Debris spacecraft could be the answer,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06the world's first attempt to test how we can clean-up
0:30:06 > 0:30:10celestial clutter.
0:30:10 > 0:30:16It will see if it's possible to snare a satellite in a net
0:30:16 > 0:30:18and review how effective a harpoon is.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21It will then bring everything back down, burning up as it enters
0:30:21 > 0:30:23the Earth's atmosphere.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26It's been assembled in Surrey and it's cost £15 million.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29This is the last chance to see it before it's packed up
0:30:29 > 0:30:31for its launch early next year.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34This is the Remove Debris platform and it's going to be one
0:30:34 > 0:30:37of the world's first missions to actually demonstrate
0:30:37 > 0:30:39cleaning up space junk.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42This mission is incredibly important.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46We have technologies on here that have never been demonstrated
0:30:46 > 0:30:49in space before and it's urgent that we actually launch this mission
0:30:49 > 0:30:53now so we can develop these technologies for use in the future.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Since the early days of exploration the area around the Earth has grown
0:30:56 > 0:31:00more and more cluttered.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03It's estimated there are about 7,500 tonnes of junk,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07made up of old bits of rocket, fragments from defunct spacecraft,
0:31:07 > 0:31:09even tools dropped by an astronaut.
0:31:09 > 0:31:15Scientists believe there are now half a million pieces of debris
0:31:15 > 0:31:18the size of a marble or bigger and each piece has the potential
0:31:18 > 0:31:20to do some serious damage.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Last year the International Space Station was hit.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26This chip in a window was caused when it was struck
0:31:26 > 0:31:30by a tiny fleck of paint.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33But the bigger pieces of junk are a more pressing problem.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35This European satellite, the size of a double decker bus,
0:31:35 > 0:31:38suddenly stopped working in 2012.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Since then, it's been circling the earth, threatening other key
0:31:40 > 0:31:44satellites in its path.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46The problem is going to grow.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49It's going to grow because collisions are going to take place
0:31:49 > 0:31:50in the orbital environment.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54We're going to lose the satellites that we rely on.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57That's going to be costly to us, it's going to be costly
0:31:57 > 0:31:58to the future generation.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00All eyes are now trained on the Remove Debris spacecraft.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03If the technology works, the hope is future missions can be
0:32:03 > 0:32:05scaled up and the space clean-up can begin.
0:32:05 > 0:32:11Rebecca Morelle, BBC News.