0:00:04 > 0:00:05The special relationship under strain.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Theresa May criticises Donald Trump for sharing tweets
0:00:08 > 0:00:12from a British far right group.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14On a visit to Jordan, the Prime Minister says she isn't
0:00:14 > 0:00:16afraid to call out the president when she believes
0:00:16 > 0:00:18he's made a mistake.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21I'm very clear that re-tweeting from Britain First
0:00:21 > 0:00:25was the wrong thing to do.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27But the White House had brushed off any criticism,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29saying the president is only highlighting his concerns
0:00:29 > 0:00:30about Islamist extremism.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Also tonight...
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Net migration into the UK falls sharply - and it's mainly down
0:00:36 > 0:00:39to fewer people coming from the EU.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43One of the six British men wrongly jailed in India for four years tells
0:00:43 > 0:00:46of his joy at his new freedom.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47I'm on cloud nine.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50There's not a word in that English dictionary that can describe how
0:00:50 > 0:00:54I feel at this minute.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Could the deal to support the minority Tory government be
0:00:57 > 0:01:01at risk over efforts to resolve the Irish border post-Brexit?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And on the eve of the draw for the World Cup, England manager
0:01:04 > 0:01:10Gareth Southgate tells the BBC he's in it to win it.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News - Big Sam is back.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15He's returning to football management with Everton,
0:01:15 > 0:01:22after signing an 18 month deal to take over at Goodison Park.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Good evening.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Theresa May says Donald Trump was wrong to share tweets from a British
0:01:43 > 0:01:44far right organisation.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Despite them, and his subsequent tweet about her -
0:01:47 > 0:01:50effectively telling her to mind her own business - she insists
0:01:50 > 0:01:51the special relationship continues.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53But Britain's ambassador to the US has visited
0:01:53 > 0:01:57the White House to raise concerns about the president's tweets.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59The president's spokesperson has brushed off any criticism saying
0:01:59 > 0:02:03he is only expressing his concern about Islamist extremism.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05More from our correspondent Alex Forsyth, who's been
0:02:05 > 0:02:11with the Prime Minister, on her visit to Jordan.
0:02:11 > 0:02:17This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19But while Theresa May was meeting kings
0:02:19 > 0:02:24and ministers in Jordan, a major diplomatic row was
0:02:24 > 0:02:27brewing elsewhere.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29President Trump had been personally rebuked by
0:02:29 > 0:02:34Downing Street for sharing far right videos online.
0:02:34 > 0:02:44His response to Theresa May, on Twitter, of course...
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Don't focus on me, focus on the destructive radical Islamic
0:02:48 > 0:02:53terrorism that is taking place in the UK.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Madam Prime Minister.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Her tour of the Middle East suddenly required diplomacy of a different
0:02:57 > 0:02:58kind.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02The fact that we work together does not mean we are afraid to say
0:03:02 > 0:03:04when we think the United States have got it wrong and be
0:03:04 > 0:03:06very clear with them.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I am very clear that re-tweeting from Britain First was
0:03:08 > 0:03:09the wrong thing to do.
0:03:09 > 0:03:17He tweeted effectively telling you to stay out of his business.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Is that acceptable behaviour from a supposed ally?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21It is an enduring relationship that is there because
0:03:21 > 0:03:26it is in both our national interests.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31What of the much anticipated state visit by President Trump?An
0:03:31 > 0:03:34invitation of a state visit has been extended and accepted. We've yet to
0:03:34 > 0:03:39set a date. Thank you.In her speech she, Theresa May had little choice
0:03:39 > 0:03:45but to respond to this tweet. It was aimed directly at her. This, another
0:03:45 > 0:03:50test of her leadership, how she maintains authority yet de-escalates
0:03:50 > 0:03:54a potential row with a friend. The US president, forging friendships of
0:03:54 > 0:04:01his own.You've been a great friend and we appreciate it...Has so far
0:04:01 > 0:04:05shown little regret. He shared videos posted by this woman, Jayda
0:04:05 > 0:04:10Fransen, the Dep leader of the anti-Muslim group Britain First.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Today, at the White House, Donald Trump 's spokeswoman was asked if
0:04:13 > 0:04:18he'd known who she was at the time. No, I don't believe so, but again, I
0:04:18 > 0:04:23think he knew what the issues are and that is that we have a real
0:04:23 > 0:04:27threat of extreme violence and terrorism and not just in this
0:04:27 > 0:04:30country, but across the globe, particularly in Europe and that was
0:04:30 > 0:04:34the point he was making.But in Westminster plenty disagree with
0:04:34 > 0:04:40President Trump, and questioned Theresa May's approach.She's never
0:04:40 > 0:04:44invited -- she should never have invited him after a few weeks of
0:04:44 > 0:04:49being elected. We have to be sure about who it is we are inviting.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53It's very difficult to see how you can continue to rely on the goodwill
0:04:53 > 0:04:59of some of these fundamentally, evil racists completely contrary to our
0:04:59 > 0:05:05own values.So while the Prime Minister practice diplomacy in the
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Middle East, relations elsewhere were tested. Theresa May once again
0:05:08 > 0:05:12under scrutiny not just at home but around the globe. Alex Forsyth, BBC
0:05:12 > 0:05:14News, Jordan.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Our North America correspondent Nick Bryant is in Washington.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23This is not the kind of diplomacy we normally see. It's rare for a
0:05:23 > 0:05:27British Prime Minister to rebuke a US president. How damaging is this
0:05:27 > 0:05:31to the so-called special relationship?The only time most
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Americans have seen a British Prime Minister public rebuke -- publicly
0:05:35 > 0:05:41rebuked by US President is in the movies, in Love Actually. This
0:05:41 > 0:05:45doesn't happen in real life. Disagreements in the special
0:05:45 > 0:05:50relationship, and there have been many over 70 years, are ordinarily
0:05:50 > 0:05:53sorted out behind closed doors, through normal diplomatic channels.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57This is anything but normal. The president re-tweeting those far
0:05:57 > 0:06:01right anti-Muslim videos. Then launching a highly personalised
0:06:01 > 0:06:05attack on Theresa May. All that would suggest that Donald Trump
0:06:05 > 0:06:08doesn't really regard the special relationship is that special.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Certainly not the way that his predecessors did. It also suggests
0:06:13 > 0:06:17that he knows that special relationship is an asymmetrical
0:06:17 > 0:06:20relationship. It always has been. America has always had the upper
0:06:20 > 0:06:25hand. But particularly so now, in this Brexit climate, where Britain
0:06:25 > 0:06:29is so desperate to get a pros Brexit trade deal with America. But
0:06:29 > 0:06:34arguably this shows weakness and vulnerability on both sides of the
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Atlantic. This tweeting from the president is not boosting America's
0:06:37 > 0:06:40standing in the world. America first increasingly looks like America
0:06:40 > 0:06:46alone. For Downing Street problem is that this shows Britain as well is
0:06:46 > 0:06:51increasingly isolated, in a very difficult spot with Europe and a
0:06:51 > 0:06:56problematic relationship with its closest ally. America.Nick Bryant
0:06:56 > 0:07:00in Washington, thank you.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Net migration in the UK - the difference between the numbers
0:07:03 > 0:07:06of people arriving and leaving - has fallen sharply in the year
0:07:06 > 0:07:07after the Brexit referendum.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10That's a drop of around a third compared to the previous year.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And most of that drop is due to fewer people coming from the EU.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds looks at why
0:07:15 > 0:07:16the numbers are going down.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Is this the start not of an exodus but of a Brexodus?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21We're now getting some hard numbers.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26French business consultant Cyrille Viossat is planning to go.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Polish mathematician Dominika Czerniawska has already
0:07:29 > 0:07:32gone back to Warsaw.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36London still is the best city of the European Union, but once it's
0:07:36 > 0:07:42not in the European Union it loses so much appeal that Berlin,
0:07:42 > 0:07:47Amsterdam, and for some people Warsaw, are far more attractive.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Investment has dried up.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Certainly I see my clients...
0:07:51 > 0:07:53I work in financial services and my clients
0:07:53 > 0:07:55have started to move jobs, and of course because I'm
0:07:55 > 0:07:58consultant to those clients, if the roles are elsewhere then
0:07:58 > 0:08:01the jobs will be elsewhere.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03They're among thousands who've spent the months since that night
0:08:03 > 0:08:08calculating their futures in a post-Brexit Europe.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Decisions which are reflected in today's figures.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Since the vote, 572,000 people have arrived to live in the UK,
0:08:15 > 0:08:20but 342,000 have left.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23The difference is that crucial net migration figure.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28230,000 more people living in the UK than a year ago.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32But following the Brexit vote, that figure has fallen sharply
0:08:32 > 0:08:39by 106,000, the biggest fall since records began.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Many employers are deeply worried about the loss of potential workers,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44but not Ken Beswick, who runs a stationery
0:08:44 > 0:08:46firm in South Wales.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49This has been a land of milk and honey.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52The people of Great Britain have suffered because of it for far too
0:08:52 > 0:08:55long, and so the drop to a quarter of a million we really welcome,
0:08:55 > 0:08:59but after having said that, a quarter of a million extra people
0:08:59 > 0:09:01is like another city of people being added to the country
0:09:01 > 0:09:06and straining our resources.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10So some professional Europeans in office jobs are now leaving.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13There has also been a fall in the number of people coming
0:09:13 > 0:09:16here looking for work - but a Brexodus?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20It's still the case that 107,000 more Europeans came to Britain
0:09:20 > 0:09:23in the last year than left.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26The numbers today are quite dramatic but you do have to put
0:09:26 > 0:09:28them in perspective.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31We're only back to levels of net migration we saw in 2014,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34so it's not a massive historical anomaly, and the vast majority
0:09:34 > 0:09:36of EU citizens in the UK are not going anywhere.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40They have been here for a long time and emigration does not yet qualify
0:09:40 > 0:09:43as a Brexodus at this point.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Some businesses, like hotels, depend on foreign workers.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Francesca came from Italy after the Brexit vote.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54As soon as I came here in London, I applied for a job
0:09:54 > 0:09:59and had the chance to start work here and I think it's really amazing
0:09:59 > 0:10:04and not all the cities can give you this opportunity.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07As for the Government, well, it wants to cut net migration
0:10:07 > 0:10:10by more than half again.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Tom Symonds, BBC News.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17The care home market in the UK is not sustainable unless more
0:10:17 > 0:10:18money is put into it.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19That's the conclusion of the Competition
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and Markets Authority, which says there is a billion pound
0:10:22 > 0:10:25a year funding gap, and that care homes are being propped up
0:10:25 > 0:10:28by charging higher prices for people who fund themselves,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31while local authorities fail to pay enough.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt has more.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Would you like some popcorn?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Would you like a cookie?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41At the Home of Comfort in Southsea in Hampshire,
0:10:41 > 0:10:43they are settling down for an afternoon of old films.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46For more than 100 years, they have provided nursing
0:10:46 > 0:10:49care for older people, but that is no protection
0:10:49 > 0:10:54from the financial pressures outlined in today's report.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Gwen Board is 90 and moved in a few months ago
0:10:57 > 0:10:59with the help of her daughters.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05The girls felt I couldn't cope on my own.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09And I bowed to the inevitable.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12She's self-funding, because she had her own home and some savings,
0:11:12 > 0:11:16but it also means she pays more than someone eligible
0:11:16 > 0:11:18for council care.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20It doesn't seem fair that some people pay more
0:11:20 > 0:11:23than others for the same care.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27But unfortunately, that's the way, that's the rules at the moment.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29As a charity, they don't have the same overheads
0:11:29 > 0:11:32as a commercial organisation.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It helps them keep their fees down, but their administrator says
0:11:35 > 0:11:37there is still a big gap between actual costs
0:11:37 > 0:11:40and what councils pay.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43We are asking them for £725 week to provide nursing care
0:11:43 > 0:11:45and we don't get it.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49We get about £560.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52So the difference in those figures is quite astonishing, I think.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54There is a cross subsidy happening from people
0:11:54 > 0:11:57paying for their own care, to people who are supposed
0:11:57 > 0:12:01to be publicly funded.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Today's Competitions and Markets Authority report says
0:12:04 > 0:12:06on average a care home place in the UK costs self-funders
0:12:06 > 0:12:10£44,000 a year.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12That is about £12,000, or 40%, more than someone
0:12:12 > 0:12:16paid for by a council.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18This year-long study by the Competition and Markets
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Authority paints a picture of a system under huge
0:12:20 > 0:12:23financial pressure.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26And one which is often confusing, and unfair for people who need it
0:12:26 > 0:12:30at a stressful time in their lives.
0:12:30 > 0:12:36We think it's urgent, we think the system is not
0:12:36 > 0:12:38in a great place, and we think the pressure is mounting
0:12:38 > 0:12:41because you have both increasing demand because of demographic
0:12:41 > 0:12:43changes, but also we know that labour costs are responsible
0:12:43 > 0:12:45for a significant proportion of the cost and overall costs
0:12:45 > 0:12:46are increasing as well.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49As more people live longer, the CMA warns investment
0:12:49 > 0:12:52in providing support for the future is essential, and without it,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56care homes will close.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59The Government says it has put extra money into care and will publish
0:12:59 > 0:13:01a green paper on its funding in the summer.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05Alison Holt, BBC News.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Pressures on social care have a direct impact
0:13:07 > 0:13:08on the health service.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Next year, health care will be rationed and waiting
0:13:10 > 0:13:12times will increase, unless the NHS in England
0:13:12 > 0:13:15gets more money.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17That's the warning from health service leaders, who have been
0:13:17 > 0:13:19meeting to discuss what level of service they can deliver.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Our health editor Hugh Pym is here.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27A new stark warning today that some treatments are not going to be
0:13:27 > 0:13:33available either at all, or without a considerable wait.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38That's right. This was NHS England's formal response to the budget, after
0:13:38 > 0:13:41having warned before the Chancellor's speech that there would
0:13:41 > 0:13:45be significant increases in waiting lists, if there wasn't a big cash
0:13:45 > 0:13:49increase. The Treasury did allocate more money but NHS England says it's
0:13:49 > 0:13:53not enough and the result next year will be patients waiting longer and
0:13:53 > 0:13:57key targets are waiting for routine surgery and an A&E just won't be
0:13:57 > 0:14:01met, because there is in the money to do so. They are there to give
0:14:01 > 0:14:05patients assurances about quality of care. What's more, if clinical
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Rudiger -- clinical regulators come up with approval of new treatments
0:14:08 > 0:14:12and so on, NHS England won't allow them to go out to patients unless
0:14:12 > 0:14:16they are considered affordable. The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has
0:14:16 > 0:14:19responded in comments, saying the government is absolutely committed
0:14:19 > 0:14:23to NHS constitutional standards, that's targets, that's why we
0:14:23 > 0:14:27announced an increase to the NHS in the budget. We are determined to hit
0:14:27 > 0:14:31those targets, so stand by for some pretty difficult negotiations
0:14:31 > 0:14:35between the government and NHS England over what precisely can be
0:14:35 > 0:14:40delivered to patients next year. Thank you.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43One of the so-called Chennai Six, who was released from an Indian
0:14:43 > 0:14:45prison on Monday, has spoken of his relief and delight
0:14:45 > 0:14:47at regaining his freedom after four years.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Nick Dunn, a former soldier, was among six Britons
0:14:49 > 0:14:51acquitted of weapons charges by an Indian court.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54He said his family would now have the best Christmas ever.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59He's been speaking to our India correspondent, Sanjoy Majumder.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Taking an innocent man's freedom away is the worst crime I believe
0:15:02 > 0:15:05that can be committed.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Former paratrooper Nick Dunn has just been released
0:15:07 > 0:15:09from an Indian prison, one of six Britons arrested
0:15:09 > 0:15:15four years ago and charged with smuggling weapons.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16Trump question
0:15:16 > 0:15:18You have got to do a proper investigation.
0:15:18 > 0:15:26You've got to know that person is guilty.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28This wasn't like that.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31It was, "We don't care - you're guilty."
0:15:31 > 0:15:34He's now traded his cramped, squalid prison cell for a plush hotel room.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38His sister, Lisa, has come out to India to take him back home.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And he just can't wait.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's going to be like four Christmases that I've
0:15:43 > 0:15:46missed rolled in one.
0:15:46 > 0:15:52It's going to be the best Christmas my family could ever wish for.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56It's been a long, desperate wait for justice inside this Chennai prison.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Nick and his mates were working as security guards on an American
0:16:00 > 0:16:04anti-piracy ship, seized off the Indian coast.
0:16:04 > 0:16:11The police accused them of illegally carrying the weapons
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and ammunition on board.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17On Monday, an Indian court threw out all the charges.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I was out training, one of the guys shouted me over.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I could hear it in his voice, it was excitement.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23And he went, "full acquittal."
0:16:23 > 0:16:24And I...
0:16:24 > 0:16:30Stopped in my tracks and it was like someone just slapped me,
0:16:30 > 0:16:36because it was a shock, you know, and it was an amazing feeling.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39While they were in prison waiting to learn their fate,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42the men's families led a massive campaign back home to
0:16:42 > 0:16:45press for their release, petitioning the Government,
0:16:45 > 0:16:51including the Prime Minister.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56They're delighted and the men overcome with gratitude.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Knowing there are lovely people out there, lovely,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01amazing, supportive people, and I'll never be able
0:17:01 > 0:17:07to thank them as much as what I'm trying to do now.
0:17:07 > 0:17:13His nightmare finally over, it's now time to go home.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News, Chennai.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21The Democratic Unionist Party has threatened to withdraw its support
0:17:21 > 0:17:24for Theresa May's minority government if there is any
0:17:24 > 0:17:27kind of special deal between Northern Ireland and the EU.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30It's in response to efforts to try to break the deadlock over
0:17:30 > 0:17:31how to continue free movement between Northern Ireland
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and the Republic of Ireland.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37At present thousands of people and millions of pounds of goods
0:17:37 > 0:17:40cross the border every day.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42With 16 months to go until Brexit, our Ireland correspondent
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Chris Buckler is in Newry.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Finding a solution to this issue of the border is proving very
0:17:49 > 0:17:51difficult, but without it, talks on trade with
0:17:51 > 0:17:55the EU can't begin.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00yes.As is well-known, the British government is desperate for those to
0:18:00 > 0:18:07begin. I am standing in front of one of the 300 crossing points between
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Northern Ireland and the republic. I am standing just above another. This
0:18:11 > 0:18:15is the main Belfast Dublin motorway. Anyone of a certain age will
0:18:15 > 0:18:19remember being stopped by customs as they travelled that route in the
0:18:19 > 0:18:30past in years gone by. Of course, that all seems a long time ago.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33However, there are concerns that could return. The EU is worried
0:18:33 > 0:18:44about the re-emergence of what is called a hard border.
0:18:45 > 0:18:54It is a practical solution but deeply controversial. It will
0:18:54 > 0:18:56withdraw its crucial support for the Conservative government at
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Westminster.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01On the island of Ireland, culture does not recognise borders,
0:19:01 > 0:19:04and neither do people.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08The uilleann pipes are one of the traditional sounds of this
0:19:08 > 0:19:11land, and in his workshop that sits just a mile from where
0:19:11 > 0:19:17Northern Ireland meets the Republic, Martin Gallen makes the pipes.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20He's closely watching the slow negotiations to try to carve out
0:19:20 > 0:19:23a deal that will see the UK leave the EU, and he fears it
0:19:23 > 0:19:30will mean a return of checks on the Irish border.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32They're on about promising that there would be no
0:19:32 > 0:19:35hardening of the border, but I honestly can't see how they're
0:19:35 > 0:19:40going to stand by that promise.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Neither the British Government, nor the
0:19:43 > 0:19:46European Union, wants a return of customs posts on the border
0:19:46 > 0:19:49bridges that connect Ireland, north and south.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54The EU says one way to ensure that is for Northern Ireland to stay
0:19:54 > 0:19:56inside the customs union and the single market,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59even if the rest of the UK leaves.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It's an offer that has angered Unionists,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03and their support is vital to the Conservative
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Government at Westminster.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09If there is any hint that, in order to placate Dublin and the EU,
0:20:09 > 0:20:14they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently
0:20:14 > 0:20:17than the rest of the United Kingdom, then they can't rely on our vote
0:20:17 > 0:20:21because they have undertaken an agreement with us -
0:20:21 > 0:20:26our votes for their support for the union.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29That's a fear of a move towards a united Ireland,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31and it would probably mean new checks for ships
0:20:31 > 0:20:33crossing the Irish Sea - effectively creating a border
0:20:33 > 0:20:37between two parts of the UK.
0:20:37 > 0:20:42But there could be benefits for Northern Ireland's troubled economy.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45This border business park was opened in 2013,
0:20:45 > 0:20:49using £6 million of public money.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Four years on, all 22 acres lie largely empty.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Last month, one firm did finally sign up to take a site here.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And others might be more likely to follow after Brexit,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04if being based here meant you can trade either within the EU
0:21:04 > 0:21:08or as part of the UK.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Just as we have for our people, we can choose identity,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13whether it be British or Irish, our products can be
0:21:13 > 0:21:14exactly the same.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And if we take this opportunity, we become probably one of the most
0:21:17 > 0:21:21attractive investment locations anywhere in the world.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24No-one wants new barriers in the cities and towns that sit
0:21:24 > 0:21:27all along this border, and the Irish government
0:21:27 > 0:21:30are still prepared to stand in the path of trade talks
0:21:30 > 0:21:33to ensure that.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36This is an historic moment and we are not going to allow
0:21:36 > 0:21:40the re-emergence of a physical border on this island.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42And the European Union will support us on that,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46so there's going to be no need to use a veto.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49That does sound, though, that if you had to use a veto,
0:21:49 > 0:21:50you would be prepared to use it.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53The EU side, in my view, will not progress phase two
0:21:53 > 0:21:59unless we make sufficient progress in all three areas.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01And it's the border that's the sticking point?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05The border's the sticking point.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Ireland's uilleann pipes were once known as the union pipes, but no-one
0:22:10 > 0:22:14is sure of the consequences once this island is at the edge of two
0:22:14 > 0:22:19unions, both the EU and the UK.
0:22:19 > 0:22:26Chris Buckler, BBC News, at the Irish border.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Paul Worthington, the father of a 13-month-old girl who died
0:22:31 > 0:22:33following unexplained injuries, broke down in tears
0:22:33 > 0:22:38when asked at her inquest if he sexually abused her.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Mr Worthington wiped away tears as he refused 252 times to answer
0:22:42 > 0:22:45questions about the death of his daughter.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Poppi died suddenly five years ago.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49The police have apologised for failing to properly
0:22:49 > 0:22:52investigate her death.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Police in London have released CCTV footage of a man believed to have
0:22:55 > 0:22:59carried out 25 sexual assaults on women and children.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02The incidents have taken place across the south east of the city -
0:23:02 > 0:23:06with the youngest victim just eight years old.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08The Trump administration has attempted to quell media speculation
0:23:08 > 0:23:10that the US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, could
0:23:10 > 0:23:12soon be replaced.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Mr Tillerson has been at odds with Mr Trump over
0:23:15 > 0:23:16foreign policy recently.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The Secretary of State was even reported to have privately described
0:23:19 > 0:23:22the president as a "moron".
0:23:22 > 0:23:25The White House spokeswoman says Mr Tillerson is continuing to carry
0:23:25 > 0:23:35out Mr Trump's agenda.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43The Argentinian navy has given up rescue attempts. A big operation has
0:23:43 > 0:23:49failed to locate the submarine and there is no chance of finding anyone
0:23:49 > 0:23:51alive.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54The Government is facing criticism for failing to give schools clear
0:23:54 > 0:23:55advice on how to deal with the increasing
0:23:55 > 0:23:58number of sexual assaults by pupils on other children.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00It's more than a year since MPs called for updated guidelines.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03The Government has promised some interim advice and a consultation
0:24:03 > 0:24:05on bigger changes by the end of this school term.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Our education editor Branwen Jeffreys has been talking
0:24:07 > 0:24:10to the mother of one primary school victim, who feels they
0:24:10 > 0:24:13were badly let down.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18I should warn you this report contains some graphic descriptions.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Primary school playgrounds are meant to be safe spaces but it was at
0:24:22 > 0:24:26school that six-year-old Bella was raped.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Day after day by boys using their fingers,
0:24:29 > 0:24:38penetrating her, hurting Bella physically and mentally.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41She is a shell of who she used to be.
0:24:41 > 0:24:42They destroyed her spirit.
0:24:42 > 0:24:43They destroyed who she was.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45It was hell.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48We literally retreated into our home.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51She wouldn't go out to play.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53She wouldn't walk to the shop with me anymore.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57She wouldn't go to the park in case they were there.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00They are monsters in her head.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Bella was hurt by boys too young to be charged with a crime.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06This isn't an isolated case.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08There's been an increase in sexual offences
0:25:08 > 0:25:11by children aged ten or under.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16In 2013-2014, 204 were recorded.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20By 2016-2017, 456 were logged by police
0:25:20 > 0:25:24forces in England and Wales.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28How soon did it become clear to you that
0:25:28 > 0:25:32you were being left on your own to deal with what had happened?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35After about three days.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39After we had had to fight to have Bella medically examined.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Even though she was showing quite severe signs of
0:25:41 > 0:25:46physical discomfort, she could not sit down.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49We realised no-one was going to come and help.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52What upset Bella's mum most was the contrast.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56The boys were immediately given support by social services.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00No help was offered to her daughter.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03The police eventually agreed to record the assaults
0:26:03 > 0:26:06but Bella's parents had other questions.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Quite early on, we asked about Bella and senior school
0:26:10 > 0:26:13and we were literally dismissed.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16We said, "Surely you don't expect her to
0:26:16 > 0:26:22go to school with the boys he raped her?"
0:26:22 > 0:26:25The answer we were given was, "Well, these boys have a right to
0:26:25 > 0:26:26an education.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29So, if you don't want Bella co-educated with those
0:26:29 > 0:26:33boys, you're going to have to move to a different area and go to a
0:26:33 > 0:26:36different school."
0:26:36 > 0:26:38MPs called for urgent action on sex assaults in
0:26:38 > 0:26:40schools more than a year ago.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Last month, they called ministers to account.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Do you think it is acceptable either to the
0:26:46 > 0:26:50girls, or to the schools, that two years will have passed for this
0:26:50 > 0:26:55guidance to come into force when we called for immediate action.
0:26:55 > 0:27:05Since that report, we've had a general election.
0:27:06 > 0:27:12The sexually abused girls have certainly taken note of that.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14And we're going to be issuing interim replies concerning
0:27:14 > 0:27:16peer on peer abuse this term.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18You'll be dealing with this for the rest of her life.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Yes.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20We know that.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23She really has never had a chance to have a normal childhood.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26But we have to help her because no-one else is.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28But sometimes the thought of knowing the other hurdles
0:27:28 > 0:27:31she is going to face breaks my heart.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34The Government told us no family would have to go through this.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Schools have a legal duty to keep children safe.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42There will be a new version of the guidelines but they won't be in
0:27:42 > 0:27:45force until September 2018.
0:27:45 > 0:27:54Too late, say some parents, for those already harmed.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Football.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58And Everton have officially named Sam Allardyce
0:27:58 > 0:28:01as their new manager on an 18-month deal.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Allardyce was at their game last night to see Wayne Rooney score
0:28:03 > 0:28:08a hat-trick in a win over West Ham.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Tomorrow, England will find out who they'll be up against in next
0:28:11 > 0:28:12summer's World Cup Finals.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Speaking in Moscow ahead of the draw, manager
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Gareth Southgate says that England are in it to win it
0:28:17 > 0:28:19but concedes that his young players lack a little experience
0:28:19 > 0:28:20for the big matches.
0:28:20 > 0:28:25He's been speaking to our sports editor, Dan Roan.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Having guided England through an unbeaten World Cup
0:28:28 > 0:28:30qualifying campaign, the challenge facing Gareth
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Southgate is about to get tougher.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Banishing the memories of successive failures in major tournaments,
0:28:36 > 0:28:37and reviving national team after recent turbulence
0:28:37 > 0:28:42will take time.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45But, having flown into Moscow this evening on the eve of the draw
0:28:45 > 0:28:48for the 2018 World Cup, the manager told me he was ready
0:28:48 > 0:28:49to learn England's fate.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52Excited.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56I've just been at a dinner with all of the other coaches,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59and you recognise we're one of only 32 countries to qualify.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01So it's an exciting moment for everybody.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02You can worry yourself silly, worrying about
0:29:02 > 0:29:03who you're going to play.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06We've got to be prepared to beat everybody.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Tonight, Southgate confirmed this is where his squad will be based,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11a no-frills spa hotel in the village of Repino, on a secluded stretch
0:29:11 > 0:29:16of the Gulf of Finland.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18Work already under way to upgrade the training facilities.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21We've looked at what's best in terms of hotel,
0:29:21 > 0:29:23paired with training ground, paired with travel,
0:29:23 > 0:29:25paired with climate.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Of course, when you're looking at any venue,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31you never get absolutely everything you'd like.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33But we feel that was the best option for us.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37This is where all the teams want to be playing on July 15th next
0:29:37 > 0:29:39year, Moscow's cavernous Luzhniki Stadium, where
0:29:39 > 0:29:42the World Cup final will be staged.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44In recent years, England have proved highly effective
0:29:44 > 0:29:48in qualifying campaigns, but then they have failed when it
0:29:48 > 0:29:51really counts in the major tournaments themselves.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54They have won just one match over the last two World Cups.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Realistically, how far can they go here in Russia next summer?
0:29:58 > 0:30:02We can't go to a World Cup and not try and win it.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04A lot of these players are going to peak maybe in two
0:30:04 > 0:30:06or four years' time.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08But we can't just write off a tournament.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I don't think anybody in England would accept that.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13If I offered you the quarterfinal of the World Cup next summer
0:30:13 > 0:30:14now, would you take it?
0:30:14 > 0:30:15Not now, no.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20But we haven't won a knockout match since 2006, so our last
0:30:20 > 0:30:25two tournaments have been a disappointment.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30So we've got to remember where we are starting from with this
0:30:30 > 0:30:31group of young players.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Equally, they are fiercely ambitious.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39The evolution of the England squad and Southgate has seen
0:30:39 > 0:30:41an emphasis on younger players, and the manager says he has been
0:30:41 > 0:30:43impressed with their sense of unity.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46They've got so many foreign players at their club that I think coming
0:30:46 > 0:30:48together with other English players is actually a strength.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50It's something they look forward to.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52So, the environment we have is very healthy.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55This has been an unprecedented year of success for England's youth
0:30:55 > 0:30:57teams, with both the under-17s and under-20s crowned
0:30:57 > 0:31:00world champions.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Southgate must now hope such achievements rub
0:31:03 > 0:31:05off on his young squad, as he prepares for his first major
0:31:05 > 0:31:07tournament in charge.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Dan Roan, BBC News, Moscow.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Here's Kamal Ahmed.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Tonight, what happened to that special relationship?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20We'll examine the future of diplomacy for Britain
0:31:20 > 0:31:23and the United States after an extraordinary 24 hours