0:00:08 > 0:00:11One of the Prime Minister's closest political allies - Damian Green -
0:00:11 > 0:00:13strongly denies fresh allegations he looked at pornography
0:00:13 > 0:00:15on his office computer.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17A retired detective, who says he analysed the computer
0:00:17 > 0:00:19in a separate investigation nine years ago, claims
0:00:19 > 0:00:27there were thousands of pornographic images on it.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30In-between browsing pornography, he was sending e-mails from his
0:00:30 > 0:00:40account, his personal account.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44I've maintianed all along, I still maintain, it is the truth,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47that I didn't download or look at pornography on my computer.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49But obviously, while the investigation is going on,
0:00:49 > 0:00:50I can't say any more.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53We'll be asking what it could all mean for the
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Prime Minister's Deputy?
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Also tonight:
0:00:55 > 0:00:57The investigation into alleged Russian meddling -
0:00:57 > 0:00:58President Trump's former National Security Advisor,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Michael Flynn, pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03The key to Brexit talks, as the EU warns Britain trade
0:01:03 > 0:01:05negotiations won't start until Ireland is satisfied
0:01:05 > 0:01:10there'll be no hard border.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11England!
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Gearing up for a summer of World Cup football -
0:01:14 > 0:01:20Maradona hands England a comfortable draw for Russia 2018.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And hundreds turn out in Nottingham to see Prince Harry
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and Meghan Markle on their first public engagement together.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And coming up on Sportsday, on BBC News...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Could the day-night match in Adelaide provide England's best
0:01:29 > 0:01:31chance of winning an Ashes Test?
0:01:31 > 0:01:33They start there in just a few hours' time.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Good evening.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Theresa May's deputy - Damian Green - is under
0:01:58 > 0:02:00renewed pressure tonight, after claims that he accessed
0:02:00 > 0:02:03pornography on his Commons computer.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07A retired detective says he found "thousands" of pornographic images
0:02:07 > 0:02:10on a computer in Mr Green's office nine years ago, and that it was
0:02:10 > 0:02:13"ridiculous" to suggest that anyone else could be responsible.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Mr Green - the First Secretary of State - has again insisted
0:02:16 > 0:02:18that the allegations are false.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Our home affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw, has this
0:02:20 > 0:02:24exclusive report.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26He's Theresa May's oldest and most trusted political ally,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29now battling for Cabinet survival over claims he watched pornography
0:02:29 > 0:02:35on his work computer.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Can I just ask you to leave?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40The allegations, which he denies, centre on computers seized in this
0:02:40 > 0:02:46police raid over leaked documents from the Home Office.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Now, a detective involved in the inquiry has given his account
0:02:49 > 0:02:54of what he discovered.
0:02:54 > 0:02:54I had an exemplary record.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I had an exemplary record.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Neil Lewis spent 25 years in the Metropolitan Police before
0:02:58 > 0:02:59retiring due to ill health.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00He has multiple sclerosis.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02In 2008, he was given the task of examining
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Damian Green's work computer.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09The shocking thing was that, as I was viewing, I noticed a lot
0:03:09 > 0:03:19of pornography thumbnails, which indicated web browsing.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20But a lot.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21There was a lot of them.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23How many images did you see on that?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Thousands.
0:03:27 > 0:03:28Thousands of pornographic images?
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Thumbnail images.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32This is the one note that you kept.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Yes.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Neil Lewis still has his notebook from the time, detailing
0:03:36 > 0:03:37what he saw on the computer.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42There is a reference to briefing officers about pornography.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44He claims two other detectives also saw the material.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It was legal and not extreme, he said.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Similar images were also seen on a laptop, he claimed.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52How can you be sure that it was Damian Green
0:03:52 > 0:03:55who was accessing that pornography?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58There's a sort of phrase, "You can't put fingers on the keyboard".
0:03:58 > 0:04:02So I can't say that.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07But the computer was in Mr Green's office,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12on his desk, logged in, his account, his name.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15In-between browsing pornography, he was sending e-mails from his
0:04:15 > 0:04:22account, his personal account.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29Reading documents, writing documents.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33And it was just impossible.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37It was sort of exclusive and extensive, that it was
0:04:37 > 0:04:39ridiculous to suggest that anybody else could have done it.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Outside his home in Kent today, Damian Green
0:04:41 > 0:04:44protested his innocence.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48A Cabinet Office inquiry has been examining his conduct.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Mr Green...
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I've said that I'm not commenting any further
0:04:54 > 0:04:59while the investigation is going on.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I've maintained all along, I still maintain, it is the truth,
0:05:02 > 0:05:07that I didn't download or look at pornography on my computer.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10But obviously, while the investigation is going on, I can't
0:05:10 > 0:05:11say any more at the moment.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13One of Mr Green's colleagues in Parliament rallied
0:05:13 > 0:05:15to his defence, saying the detective's
0:05:15 > 0:05:18account didn't add up.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20The pattern of behaviour he describes seems to me entirely
0:05:20 > 0:05:25inconsistent with the normal pattern of behaviour of an MP in Parliament.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28We simply do not have hours to sit in front of our computers
0:05:28 > 0:05:33and browse leisure websites, of whatever variety.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Did you look at pornography at all?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38There are now questions about how apparently confidential information
0:05:38 > 0:05:41about Damian Green's computers was made public.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Scotland Yard is looking into it.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Danny Shaw, BBC News.
0:05:46 > 0:05:54Our deputy political editor, John Pienaar,
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Is in Downing Street tonight.Where does this go now? This is an
0:05:59 > 0:06:05important matter and not just for Damian Green's future. He has added
0:06:05 > 0:06:09nothing to his flat denial of viewing pornography at work but his
0:06:09 > 0:06:13political friends have rallied round, Tory MPs and the leader of
0:06:13 > 0:06:17the DUP party at Westminster accusing this former officer of
0:06:17 > 0:06:20breaching operational confidentiality. And the Brexit
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Secretary David Davis, I have been told, has warned Theresa May she
0:06:24 > 0:06:28should not sack Damian Green on the word form officers who come his
0:06:28 > 0:06:32friends believe, maybe out to do him down. Why? Because that police raid
0:06:32 > 0:06:37as part of a wheat enquiry in 2008 backfired on the police, they were
0:06:37 > 0:06:39criticised and the friends of Damian Green believe this is a kind of
0:06:39 > 0:06:46revenge. If it ends in Damian Green losing his job, the final report,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50some of those Conservative MPs and others will want to know why. And
0:06:50 > 0:06:53there are other questions, suggestions of other acts of
0:06:53 > 0:06:58impropriety by Damian Green, what about those? He says clearly and
0:06:58 > 0:07:01consistently throughout the same thing. Theresa May will have to
0:07:01 > 0:07:05reach a judgment on the evidence of whether she should lose such a close
0:07:05 > 0:07:09ally at such a vulnerable time, vulnerable because of such things as
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Brexit. We will have the answer soon. I am told Theresa May will
0:07:13 > 0:07:16have that report and we will have those answers perhaps by the
0:07:16 > 0:07:21beginning of next week.From Downing Street, thank you.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22One of President Trump's closest confidants -
0:07:22 > 0:07:24his former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn -
0:07:24 > 0:07:27has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents over alleged Russian
0:07:27 > 0:07:30interference in the US elections.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Mr Flynn is the most senior former official to be charged
0:07:33 > 0:07:37in the investigation so far.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39But the White House says the guilty plea doesn't implicate
0:07:39 > 0:07:40anyone else except him.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45From Washington, here's our correspondent, Aleem Maqbool.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47It has sent political shock waves through Washington.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49General Michael Flynn - Donald Trump's former
0:07:49 > 0:07:53National Security Adviser - turned himself in to the FBI,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and to a judge admitted lying about his contacts
0:07:55 > 0:07:59with Russian officials.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02In court, he was asked if he wished to plead guilty to making false,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04fictitious and fraudulent statements, to which Michael Flynn
0:08:04 > 0:08:07answered simply, "Yes, sir".
0:08:07 > 0:08:09"My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Counsel's Office reflect a decision I made in the best interests
0:08:12 > 0:08:17of my family and of our country," he said in a statement.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Well, we now know General Flynn had conversations with
0:08:19 > 0:08:21the Russian Ambassador about the possibility of lifting
0:08:21 > 0:08:25sanctions against Moscow.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27But given Barack Obama was still in the White House,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30he was just unauthorised to do that.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33But he now says, crucially, that he was directed to have those
0:08:33 > 0:08:35conversations by a senior official in the transition
0:08:35 > 0:08:38team of Donald Trump.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41General Mike Flynn!
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Retired, United States Army!
0:08:42 > 0:08:43APPLAUSE
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Michael Flynn developed a close relationship with Mr Trump
0:08:47 > 0:08:49during the election campaign - at one point, even being talked
0:08:49 > 0:08:51of as a potential Vice-President.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56A truly great General.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Right here.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Mike, thank you.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00At the Republican National Convention, he famously led
0:09:00 > 0:09:02chants for Hillary Clinton to be imprisoned.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Yes, that's right, lock her up!
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It was revealed Michael Flynn had previously had contacts
0:09:07 > 0:09:10with Vladimir Putin, but he made his costly
0:09:10 > 0:09:13mistake late last year, after President Obama had just
0:09:13 > 0:09:16imposed more sanctions on Russia for interfering in the US election.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18On the 29th of December, Michael Flynn spoke
0:09:18 > 0:09:20to the Russian Ambassador on the phone.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23On the 15th of January, Vice President Mike Pence said that
0:09:23 > 0:09:29sanctions were not discussed by Michael Flynn in those calls.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Only after the 9th of February, when a newspaper revealed
0:09:31 > 0:09:34General Flynn did discuss sanctions when he wasn't authorised to do
0:09:34 > 0:09:41so, did pressure increase and Michael Flynn lost his job.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45Michael Flynn then became one key focus of the investigation
0:09:45 > 0:09:47into Russia's attempts to influence the 2016 election and potential
0:09:47 > 0:09:51collusion with the Trump campaign.
0:09:51 > 0:09:58The White House is now trying to distance itself
0:09:58 > 0:10:01from General Flynn's actions and the lies he told to the FBI,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04but there's no question that this latest development brings the Russia
0:10:04 > 0:10:10investigation ever closer to the President himself.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15It is now being reported that the son-in-law of Donald Trump, Jared
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Kushner, was a senior official who directed some of those
0:10:18 > 0:10:22communications between Michael Flynn and the Russian Ambassador. So we
0:10:22 > 0:10:27are a long way from talking about something that can bring down Donald
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Trump but the wagons are circling all the more about the White House.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Thank you.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Millions of people download anti-virus software
0:10:34 > 0:10:37onto their computers every year to try to protect themselves
0:10:37 > 0:10:40from hackers and cybercrime.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42But now the Government is warning that using Russian software could be
0:10:42 > 0:10:44a risk to national security.
0:10:44 > 0:10:53One of the most popular anti-virus products is made
0:10:53 > 0:10:54by a Russian company called Kaspersky.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57But the company's boss has told the BBC there is no evidence
0:10:57 > 0:10:58they are involved in spying.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Here's our security correspondent, Gordon Corera.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Fears of Russian cyber-espionage have been growing and, tonight,
0:11:02 > 0:11:08the Government issues a new warning about the risks posed by a widely
0:11:08 > 0:11:09used Russian company.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Our mission has always been to protect the big and the small...
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Kaspersky Lab provide security products designed to protect systems
0:11:16 > 0:11:19from criminals and hackers.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20It's used by consumers, and also businesses,
0:11:20 > 0:11:24and some parts of government.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28We keep the secrets of global significance...
0:11:28 > 0:11:33For a system like Kaspersky to work, this software requires access
0:11:33 > 0:11:35to almost all the files on someone's computer, phone or network,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38to scan for viruses.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41And the software may also need to communicate back to the company's
0:11:41 > 0:11:44headquarters in Moscow.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46The fear is that this could be used by the Russian
0:11:46 > 0:11:50state for espionage - stealing secrets.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Here at Britain's National Cyber Security Centre,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56they say they've not seen actual proof of such espionage,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59but they believe there is an increased risk.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03And so today, they've told government departments not to use
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Kaspersky for systems containing sensitive data.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12This is specifically about, erm, entities that may be of interest
0:12:12 > 0:12:14to the Russian Government.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16And so that, for us, is about national security
0:12:16 > 0:12:18systems in government, of which there are
0:12:18 > 0:12:19a very small number.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22And, for example, if you have a business doing negotiations
0:12:22 > 0:12:26that the Russian Government may be interested in.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Kaspersky Lab has already faced allegations that it's been used
0:12:29 > 0:12:31for espionage in America.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Earlier this week, I spoke to the company's founder
0:12:34 > 0:12:38and Chief Executive at their London offices about those claims.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40My response is that we don't do anything wrong,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43and we will never do that.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48It's simply not possible.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53And, er, what's in all these publications, they are just
0:12:53 > 0:12:55speculating about some rumours, opinions, and there is
0:12:55 > 0:12:59zero of the hard data.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05400 million people use Kaspersky products around the world.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Barclays actually offers Kaspersky's award-winning...
0:13:07 > 0:13:10In the UK, Barclays has provided it to customers.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12But officials say they're not telling the general
0:13:12 > 0:13:18public to stop using it.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20The company denies any wrongdoing, but today's warning is another sign
0:13:20 > 0:13:22of growing fears over the risks posed by Russia.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Gordon Corera, BBC News.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30The European Council President, Donald Tusk, has warned Theresa May
0:13:30 > 0:13:33that the EU will not begin discussing trade in the Brexit talks
0:13:33 > 0:13:36until Ireland is happy with the UK's offer on the future
0:13:36 > 0:13:38of the Irish border.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41It comes as the head of the World Trade Organisation has
0:13:41 > 0:13:44told the BBC that the UK faces a "very bumpy" and "long" road
0:13:44 > 0:13:46to secure a trade deal.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed, reports.
0:13:50 > 0:13:58On the banks of Lake Geneva, the organisation that holds the rule
0:13:58 > 0:14:00book for trade around the world and is helping both sides,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Britain and the EU, as they tread their way
0:14:03 > 0:14:03gingerly towards separation.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06The man in charge told me that a hard, disruptive
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Brexit would carry costs.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I don't think this is going to be an easy negotiation,
0:14:12 > 0:14:13to be frank with you.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I think it's going to be very tough because of the number of elements
0:14:16 > 0:14:18and variables involved in this conversation.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Trade negotiations are extremely complex.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25They are very sensitive politically.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28People have talked about what has been described as a hard Brexit.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Would that be a disaster for the British and
0:14:30 > 0:14:34European Union economies?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Clearly, this is not going to be a situation where all trade stops.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42There is collapse, in terms of the economy as a whole.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44So that, for me, is the end of the world.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47But it's not going to be a walk in the park.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48It's not like nothing happened.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49There will be an impact.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54The tendency is that prices will go up, of course.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58You have to absorb the costs of that disruption.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01That question of disruption affects so much in these negotiations.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05What about the Irish border and how to keep it open once Brexit happens?
0:15:05 > 0:15:08In Dublin, the EU offered the Irish Prime Minister
0:15:08 > 0:15:11what amounted to a veto.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14If the UK offer is unacceptable for Ireland, it will also be
0:15:14 > 0:15:18unacceptable for the EU.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21This is why the big key to the UK's future lies,
0:15:21 > 0:15:26in some ways, in Dublin.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Is there any example we can look to which could solve
0:15:29 > 0:15:30this Irish problem?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32I can't think of a close parallel anywhere else.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36It's challenging, I have to tell you.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40To the extent that there is no longer a Customs Union.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43It's...
0:15:43 > 0:15:48No easy solution comes to the mind.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Here in Geneva, and a warning - no free trade deal with
0:15:50 > 0:15:55the European Union would be costly for the UK.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Next week, the focus moves 500 miles north,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02to Brussels, where a lunch - maybe frosty - between Theresa May
0:16:02 > 0:16:04and the President of the European Commission will try
0:16:04 > 0:16:06and unravel some of these difficult issues.
0:16:06 > 0:16:16Kamal Ahmed, BBC News, Geneva.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23Nearly 200 Nat West are to close along with 60 RBS branches. 680 jobs
0:16:23 > 0:16:28will be lost. RBS, which owns both banks, says online banking means
0:16:28 > 0:16:32fewer customers are using the branches.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Pope Francis has been meeting some of the Rohingya Muslim refugees
0:16:35 > 0:16:37who've fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar after a wave
0:16:37 > 0:16:38of ethnic violence.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The Pope asked them for forgiveness - saying the world had been
0:16:41 > 0:16:42indifferent to their suffering.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43From Bangladesh, Martin Bashir reports.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46On the fifth day of his visit to South Asia, Pope Francis arrived
0:16:46 > 0:16:51in typically unpretentious style at an interfaith gathering in Dhaka.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54In the audience were 16 Rohingya adults and children
0:16:54 > 0:16:57who'd fled from Myanmar.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02One of them was 12-year-old Shawkat Ara.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Shawkat's entire family lived in a village in Rakhine state,
0:17:06 > 0:17:13when the army arrived in September.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16In recalling what happened, she said, "They shouted,
0:17:16 > 0:17:21'You Rohingyas, you Bengalis,' and then killed everyone.
0:17:21 > 0:17:31They killed my aunt, my uncle, and others in the village.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37They killed my whole family, my four brothers.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40My sister and my parents are dead.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44I have no one left."
0:17:44 > 0:17:46The Pope invited the refugees onto the stage and blessed
0:17:46 > 0:17:52all of them, including Shawkat.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55And having not used the word once during his visit,
0:17:55 > 0:18:04he decided to give a name to the people and their suffering.
0:18:04 > 0:18:12"The presence of God today," he said, "is also called Rohingya."
0:18:12 > 0:18:15A papal visit brought global attention to the suffering,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18and comfort to a child who has lost everything.
0:18:18 > 0:18:26Martin Bashir, BBC News, Bangladesh.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Next summer, 32 countries battle it out for football's
0:18:28 > 0:18:29World Cup in Russia.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Today, England secured a favourable draw when the groups
0:18:32 > 0:18:34were decided in Moscow.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37This is how it will all begin for England in the opening group stage.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40They will kick off against Tunisia on Monday, 18 June.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43England will then play Panama on the 24th, saving
0:18:43 > 0:18:46the toughest for last, playing one of the top seeds
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Belgium on the 28th.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Our sports editor Dan Roan reports.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55It was the day Russia invited the great and the good of football
0:18:55 > 0:18:57inside its seat of power.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The Kremlin playing host to some of the legends who have graced
0:19:00 > 0:19:03the sport's showpiece event.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06A first World Cup in Russia has become a matter of personal pride
0:19:06 > 0:19:08and political importance to Vladimir Putin.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10The president himself taking the opportunity
0:19:10 > 0:19:15to kick off proceedings.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17APPLAUSE.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20A colourful celebration of Russian culture providing the now
0:19:20 > 0:19:24traditional pre-draw entertainment.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27As England's manager Gareth Southgate prepared
0:19:27 > 0:19:29to learn his team's fate, there were plenty of familiar faces
0:19:29 > 0:19:32from which to gain confidence.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34World Cup winner Gordon Banks leading out a stellar cast
0:19:34 > 0:19:36list of draw assistants, before Gary Lineker,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Golden Boot winner in 1986 and more recently an outspoken critic
0:19:39 > 0:19:43of tournament organisers Fifa, was introduced in his role
0:19:43 > 0:19:46as master of ceremonies.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I think I prefer to take a penalty in the World Cup final
0:19:49 > 0:19:54than actually organise this draw, but I'll do my best.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56With the draw finally under way, it fell to Diego Maradona -
0:19:56 > 0:19:59no stranger to breaking England's hearts - to reveal
0:19:59 > 0:20:00they'd be in Group G.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02England.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05That meant that the top ranked seeds Belgium lie in wait, a squad packed
0:20:05 > 0:20:08with Premier League talent.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09The manager giving little away.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12As the draw progressed, the rest of the group emerged, along
0:20:12 > 0:20:14perhaps with a sense of relief.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Tunisia, beaten by England in their opening match
0:20:16 > 0:20:21at France '98, and Panama, playing in their first World Cup.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Both opponents England would have taken before the draw,
0:20:23 > 0:20:27so what did the manager think of the hand his team had been dealt?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30We've been good at writing teams off and then getting beaten by them,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33haven't we, so we've got to make sure that we're prepared
0:20:33 > 0:20:34for all of those games.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It's fantastically exciting now to be here for the draw
0:20:37 > 0:20:38with every other coach.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40It's been a great experience and I'm really looking forward
0:20:40 > 0:20:43to getting on with it now.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46COMMENTATOR:England are out of the European Championship.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48England's humiliating defeat to Iceland in last year's Euros
0:20:48 > 0:20:53serves as a warning that no one should be taken for granted.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56However, as they look ahead to next summer's campaign,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58deep down they and their fans know that today's Russian roulette
0:20:58 > 0:21:01could have been far tougher.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05There were plenty of dangers lurking here inside the Kremlin for England.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Footballing powers like Germany, Brazil and Argentina.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11But all were avoided in a favourable draw and England can now look
0:21:11 > 0:21:13forward to next summer with a degree of confidence.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Their fans, however, shouldn't get carried away.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Dan Roan, BBC News, Moscow.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Well, any England fans hoping to follow the team in the opening
0:21:23 > 0:21:26stages will have to cover almost 5000 miles.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Our correspondents Sarah Rainsford and Steve Rosenberg have been
0:21:31 > 0:21:40checking out the cities that will host England's games.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45This is Mother Russia - determined, defiant,
0:21:45 > 0:21:49urging her people rise up and crush the enemy.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Now Volgograd used to be called Stalingrad,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54and the Battle of Stalingrad, in which nearly 2 million
0:21:54 > 0:21:58people were killed, still haunts this place.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01But today, the focus is on football and from up here there's a wonderful
0:22:01 > 0:22:07view of the stadium they're building for the World Cup.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09And here's a closer look at it.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Now I've already mentioned how the war still casts
0:22:11 > 0:22:12a shadow over the city.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16When they started building this stadium they found 300 unexploded
0:22:16 > 0:22:26bombs here and the remains of two soldiers.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32In communist times I wouldn't have been allowed into Nizhny Novgorod -
0:22:32 > 0:22:34this city was closed to foreigners.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Not any more, of course, and for football fans coming
0:22:37 > 0:22:39here there's plenty to see.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42This place has even got its own Kremlin.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44They're not quite ready for kick-off here.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46The Nizhny Novgorod football stadium is still under construction.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49The whole thing has been designed to look a little bit
0:22:49 > 0:22:52like the Volga River, which is just across the way,
0:22:52 > 0:22:57and they assure me here that everything will be ready on time.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01And there will be entertainment off the pitch too.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Here at the Nizhny Novgorod circus they're putting together a special
0:23:04 > 0:23:08series of shows for the World Cup and for visiting fans.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Russia may not be the favourites in the football, but they certainly
0:23:11 > 0:23:18look like champions in the big top.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24In some spots like this, Kaliningrad looks distinctly European,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27but this is Russian territory.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30It's a sliver of the former Soviet Union that's now
0:23:30 > 0:23:32surrounded by the EU, and this is the westernmost
0:23:32 > 0:23:35point for the World Cup.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38If England fans do have a ticket to a match here, then the good news
0:23:38 > 0:23:41is it's going to be pretty easy to get to, because Kaliningrad
0:23:41 > 0:23:44is just a short drive across the border from Poland
0:23:44 > 0:23:46or from Lithuania and the ground itself is pretty close
0:23:46 > 0:23:48to the city centre.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51And it seems there will be a warm welcome for fans too,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53because the mayor here recently instructed all locals
0:23:53 > 0:24:02to be nice to visitors - and not to hit them.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07That was Sarah Rainsford ending those reports.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have carried out their first
0:24:09 > 0:24:11official public engagement since they announced they were
0:24:11 > 0:24:12getting married earlier this week.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The couple were greeted by crowds of well-wishers in Nottingham
0:24:15 > 0:24:18as they visited a World Aids Day charity fair and then met local
0:24:18 > 0:24:20teachers and children at a school nearby.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27As an actress, she's been used to a public stage.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31She's accustomed to meeting crowds and dealing with fans.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Little surprise, then, that Meghan Markle handled her first
0:24:34 > 0:24:36official public appearance in her new role with
0:24:36 > 0:24:40considerable confidence.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Husband-to-be was on hand, solicitous and supportive.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46There was a lot of eye contact between them and supportive arms
0:24:46 > 0:24:49going around each other's backs.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52At times they met the crowds together, but then Meghan
0:24:52 > 0:24:54branched off on her own, stopping and taking
0:24:54 > 0:24:59time with people.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02While Harry did the same thing on his side of the street.
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Moments later they were reunited, the cue for more back-rubbing.
0:25:07 > 0:25:13This clearly is a team effort and the new recruit seems a natural.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16She will do hundreds and hundreds of events like this
0:25:16 > 0:25:19in the years to come, but she will remember this one -
0:25:19 > 0:25:23her first official encounter with the British public.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25And the verdict on her performance?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27I think she's great.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29A good addition to the Royal family.
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Definitely.
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Yeah.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32An American.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Go, mixed kids!
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Yeah, mixed kids in the royal family now.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38The couple heard about the work of the Terrence Higgins Trust,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40the charity which has worked for years to help people
0:25:40 > 0:25:42suffering from HIV-AIDS.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44It's a cause Harry, now with Meghan, wants to take forward
0:25:44 > 0:25:50in tribute to his late mother.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53And at a local college, they heard about the effort to help
0:25:53 > 0:25:55young people keep out of trouble.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Serious issues to which Harry, through a charitable trust,
0:25:57 > 0:26:01is devoting serious attention.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04But for all that, there was no doubt who sparkled the most today -
0:26:04 > 0:26:07the woman with the diamond.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10I saw her ring and the diamond is massive!
0:26:10 > 0:26:12It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Just knowing that you're sitting near Meghan and Prince Harry,
0:26:15 > 0:26:20it's jaw-dropping, it's really nice.