0:00:03 > 0:00:06Tonight at Ten.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09No breakthrough yet in the latest round of Brexit talks.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12The future of Northern Ireland is the main issue.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker say good progress has been made
0:00:15 > 0:00:18but more talks are needed later this week.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Some differences do remain which require further
0:00:21 > 0:00:24negotiation and consultation.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28This is not a failure.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32This is the start of the very last run.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I am very confident that we will reach agreement
0:00:34 > 0:00:37in the course of this week.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The Irish border is the big challenge with the DUP saying
0:00:40 > 0:00:42they'll resist any plans to align Northern Ireland with
0:00:42 > 0:00:45the rest of the EU.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49We have been very clear, Northern Ireland must leave
0:00:49 > 0:00:59the European Union on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04What does that mean for this 300 miles of border? What customs posts
0:01:04 > 0:01:09were generally regarded as a thing of the past.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11And the Irish Government says it's surprised and disappointed
0:01:11 > 0:01:13at the outcome of today's talks.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14We'll have the latest.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Also tonight.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19The US Supreme Court allows President Trump's travel ban against
0:01:19 > 0:01:24six mainly Muslim countries to go into full effect.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Yemen's former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has been killed
0:01:26 > 0:01:28after seeking a new alliance in the country's
0:01:28 > 0:01:29devastating civil war.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32A plan for zero tolerance of plastic waste in the oceans is being
0:01:32 > 0:01:37discussed at a United Nations summit on pollution.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41And, Australia remain in command of the second Ashes test in Adelaide
0:01:41 > 0:01:49despite a fightback by England.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54And coming up the FA Cup third round draw throws up a Merseyside derby.
0:01:54 > 0:02:03Everton will travel to neighbours Liverpool in January.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Good evening.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21There was no deal agreed in Brussels today to move on to the next phase
0:02:21 > 0:02:23of the Brexit talks, despite all the expectation that
0:02:23 > 0:02:27agreement was on the cards.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The Prime Minister is believed to have broken off from talks
0:02:30 > 0:02:33with the President of the European Commission -
0:02:33 > 0:02:36after an intervention by the Democratic Unionist Party
0:02:36 > 0:02:41of Northern Ireland - Mrs May's parliamentary partners.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43They were raising concerns about a possible solution
0:02:43 > 0:02:45to the issue of the border between Northern Ireland
0:02:45 > 0:02:46and the Republic.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Further talks will now take place later this week,
0:02:49 > 0:02:50as our political editor Laura Kuenssberg
0:02:50 > 0:02:55reports from Brussels.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Here to reveal the deal, or was it slipping away?
0:03:00 > 0:03:04The Prime Minister didn't exactly look delighted,
0:03:04 > 0:03:11but after weeks of trying to grip a deal, it seemed it was on.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14She'd only parked up for lunch, but it turned into a long lunch,
0:03:14 > 0:03:15and then later and later.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17By tea-time, look at their faces.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22It was off for today.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26It's clear crucially we want to move foort together but on a couple of
0:03:26 > 0:03:33issues some differences do remain by require further negotiation and
0:03:33 > 0:03:37consultation and those will continue but we will reconvene before the end
0:03:37 > 0:03:42of the week and I am also confident that we will conclude this
0:03:42 > 0:03:49positively.Didn't feel very positive this afternoon.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Despite our best efforts and significant progress,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53we and our teams have made over the past days on this,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57there remain withdrawal issues.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02It was not possible to reach complete agreement today.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07Despite all the hope and aefgs the negotiating teams leave Brussels
0:04:07 > 0:04:20today without a deal. So different to this morning. Listen to this.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Sure-ish that the UK Government would give enough to make it work,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25even despite what's been described as a contradiction
0:04:25 > 0:04:28over the Irish border.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31As long as we have the commitment that there will be full alignment,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33it's OK, there will be no border.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36So, as far as you're concerned, sir, the text includes a concession
0:04:36 > 0:04:38from the British government over the Northern Irish border?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Right, but is that a surprise to you?
0:04:40 > 0:04:46The British government created for itself a contradiction.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Nothing today? No props peth today?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I'm optimistic that it is possible.
0:04:52 > 0:04:5350-50 to have something.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55But we have to be sure that on citizens rights,
0:04:55 > 0:04:56everything is OK.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57But watch this.
0:04:57 > 0:05:03As suggestions of a deal became the accepted truth, the DUP,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05whose support Theresa May needs, slammed on the brakes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07We have been very clear.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Northern Ireland must leave the European Union on the same terms
0:05:09 > 0:05:13as the rest of the United Kingdom, and we will not accept any form
0:05:13 > 0:05:18of regulatory divergence which separates Northern Ireland.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23As time ticked on, 20 minutes later, the Prime Minister broke
0:05:23 > 0:05:25off her meetings in Brussels to phone Mrs Foster.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28I understand the DUP made it plain they could not
0:05:28 > 0:05:33support the proposed deal.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36The precise opposite to the Irish leader who has pushed and pushed,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38and talked of his shock.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I'm surprised and disappointed that the British government now
0:05:40 > 0:05:43appears not to be in a position to conclude what was
0:05:43 > 0:05:46agreed earlier today.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I accept that the Prime Minister has asked for more time, and I know
0:05:49 > 0:05:52that she faces many challenges.
0:05:52 > 0:05:58And I acknowledge that she is negotiating in good faith.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02UK Government sources are eager to play down the idea that a deal today
0:06:02 > 0:06:08was ever a dead cert. But a document had been put together and accepted
0:06:08 > 0:06:13by officials on both sides. Senior politicians here in Brussels and in
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Dublin had gone on the record to suggest it was pretty much done. It
0:06:17 > 0:06:24was only when it became clear that the Prime Minister's allies found it
0:06:24 > 0:06:29unpalatable that suddenly the deal was off. There is no question that
0:06:29 > 0:06:33it's suddenly all over, tonight there is no clear way back.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38Those close to her claim it's not just the Tories reliance on the DUP
0:06:38 > 0:06:43that sunk the deal for today. Yet she leaves having taken so many
0:06:43 > 0:06:51steps, but not moved very much further forward.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Today's intervention from the Democratic Unionist Party
0:06:53 > 0:06:55was the latest reminder of the extreme difficulty
0:06:55 > 0:06:57of resolving the question of the future border
0:06:57 > 0:07:00between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03The DUP said it could not accept any solution which meant
0:07:03 > 0:07:08Northern Ireland would be treated separately to the rest of the UK.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11In Dublin, the Taioseach Leo Varadkar said he was
0:07:11 > 0:07:12surprised and disappointed at the British
0:07:12 > 0:07:17government's approach.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Let's join our correspondent Chris Buckler on the border tonight.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26All along this border you will find old huts that were once customs
0:07:26 > 0:07:31posts. No one wants a return of them or what sometimes is called a hard
0:07:31 > 0:07:35border. However, the DUP has become concerned about what it sees as the
0:07:35 > 0:07:40potential price for keeping these roads completely open. It's worried
0:07:40 > 0:07:43that trading ties with the Republic of Ireland are prioritised over
0:07:43 > 0:07:49those with the rest of the UK and they could put in place difference
0:07:49 > 0:07:53and division between here, Northern Ireland and Great Britain. That is
0:07:53 > 0:07:56extremely politically sensitive and it's also extremely awkward for
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Theresa May who relies on the DUP support in the Commons.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05The journey to a Brexit deal is proving far from easy.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The UK and the EU still have to find a way through the many problems
0:08:08 > 0:08:10posed by these border roads.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14The Irish government are insisting that there should be no change along
0:08:14 > 0:08:17the 310 miles that connect Northern Ireland and the Republic,
0:08:17 > 0:08:22that this should remain an invisible border.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25South of that dividing line in Dundalk, which will stay a part
0:08:25 > 0:08:27of the European Union, people started the day believing
0:08:27 > 0:08:31there was a prospect of a December deal.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34And for owners of shops like this, keeping trading rules
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and regulations the same across this island would be quite a gift.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39There's no restrictions at all.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42If you take stuff down, you can take it with you in the morning,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44you don't have to go through the customs.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I remember what it was like, you lost a day going the customs
0:08:47 > 0:08:49in Newry and then to Dundalk.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51After a while, it's like everything else,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54when it's gone a while, you forget how bad it was, you know.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58But the DUP hold quite a few cards in what is proving to be
0:08:58 > 0:08:59a grown-up game of poker.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02They worry that the trade-off for ensuring customs posts don't
0:09:02 > 0:09:04return to this island's roads could be new divisions and trading
0:09:04 > 0:09:09differences within the UK.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Potentially even new checks at ports for ships travelling
0:09:12 > 0:09:15between Northern Ireland and Britain - what has been called
0:09:15 > 0:09:18a border in the Irish Sea.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And north of the Irish border in Newry, many felt
0:09:20 > 0:09:23the Conservatives had no choice but to listen to the Democratic
0:09:23 > 0:09:29Unionists, because they hold the balance of power at Westminster.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32May needs the DUP at the moment.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Could that scupper this deal?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38I think it might, because if they pull the plug,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40it will be a general election.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Still part of the UK, so that's the way it will work.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47But these are towns which rely on euros as well as pounds.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49And they worry that any border could put off
0:09:49 > 0:09:52visitors and their cash.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56You see, if they put a hard border, it would more or less destroy towns
0:09:56 > 0:10:00like Newry and Enniskillen, the border towns.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Currently, there appears to be a stark choice
0:10:02 > 0:10:04of a border on land or sea.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07To avoid that the whole UK could agree to follow the EU's rules,
0:10:07 > 0:10:10but the Government are desperate to avoid any commitments ahead
0:10:10 > 0:10:15of discussing trade, and despite talk of technology,
0:10:15 > 0:10:19it's becoming difficult to see a simple solution.
0:10:19 > 0:10:27Chris Buckler, BBC News, Newry.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30We'll talk to our political editor Laura Kuenssberg who's in Brussels
0:10:30 > 0:10:34tonight but first to our Europe editor Katya Adler.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38What is the view there in Brussels tonight as about what happened there
0:10:38 > 0:10:44today?Well, Brussels has been left really rather open-mouthed. I have
0:10:44 > 0:10:47been told by sources close to the commission President as far as they
0:10:47 > 0:10:51were concerned Theresa May came here to do a deal, all of the details
0:10:51 > 0:10:56were on the table and EU pens were poised to sign off on that next
0:10:56 > 0:11:00phase of Brexit talks. Of course at the back of negotiators' minds was
0:11:00 > 0:11:04this idea that the Government in Ireland might try to slam on the
0:11:04 > 0:11:10brakes of a breakthrough on Brexit today but the DUP's actions took
0:11:10 > 0:11:12everyone here completely by surprise. This all played out in
0:11:12 > 0:11:16this building behind me where Theresa May was having a high
0:11:16 > 0:11:20powered lunch with the EU Commission President, an EU diplomat described
0:11:20 > 0:11:24the scene and said she was put in an impossible position with what he
0:11:24 > 0:11:28said was a domestic political gun to the head as she realised her
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Government could collapse all around her. There is brave talk here
0:11:32 > 0:11:37tonight in Brussels that the drama today was not a failure, that the EU
0:11:37 > 0:11:42and the UK are closer than ever before on key Brexit issues. But
0:11:42 > 0:11:46while that may all be true, it's also true that there is a return to
0:11:46 > 0:11:51frustration in EU circles that the EU feels once again that it's having
0:11:51 > 0:11:56to tread Brexit water while waiting for UK domestic politics to play
0:11:56 > 0:12:02out. If Theresa May can find wording over Ireland that is acceptable to
0:12:02 > 0:12:06the DUP, that doesn't ailianate Dublin she's been invited back here
0:12:06 > 0:12:10to Brussels by the latest on Monday I am told to try once again to firm
0:12:10 > 0:12:16up this deal to widen Brexit talks ahead of a key EU leaders' summit
0:12:16 > 0:12:22here in mid-December. Laura, can we talk about Theresa
0:12:22 > 0:12:27May's position. How much of a setback was today for her?Well, is
0:12:27 > 0:12:33it a complete disaster? No. Does it mean this process is totally doomed?
0:12:33 > 0:12:38No, it does not. Is it a significant disappointment? Yes, it is.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Officially the line out of Government tonight is that Number 10
0:12:40 > 0:12:44was not taking a deal for granted, they did not believe that it was
0:12:44 > 0:12:48completely nailed on, that it was all in the bag. But a Government
0:12:48 > 0:12:52source has told me that as recently as this morning the Prime Minister
0:12:52 > 0:12:56was told that the DUP had been squared off, that essentially the
0:12:56 > 0:13:00road was clear for a deal. We know that all the mood music from this
0:13:00 > 0:13:05end and from Dublin crucially was heading that way too. I think what's
0:13:05 > 0:13:08difficult for Theresa May tonight is it's not as if the EU are the ones
0:13:08 > 0:13:12who seem to have thrown a spanner in the works. The kind of thing that
0:13:12 > 0:13:16could easily be dismissed by claiming that Brussels was playing
0:13:16 > 0:13:21hard ball. The impression rather is that she has been wrong-footed by
0:13:21 > 0:13:27the DUP, a group that is meant to be on her side. Tonight things are left
0:13:27 > 0:13:32with this contradiction in place with no clear way back to really
0:13:32 > 0:13:37find an answer. Perhaps the broader difficulty that this issue really
0:13:37 > 0:13:41highlights is what the UK really wants in terms of the future
0:13:41 > 0:13:46relationship. Do we want a situation where we are still mirroring the EU,
0:13:46 > 0:13:51where we are still highly aligned to use that jargon? Or do we want what
0:13:51 > 0:13:55others around the Cabinet table want, something much looser where we
0:13:55 > 0:14:01can strike out on our own? That question has not been satisfyorily
0:14:01 > 0:14:04resolved over Northern Ireland but arguably the bigger problem is that
0:14:04 > 0:14:07it hasn't been resolved for the whole country either and Theresa May
0:14:07 > 0:14:17has only got a few days to make some progress.Thank you.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21The former President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has been killed
0:14:21 > 0:14:24just days after abandoning an alliance with a rebel
0:14:24 > 0:14:27group at the centre of the country's civil war.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30The current crisis started in 2015, when Houthi rebels, believed
0:14:30 > 0:14:32to be backed by Iran, took control of parts
0:14:32 > 0:14:35of the country.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38A coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, then began a campaign of airstrikes
0:14:38 > 0:14:41to try to oust them.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Saleh ran the country for more than 30 years and had been
0:14:44 > 0:14:47seeking talks to bring back the internationally
0:14:47 > 0:14:48recognised Government.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Ali Abdullah Saleh's house has been destroyed
0:14:55 > 0:15:05by the Houthis.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10They might not be able to break the power of his extended family
0:15:10 > 0:15:11and the tribal network that
0:15:11 > 0:15:13helped him hold power in Yemen for 30 years.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15A Houthi tank crew near the house celebrated.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18A fighter said, "Thank God for the great victory and the
0:15:18 > 0:15:21end of the most corrupt leader in the Islamic world."
0:15:21 > 0:15:27Houthi fighters killed Saleh as he tried to flee
0:15:27 > 0:15:36Sana, the capital, for his home town.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Mobile phone video of his corpse had echoes of the downfall of
0:15:39 > 0:15:40another long serving Arab leader,
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Libya's Colonel Gaddafi six years ago.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Since Saleh's death people have been running for cover,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46as Saudi-led air strikes hit Houthi targets.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Sana's hard-pressed hospitals took in more patients.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53The war was already a man-made catastrophe.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55The UN fears that new political uncertainty after Saleh
0:15:55 > 0:15:59could make it worse.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Key components such as fuel and food are in short supply.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04We need those to maintain our support to seven million people
0:16:04 > 0:16:10who are in a really bad state.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13With famine round the corner and the cholera re-emergence again
0:16:13 > 0:16:16makes it a very tragic future I think.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20For almost a week Sana has been rocked
0:16:20 > 0:16:24by yet another front in Yemen's war, as Saleh's men and the Houthis
0:16:24 > 0:16:28fought for the city.
0:16:28 > 0:16:35The fighting followed months of tension between them
0:16:35 > 0:16:40World then on Saturday, he announced it was time for a new page, with the
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Saudi-led coalition, that since 2015 has been bombing Yemen to try to
0:16:45 > 0:16:50destroy the Houthis. Saleh had been a force in Yemen, usually a dominant
0:16:50 > 0:16:56one, since the 1970s. He was a president for 34 years. World
0:16:56 > 0:17:04leaders courted him as a necessary man in a highly strategic place.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Saleh called governing Yemen, dancing on the heads of snakes. He
0:17:06 > 0:17:11was very good at doing deals with Yemen's tribes. But it looks as if
0:17:11 > 0:17:17he tried to make one deal too many, switching sides in the war and to
0:17:17 > 0:17:22stop it happening, the Houthis were prepared to kill him. The Houthis
0:17:22 > 0:17:28are a powerful Yemeni faction. They swept into Sana in 2014 in alliance
0:17:28 > 0:17:32with Saleh and his men. It's about more than who controls these streets
0:17:32 > 0:17:37for Saudi Arabia and its allies. They say the Houthis take orders
0:17:37 > 0:17:42from Iran, so the conflict here became part of the bigger
0:17:42 > 0:17:47confrontation across the Middle East between the Saudis and the Iranians.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Yemen was the poorest Arab country before the war pushed it to a new
0:17:51 > 0:17:57level of misery. Saleh's killing could create more chaos, making the
0:17:57 > 0:18:04lives of Yemenis, who've become pawns in the quarrels of much bigger
0:18:04 > 0:18:06battles, even more hellish.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Jeremy Bowen, BBC News.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Within the past hour, the US Supreme Court has allowed
0:18:10 > 0:18:14President Trump's travel ban - against people from six
0:18:14 > 0:18:16mainly-Muslim countries - to take full effect,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19even though legal challenges continue in lower courts.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Let's join our North America editor, Jon Sopel, in Washington.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Is it all over now?
0:18:26 > 0:18:32What does it mean now, is the the travel ban in place forever?This is
0:18:32 > 0:18:34going to grind on for some time yet as lower courts make their
0:18:34 > 0:18:38judgments. The really significant part of this, as far as Donald Trump
0:18:38 > 0:18:43is concerned, is the first time that one of the travel bans will come
0:18:43 > 0:18:50into force in its entirety. The nine-person Supreme Court, roughly
0:18:50 > 0:18:53speaking five conservative, four liberal, has voted 7-2 in the
0:18:53 > 0:18:57president's favour. That's a pretty strong indication that when the
0:18:57 > 0:19:02process has ground on for months or even years, it will come down in the
0:19:02 > 0:19:06favour of the president. A lot has been made of Donald Trump's reveils
0:19:06 > 0:19:11over the Russia inquiry, over his spat with Theresa May last week, but
0:19:11 > 0:19:14at the weekend, his tax reform proposals were passed in the Senate
0:19:14 > 0:19:20and now, the Supreme Court has taken a big step in allowing the travel
0:19:20 > 0:19:26ban to go ahead. For that, Donald Trump will be immensely happy.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Jon, many thanks.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Earlier today, President Trump faced criticism for his decision to reduce
0:19:32 > 0:19:34the size of two vast preservation areas, which contain some
0:19:34 > 0:19:38of America's most stunning scenery.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40The parks in Utah were designated as national monuments
0:19:40 > 0:19:42by presidents Clinton and Obama.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Some critics say the move could pave the way for mining and drilling.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Mr Trump was speaking in Salt Lake City, from where our
0:19:48 > 0:19:55correspondent James Cook sent this report.
0:19:55 > 0:20:04Nothing on earth prepares you for the Valley of the Gods.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06It looks like another planet.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08But this is the heart of the Bears Ears nature reserve
0:20:08 > 0:20:11in Utah, although it seems not for much longer.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16For Bruce Adams, victory is at hand.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Come on!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20The rancher has been fighting to return federal lands to state
0:20:20 > 0:20:23control for years and now he's found his champion.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I am just so grateful to President Trump because he's
0:20:26 > 0:20:28not your ordinary politician.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30He believes in rural people.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35He believes in local decision-making.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Hundreds of miles north, this was the welcome
0:20:38 > 0:20:42for Mr Trump in Salt Lake City.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46He confirmed he was slashing the Bears Ears preservation area
0:20:46 > 0:20:50by 85% and cutting another protected area in half.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Some people think that the natural resources of Utah should be
0:20:54 > 0:21:03controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats
0:21:03 > 0:21:05located in Washington.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06And guess what?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09They're wrong.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12In one of the poorest counties in the country these
0:21:12 > 0:21:14residents back the decision.
0:21:14 > 0:21:21Some see an opportunity to mine for minerals or drill for oil.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Whether or not there are valuable resources under this landscape
0:21:25 > 0:21:27is controversial and contested.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31But above the ground, there are many treasures.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33These are hollows where the native people of this
0:21:33 > 0:21:37land ground their corn, perhaps 1,000 years ago.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40And this is where they stored that corn.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43But unfortunately, there's also evidence here of looting.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47The battle to save sacred sites, like this ancient dwelling,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51is being waged by Native Americans who are now a minority in this
0:21:51 > 0:21:54mainly Mormon state.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58This is a struggle since the day the white people came here.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04The Mormons came to this area in 1879.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Since the day they came, it has been destruction,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12destruction, looting, looting, looting.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16Some of the rock art here may date back 10,000 years or more.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22But it was just 12 months ago when President Obama declared
0:22:22 > 0:22:24this a protected area.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27President Trump's fans say his plan to reverse that gives
0:22:27 > 0:22:29power to the people.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31His opponents call it cultural vandalism.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36James Cook BBC News, Bears Ears in Utah.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
0:22:40 > 0:22:46The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49has suggested that two retired officers, who alleged pornography
0:22:49 > 0:22:50was found on a Cabinet minister's computer,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52could be prosecuted, if it's found to be untrue.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55She said Bob Quick and Neil Lewis breached confidentiality rules,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57when they made their assertions about Damian Green.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58Mr Green denies watching or downloading pornography
0:22:58 > 0:23:02on the machine.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Six former Catalan ministers have been released from prison,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08but a Spanish supreme court judge has refused to grant bail
0:23:08 > 0:23:12to two others and to two activists, who were arrested
0:23:12 > 0:23:14after the region declared independence.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Their leader, Carles Puigdemont, has attended an extradition hearing
0:23:16 > 0:23:22in Belgium with four other former ministers.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Ten people - including two brothers - have been arrested in Malta
0:23:25 > 0:23:27in connection with the murder of the journalist,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Daphne Caruana Galizia.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31She died when her car was blown up by a bomb.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Her family believe she was killed because of her
0:23:34 > 0:23:43investigations into corruption.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45There's been a significant increase in the number of children
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and pensioners in poverty, according to the Joseph
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Rowntree Foundation.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The charity says that over the past four years an extra 700,000 children
0:23:51 > 0:23:54and pensioners in the UK fell into what's called
0:23:54 > 0:23:55"relative poverty".
0:23:55 > 0:24:00That's defined as households with less than 60% of the median income -
0:24:00 > 0:24:02the middle value of all incomes.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05The foundation says it's the first time in 20 years that these groups
0:24:05 > 0:24:06have seen sustained rises.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Our social affairs correspondent, Michael Buchanan, reports.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Here you are, Francis, haven't you had any yet?
0:24:13 > 0:24:16This drop-in centre is a second home to Flo Singleton,
0:24:16 > 0:24:18a source of friendship, laughter and warmth.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22The 84-year-old has seen her pension increase in recent years,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26but pension credit, a benefit paid to the poorest pensioners,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29has not been similarly protected.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32She lives on £160 per week.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It's a struggle, says Flo.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38If you go out, you don't have to have your heating on, do you?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Trouble is, once it's dark in the evenings now, and cold,
0:24:41 > 0:24:47you have to put your heating on, don't you?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49So you go on the bus just to keep warm?
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Yeah.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Well, you know!
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Yeah!
0:24:56 > 0:24:59It's lovely and warm on the bus.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03And then you sort of try and extend it as long as you can.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Even though you've got to nowhere to go?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Yeah.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10It's mad, isn't it?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12The number of people in absolute poverty,
0:25:12 > 0:25:17not having enough food or water to live on, has fallen by 500,000
0:25:17 > 0:25:19since 2010, say ministers.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But today's figures refer to relative poverty, having a lot
0:25:22 > 0:25:24less than most other people.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Since 1994/95, the number of people in relative poverty
0:25:27 > 0:25:29has fallen slightly.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32For pensioners, the decrease was quite dramatic, then
0:25:32 > 0:25:35recently started rising.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Child poverty also fell, albeit more slightly.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Then it too began increasing.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44From around 2012, we finally saw wages start to outstrip
0:25:44 > 0:25:49inflation once more, so that meant incomes, particularly
0:25:49 > 0:25:51middle-income households, started to grow in real terms.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54That meant they started to pull further away
0:25:54 > 0:25:57from those on low incomes, who, over the same period, were also
0:25:57 > 0:26:00affected by cuts to benefits.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03The mantra has long been, if you're poor, get a job,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05and for most people, that is indeed the case.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08But increasingly for the poor, it is not true.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Today's report finds that one in eight workers don't earn enough
0:26:11 > 0:26:15money to avoid being in poverty.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19When Cameron was born, his mother Karla had to give up work.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23Living on basic benefits has been trying.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27She has sometimes had to skip meals.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30But now he's six months old, the single mum would like to return
0:26:30 > 0:26:33to work, but she fears being unable to find flexible childcare
0:26:33 > 0:26:36for a zero-hours job as a learning disability support worker.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40I really did want to be able to go back to work.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44It just isn't reliable enough and secure enough.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48I need and he needs security, stability.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52We need routine.
0:26:52 > 0:27:01And without that, it's never going to be a settled life.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03The Government say they're spending £90 billion a year supporting
0:27:03 > 0:27:06working-age people in need.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08Such sums are not, however, preventing increasing numbers
0:27:08 > 0:27:12of people from falling into poverty.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17Michael Buchanan, BBC News.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20A plan for zero tolerance of plastic waste ending up
0:27:20 > 0:27:23in the oceans is being discussed at a United Nations
0:27:23 > 0:27:24summit on pollution.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27It's estimated that as much as eight million tonnes of plastic
0:27:27 > 0:27:29enters the seas every year, and to limit that flow,
0:27:29 > 0:27:35governments are being asked to consider a new treaty.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Scientists say they're shocked to discover plastic
0:27:37 > 0:27:39is killing marine life, even in the remotest
0:27:39 > 0:27:40corners of the planet, as our science editor,
0:27:40 > 0:27:41David Shukman, reports.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44It's an ugly but familiar sight around the world -
0:27:44 > 0:27:46plastic waste is now on every shoreline of every ocean.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Consumer products, used once and then thrown away,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52but creating a lasting impact on wildlife.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54In Britain, the Marine Conservation Society says litter on beaches
0:27:54 > 0:28:00here is actually increasing.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05No marine creature is safe, even a wandering albatross in Antarctica.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08The next episode of Blue Planet II shows how these magnificent birds
0:28:08 > 0:28:13scour the oceans for food but often collect plastic instead, which they
0:28:13 > 0:28:16then feed to their chicks.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Scientist Lucy Quinn found one chick that had died after swallowing
0:28:20 > 0:28:23a plastic toothpick.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26All kinds of plastic waste turns up in what's meant to be
0:28:26 > 0:28:29a pristine wilderness.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Whenever you see a chick that has been bringing back plastic or has
0:28:32 > 0:28:35been killed because of the ingestion of plastic, it's really hard not
0:28:35 > 0:28:38to be affected by that.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Clearly, you feel angry and it's horrifying that this
0:28:41 > 0:28:46plague of plastic is now in amongst our marine environment.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48What's depressing is that all of this waste was,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51at some stage, thrown away, but then found its way
0:28:51 > 0:28:55to Antarctica, where adult birds fed it to their chicks.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58It's things we're all familiar with - clingfilm,
0:28:58 > 0:29:03plastic food packaging, even a lightbulb.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Even if this doesn't kill seabirds outright,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10it's definitely making them weaker.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14There's an obvious threat from plastic waste and also a hidden one.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17That's because plastic contains toxins.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21It also binds with chemical pollutants in the ocean.
0:29:21 > 0:29:46If animals like seabirds eat it, their health is put at risk.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50A sperm whale toys with a piece of a bucket.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08David Attenborough says we've never been so aware of the problem
0:30:08 > 0:30:11and have never had so much power to tackle it, which comes down
0:30:11 > 0:30:14to how we all use plastic and what we do with it.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15David Shukman, BBC News.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17The veteran Indian actor, Shashi Kapoor, has died in hospital
0:30:17 > 0:30:19in Mumbai at the age of 79.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21From one of India's greatest acting families, he appeared
0:30:21 > 0:30:23in more than 150 films, including a dozen in English.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26He starred in some of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters
0:30:26 > 0:30:31of the '70s and '80s.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Cricket, and Australia remain in command of the second
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Ashes Test in Adelaide, despite a fight back by England.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40Australia bowled England out for 227 but were then reduced to 53-4
0:30:40 > 0:30:44at the end of the third day.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50Our correspondent, Andy Swiss, reports from Adelaide.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54When it comes to batting, Adelaide has seen the best.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56The home of the great Sir Donald Bradman.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00But the fans descending on the Oval were about to see how not to do it,
0:31:00 > 0:31:05as England threw away their wickets, their hopes and perhaps the Ashes.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07James Vince and Joe Root both went tamely -
0:31:07 > 0:31:11hardly the captain's innings he'd hoped for.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13And when Alastair Cook served up yet more catching practice,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16England were staring at humiliation.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18But if they were brittle, Australia were brilliant.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Nathan Lyon's dazzling caught and bowled followed
0:31:21 > 0:31:24by an even better one - Mitchell Starc showing
0:31:24 > 0:31:28the reflexes of a juggler, as Australia tightened their grip.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30By the time the final wicket fell, England
0:31:30 > 0:31:32were still a massive 215 behind.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Game surely over.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36But then a twist.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Australia could have made the visitors bat again,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40but decided not to.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Bad choice.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Under the floodlights, England's bowlers sparkled.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Two early wickets for Jimmy Anderson, two for Chris Woakes,
0:31:49 > 0:31:52including the big one, captain Steve Smith.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Australia 53-4 at the close.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59It may be faint but England finally have a sliver of hope.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Obviously we're behind in the game but at the same
0:32:01 > 0:32:03time it's really good, the fact that we fought back
0:32:03 > 0:32:07and showed good character to get ourselves back in the game.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I thought we bowled really well tonight, as a unit.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13And we've put some pressure back on Australia.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16A tense end, then, to a dramatic day.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Verbals exchanged as the players left the pitch.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20England will be hoping they could yet have the last word.
0:32:20 > 0:32:26Andy Swiss, BBC News, Adelaide.
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Australia will resume here in a few hours'