05/12/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten:

An official review says

the Manchester bombing -

which killed 22 people earlier this

year - could have been stopped.

The bomber, Salman Abedi, had been

a subject of interest to MI5,

and opportunities to stop him

were missed.

A report by a former independent

reviewer of terrorism legislation

says the intelligence should have

been acted upon.

Having received that intelligence,

MI5 should have opened an

investigation and who knows what

that investigation would have found.

Fact is, they didn't.

We'll have details of the official

review into the attack in Manchester

and those in London.

Also tonight...

Theresa May, discussing Brexit

with the Spanish prime minister,

says the UK is close to a deal

to move on to trade talks.

A decision by the International

Olympic Committee, to ban Russia

from competing at next year's

Winter Olympics, after allegations

of state-sponsored doping.

Christine Keeler, the model

at the centre of one of the great

political scandals of modern times,

has died at the age of 75.

And we'll be live in Hull to talk

to the winner of this year's

Turner Prize for art.

And coming up on Sportsday later

in the hour on BBC News:

Three British clubs -

Celtic, Cheslea and

Manceshetr United -

are in Champions League action,

playing their final group matches.

Good evening.

The bomber who attacked

the Manchester Arena in May this

year, killing 22 people,

had been a subject of interest

to the security service

and opportunities to stop

him were missed.

That's the conclusion of an official

review by David Anderson,

a former independent reviewer

of terrorism legislation.

He says it's conceivable

that the attack by Salman Abedi

could have been avoided had

the "cards fallen differently".

After the Manchester bombing

and three terror attacks

in London this year ,

counter-terror police and MI5

conducted their own reviews,

as our security correspondent,

Gordon Corera, reports.

Four terror attacks in three months,

with some of those responsible

known to the authorities,

raising questions as to whether they

could have been prevented.

Today a review said that the bombing

at Manchester Arena,

which killed 22 in May,

was the only one that

might have been stopped.

The bomber, Salman Abedi,

had been known to the authorities

in the past but was not

under active investigation.

However, data analysis of 20,000

former suspects flagged him as one

of a few dozen people

for further investigation.

But nine days before

a meeting about this,

he carried out his attack.

And in the months leading up

to that, new intelligence came in,

which, if assessed differently,

might have made him a priority.

In hindsight, it's quite obvious

that having received that

intelligence, MI5 should have opened

an investigation and who knows what

that investigation would have found.

Fact is, they didn't interpret

the intelligence that way.

The opportunity was missed.

15-year-old Olivia Campbell-Hardy

was killed in Manchester.

Her grandfather today said he wasn't

blaming the Security Services.

They're going to do the best

they can with the information

they've got and they gather.

Assess theirselves,

assess the situation,

make decisions and act on it.

I will not fault anybody

for doing their job.

On the other attacks,

in the case of London Bridge,

ring leader, Khuram Butt,

was under active investigation,

but there were no signs

of what he was planning.

In Westminster Bridge,

Khalid Masood was a former

subject of interest,

but there were no warning signs.

In Finsbury Park, there was no

intelligence on the man charged.

This year's attacks were a shock

to the Security Service MI5,

and today's report makes clear

there do need some changes.

There are 126

recommendations in all.

Perhaps the most important -

that information from here needs

to be shared more freely with local

police and other partners.

The Home Secretary responded today

by saying that police

would have the money they needed.

We will shortly be

announcing the budgets

for policing for 2017/18.

I am clear that we must ensure

counter-terrorism policing has

the resources needed to deal

with the threats that we face.

As well as these four attacks,

nine more plots have been

stopped in the last year,

and officials warn the threat

remains unprecedented.

Gordon Corera, BBC News.

The Prime Minister has been warned,

by some of her own Conservative

colleagues, that nothing must be

done in the Brexit talks

which threatens the integrity

and unity of the United Kingdom.

The warning was delivered after

yesterday's setback for Theresa May,

when the Democratic Unionist Party

of Northern Ireland objected

to proposals for the Irish border.

Labour said the Government's

approach to Brexit was now

an "embarrassment" as our political

editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports.

You can shake hands

as much as you like.

REPORTER: Prime Minister,

are you confident of a deal?

But it doesn't mean

there'll be a deal.

The Spanish leader, only one

of the dozens she has to get onside.

There are still a couple

of issues we need to work on,

but we'll be reconvening in Brussels

later this week.

But it's this band she needs right

now, the Democratic Unionist Party's

ten MPs, feeling their power

in every step.

Good afternoon, folks.

They refused to back Theresa May's

deal in Brussels yesterday

over Ireland's border.

Their fear?

It would send Northern Ireland

on a different path

to the rest of the UK.

Clearly, the text that we were shown

very late yesterday morning did not

translate what we had been told

in general conversations

into reality.

Would you be willing

to see the deal fail?

We don't want to see the talks fail.

We don't want to see an outcome

where there's no deal.

We want to see a sensible Brexit.

It's not a done deal,

never too late.

Yesterday's collapse provoked

arguments on all sides,

with some believing Scotland,

Wales or some sectors of the economy

should all get special status now.

In Dublin, one clear

message: No budging.

Clinging to the agreement

that the north and south

would mirror each others' rules

and regulations in future.

The ball is in London's court.

The Prime Minister and

the European Commission,

the negotiating teams,

have asked for more time.

I understand that the Prime Minister

is managing many difficulties.

Number Ten still believes it could

be back on by the end of the week.

Sorted certainly by Christmas.

But the failure yesterday meant

a barrage of attacks in the Commons.

What an embarrassment.

Shambles.

If the price of the Prime Minister's

approach is the break up

of the Union and re-opening

of bitter divides in

Northern Ireland, then

the price is too high.

The suggestion we might depart

the European Union but leave one

part of the United Kingdom behind -

still inside the single

market and customs union -

that is emphatically not something

that the UK Government

is considering.

REPORTER: Confident

of a deal, Mr Johnson?

There's no agreement yet at Cabinet

about the specifics of what happens

next and there's brooding

unhappiness about some Brexiteers

of what was promised.

The former leader telling the BBC it

might be time to walk away.

This is a game being

played out over power.

The answer boils down to -

who will call the shots on this?

Right now, we have to

say: Not good enough.

We simply cannot pay this price.

You're saying to Brussels,

"Back off or we'll walk."

Well, I think the statement is even

more straightforward.

You need to change this process

and to back off, otherwise we get

on with other arrangements.

The Prime Minister and the DUP

are yet to talk directly today.

Theresa May is not in total control

of her relationships

with her friends or rivals.

Laura Kuenssberg, BBC

News, Westminster.

The DUP leader, Arlene Foster,

said tonight that the proposal

being discussed yesterday

in Brussels - about resolving

the Irish border question -

had come as a big shock.

At the heart of the DUP's concerns

was the prospect of reinforcing ties

between the north and the Republic

and potential new differences

emerging within the UK.

Our Ireland correspondent,

Chris Buckler, has been

to County Antrim to examines

the Unionists' concerns.

From the port at Larne harbour,

every day trucks and trade make the

journey across the Irish Sea to

Britain. Unionists say the rest of

the UK is Northern Ireland's most

important market, not the European

Union. And in this town, some were

concerned by a Brexit deal that

focussed on interests on this island

rather than across these isles.

It

would mean a united Ireland. We need

to keep hold of our beliefs and

traditions. There's a lot of things

sold down the river. We need to hold

on to what we can.

After many rows

about flags and culture, some

unionists worry that this is a

kingdom that's becoming less united.

Politics in Northern Ireland tends

to be dominated by questions of

identity, whether see themselves as

British or Irish and what scared the

DUP was that the deal on the table

seemed to prioritise relationships

in the Republic of Ireland over

those in the rest of the UK. There's

certainly no love lost between the

DUP and Irish government. They've

accused each other of endangering

relationships. Daniel Connor says

this is a place where they really

matter.

If you're saying that the

DUP are trying to force Theresa

May's hand. What I'm saying is that

this could easily be sorted out by

the Irish government. You know, if

you're talking about the Belfast

Agreement, they have as much

responsibility as anybody else.

The

DUP, which campaigned for Brexit,

had the power to say no to the deal,

because the Conservatives need their

support at Westminster.

It does not

want to be seen to weaken Northern

Ireland's place within the United

Kingdom. Anything which would bring

Northern Ireland closer to Dublin

and further away from London would

be very difficult for the DUP to

sell to its supporters.

In cutting

any deal, there were some here that

felt that unionists should be wary

of asking too much from the Tories,

after all, they share many of their

political principles.

I think really

Theresa May, she would possibly be

better to say to the DUP, if you

don't vote for us, what's the

alternative - possibly Jeremy

Corbyn. I think that would be what

they don't really want.

Keeping the

tie that's will satisfy both the

European Union and the DUP will be a

difficult task for the Prime

Minister. But she's left with no

choice but to try to turn these

negotiations around. Chris Buckler,

BBC News, Larne.

Russia has been banned

from competing at next year's

Winter Olympics in South Korea.

It follows an investigation

into allegations of state-sponsored

doping at the 2014 Games,

which were hosted

by Russia in Sochi.

But the International Olympic

Committee has decided

that Russian athletes,

who can prove they are clean,

will be allowed to compete

in South Korea under a neutral flag.

Our sports editor,

Dan Roan, reports.

It's taken almost four years, but

tonight a sporting superpower paid

the price for sabotaging

its own Olympics.

Russia ruled at Sochi 2014,

but behind the scenes, it was

cheating on a scale never seen

before, and today after a 17 month

long investigation, the IOC decided

on an unprecedented punishment.

Russia would be banned.

The report clearly lays

out an unprecedented

attack on the integrity

of the Olympic games and sport.

As an athlete myself,

I am feeling very

sorry for all the clean athletes

from all areas who are suffering

from this manipulation.

Russia's cheating was

exposed by the former

head of Moscow's anti-doping lab,

Grigory Rodchenkov,

alleging an elaborate

state-sponsored conspiracy that

benefited 1000 athletes across

30 sports.

As with this summer's world

athletics championship in London,

Russian competitors who can prove

they are clean will be allowed to

take part in PyeongChang,

but only as neutrals,

referred to as Olympic

athletes from Russia.

They will compete with

the uniform bearing

this name, and under

the Olympic flag.

The Olympic anthem will be

played in any ceremony.

Last week in Moscow

at the draw of the World Cup

is residing over, Russia's Deputy

Prime Minister told me that

criticism of his country was unfair.

Today the former sportsman

was banned from the Olympics

for life

for his role in the scandal.

Tonight's news will dismay Russians

like former Olympic speed

skater Svetlana Zhurova.

now a politician, she told me

the games were all about

representing one's country.

When you stand on the

podium, you see your

flag, you listen your item,

and you are so proud.

You cry.

It's very important,

I think, for the IOC that

each country had its own flag.

This scandal has seen

the rewriting of

sports history books.

Russia topped the table

in Sochi, but after the

retesting of samples a host

of athletes have been stripped of

medals.

Prior to today, the Olympic flame

burned a lot less bright, but

today people know that integrity

matters, fair play matters, athletes

rights, that ultimately falls this

decision, they matter.

Last week, Russia's

Olympians unveiled their

kit for the Winter games.

Tonight, they learned

they would not be

needing it, their country

out in the cold.

The punishment meted out to Russia

today is unparalleled in Olympic

history, hewnly embarrassing and --

hugely embarrassing and painful for

a country organising the World Cup

next summer. They will appeal.

President Putin is said to be

considering whether to boycott the

Games and stop any athletes from

competing even as neutrals. The

ramifications of this dispute should

not be underestimated.

Dan, thank

you.

President Trump has confirmed

his intention to move

America's embassy in Israel

from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

A spokesman for the Palestinian

president, Mahmoud Abbas,

said such a move would have

"dangerous consequences"

for world peace.

And President Erdogan of Turkey

threatened to cut off links

to Israel describing the issue

as a "red line" for Muslims.

Our North America editor,

Jon Sopel, is in Washington.

What is your take on the President's

calculation?

Senior diplomats are

asking the same question - why did

you need to pick this fight and why

did you need to pick it now? If you

travel around America you don't hear

a lot of people saying - one of the

key central concerns for me is

Donald Trump moving the US Embassy.

The other aspects of this, as you

said, issic maing Jerusalem the

capital. That has provoked this

enormous backlash. As you said, the

Palestinians say dangerous

consequences to peace and security.

The Arab League, a dangerous

measure. Saudi Arabia, detrimental

to the peace process. Jordan saying

there are serious implications for

peace. Now, you have to see this in

the context of how is he going to

frame it? I've spoken to people who

have been briefed on the speech.

They say there may be areas to

soften it up in terms of maybe for

the first time Donald Trump

accepting a two-state solution and

East Jerusalem being part of a

Palestinian state. But what you

never really know is what Donald

Trump is going to say until he says

it.

Jon, many thanks again for the

update there. Jon Sopel for us in

Washington.

It's been confirmed within the past

hour that Christine Keeler,

the model who found herself

at the centre of one of the great

political scandals of modern times,

has died at the age of 75.

She became famous

for her involvement

in the Profumo Affair,

back

in 1963, a scandal that rocked

the British establishment,

Nick Higham expains.

# She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah #.

It was the biggest scandal

of the 1960s and Christine Keeler

was the woman at its centre -

model, party girl,

mistress of powerful men.

John Profuma was the Minister

for War, he and Christine

had a brief affair.

When challenged, he lied about it

to the House of Commons,

and was forced to resign.

It didn't help that

Yevgeny Ivanov, a KGB spy,

had also been seeing Keeler.

The old establishment never

recovered from the shock.

The Profuma Affair spelt the end

of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's

government, but also the end

of an era of deference and respect

in which had been discreetly

swept under the carpet.

It was one of the first occasions

when politicians were held

accountable for their private

behaviour and their bedroom antics

actually had ramifications

in their political careers.

Christine always claimed

she was more prey and that predator.

I wish that at that time

I had been older, so that

I would have been able

to have answered or spoke

up for myself.

She'd school at 15, her childhood

home had been a pair

of converted railway carriages.

She'd a child at 17 and then

lived with Peter Racham,

a notorious slum landlord.

Later, her West Indian

boyfriend was charged

with assaulting her and Christine

lied in court.

She was jailed for perjury.

Who is that, by the bins?

She lives here, she owns

the shop round the corner.

She went on to write three books,

one filmed as Scandal.

Christine was happy to help

with the film's publicity.

I can get you a place of your own.

I've told you, I'm happy as I am.

I never felt bitter, I think that

some press have said that.

But I've never felt bitter,

maybe they were hoping I was,

but, no, not at all.

I haven't felt bitter.

I'm pleased that the truth

can come out now.

But she was often broke,

a victim, many thought,

of establishment hypocrisy and two

marriages ended in divorce.

Tonight her son said she'd

earnt her place in British history,

but at huge personal cost.

Christine Keeler, who died late last

night at the age of 75.

A BBC investigation has found that

online streaming apps,

used by children to make live

broadcasts, are being infiltrated

by men trying to groom young people.

The National Crime Agency says it's

arrested more than 190 men

across the UK in a single week

in connection with sexual

offences against children.

We have this special report from our

correspondent Angus Crawford.

Meet Koods, she's 20

and an online safety campaigner,

who we've transformed

into 14-year-old Samira.

She's going to try some of the most

popular live-streaming apps to see

what it's really like to be

a teenage girl online.

First, Periscope -

Twitter's live video app,

used by children all over the world.

So there's quite a few

people, within seconds -

five, six, seven people joining.

In minutes, the conversation

turned sexual.

She's 14, and yet someone has just

asked her to take her

shirt and her bra off.

Next is Live.me, only launched

last year, now with more

than 20 million users.

Some send Samira direct messages

no one else can see -

clearly trying to groom her.

Omegle is a one-to-one video

chat app that randomly

connects her to users

around the world.

Most are men, some

expose themselves.

I just said, "Hi."

He said, "May I show it?"

I said, "What?"

He has got it out.

Pretty much as soon as I started,

all I'd said was - hi,

I think, I'm 14 and a girl,

and then I was just inundated.

Here's a guy going on cam.

What's he doing?

He was naked.

Oh, he was naked?

And you told him you were 14?

Can you imagine if you had

been a 14-year-old girl?

My first reaction would

be to be confused.

For a second, it's nice having

the attention of the hearts,

and then it gets quite

dark, quite quickly.

And it's happening to real

children right now.

Look at this broadcast on Periscope.

Two girls we can't identify,

around 11 years old.

2,000 people are watching,

some dare them to lift their shirts.

Read the comments, as men

ask them to go further.

For those girls, it may

have seemed like fun,

but it can be devastating.

I found her inconsolable.

This is an actress,

but the words are true.

Those of a mother whose 10-year-old

daughter tried out Omegle for fun.

He switched his webcam on,

showed her his private parts

and asked her to take photos

of herself, which she did.

He was never located.

This mother says parents have

to talk to their children

about the dangers.

Hi, I'm Sam.

That's also the message behind this

video launched today.

But for some in law enforcement,

that's not enough, the tech

companies also need to do more.

The industry has emerged rapidly,

so I think it's important to reflect

on how they're ensuring that younger

children aren't using their services

and age verification,

maybe thinking about the moderation

techniques that they

might be able to use.

No one from these app companies

would be interviewed,

but Periscope says it doesn't

tolerate this behaviour.

Omegle and Live.me didn't

respond to our requests.

When children can broadcast to

the world from their own bedrooms,

whose job is it to keep them safe?

Angus Crawford, BBC News.

Rail passengers are facing

the steepest rise in

fares in five years.

Prices will rise by an average

of 3.4% in January.

The increase includes season tickets

and some off-peak leisure tickets.

The Rail Delivery Group admitted

it was a "significant" rise,

but said that more than 97% of fare

income went back into improving

and running the railway.

Steelworkers have told the BBC that

they've lost many thousands

of pounds because of poor financial

advice relating to the transfer

of their old British Steel pensions.

The Financial Conduct Authority has

issued warnings to some

independent financial advisors

and a parliamentary

committee is to investigate as well.

Our correspondent,

Sian Lloyd, has more details.

The giant Port Talbot steelworks,

the biggest of the Tata's UK plants.

The company said the old gold-plated

British Steel pension

scheme was unsustainable,

leaving workers here and at other

sites a range of options, including

transferring out altogether.

With around 130,000 workers

affected, huge pension pots

and lucrative commissions

for financial advisors

have been at stake.

It's cost me in the region

of £200,000, so it's a lot of money.

Richard Bevan is one

of those workers.

After 39 years at the Trostre

Steelworks, near Llanelli,

he wanted a secure future.

He went to this local firm,

Celtic Wealth Management,

who he thought were regulated

financial advisors, but they're not.

They introduced clients to a firm

of regulated advisors

based in the Midlands,

called Active Wealth UK.

Between them, they failed to give

Richard a suitability report

on which he could properly

base his decision and advised him

to transfer his pension out

of the company scheme even though

a recalculation was due,

which would have substantially

increased his pension pot.

We're aware that other

steelworkers are also unhappy

about their treatment

by the two companies.

I'm not a gullible sort of person,

but I've obviously been led

into doing something that wasn't

right for me by a financial

advisor, you know.

And it's not a nice place

to be at the moment.

Both companies deny

Richard's claims, but after

we passed our findings

to the Financial Conduct Authority,

the regulator intervened

and Active Wealth is no longer

allowed to give pensions advice.

But this issue extends far beyond

the steelworkers of South Wales.

Gary Clement has worked at the

Scunthorpe steelworks for 40 years.

He'd planned to retire at 55.

He paid a team of financial

advisors, called Lighthouse,

a fee of more than £10,000

for advice which included

information about when he could

access his pension, which they've

since admitted was wrong.

You go to a financial advisor

for financial advice.

He says - this is what you do,

this is in your best interest.

You listen.

I don't believe they have anybody's

best interests at heart.

I believe it's just about money.

Gary has received a letter

from his advisors accepting

he wasn't given the correct

information, but they say

they believe he would have reached

the same decision to leave

the fund anyway.

Gary believes transferring out

of the scheme when he did has

cost him hundreds of thousands.

The City watchdog,

the Financial Conduct Authority,

is worried that steelworkers

are particularly at risk.

This is a group of people,

thousands of people,

who have to make a decision one way

or the other.

That gives rise to

particular complexities.

So, yes, they are particularly

vulnerable I think at this stage.

There is growing concern that

hundreds of steelworkers could be

affected by a feeding frenzy

surrounding the British Steel

pension scheme, and millions

of pounds of their hard-earned

savings potentially at risk.

Sian Lloyd, BBC News, Port Talbot.

A rebel stronghold in the suburbs

of Damascus has come under intense

bombardment in recent weeks

as Syrian government

forces try to starve

the rebels into submission,

and those suffering

include children.

The BBC has obtained

footage from residents

in the suburb of Eastern Ghouta.

Our Middle East correspondent,

Martin Patience, has sent this

report, which includes

some distressing images.

It's a scene from hell, the

aftermath of the latest air strike.

Children here can't outrun this war.

Doctors patch up five-year-old

Yusuf as best they can,

but they're desperately short

of medical supplies, and there's

nothing they can do for trauma.

The rebel stronghold

of Eastern Ghouta has been bombed

and besieged by the Syrian

government for years,

leaving many families

on the brink of starvation.

It's lunchtime for Nour and Rassel,

this is their first and only meal

of the day - a piece

of bread made from barley,

which is normally fed to donkeys.

They dream of escaping

their prison, Eastern Ghouta.

TRANSLATION:

I wish

I could have cookies,

sweeties or any other delicious

foods, and I wish someone

could send me a pair of slippers

and some new clothes and shoes.

I really miss food, like chicken,

cheese, tea and juice.

In another home,

two-and-a-half-year-old Hamza is

suffering from severe malnutrition.

He wears make-shift nappies.

Hamza was abandoned before

being taken in by a neighbour.

Oma Mohammed says he's like one

of her own children.

"Hamza's my son now", she says.

There's supposed to be

a ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta,

but the fighting is intensifying.

For the people here,

there's no respite from the war.

Martin Patience, BBC News, Beirut.

More tributes have been paid

today to the Indian actor

and Bollywood star Shashi Kapoor,

who died yesterday at the age of 79

after a long illness.

Last night we showed the wrong

images, for which we apologise.

The actor, part of one of India's

greatest acting families,

appeared in more than 150 films,

including a number of

English-language productions.

Shashi Kapoor won numerous acting

prizes during his long career

as well as one of India's

highest civilian awards.

Cricket news.

The England captain, Joe Root,

has maintained hopes

of an unexpected victory

against Australia in

the second Ashes Test.

He made an unbeaten 67,

taking England to 176-4 at the close

of play on the fourth day.

The last day's play begins in a few

hours with England needing

a further 178 runs to win.

Our arts editor, Will Gompertz,

is in Hull tonight, where the winner

has just been announced.

It has been a historic evening. The

Turner Prize has awarded the prize

for the fist time ever to a female

black artist also to the oldest

artist to ever win the prize at 63

years old. I feel awkward saying,

she is standing to my side here.

Himid hymn congratulations. That's a

wonderful win. You have waited

longer than any other artist in the

history of the prize to win it. Was

it worth the wait?

It's definitely

worth the wait. I'm not sure I was

always waiting, but, yes, it's an

exciting thing to happen to me. It's

an exciting thing for the people who

have supported me all these years.

Do you feel that you and your art

has been overlooked in the last 40

years you have been making work? Not

at all, art historians didn't

overlook it, curators didn't

overlook it, the university didn't

overlook it, the press overlooked

it. Your work deals with black

creativity in art and British

culture. The black story is under

represented you feel?

Yes. I think

the history of what we've

contributed is under represented.

Black people contributed their lives

in the very first place. We've

continued to contribute culturally

in all sorts of ways,

scientifically, every which way.

That is recognised every now and

again, but it's not woven into the

British story.

Do you think you

winning this prize will change