0:00:05 > 0:00:08Tonight at Ten: An act of terrorism - the man who deliberately drove
0:00:08 > 0:00:11a van into a crowd of Muslims in North London is found guilty
0:00:11 > 0:00:15of murder and attempted murder.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Darren Osborne carried out the Finsbury Park attack last
0:00:17 > 0:00:21June, killing one man and injuring several others.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Radicalised online within weeks, he wanted to kill as many
0:00:23 > 0:00:29Muslims as possible - and waved as he was arrested.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31The online material played a significant role in relation
0:00:31 > 0:00:36to his mindset and how he was radicalised.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37He'll be sentenced tomorrow.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Also on tonight's programme.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The government and Brussels are in dispute over the rights of EU
0:00:42 > 0:00:45citizens to live and work in Britain after Brexit.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48The Prime Minister holds talks with the Chinese President -
0:00:48 > 0:00:50they discuss trade, the environment, and North Korea.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Human rights was also on the agenda.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56We have a report from China's troubled western region,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00where a security crackdown is under way.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03China is building a total surveillance state.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06It's a place where saying, doing, or even thinking the wrong thing,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10can get you locked up in an internment camp.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13A warning from England's Chief Inspector of Schools -
0:01:13 > 0:01:16some parents and religious leaders are trying to "actively
0:01:16 > 0:01:19pervert" education.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22We're the Nigerian women's bobsleigh team.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24And making history - Africa's first bobsleigh team
0:01:24 > 0:01:29to compete in the Winter Olympics.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:01:31 > 0:01:3528 Russian athletes get their Olympic life bans overturned,
0:01:35 > 0:01:42but what does that mean for the fight against doping?
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Good evening.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02A man who deliberately drove a van into a group of people near a mosque
0:02:02 > 0:02:06in North London to try to kill as many Muslims as he could has been
0:02:06 > 0:02:09found guilty of murder and attempted murder.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Darren Osborne, from Cardiff, killed Makram Ali, who was 51,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and injured several others in an act of terrorism.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19He was described as a loner who'd become obsessed with Muslims
0:02:19 > 0:02:21after watching a TV drama and looking at far-right
0:02:21 > 0:02:22groups online.
0:02:22 > 0:02:28Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford reports.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30It was an act of terror.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34A large van, its engine revving, smashing into a group of Muslims
0:02:34 > 0:02:37on a summer night during Ramadan.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Those he injured, terrified that the driver
0:02:38 > 0:02:42was going to attack again.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46There's a few people who were really badly hurt and couldn't move.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I thought he was going to kill us.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51What did you think he was going to kill you with?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Maybe a gun, maybe a knife.
0:02:53 > 0:03:00This, a 999 call made at the time.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08The driver was brought to the ground by the angry crowd.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12The local imam urging them not to hurt him.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Everyone back!
0:03:14 > 0:03:22When police arrested Darren Osborne, he waved as he was taken away.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Part and parcel of living in a big city.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Later at the police station, he ranted about previous
0:03:27 > 0:03:31terror attacks on Muslims, saying, "Have some of that,
0:03:31 > 0:03:32have some of your own.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36At least I had a proper go."
0:03:36 > 0:03:39At almost exactly that time, 51-year-old Makram Ali
0:03:39 > 0:03:41was declared dead at the scene.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44He'd been crushed by the van.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Darren Osborne was born in Singapore, but grew up
0:03:46 > 0:03:48in Weston-Super-Mare, where friends remember
0:03:48 > 0:03:52a violent young man.
0:03:52 > 0:03:58He'd just stand like that and stick a glass in your face.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01He did that numerous times.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Osborne moved here to Cardiff with his partner and children,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05but the relationship was failing and recently he'd
0:04:05 > 0:04:09tried to kill himself.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12His rapid route to murderous hate only began last May,
0:04:12 > 0:04:15with a BBC docudrama about a Pakistani grooming
0:04:15 > 0:04:18gang in Rochdale.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I buy you things and you give me things.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24His rage was further fuelled by last year's attacks
0:04:24 > 0:04:27in London and Manchester.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30In the fortnight before his attack, he started following this man,
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Tommy Robinson, and other anti-Islam activists on social media.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Osborne received a group e-mail in Robinson's name saying,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39"There's a nation within a nation forming beneath
0:04:39 > 0:04:41the surface of the UK.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45It's a nation built on hatred, on violence and on Islam."
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Detectives believe material like this had had a powerful
0:04:48 > 0:04:51effect on Osborne.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52The people around him described it as having
0:04:52 > 0:04:55a major impact on him, brainwashing him, and as a result
0:04:55 > 0:04:59we believe that was, if you like, part of the main driver for why
0:04:59 > 0:05:02he carried out this attack.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05But Tommy Robinson accepts no responsibility.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08You don't think that there's a chance that somehow
0:05:08 > 0:05:11the way you were talking about that was inflaming
0:05:11 > 0:05:15hatred and driving people like Darren Osborne to violence?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16No, not at all.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Zero chance.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22On Saturday, June 17th, Darren Osborne decided to act
0:05:22 > 0:05:27and went to hire a large box van.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29And that evening he was recorded in a pub in Cardiff,
0:05:29 > 0:05:35writing a hate-filled note later found by police in the van.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36It caught my attention when he shouted...
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Callum Spence was in the pub that night and remembers
0:05:39 > 0:05:41what Osborne said to him.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Terrorists are all bad, you know, I want to kill
0:05:43 > 0:05:45terrorists and Muslims.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I'm going to take things into my own hands.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Things like that.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52The next day, Osborne drove to London.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55His original target, this pro-Palestinian march,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57where he says he hoped to kill as many Muslims as possible
0:05:57 > 0:06:00and Jeremy Corbyn.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02But road closures meant he couldn't get near,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05so he ended up in Finsbury Park looking for a mosque.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Just after midnight he came down the Seven Sisters Road,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12swerving across the bus lane at speed, and impacting the group
0:06:12 > 0:06:15of worshippers just here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18His foot hard down on the accelerator.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21He ran three people down, knocking several more to the side,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25and then smashed into the bollards at the end of the street.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32His radicalisation complete, he had achieved his aim - to kill.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Mohammed Mahmoud, the imam who saved Osborne that night,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38says his congregation were left fearful.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42It left people wondering, would there be more, what next?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45If a car can be turned into a weapon and cause multiple
0:06:45 > 0:06:52casualties in one go, in an instant, then could this be
0:06:52 > 0:06:55expected again in the future?
0:06:55 > 0:06:59The jury rejected Darren Osborne's bizarre excuse that a mysterious man
0:06:59 > 0:07:03called Dave was driving at the time of the attacks and vanished,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and he now joins the growing list of white, far-right terrorists
0:07:06 > 0:07:10in Britain's prisons.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Daniel is in Finsbury Park, near the scene of the attack now.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16One of striking element of this case is just how quickly
0:07:16 > 0:07:24Darren Osborne was radicalised.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Yes, Darren Osborne went from being a functioning alcoholic with a
0:07:28 > 0:07:32history of violence, to a terrorist with a cause, who mowed down a group
0:07:32 > 0:07:36of Muslims in this street in about a month. His partner doesn't remember
0:07:36 > 0:07:45him having any interesting race or religious issues until he watched
0:07:45 > 0:07:47that Three Girls docudrama. Then he joined Twitter and two weeks after
0:07:47 > 0:07:50that he was driving to London with the intention, as he put it, to kill
0:07:50 > 0:07:54as many Muslims as possible. When he was writing that note in the pub the
0:07:54 > 0:07:58night before the attack, and when he was talking to police officers in
0:07:58 > 0:08:01the van in the hour after the attack and even when he was giving evidence
0:08:01 > 0:08:05in court this week, it was striking how similar the seams and language
0:08:05 > 0:08:10that he was using Word to the themes and language being used by those
0:08:10 > 0:08:14anti-Islam activists that he was following online. Even some tweets
0:08:14 > 0:08:20that they posted on the day before the attack. A focus on a particular
0:08:20 > 0:08:25councillor in the Rochdale grooming scandal, a focus on the words Sadiq
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Khan used on the London Bridge attack, on the al-Quds March, a
0:08:30 > 0:08:34fairly obscure march, a focus on the don't look back in anger song being
0:08:34 > 0:08:37used after the Manchester attack, in the month they got into his head and
0:08:37 > 0:08:41had given him a reason to kill. Watching him in court this week the
0:08:41 > 0:08:46only thing he regrets about the whole affair is that he didn't kill
0:08:46 > 0:08:49many more.Daniel Sandford, thank you.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51The Prime Minister has held talks with China's President
0:08:51 > 0:08:52Xi Jinping in Beijing.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55On the second day of her trade mission, Theresa May said
0:08:55 > 0:08:57she hoped her visit would strengthen the "global strategic partnership"
0:08:57 > 0:08:59between the UK and China.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00The two leaders also discussed North Korea,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02protecting the environment, and human rights.
0:09:02 > 0:09:09From Beijing, here's our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Watch what I do, not what others say.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Theresa May wants you to judge her actions, not her critics' words.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Taking tea with her husband and one of the most
0:09:20 > 0:09:22powerful men in the world.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Lapsang Souchong, no less.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30Maybe that's what they drink in Number Ten.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Her journey of thousands of miles has been for more than a cup of tea,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36but a shake on billions' worth of business deals.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Despite frank talk on Hong Kong and North Korea too.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43I've been pleased to bring a very large business delegation here.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46We've had a very successful visit.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49The convoy held up the traffic, a big charm offensive to help
0:09:49 > 0:09:53business sign on the dotted line.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57A Brexit-friendly diplomatic visit, complete with bags.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59There's a real success story here.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01We've signed agreements on financial services.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04BP have signed a £750 million deal.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07One of the biggest Chinese e-commerce sellers has signed a deal
0:10:07 > 0:10:11to sell £2 billion worth of UK goods over the next two years.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13All of this adds up.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16We've got to get away in Britain from our obsession with Europe
0:10:16 > 0:10:21in terms of its relation to the global economy.
0:10:21 > 0:10:26Is that enough to make our economy roar after we leave the EU?
0:10:26 > 0:10:30There's menace at home from those who believe are too timid,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32too slow to decide.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35What do you say to colleagues who are frustrated either
0:10:35 > 0:10:37because they think Theresa May is backsliding on Brexit
0:10:37 > 0:10:39or they think because she's somehow a hostage to people
0:10:39 > 0:10:41on the other side?
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Well, I heard some of these arguments back in December -
0:10:44 > 0:10:46"we'll never get a deal on how we move forward".
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Then we did get a deal.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51And now I hear people saying, well, we'll not get an agreement
0:10:51 > 0:10:52on our trading relationship.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Yes, we will get an agreement on that and we've got to see that
0:10:55 > 0:10:57against the Government's wider programme of Britain's relationship
0:10:57 > 0:10:59with the rest of the world.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02People have doubts about her ability too though, don't they?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04What do you say to those people?
0:11:04 > 0:11:06When I've been talking to Chinese leaders here,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08they're looking at performance.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10They're looking to see what the UK is doing,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13and they look at the Prime Minister in a different way than some of,
0:11:13 > 0:11:18let's say, the internal tea room discussions in the UK do.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Some of your colleagues are too obsessed with
0:11:20 > 0:11:22themselves, do you think?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Too obsessed with Westminster?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I think in Britain there's always a tendency to focus on Britain.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Inside Europe, there's a tendency to focus on Europe.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Both should be focusing on the big world that's outside.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36But while Mr and Mrs May were roaming Beijing's Forbidden City,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40someone who was a crucial part of the Tory empire was urging those
0:11:40 > 0:11:44MPs to make her listen.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47The Conservative Party must offer to the country a big
0:11:47 > 0:11:49plan for the future.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Big ideas, big vision.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Whether it's transforming schools in the north of England or a plan
0:11:54 > 0:11:57to engage with the rest of the world, like China,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00or indeed a form of Brexit which is not as economically
0:12:00 > 0:12:03damaging as some of the forms being proposed, I would humbly
0:12:03 > 0:12:05suggest that's what's required.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09It suits the Prime Minister's allies to present the ructions at home
0:12:09 > 0:12:13as parochial difficulties or a few petty disputes, but the divisions
0:12:13 > 0:12:17matter because before too long she has to make big decisions that
0:12:17 > 0:12:22will shape all our futures and Britain's place in the world.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26With plenty of others competing to drive, the back seat
0:12:26 > 0:12:28is getting pretty crowded.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Beijing.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Meanwhile the Prime Minister has signalled that she will fight
0:12:34 > 0:12:38a demand by the European Union that EU citizens who move to the UK
0:12:38 > 0:12:42during the transition period after Brexit in March next year
0:12:42 > 0:12:45will still be given full residency rights.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Theresa May argues that there has to be a difference between those
0:12:47 > 0:12:51arriving after the UK leaves and those who came before.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56Here's our home editor, Mark Easton.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59EU migrants arriving in the UK today enjoy all the rights of free
0:12:59 > 0:13:03movement, but what will happen after Brexit Day in March next year?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The Prime Minister says that moment should
0:13:06 > 0:13:09mark a real change - new EU
0:13:09 > 0:13:11migrants should no longer be guaranteed their right to live
0:13:11 > 0:13:13in Britain.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15They will be treated properly, we will not do anything
0:13:15 > 0:13:17that will undermine our economy.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20The plan is opposed by EU negotiators,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24but was greeted enthusiastically by the most vocal supporters of Brexit.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27We will have left the European Union and the EU can't expect the same
0:13:27 > 0:13:32provisions to prevail after we've gone.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35The UK proposal applies to the hundreds of thousands of EU migrants
0:13:35 > 0:13:37expected to arrive during the so-called transition phase that
0:13:37 > 0:13:42follows Brexit in March 2019.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Now, during that period, they will have
0:13:44 > 0:13:47to register with the Home Office, but they won't necessarily know
0:13:47 > 0:13:49what rights they will have at the end of transition
0:13:49 > 0:13:53some time in 2021.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56Today, in Brussels, EU citizens living
0:13:56 > 0:13:58in the UK were telling the
0:13:58 > 0:14:00European Parliament they didn't want to be
0:14:00 > 0:14:01bargaining chips in the
0:14:01 > 0:14:04negotiations and were alarmed that future migrants were having their
0:14:04 > 0:14:09rights traded away in Brexit talks.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11If I was living still in the Netherlands, where I'm from,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15and I would want to move to the UK, I would wait.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Just wait until everything is clear.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Because at the moment there is still nothing agreed.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Time is ticking and we are in the front line, as EU nationals, of
0:14:24 > 0:14:27this Brexit saga.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30After transition, EU migrants will have to apply to
0:14:30 > 0:14:33stay in the UK, but the details of how that will work are not
0:14:33 > 0:14:35finalised.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39There's uncertainty about what that means for those who no
0:14:39 > 0:14:43longer qualify - will they be deported and what will the rights
0:14:43 > 0:14:46be for those that are successful?
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Will they go to bed on the last day of transition with a certain set of
0:14:50 > 0:14:53rights and wake up in the morning with something very different?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54For employers like the NHS, the prospect
0:14:54 > 0:14:57of EU migration falling further has led to concerns about their ability
0:14:57 > 0:15:01to recruit skilled nurses.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04I think if you're a nurse in an EU country,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07in France or Germany, you're not going to want to come to this
0:15:07 > 0:15:11country and put down roots, because it's uncertain.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Therefore, we won't have the workforce, with our
0:15:14 > 0:15:17current vacancy rate of 40,000, to look after the needs of our
0:15:17 > 0:15:19people here.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22For some though, more important is for Britain to control
0:15:22 > 0:15:25who is allowed in to work for the NHS.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Let's decide to have more people from the European Union to
0:15:29 > 0:15:32come and work in the NHS, by all means.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35But let us decide that for ourselves, don't let's be dictated
0:15:35 > 0:15:39to by the European Union after we've left.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42The politics of Brexit means the Prime Minister is looking for
0:15:42 > 0:15:45ways to demonstrate her determination to take control of our
0:15:45 > 0:15:47borders at the point we leave the EU.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50The practicalities make it hard to avoid unintended consequences.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56Mark Easton, BBC News.
0:15:56 > 0:16:03John Pienaar, our deputy political editor, is in Westminster.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06We have got the Prime Minister in China having talks, looking to the
0:16:06 > 0:16:09future and more immediate questions surrounding her leadership continue
0:16:09 > 0:16:15at home?Yes, the Prime Minister is under more pressure to get a grip of
0:16:15 > 0:16:20Brexit and give more of a lead. And her reminder of the British position
0:16:20 > 0:16:25on migrant policy was clearly delivered with a nervous glance to
0:16:25 > 0:16:31the Brexiteers she is wary of upsetting. They could turn against
0:16:31 > 0:16:36here and some have made clear they already have privately. I'm told
0:16:36 > 0:16:41they have been invited for regular meetings with the Government Chief
0:16:41 > 0:16:48Whip. The former Remain side of the party, you hear from them the idea
0:16:48 > 0:16:53the sense of drift can't go on for long and the former Chancellor,
0:16:53 > 0:16:58George Osborne was on the BBC saying most of Parliament did not like the
0:16:58 > 0:17:03hard of a hard break from the customs union and the single market,
0:17:03 > 0:17:08that is also the view of business leader. It leaves the Prime Minister
0:17:08 > 0:17:14on a political tightrope, a step to either side could mean danger. A
0:17:14 > 0:17:17senior Brexit-supporting MP said to me he saw no sign of a challenge to
0:17:17 > 0:17:21Theresa May, but in the same breath said of course everything could
0:17:21 > 0:17:29collapse at any moment. These calls for Theresa May to take a lead will
0:17:29 > 0:17:33get louder, although as things stand the party may be becoming
0:17:33 > 0:17:37unleadable.Thank you.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39England's chief inspector of schools, Amanda Spielman,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41has warned that some parents and religious leaders are trying
0:17:41 > 0:17:45to "actively pervert" education.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48She says inspectors are worried about some people using faith
0:17:48 > 0:17:50to try to narrow children's horizons, and they mustn't be
0:17:50 > 0:17:52allowed to dictate school policy on dress or behaviour.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Sima Kotecha reports from Birmingham.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59You just wrap it around like a long, long scarf.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02These teenage Muslim girls have been wearing a headscarf
0:18:02 > 0:18:06for a few years now - their reasons are varied.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09This is one way I feel modest, because I'm not showing
0:18:09 > 0:18:13off my hair or worrying about my makeup or whatever.
0:18:13 > 0:18:19People who see me, they instantly recognise me as a Muslim and also
0:18:19 > 0:18:21if I see other people, then I know that they're Muslim
0:18:21 > 0:18:23if they're wearing a hijab.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25But in recent weeks, there's been a row over
0:18:25 > 0:18:31whether schools should be allowed to ban the hijab.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33In London, the head teacher of St Stephen's Primary School
0:18:33 > 0:18:35was heavily criticised for banning girls under the age
0:18:35 > 0:18:37of eight from wearing it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39She then reversed her decision because of the uproar.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Now, Ofsted has intervened.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45Today, its Chief Inspector said school leaders must have the right
0:18:45 > 0:18:51to set uniform policies, in order to promote cohesion.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54For some, wearing hijab post-puberty is seen as a religious requirement.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58There's a difference between that and cultural preferences,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and wearing lipstick and high heels might be one of those.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06We don't say that all schools must respect cultural preferences,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and we try and find a balance that makes the school a community
0:19:09 > 0:19:11for everybody in it.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13The Koran, the holy book of Islam, says women should
0:19:13 > 0:19:15guard their modesty.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19The text is open to interpretation.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Some Muslim women choose to wear it, others don't, but there are strong
0:19:23 > 0:19:25feelings around whether young girls should be allowed to
0:19:25 > 0:19:28cover up in schools.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Here in Birmingham, it's not uncommon to see girls who are four
0:19:31 > 0:19:34and five wearing the hijab with their uniform.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Critics say that if its purpose is to guard modesty, it should only
0:19:37 > 0:19:39be worn after puberty.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42If not, Ofsted says that it could be interpreted
0:19:42 > 0:19:46as the sexualisation of young girls.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49In all of our lives and all of our cultures...
0:19:49 > 0:19:53At one school here, the head teacher is calling for more debate.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56It's not an equal practice.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Girls wear a headscarf, or are expected to, or they can
0:19:59 > 0:20:01when they hit puberty, but boys are not.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04So it's not an equal practice and you can't say that it is.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08So you have to be able to expect to have a really clear and open
0:20:08 > 0:20:10debate about these kind of things.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Some here argue banning the hijab could itself undermine the right
0:20:12 > 0:20:14to religious freedom.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19One mother says sometimes daughters want to imitate their elders.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Children can be quite stubborn and fixed in their ways,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24then what can you do?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Rather than have tantrums, you have to just sometimes give in.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31But if they want to do it, you know, and the school doesn't
0:20:31 > 0:20:33have any objections, then I don't have a problem with it,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36with them wearing it.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40In cosmopolitan Britain, where different faiths come
0:20:40 > 0:20:42into contact with western views, rules in schools can
0:20:42 > 0:20:43provoke controversy, anger and resentment.
0:20:43 > 0:20:51Sima Kotecha, BBC News.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53A young father broke down in court today after hearing that further
0:20:53 > 0:20:58treatment for his seriously ill 20-month old son was "futile".
0:20:58 > 0:21:00This is Alfie, with his father, Tom Evans.
0:21:00 > 0:21:07Doctors say the child was born in a semi-vegetative state.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09He has a neurological condition that's still not been
0:21:09 > 0:21:10definitively diagnosed.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Lawyers acting for Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool
0:21:13 > 0:21:15argue that more treatment would be unkind and inhumane.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17But Alfie's parents want doctors to continue treating him.
0:21:17 > 0:21:22The hearing continues tomorrow.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24The family of Khader Saleh - the prisoner stabbed to death
0:21:24 > 0:21:26in Wormwood Scrubs in west London yesterday -
0:21:26 > 0:21:30have told the BBC he had complained to them about violence in the jail,
0:21:30 > 0:21:31in the days before he was attacked.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Four men - who are also inmates - have been arrested
0:21:34 > 0:21:38on suspicion of murder.
0:21:38 > 0:21:4028 Russian athletes given lifetime bans for doping have
0:21:40 > 0:21:42had their suspensions overturned by the Court
0:21:42 > 0:21:47of Arbitration for Sport, because of insufficient evidence.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49In total, 43 Russians were banned for life from the Olympics,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51following an International Olympic Committee investigation
0:21:51 > 0:21:53into state-sponsored Russian doping at their home Games
0:21:53 > 0:21:56in Sochi in 2014.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59The IOC warned the decision "may have a serious impact on the future
0:21:59 > 0:22:05fight against doping".
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Elderly and vulnerable people who are in and out of hospital
0:22:07 > 0:22:09should be given automatic home checks to stop
0:22:09 > 0:22:13needless re-admissions.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16That's according to a new report by the British Red Cross.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22It says one reason is many of don't feel safe in their own homes.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24It's thought that over the past five years
0:22:24 > 0:22:26hospital readmissions in England have risen by nearly 23%
0:22:26 > 0:22:32to more than 457,000.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34The number re-admitted within 48 hours now accounts for one
0:22:34 > 0:22:36in five of all emergency admissions.
0:22:36 > 0:22:44Our social affairs correspondent Alison Holt reports.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I'm in a lot more pain today than it was yesterday.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Cheryl McNulty has chronic lung disease.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54In the last few months, she's been taken to her local Ipswich Hospital
0:22:54 > 0:22:55as an emergency five times.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59She's then returned to a home where she clearly isn't coping.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03I get so frustrated because I can see what needs
0:23:03 > 0:23:07doing and I can't do it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09You, like, have panic attacks because you think that
0:23:09 > 0:23:14you're going to stop breathing, you see.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Over the months, dust and dirt have built up,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20aggravating her condition.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22She also spent three years sleeping upright on her sofa
0:23:22 > 0:23:25because she couldn't get up the stairs.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30I was stopping halfway, with my inhaler.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32I just couldn't do it any more.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Hi, Cheryl.
0:23:34 > 0:23:35Hello, love.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39How are you?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Today's report by the Red Cross calls for automatic home checks
0:23:41 > 0:23:45for patients who regularly end up in hospital.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Their visit to Cheryl picked up the difficulties she was having,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51and as a result work is about to start to make this
0:23:51 > 0:23:53a healthier home for her.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55She will have a dust-free environment.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58She will be able to keep on top of it all.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00We could help her get somebody in to do the cleaning
0:24:00 > 0:24:02and stuff like that.
0:24:02 > 0:24:07Then it will brighten up her life and it will make her feel valued.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10With accident and emergency departments, such as this one
0:24:10 > 0:24:13here at Ipswich Hospital, under huge pressure,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15it's become increasingly important to tackle the underlying
0:24:15 > 0:24:17issues that mean some people are admitted as emergencies
0:24:17 > 0:24:22time and again.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24This was where Cheryl was turning up regularly.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Now a special team works with frail older people
0:24:26 > 0:24:30as soon as they arrive.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I started looking into the history of why they are here,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36what's at home and what we might need in making sure that they can go
0:24:36 > 0:24:40home if they are not acutely unwell, and what measures we need to put
0:24:40 > 0:24:42in place so that they stay home safely.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44It's five months that we've had the community
0:24:44 > 0:24:46division within the trust...
0:24:46 > 0:24:47In the busiest winter the hospital has seen,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50the medical director says they have managed to reduce the number of
0:24:50 > 0:24:53people being readmitted to hospital.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56If anybody becomes unwell in the community, we can react
0:24:56 > 0:24:58and respond in that community setting, using the emergency
0:24:58 > 0:25:01department when it's needed - but only when it's needed.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04And as such, it's a much more efficient setting.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Over ten days, Cheryl's home is redecorated, de-cluttered,
0:25:06 > 0:25:12and she has a bed downstairs.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15My breathing was so bad, when I do anything, and I'm hoping
0:25:15 > 0:25:21that now it's going to be a lot better.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Councils who provide people who are eligible with care say
0:25:24 > 0:25:26support like this is vital, but the increasing squeeze
0:25:26 > 0:25:30on their budgets is making it harder to meet the demand for help.
0:25:30 > 0:25:37Alison Holt, BBC News, Ipswich.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40On the day that the Prime Minister raised the issue of human rights
0:25:40 > 0:25:41with China's President, her government has expressed
0:25:41 > 0:25:43concern about the treatment of Muslims in China's western
0:25:43 > 0:25:46region of Xinjiang.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49The area has seen an unprecedented rise in police numbers
0:25:49 > 0:25:52and security controls.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54In the last few months, there have been increasing reports
0:25:54 > 0:25:59of ethnic minorities being held without trial in detention camps.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01The Chinese authorities say their strategy is about combating
0:26:01 > 0:26:03terrorism, following violent attacks.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Our China correspondent, John Sudworth, travelled
0:26:05 > 0:26:07to Xinjiang, where all filming and reporting by foreign media
0:26:07 > 0:26:15is tightly controlled.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18In looks and in distance, it's closer to Baghdad than Beijing.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23But this is China, it's far Western Province of Xinjiang and now
0:26:23 > 0:26:31the target of one of world's most intense security crackdowns.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40The Uighurs, a mainly Muslim minority, have a long history here.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Today, fear is everywhere.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Under the watchful eye of Government minders, there's only
0:26:46 > 0:26:50ever one correct answer.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55"I know nothing," he tells me, "life is good here".
0:26:55 > 0:27:00Moments later, armed police show up.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06This is the China visiting Prime Ministers never get to see.
0:27:06 > 0:27:13Police power here is all-pervasive and growing.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Millions of residents are being forced to give DNA samples.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Mobile phones are searched for sensitive religious content,
0:27:20 > 0:27:26using hand-held plug-in devices.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29And for those suspected of even the mildest disloyalty to Beijing,
0:27:29 > 0:27:34there's now a network of secretive detention camps in which thousands
0:27:34 > 0:27:38of Uighurs have been locked up without trial.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Close to what we believe is one of them, we are stopped from filming.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44China is building a total surveillance state.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Its is a place where saying, doing or even thinking the wrong
0:27:48 > 0:27:52thing can you get you locked up in an internment camp.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55As you can see, it is a place where foreign journalists
0:27:55 > 0:27:59are certainly not welcome.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Wherever we go in Xinjiang, we are constantly hassled, detained,
0:28:02 > 0:28:08monitored and followed.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Like thousands of Uighurs, Abdurahman Hassan
0:28:10 > 0:28:12has fled to Turkey.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16He thought his wife and mother would be safe at home -
0:28:16 > 0:28:18he has since heard, he says, that they have been
0:28:18 > 0:28:22taken to the camps.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24TRANSLATION: From early morning to late evening,
0:28:24 > 0:28:27she is only allowed to sit on a hard chair.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31My poor mother has to endure this punishment every day.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35My wife's only crime was to be born a Uighur and, because of that,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38she lives in a re-education camp where she has to
0:28:38 > 0:28:40sleep on the ground.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I don't know whether they are alive or dead.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I can't bear it any more.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I would rather they were executed than abused to death
0:28:48 > 0:28:51by the Chinese Government.
0:28:51 > 0:28:58He says he has no idea what's happened to his children.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Today, the British Government raised its concerns
0:29:02 > 0:29:04about the treatment of Muslims here, including restrictions
0:29:04 > 0:29:07on religious practice.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Such a frank statement in the middle of a Prime Ministerial visit
0:29:10 > 0:29:16will not go down well.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19China is seeking the UK's backing for a plan to use Xinjiang's desert
0:29:19 > 0:29:25highways as a new economic corridor to central Asia and beyond.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29It insists the threat of Islamic terrorism -
0:29:29 > 0:29:32with a number of attacks in recent years - is a real one.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Can I ask you the question?
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Is it difficult to answer questions?
0:29:39 > 0:29:42But a police state breeds fear.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45They're busy, they say.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48And can stoke the very resentments China says it's trying to stamp out.
0:29:48 > 0:29:56John Sudworth, BBC News, Xinjiang.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Nigeria has never competed in the Winter Olympics.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07But next week the country will make history by entering a female
0:30:07 > 0:30:09bobsleigh team for the Games in South Korea.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12They are the first Nigerian athletes to qualify for the Winter Olympics
0:30:12 > 0:30:14and they've had to raise their own money to get there.
0:30:14 > 0:30:20Alex Capstick went to meet them at their training camp in America.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22We are the Nigerian women's bobsleigh team.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24We are the first team from the country of Nigeria...
0:30:24 > 0:30:26The first team from the continent of Africa...
0:30:26 > 0:30:29And the first team to be represented in the Winter Olympics
0:30:29 > 0:30:32in the sport of bobsleigh...
0:30:32 > 0:30:38..In Pyeongchang.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40They're known as the Ice Blazers, going where no
0:30:40 > 0:30:43African has gone before.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Heading to a bobsleigh track at the Olympics.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49The opening ceremony, that would be really cool.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52We were just like, gosh, we are carrying the Nigerian flag
0:30:52 > 0:30:55in a Winter Olympics.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Gosh!
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Born in America, like her team-mates, Seun Adigun qualifies
0:31:02 > 0:31:05for Nigeria through her parents, and it all began in her
0:31:05 > 0:31:11garage in Houston with a home-made wooden sled.
0:31:11 > 0:31:16Cool running!
0:31:16 > 0:31:19The exploits of the Jamaican men's team at the Calgary Olympics in 1988
0:31:19 > 0:31:23inspired a Hollywood movie.
0:31:23 > 0:31:24Comparisons are inevitable.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27It's really honourable, to say the least, that
0:31:27 > 0:31:2930 years later people are still singing their praises,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32and to say that we are along that same path of what people
0:31:32 > 0:31:34consider to be legendary is really humbling and it's
0:31:34 > 0:31:37an honour to receive.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Just over a year ago, Seun recruited two team-mates
0:31:40 > 0:31:42who take it in turns to sit behind the driver.
0:31:42 > 0:31:48They knew nothing about the sport and its risks.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50After going to Whistler, that's the fastest track
0:31:50 > 0:31:53in the world, it was like, OK, this sport is actually
0:31:53 > 0:31:54pretty dangerous.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56You know, like people can get seriously hurt.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Behind all the excitement, the fun, the global exposure,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01is a group of women who have no desire to be considered
0:32:01 > 0:32:03a novelty act.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Rank outsiders, yes, but they also want to be taken
0:32:06 > 0:32:08seriously in their bid to set a new benchmark for Africa
0:32:08 > 0:32:10at the Winter Olympics.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13People didn't think we had a chance to make it to the Olympics
0:32:13 > 0:32:16so I think when you talk about things like that, anything can
0:32:16 > 0:32:18happen and we are here to compete.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22The team know they are unlikely to become the first Africans
0:32:22 > 0:32:25to stand on the podium at a Winter Games but they also know
0:32:25 > 0:32:27the Olympics is about more than just medals.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31Alex Capstick, BBC News, Lake Placid.
0:32:31 > 0:32:41Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.