0:00:06 > 0:00:09Tonight at Ten - police forces could face new legal action
0:00:09 > 0:00:12by victims of major crime, if the investigations
0:00:12 > 0:00:16were "seriously defective".
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Two women, who say they were victims of John Worboys,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20the serial six attacker, have won compensation
0:00:20 > 0:00:25from the Metropolitan Police, setting a new legal precedent.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27They had all the information there.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28They should have caught him.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30They could have stopped him.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33They could have caught him the very next day but they didn't,
0:00:33 > 0:00:34they chose to not believe me.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Following the Warboys investigation and this landmark ruling,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39police warn they will have to set money aside to cover
0:00:39 > 0:00:43any future claims.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47We now need to look at all of those cases, look at how we balance
0:00:47 > 0:00:49the challenge of resourcing those against the many other
0:00:49 > 0:00:51demands that we face.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53We'll be considering the potentially far-reaching impact,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56of today's ruling at the Supreme Court.
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Also tonight:
0:01:01 > 0:01:04The Brexit bus is back, this time with a different message
0:01:04 > 0:01:06as the government set out key proposals for the transition
0:01:06 > 0:01:07period after Brexit.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09CHANTING
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Students in Florida on the march, demanding changes to gun laws
0:01:13 > 0:01:16after the recent shooting at their school.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20A special report on the extreme food shortage in Venezuela,
0:01:20 > 0:01:25the country with the biggest oil reserves in the world.
0:01:25 > 0:01:32I want you to get a part of your seat right now and say
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I want you to get up out of your seat right now and say
0:01:35 > 0:01:36I want my sin forgiven...
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And, Billy Graham, the preacher who brought the Christian message
0:01:39 > 0:01:41to many millions around the world, has died.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News...
0:01:43 > 0:01:46David De Gea was at his brilliant best as Manchester United looked
0:01:46 > 0:01:48to avoid defeat against Sevilla in the last 16 of
0:01:48 > 0:01:56the Champions League.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Good evening.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Police forces could face new legal action by victims of serious crime,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15if the police investigations are found to be
0:02:15 > 0:02:17"seriously defective".
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Judges at the Supreme Court gave the ruling, under human rights law,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24in a case brought by two women who say they were victims of John
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Worboys, the serial six attacker.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29The police say the outcome means they must set aside more
0:02:29 > 0:02:32money to cover possible claims for compensation.
0:02:32 > 0:02:37Our legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman has more details.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41If they'd have done their job in 2003, there would be one victim.
0:02:41 > 0:02:49What I can't deal with is 105 victims because I wasn't believed.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52This woman, known for legal reasons as DSD, was the first to report
0:02:52 > 0:02:59being attacked by John Worboys back in 2003.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Why do you think the police simply didn't believe you?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Ad like to throw that one back at the police
0:03:04 > 0:03:05because all the evidence was there.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07All the witnesses were there, everything was there,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09why didn't you believe me?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Why did you put me through this for 15 years?
0:03:11 > 0:03:14You get to the point where you think, you are going mad.
0:03:14 > 0:03:21From when that first report was made, it took a further six
0:03:21 > 0:03:23years for police to bring Worboys to justice.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27During that time, he continued to cruise the streets
0:03:27 > 0:03:31looking for women to dupe, drug and sexually assault.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36The police can't be sued for negligence, so DSD and another
0:03:36 > 0:03:40of Worboys' victims claimed police failures to investigate
0:03:40 > 0:03:42breached article three of the Human Rights Act and amounted
0:03:42 > 0:03:46to inhuman and degrading treatment.
0:03:46 > 0:03:53The Metropolitan Police, with the backing of two home
0:03:54 > 0:03:56secretaries, fought them to the Supreme Court.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58But today, judges ruled in the womens' favour.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00We have held that failures in the investigation of the crimes,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03provided they are sufficiently serious, will give rise to liability
0:04:03 > 0:04:06on the part of the police.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Today's landmark ruling has huge implications for both the victims
0:04:10 > 0:04:14of violent crime and the police who investigated it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17If they seriously fail in an investigation,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20they can face human rights actions by the victim and had
0:04:20 > 0:04:26to pay compensation.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29This is the highest court in the land, telling the police that
0:04:29 > 0:04:34in the most serious of cases, they have to do their job properly.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38The police unreservedly apologised to the victims they failed.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40But suggested that today's ruling could mean resources being taken
0:04:40 > 0:04:44from less serious cases.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50The court referred to it as those cases involving serious violence
0:04:50 > 0:04:53and it's clear the Worboys case fits in that criteria.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56We now need to look at all of those cases, look at how we balance
0:04:56 > 0:04:58the challenge of resourcing those against the many other
0:04:58 > 0:04:59demands we face.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00CHANTING: Domestic violence...
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Is a crime.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07Today's judgment can't make up for the police errors
0:05:07 > 0:05:10in investigating John Worboys, but it will put real pressure
0:05:10 > 0:05:17on them to ensure that such mistakes do happen again.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22For years it has been impossible for individuals to sue the police in the
0:05:22 > 0:05:26civil courts for a negligent investigation and that legal shield
0:05:26 > 0:05:30the police enjoy has been resented by victims. What is so extraordinary
0:05:30 > 0:05:35about this ruling, it provides a new, alternative route to hold the
0:05:35 > 0:05:39police to account in the civil courts under human rights law. As a
0:05:39 > 0:05:44result of that, we have heard of claims already been brought. Make no
0:05:44 > 0:05:49mistake about it, in terms of police accountability, today is a game
0:05:49 > 0:05:54changer.Clive Coleman, thank you very much.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56On the eve of the cabinet's key meeting to settle its approach
0:05:56 > 0:05:58to the Brexit proces, Downing Street has published
0:05:58 > 0:06:00proposals, for the transition period after Britain leaves
0:06:00 > 0:06:01the European Union.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04The plans are being interpreted by some Conservative MPs,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07as opening the way for a longer transition process than originally
0:06:07 > 0:06:09set out, with Britain abiding by any new European laws,
0:06:09 > 0:06:15but not being able to sign trade deals without the EU's permission.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17This report from our political editor Laura Kuenssberg contains
0:06:17 > 0:06:23some flash photography.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26No, not that red bus.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Campaigners who want Brexit to get stuck brought
0:06:28 > 0:06:32their own to Westminster.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36The government is going to have more difficulty getting Brexit
0:06:36 > 0:06:40through the House of Lords than this bus is having coming in here.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Under pressure, it's a big week for the Prime Minister to show
0:06:43 > 0:06:45she is making progress with her plans.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47SPEAKER:Prime Minister.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51We want to ensure this is a country that can negotiate free-trade deals
0:06:51 > 0:06:53around the rest of the world.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55We want to ensure we have a good trade agreement
0:06:55 > 0:06:58with the European Union and that is what we are
0:06:58 > 0:06:59starting to negotiate.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01We want to ensure we have a good security partnership
0:07:01 > 0:07:04with the European Union.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06It isn't clear from today's exchanges this government isn't
0:07:06 > 0:07:08on the road to Brexit, Mr Speaker, it's on
0:07:08 > 0:07:09the road to nowhere.
0:07:09 > 0:07:15But for all the arguing, what matters to the government right
0:07:15 > 0:07:19now is this, the guidelines for the implementation
0:07:19 > 0:07:22phase, or the transition.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27That is the period of time after we've left the European Union
0:07:27 > 0:07:33when broadly, not very much will change for quite some time.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37The UK thinks it will take about two years to make all the changes,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40but Brexiteers are nervous about this phrase, "that the time
0:07:40 > 0:07:43frame could be shaped simply by how long it will take to prepare
0:07:43 > 0:07:47and implement the new processes and systems."
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Basically, it will be the EU status quo, the rights and obligations
0:07:51 > 0:07:55of the UK will continue, but a joint committee should be set
0:07:55 > 0:07:59up so the UK still has a say over changes to any rules and on some
0:07:59 > 0:08:02specific areas like fishing.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06There is no mention in today's text about immigration,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09the core argument in the referendum.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Number Ten says the Prime Minister will still insist that the system
0:08:12 > 0:08:15changes as soon as we leave the European Union.
0:08:15 > 0:08:22But a government source told me to expect the UK to back down
0:08:22 > 0:08:24down on that in the face of resistance from Brussels.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26How bullish are ministers?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Are starting point has been as the Prime Minister set out,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32that we would allow people to come and go and live out their lives
0:08:32 > 0:08:34and live and work in the UK during the implementation period
0:08:34 > 0:08:38on the same basis as before but we will need to have a conversation
0:08:38 > 0:08:46about how they will continue on after the implementation.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49EU leaders and Theresa May aren't a million miles apart
0:08:49 > 0:08:50in the talks about transition, but however friendly
0:08:50 > 0:08:53the three-kiss greetings with the Dutch PM were today,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56ends have to be tied up and a lot of discussion still to be had.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Discussion at this moment is about two years and of course
0:08:59 > 0:09:03the discussion will then be, if things move smoothly,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05at the end of the two years you would allow
0:09:05 > 0:09:06for a short extension.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12That debate is still going on.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15The Brexit secretary and his Cabinet colleagues still have plenty
0:09:15 > 0:09:16of convincing to do.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17In European capitals like in Athens today,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19at home with their party and of course, most
0:09:19 > 0:09:20importantly, with you.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Students in Florida have been protesting in the state capital,
0:09:26 > 0:09:30to demand stricter controls on gun sales, after last week's school
0:09:30 > 0:09:32shooting, when 17 students and teachers were shot dead
0:09:32 > 0:09:35by a former pupil.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It was the first organised protest by a movement
0:09:38 > 0:09:41led by young people, calling itself "never again",
0:09:41 > 0:09:43which was established after last week's attack.
0:09:43 > 0:09:51Our North America editor Jon Sopel is in Tallahassee.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57A school trip like no other. These students from Marjory Stoneman
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Douglas High School have not come to the Florida State capitol to listen,
0:10:00 > 0:10:05they have come to speak and the man change after 17 of their classmates
0:10:05 > 0:10:14and teachers were killed last week. And they are determined to be heard.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19No one needs these weapons that are taking children's lives. They should
0:10:19 > 0:10:24ban them because all they are used for is destruction and they are just
0:10:24 > 0:10:29not needed.You should go to school feeling safe and be confident you
0:10:29 > 0:10:32are therefore an education and a bright future, not worry about
0:10:32 > 0:10:40getting shot.The students were joined by thousands of others from
0:10:40 > 0:10:45across the state, noisy, determined and emboldened. The streets are
0:10:45 > 0:10:50literally echoing to the sound of these young people demanding gun
0:10:50 > 0:10:56control. But last night, state legislators voted against even
0:10:56 > 0:11:00opening a debate on semiautomatic weapons. The fight for gun control
0:11:00 > 0:11:07is going to be an uphill struggle. But that decision, not even to
0:11:07 > 0:11:12debate guns in the state assembly has infuriated pupils, teachers and
0:11:12 > 0:11:17community leaders alike.I have buried in the last four days, three
0:11:17 > 0:11:21kids from my congregation. I watched the father wanting to climb into the
0:11:21 > 0:11:26mausoleum with his son. I watched the mother climbing into a ball and
0:11:26 > 0:11:30refusing to come out for the family. Then they have the gall not even to
0:11:30 > 0:11:35discuss the issue, I am very upset. From the White House, small but
0:11:35 > 0:11:39significant signs of improvement and the president has been meeting
0:11:39 > 0:11:44students and teachers, not just from Florida, but from other shootings as
0:11:44 > 0:11:51well.We want to be strong on background checks, very strong and
0:11:51 > 0:11:56emphasis on the mental health of somebody and we are going to do
0:11:56 > 0:11:59plenty of other things.This heartfelt plea from one of the
0:11:59 > 0:12:05parents.Justin was text in me hiding in a closet saying, if
0:12:05 > 0:12:09something happens, I love you. If something happens, I love you. You
0:12:09 > 0:12:14cannot imagine what that is like as a parent. It is not political, it is
0:12:14 > 0:12:19a human issue, people are dying. We have to stop this. If he is not old
0:12:19 > 0:12:24enough to go and buy a drink, you shouldn't be able to buy a gun at
0:12:24 > 0:12:2718.These students have captured public attention with their demand
0:12:27 > 0:12:32for change, but it is a tough journey and winning support is a
0:12:32 > 0:12:35different thing to winning reform.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40That meeting at the White House is still going on. A smart decision by
0:12:40 > 0:12:45the president and also a risky one. He has heard from one child saying I
0:12:45 > 0:12:49turned 18 on the day after the shooting and I could have bought a
0:12:49 > 0:12:54weapon. Another one from Sandy Hook, these deaths are preventable,
0:12:54 > 0:12:58consider your own children, you don't want to be me. A lot of the
0:12:58 > 0:13:01time, Donald Trump was nodding emphatically with what they were
0:13:01 > 0:13:06saying. If he acts, he risks offending the National Rifle
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Association and some of his base. If he doesn't, people will say, what
0:13:09 > 0:13:14was the meeting for? Jon Sopel, thank you very much with the latest
0:13:14 > 0:13:19from the rally in Tallahassee.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Two young men have been stabbed to death within the space of two
0:13:23 > 0:13:25hours in Camden Town in north London.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Police are investigating whether the deaths of Abdikarim Hassan
0:13:27 > 0:13:28and Sadiq Adan Mohamed are linked.
0:13:28 > 0:13:3116 people have been stabbed to death in London since January this year,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33including five teenagers.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36In Syria, the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta has been turned
0:13:36 > 0:13:40into "hell on earth" for civilians there, according to
0:13:40 > 0:13:42the UN Secretary-General.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Antonio Guterres called for an immediate halt
0:13:44 > 0:13:47in fighting in the suburb, where a bombing campaign by Syrian
0:13:47 > 0:13:51government forces has resulted in the death of 300
0:13:51 > 0:13:53people so far this week, as our Middle East editor
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Jeremy Bowen reports.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00The Syrians deny targeting civilians in Eastern Ghouta.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04EXPLOSIONS.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06These, they say, are precision strikes against artillery
0:14:06 > 0:14:09that has hit central Damascus.
0:14:09 > 0:14:15SCREAMING.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18But the evidence from inside the enclave is that civilians
0:14:18 > 0:14:23are getting hurt and dying.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27The suffering of civilians could have a political effect,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30putting pressure on the rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta to make a deal.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32The lives of their children against strategic front line
0:14:32 > 0:14:37territory near central Damascus that the regime wants to get back.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42This activist says, "helicopters are hovering over us
0:14:42 > 0:14:46here in Eastern Ghouta.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50God help us, we are being exterminated."
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I was able to cross from government-controlled Damascus
0:14:53 > 0:14:56to Eastern Ghouta several times at the beginning of the war.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02Even then it was very badly damaged by regime bombing.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Morale among the rebels was high and dozens of young men were joining
0:15:05 > 0:15:10what they believed was a revolution.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12What do you think will happen to Assad?
0:15:12 > 0:15:13Killed.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Must be killed.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19When the war started, the regime was under severe pressure.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24It lost control of a crescent of suburbs around Damascus.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29Eastern Ghouta is the last of them that hasn't surrendered.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31In 2013, Eastern Ghouta was hit by a chemical attack
0:15:31 > 0:15:34that killed hundreds.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36The Americans threatened a military strike against the regime
0:15:36 > 0:15:42and then decided against it.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It was a turning point in the war, after that the regime lost its fear
0:15:45 > 0:15:53of Western intervention.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59In September 2015 Russia intervened, decisively on Assad's side.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Now he's more secure and he 's emboldened,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03more so than at any time since the war started,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06and the Russians are becoming the dominant foreign power
0:16:06 > 0:16:09in the Middle East.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11In northern Syria, the president has just sent in militia
0:16:11 > 0:16:13men to join the fight against the Turkish incursion.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19He wouldn't have the confidence to move against a Nato power
0:16:19 > 0:16:22without the Russians.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24And it suggests he won't listen to foreign condemnation
0:16:24 > 0:16:30of the attack on Eastern Ghouta.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33Jeremy Bowen, BBC News.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The Government has ordered a review into the way medical problems,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37caused by NHS treatments, are dealt with.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40It follows three high-profile campaigns related to
0:16:40 > 0:16:43the the epilepsy drug Sodium Valproate, the hormone
0:16:43 > 0:16:51pregnancy test Primodos and the use of vaginal mesh implants.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The UK has seen the strongest six months of productivity growth
0:16:54 > 0:16:57since the recession of 2008, according to the latest
0:16:57 > 0:16:59figures from the Office for National Statistics.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02There was also a better than expected rise in wages
0:17:02 > 0:17:04in the first three months of the year.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07But unemployment was also up for the first time in two years,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09as our economics editor, Kamal Ahmed, explains.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Bring on the robots, more efficient in helping this firm
0:17:13 > 0:17:17in Hastings make electrical equipment more quickly.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20And the more quickly you make things, the more
0:17:20 > 0:17:23you make every hour, and the more wealth you create.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24That's productivity.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Since the financial crisis, our productivity performance
0:17:29 > 0:17:32has been pretty poor, but over the last six months
0:17:32 > 0:17:33there has been a jump into positive territory,
0:17:33 > 0:17:37the strongest since before 2008.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Global growth is helping firms.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42We're seeing a huge opportunity for us in the Chinese market that
0:17:42 > 0:17:45we've been working on for the past 18 months, two years and that's
0:17:45 > 0:17:49starting to come to fruition now, and that's why we've found it's time
0:17:49 > 0:17:50to reward the staff.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53It's time to reward them in terms of bringing in machinery,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56like the robot behind me, that will help them and help us
0:17:56 > 0:17:59increase productivity.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01And where productivity goes, wages tend to follow,
0:18:01 > 0:18:06up over the last three months to 2.5% from 2.3%.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08That's still below the rise in prices, but that living
0:18:08 > 0:18:11standard squeeze is easing.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13We've just had a pay rise.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17We haven't had it long enough yet to really decide whether it does
0:18:17 > 0:18:18make a difference or not.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I'm sure it will but, like you say, it's still early stages.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23Despite having a pay rise, when you look at how things,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27the cost of things is increasing, then what you have fluid at the end
0:18:27 > 0:18:29of each month after you've done your essential,
0:18:29 > 0:18:31utilities and things like that, the difference is quite noticeable.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Quite a noticeable difference for the Government as well,
0:18:35 > 0:18:40the public finances are £7 billion better off than they were last year.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45Better growth means higher tax revenues and less borrowing.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47A lot of important figures about the economy today.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Three of those figures are better, one is a worry.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Lower levels of government borrowing are good for the public finances.
0:18:52 > 0:18:59Productivity is up, that's good for the creation of wealth.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02That leads to higher incomes, and there is some evidence of that.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06The one worry, unemployment, which has risen slightly
0:19:06 > 0:19:09for the first time in two years.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's very hard to predict whether unemployment's
0:19:12 > 0:19:14going to carry on rising.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You can't read too much into one month's figures.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20The employment rate is still quite high, but it's all going to depend
0:19:20 > 0:19:22on the outlook for the economy in the next few months.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25It's that outlook that really matters, for our
0:19:25 > 0:19:29incomes, for our jobs.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Brexit uncertainty is still weighing on the economy, government
0:19:31 > 0:19:33debts are still high, but today it was the better economic
0:19:33 > 0:19:34figures that won out.
0:19:34 > 0:19:41Kamal Ahmed, BBC News.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Venezuela, which has the largest oil reserves in the world,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46is nonetheless facing a humanitarian crisis because of
0:19:46 > 0:19:50a shortage of food.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Charities say the situation is out of control, with no end in sight,
0:19:54 > 0:19:55as the economy has collapsed, bringing extreme
0:19:55 > 0:19:57hardship for millions.
0:19:57 > 0:20:05It's estimated that the rate of inflation could increase
0:20:05 > 0:20:06to 13,000% this year.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09And the level of child malnutrition now stands at almost 17%.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11The BBC's Vladimir Hernandez is one of the few international
0:20:11 > 0:20:14journalists who's been able to report from Venezuela.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17SINGING
0:20:17 > 0:20:20They sing, but they're hungry.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24These are the faces of extreme poverty in Venezuela.
0:20:24 > 0:20:32Here, the economic collapse has left an unsettling sight.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Extremely thin children, who don't know when they'll eat next.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Kimberly has two young children, she says it's never been
0:20:38 > 0:20:41so hard to find food.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25This is the medical report for Kimberly's youngest son,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27he was taken recently to hospital.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30What it says here is that he was suffering
0:21:30 > 0:21:33from diarrhoea, asthma, anaemia, but also from
0:21:33 > 0:21:37acute malnutrition.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41There's a whole list of medicines here also for him.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44I've just asked her and they haven't been able to buy them.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Freddie, a father of five, struggles to get by on the rare
0:21:47 > 0:21:49government hand-out, and he's often paid with fish
0:21:49 > 0:21:52when he finds work.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05This Catholic church-run centre offers food to people
0:22:05 > 0:22:09from these poor communities.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13Feeding time here can be frantic, some desperate to finally eat.
0:22:13 > 0:22:21What we see here can be disturbing.
0:22:31 > 0:22:37This young boy looks like a newborn, but he's two.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Liliana, looks like she's two, but she's five,
0:22:39 > 0:22:46and Jose is almost eight.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Chronic malnutrition leads to stunting, they just don't grow.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54The government says this crisis is the result of recently
0:22:54 > 0:23:01imposed foreign sanctions, promoted by the United States
0:23:01 > 0:23:03against the socialist revolution, but critics would just
0:23:03 > 0:23:04call its mismanagement.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06In the capital Caracas, things are no different.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10This is what a supermarket looks like.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Just empty shelves, no food.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16No food.
0:23:16 > 0:23:23This Christian charity offers a free lunch every day and a prayer.
0:23:25 > 0:23:31Even some people with full-time jobs have to come here to get a meal.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40And that lack of food means people here have lost an average of 11
0:23:40 > 0:23:48kilos in the last year.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Venezuela today is an oil-rich country of hunger and queues.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Vladimir Hernandez, BBC News, Caracas.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56The political leaders of Northern Ireland have been
0:23:56 > 0:23:58in Downing Street today, for talks with the Prime Minister
0:23:58 > 0:24:00on trying to restore the power-sharing executive at
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Stormont.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07The president of Sinn Fein, Mary Lou McDonald, accused
0:24:07 > 0:24:09the Government of having no plan for restoring devolved
0:24:09 > 0:24:12government after a 13-month political stalemate,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15but the DUP's Arlene Foster said the time had now come for ministers
0:24:15 > 0:24:17at Westminster to set a budget and make decisions
0:24:17 > 0:24:19about public spending.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I believe, whether intentionally or not, Theresa May is actually
0:24:22 > 0:24:23facilitating the DUP blocking advancement and resolution
0:24:23 > 0:24:30on these core issues.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32We're concerned about the fact that we have this instability,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35that we don't have proper governance in Northern Ireland and it's
0:24:35 > 0:24:37incumbent upon the UK Government to come forward
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and to fill that gap.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Our Ireland correspondent, Chris Page, is at Stormont.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51Where do we stand after today's talks, Chris?Well, Huw, the parties
0:24:51 > 0:24:54at the centre of the Stormont stalemate have continued to trade
0:24:54 > 0:24:59blows even on the other side of the Irish Sea. Sinn Fein's criticism of
0:24:59 > 0:25:02the Government was particularly strong, I thought. This was Mary Lou
0:25:02 > 0:25:06McDonald's first trip to London since she took over from Gerry Adams
0:25:06 > 0:25:10as Sinn Fein president a few weeks ago. She pointed at the Conservative
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Party's reliance on DUP votes in parliament as a major reason why
0:25:14 > 0:25:18negotiations here had continually stalled. The DUP though still blame
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Sinn Fein for the deadlock and they expect Westminster to pass a budget
0:25:22 > 0:25:25for Northern Ireland in the coming weeks. The Government still saying
0:25:25 > 0:25:28tonight that it regards devolution as the only way forward, but if
0:25:28 > 0:25:32there was any hope that political relationships here would start to
0:25:32 > 0:25:35heal after last week's negotiations break down. If anything, there are
0:25:35 > 0:25:41signs that divisions are deepening. Chris, many thanks again for latest
0:25:41 > 0:25:47thoughts there at Stormont. Chris Page our Ireland correspondent.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50For the third time, the High Court has ruled that ministers must to do
0:25:50 > 0:25:52more to deal with air pollution in towns and cities
0:25:52 > 0:25:53in England and Wales.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56It said existing plans were unlawful because they won't bring pollution
0:25:56 > 0:25:58levels within legal limits in the "shortest possible time."
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Ministers will now have to introduce new measures in a further
0:26:01 > 0:26:0333 towns and cities.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Our science editor, David Shukman, reports.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06The air we breathe.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09In dozens of places, it's dirtier than the law allows.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13For years, an environmental group has challenged
0:26:13 > 0:26:16the Government to do more, and today the High Court ordered
0:26:16 > 0:26:21ministers to double the number of areas where pollutions be cut.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24What it means today is that in those towns and cities that
0:26:24 > 0:26:28were covered by this order, the local authorities will have
0:26:28 > 0:26:31to take measures to try and fix that as soon as possible.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34And the Government will have to help those local authorities to do that.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37This app shows that today in London the air quality isn't that bad.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40The problem is that, in towns and cities across the country,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43there are days when the air pollution reaches illegal limits.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Now the judgment, here at the High Court, acknowledges
0:26:45 > 0:26:48that the Government is doing a great deal to clean up, but also
0:26:48 > 0:26:51says ministers need to do a great deal more.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53At Prime Minister's Questions Theresa May was asked
0:26:53 > 0:26:57about the court ruling.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00They have asked us to go further in areas with less severe
0:27:00 > 0:27:01air-quality problems.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Where we thought a pragmatic approach was appropriate,
0:27:03 > 0:27:07we will now formalise that.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09But actually, on two out of the three counts, they found
0:27:09 > 0:27:10in the Government's favour.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Wales will now see a new effort to improve the air.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15The Welsh Government admitted to the High Court
0:27:15 > 0:27:18that its plans weren't adequate.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Southampton is one of several major cities where the Government recently
0:27:21 > 0:27:23ordered a faster response.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26So too in Leeds, another pollution hotspot, where today we found
0:27:26 > 0:27:28people are concerned.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I feel like it's slowly killing us because it's bad air and I fell
0:27:31 > 0:27:38like they should find a way to cut down and sort it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40We can't let it go because of our young people.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41It's just not fair.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Local authorities in Leeds and other cities are working on plans
0:27:45 > 0:27:47to tackle pollution, but they feel they're having to make
0:27:47 > 0:27:52all the effort and they say national government isn't helping enough.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55We need to ensure that there's proper funding and that they're
0:27:55 > 0:27:58thinking for the country as a whole and they're not just passporting
0:27:58 > 0:28:02this responsibility down to already stretched local authorities,
0:28:02 > 0:28:08expecting us to do it without that support in place.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11The most obvious solution is to charge the dirtiest vehicles
0:28:11 > 0:28:13for coming into polluted areas, but that's also the most
0:28:13 > 0:28:15controversial option and ministers aren't keen on it.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20So what else can be done to cut pollution?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Switching away from diesels is one option.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25So is encouraging people onto public transport.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28None of this is cheap, but the Government now knows
0:28:28 > 0:28:31that the courts are watching.
0:28:31 > 0:28:39David Shukman, BBC News.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Tonight's Brit Awards is under way at London's O2 Arena this evening.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Here's to more women on these stages, more women winning awards
0:28:48 > 0:28:53and more women taking over the world. Thank you so much.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Dua Lipa won Best Female Solo Artist and Best British
0:28:57 > 0:29:05Breakthrough Act.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Stormzy picked up the Best Male Award
0:29:09 > 0:29:13And Best British Album of the Year.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Football now, and Manchester United have been in action in the last 16
0:29:16 > 0:29:17of the Champions League.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19COMMENTATOR:Sevilla finishing the half strongly.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20In it goes towards Muriel.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22What a save, David de Gea. Brilliant save.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Thanks in part to some great saves from their goalkeeper, David De Gea,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28they held on for a 0-0 draw away to Sevilla.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30The return leg in Manchester will be in three weeks' time.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32One of the most influential Christian preachers of the past
0:29:32 > 0:29:35century, Billy Graham, has died at the age of 99.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37The American evangelist devoted his life to promoting Christianity,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39holding mass rallies across the world and he was
0:29:39 > 0:29:41the first preacher to harness the power of television
0:29:41 > 0:29:43to broadcast his message to millions.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45He was a spiritual adviser to every US President,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Our religion editor, Martin Bashir, looks back at his life.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Problems that face us tonight that never be solved unless we bring them
0:29:55 > 0:29:58to the Lord Jesus Christ.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Charismatic and handsome, Billy Graham preached a simple
0:30:02 > 0:30:05message that he took around the world, speaking to more than 220
0:30:05 > 0:30:10million people, in 185 countries.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15London first felt the force of his evangelism in 1954.
0:30:15 > 0:30:23We've come here at the invitation of these churches to help lead
0:30:23 > 0:30:25you in a crusade to win into Jesus Christ.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28I want you to get up out you have your seat right now.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31He would lead 417 crusades, often in major sporting stadiums,
0:30:31 > 0:30:32from New York to Nigeria.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34I don't believe anybody is here by accident.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36He was God.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40He was also man.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43It was at an Earl's Court rally, in 1966, that Cliff Richard publicly
0:30:43 > 0:30:45declared his Christianity.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50# He'll do for you #.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55He was also a pastor to presidents, from Nixon to Clinton,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59but he never took sides.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04He was even invited to preach before the Queen and other members
0:31:04 > 0:31:07of the Royal Family at Sandringham, in 1984, and said afterwards
0:31:07 > 0:31:12that he did not change his message, but simply pointed to Jesus.
0:31:12 > 0:31:19I don't actually think we've had somebody who simply says -
0:31:19 > 0:31:22the Bible says, the Bible says, the Bible says and doesn't intrude
0:31:22 > 0:31:24his own ideas into the message.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27So he's being real on message and I don't think we've seen
0:31:27 > 0:31:29anybody of that character, apart from Saint Paul.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32In his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina, there
0:31:32 > 0:31:34was shock and sadness.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38We just loved him and it feels like the world's going to fall apart
0:31:38 > 0:31:41a little with him gone.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I think just leaving a legacy of sharing the gospel,
0:31:44 > 0:31:49no matter what role you've been given, is the most important thing.
0:31:49 > 0:31:55His son Franklin Graham, who's also an evangelist,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57described a recent conversation.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01I said, "Daddy, what do you want on your tombstone?"
0:32:01 > 0:32:03He thought, he said, "Just preacher."
0:32:03 > 0:32:04That's it.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05That's it.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08God loves you.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Unlike so many American preachers, Billy Graham was never caught up
0:32:11 > 0:32:15in any kind of scandal and insisted that his financial affairs were
0:32:15 > 0:32:18transparent and audited by others.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22It was the simplicity of his message and the sincerity of his life
0:32:22 > 0:32:29that will be his legacy.
0:32:29 > 0:32:35The American preacher, Billy Graham, who's died at the age of 99.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39That's it.