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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.