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0:00:05 > 0:00:07Tonight at ten - no agreement in the UN Security Council

0:00:07 > 0:00:15on establishing a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria.

0:00:15 > 0:00:17For a fifth consecutive day in the rebel enclave

0:00:17 > 0:00:20of Eastern Ghouta, the intense bombardment by Syrian government

0:00:20 > 0:00:25forces has continued, as the UN warns of a massacre.

0:00:25 > 0:00:27A number of hospitals and medical centres have been hit,

0:00:27 > 0:00:31making it almost impossible to treat the many wounded.

0:00:31 > 0:00:34TRANSLATION:What we're seeing everyday has caused us to collapse,

0:00:34 > 0:00:37both humanely and psychologically.

0:00:37 > 0:00:38We don't have anything more to offer.

0:00:38 > 0:00:41We're being bled out.

0:00:41 > 0:00:43We'll have the latest on the diplomatic efforts

0:00:43 > 0:00:46to establish a ceasefire so that aid supplies can be delivered.

0:00:46 > 0:00:48Also tonight.

0:00:48 > 0:00:51An away day at Chequers for Theresa May and senior ministers -

0:00:51 > 0:00:54as they try to agree a collective position on Britain's future

0:00:54 > 0:00:58relationship with the EU.

0:00:58 > 0:01:01As American students demand tougher gun laws,

0:01:01 > 0:01:03the powerful gun lobby backs the president's idea for some

0:01:03 > 0:01:06teachers to be armed.

0:01:06 > 0:01:14To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.

0:01:15 > 0:01:20CHANTING:No ifs, no buts, no USS pension cuts.

0:01:20 > 0:01:22Thousands of university lecturers have started strike action over

0:01:22 > 0:01:26planned changes to their pensions.

0:01:26 > 0:01:34And Tracey Emin talks to us about art, equality, and her legacy.

0:01:37 > 0:01:40Later in the hour, we'll have Sportsday on the BBC News channel,

0:01:40 > 0:01:44with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features

0:01:44 > 0:01:52from the BBC Sports Centre.

0:02:03 > 0:02:04Good evening.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06The United Nations has warned of a massacre in the rebel

0:02:06 > 0:02:09enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12Syrian government forces have been pounding the suburb for a fifth

0:02:12 > 0:02:15consecutive day amid reports that more than 350 people have been

0:02:15 > 0:02:20killed since Sunday night, including 150 children.

0:02:20 > 0:02:24Russia has said there is no agreement in the UN Security Council

0:02:24 > 0:02:28on establishing a humanitarian ceasefire in the region.

0:02:28 > 0:02:30This report by our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen contains some

0:02:30 > 0:02:38distressing images.

0:02:38 > 0:02:41More air strikes, more bombs and more casualties.

0:02:41 > 0:02:47It is not letting up.

0:02:47 > 0:02:50Across eastern Ghouta, rescue workers sprint into broken

0:02:50 > 0:02:52and burning buildings before the dust of their

0:02:52 > 0:03:00destruction settles.

0:03:02 > 0:03:05This was another attack a few miles away.

0:03:05 > 0:03:08A temporary ceasefire is under negotiation,

0:03:08 > 0:03:11brokered by Russia, Egypt and Turkey.

0:03:11 > 0:03:15Even if it happens, the horror of these days will stay

0:03:15 > 0:03:22with the survivors for a lifetime.

0:03:22 > 0:03:25Two sisters, Alaa, aged eight and Noor, eleven,

0:03:25 > 0:03:29were in their home when it was hit.

0:03:29 > 0:03:34Warplanes bombed our building.

0:03:34 > 0:03:41Now...Ghouta.

0:03:41 > 0:03:45Look at home.

0:03:45 > 0:03:50This was sent to us by their mother.

0:03:50 > 0:03:51Please help us.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54Please save our children here in East Ghouta.

0:03:54 > 0:03:57Where is the humanity?

0:03:57 > 0:04:05I ask you in the name of motherhood, please help us.

0:04:06 > 0:04:10Getting on for 400,000 people, terrified by the sight

0:04:10 > 0:04:13and sound of aircraft, are thought to be in eastern Ghouta,

0:04:13 > 0:04:18which is the size of Manchester.

0:04:18 > 0:04:22The Syrian regime insists it's targeting terrorists.

0:04:22 > 0:04:30but it's clear many children are among the wounded and the dead.

0:04:30 > 0:04:33Improvised hospitals have been set up in cellars and basements

0:04:33 > 0:04:37during the years of war.

0:04:37 > 0:04:43Now, though, the medics are at full stretch.

0:04:43 > 0:04:48Dr Amani Ballour wanted to send a message to the people of Britain.

0:04:48 > 0:04:52TRANSLATION:We never wanted the war and we don't want to live under it.

0:04:52 > 0:04:55For the sake of our children who've been blown to pieces,

0:04:55 > 0:04:57for the sake of our children who died of hunger, what we're

0:04:57 > 0:04:59seeing every day has caused us to collapse,

0:04:59 > 0:05:02both humanely and psychologically.

0:05:02 > 0:05:08We don't have anything more to offer, we're being bled out.

0:05:08 > 0:05:14Dr Amani was treating 12-year-old Mohammed, who was dying.

0:05:14 > 0:05:18His mother had been cooking breakfast for her family when three

0:05:18 > 0:05:22air strikes came in.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25TRANSLATION:I am here, waiting for my son to die.

0:05:25 > 0:05:27At least he'll be free of pain.

0:05:27 > 0:05:29I pray to God to end his suffering.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31But where are the Arabs, where are the Muslims?

0:05:31 > 0:05:34Do we have to appeal to Israel?

0:05:34 > 0:05:37When my boy dies, he will go to heaven, where at least

0:05:37 > 0:05:38he'll be able to eat.

0:05:38 > 0:05:42I'd like to die with him so I can look after him.

0:05:42 > 0:05:48Syrians have cried so many tears in the seven years of war.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51The killing is escalating, not ending.

0:05:51 > 0:05:57And once again, the world is watching from a safe distance.

0:05:57 > 0:06:02Jeremy Bowen, BBC News.

0:06:02 > 0:06:08Live to the UN in New York and our correspondent, Nick Bryant.

0:06:08 > 0:06:13Bring us up-to-date on the diplomatic efforts Saturday.Well,

0:06:13 > 0:06:18the Russians are using their military power to help the Assad

0:06:18 > 0:06:21regime in eastern Ghouta, and here at the United Nations Security

0:06:21 > 0:06:24Council in New York they are using their veto power to help the Assad

0:06:24 > 0:06:28regime. Today, all it took was the mere threat of a veto to block a

0:06:28 > 0:06:34draft resolution which would have called for a 30 day ceasefire, which

0:06:34 > 0:06:36would have allowed humanitarian convoys into places like eastern

0:06:36 > 0:06:41Ghouta ran for medical evacuations to take place. The Russians are

0:06:41 > 0:06:44proposing amendments, but these negotiations have been going on for

0:06:44 > 0:06:49two weeks. The Russians have already been granted Major concessions and

0:06:49 > 0:06:52the Western powers are saying this is yet another delaying tactic by

0:06:52 > 0:06:55Moscow to grab more time for the Assad regime to continue its

0:06:55 > 0:06:59military offensive and to kill more people. Britain and America today,

0:06:59 > 0:07:03again, as they have for many years, bemoaned Russian obstruction but

0:07:03 > 0:07:06what they've never been prepared to do is back at those words with

0:07:06 > 0:07:10meaningful action in Syria to counteract Russia's influence, so

0:07:10 > 0:07:15they get to call the shots there and increasingly here. I do think there

0:07:15 > 0:07:18will be another attempt to pass a ceasefire resolution tomorrow, and

0:07:18 > 0:07:22the French ambassador but its darkest night. He said a failure to

0:07:22 > 0:07:25get that through would be a devastating loss of credibility for

0:07:25 > 0:07:29the Security Council and could sound the death knell of the United

0:07:29 > 0:07:36Nations itself.Nick Bryant, many thanks for the latest from New York.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39Theresa May and 11 of her senior ministers are at Chequers tonight -

0:07:39 > 0:07:42the Prime Minister's country home - to try to unite behind a single

0:07:42 > 0:07:43government strategy on Brexit.

0:07:43 > 0:07:46They've spend several hours there today, ahead of the next phase

0:07:46 > 0:07:47of the Brexit negotiations with the EU.

0:07:47 > 0:07:52From Chequers, our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.

0:07:52 > 0:07:53BIRDSONG

0:07:53 > 0:07:56What could break the calm of the country?

0:07:56 > 0:08:00Birdsong twittering across the Home Counties Valley?

0:08:00 > 0:08:08Spring's plucky early buds bravely making their way?

0:08:08 > 0:08:11The zooming arrival of the Cabinet's cars - that's what.

0:08:11 > 0:08:16Darting into Chequers, hoping perhaps the rural peace might

0:08:16 > 0:08:22provide inspiration.

0:08:22 > 0:08:24For more than a year, this group have been attempting

0:08:24 > 0:08:25to hammer out a compromise.

0:08:25 > 0:08:28But for decades, arguably, the Tory party has been trying

0:08:28 > 0:08:30and not always succeeding.

0:08:30 > 0:08:34So, can they find one today?

0:08:34 > 0:08:37They were at it for eight hours.

0:08:37 > 0:08:39The Prime Minister, surrounded by her close

0:08:39 > 0:08:42colleagues and advisers - some who were pitted against each

0:08:42 > 0:08:44other during the referendum.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46Next week she wants to tell the rest of the world

0:08:46 > 0:08:49more of her Brexit plan.

0:08:49 > 0:08:52But the inner cabinet has struggled to agree how closely we should stick

0:08:52 > 0:08:56to the EU after Brexit.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59Some compromise perhaps today, but not a dramatic breakthrough.

0:08:59 > 0:09:03If you look at what happened back before the December European summit

0:09:03 > 0:09:05there was a lot of speculation that the Cabinet would

0:09:05 > 0:09:07not reach agreement.

0:09:07 > 0:09:09We all agreed a position that the Prime Minster took

0:09:09 > 0:09:13to Brussels, and got a successful outcome.

0:09:13 > 0:09:16And all of us in the Cabinet are determined to get the best

0:09:16 > 0:09:18possible deal for every part of the United Kingdom.

0:09:18 > 0:09:22Every modern Tory Prime Minister who has had the run of this country

0:09:22 > 0:09:24pile has had to deal with splits over Europe.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26Yet Government insiders suggest it was only Boris Johnson

0:09:26 > 0:09:30that was likely to dig in furiously.

0:09:30 > 0:09:32One minister told me the Brexiteers would be reminded

0:09:32 > 0:09:36firmly of the consequences of failing to agree.

0:09:36 > 0:09:39But there are nerves and suspicion on both sides in the Tory

0:09:39 > 0:09:44party and their outside rivals are sceptical.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47It won't last and what our problem is, is that in trying to deal

0:09:47 > 0:09:49with the Government and be responsible as an opposition,

0:09:49 > 0:09:52work with them as necessary, we never know from day to day

0:09:52 > 0:09:55who is in charge and what the policy is.

0:09:55 > 0:09:57But Theresa May's Brexit plans have always emerged gradually,

0:09:57 > 0:10:00rather than sudden changes.

0:10:00 > 0:10:03And next she must persuade the EU, too.

0:10:03 > 0:10:06Any negotiation is compromise.

0:10:06 > 0:10:14The choice for the Prime Minister is who will take and who must give.

0:10:15 > 0:10:19Just in the last few minutes, ministers have been speeding out of

0:10:19 > 0:10:24the gates here at Chequers, after talking for eight hours. About all

0:10:24 > 0:10:28of this. Now, you might wonder why they have to talk still for such a

0:10:28 > 0:10:31long time when they've been talking about it for more than a year. The

0:10:31 > 0:10:37answer to that is that in the Cabinet, as through the Tory party,

0:10:37 > 0:10:40there's a of opinion about how closely we should stick to the EU

0:10:40 > 0:10:43after Brexit, or how much we should make a dramatic break. There has

0:10:43 > 0:10:47been some optimism at the top levels of government in recent days that a

0:10:47 > 0:10:52compromise here today, the sort, was looking more, not less likely. But

0:10:52 > 0:10:57Theresa May will still have to get whatever has been agreed through the

0:10:57 > 0:11:00whole Cabinet on Tuesday, through her party, where some elements don't

0:11:00 > 0:11:06want her to give up anything at all, and then, of course, through 27

0:11:06 > 0:11:09other European countries. This was an important date and she will hope

0:11:09 > 0:11:15she's made a step forward, but a step, not a leap, not abound, to

0:11:15 > 0:11:17what happens next. Laura Kuenssberg with the latest

0:11:17 > 0:11:21light at Chequers.

0:11:21 > 0:11:23The latest official figures on immigration appear to confirm

0:11:23 > 0:11:26that the vote to leave the EU has had an impact.

0:11:26 > 0:11:28More EU citizens left Britain in the year to last September

0:11:28 > 0:11:30than at any time for a decade.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33But overall nearly 250,000 more people from the EU and the rest

0:11:33 > 0:11:35of the world arrived here than went abroad.

0:11:35 > 0:11:37Our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford is here

0:11:37 > 0:11:38to look at the figures.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40Yes, Huw, ever since the Brexit referendum businesses

0:11:40 > 0:11:43and politicians have been tracking the number of EU citizens

0:11:43 > 0:11:46coming to and from the UK with great interest.

0:11:46 > 0:11:48And in today's release of immigration figures we have

0:11:48 > 0:11:50reached a bit of a milestone.

0:11:50 > 0:11:55In the year to last September, an estimated 130,000 EU nationals

0:11:55 > 0:11:59have left and no longer live in the UK.

0:11:59 > 0:12:01That is the highest number for ten years, the highest in fact

0:12:01 > 0:12:04since the financial crash.

0:12:04 > 0:12:09However, in that same time - despite Brexit - around 220,000 EU

0:12:09 > 0:12:12citizens moved here.

0:12:12 > 0:12:16Which means that still, overall, 90,000 more EU citizens moved

0:12:16 > 0:12:19to the UK than left in the year to September - though that is

0:12:19 > 0:12:23the lowest figure since 2012.

0:12:23 > 0:12:25What about migration from outside the EU?

0:12:25 > 0:12:29Well, in the same period, 205,000 more non-EU foreign

0:12:29 > 0:12:32nationals arrived to live here than left.

0:12:32 > 0:12:35Making their contribution to the growing population more

0:12:35 > 0:12:37than twice that of the EU citizens.

0:12:37 > 0:12:40And wrapping all the figures up together, along with the tens

0:12:40 > 0:12:42of thousands of UK citizens who leave Britain each year,

0:12:42 > 0:12:48overall 244,000 more people arrived in the UK in the year

0:12:48 > 0:12:50to September than left.

0:12:50 > 0:12:54So today's immigration figures continue to show what appears to be

0:12:54 > 0:12:57a Brexit effect on the EU population of Britain.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00But the government's manifesto commitment to get net immigration

0:13:00 > 0:13:06down below 100,000 a year is still out of reach.

0:13:06 > 0:13:11Huw.

0:13:11 > 0:13:15Daniel Sandford, our home affairs correspondent, many thanks.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17America's all-powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association,

0:13:17 > 0:13:19has backed the president's call to provide teachers with guns -

0:13:19 > 0:13:21after they've been trained to carry concealed weapons.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24The head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, also accused politicians

0:13:24 > 0:13:28of exploiting the school shooting in Florida, in which 17 were killed,

0:13:28 > 0:13:31to try to impose tighter gun restrictions, as our North America

0:13:31 > 0:13:36editor Jon Sopel reports.

0:13:36 > 0:13:39Will the Florida school shooting come to be seen

0:13:39 > 0:13:41as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage,

0:13:41 > 0:13:43and rage led to action?

0:13:43 > 0:13:45Never again!

0:13:45 > 0:13:47The vociferous students who have taken to the streets

0:13:47 > 0:13:48are bringing change.

0:13:48 > 0:13:50But not always in the way they wanted.

0:13:50 > 0:13:53The President, making clear that he thinks the way to make

0:13:53 > 0:13:57schools more secure is to train and arm more teachers.

0:13:57 > 0:14:01Tweeting today, "If a potential sicko shooter knows that a school

0:14:01 > 0:14:06has a large number of very weapon-talented teachers and others

0:14:06 > 0:14:08who will be instantly shooting, the sicko will never

0:14:08 > 0:14:12attack at school.

0:14:12 > 0:14:15Cowards won't go there. Problem solved."

0:14:15 > 0:14:17He first floated the idea at an emotional White House meeting

0:14:17 > 0:14:20last night, with victims' families.

0:14:20 > 0:14:23One of those in attendance was a pupil at the Parklands

0:14:23 > 0:14:26school, Sam Zeif.

0:14:26 > 0:14:29How is it that easy to buy this type of weapon?

0:14:29 > 0:14:33Afterwards, he was dismissive about the President's plan.

0:14:33 > 0:14:38Arming teachers is just not what we need.

0:14:38 > 0:14:39You know?

0:14:39 > 0:14:44This is a problem because guns were brought into our school.

0:14:44 > 0:14:50Why would it make sense to bring more guns into school?

0:14:50 > 0:14:52And the President has held another White House meeting today

0:14:52 > 0:14:54to discuss the issue, promising action that will win

0:14:54 > 0:14:57the support of many of the students.

0:14:57 > 0:15:01I think we are making a lot of progress, and I can tell

0:15:01 > 0:15:04you it is a tremendous feeling that we want to get something done.

0:15:04 > 0:15:06He wants increased background checks on those seeking

0:15:06 > 0:15:10to purchase weapons and to ban bump stocks -

0:15:10 > 0:15:12this is the device that turns a semiautomatic

0:15:12 > 0:15:14rifle into a machine gun.

0:15:14 > 0:15:20And he backs raising the minimum age for buying a rifle to 21.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23To those arguing for comprehensive gun control measures,

0:15:23 > 0:15:31what Donald Trump is proposing might seem like teeny-weeny baby steps.

0:15:31 > 0:15:33But any measure will have to get Congressional approval,

0:15:33 > 0:15:36and doing that is never achieved without a fight.

0:15:36 > 0:15:39And no-one fights for gun rights like the National Rifle Association.

0:15:39 > 0:15:42Today, in a rare public appearance, the leader of the NRA spoke

0:15:42 > 0:15:46out, and he was in no mood for compromise.

0:15:46 > 0:15:54Lean in, listen to me now, and never forget these words.

0:15:54 > 0:16:02To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.

0:16:02 > 0:16:04APPLAUSE

0:16:04 > 0:16:05Thank you very much.

0:16:05 > 0:16:08In other words, what America needs is more guns, not fewer.

0:16:08 > 0:16:11The President is being pulled in one direction by the NRA,

0:16:11 > 0:16:15another by the students.

0:16:15 > 0:16:18If past form is a guide, there will only be one winner -

0:16:18 > 0:16:20and it won't be the students.

0:16:20 > 0:16:24Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington.

0:16:24 > 0:16:28Justin Forsyth, a prominent figure in the world of international aid,

0:16:28 > 0:16:31has resigned as deputy executive director of Unicef.

0:16:31 > 0:16:34Mr Forsyth, who was appointed two years ago, used to work

0:16:34 > 0:16:38for Save the Children, during which time he was accused

0:16:38 > 0:16:43of inappropriate behaviour towards female staff.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45My colleague Manveen Rana, who uncovered the story

0:16:45 > 0:16:48earlier this week, is here.

0:16:48 > 0:16:53How did we get to this resignation? When the investigation came out, we

0:16:53 > 0:16:56revealed that three several women have complained about Justin Forsyth

0:16:56 > 0:16:59while he was running Save the Children UK. The allegations

0:16:59 > 0:17:03involved streams of inappropriate text messages, e-mails, all of which

0:17:03 > 0:17:06the women said had made them feel Biglia uncomfortable. They were the

0:17:06 > 0:17:12most junior members of staff, he was the CEO. But in a statement today,

0:17:12 > 0:17:15Justin Forsyth said he wasn't resigning because of the mistakes he

0:17:15 > 0:17:19had made at Save the Children. He said he had apologised unreservedly

0:17:19 > 0:17:22at the time and he apologised again to the three women involved. He said

0:17:22 > 0:17:26he was resigning because he didn't want to cause any more damage to

0:17:26 > 0:17:29Unicef, Save the Children and the charity sector as a whole. Questions

0:17:29 > 0:17:34are being asked about how much Unicef knew about these allegations

0:17:34 > 0:17:36before they appointed Mr Forsyth to one of the most senior roles in the

0:17:36 > 0:17:43organisation. They say nothing. They have been conversations in the last

0:17:43 > 0:17:47few days with the children and Mr Forsyth. They have been told the

0:17:47 > 0:17:51allegations were hidden from them because they had been in formal

0:17:51 > 0:17:55complaint and had gone three confidential process of mediation.

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Manveen Rana, thank you.

0:17:57 > 0:18:00Haiti has suspended Oxfam's operations in the country for two

0:18:00 > 0:18:02months while it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct

0:18:02 > 0:18:05by some of the charity's staff.

0:18:05 > 0:18:08Seven Oxfam workers in Haiti were dismissed or resigned in 2011,

0:18:08 > 0:18:10while working in the country following the earthquake.

0:18:10 > 0:18:12Haiti's government said the charity had made a "serious error"

0:18:12 > 0:18:18in failing to inform them at the time.

0:18:18 > 0:18:23Thousands of university lecturers have started strike action over

0:18:23 > 0:18:26planned changes to their pensions, which they say could leave them

0:18:26 > 0:18:28thousands of pounds a year worse off in retirement.

0:18:28 > 0:18:32Students' studies could be disrupted for up to a month

0:18:32 > 0:18:34if all the planned strikes go ahead.

0:18:34 > 0:18:37Our education correspondent Elaine Dunkley reports from Leeds.

0:18:37 > 0:18:41At Leeds University, lecturers out on the picket line.

0:18:41 > 0:18:44Thousands of lectures have been cancelled on campuses across the UK,

0:18:44 > 0:18:47the message - "Give us the pensions we paid into,

0:18:47 > 0:18:55or there will be mass disruption".

0:18:57 > 0:18:59We're expecting things to grind to a halt, really.

0:18:59 > 0:19:01Forms won't be signed, classes won't be taught,

0:19:01 > 0:19:03research deadlines won't be met.

0:19:03 > 0:19:10We're likely to lose about £10,000 a year.

0:19:10 > 0:19:13Now, vice chancellors are earning about £250,000 to £280,000 a year,

0:19:13 > 0:19:16so I have questions about why the money shouldn't be coming out

0:19:16 > 0:19:24of their salaries and not out of our pensions.

0:19:25 > 0:19:28The universities say a £6 billion deficit in the scheme

0:19:28 > 0:19:30means it's unsustainable, and could only be maintained

0:19:30 > 0:19:31by making cuts to jobs and research.

0:19:31 > 0:19:34Universities say they have offered a good deal,

0:19:34 > 0:19:36but lecturers are not convinced.

0:19:36 > 0:19:40Currently, we have what is called a defined benefit scheme,

0:19:40 > 0:19:42which means we put money in and we will definitely

0:19:42 > 0:19:44get a certain amount back when we retire.

0:19:44 > 0:19:50The defined contribution scheme which is being offered means that

0:19:50 > 0:19:53what we end up with in the pot will depend on the vagaries

0:19:53 > 0:19:56of the market and other things, and it means we can't be

0:19:56 > 0:19:57certain of what we'll have.

0:19:57 > 0:20:01Left unresolved, more lectures could be cancelled and exams affected.

0:20:01 > 0:20:03You pay over £9,000 in fees.

0:20:03 > 0:20:05Do you feel short-changed by all of this?

0:20:05 > 0:20:09The students support their lecturers, but are also worried

0:20:09 > 0:20:12These students support their lecturers, but are also worried

0:20:12 > 0:20:13about their future.

0:20:13 > 0:20:14More than 80,000 students have signed petitions

0:20:14 > 0:20:17calling for fees to be reimbursed.

0:20:17 > 0:20:21When we signed up to university, it was specified in the curriculum

0:20:21 > 0:20:24that we would have a certain number of hours of contact time

0:20:24 > 0:20:25with our lecturers.

0:20:25 > 0:20:28Anything short of that is essentially a breach of contract.

0:20:28 > 0:20:30We worked out that it works out at about £1,150 worth

0:20:30 > 0:20:33of lost contact time.

0:20:33 > 0:20:37But we fully support our lecturers in going on strike.

0:20:37 > 0:20:42This dispute is being fought on university campuses

0:20:42 > 0:20:44across the UK, which included marches in Cardiff...

0:20:44 > 0:20:49Belfast, and Glasgow.

0:20:49 > 0:20:51How it's resolved will have a significant impact

0:20:51 > 0:20:53on the retirement of thousands of lecturers, and the future

0:20:53 > 0:20:56of millions of students.

0:20:56 > 0:21:00Elaine Dunkley, BBC News.

0:21:00 > 0:21:07In Venezuela, hundreds if not thousands of people

0:21:07 > 0:21:10with transplanted kidneys are at risk of losing the organs

0:21:10 > 0:21:13due to the country's chronic shortage of medicines.

0:21:13 > 0:21:15The Venezuelan Federation of Pharmacies says 85%

0:21:15 > 0:21:16of the medicines they need are not available.

0:21:16 > 0:21:20The UN has warned that people are dying of treatable illnesses.

0:21:20 > 0:21:23Venezuela, which has the largest oil reserves in the world,

0:21:23 > 0:21:27is nonetheless in the grip of an economic crisis.

0:21:27 > 0:21:31In the second of two exclusive reports from inside the country,

0:21:31 > 0:21:32Vladimir Hernandez reports from the capital Caracas.

0:21:32 > 0:21:36Her fate is out of her hands.

0:21:36 > 0:21:40For more than a decade, Judith has had a transplanted kidney,

0:21:40 > 0:21:43but due to the severe shortage of medicines, for four months

0:21:43 > 0:21:51she's been unable to get the drugs to keep the kidney going.

0:21:54 > 0:22:00Her doctor says he has about 700 more patients in hospital,

0:22:00 > 0:22:03also facing the imminent loss of a transplanted kidney.

0:22:24 > 0:22:31For Venezuelans, the hunt for medicines is desperate.

0:22:31 > 0:22:34Most drugs are out of stock, and even when you find them,

0:22:34 > 0:22:41there's another problem.

0:22:41 > 0:22:44This person was looking for several types of medicines here,

0:22:44 > 0:22:47but she could only find this one.

0:22:47 > 0:22:52These are two boxes she needs per month,

0:22:52 > 0:22:55but it costed her 12 million bolivars, which means about a third

0:22:55 > 0:22:57of what she makes in a whole year.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00I've met other people around this pharmacy and they are saying there's

0:23:00 > 0:23:02no chance they could afford something like this.

0:23:02 > 0:23:06Critics say this is an example of the failure of the so-called

0:23:06 > 0:23:10socialist revolution, but the Venezuelan president says

0:23:10 > 0:23:14US-led sanctions prevent him from importing medicines.

0:23:14 > 0:23:17Things are worse away from big cities.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20This is Apure in the south, near the Amazon forest,

0:23:20 > 0:23:23and one of the poorest states in the country.

0:23:23 > 0:23:26Here, I gained very rare access to a public hospital,

0:23:26 > 0:23:31a place where the government does not allow the media in.

0:23:31 > 0:23:35This baby is seven months old and malnourished.

0:23:35 > 0:23:38The scabs on his head and body were caused by an illness

0:23:38 > 0:23:40related to malnutrition.

0:23:40 > 0:23:46His mother cannot afford his medicines once she leaves hospital.

0:23:46 > 0:23:49Children like these are having to get, for instance,

0:23:49 > 0:23:53antibiotics for a price which could be ten times

0:23:53 > 0:23:57the monthly minimum wage.

0:23:57 > 0:24:00And the people who live in poor communities like these

0:24:00 > 0:24:04are unable, absolutely unable to buy these medicines.

0:24:04 > 0:24:06Little Oriana has an uncertain future.

0:24:06 > 0:24:10She needs surgery to treat her lung failure.

0:24:10 > 0:24:11But her family can't afford the antibiotics

0:24:11 > 0:24:17to get her ready for it.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20A simple drug, out of the hands of many Venezuelans.

0:24:36 > 0:24:41For Oriana, as for many Venezuelans, lack of medicine

0:24:41 > 0:24:42is an almost certain death.

0:24:42 > 0:24:50Vladimir Hernandez, BBC News, Caracas.

0:24:52 > 0:24:54Let's have a brief look at some of the day's

0:24:54 > 0:24:55other other news stories.

0:24:55 > 0:24:58Two brothers, aged six and two, have died after a suspected

0:24:58 > 0:24:59hit-and-run crash in Coventry.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01A black Ford Focus was found abandoned a short time

0:25:01 > 0:25:04after the crash, and a man and a woman have been arrested.

0:25:04 > 0:25:06Britain's biggest energy supplier Centrica, which owns British Gas,

0:25:06 > 0:25:09says it's cutting 4,000 jobs over the next two years.

0:25:09 > 0:25:13The company saw a sharp fall in profits last year.

0:25:13 > 0:25:15It says political interference in the energy market

0:25:15 > 0:25:19was partly to blame.

0:25:19 > 0:25:21A letter reportedly addressed to Prince Harry and his fiancee

0:25:21 > 0:25:24Meghan Markle is being treated by police as a racist hate crime.

0:25:24 > 0:25:27Scotland Yard say it was delivered along with a package

0:25:27 > 0:25:28containing a substance, which they tested and found

0:25:28 > 0:25:36not to be harmful.

0:25:38 > 0:25:41The big tech companies, such as Google, Amazon and Facebook,

0:25:41 > 0:25:44could face much higher tax bills in the UK if ministers go ahead

0:25:44 > 0:25:45with some new policy options.

0:25:45 > 0:25:49They've told the BBC that they're considering proposals to tax

0:25:49 > 0:25:52those companies on their sales revenue, rather than their profits.

0:25:52 > 0:25:54But the Government has been warned against taking action that isn't

0:25:54 > 0:25:56co-ordinated globally, as our economics editor

0:25:56 > 0:25:57Kamal Ahmed explains.

0:25:57 > 0:25:59They are some of the biggest companies in the world,

0:25:59 > 0:26:02and many of them count their profits in the billions of pounds,

0:26:02 > 0:26:07if not their tax bills.

0:26:07 > 0:26:09That could be about to change, as the Government signals it

0:26:09 > 0:26:12will launch a new attempt at raising more tax from these

0:26:12 > 0:26:13global tech giants.

0:26:13 > 0:26:15The minister driving the move told me

0:26:15 > 0:26:16that these successful companies,

0:26:16 > 0:26:21used by millions of people, would pay higher bills.

0:26:21 > 0:26:26We recognise that there are businesses generating

0:26:26 > 0:26:28substantial value within the UK, who we don't believe are currently

0:26:28 > 0:26:30paying a fair rate of tax.

0:26:30 > 0:26:32But that is quite different from saying they're not

0:26:32 > 0:26:35paying the taxation that they should be paying.

0:26:35 > 0:26:37And fair tax means, in your mind, higher tax?

0:26:37 > 0:26:40It will in the case of a number of those businesses, absolutely.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42The companies make clear that they play by the rules,

0:26:42 > 0:26:45but the fact is that the Treasury wants to change them.

0:26:45 > 0:26:47Let's take Google as one example.

0:26:47 > 0:26:52It has sales or revenues in the UK of over £1 billion.

0:26:52 > 0:26:56It makes profits in the UK of £149 million, and pays tax

0:26:56 > 0:27:04on those profits of £38 million.

0:27:04 > 0:27:07But if it paid tax on its sales, a much larger number,

0:27:07 > 0:27:08its tax bill would rise.

0:27:08 > 0:27:11The Government has certainly opened the door to new taxes for those

0:27:11 > 0:27:14big global technology companies,

0:27:14 > 0:27:16but this is not just a debate raging in Britain.

0:27:16 > 0:27:19Here in France, the Government wants to increase taxes on those

0:27:19 > 0:27:24global digital giants.

0:27:24 > 0:27:26There's a similar argument in Germany.

0:27:26 > 0:27:28It's a race, but it's a race with risks.

0:27:28 > 0:27:32If every country follows their own path on taxes,

0:27:32 > 0:27:34might there be the start of a tax war?

0:27:34 > 0:27:36And the organisation charged with stopping that

0:27:36 > 0:27:38is based right here in Paris.

0:27:38 > 0:27:42The OECD is concerned about Britain's

0:27:42 > 0:27:43and other countries' proposals.

0:27:43 > 0:27:46A tax on turnover is not a great idea.

0:27:46 > 0:27:48It may be the last resort,

0:27:48 > 0:27:55a political measure or stopgap measure, but it's not a great idea.

0:27:55 > 0:27:58Apple's HQ in America, and here's the point.

0:27:58 > 0:28:00Most of these companies are American, and that is where

0:28:00 > 0:28:04they pay the bulk of their taxes.

0:28:04 > 0:28:11This would be a fundamental change.

0:28:11 > 0:28:13They're certainly willing to pay their fair share

0:28:13 > 0:28:16or their responsible share of tax.

0:28:16 > 0:28:18The risk of the UK behaving or acting in a unilateral fashion

0:28:18 > 0:28:21would be that there could be the risk of double taxation

0:28:21 > 0:28:24for some of these companies, and then I think you would see

0:28:24 > 0:28:27a lot of money spent on lobbying to protest against that.

0:28:27 > 0:28:28It has been a tortuous battle.

0:28:28 > 0:28:30What does fair tax look like?

0:28:30 > 0:28:31This is the latest Government attempt

0:28:31 > 0:28:34to answer that controversial question.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37Kamal Ahmed, BBC News.

0:28:37 > 0:28:41The artist Tracey Emin, famous for her autobiographical

0:28:41 > 0:28:44installations, including an embroidered tent naming previous

0:28:44 > 0:28:47lovers, and her own unmade bed, is being honoured by MTV's

0:28:47 > 0:28:50Staying Alive Foundation for her long-standing support

0:28:50 > 0:28:55of HIV and Aids charities.

0:28:55 > 0:28:57The former Turner Prize nominee has been discussing art,

0:28:57 > 0:29:03gender equality and her legacy with our arts editor Will Gompertz.

0:29:03 > 0:29:04Your subject is you.

0:29:04 > 0:29:05You, your life, your experiences.

0:29:05 > 0:29:09Has that over the years become something which you feel

0:29:09 > 0:29:13is an endless seam which you can mine, or something that you think,

0:29:13 > 0:29:16"God, it's become a bit of a cage, I want to get out of it

0:29:16 > 0:29:17and explore something else"?

0:29:17 > 0:29:20Well, if I was to think like that, I'd be dead, wouldn't I?

0:29:20 > 0:29:23I don't know, would you?

0:29:23 > 0:29:25Yeah, or I'd just stop making art.

0:29:25 > 0:29:26I don't have to make art.

0:29:26 > 0:29:29No one made me make art, but I do have a physical

0:29:29 > 0:29:30compulsion to do it.

0:29:30 > 0:29:31It's within me.

0:29:31 > 0:29:33I've done nothing else all my life.

0:29:33 > 0:29:35Looking at the subjects you've explored about yourself,

0:29:35 > 0:29:41there's the rapes and the abortion and the sexual abuse.

0:29:41 > 0:29:45Do you feel, looking at what's going on now and all the Me Too

0:29:45 > 0:29:48and Time's Up and Harvey Weinstein and all the rest of it,

0:29:48 > 0:29:50do you feel that you were incredibly prescient and that in fact,

0:29:50 > 0:29:53you were trying to say something but no one was listening

0:29:53 > 0:29:55to you 20 or 30 years ago?

0:29:55 > 0:30:00Yeah, but no one was listening to anyone, was they?

0:30:00 > 0:30:03So I wasn't the only woman that wasn't being listened to.

0:30:03 > 0:30:06It takes women en masse to be able to say something.

0:30:06 > 0:30:07But this was something you were speaking out

0:30:07 > 0:30:09about and getting criticised for.

0:30:09 > 0:30:10Yeah, I was, a lot.

0:30:10 > 0:30:11Yeah.

0:30:11 > 0:30:13But I was also being criticised for being vivacious,

0:30:13 > 0:30:14precocious, quite sexual.

0:30:14 > 0:30:17But at the same time, I was saying "I'm allowed to be

0:30:17 > 0:30:20like this and I'm also allowed to say it's not on to rape someone,

0:30:20 > 0:30:22it's not on to abuse someone.

0:30:22 > 0:30:23Listen to what women are saying".

0:30:23 > 0:30:25But no one did.

0:30:25 > 0:30:28But now what is good is that lots of people are listening.

0:30:28 > 0:30:29What's changed?

0:30:29 > 0:30:34I think, being the most optimistic I possibly can,

0:30:34 > 0:30:36I think a lot of men have changed.

0:30:36 > 0:30:40There's a younger generation of men out there that would find it, like,

0:30:40 > 0:30:47unbelievable to be abusive or sexually prevalent

0:30:47 > 0:30:50towards a woman, especially someone in their place of employment.

0:30:50 > 0:30:52They'd find it horrific.

0:30:52 > 0:30:56If you could pick one work, and you've made thousands,

0:30:56 > 0:30:59if you could pick one work, which is the most important work

0:30:59 > 0:31:03you feel you've created for you?

0:31:03 > 0:31:07Well, I might not have said this a few years ago,

0:31:07 > 0:31:09but I think I've got to go with the bed.

0:31:09 > 0:31:10Really?

0:31:10 > 0:31:11Yeah.

0:31:11 > 0:31:12Because?

0:31:12 > 0:31:14Because it's so me.

0:31:14 > 0:31:19It's like a three-dimensional version of my paintings.

0:31:19 > 0:31:23Tracey Emin talking to our arts editor, Will Gompertz.

0:31:23 > 0:31:26Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two.

0:31:26 > 0:31:31Here's Emily Maitlis.

0:31:31 > 0:31:36Tonight, one of the most powerful men in the charity sector, Unicef's

0:31:36 > 0:31:39Justin Forsyth, has quit. We will here from a colleague who said