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Tonight at ten - no agreement
in the UN Security Council | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
on establishing a humanitarian
ceasefire in Syria. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:15 | |
For a fifth consecutive day
in the rebel enclave | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
of Eastern Ghouta, the intense
bombardment by Syrian government | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
forces has continued,
as the UN warns of a massacre. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:25 | |
A number of hospitals and medical
centres have been hit, | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
making it almost impossible to treat
the many wounded. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:31 | |
TRANSLATION: What we're seeing
everyday has caused us to collapse, | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
both humanely and psychologically. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
We don't have anything
more to offer. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:38 | |
We're being bled out. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
We'll have the latest
on the diplomatic efforts | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
to establish a ceasefire so that aid
supplies can be delivered. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Also tonight. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
An away day at Chequers for
Theresa May and senior ministers - | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
as they try to agree a collective
position on Britain's future | 0:00:51 | 0:00:54 | |
relationship with the EU. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
As American students
demand tougher gun laws, | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
the powerful gun lobby backs
the president's idea for some | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
teachers to be armed. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
To stop a bad guy with a gun,
it takes a good guy with a gun. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:14 | |
CHANTING: No ifs, no buts,
no USS pension cuts. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:20 | |
Thousands of university lecturers
have started strike action over | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
planned changes to their pensions. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
And Tracey Emin talks to us
about art, equality, and her legacy. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:34 | |
Later in the hour, we'll have
Sportsday on the BBC News channel, | 0:01:37 | 0:01:40 | |
with all the latest reports,
results, interviews and features | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
from the BBC Sports Centre. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:52 | |
Good evening. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:04 | |
The United Nations has warned
of a massacre in the rebel | 0:02:04 | 0:02:06 | |
enclave of Eastern Ghouta
on the outskirts of Damascus. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
Syrian government forces have been
pounding the suburb for a fifth | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
consecutive day amid reports that
more than 350 people have been | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
killed since Sunday night,
including 150 children. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:20 | |
Russia has said there is no
agreement in the UN Security Council | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
on establishing a humanitarian
ceasefire in the region. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
This report by our Middle East
editor Jeremy Bowen contains some | 0:02:28 | 0:02:30 | |
distressing images. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:38 | |
More air strikes, more bombs
and more casualties. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:41 | |
It is not letting up. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:47 | |
Across eastern Ghouta,
rescue workers sprint into broken | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
and burning buildings before
the dust of their | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
destruction settles. | 0:02:52 | 0:03:00 | |
This was another attack
a few miles away. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
A temporary ceasefire
is under negotiation, | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
brokered by Russia,
Egypt and Turkey. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
Even if it happens, the horror
of these days will stay | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
with the survivors for a lifetime. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:22 | |
Two sisters, Alaa, aged
eight and Noor, eleven, | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
were in their home when it was hit. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
Warplanes bombed our building. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
Now...Ghouta. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:41 | |
Look at home. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
This was sent to us by their mother. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:50 | |
Please help us. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:51 | |
Please save our children
here in East Ghouta. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
Where is the humanity? | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
I ask you in the name
of motherhood, please help us. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:05 | |
Getting on for 400,000 people,
terrified by the sight | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
and sound of aircraft,
are thought to be in eastern Ghouta, | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
which is the size of Manchester. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:18 | |
The Syrian regime insists it's
targeting terrorists. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
but it's clear many children
are among the wounded and the dead. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:30 | |
Improvised hospitals have been set
up in cellars and basements | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
during the years of war. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
Now, though, the medics
are at full stretch. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:43 | |
Dr Amani Ballour wanted to send
a message to the people of Britain. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
TRANSLATION: We never wanted the war
and we don't want to live under it. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
For the sake of our children who've
been blown to pieces, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
for the sake of our children
who died of hunger, what we're | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
seeing every day has
caused us to collapse, | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
both humanely and psychologically. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
We don't have anything more
to offer, we're being bled out. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:08 | |
Dr Amani was treating 12-year-old
Mohammed, who was dying. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:14 | |
His mother had been cooking
breakfast for her family when three | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
air strikes came in. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
TRANSLATION: I am here,
waiting for my son to die. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
At least he'll be free of pain. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:27 | |
I pray to God to end his suffering. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
But where are the Arabs,
where are the Muslims? | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
Do we have to appeal to Israel? | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
When my boy dies, he will go
to heaven, where at least | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
he'll be able to eat. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:38 | |
I'd like to die with him
so I can look after him. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
Syrians have cried so many tears
in the seven years of war. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:48 | |
The killing is
escalating, not ending. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
And once again, the world
is watching from a safe distance. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:57 | |
Jeremy Bowen, BBC News. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:02 | |
Live to the UN in New York
and our correspondent, Nick Bryant. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:08 | |
Bring us up-to-date on the
diplomatic efforts Saturday. Well, | 0:06:08 | 0:06:13 | |
the Russians are using their
military power to help the Assad | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
regime in eastern Ghouta, and here
at the United Nations Security | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
Council in New York they are using
their veto power to help the Assad | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
regime. Today, all it took was the
mere threat of a veto to block a | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
draft resolution which would have
called for a 30 day ceasefire, which | 0:06:28 | 0:06:34 | |
would have allowed humanitarian
convoys into places like eastern | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
Ghouta ran for medical evacuations
to take place. The Russians are | 0:06:36 | 0:06:41 | |
proposing amendments, but these
negotiations have been going on for | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
two weeks. The Russians have already
been granted Major concessions and | 0:06:44 | 0:06:49 | |
the Western powers are saying this
is yet another delaying tactic by | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
Moscow to grab more time for the
Assad regime to continue its | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
military offensive and to kill more
people. Britain and America today, | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
again, as they have for many years,
bemoaned Russian obstruction but | 0:06:59 | 0:07:03 | |
what they've never been prepared to
do is back at those words with | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
meaningful action in Syria to
counteract Russia's influence, so | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
they get to call the shots there and
increasingly here. I do think there | 0:07:10 | 0:07:15 | |
will be another attempt to pass a
ceasefire resolution tomorrow, and | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
the French ambassador but its
darkest night. He said a failure to | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
get that through would be a
devastating loss of credibility for | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
the Security Council and could sound
the death knell of the United | 0:07:25 | 0:07:29 | |
Nations itself. Nick Bryant, many
thanks for the latest from New York. | 0:07:29 | 0:07:36 | |
Theresa May and 11 of her senior
ministers are at Chequers tonight - | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
the Prime Minister's country home -
to try to unite behind a single | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
government strategy on Brexit. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:43 | |
They've spend several hours
there today, ahead of the next phase | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
of the Brexit negotiations
with the EU. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:47 | |
From Chequers, our political editor
Laura Kuenssberg reports. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:52 | |
BIRDSONG | 0:07:52 | 0:07:53 | |
What could break the
calm of the country? | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
Birdsong twittering
across the Home Counties Valley? | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
Spring's plucky early buds
bravely making their way? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:08 | |
The zooming arrival of the Cabinet's
cars - that's what. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
Darting into Chequers,
hoping perhaps the rural peace might | 0:08:11 | 0:08:16 | |
provide inspiration. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:22 | |
For more than a year,
this group have been attempting | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
to hammer out a compromise. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:25 | |
But for decades, arguably,
the Tory party has been trying | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
and not always succeeding. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:30 | |
So, can they find one today? | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
They were at it for eight hours. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:37 | |
The Prime Minister,
surrounded by her close | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
colleagues and advisers -
some who were pitted against each | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
other during the referendum. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
Next week she wants to tell
the rest of the world | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
more of her Brexit plan. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
But the inner cabinet has struggled
to agree how closely we should stick | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
to the EU after Brexit. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
Some compromise perhaps today,
but not a dramatic breakthrough. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
If you look at what happened back
before the December European summit | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
there was a lot of speculation
that the Cabinet would | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
not reach agreement. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
We all agreed a position
that the Prime Minster took | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
to Brussels, and got
a successful outcome. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:13 | |
And all of us in the Cabinet
are determined to get the best | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
possible deal for every part
of the United Kingdom. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
Every modern Tory Prime Minister
who has had the run of this country | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
pile has had to deal
with splits over Europe. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:24 | |
Yet Government insiders suggest
it was only Boris Johnson | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
that was likely to dig in furiously. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
One minister told me
the Brexiteers would be reminded | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
firmly of the consequences
of failing to agree. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
But there are nerves and suspicion
on both sides in the Tory | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
party and their outside
rivals are sceptical. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
It won't last and what our problem
is, is that in trying to deal | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
with the Government and be
responsible as an opposition, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:49 | |
work with them as necessary,
we never know from day to day | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
who is in charge and
what the policy is. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
But Theresa May's Brexit plans have
always emerged gradually, | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
rather than sudden changes. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
And next she must
persuade the EU, too. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Any negotiation is compromise. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:06 | |
The choice for the Prime Minister
is who will take and who must give. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:14 | |
Just in the last few minutes,
ministers have been speeding out of | 0:10:15 | 0:10:19 | |
the gates here at Chequers, after
talking for eight hours. About all | 0:10:19 | 0:10:24 | |
of this. Now, you might wonder why
they have to talk still for such a | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
long time when they've been talking
about it for more than a year. The | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
answer to that is that in the
Cabinet, as through the Tory party, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:37 | |
there's a of opinion about how
closely we should stick to the EU | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
after Brexit, or how much we should
make a dramatic break. There has | 0:10:40 | 0:10:43 | |
been some optimism at the top levels
of government in recent days that a | 0:10:43 | 0:10:47 | |
compromise here today, the sort, was
looking more, not less likely. But | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
Theresa May will still have to get
whatever has been agreed through the | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
whole Cabinet on Tuesday, through
her party, where some elements don't | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
want her to give up anything at all,
and then, of course, through 27 | 0:11:00 | 0:11:06 | |
other European countries. This was
an important date and she will hope | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
she's made a step forward, but a
step, not a leap, not abound, to | 0:11:09 | 0:11:15 | |
what happens next.
Laura Kuenssberg with the latest | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
light at Chequers. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:21 | |
The latest official figures
on immigration appear to confirm | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
that the vote to leave the EU has
had an impact. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
More EU citizens left Britain
in the year to last September | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
than at any time for a decade. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
But overall nearly 250,000 more
people from the EU and the rest | 0:11:30 | 0:11:33 | |
of the world arrived
here than went abroad. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
Our home affairs correspondent
Daniel Sandford is here | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
to look at the figures. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:38 | |
Yes, Huw, ever since the Brexit
referendum businesses | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
and politicians have been tracking
the number of EU citizens | 0:11:40 | 0:11:43 | |
coming to and from the UK
with great interest. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
And in today's release
of immigration figures we have | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
reached a bit of a milestone. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:50 | |
In the year to last September,
an estimated 130,000 EU nationals | 0:11:50 | 0:11:55 | |
have left and no longer live
in the UK. | 0:11:55 | 0:11:59 | |
That is the highest number for ten
years, the highest in fact | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
since the financial crash. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
However, in that same time -
despite Brexit - around 220,000 EU | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
citizens moved here. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
Which means that still, overall,
90,000 more EU citizens moved | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
to the UK than left in the year
to September - though that is | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
the lowest figure since 2012. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
What about migration
from outside the EU? | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
Well, in the same period,
205,000 more non-EU foreign | 0:12:25 | 0:12:29 | |
nationals arrived to live
here than left. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
Making their contribution
to the growing population more | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
than twice that of the EU citizens. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:37 | |
And wrapping all the figures up
together, along with the tens | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
of thousands of UK citizens
who leave Britain each year, | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
overall 244,000 more people arrived
in the UK in the year | 0:12:42 | 0:12:48 | |
to September than left. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
So today's immigration figures
continue to show what appears to be | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
a Brexit effect on the EU
population of Britain. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
But the government's manifesto
commitment to get net immigration | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
down below 100,000 a year
is still out of reach. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:06 | |
Huw. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
Daniel Sandford, our home affairs
correspondent, many thanks. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:15 | |
America's all-powerful gun lobby,
the National Rifle Association, | 0:13:15 | 0:13:17 | |
has backed the president's call
to provide teachers with guns - | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
after they've been trained
to carry concealed weapons. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:21 | |
The head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre,
also accused politicians | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
of exploiting the school shooting
in Florida, in which 17 were killed, | 0:13:24 | 0:13:28 | |
to try to impose tighter gun
restrictions, as our North America | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
editor Jon Sopel reports. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:36 | |
Will the Florida school
shooting come to be seen | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
as a landmark moment,
when impotence gave way to rage, | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
and rage led to action? | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
Never again! | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
The vociferous students who have
taken to the streets | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
are bringing change. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:48 | |
But not always in
the way they wanted. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:50 | |
The President, making clear
that he thinks the way to make | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
schools more secure is to train
and arm more teachers. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
Tweeting today, "If a potential
sicko shooter knows that a school | 0:13:57 | 0:14:01 | |
has a large number of very
weapon-talented teachers and others | 0:14:01 | 0:14:06 | |
who will be instantly shooting,
the sicko will never | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
attack at school. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
Cowards won't go there.
Problem solved." | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
He first floated the idea
at an emotional White House meeting | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
last night, with victims' families. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
One of those in attendance
was a pupil at the Parklands | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
school, Sam Zeif. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
How is it that easy to buy
this type of weapon? | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
Afterwards, he was dismissive
about the President's plan. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:33 | |
Arming teachers is just
not what we need. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:38 | |
You know? | 0:14:38 | 0:14:39 | |
This is a problem because guns
were brought into our school. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:44 | |
Why would it make sense to bring
more guns into school? | 0:14:44 | 0:14:50 | |
And the President has held another
White House meeting today | 0:14:50 | 0:14:52 | |
to discuss the issue,
promising action that will win | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
the support of many of the students. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:57 | |
I think we are making a lot
of progress, and I can tell | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
you it is a tremendous feeling
that we want to get something done. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
He wants increased background
checks on those seeking | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
to purchase weapons
and to ban bump stocks - | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
this is the device that
turns a semiautomatic | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
rifle into a machine gun. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
And he backs raising the minimum age
for buying a rifle to 21. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:20 | |
To those arguing for comprehensive
gun control measures, | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
what Donald Trump is proposing might
seem like teeny-weeny baby steps. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:31 | |
But any measure will have to get
Congressional approval, | 0:15:31 | 0:15:33 | |
and doing that is never achieved
without a fight. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
And no-one fights for gun rights
like the National Rifle Association. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:39 | |
Today, in a rare public appearance,
the leader of the NRA spoke | 0:15:39 | 0:15:42 | |
out, and he was in no
mood for compromise. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:46 | |
Lean in, listen to me now,
and never forget these words. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:54 | |
To stop a bad guy with a gun,
it takes a good guy with a gun. | 0:15:54 | 0:16:02 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:05 | |
In other words, what America needs
is more guns, not fewer. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
The President is being pulled in one
direction by the NRA, | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
another by the students. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
If past form is a guide,
there will only be one winner - | 0:16:15 | 0:16:18 | |
and it won't be the students. | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
Jon Sopel, BBC News, Washington. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
Justin Forsyth, a prominent figure
in the world of international aid, | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
has resigned as deputy executive
director of Unicef. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
Mr Forsyth, who was appointed two
years ago, used to work | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
for Save the Children,
during which time he was accused | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
of inappropriate behaviour
towards female staff. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:43 | |
My colleague Manveen Rana,
who uncovered the story | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
earlier this week, is here. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
How did we get to this resignation?
When the investigation came out, we | 0:16:48 | 0:16:53 | |
revealed that three several women
have complained about Justin Forsyth | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
while he was running Save the
Children UK. The allegations | 0:16:56 | 0:16:59 | |
involved streams of inappropriate
text messages, e-mails, all of which | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
the women said had made them feel
Biglia uncomfortable. They were the | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
most junior members of staff, he was
the CEO. But in a statement today, | 0:17:06 | 0:17:12 | |
Justin Forsyth said he wasn't
resigning because of the mistakes he | 0:17:12 | 0:17:15 | |
had made at Save the Children. He
said he had apologised unreservedly | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
at the time and he apologised again
to the three women involved. He said | 0:17:19 | 0:17:22 | |
he was resigning because he didn't
want to cause any more damage to | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
Unicef, Save the Children and the
charity sector as a whole. Questions | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
are being asked about how much
Unicef knew about these allegations | 0:17:29 | 0:17:34 | |
before they appointed Mr Forsyth to
one of the most senior roles in the | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
organisation. They say nothing. They
have been conversations in the last | 0:17:36 | 0:17:43 | |
few days with the children and Mr
Forsyth. They have been told the | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
allegations were hidden from them
because they had been in formal | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
complaint and had gone three
confidential process of mediation. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
Manveen Rana, thank you. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
Haiti has suspended Oxfam's
operations in the country for two | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
months while it investigates
allegations of sexual misconduct | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
by some of the charity's staff. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
Seven Oxfam workers in Haiti
were dismissed or resigned in 2011, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
while working in the country
following the earthquake. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
Haiti's government said the charity
had made a "serious error" | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
in failing to inform them
at the time. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:18 | |
Thousands of university lecturers
have started strike action over | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
planned changes to their pensions,
which they say could leave them | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
thousands of pounds a year
worse off in retirement. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Students' studies could be
disrupted for up to a month | 0:18:28 | 0:18:32 | |
if all the planned strikes go ahead. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
Our education correspondent
Elaine Dunkley reports from Leeds. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
At Leeds University,
lecturers out on the picket line. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
Thousands of lectures have been
cancelled on campuses across the UK, | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
the message - "Give us
the pensions we paid into, | 0:18:44 | 0:18:47 | |
or there will be mass disruption". | 0:18:47 | 0:18:55 | |
We're expecting things
to grind to a halt, really. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
Forms won't be signed,
classes won't be taught, | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
research deadlines won't be met. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
We're likely to lose
about £10,000 a year. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:10 | |
Now, vice chancellors are earning
about £250,000 to £280,000 a year, | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
so I have questions about why
the money shouldn't be coming out | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
of their salaries and not
out of our pensions. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:24 | |
The universities say
a £6 billion deficit in the scheme | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
means it's unsustainable,
and could only be maintained | 0:19:28 | 0:19:30 | |
by making cuts to jobs and research. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:31 | |
Universities say they have
offered a good deal, | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
but lecturers are not convinced. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
Currently, we have what is called
a defined benefit scheme, | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
which means we put money
in and we will definitely | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
get a certain amount
back when we retire. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
The defined contribution scheme
which is being offered means that | 0:19:44 | 0:19:50 | |
what we end up with in the pot
will depend on the vagaries | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
of the market and other things,
and it means we can't be | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
certain of what we'll have. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:57 | |
Left unresolved, more lectures could
be cancelled and exams affected. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
You pay over £9,000 in fees. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
Do you feel short-changed
by all of this? | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
The students support their
lecturers, but are also worried | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
These students support their
lecturers, but are also worried | 0:20:09 | 0:20:12 | |
about their future. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:13 | |
More than 80,000 students have
signed petitions | 0:20:13 | 0:20:14 | |
calling for fees to be reimbursed. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
When we signed up to university,
it was specified in the curriculum | 0:20:17 | 0:20:21 | |
that we would have a certain number
of hours of contact time | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
with our lecturers. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:25 | |
Anything short of that is
essentially a breach of contract. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
We worked out that it works out
at about £1,150 worth | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
of lost contact time. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:33 | |
But we fully support our lecturers
in going on strike. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
This dispute is being fought
on university campuses | 0:20:37 | 0:20:42 | |
across the UK, which included
marches in Cardiff... | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
Belfast, and Glasgow. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
How it's resolved will have
a significant impact | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
on the retirement of thousands
of lecturers, and the future | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
of millions of students. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
Elaine Dunkley, BBC News. | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
In Venezuela, hundreds
if not thousands of people | 0:21:00 | 0:21:07 | |
with transplanted kidneys
are at risk of losing the organs | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
due to the country's chronic
shortage of medicines. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
The Venezuelan Federation
of Pharmacies says 85% | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
of the medicines they need
are not available. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:16 | |
The UN has warned that people
are dying of treatable illnesses. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:20 | |
Venezuela, which has the largest oil
reserves in the world, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
is nonetheless in the grip
of an economic crisis. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
In the second of two exclusive
reports from inside the country, | 0:21:27 | 0:21:31 | |
Vladimir Hernandez reports
from the capital Caracas. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
Her fate is out of her hands. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
For more than a decade, Judith has
had a transplanted kidney, | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
but due to the severe shortage
of medicines, for four months | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
she's been unable to get the drugs
to keep the kidney going. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:51 | |
Her doctor says he has about 700
more patients in hospital, | 0:21:54 | 0:22:00 | |
also facing the imminent loss
of a transplanted kidney. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
For Venezuelans, the hunt
for medicines is desperate. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:31 | |
Most drugs are out of stock,
and even when you find them, | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
there's another problem. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:41 | |
This person was looking for several
types of medicines here, | 0:22:41 | 0:22:44 | |
but she could only find this one. | 0:22:44 | 0:22:47 | |
These are two boxes
she needs per month, | 0:22:47 | 0:22:52 | |
but it costed her 12 million
bolivars, which means about a third | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
of what she makes in a whole year. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
I've met other people around this
pharmacy and they are saying there's | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
no chance they could afford
something like this. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
Critics say this is an example
of the failure of the so-called | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
socialist revolution,
but the Venezuelan president says | 0:23:06 | 0:23:10 | |
US-led sanctions prevent him
from importing medicines. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
Things are worse away
from big cities. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
This is Apure in the south,
near the Amazon forest, | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
and one of the poorest states
in the country. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
Here, I gained very rare access
to a public hospital, | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
a place where the government does
not allow the media in. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:31 | |
This baby is seven months
old and malnourished. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
The scabs on his head and body
were caused by an illness | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
related to malnutrition. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
His mother cannot afford his
medicines once she leaves hospital. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:46 | |
Children like these are having
to get, for instance, | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
antibiotics for a price
which could be ten times | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
the monthly minimum wage. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
And the people who live in poor
communities like these | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
are unable, absolutely unable
to buy these medicines. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
Little Oriana has
an uncertain future. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
She needs surgery to
treat her lung failure. | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
But her family can't
afford the antibiotics | 0:24:10 | 0:24:11 | |
to get her ready for it. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:17 | |
A simple drug, out of the hands
of many Venezuelans. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
For Oriana, as for many
Venezuelans, lack of medicine | 0:24:36 | 0:24:41 | |
is an almost certain death. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:42 | |
Vladimir Hernandez,
BBC News, Caracas. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:50 | |
Let's have a brief look
at some of the day's | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
other other news stories. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:55 | |
Two brothers, aged six and two,
have died after a suspected | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
hit-and-run crash in Coventry. | 0:24:58 | 0:24:59 | |
A black Ford Focus was found
abandoned a short time | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
after the crash, and a man
and a woman have been arrested. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
Britain's biggest energy supplier
Centrica, which owns British Gas, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:06 | |
says it's cutting 4,000 jobs over
the next two years. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
The company saw a sharp fall
in profits last year. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
It says political interference
in the energy market | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
was partly to blame. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:19 | |
A letter reportedly addressed
to Prince Harry and his fiancee | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
Meghan Markle is being treated
by police as a racist hate crime. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Scotland Yard say it was delivered
along with a package | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
containing a substance,
which they tested and found | 0:25:27 | 0:25:28 | |
not to be harmful. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:36 | |
The big tech companies,
such as Google, Amazon and Facebook, | 0:25:38 | 0:25:41 | |
could face much higher tax bills
in the UK if ministers go ahead | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
with some new policy options. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:45 | |
They've told the BBC that they're
considering proposals to tax | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
those companies on their sales
revenue, rather than their profits. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
But the Government has been warned
against taking action that isn't | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
co-ordinated globally,
as our economics editor | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
Kamal Ahmed explains. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:57 | |
They are some of the biggest
companies in the world, | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
and many of them count their profits
in the billions of pounds, | 0:25:59 | 0:26:02 | |
if not their tax bills. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:07 | |
That could be about to change,
as the Government signals it | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
will launch a new attempt at raising
more tax from these | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
global tech giants. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:13 | |
The minister driving
the move told me | 0:26:13 | 0:26:15 | |
that these successful companies, | 0:26:15 | 0:26:16 | |
used by millions of people,
would pay higher bills. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:21 | |
We recognise that there
are businesses generating | 0:26:21 | 0:26:26 | |
substantial value within the UK,
who we don't believe are currently | 0:26:26 | 0:26:28 | |
paying a fair rate of tax. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
But that is quite different
from saying they're not | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
paying the taxation
that they should be paying. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
And fair tax means,
in your mind, higher tax? | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
It will in the case of a number
of those businesses, absolutely. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
The companies make clear
that they play by the rules, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
but the fact is that the Treasury
wants to change them. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
Let's take Google as one example. | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
It has sales or revenues
in the UK of over £1 billion. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:52 | |
It makes profits in the UK
of £149 million, and pays tax | 0:26:52 | 0:26:56 | |
on those profits of £38 million. | 0:26:56 | 0:27:04 | |
But if it paid tax on its sales,
a much larger number, | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
its tax bill would rise. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:08 | |
The Government has certainly opened
the door to new taxes for those | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
big global technology companies, | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
but this is not just
a debate raging in Britain. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:16 | |
Here in France, the Government wants
to increase taxes on those | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
global digital giants. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:24 | |
There's a similar
argument in Germany. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
It's a race, but it's
a race with risks. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
If every country follows
their own path on taxes, | 0:27:28 | 0:27:32 | |
might there be the start
of a tax war? | 0:27:32 | 0:27:34 | |
And the organisation charged
with stopping that | 0:27:34 | 0:27:36 | |
is based right here in Paris. | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
The OECD is concerned
about Britain's | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
and other countries' proposals. | 0:27:42 | 0:27:43 | |
A tax on turnover
is not a great idea. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:46 | |
It may be the last resort, | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
a political measure or stopgap
measure, but it's not a great idea. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:55 | |
Apple's HQ in America,
and here's the point. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
Most of these companies
are American, and that is where | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
they pay the bulk of their taxes. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
This would be a fundamental change. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:11 | |
They're certainly willing
to pay their fair share | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
or their responsible share of tax. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
The risk of the UK behaving
or acting in a unilateral fashion | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
would be that there could be
the risk of double taxation | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
for some of these companies,
and then I think you would see | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
a lot of money spent on lobbying
to protest against that. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
It has been a tortuous battle. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
What does fair tax look like? | 0:28:28 | 0:28:30 | |
This is the latest Government
attempt | 0:28:30 | 0:28:31 | |
to answer that
controversial question. | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
Kamal Ahmed, BBC News. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
The artist Tracey Emin,
famous for her autobiographical | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
installations, including
an embroidered tent naming previous | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
lovers, and her own unmade bed,
is being honoured by MTV's | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
Staying Alive Foundation
for her long-standing support | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
of HIV and Aids charities. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:55 | |
The former Turner Prize nominee has
been discussing art, | 0:28:55 | 0:28:57 | |
gender equality and her legacy
with our arts editor Will Gompertz. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:03 | |
Your subject is you. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:04 | |
You, your life, your experiences. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:05 | |
Has that over the years become
something which you feel | 0:29:05 | 0:29:09 | |
is an endless seam which you can
mine, or something that you think, | 0:29:09 | 0:29:13 | |
"God, it's become a bit of a cage,
I want to get out of it | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
and explore something else"? | 0:29:16 | 0:29:17 | |
Well, if I was to think like that,
I'd be dead, wouldn't I? | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
I don't know, would you? | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
Yeah, or I'd just stop making art. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:25 | |
I don't have to make art. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:26 | |
No one made me make art,
but I do have a physical | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
compulsion to do it. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:30 | |
It's within me. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:31 | |
I've done nothing else all my life. | 0:29:31 | 0:29:33 | |
Looking at the subjects you've
explored about yourself, | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
there's the rapes and the abortion
and the sexual abuse. | 0:29:35 | 0:29:41 | |
Do you feel, looking at what's
going on now and all the Me Too | 0:29:41 | 0:29:45 | |
and Time's Up and Harvey Weinstein
and all the rest of it, | 0:29:45 | 0:29:48 | |
do you feel that you were incredibly
prescient and that in fact, | 0:29:48 | 0:29:50 | |
you were trying to say something
but no one was listening | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
to you 20 or 30 years ago? | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
Yeah, but no one was listening
to anyone, was they? | 0:29:55 | 0:30:00 | |
So I wasn't the only woman that
wasn't being listened to. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
It takes women en masse to be
able to say something. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
But this was something
you were speaking out | 0:30:06 | 0:30:07 | |
about and getting criticised for. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
Yeah, I was, a lot. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:10 | |
Yeah. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:11 | |
But I was also being criticised
for being vivacious, | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
precocious, quite sexual. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:14 | |
But at the same time,
I was saying "I'm allowed to be | 0:30:14 | 0:30:17 | |
like this and I'm also allowed
to say it's not on to rape someone, | 0:30:17 | 0:30:20 | |
it's not on to abuse someone. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
Listen to what women are saying". | 0:30:22 | 0:30:23 | |
But no one did. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
But now what is good is that
lots of people are listening. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
What's changed? | 0:30:28 | 0:30:29 | |
I think, being the most
optimistic I possibly can, | 0:30:29 | 0:30:34 | |
I think a lot of men have changed. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
There's a younger generation of men
out there that would find it, like, | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
unbelievable to be abusive
or sexually prevalent | 0:30:40 | 0:30:47 | |
towards a woman, especially someone
in their place of employment. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:50 | |
They'd find it horrific. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
If you could pick one work,
and you've made thousands, | 0:30:52 | 0:30:56 | |
if you could pick one work,
which is the most important work | 0:30:56 | 0:30:59 | |
you feel you've created for you? | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
Well, I might not have said
this a few years ago, | 0:31:03 | 0:31:07 | |
but I think I've got to go
with the bed. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
Really? | 0:31:09 | 0:31:10 | |
Yeah. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:11 | |
Because? | 0:31:11 | 0:31:12 | |
Because it's so me. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:14 | |
It's like a three-dimensional
version of my paintings. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:19 | |
Tracey Emin talking to our arts
editor, Will Gompertz. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
Here's Emily Maitlis. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:31 | |
Tonight, one of the most powerful
men in the charity sector, Unicef's | 0:31:31 | 0:31:36 | |
Justin Forsyth, has quit. We will
here from a colleague who said | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 |