0:00:06 > 0:00:09Tonight at Ten - counter-terror police take charge of the inquiry
0:00:09 > 0:00:11into the suspected poisoning of a former Russian agent
0:00:11 > 0:00:18and his daughter, in Salisbury.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Sergei and Yulia Skripal are still critically ill in hospital,
0:00:21 > 0:00:25after they were found unconscious two days ago.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29It's believed the father and daughter were captured on CCTV
0:00:29 > 0:00:31shortly before being found on a bench nearby.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Her eyes were just completely white, wide open but just white
0:00:34 > 0:00:35and frothing at the mouth.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38The man went stiff, his arms stopped moving but he was still
0:00:38 > 0:00:40looking dead straight.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Military scientists are testing samples of the substance thought
0:00:43 > 0:00:46to have caused the illness, as ministers warn that Russian state
0:00:46 > 0:00:50involvement is being looked at.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56then Her Majesty's government will respond appropriately
0:00:56 > 0:01:01and robustly.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Mr Johnson added that Russia was a "malign and disruptive force".
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Moscow said his remarks were "wild' and "preposterous".
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Also tonight:
0:01:08 > 0:01:12In Syria, the terrible suffering of civilians who are unable to leave
0:01:12 > 0:01:16the besieged suburb of Eastern Ghouta.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, has hinted that he's willing
0:01:20 > 0:01:25to begin talks about giving up his nuclear weapons programme.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Food companies are told to reduce the calories in products by 20%
0:01:28 > 0:01:30to deal with obesity.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And, how Picasso celebrated the beauty of his young lover,
0:01:33 > 0:01:39we visit a major new exhibition at London's Tate Modern.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:01:41 > 0:01:44With it all so comfortable for Liverpool.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Could PSG comeback against Real Madrid in tonight's other
0:01:46 > 0:01:54Champions League game to reach the quarter finals?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Good evening.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Counter-terrorism officers have taken charge of the investigation
0:02:14 > 0:02:16into the suspected poisoning of a former Russian
0:02:16 > 0:02:19agent and his daughter, in Salisbury on Sunday.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Sergei Skripal had been convicted in Russia, 12 years ago,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26of passing secrets to MI6.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29He and his daughter Yulia are both critically ill and military
0:02:29 > 0:02:31scientists are testing samples of a substance which may have
0:02:31 > 0:02:34caused their illness.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has promised a robust response,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40if there's conclusive evidence that Russia was involved.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Our first report tonight is by our home affairs correspondent
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Tom Symonds in Salisbury.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49A father and a daughter apparently struck down in public on a Sunday
0:02:49 > 0:02:53afternoon in Salisbury.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57The BBC revealed today that Yulia Skripal had been
0:02:57 > 0:03:01visiting her father Sergei from Russia when it happened.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03They were left fighting for their lives.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Her eyes were just completely white, they were wide open but just white
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and frothing at the mouth.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12And the man went stiff, his arms stopped moving,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16but he was still looking dead straight.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18CCTV images obtained by the BBC appeared to show Mr Skripal
0:03:18 > 0:03:25and his daughter walking together at 15:47 on Sunday afternoon.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28They were heading for a small park surrounded by shops in the centre
0:03:28 > 0:03:31of Salisbury called The Maltings.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35The camera which captured these pictures is yards
0:03:35 > 0:03:37from where they were found.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Police were called at 4:15pm when people reported the pair
0:03:40 > 0:03:42were unconscious on a park bench.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47Last night Zizzi, an Italian restaurant nearby, was sealed
0:03:47 > 0:03:50by police, followed today by a local pub, Bishop's Mill.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Did someone slip something into their food or drink?
0:03:54 > 0:03:58For the police this is a highly sensitive and potentially
0:03:58 > 0:04:02hazardous investigation, not least for the officers involved.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05The key question of course is what was the substance that left
0:04:05 > 0:04:08a father and his daughter in such a terrible condition on the park
0:04:08 > 0:04:10bench covered by the tent behind me?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13There will be toxicology reports prepared but we understand that
0:04:13 > 0:04:17several police officers were admitted to hospital,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19one has been kept in.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Symptoms include breathing difficulties and itchy eyes.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Experts at the research facility Porton Down are now
0:04:26 > 0:04:31involved, testing for a wide range of substances.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34From things that are chemically toxic to things that
0:04:34 > 0:04:39are radiological such as was used against Litvinenko.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42I think people will have an open mind, they will be looking
0:04:42 > 0:04:44at what is in the environment, what is on the clothing,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48on the skin of the people and also what is in blood and urine
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and any other samples.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54So far the tiny Wiltshire Police Force has led the investigation
0:04:54 > 0:04:58but that changed today in a significant department.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00This afternoon the Metropolitan Police have confirmed that,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04due to the unusual circumstances, the counterterrorism network will be
0:05:04 > 0:05:08leading this investigation as it has the specialist capability
0:05:08 > 0:05:13and expertise to do so.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15After all, as the Foreign Secretary made clear in Parliament this
0:05:15 > 0:05:18afternoon, this incident could have implications for Britain's
0:05:18 > 0:05:21relationship with Russia.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25then Her Majesty's government will respond appropriately
0:05:25 > 0:05:31and robustly.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Sergei Skripal was arrested in 2004, accused of spying for MI6,
0:05:34 > 0:05:39convicted, but in 2010 handed over to Britain as part of a spy swap.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45Sergei Skripal's wife, older brother and son have
0:05:45 > 0:05:47died in recent years - the family believe in
0:05:47 > 0:05:52suspicious circumstances.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55He has been living quietly here, vigilant and fearful
0:05:55 > 0:05:57of Russian intelligence, his relatives said,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00but under his own name.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02He would not have been hard to find.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Tom Symonds, BBC News, Salisbury.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09In Moscow, the Russian government has vehemently denied any
0:06:09 > 0:06:11suggestion of involvement, and promised to cooperate
0:06:11 > 0:06:14with the inquiry if asked.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17A foreign ministry spokesman accused Boris Johnson of making "wild"
0:06:17 > 0:06:20and "preposterous" statements, and the Russian ambassador in London
0:06:20 > 0:06:24accused the British media of trying to demonise Russia,
0:06:24 > 0:06:29as our correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It sounds chillingly familiar.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Russia under suspicion of planning and executing an attack,
0:06:35 > 0:06:392,000 miles away, in Britain.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44In 2006, the target was former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko,
0:06:44 > 0:06:50murdered in London.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53The man Britain believes poisoned him is Andrei Lugovoy.
0:06:53 > 0:07:01Today, he dismissed claims that Moscow had attacked
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Sergei Skripal as propaganda.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06TRANSLATION:Why do they say he was poisoned?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Perhaps he poisoned himself or had a heart attack.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11You talk about propaganda, but what about Alexander Litvinenko?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14The inquiry in Britain into his death found that
0:07:14 > 0:07:16you had poisoned him, probably on the orders
0:07:16 > 0:07:20of Vladimir Putin.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21TRANSLATION:There was no official investigation
0:07:21 > 0:07:24into Litvinenko's death.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27There was an attempt to accuse Russia and a Russian citizen,
0:07:27 > 0:07:35me, of poisoning him in Britain with polonium.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37As for the Kremlin, well, it's been saying very little today
0:07:37 > 0:07:40about Sergei Skripal.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42President Putin's spokesman told me earlier, "We have no information
0:07:42 > 0:07:44about what happened.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46We cannot comment."
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Although he did add, it was a "tragic situation."
0:07:50 > 0:07:54But catching spies has become one of Vladimir Putin's priorities.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Yesterday, the former KGB officer praised Russia's security service
0:07:57 > 0:08:00for uncovering 397 spies last year.
0:08:00 > 0:08:06The Kremlin leader has never hidden his contempt for those
0:08:06 > 0:08:10who betray the Motherland for money.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16"Traitors will kick the bucket, trust me."
0:08:16 > 0:08:19"These people betrayed their friends, their brothers in arms.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Whatever they got in exchange for it, those 30 pieces
0:08:23 > 0:08:26of silver they were given, they will choke on them."
0:08:26 > 0:08:32Yet Sergei Skripal wasn't an obvious target for the Kremlin.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35TRANSLATION:There are certain rules that the secret services keep to.
0:08:35 > 0:08:43When there's an exchange of spies, the matter is considered closed.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Skripal had been exchanged, Russia had no problem with him.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Moscow denies any connection, but a former double agent,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54collapsing in Britain, it can only add to the chill in
0:08:54 > 0:08:58relations between the UK and Russia.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05As we've heard, the man at the centre of the investigation,
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Sergei Skripal, arrived in the UK in 2010, as part of
0:09:07 > 0:09:10an exchange of spies.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13He was a former colonel in Russian military intelligence.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16And Mr Skripal's relatives have told the BBC that he believed Russia's
0:09:16 > 0:09:18special services could come after him at any time.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Our security correspondent Gordon Corera examines
0:09:22 > 0:09:24whether the signs so far point to a state-sponsored
0:09:24 > 0:09:31assassination attempt.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Does the long arm of the Kremlin reach all the way from Moscow
0:09:34 > 0:09:36to Salisbury in Wiltshire?
0:09:36 > 0:09:41And if the attack on Sergei Skripal did come from Russia, why?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45After being released from jail, Skripal had spent the last eight
0:09:45 > 0:09:48years living quietly in Salisbury but he still had enemies.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Sergei Skripal had been imprisoned in Russia for selling secrets
0:09:51 > 0:09:57to British intelligence here at MI6.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59It's claimed he provided the identity of hundreds of Russians
0:09:59 > 0:10:03operating undercover in Europe.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Even though he had been pardoned as part of a spy swap,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09his former colleagues would still have regarded
0:10:09 > 0:10:12him as a traitor.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16The fact that he blew a whole range of Russian agents, there may be
0:10:16 > 0:10:17personal animosities there.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21The fact that he was a British spy, a former member of the Russian
0:10:21 > 0:10:22military, in most Russians' minds actually it would categorise
0:10:22 > 0:10:27him as a traitor.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32So yes, there would have been, there are people there
0:10:32 > 0:10:33delighted to see him dead.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36No one yet is confirming that Moscow was involved but there have been
0:10:36 > 0:10:42other incidents involving Russians in the UK.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44As we have heard, most famously Alexander Litvinenko,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48another former Russian spy, poisoned in London's Mayfair.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51And there have been other figures whose deaths have aroused suspicions
0:10:51 > 0:10:55like Badri Patarkatsishvili.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Alexander Perepilichny died suddenly jogging in Surrey.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01One test revealed traces of a rare toxin in his stomach
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and a businessman campaigning over his death says not enough has
0:11:05 > 0:11:08been done to deter Russia.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Based on the reaction of the British government to the murderer
0:11:11 > 0:11:14in Mayfair using nuclear material with Alexander Litvinenko,
0:11:14 > 0:11:22which has nothing, it basically gave a green light to Vladimir Putin
0:11:22 > 0:11:29that he could do whatever he wants here.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31And he has been doing whatever he wants here for quite awhile.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34It is still too early to be sure this investigation will go.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36But if the trail does connect Salisbury to Moscow,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38then the pressure will be on the British
0:11:38 > 0:11:44government to respond.
0:11:44 > 0:11:50Gordon is here, how close are we to finding out what this substance was?
0:11:50 > 0:11:55Tests have been going on and it is possible they may have some kind of
0:11:55 > 0:11:59preliminary assessment of what it might be. But officials know, they
0:11:59 > 0:12:04are not saying until they are sure. One possibility it was some kind of
0:12:04 > 0:12:10nerve agent. Some counts about eyewitness of foaming and voluntary
0:12:10 > 0:12:19movements, it might fit above. It was a nerve agent used on the Korean
0:12:19 > 0:12:28leader's half brother. It is usually a spray. It could be a poison or
0:12:28 > 0:12:33tucks in ingested in a drink. With Alexander Litvinenko, it was a cup
0:12:33 > 0:12:41of tea. That might be harder to do surreptitiously. If it is some kind
0:12:41 > 0:12:46of unusual toxin or some kind of chemical weapons, that may point to
0:12:46 > 0:12:51a state being behind and potentially a small group of states who have
0:12:51 > 0:12:55that capability. So it could be a very important piece of the puzzle.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01Ministers will be updated on the latest are at a meeting of the
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Cabinet Office emergency committee Cobra which is taking place tomorrow
0:13:04 > 0:13:08morning chaired by the Home Secretary.Thank you very much for
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the update.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14In Syria, the intense bombardment of rebel-held
0:13:14 > 0:13:18territory in Eastern Ghouta, has left around 800 civilians dead
0:13:18 > 0:13:21over the past fortnight, according to local activists.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24The besieged enclave is the last area under rebel control
0:13:24 > 0:13:26near the capital Damascus.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28The Russian military, which supports the Syrian government,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30has offered civilians what it calls "safe passage".
0:13:30 > 0:13:32But the UN says some are being prevented
0:13:32 > 0:13:34from leaving by rebel fighters, as our Middle East editor
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Jeremy Bowen reports and, a warning, there are some graphic images
0:13:37 > 0:13:38from the start.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41It was another day in the life and death of Eastern Ghouta.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44The BBC's been following Dr Amani Ballour, a paediatrician
0:13:44 > 0:13:47in an under ground hospital, through the worst days of attacks.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51This was filmed for the BBC, the Syrian government won't allow
0:13:51 > 0:13:54us into the enclave.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Dr Amani and her colleagues were dealing with the results
0:13:58 > 0:14:06of an air strike on a market, more than 20 dead and 90 injured.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11TRANSLATION:The hospital is stuffed with injured people,
0:14:11 > 0:14:12including women and children.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Their injuries include brain damage, fractured and amputated limbs.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19A child's arm was amputated.
0:14:19 > 0:14:26Some children were seriously wounded, others were killed.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Dr Amani examined a boy who'd been brought in, presumed dead -
0:14:29 > 0:14:34she found a pulse.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38They went to work to get him to breathe.
0:14:38 > 0:14:44He was rushed into intensive care, but it was a false hope,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48a few hours later he was dead.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51In a siege surrounded by casualties, the world shrinks
0:14:51 > 0:14:55to a few essentials.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The most important is survival - living through this day
0:14:58 > 0:15:04to have the chance to start another.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07On the battlefield the Syrian army, helped by Russia,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09has been advancing.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Resistance seems to be collapsing.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14The trucks that took aid into the enclave
0:15:14 > 0:15:17were forced out by shelling, with ten out of 46 still unloaded.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21UN aid workers said civilians were terrified, angry
0:15:21 > 0:15:26and many wanted to get out, but couldn't.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28They feel that they're being blocked.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31There are snipers sitting at the checkpoint exit,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34the corridor that is there.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39They're very unhappy with their own armed groups inside,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41but there is also this other narrative, which is very strong
0:15:41 > 0:15:44amongst the elders and the leaders, is that this is our place,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47we're not moving out from here.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50A Russian general, Yuri Yevtushenko, said his men would guaranteed
0:15:50 > 0:15:53the safety of civilians who wanted to get out, and he said fighters
0:15:53 > 0:15:58could leave with their personal weapons and immunity.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04Russian troops are very visible around the war zone.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Moscow has given the Syrian army the fire power to break
0:16:06 > 0:16:09into rebel strongholds.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14On the front-line, around Eastern Ghouta, most
0:16:14 > 0:16:16of the troops were Syrian, but the Russians were
0:16:16 > 0:16:18there, alongside them.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Russia is now the most important foreign power in this war.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23President Putin was given equal billing with President
0:16:23 > 0:16:31Assad in this position.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34The Russians are preparing for the day after.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37It looks as if the end game is approaching for the armed
0:16:37 > 0:16:39opposition in Eastern Ghouta.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Elsewhere in the country, rebels still control territory,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45though not nearly as much as before.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47And fighting goes on, It's particularly fierce at the moment up
0:16:47 > 0:16:51near the Turkish border.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Syria's war is changing, but it's not ending.
0:16:55 > 0:17:02Jeremy Bowen, BBC News, Damascus.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08After months of growing tensions on the Korean peninsula,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has hinted
0:17:10 > 0:17:17he is willing to start talks about dismantling his nuclear
0:17:17 > 0:17:19weapons, if his country's safety can be guaranteed.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22He's agreed to meet the South Korean leader at a summit next month,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24the first meeting of its kind for more than a decade.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Our correspondent, Laura Bicker, is in Seoul.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Laura, this does seem to represent a significant change in tone. What do
0:17:29 > 0:17:36you make of it?Well not only is Kim Jong-un willing to discuss getting
0:17:36 > 0:17:39rid of his nuclear weapons he's willing to do so with the United
0:17:39 > 0:17:45States and he said he will halt any missile tests while those talks take
0:17:45 > 0:17:48place These are extraordinary announcements. They come from a
0:17:48 > 0:17:53dinner in Pyongyang hosted by Kim Jong-un where he welcomed ministers
0:17:53 > 0:17:57from South Korea for the first time. Those delegates will travel from
0:17:57 > 0:18:03here in Seoul to Washington to brief the Trump administration. The US
0:18:03 > 0:18:06President believes its his policy of maximum pressure, those
0:18:06 > 0:18:10international sanctions, that has forced Kim Jong-un to the table. It
0:18:10 > 0:18:15may well be that Pyongyang is running out of cash, but it could
0:18:15 > 0:18:21also be that Kim Jong-un is lying, trying to buy time to continue to
0:18:21 > 0:18:25build his missile programme. Or it could be that the young leader is
0:18:25 > 0:18:29looking for something that his father and grandfather failed to
0:18:29 > 0:18:32achieve, a peace treaty with the South. Whatever the motivation
0:18:32 > 0:18:36behind this change of heart, ministers here in Seoul say they are
0:18:36 > 0:18:41dealing with the North with clear eyes, but they are also very aware
0:18:41 > 0:18:44of the effects of war on this peninsula and they're willing to go
0:18:44 > 0:18:49wherever these talks may lead them. Laura, many thanks for the latest
0:18:49 > 0:18:57there. Laura Bicker, our correspondent in South Korea.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Food companies have been told to reduce the calories
0:18:59 > 0:19:03in their products, or face legislation if they fail to comply.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06The target of a 20% reduction, over the next five years,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08is the latest attempt to tackle the problem of obesity,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11which is costing the NHS an estimated £6 billion a year.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Public health officials are also recommending new reduced calorie
0:19:13 > 0:19:15limits for meal times, as our health editor,
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Hugh Pym, explains.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21It's time for action and food companies must cut calories.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26That's the demand from public health chiefs, who want to see new recipes,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28smaller portions or more effort to move customers
0:19:28 > 0:19:29to healthy options.
0:19:29 > 0:19:36Here's the obesity problem.
0:19:36 > 0:19:42A child's diet might include breakfast with nearly 500 calories.
0:19:42 > 0:19:47A packed lunch with more than 1,000.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50An after-school snack at around 250 and pasta and a pudding for dinner,
0:19:50 > 0:19:51with more than 800 calories.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53But that's nearly 600 above the recommended limit
0:19:53 > 0:20:00for children, which is like eating an extra meal a day.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02But with an ice cream van parked outside this
0:20:02 > 0:20:04school in Salford today, parents told us it wasn't easy
0:20:04 > 0:20:10keeping their children's diets under control.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Well, look, there's an ice cream van right now outside the school.
0:20:13 > 0:20:14There's something everywhere, isn't there?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16So it's hard, but I do try.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18If children want an ice cream, they just want
0:20:18 > 0:20:19an ice cream, don't they?
0:20:19 > 0:20:25Kids are just going in McDonald's and eating burgers and stuff,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27and even I don't even know what calories are
0:20:27 > 0:20:28in them, to be fair.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31McDonalds, in fact, is one of the big companies which has
0:20:31 > 0:20:33agreed to a calorie cutting plan for its meals and it's
0:20:33 > 0:20:36backed a campaign telling customers what they can get
0:20:36 > 0:20:38if they want to stick to a 600 calorie limit.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Subway is another company publicising nutritional information
0:20:40 > 0:20:42and says all its individual items are under 600 calories.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Do you acknowledge that your company and others have
0:20:46 > 0:20:48contributed to this problem?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I think with the choice that customers have today,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54there is so much choice on the high street.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Four out of ten Subs purchased every single week
0:20:57 > 0:20:58is from our low-fat range.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01There's still a lot of detail to be worked out on how
0:21:01 > 0:21:04the calorie reduction plan will work in practice.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07The fast-food chains and supermarkets have until 2024
0:21:07 > 0:21:13to deliver the 20% cut.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16So the question arises, what happens if things aren't on track?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19So what we need to see is regular, transparent reporting so we can see
0:21:19 > 0:21:21which parts of industry are playing their role
0:21:21 > 0:21:22and who's lagging behind.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24If change doesn't happen fast enough, we need the government
0:21:24 > 0:21:26to introduce legislation to make this mandatory.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32There's already a sugar reduction plan for cakes
0:21:32 > 0:21:33and other sweet items.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35That has to deliver by 2020.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37But the new calorie initiative for other food runs
0:21:37 > 0:21:39four years beyond that.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Some say that's not fast enough to tackle what's been called
0:21:41 > 0:21:42an obesity epidemic.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Hugh Pym, BBC News.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49A brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52The body of a woman, who'd been stabbed, has been found
0:21:52 > 0:21:53in her family home in south-west London.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56The discovery was made an hour after the bodies
0:21:56 > 0:21:59of her husband and two boys, aged seven and ten,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02were discovered at the foot of cliffs in East Sussex.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Police say they're not looking for anyone else in connection
0:22:04 > 0:22:06with the investigation.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09A lorry driver has been convicted of causing
0:22:09 > 0:22:11the deaths of eight people in a crash on the M1,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15near Milton Keynes, last August.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Ryszard Masierak had stopped in the inside lane for 12 minutes
0:22:18 > 0:22:21when a second lorry and a minibus collided with his vehicle.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24The threat of plastic pollution in the world's oceans has
0:22:24 > 0:22:26been highlighted again, this time by a British diver.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Rich Horner filmed himself swimming through large quantities
0:22:30 > 0:22:33of plastic waste off the coast of the Indonesian island of Bali.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35The Balinese authorities have previously warned
0:22:35 > 0:22:41about the problem and its effect on the tourist industry.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45Thousands of people in parts of the UK have spent a fourth day
0:22:45 > 0:22:48without water after pipes that froze last week burst as temperatures
0:22:48 > 0:22:51rose at the weekend.
0:22:51 > 0:22:59Water companies have continued work to restore supplies to homes
0:23:00 > 0:23:03and businesses in parts of London, Kent, Sussex and parts of Wales.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05The industry regulator, Ofwat, said suppliers had "fallen well
0:23:05 > 0:23:07short" on their forward planning.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Our correspondent, Emma Simpson, reports.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13A Sussex country pub with lots of beer, but no running water.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Not today.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15I'm really sorry.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20That's all right.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22They've been saying sorry to customers since Saturday,
0:23:22 > 0:23:23200 lost bookings, and counting.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27How much is this all going to cost you?
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Probably £6,000, £7,000 so far.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It's devastation, we can't open and we've lost food.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39We've lost our revenue, you know.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Down the road, yet more emergency supplies for households in need.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Oh, we're managing.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48You know, we're British, aren't we!
0:23:48 > 0:23:51They were helping themselves in west Wales, and there are still thousands
0:23:51 > 0:23:57without water in London.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Here's the problem - just one of many burst pipes
0:24:00 > 0:24:02still being repaired.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06No quick-fix, but progress is being made.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11The big freeze has put an enormous strain on the water network,
0:24:11 > 0:24:16but critics say the water companies should be investing much
0:24:16 > 0:24:18more in improving ageing infrastructure and making
0:24:18 > 0:24:21the system more resilient.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25South East Water will invest £450 million into its infrastructure
0:24:25 > 0:24:31from 2015 to 2020.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34We're dealing with an unprecedented event here due to the weather,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37where we've seen a 25% increase in burst and water demand
0:24:37 > 0:24:42over a couple of days.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Back at the pub, the chef's cleaning, not cooking.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48They just want to know when they can re-open.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51This ale won't keep if it's not soon, yet more
0:24:51 > 0:24:52money being poured away.
0:24:52 > 0:24:58Emma Simpson, BBC News, Wadhurst.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01A former private investigator, engaged by the Sunday Times
0:25:01 > 0:25:04and other media, has spoken for the first time about the extent
0:25:04 > 0:25:07of the criminal activity he was involved in while obtaining
0:25:07 > 0:25:11information for the papers.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14John Ford told the BBC that hundreds of members of the public and well
0:25:14 > 0:25:16over a dozen leading politicians, including Tony Blair and Gordon
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Brown, were among his targets.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20His admissions come days after the Government
0:25:20 > 0:25:22abandoned the second phase of the Leveson Inquiry
0:25:22 > 0:25:25into press standards.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Our media editor, Amol Rajan, has the story.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28I did their phones, I did their mobiles,
0:25:28 > 0:25:32I did their bank accounts.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I stole their rubbish.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40For 15 years, John Ford was engaged by The Sunday Times.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Now, for the first time, he's speaking out about what he did,
0:25:43 > 0:25:47including targeting Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
0:25:47 > 0:25:55He received a police caution for fraud in the course of his work.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58As a private investigator, he earned up to £40,000 a year.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01There were a lot of people who say that Britain's newspapers for many
0:26:01 > 0:26:05years harboured huge and industrial scale criminal activity.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Does your experience, working for them, suggest that's true?
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Absolutely, and I was at the forefront of it,
0:26:10 > 0:26:14I'm ashamed to say.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17For almost two centuries, The Sunday Times has been
0:26:17 > 0:26:20an ornament to British journalism, launching many of the most famous
0:26:20 > 0:26:23campaigns and names in the trade.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Like other titles owned by Rupert Murdoch, it was involved
0:26:26 > 0:26:29in the Leveson Inquiry into press ethnics.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Last week the Government finally scrapped phase two
0:26:32 > 0:26:35of the Leveson Inquiry, which was due to look at allegations
0:26:35 > 0:26:38of police corruption and failures of corporate governance
0:26:38 > 0:26:40at Murdoch's News International and other media organisations.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44The Government and newspapers argue it would be an expensive distraction
0:26:44 > 0:26:47from the real challenges facing the industry.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49But together with Hacked Off, the group campaigniing
0:26:49 > 0:26:51for victims of press abuse, John Ford wants to see
0:26:51 > 0:26:54phase two happen.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57How many members of the British Cabinet in that
0:26:57 > 0:26:59New Labour period, after 1997, do you think you targeted?
0:26:59 > 0:27:0015 to 20.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Can you describe the nature of your attacks on members
0:27:04 > 0:27:06of the British Cabinet?
0:27:06 > 0:27:14Aggressive, unprincipled.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Fishing expeditions often.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22What is the nature of the fishing expeditions that you conducted
0:27:22 > 0:27:23on the British Cabinet?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Hundreds of telephone interceptions, hundreds of bank interceptions.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Utilities, I've been through mortgages,
0:27:26 > 0:27:27I've stolen rubbish.
0:27:27 > 0:27:33I've...
0:27:33 > 0:27:38I mean, I'm afraid the list is endless.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Not all that John Ford did was illegal, some of it may have
0:27:41 > 0:27:43been in the public interest.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46In a statement, a spokesperson for The Sunday Times said...
0:28:13 > 0:28:16The Sunday Times has also said "it has always been its expectation
0:28:16 > 0:28:18and practice that its contractors work within the law."
0:28:18 > 0:28:21The Government says that we need to move on and fight the next
0:28:21 > 0:28:23battle, but with Sir Brian Leveson and victims of press
0:28:23 > 0:28:26abuse saying that we need phase two of his inquiry,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Fleet Street's past still casts a long shadow over its future.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31You're aware clearly that you're confessing, as it were,
0:28:31 > 0:28:32to large scale criminality?
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Yeah.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38What do you think are likely to be the legal repercussions for you now?
0:28:38 > 0:28:42I don't know.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45But as far as whatever is coming my way, I'm ready
0:28:45 > 0:28:48to accept it because what I want is my conscience to be clear.
0:28:48 > 0:28:56Amol Rajan, BBC News.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Picasso's young lover, Marie-Therese Walter,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05inspired some of his most celebrated works of art.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09A new exhibition, at London's Tate Modern,
0:29:09 > 0:29:11focuses on Picasso's work from the year 1932
0:29:11 > 0:29:14and includes The Dream, and Nude In A Black Armchair.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17One of Picasso's portraits of Walter sold recently
0:29:17 > 0:29:18for nearly £50 million.
0:29:18 > 0:29:26Our arts correspondent, David Sillito, reports from Tate Modern.
0:29:33 > 0:29:40There's a lot of emotion in this exhibition. It's kind of into lust
0:29:40 > 0:29:49and into life. There's also drama. Normally a Tate show would be a
0:29:49 > 0:29:54retrospective of a life's work, but this is just one year of Picassos.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59That year is 1932. This is Picasso and this is his wife Olga. But when
0:29:59 > 0:30:08you look at the paintings, it's another face.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14Wherever you look you see the same shock of blonde hair, the same
0:30:14 > 0:30:19profile. Here she is again. The same hair, the same profile. We're not
0:30:19 > 0:30:27looking at Picasso's wife here though, this is Marie-Theres Walter.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32This is her granddaughter, Diana. Two generations may have passed, but
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I think you can probably see a certain family likeness.What I
0:30:35 > 0:30:41think of, it as a granddaughter, when I walk in an exhibition like
0:30:41 > 0:30:49this, is that it's not a great artist it's a an accounter.She is
0:30:49 > 0:30:54everywhere. An obsession. Picasso was approaching 50 when the affair
0:30:54 > 0:31:00began. Marie-Therese was a teenager. She was very young when she met
0:31:00 > 0:31:08Picasso. 17.She was 17-and-a-half! And she's accepting the idea to see
0:31:08 > 0:31:14him again the following day. So she was young, but she was also
0:31:14 > 0:31:19adventurous. If a relationship can bring you to an extraordinary level
0:31:19 > 0:31:25of life experience, I could never judge that.These days we've grown
0:31:25 > 0:31:32used to this new way of seeing. A Marie.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37-Therese Picasso can go for £100 million. That is the art market.
0:31:37 > 0:31:43This is the story of the man and the women behind the paintings. David
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Sillito, BBC News.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Here's Kirsty Wark.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Tonight, as a former Russian double agent and his daughter remain
0:31:51 > 0:31:53critically ill in hospital, our diplomatic editor has the latest on
0:31:53 > 0:31:54his condition.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Join me now on BBC Two.