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Tonight at 10, Scotland Yard reveals
that a nerve agent was used | 0:00:02 | 0:00:06 | |
to poison a former Russian spy
and his daughter in Salisbury. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:11 | |
A police officer is also
in a serious condition. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
These are new images
of Sergei Skripal. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
He and his daughter Yulia
are still critically ill | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
after the attack on Sunday. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:23 | |
Having established that a nerve
agent is the cause of the symptoms, | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
leading us to treat this
as attempted murder, | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
I can also confirm that we believe
the two people who | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
originally became unwell
were targeted specifically. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:39 | |
Police are still searching tonight.
There are hundreds of officers | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
involved but they are not giving
more details of the substance used. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
We'll have the latest
on the investigation, | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
as Moscow complains of black
propaganda being directed | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
against Russia. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
Also tonight... | 0:00:50 | 0:00:51 | |
Newly-released images
of the teenager accused of planting | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
a bomb on a London underground
train last September. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
After the M1 crash in which eight
people died, one lorry driver | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
is cleared of causing death
by dangerous driving. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:05 | |
Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman
holding talks on trade | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
and security in Downing Street,
as Labour protests about the Saudis' | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
involvement in the war in Yemen. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
And coming up on Sportsday on BBC
News, can Tottenham Hotspur hold on | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
against Italian giants
Juventus to make it | 0:01:17 | 0:01:18 | |
through to the quarterfinals
of the Champions League? | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
We'll have the latest report and
features from the BBC sports Centre. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:41 | |
Good evening. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:53 | |
A nerve agent was used
to try to murder a former Russian | 0:01:53 | 0:01:56 | |
spy and his daughter
in Salisbury at the weekend. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
Scotland Yard said they had
identified the substance, | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
but weren't prepared to make that
information public at this stage. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found
unconscious on Sunday afternoon | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
and they remain critically ill,
along with a police | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
officer who was the first
to attend the scene. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Police say that Mr Skripal
and his daughter were targeted | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
specifically and the
attack is being treated | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
as attempted murder. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
Our home affairs correspondent
Tom Symonds has the latest. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Sergei Skripal is a man
with a shadowy past. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
Relatives said he feared it
would catch up with him, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
That he would be targeted. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
But he was using his own name,
living a normal life, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
popping into a corner shop last
month for milk and bacon. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
Tonight, he and his daughter
are gravely ill and now, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:51 | |
The most senior counterterrorism
officer revealed why. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
In summary, this is being treated
as a major incident | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
involved attempting murder
by the administration | 0:02:57 | 0:02:58 | |
of a nerve agent. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
As you know, these two people remain
critically ill in hospital. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
Sadly, in addition, a police officer
who was one of the first to attend | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
the scene and respond
to the incident is now also | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
in a serious condition in hospital. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:18 | |
It wasn't just police officers and
ambulance teams who came into | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
contact with the victims. So did
people who just tried to help. Could | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
they have been affected? As your
Chief Medical Officer, my message to | 0:03:25 | 0:03:32 | |
the public is that this event poses
a low risk to the public on the | 0:03:32 | 0:03:36 | |
evidence that we have. Now the focus
is on the nearly three hours between | 0:03:36 | 0:03:42 | |
them arriving in this area and being
taken ill. Key locations remain | 0:03:42 | 0:03:49 | |
cordoned off, including the Zizzi
restaurant, where they had lunch | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
around 2pm. An eyewitness who saw
them there, and wanted to remain | 0:03:52 | 0:03:57 | |
anonymous, told me something
appeared to be wrong. What was your | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
view of them? Initially I thought he
had mental problems. It was out of | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
the blue. There was no one around
him. He started screaming at the top | 0:04:05 | 0:04:11 | |
of his voice. He didn't look right.
He looked like he was going to lose | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
his cool. He and other eyewitnesses
say that Yulia had dark hair, as she | 0:04:16 | 0:04:23 | |
appeared in this picture. Police
have seized this CCTV footage from | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
just before 4pm, a man with a blonde
haired woman entering the shopping | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
area. Detectives will need to sort
through a mass of eyewitness reports | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
and CCTV to establish the truth. The
Government was briefed on the | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
inquiry today. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
We need to keep a cool head and make
sure that we collect | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
all the evidence we can,
and we need to make sure | 0:04:46 | 0:04:47 | |
that we respond not to rumour
but to all the evidence | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
that they collect. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:51 | |
And then, we will need to decide
what action to take. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
But life in Salisbury is now
dominated by the response to the | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
suspected poisoning. When a woman
was taken ill at an office this | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
lunchtime, this was the emergency
services' reaction. This evening, | 0:05:02 | 0:05:07 | |
teams in protective suits and
respirators were at a nearby | 0:05:07 | 0:05:13 | |
ambulance station. Someone has used
a chemical weapon among the shoppers | 0:05:13 | 0:05:17 | |
of this peaceful city. Nobody is
taking any chances. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:22 | |
As we heard, police are not
revealing any more information | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
at this stage about the exact
substance they've identified | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
other than categorising
it as a nerve agent. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
Here to examine what we know
about these nerve agents, | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
and who might have access to them, | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
is our security
correspondent Gordon Corera. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:41 | |
Today, the police made the dramatic
revelation that a nerve agent had | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
been deployed on British soil. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
The aim to kill. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:50 | |
So what does that tell us about who
was behind the attack? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
Tests have been going
on here at Porton Down, | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
the Ministry of Defence's biological
and chemical research establishment. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
Its specialists have been analysing
samples brought from Salisbury. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
The tests established that a nerve
agent had been used to specifically | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
target two of the victims. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
So what is a nerve agent? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
Nerve agents were first created
in the 1930s for warfare. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
They are manufactured rather
than naturally occurring. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
They are fast acting
and, unless quickly | 0:06:16 | 0:06:18 | |
treated, often deadly. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
And they work by crippling
the nervous system. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
Essentially many of the muscles go
into spasm, so imagine that | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
you were just having
to hold your breath, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
and just hold it, keep holding
it, keep holding it. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:36 | |
And this is one of the effects,
and this is why people | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
struggle to breathe. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
But you also get massive secretion
of fluid in the lungs, | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
and people are trying
to breathe through that. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
And the fluid in the lungs
is a surfactant, so it's | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
a slightly soapy consistency. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
So when people are breathing
through it you often see them sort | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
of foaming at the mouth. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
It's not the only time we've
seen a nerve agent used | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
to target individuals. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:57 | |
A year ago at Kuala Lumpur airport,
two women smeared a nerve agent | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
called VX on the face
of the North Korean | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
leader's half brother. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
He was soon dead. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
That's one method of delivery. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:08 | |
A nerve agent can also be
inhaled or ingested, | 0:07:08 | 0:07:11 | |
but it's not easy to make. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
Nerve agents require not
an insignificant financial, | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
logistical and technical back-up
to actually be manufactured. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:22 | |
And so that would lead
to a more likelihood | 0:07:22 | 0:07:26 | |
of a state manufacturing it. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
The police have been careful not
to reveal precisely which nerve | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
agent was used in Salisbury. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
Tests can often trace such agents
to a specific country or even | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
laboratory of origin. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:45 | |
Officials have been careful
not to blame Russia. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
But it is the only suspect so far
which has the means, | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
the track record and the motive
to kill a man whom some in Moscow | 0:07:52 | 0:07:59 | |
Trevor was behind it would have
known that the nerve agent would | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
almost certainly be identified, a
sign of just how brazenly attack is. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
In Moscow, the foreign ministry said
the speculation about Russia's | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
involvement was "black propaganda"
and insisted that its case | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
against Sergei Skripal had ended
when he was part of an exchange | 0:08:16 | 0:08:18 | |
of spies in 2010. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
Skripal had been jailed in Russia
for passing secrets to MI6. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
Our Moscow correspondent
Steve Rosenberg has been speaking | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
to some of those who knew Skripal
in his previous life. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
Piece by piece, a picture
is emerging of Sergei Skripal, | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
the former Russian double agent
poisoned in Britain. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:42 | |
Vladimir Svyatski knew
Sergei Skripal in the late 1960s. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
They studied together
in a military college. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
TRANSLATION: He was very
active, with a positive | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
attitude, and creative. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:53 | |
A real friend. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
Many of the students
looked up to him. | 0:08:55 | 0:09:02 | |
Oleg Ivanov worked with
Sergei Skripal for two and a half | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
years in the Moscow regional
government after Skripal had retired | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
from Russian military intelligence. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:13 | |
TRANSLATION: Sergei was the life
and soul of the party. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
He could find a common
language with anyone. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
All his colleagues respected him. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:20 | |
So when he was arrested for spying
it was a real shock. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:26 | |
Today Russia's Foreign Ministry
responded to claims that Moscow had | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
targeted Sergei Skripal. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
This was provocation, it said,
and an anti-Russian campaign. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:40 | |
Unfortunately we regard this
as a piece of disinformation. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
Because what actually the media
and all the people need | 0:09:42 | 0:09:47 | |
is actual information,
official information on this case. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
As for President Putin,
he is yet to comment | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
on events in the UK. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
He was on the campaign trail today,
visiting a cake factory. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
The sweet picture a stark
contrast to suspicions | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
of possible Russian involvement
in the nerve agent attack. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:09 | |
Russian officials have said
they are willing to cooperate | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
with the UK investigation
if they are asked to. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:15 | |
What Moscow isn't prepared to do,
though, is accept that the Russian | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
state was behind this attack. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
Tonight, Moscow is waiting to see
whether Britain will officially | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
declare it the prime suspect. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:25 | |
Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:33 | |
Let's go live to New Scotland Yard
and Daniel Stanford. Bring us | 0:10:36 | 0:10:42 | |
up-to-date on this investigation and
tell us something about the scale of | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
it. As you can imagine, after a
nerve agent attack on a | 0:10:46 | 0:10:53 | |
quintessentially English medieval
cathedral city, huge resources are | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
now being thrown at this
investigation tonight. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
Counterterrorism detectives at
Scotland Yard thought they would | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
never see anything as extraordinary
as the polonium attack on Alexander | 0:11:00 | 0:11:05 | |
Litvinenko. If anything, this could
be harder, because there would be no | 0:11:05 | 0:11:10 | |
trail of radiation to follow.
Hundreds of police officers, | 0:11:10 | 0:11:15 | |
detectives, forensic scientists and
analysts have been involved in this | 0:11:15 | 0:11:18 | |
investigation. The best lead they
have is in fact that nerve agent. If | 0:11:18 | 0:11:22 | |
it is rare enough, that could lead
them to the place where it was made, | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
if it was something that could only
have been made in a very few number | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
of places. So, what is going on now
is that there is a huge trawl of | 0:11:29 | 0:11:35 | |
eyewitnesses and CCTV from the day
of the attack and the days leading | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
up to it. They need more public help
on that. There will be an attempt to | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
identify where the nerve agent came
from and also, of course, an attempt | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
to find the needle in a haystack,
the personal people that delivered | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
the poison. Once the evidence has
been gathered, if it still points to | 0:11:49 | 0:11:53 | |
a foreign power, it will be up to
the Government to handle the | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
fallout. Thanks very much for the
latest. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
A teenager has gone on trial
at the Old Bailey, accused | 0:11:59 | 0:12:02 | |
of planting a bomb on a London
underground train last September. | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
30 people were hurt in the incident
during the morning rush hour | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
at Parson's Green station. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
18-year-old Ahmed Hassan,
from Sunbury in Surrey, | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
denies attempted murder and causing
an explosion likely to endanger | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
life, as our home affairs
correspondent June Kelly reports. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
SIRENS | 0:12:18 | 0:12:21 | |
An autumn morning in the rush-hour
and a major security operation | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
on the London Underground system. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
Today the Old Bailey heard how
an improvised explosive device | 0:12:28 | 0:12:30 | |
partially detonated on a train just
after it pulled into | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
Parsons Green station. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:37 | |
It created a large
fireball in a carriage | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
with around 93 passengers. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
Some were caught by the flames
and suffered serious burns. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:47 | |
This is the teenager
on trial for the attack, | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
18-year-old Ahmed Hassan,
captured on CCTV in the weeks | 0:12:50 | 0:12:55 | |
before, when his plans were said
to be well under way. | 0:12:55 | 0:13:00 | |
On this bus ride, in his plastic
bag, he was allegedly carry | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
one of the components,
hydrogen peroxide, he needed | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
for his homemade bomb. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
Today the jury was told
Hassan left his device | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
in a bucket on the train. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
Described as loaded with shrapnel
to cause maximum harm | 0:13:14 | 0:13:19 | |
and damage and containing
the volatile explosive TATP. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
Prosecutor Alison Morgan said
of the passengers... | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
"Many ran in fear and panic. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:27 | |
They were fortunate. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
Had the device fully detonated,
it is inevitable that serious injury | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
and significant damage would have
been caused within the carriage. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
Those in close-proximity
to the device may well | 0:13:35 | 0:13:37 | |
have been killed." | 0:13:37 | 0:13:43 | |
Hassan came to Britain as an asylum
seeker from Iraq and was living | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
with foster parents. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
Ahmed Hassan arrived in this country
three years ago on a lorry. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
He told immigration officials that
he'd been forcibly taken | 0:13:53 | 0:13:57 | |
by the Islamic State group
and trained to kill by them. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:02 | |
But he said he was opposed
to IS and was in fear of them. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:06 | |
It was said to be a matter
of luck that the device | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
here did not fully go off,
it had been fitted with a timer. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
Ahmed Hassan had got off the train
at the station before, | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
he was arrested 24-hours later. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
June Kelly, BBC News,
at the Old Bailey. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:24 | |
The President of the European
Council Donald Tusk has warned that | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
trade with the UK will be more
complicated and costly after Brexit. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:30 | |
Mr Tusk was introducing
the EU's draft approach, | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
to talks on the future relationship. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
Mr Tusk offered the prospect
of what he called an ambitious | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
and advanced free trade agreement,
but said it was out of the question | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
for Britain to take a pick and mix
approach to the single market. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
The Chancellor Philip Hammond has
appealed for financial services | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
to be included in any free trade
agreement, as our political editor | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Laura Kuenssberg reports. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:57 | |
A different mansion house -
this time in a Luxembourg garden. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:03 | |
But there's strife ahead,
even in the most tranquil | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
continental surroundings. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
The European Union
revealed its response | 0:15:10 | 0:15:11 | |
to Theresa May's plans for Brexit. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
It will make it more complicated
and costly than today for all of us. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
This is the essence of Brexit. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:22 | |
A pick and mix approach
for a non-member state | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
is out of the question. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:25 | |
We are not going to
sacrifice these principles. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:27 | |
It's simply not in our interests. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:34 | |
Unfortunately, and we have
to know, there will be no | 0:15:34 | 0:15:39 | |
winners after the Brexit. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:40 | |
Both sides will be losing. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:46 | |
The EU has been united
with that gloomy message. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:50 | |
But it was only on Friday
the Prime Minister said she wanted | 0:15:50 | 0:15:54 | |
an ambitious trade partnership
with the bloc, but accepted | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
compromises would be made. | 0:15:56 | 0:15:57 | |
So, how do the two sides compare? | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
Well, the EU guidelines
of a possible deal say there will be | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
negative economic consequences. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
And while the Prime Minister
said all agreements mean | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
picking and choosing,
the EU insists the UK can't | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
cherry-pick the bits
of the EU it likes. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:20 | |
But the union's accepted
the goal of a trade deal | 0:16:21 | 0:16:23 | |
where there are no tariffs -
taxes on imports or exports. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:26 | |
But, controversially,
only if the EU keeps access | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
to fish British waters. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
But, crucially, there
is space to budge. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:36 | |
The document says if the UK
positions were to evolve, | 0:16:36 | 0:16:41 | |
the Union will be prepared
to reconsider its offer. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
And there is the chance
of brokering some kind | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
of limited deal over services,
including the giant money machine | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
of the City of London,
where the Chancellor shrugged off | 0:16:48 | 0:16:51 | |
the Brussels position. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
They are very skilled and very
disciplined in the way they carry | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
out their negotiation. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:02 | |
It does not surprise me
remotely that what they have | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
set out this morning
is a very tough position. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:07 | |
Oh, lovely! | 0:17:07 | 0:17:08 | |
But Labour claims the Government's
approache is all over the place. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
We can change the tone into one
of mutual interest, mutual respect. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
We can get the deal
that will protect our | 0:17:14 | 0:17:16 | |
economy and protect jobs. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:17 | |
There are big gaps between
what the Government wants | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
and what the EU is willing to give. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:24 | |
And it's clear it's easier
for Brussels, not Westminster, | 0:17:24 | 0:17:27 | |
to call the shots. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:31 | |
But in this long, tortured process,
today is not a moment of political | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
panic, it is clear from both sides,
and from these guidelines, there | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
is a real conversation to be had. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
Laura Kuenssberg, BBC
News, Westminster. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
Simon Jack, our business editor,
is in the City of London. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:46 | |
Simon, what is your reading of the
response from the City of London | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
today to what has been said? Well,
the Chancellor's speech went down | 0:17:51 | 0:17:56 | |
pretty well. People thought it was
pretty plausible and pretty detailed | 0:17:56 | 0:18:01 | |
attempt to achieve what Brussels
said was impossible. Including | 0:18:01 | 0:18:05 | |
financial services all-important to
the UK economy in a final trade | 0:18:05 | 0:18:10 | |
deal. The Chancellor said, look, it
is possible because Brussels tried | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
to include it in a deal they tried
to do with the EU - the US sorry. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:20 | |
Not only is it possible it's
desirable. Physical you split up the | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
expertise, the capital, the people
that you find here in this one stop | 0:18:24 | 0:18:29 | |
stop shop of London and spreaded it
around Europe it will cause European | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
Union businesses and customers a lot
more money. That was all pretty | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
good. However, as one person put it
to me in the City today, this was | 0:18:35 | 0:18:40 | |
really the end of the beginning.
This was one side in the argument | 0:18:40 | 0:18:45 | |
fleshing out its own position. That
is very different from actually | 0:18:45 | 0:18:50 | |
making substantial progress in the
negotiation itself. You heard | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
yourself what Donald Tusk had to say
about that. Now, the one thing I was | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
told that nothing that was said
today or indeed last week will make | 0:18:56 | 0:19:01 | |
businesses, banks, insurance
companies hit the halt or even the | 0:19:01 | 0:19:06 | |
pause button on the post-Brexit
contingency plans. All the rules and | 0:19:06 | 0:19:15 | |
regulations will stay the same until
December 2020. That is what they are | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
waiting for. If they do that, that
will calm nerves. A good effort | 0:19:18 | 0:19:22 | |
today by the Chancellor, but still a
great deal of work still to do. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:29 | |
Simon many thanks again. Simon Jack
there for us in the City of London. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:34 | |
A lorry driver, involved
in a collision on the M1 last | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
August, has been cleared of eight
charges of causing death | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
by dangerous driving. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:40 | |
54-year-old David Wagstaff
from Stoke-on Trent | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
was on a hands-free phone call
at the time of the collision | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
and had already admitted
to careless driving. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
Yesterday another driver,
31-year-old Ryszard Masierak, | 0:19:47 | 0:19:48 | |
who was driving the other lorry
involved, was convicted of causing | 0:19:48 | 0:19:51 | |
death by dangerous driving. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:55 | |
Our correspondent,
Helena Lee, reports. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:56 | |
The sheer force of the impact
of the crash is clear to see. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
A crash that was entirely
avoidable, the trial heard, | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
with the most catastrophic
and tragic of consequences. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:08 | |
Ryszard Masierak stopped his
lorry in the slow lane | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
of the M1 for 12 minutes. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
The jury was shown this dash-cam
footage from another lorry driver | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
on the road before the collision. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
He passed Masierak's
lorry, here on the left, | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
stationary in the slow lane. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
The court heard Masierak was twice
over the legal limit and he'd | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
been driving erratically
in the hours before. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:34 | |
Soon after, Cyriac Joseph,
the minibus driver, tried to go | 0:20:34 | 0:20:37 | |
round Masierak's lorry. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
He missed his chance, stopped behind
it and put his hazards on. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
Moments later, David
Wagstaff's lorry ploughed | 0:20:43 | 0:20:47 | |
into the back of the minibus. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
During the trial, the court heard
how Wagstaff had been | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
on a hands-free call for nearly
an hour at the time of the crash, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
and his lorry on cruise control. | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
Cyriac Joseph and seven
of his passengers died in the crash, | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
he'd been taking them to London,
where they were going | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
on to Disneyland in Paris. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
Four others in the minibus
were seriously injured. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
Six months on from the crash,
and Mr Joseph's family | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
feel his loss deeply. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
I miss him a lot. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:17 | |
I mean, my life has
completely changed, | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
like completely changed so much. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:20 | |
Yeah, it's hard, and I'm trying
to get through it, like we all are. | 0:21:20 | 0:21:28 | |
Today, outside court,
tributes were paid to those | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
who helped at the scene. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
All of the emergency services,
together with staff | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
and Highways England and members
of the public, worked | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
extremely hard to bring
comfort to those involved | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
in exceptionally
difficult circumstances. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:44 | |
Everyone who attended
will not forget the scene | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
they faced that day. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
The Crown Prosecution Service says
this case serves as a stark warning | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
to other drivers. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
It's a clear reminder
to all drivers that holding | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
a drivers licence brings with it
a high degree of responsibility that | 0:21:56 | 0:22:01 | |
should be at the forefront of every
driver's mind. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:03 | |
Today, the judge praised
the families of those who | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
lost loved ones for their constant
dignity in what he said was a | 0:22:05 | 0:22:08 | |
dreadful case. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:09 | |
Helena Lee, BBC News,
Reading Crown Court. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:17 | |
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
of Saudi Arabia has started | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
a three-day visit to Britain
by having lunch with the Queen | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
and holding talks with
the Prime Minister in Downing Street | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
about trade and security. | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
But the visit is not appropriate,
according to human rights | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
campaigners, who point
to Saudi Arabia's role | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
in the conflict in Yemen,
where the UN says there's | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
a humanitarian crisis. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
Our security correspondent,
Frank Gardner, has more details. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
A Downing Street welcome for the man
who is shaking up Saudi Arabia with | 0:22:43 | 0:22:48 | |
radical reforms. Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman and his | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
delegation have come to Britain
looking for new deals and new | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
partnerships. This meeting concluded
with an agreed target of £65 billion | 0:22:54 | 0:23:01 | |
of future trade deals, spread across
education, healthcare, energy and | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
defence. Today, the Crown Prince was
given an audience and lunch with the | 0:23:04 | 0:23:11 | |
Queen. Tonight he is dining with
Prince Charles and Prince William. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:16 | |
The lunch that Crown Prince Mohammed
bin Salman had with the Queen is a | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
mark of just how highly the
Government values its relations with | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
Saudi Arabia. He's not a Head of
State and four years ago almost | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
no-one had heard of him. Not
everyone in Britain though welcomes | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
this visit. A small, but noisy
demonstration outside Downing | 0:23:29 | 0:23:36 | |
Street, protesting Saudi Arabia's
air strikes on Yemen and its poor | 0:23:36 | 0:23:40 | |
human rights record. Britain is a
major supplier of arms to Saudi | 0:23:40 | 0:23:44 | |
Arabia, contracts are worth billions
of pounds and employ thousands of | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
Britons. In neighbouring Yemen,
Saudi led air strikes on Houthi | 0:23:48 | 0:23:54 | |
rebels are blamed for the majority
of civilian casualties. In | 0:23:54 | 0:23:59 | |
Parliament today a question over
whether Saudi Arabia is a suitable | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
ally. There has been a sharp
increase in the arrest and detention | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
of dissidents, torture of prisoners
is common, human rights defenders | 0:24:07 | 0:24:12 | |
routinely sentenced to lengthy
prison terms. But the Government | 0:24:12 | 0:24:18 | |
places huge value on Saudi
co-operation in counter terrorism. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
The link we have with Saudi Arabia
is historic it, it hes a an | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
important one and it has saved the
lives of potentially hundreds of | 0:24:26 | 0:24:32 | |
people in this country. Crown Prince
Mohammed is pushing a sweeping | 0:24:32 | 0:24:39 | |
economic and social reform
programme, reintroducing cinemas and | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
public entertainment. He's also gig
Saudi women much more freedom to | 0:24:43 | 0:24:49 | |
enjoy public life. From June they
can drive. We spoke to a prominent | 0:24:49 | 0:24:54 | |
women's rights campaigner. When it
comes to human rights I think | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
there's no reform yet. I think
everything is going to happen | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
because people nowadays are like,
you know, 70% of the population are | 0:25:02 | 0:25:07 | |
youth, youngsters, and they all want
change. The Saudi Crown Prince is no | 0:25:07 | 0:25:12 | |
democrat. He locked up citizens in
this hotel until they handed over | 0:25:12 | 0:25:18 | |
their assets. Young Saudis admire
him. If he can deliver on his | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
economic promises, with Britain's
help, he will go down in history as | 0:25:22 | 0:25:27 | |
the man who modernised Saudi Arabia.
Frank Gardner, BBC News. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:32 | |
A brief look at some
of the day's other news stories. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
Syrian government forces
have reportedly taken | 0:25:35 | 0:25:36 | |
half of Eastern Ghouta,
the last rebel-held enclave close | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
to the capital Damascus. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
More aerial bombing has
killed at least 20 people. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
Troops and tanks have advanced,
with many local residents trying | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
to flee the violence. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
The leader and deputy leader
of the far-right group, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
Britain First, have been jailed
after being found guilty of | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
religiously-aggravated harassment. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen have
been sentenced to four-and-a-half | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
months and nine months respectively
after targeting Muslims | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
they believed were part of a rape
trial taking place last May. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:08 | |
Almost 1,000 jobs are to be
lost at the high street | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
fashion chain New Look. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:14 | |
The retailer says it's planning
to close 60 stores and reduce rent | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
on 400 shops as part
of rescue plans. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:20 | |
The company says the cuts
are tough but necessary | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
to restore profitability. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
The Government is to pay
£50 million in cold weather | 0:26:25 | 0:26:27 | |
benefits because of last
week's freezing temperatures. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:33 | |
Around two million households
are receiving a top-up | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
to their benefits, worth £25 pounds,
because their area stayed below zero | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
degrees for seven days. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:44 | |
The head of world cycling's
governing body, the UCI, | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
is calling for an investigation
into Team Sky following | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
a parliamentary report. | 0:26:48 | 0:26:52 | |
David Lappartient has told the BBC
that the findings of the inquiry | 0:26:52 | 0:26:55 | |
into doping in sport
were "unacceptable" | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
and "could affect the global
credibility" of cycling. | 0:26:58 | 0:27:03 | |
The report accused Team Sky
and Sir Bradley Wiggins of having | 0:27:03 | 0:27:06 | |
"crossed an ethical line"
by using drugs allowed under | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
anti-doping rules to enhance
performance instead of just | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
for medical purposes. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:12 | |
From Switzerland our sports
editor, Dan Roan, reports. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:17 | |
They may be the dominant
force in cycling, but | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
the pressure is on Team Sky. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
Today, they tried to focus
on their latest race in Italy, | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
but it's the way they've won
in the past that's under scrutiny. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:31 | |
Team Sky have admitted mistakes
following this week's damning report | 0:27:31 | 0:27:35 | |
by a parliamentary committee,
but today the most powerful figure | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
in the sport told me
that wasn't good enough. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
Mistake is something you've done
with the intention to be wrong. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
The report, it's
a little bit different. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:47 | |
It seems that it was a little bit
organised, so it's maybe not | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
a mistake but a fault,
which is different, because that | 0:27:50 | 0:27:55 | |
could affect the credibility
globally of our sport, | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 | |
and that's why I'm
concerned about this. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:02 | |
The MPs alleged Sir Bradley Wiggins
used asthma drugs to boost | 0:28:02 | 0:28:10 | |
performance, and not
just for medical need, | 0:28:15 | 0:28:16 | |
when he rode for Team Sky. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
A claim that both they and he deny,
but Lappartient seems unconvinced. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
Do you feel an ethical line
was crossed, as the MPs suggest? | 0:28:21 | 0:28:23 | |
It's what in the report
and what I read. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:26 | |
When you can see that
substances were used, | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
not for health problems,
but to increase your performances, | 0:28:28 | 0:28:34 | |
then, yes, that's something
unacceptable for me | 0:28:34 | 0:28:40 | |
and the philosophy we have. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:44 | |
So if it's not breaking the rules,
can it be cheating? | 0:28:44 | 0:28:47 | |
If you are using, you know,
substances to increase your | 0:28:47 | 0:28:51 | |
performances, I think this
is exactly what is cheating. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:59 | |
Despite the controversy,
Sir Dave Brailsford remains | 0:29:02 | 0:29:03 | |
in charge of Team Sky,
but Lappartient told me he now wants | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
the World Federation's
anti-doping division | 0:29:06 | 0:29:10 | |
to launch their own inquiry. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:11 | |
I want them to investigate
and to see if there is some | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
violation of anti-doping rules. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:19 | |
Britain's top rider, Chris Froome,
continues to compete | 0:29:19 | 0:29:21 | |
despite an adverse drugs test last
year, and the Team Sky star | 0:29:21 | 0:29:25 | |
could defend his title in this
summer's Tour de France | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
with the case still unresolved. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:31 | |
What would the effect of that be? | 0:29:31 | 0:29:32 | |
That would be a disaster
for the image of cycling. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
Even if... | 0:29:35 | 0:29:36 | |
On the legal point of view
he has a right to ride, | 0:29:36 | 0:29:39 | |
but for the image of our sport,
that could be a disaster. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:43 | |
The UCI president now wants
Chris Froome to withdraw from racing | 0:29:43 | 0:29:45 | |
until either he clears his name
or is banned. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
The road to reputational recovery
could be a long one. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
Dan Roan, BBC News. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:57 | |
In tonight's Champions League
football it's been a hugely | 0:29:57 | 0:30:00 | |
disappointing night for Tottenham,
who needed to avoid a home defeat | 0:30:00 | 0:30:02 | |
by Juventus to book a place
in the quarter-finals. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
Spurs went ahead early in the tie,
but the Italians fought | 0:30:05 | 0:30:07 | |
back in the second half. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:08 | |
From Wembley, Natalie Pirks reports. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:14 | |
The saying goes that
football is more important | 0:30:14 | 0:30:16 | |
than life or death. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:22 | |
Tonight began with a reminder
that simply isn't true. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
Emotion etched on the face
of Giorgio Chiellini. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:26 | |
In honour of their former
international team-mate, | 0:30:26 | 0:30:27 | |
the Italians were up for it. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:29 | |
Spurs, too. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:30 | |
Son had been threatening
the goal all match. | 0:30:30 | 0:30:38 | |
There's the chance,
oh, it's gone in! | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
This was just reward. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:43 | |
Yes, the strike wasn't
exactly vintage, but it | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
was huge unimportance. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:46 | |
How quickly things
can change, though. | 0:30:46 | 0:30:48 | |
First, Higuain levelled for Juve. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:49 | |
And there's the goal,
the flag stays down! | 0:30:49 | 0:30:51 | |
And, mere moments later, Dybala sent
travelling fans into raptures. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
The Old Lady had awoken. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:59 | |
Spurs had gone from composed
to rattled, in the blink of an eye. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
A Spurs goal would take
the game into extra time. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
Hoisted in towards Harry Kane! | 0:31:05 | 0:31:06 | |
But the post stood between Harry
Kane and Tottenham fans' dreams. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:10 | |
Vital clearance by the
Italian international. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:13 | |
Inconsolable on the turf,
yet another year of disappointment. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:21 | |
Spurs had the advantage of of away
goals from the first-leg and when | 0:31:21 | 0:31:25 | |
Son scored everybody thought they
would go through. Juve have reached | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
two of the last three finals and
tonight that experience just told. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:33 | |
4-3 the final score across two legs.
Tottenham left shell-shocked. Better | 0:31:33 | 0:31:38 | |
news for Manchester City. They are
through to the quarter-finals | 0:31:38 | 0:31:43 | |
despite losing 2-1 on the night.
Basel inflicting their first home | 0:31:43 | 0:31:48 | |
defeat since 2016. City won 5-2 on
aggregate. City and Liverpool | 0:31:48 | 0:31:53 | |
through to the last eight.
Tottenham's run alas is over. | 0:31:53 | 0:31:57 | |
Natalie many thanks once again. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 |