0:00:02 > 0:00:04The army on the streets of Salisbury, as specialist troops
0:00:04 > 0:00:08arrive to deal with the scene of the nerve agent attack.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Military equipment and personnel trained in chemical warfare
0:00:10 > 0:00:16make an unusual sight in the cathedral city.
0:00:16 > 0:00:22They have the detection equipment that will allow them to properly,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24safely a very detail survey of those areas.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27And if there is any contamination, they can then safely remove
0:00:27 > 0:00:28that and have it destroyed.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32A forensic team examine the grave of the son of Sergei Skripal,
0:00:32 > 0:00:37the former Russian spy who was targeted in the attack.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Tonight, he and his daughter are still critically ill.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41The people of Salisbury are urged to stay calm.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Also tonight:
0:00:42 > 0:00:45After the insults, a surprise meeting is to take place
0:00:45 > 0:00:48between President Trump and the leader of North Korea.
0:00:48 > 0:00:56A court sees the contents of the bomb that partially exploded
0:00:56 > 0:00:58in a Tube carriage in London last September.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Why increasing numbers of young British Muslim women are deciding
0:01:00 > 0:01:05to wear a headscarf.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07And banging the drum for Great Britain -
0:01:07 > 0:01:10our athletes arrive in South Korea for the biggest ever
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Paralympic Games.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15We'll preview the penultimate weekend of the Six Nations,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17which could prove pivotal to Ireland as they attempt
0:01:17 > 0:01:24to win the title again.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Good evening.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45These are the scenes that greeted the people of Salisbury today
0:01:45 > 0:01:48as just under 200 military personnel arrived in the city
0:01:48 > 0:01:51and onto the streets.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Specialist troops, with training in chemical warfare,
0:01:53 > 0:01:59will be working in the area where the former Russian agent
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed on Sunday.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Forensic examinations are also taking place at the cemetery
0:02:04 > 0:02:07at the gravestone of Skripal's son, Alexander, who reportedly died
0:02:07 > 0:02:09of liver problems at the age of 43.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12The Home Secretary will chair another meeting of the Government's
0:02:12 > 0:02:15emergency Cobra committee tomorrow.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds, reports from Salisbury.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21It began with unprotected police officers dealing with
0:02:21 > 0:02:27an unexplained medical emergency.
0:02:27 > 0:02:35This evening, the military was called in at Salisbury Hospital.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Troops, trained to tackle chemical warfare, supporting a British
0:02:39 > 0:02:40police investigation.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42Their mission includes securing possibly contaminated evidence -
0:02:42 > 0:02:43painstaking work.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44The stakes are high.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46As Ministry of Defence we have been supporting the police
0:02:46 > 0:02:48in their investigations through the work of military
0:02:48 > 0:02:49scientists at Porton Down.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51We will continue to do that.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Another task - dealing with contaminated vehicles.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58This police car may have been driven to the hospital after the incident.
0:02:58 > 0:03:03180 troops will be involved in this phase of the investigation.
0:03:03 > 0:03:11They have all the chemical agent monitors, the personal
0:03:13 > 0:03:15protective equipment, respirators etc that allow them
0:03:15 > 0:03:17to safely, and they will probably take this kit to Porton Down
0:03:17 > 0:03:19or perhaps Winterbourne Gunner, where it can be
0:03:19 > 0:03:21decontaminated effectively.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23They're also expected to secure Sergei Skripal's car
0:03:23 > 0:03:28and there are ambulances which may have traces of the nerve agent.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Across the city, scenes that might have come from a disaster movie.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35This is just a graveyard, but it contains the graves
0:03:35 > 0:03:37of Sergei Skripal's wife and his son Alexander.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41He died last year.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Again, no official explanation for all this.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47The dates on Alexander's grave may be relevant.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Last week, before the nerve agent attack,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50was the anniversary of his birth.
0:03:50 > 0:03:56Did his father and sister visit the grave at some point?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59The Home Secretary was the first senior government representative
0:03:59 > 0:04:01to come to Salisbury this morning.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Ministers have stressed the importance of getting
0:04:04 > 0:04:12to the bottom of the alleged plot before pointing fingers.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15She met and praised those who've helped the victims
0:04:15 > 0:04:16and decontaminated the area, including these firefighters.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I am in awe of their sympathetic approach and professionalism
0:04:19 > 0:04:23as they engage with these people.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27And now as they reflect, they are quite concerned sometimes
0:04:27 > 0:04:29for themselves and their families, but they've all said to me
0:04:29 > 0:04:31that they wouldn't have done anything differently.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Then to the hospital, continuing to provide the highest
0:04:34 > 0:04:37level of care to three victims.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, exposed to nerve agent
0:04:39 > 0:04:43during the incident, is now making good progress.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46He's an officer who has been widely praised.
0:04:46 > 0:04:53Always really easy to speak to and he delivers effectively
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and efficiently and he's always got this sense of humour around him,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00so he does it easily and nothing is ever too much trouble for him.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Sergei Skripal remains in a critical condition.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03His daughter Yulia the same, but she is responding
0:05:03 > 0:05:05better to treatment.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09Salisbury has become a multi-location crime scene,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12a city of disturbing images and unanswered questions.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Who wanted to kill them?
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Why? How did they do it?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18What will happen next?
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Tonight the evidence is being gathered.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Tom Symonds, BBC News, Salisbury.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Sergei Skripal is still fighting for his life in hospital
0:05:29 > 0:05:31alongside his daughter Yulia.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35He came to the UK in 2008 as part of a spy swap with Russia.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38But what led him to betray his country and seek refuge here?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Our security correspondent, Gordon Corera, has been given
0:05:40 > 0:05:48exclusive access to details and photos from his past.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53The man behind the story. Friend of Sergei Skripal have provided the BBC
0:05:53 > 0:05:56with the first detailed account of his life, including these personal
0:05:56 > 0:06:01pictures. Here Skripal is in the centre with his daughter Yulia, just
0:06:01 > 0:06:07after her birth in 1984. Both are now fighting for their lives.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Skripal
0:06:14 > 0:06:20Skripal was grew up listening to the world service on the radio. He
0:06:20 > 0:06:23joined the eairborne troop and became a charm beyondship army
0:06:23 > 0:06:27boxer. This was him a few years later with colleagues serving in
0:06:27 > 0:06:31central Asia. When Soviet troops went into Afghanistan in 1979, he
0:06:31 > 0:06:37was among the first to go in. Soon after he was talented spotted by the
0:06:37 > 0:06:43GRU military intelligence. He served undercover in Europe twice in the
0:06:43 > 0:06:4780s and the 90s. It's during that time it's thought hes with
0:06:47 > 0:06:54approached by British intelligence to spy for them. In 2004 he was
0:06:54 > 0:06:59arrested, friends say his shoulder was wrenched out of its socket in
0:06:59 > 0:07:07the process. He was sentenced to 13 years in a labour camp but in 2010
0:07:07 > 0:07:12he was released as part of a spy swap. He had dreamed of ice-cream
0:07:12 > 0:07:16and it was the first thing he asked for on his release. He was reunited
0:07:16 > 0:07:21with his wife and they began to rebuild a life in Salisbury shech
0:07:21 > 0:07:26grew roses while he liked to barbecue sausages. It was short
0:07:26 > 0:07:34lived. In 2012 she died of cancer. Friends told the BBC he spent his
0:07:34 > 0:07:37time playing World War II tank games on his computer and visiting local
0:07:37 > 0:07:41military museums. The BBC understands from friends that during
0:07:41 > 0:07:44his time in the labour camp Skripal would imagine being a home in his
0:07:44 > 0:07:49mind. They say they hope he'll be using the same trick now as he
0:07:49 > 0:07:56fights for his life. Gordon Corera, BBC News.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds, is in Salisbury for us now.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01An extraordinary week in Salisbury, what can people expect to see
0:08:01 > 0:08:05in the next few days or weeks?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Well here more evidence gathering. That's going to take days and
0:08:08 > 0:08:13possibly weeks. I think we can expect that this process will go on
0:08:13 > 0:08:18and on. There are going to be no quick, easy answers. The Litvinenko
0:08:18 > 0:08:23case took years to get to the bottom of. I don't think we can expect the
0:08:23 > 0:08:28police to give what they often call a "running commentary" on their
0:08:28 > 0:08:33progress. Ministers will be watching them every step of the way. There is
0:08:33 > 0:08:36a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee tomorrow.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Ministers say we can expect tough action once they get to the bottom
0:08:40 > 0:08:43of what this was all about. Of course the big question is - will
0:08:43 > 0:08:51the finger be pointed at Russia? Fiona.Tom Symonds in Salisbury.
0:08:51 > 0:08:59Thank you.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01The Old Dotard is to meet Little Rocket Man.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04President Trump has agreed to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
0:09:04 > 0:09:07in a surprise move after months of tension and name calling.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09But the White House added tonight that no meeting could take
0:09:09 > 0:09:11place until North Korea takes concrete action.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13South Korea claims that Kim Jong-un is committed to denuclearisation
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and an end to nuclear and missile tests.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Our North America correspondent, Nick Bryant, reports.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Like the kid who couldn't keep the secret. Donald Trump slipped into
0:09:21 > 0:09:26the White House press room and told reporters to expect a huge statement
0:09:26 > 0:09:31on a big subject.Here we go, here we go.Sure enough, a delegation
0:09:31 > 0:09:36from South Korea soon stepped before the microphones to make one of the
0:09:36 > 0:09:39most jaw dropping diplomatic announcements in decades. After
0:09:39 > 0:09:45delivering to the President a personal message from Kim Jong-un.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51He expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible.
0:09:51 > 0:09:58President Trump appreciated the briefing and said he would meet Kim
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Jong-un by May to achieve permanent denuclearisation.Prior to arriving
0:10:03 > 0:10:07in Washington, they had held a meeting in Pyongyang with Kim
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Jong-un offering a warm hand of friendship rather than rattling his
0:10:12 > 0:10:19usual sabre. On state TV the soundtrack doubled as diplomatic
0:10:19 > 0:10:25mood music because the North Korean leader offered to abandon his
0:10:25 > 0:10:29nuclear arsenal in return for if security guarantees in the United
0:10:29 > 0:10:33States. Kim Jong-un sent them off not just with a wave, but an
0:10:33 > 0:10:40invitation to Mr Trump the most improbable of overtures. Donald
0:10:40 > 0:10:44Trump abreed to the invitation instantly, apparently without
0:10:44 > 0:10:49pre-conditions, without even con youing aides. Perhaps that explains
0:10:49 > 0:10:53the confusion at the White House with aides playing catch-up and
0:10:53 > 0:10:56demanding actions by North Korea before the summit can take place.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00President will not have the meeting without seeing concrete steps and
0:11:00 > 0:11:04concrete actions take place by North Korea. So the President would
0:11:04 > 0:11:06actually be getting something. Frankly, the world would be getting
0:11:06 > 0:11:12something.North Korea's nuclear and missile capability has posed the
0:11:12 > 0:11:16toughest foreign policy dilemma for successive administrations. US
0:11:16 > 0:11:21presidents have turned down offers of face-to-face meetings. Only
0:11:21 > 0:11:25yesterday America's top diplomat ruled out directing talks with any
0:11:25 > 0:11:31US officials.In terms of direct talks with the United States and US
0:11:31 > 0:11:34negotiations, we're a long way from negotiations.What the White House
0:11:34 > 0:11:38is certain is about that the President's tough talk has exerted
0:11:38 > 0:11:44maximum pressure on Pyongyang.They will be met with fire and fury like
0:11:44 > 0:11:51the world has never seen. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself
0:11:51 > 0:11:58and for his regime.This is a huge gamble which offers Pyongyang a
0:11:58 > 0:12:01propaganda coup without much ground work and wouft a guarantee of
0:12:01 > 0:12:06success. All of Donald Trump's presidential predecessors have
0:12:06 > 0:12:10failed to halt North Korea's nuclear programme, so perhaps it's worth
0:12:10 > 0:12:16this dramatic new gesture. Two leaders dealing with what is
0:12:16 > 0:12:19potentially the world's most combustible problem. Diplomacy akin
0:12:19 > 0:12:24to a Las Vegas title fight. The international summit of the century.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Nick Bryant, BBC News, Washington.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Today's announcement follows something of a thaw in relations
0:12:31 > 0:12:34between North and South Korea, that saw them march under a single
0:12:34 > 0:12:36flag at the Winter Olympics.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38The South Korean President, Moon Jae-in says the planned meeting
0:12:38 > 0:12:39is "like a miracle."
0:12:39 > 0:12:42But how has the news gone down in the capital, Seoul?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Laura Bicker has been finding out.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46For months, Seoul wondered if it faced the prospect
0:12:46 > 0:12:49of war once again.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Today, it woke to better news.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56The prospect of a stunning Trump/Kim summit has turned an impending
0:12:56 > 0:13:04crisis into an opportunity.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07The horror of the Korean War is not forgotten here.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12The fighting ended with no peace treaty.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Now future generations hope these talks will prevent
0:13:14 > 0:13:15further confrontation.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18TRANSLATION:I think this will be a turning point,
0:13:18 > 0:13:23and through this our future children will benefit from living in a more
0:13:23 > 0:13:27free and peaceful world.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32TRANSLATION:I think it is a good thing for both countries,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and as a South Korean citizen, it's good that the threat of war has
0:13:35 > 0:13:39reduced, even by a little.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41TRANSLATION:Even if things turn out well, it won't benefit
0:13:41 > 0:13:44the people in North Korea.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47In the past, when the South Korean President provided aid
0:13:47 > 0:13:50to North Korea, I heard almost none of it went to the common people.
0:13:50 > 0:13:55So I don't think it's going to turn out well.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Decades of distrust and suspicion divide North and South.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01People have learned that hope can be a bad thing.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04I'm told it's hard to tell what is real progress
0:14:04 > 0:14:06and what is propaganda.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08A strong word of caution.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12The road ahead is very long, very complicated, very complex,
0:14:12 > 0:14:16and there's no guarantee that the North will ever
0:14:16 > 0:14:20give up its nuclear weapons easily, if at all.
0:14:20 > 0:14:21These talks are a huge political gamble.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Presidents Moon and Trump could be being played by Pyongyang,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29or this peninsula could be on the verge of something it's been
0:14:29 > 0:14:35searching for for nearly seven decades, a peace treaty.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39This statue portrays two brothers divided by the war,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41in a last, desperate embrace.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45There's a sense of cautious optimism that this unresolved conflict
0:14:45 > 0:14:48could now have a happier ending.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53Laura Bicker, BBC News, Seoul.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56In a moment, we'll speak to Nick Bryant at the White House,
0:14:56 > 0:15:00but first Laura Bicker joins us from Seoul.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01It's an extraordinary diplomatic turnaround to move the US
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and North Korea from trading insults to having a meeting.
0:15:04 > 0:15:12How did South Korea pull this off?
0:15:15 > 0:15:21I think we have lost Laura in Seoul. We will go back to her if we can.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Nick, first we heard that Mr Trump was going to meet Kim Jong-un,
0:15:24 > 0:15:25now he's putting preconditions on any meeting.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29Is it likely to happen?
0:15:29 > 0:15:34Fiona, listening to the White House briefing, we wondered whether
0:15:34 > 0:15:38President Trump was getting cold feet, but according to senior aides,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42they say he really wants this to happen. It is impulsive, the way he
0:15:42 > 0:15:47likes to conduct foreign policy. It gives him a reality TV moment for
0:15:47 > 0:15:52the ages, his version of Nixon goes to China. Another reason he finds it
0:15:52 > 0:15:55attractive is that no President has ever done this before and he loves
0:15:55 > 0:16:01flying in the face of residential orthodoxy. When it comes to North
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Korea, he believes with some justification that his
0:16:04 > 0:16:10unconventional approach has worked so far.Laura, we have got you back.
0:16:10 > 0:16:19How has South Korea pull this off, if it happens?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22if it happens?President Moon saw an opportunity and grabbed it. He heard
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Kim Jong Un's speech on New Year's Day, peaceful overtures, invited the
0:16:27 > 0:16:32north to take part in the Winter Olympics, which has seen a dizzying
0:16:32 > 0:16:35level of visits and diplomacy between North and South,
0:16:35 > 0:16:38commentating in this moment. But critics believe that President Moon
0:16:38 > 0:16:44is too close to the north. He is the son of North Korean refugees and he
0:16:44 > 0:16:47has family based in the North. When it comes to failed talks, he has
0:16:47 > 0:16:52been part of those before. So when it comes to what he has to gain,
0:16:52 > 0:16:57that is obvious, that elusive peace treaty and end to hostilities and
0:16:57 > 0:17:02perhaps a place in the history books. But he has a lot to lose.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Where does he go if this fails? And when it comes to an end to
0:17:07 > 0:17:12diplomacy, what options will the US put on the table if they decide
0:17:12 > 0:17:16diplomacy will not work? Those military options will be back, and
0:17:16 > 0:17:21people here do not want to see that. I am glad we managed to get hold of
0:17:21 > 0:17:25you. Thank you both.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Let's take a brief look at some of the day's other news stories.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31The first aid convoy since Monday has crossed into the besieged Syrian
0:17:31 > 0:17:32rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36The Red Cross sent 13 trucks loaded with food but says it's not nearly
0:17:36 > 0:17:38enough to feed the thousands of civilians there.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41They were also prevented from taking in medical supplies.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Britain is close to agreeing a multi-billion pound deal to supply
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Saudi Arabia with 48 Typhoon fighter jets.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The announcement coincided with the last day of a visit
0:17:49 > 0:17:52by the new Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55The trip has attracted criticism because of the Saudi's role
0:17:55 > 0:18:00in the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03The EU has said it may challenge Donald Trump's decision to impose
0:18:03 > 0:18:04tariffs on steel and aluminium.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07It claims they are in breach of World Trade Organisation rules.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10The British government said that, as a close ally
0:18:10 > 0:18:12of the United States, it would seek exemption
0:18:12 > 0:18:16from the tariffs.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18A leaked internal email from the medical director
0:18:18 > 0:18:22of Northampton General Hospital claims an elderly man waiting to be
0:18:22 > 0:18:26seen in A&E died "due entirely to dangerous overcrowding
0:18:26 > 0:18:29in the department".
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Our correspondent James Waterhouse is here.
0:18:31 > 0:18:38James, what more can you tell us?
0:18:38 > 0:18:42At 4pm on Wednesday, an 85-year-old man went to Northampton General
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Hospital with stomach pains. He was seen an hour and a half later and
0:18:46 > 0:18:50told he would have to stick around because blood tests suggest a heart
0:18:50 > 0:18:54problem. He was put in a chair where he would remain for seven hours
0:18:54 > 0:19:00before suffering cardiac arrest at 1am. And now you have this leaked
0:19:00 > 0:19:02e-mail from the medical director of the trust which reads, last night a
0:19:02 > 0:19:07patient died, due entirely to the dangerous overcrowding of the
0:19:07 > 0:19:12department. The risk we have all been aware of but may have felt
0:19:12 > 0:19:15hypothetical, has just happened. The trust has apologised to the family
0:19:15 > 0:19:19and called the outcome unacceptable. Ideally the patient would not have
0:19:19 > 0:19:22waited so long, it goes on, we do not know what difference this might
0:19:22 > 0:19:27have made to the final outcome. This A&E unit has had 400 patients each
0:19:27 > 0:19:30day for the last few months, an increase of 30% compared with the
0:19:30 > 0:19:34same period in the year before.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36The man accused of carrying out the London Tube bombing
0:19:36 > 0:19:39at Parsons Green made no attempt to deny he was responsible
0:19:39 > 0:19:41when he was arrested the day after the attack,
0:19:41 > 0:19:42a court heard today.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44The prosecution claims Ahmed Hassan, who denies attempted murder,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46told a detective that he made the bomb.
0:19:46 > 0:19:5030 people were injured in September last year when the bomb partially
0:19:50 > 0:19:50exploded in a Tube carriage.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53June Kelly was in court.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Ahmed Hassan on his way to Brighton, hours after leaving a bomb
0:19:56 > 0:19:59on an underground train in London.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Two years on from his arrival in the UK, the teenage asylum seeker
0:20:03 > 0:20:06had caused mayhem in its capital city.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Hassan later headed for Dover, where he made for the port area.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16The jury at his trial has seen this CCTV footage of his movements.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20On the run, he hung around this area until the following morning.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22And it was here, 24 hours after the Tube attack,
0:20:22 > 0:20:26the police identified him as a wanted man.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29In an initial interview with counter-terrorism
0:20:29 > 0:20:33detectives from Scotland Yard, Hassan was asked,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35"Who made the device?"
0:20:35 > 0:20:36And he replied, "I did."
0:20:36 > 0:20:39In response to further questions, he said there might be a few
0:20:39 > 0:20:43grams of the explosive, TATP, at his home address.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Hassan's device created a fireball when it partially exploded
0:20:46 > 0:20:51on an Underground train at Parsons Green station in west London.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54The jury was told today the bomb was packed with shrapnel,
0:20:54 > 0:21:01including nuts, bolts, screws, drill bits and knives.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05And it contained 400 grams of the explosive TATP.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It would have been lethal if it had fully detonated.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10This was the evidence from an explosives expert,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14who went on to the train.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17The prosecution evidence at this trial is now drawing to a close
0:21:17 > 0:21:21and Hassan's defence case is due to start next week.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27June Kelly, BBC News, at the Old Bailey.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Increasing numbers of young British Muslim women are choosing
0:21:29 > 0:21:30to wear a hijab or headscarf.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31It's not without controversy.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Women in some Muslim countries, like Iran,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36are campaigning against it as a symbol of oppression.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38But here some women are taking the opposite view,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41seeing it as empowering, even a feminist statement.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45It's increasingly evident in the world of fashion and social media.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48And a major modelling agency has just signed its first British
0:21:48 > 0:21:51catwalk model who wears a hijab.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57Nomia Iqbal investigates.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59The spotlight is on the hijab.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Many Muslim women choose to wear it proudly.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04For some, it's an act of modesty.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07For others, in countries like Iran, forced to wear it, it's a symbol
0:22:07 > 0:22:10to remove in protest.
0:22:10 > 0:22:17It may divide opinion, but hijab is going high fashion.
0:22:17 > 0:22:2120-year-old model, Shahira Yusuf, has been signed up by Storm,
0:22:21 > 0:22:26the agency that found supermodel, Kate Moss.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Shahira is one of the first British models with a hijab
0:22:29 > 0:22:32taking to the catwalk.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Yeah, definitely don't want to be considered a token girl.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39I don't want these models like ethnic models or models
0:22:39 > 0:22:42from different religious backgrounds to just pave the way,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I want the way to stay there, become the norm within society.
0:22:45 > 0:22:52Because it is the norm outside of the modelling sphere.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56Shahira is becoming the face of Modest Fashion.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59At the show in London, Muslim designers have come
0:22:59 > 0:23:02from all over the world to promote their clothes.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07The market for Modest Fashion is on course to be worth billions.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I grew up in a Muslim family and none of the the women
0:23:10 > 0:23:11in my family wore the hijab.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13None of my Muslim friends wore it either.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18But now, more and more young women are wearing it.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22The reason why I wear it is to number one, cover my hair.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24And number two, to be honest, I actually enjoy wearing the hijab,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I enjoy covering my hair, I enjoy the Hijabs I have today
0:23:27 > 0:23:31I feel like it makes a statement.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It's part of who I am, it's my crown.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36The hijab to me is empowerment and it's feminism and it's taking
0:23:36 > 0:23:37control and ownership of what I choose
0:23:37 > 0:23:40to show to the world.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Being online has given some women a powerful platform.
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Social media star, Mariah Idrissi, has a huge following on Instagram.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50The hijab is a part of me, it's part of my career
0:23:50 > 0:23:52and its representation.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56You know, we shouldn't be ashamed or shy to represent who we are.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59If you are a model wearing a hijab, and you're on Instagram and having
0:23:59 > 0:24:01thousands of people following you, aren't you doing the opposite
0:24:01 > 0:24:05of what the hijab is supposed to be about?
0:24:05 > 0:24:09The mainstream media, western media isn't
0:24:09 > 0:24:12representing Muslims on TV, in fashion, anywhere.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14The only time we are represented is for something bad.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18I just saw this as, you know I'm going on the news and I'm talking
0:24:18 > 0:24:20about something that's not about terrorism, not
0:24:20 > 0:24:23about women being oppressed, I'm talking about fashion.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Some campaigners for Muslim womens' rights think the hijab's popularity
0:24:26 > 0:24:29is a political statement.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33They feel uneasy about its use as an expression of identity.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Modest does not mean you need to wear the hijab.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Modesty goes beyond that in your behaviour and your way of dressing.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I don't need to prove to anybody what I am, but in the hijab,
0:24:46 > 0:24:51you are singling yourself and proving something unnecessary,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56especially in the Western world.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00The hijab means different things to different people.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Shahira believes you can wear it and be a successful model.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Her dream?
0:25:05 > 0:25:08The cover of British Vogue, wearing her hijab.
0:25:08 > 0:25:16Nomia Iqbal, BBC News.
0:25:21 > 0:25:28Sir John Sawers then has died. His work in decoding the sequence of
0:25:28 > 0:25:31human DNA, the building blocks of life, saw him awarded the prize back
0:25:31 > 0:25:34in 2002.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36The Winter Paralympics are under way in South Korea.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40North and South Korea didn't march together under a unified flag
0:25:40 > 0:25:42in the opening ceremony as they did at last month's Winter Olympics
0:25:42 > 0:25:45because they failed to agree on which version to use.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Britain is being represented by 17 athletes, as Kate Grey
0:25:47 > 0:25:49reports from Pyeongchang.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50The biggest Winter Paralympics to date.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Drummers and dancers, the traditional charms
0:25:51 > 0:25:52of Korea opening the show.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The weather playing its part too - nothing could be done
0:25:55 > 0:25:57about the fog-covered fireworks.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00And heavy snow had prevented a full rehearsal so a slight flag
0:26:00 > 0:26:02hiccup could be forgiven.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05But the flags were in full flight when it came to the parade,
0:26:05 > 0:26:10some more than others.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13And here they come, Great Britain.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Owen Pick leading the way, a great honour for the soldier
0:26:16 > 0:26:17turned snowboarder.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21And the British team certainly enjoying the party atmosphere.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24The International Paralympic Committee had wanted North Korea
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and South Korea to march out under a unified flag but these Games
0:26:27 > 0:26:30will be North Korea's debut Winter Paralympics so the team
0:26:30 > 0:26:34preferred to walk out separately.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36The host nation completed the procession but the cold
0:26:36 > 0:26:40temperature meant no hanging around, with all teams snaking
0:26:40 > 0:26:42in and out of the stadium.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45The crowd were treated to an eclectic mix -
0:26:45 > 0:26:48a snowboarding bear, weird and wonderful contraptions
0:26:48 > 0:26:51on wheels, and the floor putting on its own dazzling show
0:26:51 > 0:26:59with the help of performers.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Paralympics GB have a target of six to 12 medals here in South Korea
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and their best chances could come from the ski slopes.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Rising stars Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide, Jen Kehoe,
0:27:08 > 0:27:12will compete across the five Alpine skiing events and could be two
0:27:12 > 0:27:16the big names of these Games.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18There's a really good buzz in the camp, the mood
0:27:18 > 0:27:19is really, really positive.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20It feels like a real family.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22There's a real identity, there's a real cohesion,
0:27:22 > 0:27:26you can feel the support.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28With the cauldron lit and the fog finally clearing
0:27:28 > 0:27:31for the firework finale, organisers will hope it
0:27:31 > 0:27:34will now be about the sport and not the weather.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Kate Grey, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40That's it.
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