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The army on the streets
of Salisbury, as specialist troops | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
arrive to deal with the scene
of the nerve agent attack. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:08 | |
Military equipment and personnel
trained in chemical warfare | 0:00:08 | 0:00:10 | |
make an unusual sight
in the cathedral city. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:16 | |
They have the detection equipment
that will allow them to properly, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:22 | |
safely a very detail
survey of those areas. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
And if there is any contamination,
they can then safely remove | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
that and have it destroyed. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:28 | |
A forensic team examine the grave
of the son of Sergei Skripal, | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
the former Russian spy
who was targeted in the attack. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:37 | |
Tonight, he and his daughter
are still critically ill. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:39 | |
The people of Salisbury
are urged to stay calm. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
Also tonight: | 0:00:41 | 0:00:42 | |
After the insults, a surprise
meeting is to take place | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
between President Trump
and the leader of North Korea. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
A court sees the contents
of the bomb that partially exploded | 0:00:48 | 0:00:56 | |
in a Tube carriage in London last
September. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
Why increasing numbers of young
British Muslim women are deciding | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
to wear a headscarf. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:05 | |
And banging the drum
for Great Britain - | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
our athletes arrive in South Korea
for the biggest ever | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
Paralympic Games. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:11 | |
Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:12 | |
We'll preview the penultimate
weekend of the Six Nations, | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
which could prove pivotal
to Ireland as they attempt | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
to win the title again. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:24 | |
Good evening. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
These are the scenes that greeted
the people of Salisbury today | 0:01:42 | 0:01:45 | |
as just under 200 military personnel
arrived in the city | 0:01:45 | 0:01:48 | |
and onto the streets. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
Specialist troops, with training
in chemical warfare, | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
will be working in the area
where the former Russian agent | 0:01:53 | 0:01:59 | |
Sergei Skripal and his daughter
Yulia collapsed on Sunday. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:00 | |
Forensic examinations are also
taking place at the cemetery | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
at the gravestone of Skripal's son,
Alexander, who reportedly died | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
of liver problems at the age of 43. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
The Home Secretary will chair
another meeting of the Government's | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
emergency Cobra committee tomorrow. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
Our home affairs correspondent,
Tom Symonds, reports from Salisbury. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
It began with unprotected police
officers dealing with | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
an unexplained medical emergency. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
This evening, the military
was called in at Salisbury Hospital. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:35 | |
Troops, trained to tackle chemical
warfare, supporting a British | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
police investigation. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:40 | |
Their mission includes securing
possibly contaminated evidence - | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
painstaking work. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:43 | |
The stakes are high. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:44 | |
As Ministry of Defence we have been
supporting the police | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
in their investigations
through the work of military | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
scientists at Porton Down. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:49 | |
We will continue to do that. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:51 | |
Another task - dealing
with contaminated vehicles. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
This police car may have been driven
to the hospital after the incident. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:58 | |
180 troops will be involved in this
phase of the investigation. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
They have all the chemical agent
monitors, the personal | 0:03:03 | 0:03:11 | |
protective equipment,
respirators etc that allow them | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
to safely, and they will probably
take this kit to Porton Down | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
or perhaps Winterbourne Gunner,
where it can be | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
decontaminated effectively. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
They're also expected to secure
Sergei Skripal's car | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
and there are ambulances which may
have traces of the nerve agent. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:28 | |
Across the city, scenes that might
have come from a disaster movie. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
This is just a graveyard,
but it contains the graves | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
of Sergei Skripal's wife and his son
Alexander. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
He died last year. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
Again, no official
explanation for all this. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
The dates on Alexander's
grave may be relevant. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
Last week, before
the nerve agent attack, | 0:03:47 | 0:03:48 | |
was the anniversary of his birth. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
Did his father and sister visit
the grave at some point? | 0:03:50 | 0:03:56 | |
The Home Secretary was the first
senior government representative | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
to come to Salisbury this morning. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
Ministers have stressed
the importance of getting | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
to the bottom of the alleged plot
before pointing fingers. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:12 | |
She met and praised those
who've helped the victims | 0:04:12 | 0:04:15 | |
and decontaminated the area,
including these firefighters. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:16 | |
I am in awe of their sympathetic
approach and professionalism | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
as they engage with these people. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
And now as they reflect,
they are quite concerned sometimes | 0:04:23 | 0:04:27 | |
for themselves and their families,
but they've all said to me | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
that they wouldn't have done
anything differently. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Then to the hospital,
continuing to provide the highest | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
level of care to three victims. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey,
exposed to nerve agent | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
during the incident,
is now making good progress. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
He's an officer who has
been widely praised. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
Always really easy to speak
to and he delivers effectively | 0:04:46 | 0:04:53 | |
and efficiently and he's always got
this sense of humour around him, | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
so he does it easily and nothing
is ever too much trouble for him. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
Sergei Skripal remains
in a critical condition. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:01 | |
His daughter Yulia the same,
but she is responding | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
better to treatment. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
Salisbury has become
a multi-location crime scene, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:09 | |
a city of disturbing images
and unanswered questions. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
Who wanted to kill them? | 0:05:12 | 0:05:13 | |
Why? How did they do it? | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
What will happen next? | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
Tonight the evidence
is being gathered. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
Tom Symonds, BBC News, Salisbury. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
Sergei Skripal is still fighting
for his life in hospital | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
alongside his daughter Yulia. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
He came to the UK in 2008 as part
of a spy swap with Russia. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
But what led him to betray his
country and seek refuge here? | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
Our security correspondent,
Gordon Corera, has been given | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
exclusive access to details
and photos from his past. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:48 | |
The man behind the story. Friend of
Sergei Skripal have provided the BBC | 0:05:48 | 0:05:53 | |
with the first detailed account of
his life, including these personal | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
pictures. Here Skripal is in the
centre with his daughter Yulia, just | 0:05:56 | 0:06:01 | |
after her birth in 1984. Both are
now fighting for their lives. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:07 | |
Skripal | 0:06:07 | 0:06:12 | |
Skripal was grew up listening to the
world service on the radio. He | 0:06:14 | 0:06:20 | |
joined the eairborne troop and
became a charm beyondship army | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
boxer. This was him a few years
later with colleagues serving in | 0:06:23 | 0:06:27 | |
central Asia. When Soviet troops
went into Afghanistan in 1979, he | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
was among the first to go in. Soon
after he was talented spotted by the | 0:06:31 | 0:06:37 | |
GRU military intelligence. He served
undercover in Europe twice in the | 0:06:37 | 0:06:43 | |
80s and the 90s. It's during that
time it's thought hes with | 0:06:43 | 0:06:47 | |
approached by British intelligence
to spy for them. In 2004 he was | 0:06:47 | 0:06:54 | |
arrested, friends say his shoulder
was wrenched out of its socket in | 0:06:54 | 0:06:59 | |
the process. He was sentenced to 13
years in a labour camp but in 2010 | 0:06:59 | 0:07:07 | |
he was released as part of a spy
swap. He had dreamed of ice-cream | 0:07:07 | 0:07:12 | |
and it was the first thing he asked
for on his release. He was reunited | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
with his wife and they began to
rebuild a life in Salisbury shech | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
grew roses while he liked to
barbecue sausages. It was short | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
lived. In 2012 she died of cancer.
Friends told the BBC he spent his | 0:07:26 | 0:07:34 | |
time playing World War II tank games
on his computer and visiting local | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
military museums. The BBC
understands from friends that during | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
his time in the labour camp Skripal
would imagine being a home in his | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
mind. They say they hope he'll be
using the same trick now as he | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
fights for his life. Gordon Corera,
BBC News. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:56 | |
Our home affairs correspondent, Tom
Symonds, is in Salisbury for us now. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:59 | |
An extraordinary week in Salisbury,
what can people expect to see | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
in the next few days or weeks? | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
Well here more evidence gathering.
That's going to take days and | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
possibly weeks. I think we can
expect that this process will go on | 0:08:08 | 0:08:13 | |
and on. There are going to be no
quick, easy answers. The Litvinenko | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
case took years to get to the bottom
of. I don't think we can expect the | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
police to give what they often call
a "running commentary" on their | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
progress. Ministers will be watching
them every step of the way. There is | 0:08:28 | 0:08:33 | |
a meeting of the Government's Cobra
emergency committee tomorrow. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
Ministers say we can expect tough
action once they get to the bottom | 0:08:36 | 0:08:40 | |
of what this was all about. Of
course the big question is - will | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
the finger be pointed at Russia?
Fiona. Tom Symonds in Salisbury. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:51 | |
Thank you. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:59 | |
The Old Dotard is to
meet Little Rocket Man. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
President Trump has agreed to meet
the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
in a surprise move after months
of tension and name calling. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
But the White House added tonight
that no meeting could take | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
place until North Korea
takes concrete action. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
South Korea claims that Kim Jong-un
is committed to denuclearisation | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
and an end to nuclear
and missile tests. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
Our North America correspondent,
Nick Bryant, reports. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
Like the kid who couldn't keep the
secret. Donald Trump slipped into | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
the White House press room and told
reporters to expect a huge statement | 0:09:21 | 0:09:26 | |
on a big subject. Here we go, here
we go. Sure enough, a delegation | 0:09:26 | 0:09:31 | |
from South Korea soon stepped before
the microphones to make one of the | 0:09:31 | 0:09:36 | |
most jaw dropping diplomatic
announcements in decades. After | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
delivering to the President a
personal message from Kim Jong-un. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:45 | |
He expressed his eagerness to meet
President Trump as soon as possible. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:51 | |
President Trump appreciated the
briefing and said he would meet Kim | 0:09:51 | 0:09:58 | |
Jong-un by May to achieve permanent
denuclearisation. Prior to arriving | 0:09:58 | 0:10:03 | |
in Washington, they had held a
meeting in Pyongyang with Kim | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
Jong-un offering a warm hand of
friendship rather than rattling his | 0:10:07 | 0:10:12 | |
usual sabre. On state TV the
soundtrack doubled as diplomatic | 0:10:12 | 0:10:19 | |
mood music because the North Korean
leader offered to abandon his | 0:10:19 | 0:10:25 | |
nuclear arsenal in return for if
security guarantees in the United | 0:10:25 | 0:10:29 | |
States. Kim Jong-un sent them off
not just with a wave, but an | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
invitation to Mr Trump the most
improbable of overtures. Donald | 0:10:33 | 0:10:40 | |
Trump abreed to the invitation
instantly, apparently without | 0:10:40 | 0:10:44 | |
pre-conditions, without even con
youing aides. Perhaps that explains | 0:10:44 | 0:10:49 | |
the confusion at the White House
with aides playing catch-up and | 0:10:49 | 0:10:53 | |
demanding actions by North Korea
before the summit can take place. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
President will not have the meeting
without seeing concrete steps and | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
concrete actions take place by North
Korea. So the President would | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
actually be getting something.
Frankly, the world would be getting | 0:11:04 | 0:11:06 | |
something. North Korea's nuclear and
missile capability has posed the | 0:11:06 | 0:11:12 | |
toughest foreign policy dilemma for
successive administrations. US | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
presidents have turned down offers
of face-to-face meetings. Only | 0:11:16 | 0:11:21 | |
yesterday America's top diplomat
ruled out directing talks with any | 0:11:21 | 0:11:25 | |
US officials. In terms of direct
talks with the United States and US | 0:11:25 | 0:11:31 | |
negotiations, we're a long way from
negotiations. What the White House | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
is certain is about that the
President's tough talk has exerted | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
maximum pressure on Pyongyang. They
will be met with fire and fury like | 0:11:38 | 0:11:44 | |
the world has never seen. Rocket Man
is on a suicide mission for himself | 0:11:44 | 0:11:51 | |
and for his regime. This is a huge
gamble which offers Pyongyang a | 0:11:51 | 0:11:58 | |
propaganda coup without much ground
work and wouft a guarantee of | 0:11:58 | 0:12:01 | |
success. All of Donald Trump's
presidential predecessors have | 0:12:01 | 0:12:06 | |
failed to halt North Korea's nuclear
programme, so perhaps it's worth | 0:12:06 | 0:12:10 | |
this dramatic new gesture. Two
leaders dealing with what is | 0:12:10 | 0:12:16 | |
potentially the world's most
combustible problem. Diplomacy akin | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
to a Las Vegas title fight. The
international summit of the century. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:24 | |
Nick Bryant, BBC News, Washington. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
Today's announcement follows
something of a thaw in relations | 0:12:29 | 0:12:31 | |
between North and South Korea,
that saw them march under a single | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
flag at the Winter Olympics. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
The South Korean President,
Moon Jae-in says the planned meeting | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
is "like a miracle." | 0:12:38 | 0:12:39 | |
But how has the news gone down
in the capital, Seoul? | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
Laura Bicker has been finding out. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
For months, Seoul wondered
if it faced the prospect | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
of war once again. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
Today, it woke to better news. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:54 | |
The prospect of a stunning Trump/Kim
summit has turned an impending | 0:12:54 | 0:12:56 | |
crisis into an opportunity. | 0:12:56 | 0:13:04 | |
The horror of the Korean War
is not forgotten here. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
The fighting ended
with no peace treaty. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:12 | |
Now future generations hope
these talks will prevent | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
further confrontation. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:15 | |
TRANSLATION: I think this
will be a turning point, | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
and through this our future children
will benefit from living in a more | 0:13:18 | 0:13:23 | |
free and peaceful world. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
TRANSLATION: I think it is a good
thing for both countries, | 0:13:27 | 0:13:32 | |
and as a South Korean citizen,
it's good that the threat of war has | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
reduced, even by a little. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:39 | |
TRANSLATION: Even if things turn out
well, it won't benefit | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
the people in North Korea. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:44 | |
In the past, when the South Korean
President provided aid | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
to North Korea, I heard almost none
of it went to the common people. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
So I don't think it's
going to turn out well. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:55 | |
Decades of distrust and suspicion
divide North and South. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
People have learned that
hope can be a bad thing. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
I'm told it's hard to tell
what is real progress | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
and what is propaganda. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
A strong word of caution. | 0:14:06 | 0:14:08 | |
The road ahead is very long,
very complicated, very complex, | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
and there's no guarantee
that the North will ever | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
give up its nuclear
weapons easily, if at all. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
These talks are a huge
political gamble. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:21 | |
Presidents Moon and Trump could be
being played by Pyongyang, | 0:14:21 | 0:14:25 | |
or this peninsula could be
on the verge of something it's been | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
searching for for nearly seven
decades, a peace treaty. | 0:14:29 | 0:14:35 | |
This statue portrays two
brothers divided by the war, | 0:14:35 | 0:14:39 | |
in a last, desperate embrace. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:41 | |
There's a sense of cautious optimism
that this unresolved conflict | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
could now have a happier ending. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
Laura Bicker, BBC News, Seoul. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
In a moment, we'll speak
to Nick Bryant at the White House, | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
but first Laura Bicker joins
us from Seoul. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
It's an extraordinary diplomatic
turnaround to move the US | 0:15:00 | 0:15:01 | |
and North Korea from trading insults
to having a meeting. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
How did South Korea pull this off? | 0:15:04 | 0:15:12 | |
I think we have lost Laura in Seoul.
We will go back to her if we can. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:21 | |
Nick, first we heard that Mr Trump
was going to meet Kim Jong-un, | 0:15:21 | 0:15:24 | |
now he's putting
preconditions on any meeting. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:25 | |
Is it likely to happen? | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
Fiona, listening to the White House
briefing, we wondered whether | 0:15:29 | 0:15:34 | |
President Trump was getting cold
feet, but according to senior aides, | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
they say he really wants this to
happen. It is impulsive, the way he | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
likes to conduct foreign policy. It
gives him a reality TV moment for | 0:15:42 | 0:15:47 | |
the ages, his version of Nixon goes
to China. Another reason he finds it | 0:15:47 | 0:15:52 | |
attractive is that no President has
ever done this before and he loves | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
flying in the face of residential
orthodoxy. When it comes to North | 0:15:55 | 0:16:01 | |
Korea, he believes with some
justification that his | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
unconventional approach has worked
so far. Laura, we have got you back. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:10 | |
How has South Korea pull this off,
if it happens? | 0:16:10 | 0:16:19 | |
if it happens? President Moon saw an
opportunity and grabbed it. He heard | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
Kim Jong Un's speech on New Year's
Day, peaceful overtures, invited the | 0:16:22 | 0:16:27 | |
north to take part in the Winter
Olympics, which has seen a dizzying | 0:16:27 | 0:16:32 | |
level of visits and diplomacy
between North and South, | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
commentating in this moment. But
critics believe that President Moon | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
is too close to the north. He is the
son of North Korean refugees and he | 0:16:38 | 0:16:44 | |
has family based in the North. When
it comes to failed talks, he has | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
been part of those before. So when
it comes to what he has to gain, | 0:16:47 | 0:16:52 | |
that is obvious, that elusive peace
treaty and end to hostilities and | 0:16:52 | 0:16:57 | |
perhaps a place in the history
books. But he has a lot to lose. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
Where does he go if this fails? And
when it comes to an end to | 0:17:02 | 0:17:07 | |
diplomacy, what options will the US
put on the table if they decide | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
diplomacy will not work? Those
military options will be back, and | 0:17:12 | 0:17:16 | |
people here do not want to see that.
I am glad we managed to get hold of | 0:17:16 | 0:17:21 | |
you. Thank you both. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:25 | |
Let's take a brief look at some
of the day's other news stories. | 0:17:25 | 0:17:28 | |
The first aid convoy since Monday
has crossed into the besieged Syrian | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
rebel-held enclave of Eastern
Ghouta. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:32 | |
The Red Cross sent 13 trucks loaded
with food but says it's not nearly | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
enough to feed the thousands
of civilians there. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
They were also prevented from taking
in medical supplies. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
Britain is close to agreeing
a multi-billion pound deal to supply | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
Saudi Arabia with 48
Typhoon fighter jets. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
The announcement coincided
with the last day of a visit | 0:17:46 | 0:17:49 | |
by the new Saudi leader
Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:52 | |
The trip has attracted criticism
because of the Saudi's role | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
in the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. | 0:17:55 | 0:18:00 | |
The EU has said it may challenge
Donald Trump's decision to impose | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
tariffs on steel and aluminium. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:04 | |
It claims they are in breach
of World Trade Organisation rules. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:07 | |
The British government said
that, as a close ally | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
of the United States,
it would seek exemption | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
from the tariffs. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
A leaked internal email
from the medical director | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
of Northampton General Hospital
claims an elderly man waiting to be | 0:18:18 | 0:18:22 | |
seen in A&E died "due entirely
to dangerous overcrowding | 0:18:22 | 0:18:26 | |
in the department". | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
Our correspondent James
Waterhouse is here. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
James, what more can you tell us? | 0:18:31 | 0:18:38 | |
At 4pm on Wednesday, an 85-year-old
man went to Northampton General | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
Hospital with stomach pains. He was
seen an hour and a half later and | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
told he would have to stick around
because blood tests suggest a heart | 0:18:46 | 0:18:50 | |
problem. He was put in a chair where
he would remain for seven hours | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
before suffering cardiac arrest at
1am. And now you have this leaked | 0:18:54 | 0:19:00 | |
e-mail from the medical director of
the trust which reads, last night a | 0:19:00 | 0:19:02 | |
patient died, due entirely to the
dangerous overcrowding of the | 0:19:02 | 0:19:07 | |
department. The risk we have all
been aware of but may have felt | 0:19:07 | 0:19:12 | |
hypothetical, has just happened. The
trust has apologised to the family | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
and called the outcome unacceptable.
Ideally the patient would not have | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
waited so long, it goes on, we do
not know what difference this might | 0:19:19 | 0:19:22 | |
have made to the final outcome. This
A&E unit has had 400 patients each | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
day for the last few months, an
increase of 30% compared with the | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
same period in the year before. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:34 | |
The man accused of carrying out
the London Tube bombing | 0:19:34 | 0:19:36 | |
at Parsons Green made no attempt
to deny he was responsible | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
when he was arrested
the day after the attack, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
a court heard today. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:42 | |
The prosecution claims Ahmed Hassan,
who denies attempted murder, | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
told a detective
that he made the bomb. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
30 people were injured in September
last year when the bomb partially | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
exploded in a Tube carriage. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:50 | |
June Kelly was in court. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
Ahmed Hassan on his way to Brighton,
hours after leaving a bomb | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
on an underground train in London. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
Two years on from his arrival
in the UK, the teenage asylum seeker | 0:19:59 | 0:20:03 | |
had caused mayhem
in its capital city. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
Hassan later headed for Dover,
where he made for the port area. | 0:20:06 | 0:20:11 | |
The jury at his trial has seen this
CCTV footage of his movements. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:16 | |
On the run, he hung around this area
until the following morning. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
And it was here, 24 hours
after the Tube attack, | 0:20:20 | 0:20:22 | |
the police identified him
as a wanted man. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
In an initial interview
with counter-terrorism | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
detectives from Scotland Yard,
Hassan was asked, | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
"Who made the device?" | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
And he replied, "I did." | 0:20:35 | 0:20:36 | |
In response to further questions,
he said there might be a few | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
grams of the explosive,
TATP, at his home address. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:43 | |
Hassan's device created a fireball
when it partially exploded | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
on an Underground train at Parsons
Green station in west London. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:51 | |
The jury was told today the bomb
was packed with shrapnel, | 0:20:51 | 0:20:54 | |
including nuts, bolts,
screws, drill bits and knives. | 0:20:54 | 0:21:01 | |
And it contained 400 grams
of the explosive TATP. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
It would have been lethal if it
had fully detonated. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
This was the evidence
from an explosives expert, | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
who went on to the train. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:14 | |
The prosecution evidence at this
trial is now drawing to a close | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
and Hassan's defence case is due
to start next week. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:21 | |
June Kelly, BBC News,
at the Old Bailey. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:27 | |
Increasing numbers of young
British Muslim women are choosing | 0:21:27 | 0:21:29 | |
to wear a hijab or headscarf. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:30 | |
It's not without controversy. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:31 | |
Women in some Muslim
countries, like Iran, | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
are campaigning against it
as a symbol of oppression. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
But here some women
are taking the opposite view, | 0:21:36 | 0:21:38 | |
seeing it as empowering,
even a feminist statement. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
It's increasingly evident in the
world of fashion and social media. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
And a major modelling agency has
just signed its first British | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
catwalk model who wears a hijab. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
Nomia Iqbal investigates. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:57 | |
The spotlight is on the hijab. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
Many Muslim women choose
to wear it proudly. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
For some, it's an act of modesty. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:04 | |
For others, in countries like Iran,
forced to wear it, it's a symbol | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
to remove in protest. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
It may divide opinion,
but hijab is going high fashion. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:17 | |
20-year-old model, Shahira Yusuf,
has been signed up by Storm, | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
the agency that found supermodel,
Kate Moss. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:26 | |
Shahira is one of the first
British models with a hijab | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
taking to the catwalk. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
Yeah, definitely don't want to be
considered a token girl. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
I don't want these models
like ethnic models or models | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
from different religious backgrounds
to just pave the way, | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
I want the way to stay there,
become the norm within society. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:45 | |
Because it is the norm outside
of the modelling sphere. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:52 | |
Shahira is becoming
the face of Modest Fashion. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:56 | |
At the show in London,
Muslim designers have come | 0:22:56 | 0:22:59 | |
from all over the world
to promote their clothes. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
The market for Modest Fashion
is on course to be worth billions. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:07 | |
I grew up in a Muslim family
and none of the the women | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
in my family wore the hijab. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:11 | |
None of my Muslim
friends wore it either. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
But now, more and more young
women are wearing it. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:18 | |
The reason why I wear
it is to number one, cover my hair. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:22 | |
And number two, to be honest,
I actually enjoy wearing the hijab, | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
I enjoy covering my hair,
I enjoy the Hijabs I have today | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
I feel like it makes a statement. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:31 | |
It's part of who I am,
it's my crown. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
The hijab to me is empowerment
and it's feminism and it's taking | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
control and ownership
of what I choose | 0:23:36 | 0:23:37 | |
to show to the world. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:40 | |
Being online has given some women
a powerful platform. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
Social media star, Mariah Idrissi,
has a huge following on Instagram. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:48 | |
The hijab is a part of me,
it's part of my career | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
and its representation. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
You know, we shouldn't be ashamed
or shy to represent who we are. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
If you are a model wearing a hijab,
and you're on Instagram and having | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
thousands of people following you,
aren't you doing the opposite | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
of what the hijab is
supposed to be about? | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
The mainstream media,
western media isn't | 0:24:05 | 0:24:09 | |
representing Muslims on TV,
in fashion, anywhere. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
The only time we are represented
is for something bad. | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
I just saw this as, you know I'm
going on the news and I'm talking | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
about something that's not
about terrorism, not | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
about women being oppressed,
I'm talking about fashion. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
Some campaigners for Muslim womens'
rights think the hijab's popularity | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
is a political statement. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
They feel uneasy about its use
as an expression of identity. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:33 | |
Modest does not mean
you need to wear the hijab. | 0:24:33 | 0:24:38 | |
Modesty goes beyond that in your
behaviour and your way of dressing. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:43 | |
I don't need to prove to anybody
what I am, but in the hijab, | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
you are singling yourself
and proving something unnecessary, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
especially in the Western world. | 0:24:51 | 0:24:56 | |
The hijab means different things
to different people. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
Shahira believes you can wear it
and be a successful model. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
Her dream? | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
The cover of British Vogue,
wearing her hijab. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
Nomia Iqbal, BBC News. | 0:25:08 | 0:25:16 | |
Sir John Sawers then has died. His
work in decoding the sequence of | 0:25:21 | 0:25:28 | |
human DNA, the building blocks of
life, saw him awarded the prize back | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
in 2002. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
The Winter Paralympics
are under way in South Korea. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
North and South Korea didn't march
together under a unified flag | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
in the opening ceremony as they did
at last month's Winter Olympics | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
because they failed to agree
on which version to use. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
Britain is being represented by 17
athletes, as Kate Grey | 0:25:45 | 0:25:47 | |
reports from Pyeongchang. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
The biggest Winter
Paralympics to date. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:50 | |
Drummers and dancers,
the traditional charms | 0:25:50 | 0:25:51 | |
of Korea opening the show. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:52 | |
The weather playing its part too -
nothing could be done | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
about the fog-covered fireworks. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
And heavy snow had prevented a full
rehearsal so a slight flag | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
hiccup could be forgiven. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
But the flags were in full flight
when it came to the parade, | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
some more than others. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:10 | |
And here they come, Great Britain. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
Owen Pick leading the way,
a great honour for the soldier | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
turned snowboarder. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:17 | |
And the British team certainly
enjoying the party atmosphere. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
The International Paralympic
Committee had wanted North Korea | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
and South Korea to march out under
a unified flag but these Games | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
will be North Korea's debut
Winter Paralympics so the team | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
preferred to walk out separately. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
The host nation completed
the procession but the cold | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
temperature meant no hanging around,
with all teams snaking | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
in and out of the stadium. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
The crowd were treated
to an eclectic mix - | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
a snowboarding bear,
weird and wonderful contraptions | 0:26:45 | 0:26:48 | |
on wheels, and the floor putting
on its own dazzling show | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
with the help of performers. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:59 | |
Paralympics GB have a target of six
to 12 medals here in South Korea | 0:26:59 | 0:27:02 | |
and their best chances could come
from the ski slopes. | 0:27:02 | 0:27:05 | |
Rising stars Menna Fitzpatrick
and her guide, Jen Kehoe, | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
will compete across the five Alpine
skiing events and could be two | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
the big names of these Games. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
There's a really good buzz
in the camp, the mood | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
is really, really positive. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:19 | |
It feels like a real family. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:20 | |
There's a real identity,
there's a real cohesion, | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
you can feel the support. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:26 | |
With the cauldron lit
and the fog finally clearing | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
for the firework finale,
organisers will hope it | 0:27:28 | 0:27:31 | |
will now be about the sport
and not the weather. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
Kate Grey, BBC News, Pyeongchang. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:39 | |
That's it. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:40 | |
Now on BBC One, it's time
for the news where you are. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:43 |