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:00:18. > :00:24.Jeremy Corbyn has suggested the UK could keep its Trident

:00:25. > :00:27.submarine fleet but without carrying nuclear warheads.

:00:28. > :00:29.Mr Corbyn told the BBC there were "options" for maintaining

:00:30. > :00:32.defence jobs while showing the UK was willing to take a lead

:00:33. > :00:38.The party is carrying out a review of its defence strategy.

:00:39. > :00:51.They are at sea round the clock, carrying Britain's Trident nuclear

:00:52. > :00:55.missiles, but this year Parliament will decide whether to build a new

:00:56. > :01:00.generation of submarines to carry the warheads. It's an issue Labour

:01:01. > :01:05.MPs are sharply divided on. This morning Jeremy Corbyn suggested you

:01:06. > :01:09.could keep the submarines but without the nuclear missiles. They

:01:10. > :01:14.don't have to have nuclear warheads on them. An option he indicated was

:01:15. > :01:20.being looked at in Labour's defence review. There are option there is,

:01:21. > :01:23.the paper that Emily Thornberry put forward is a very interesting one

:01:24. > :01:28.and deserves a good study and read of it. I hope there'll be a serious,

:01:29. > :01:32.mature response to what is a very serious and hopefully mature debate

:01:33. > :01:37.about the nature of security and insecurity, the nature of the way in

:01:38. > :01:42.which we protect ourselves against insecurity and bring about a more

:01:43. > :01:46.secure world as a result. It is unclear how Mr Corbyn's idea would

:01:47. > :01:49.work in practice but it is these workers and jobs unions are worried

:01:50. > :01:56.about. They've been putting pressure on the Labour leader not to give up

:01:57. > :02:01.the party's pro nuclear stance. It is absolutely correct that Jeremy as

:02:02. > :02:09.a future leader of our nation and the Labour Party have a proper

:02:10. > :02:14.debate about our whole in this worrying world we live in, that we

:02:15. > :02:19.have a comprehensive debate about this sector and don't obsess on

:02:20. > :02:24.Trident. The boats are built in Barrow-in-Furness. The local Labour

:02:25. > :02:29.MP says Mr Corbyn's idea is mindless. Having a deterrent with no

:02:30. > :02:36.capacity to deter in it because it has no missile in it is like having

:02:37. > :02:39.a broken Army without ammunition. It is deeply frustrating, because every

:02:40. > :02:43.day we spend debating implausible schemes like this is a day we are

:02:44. > :02:46.not able to hold the Conservative Government to account. The killings

:02:47. > :02:52.on Trident is likely to happen before the summer. It will bring

:02:53. > :02:55.another headache Mr Corbyn could do without.

:02:56. > :02:58.Mr Corbyn also said he was in favour of repealing the law which prohibits

:02:59. > :03:00.people going out on strike in support of other workers.

:03:01. > :03:03.He said so-called sympathy strikes were legal in most other countries

:03:04. > :03:13.What did he have to say about the strikes? Jeremy Corbyn is certainly

:03:14. > :03:18.sticking to that left-wing agenda which won him the Labour leadership.

:03:19. > :03:23.He said for some time he would' peel the Trade Union Bill which would

:03:24. > :03:28.restrict the power of unions to hold strikes, introduce thresholds for

:03:29. > :03:31.ballots and so on. Now he says he thinks sympathy strikes should be

:03:32. > :03:34.allowed so that workers in one industry could walk out in support

:03:35. > :03:40.of workers in a quite different business. That is something which

:03:41. > :03:43.was tackled by the Thatcher Government and finally outlawed 25

:03:44. > :03:47.years ago. The Tories have said if this was allowed it would damage the

:03:48. > :03:51.economy. Some more moderate Labour MPs are quite concerned about the

:03:52. > :03:54.concern and tone of the agenda. One said it was a throw back to one of

:03:55. > :03:57.the worst periods in Labour's history when the party was

:03:58. > :04:03.unelectable. But you won't be surprised to know that the unions

:04:04. > :04:05.are absolutely delighted. Len McCluskey of Unite said it was music

:04:06. > :04:10.to his ears. Carole, thank you. Iran says the lifting of nuclear

:04:11. > :04:13.sanctions has opened a new chapter in its international relations

:04:14. > :04:15.and will be a turning point The Iranian Government says

:04:16. > :04:19.it is ready to increase its crude oil exports by 500,000

:04:20. > :04:22.barrels a day. In the last hour, a plane carrying

:04:23. > :04:24.four Americans previously held by the Iranians left Tehran

:04:25. > :04:37.for the United States. It's a new era for Iran. Many of the

:04:38. > :04:42.sanctions that have crippled its economy have been lifted. Iran's

:04:43. > :04:46.President Hassan Rouhani told Parliament the deal is a golden page

:04:47. > :04:53.in his country's history. A turning point for its relations with the

:04:54. > :04:57.rest of the world. Another sign of warming ties with America, a

:04:58. > :05:02.dramatic prisoner swap. Washington Post reportth reporter Jason Rezaian

:05:03. > :05:06.and three other Iranian Americans released from captivity. For more

:05:07. > :05:11.than a decade there've been concerns that Iran has been trying to develop

:05:12. > :05:13.nuclear weapons, but now it has dramatically scaled back its nuclear

:05:14. > :05:16.programme. Inspectors here at the UN's

:05:17. > :05:18.nuclear watchdog in Vienna will have a crucial role to play

:05:19. > :05:21.if their suspicions about Iran's Under the terms of the nuclear deal,

:05:22. > :05:26.they've been given much stronger powers of inspection and greater

:05:27. > :05:32.access to nuclear sites in Iran. But some countries, notably Israel,

:05:33. > :05:36.are concerned that Iran still has ambitions to develop

:05:37. > :05:52.a nuclear weapon. TRANSLATION: The international

:05:53. > :05:55.community must impose clear and severe sanctions for any violation.

:05:56. > :05:59.Iran would have possessed nuclear weapons a long time ago. In Iran

:06:00. > :06:03.people are celebrating. It will take time before people feel the full

:06:04. > :06:05.effects of sanctions relief, but there's hope the days of isolation

:06:06. > :06:10.are now over. Six Canadians were among the 28

:06:11. > :06:12.people killed in an Islamist gun attack in the West African

:06:13. > :06:15.country of Burkina Faso The attack was carried out

:06:16. > :06:20.by a group linked to Al-Qaeda. Our correspondent,

:06:21. > :06:34.Thomas Fessy, is in Ougadougou. Perhaps you can bring us up to date

:06:35. > :06:39.with the latest. We now know that people from at least nine different

:06:40. > :06:45.countries were killed during the attack on Friday night. More bodies

:06:46. > :06:49.have yet to be identified, and the identification process is ongoing.

:06:50. > :06:55.The investigators are at the scene behind me at the hotel, but already

:06:56. > :07:01.we though that people from Canada, Ukraine, from France, Libya, the US,

:07:02. > :07:05.from Portugal, from Switzerland have been killed in this attack. Quite

:07:06. > :07:09.clearly Al-Qaeda militants who stormed the hotel picked a hotel

:07:10. > :07:13.where they knew they were going to find westerners there. Before they

:07:14. > :07:18.stormed the hotel, they began the attack just across the street in a

:07:19. > :07:22.cafe. One of the most popular with foreigners here in the capital. We

:07:23. > :07:26.understand that this has been the scene of the biggest carnage. More

:07:27. > :07:30.than two thirds of the casualties were found there. Thomas, thank you.

:07:31. > :07:33.Exactly 25 years after the start of the conflict,

:07:34. > :07:36.the Royal British Legion has said more needs to be done to help those

:07:37. > :07:47.Over 33,000 British servicemen are thought to be suffering

:07:48. > :08:04.Over 50,000 apprenticeship troops in the largest military coalition since

:08:05. > :08:07.World War II. 25 years on many of those who served are still suffering

:08:08. > :08:12.from the side effects of their service. Gulf War syndrome is the

:08:13. > :08:16.umbrella term to describe those side effects.

:08:17. > :08:18.They include acute and chronic fatigue, rashes, muscle pain,

:08:19. > :08:21.It's thought 33,000 veterans suffer from the condition.

:08:22. > :08:30.Despite this, very little is known about how to treat it,

:08:31. > :08:33.Former RAF navigator John Nichol was shot down and captured

:08:34. > :08:36.He says the Government should be doing more.

:08:37. > :08:39.The Government sends young men and women into conflict, to fight,

:08:40. > :08:42.to die, to come back with terrible injuries, and we all accept that

:08:43. > :08:46.But it is the Government, the state, and I mean by that you,

:08:47. > :08:50.me and I and all of your viewers, who should be picking up the tab

:08:51. > :08:51.for this, not leaving it to charities.

:08:52. > :08:57.So today the Royal British Legion is calling on the Government to invest

:08:58. > :09:02.in more research. We see this as the Government's opportunity to fulfil

:09:03. > :09:06.its obligations through the Military Covenant which was enshrined in law

:09:07. > :09:09.and states that no service personnel should experience disadvantage or

:09:10. > :09:11.inequalities as a result of their service.

:09:12. > :09:33.The Ministry of Defence accepts that Gulf War illnesses do exist,

:09:34. > :09:38.The Government does fund a war pension scheme to help pay for

:09:39. > :09:45.treatment of these illnesses but the Royal British Legion says it is

:09:46. > :09:47.money for search that would improve that treatment.

:09:48. > :09:51.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

:09:52. > :09:53.The next news on BBC One is at 6.00pm.

:09:54. > :10:09.Hello there. Some of us started on a snowy note. Southern parts of

:10:10. > :10:12.Britain saw the first snowfall of the season so far. It has left a

:10:13. > :10:13.legacy of cloud across the