:00:07. > :00:08.Syria's ceasefire holds for a second day despite concern about the impact
:00:09. > :00:18.In northern Syria, a glimpse of the battle against so-called
:00:19. > :00:21.Islamic State - a BBC team reaches an area freed by Kurdish fighters
:00:22. > :00:32.They found it, they stopped it and they detonated it.
:00:33. > :00:35.It sent debris for hundreds of metres across this field.
:00:36. > :00:42.After a week of heated Cabinet division over Europe,
:00:43. > :00:44.a call from both sides of the debate for Conservatives
:00:45. > :00:49.Manchester United rely on the heroics of a home-grown
:00:50. > :00:58.I'm live on the red carpet in Hollywood ahead of the most
:00:59. > :01:17.controversial Oscars in years. The Foreign Secretary,
:01:18. > :01:22.Philip Hammond, says the success of a truce in Syria depends
:01:23. > :01:25.on Russia, with concern about how its air strikes may
:01:26. > :01:29.derail a fragile process. Tonight, the truce appears
:01:30. > :01:33.to be largely intact. The battle against so-called
:01:34. > :01:37.Islamic State goes on, however, and in northern Syria,
:01:38. > :01:40.Kurdish fighters backed up by air strikes have been retaking
:01:41. > :01:42.territory from IS. Our correspondent Quentin Somerville
:01:43. > :01:58.is live tonight in Northern Syria. While we've been here they've still
:01:59. > :02:01.been air strikes, shootings and car bombs, but there's been a big
:02:02. > :02:07.change, they've mainly been in battles with the Islamic State and
:02:08. > :02:11.with Al-Qaeda. That's the huge difference here. The Syrians we've
:02:12. > :02:14.been speaking to our using a different language, in fact using a
:02:15. > :02:18.word you don't often hear in these parts, that word is calm.
:02:19. > :02:22.The truce is on in Syria, but so, too, still, is the fight
:02:23. > :02:27.In Shaddadi, air strikes and the Kurds
:02:28. > :02:33.Here, on the streets, the militants once held a slave
:02:34. > :02:47.But the Islamic State can still surprise.
:02:48. > :02:52.American jets help repel an attack in Talabiad.
:02:53. > :02:55.This town was taken months ago by the Kurds, but IS snipers
:02:56. > :03:04.and commandos attacked in droves an hour before the truce.
:03:05. > :03:06.And across a long stretch of territory.
:03:07. > :03:09.IS attacks have transformed the security situation
:03:10. > :03:11.here in north-west Syria, security is a lot tighter along
:03:12. > :03:18.the roads, in fact, it's impossible from the West.
:03:19. > :03:20.the roads, in fact, it's impassable from the West.
:03:21. > :03:23.If we stop the vehicle, this wasn't just an attack
:03:24. > :03:25.with ground troops and snipers, they also deployed typical
:03:26. > :03:35.The Kurds got lucky, they found it, stopped it and detonated it.
:03:36. > :03:37.It scattered debris for hundreds of meters across these fields.
:03:38. > :03:40.Just imagine the damage this would have done to local
:03:41. > :03:54.So the Kurds have control here but it isn't absolute and,
:03:55. > :03:57.of course, there is no truce with the Islamic State.
:03:58. > :03:59.But elsewhere this ceasefire of sorts is mostly
:04:00. > :04:02.It's not a return to normal life, but it's a start.
:04:03. > :04:05.Today, the jets flew over, but they didn't bomb
:04:06. > :04:09.We hope that they stick to their word and the calm
:04:10. > :04:19.Back in Shaddadi it's a defeat, not a ceasefire, that is making
:04:20. > :04:23.The Islamic State is gone, but their markings on shop fronts
:04:24. > :04:32.We'll all come back here to recover our lives taken
:04:33. > :04:36.This town was a place for the whole nation,
:04:37. > :04:37.Arabs, Kurds, Christians, we all lived together.
:04:38. > :04:46.The men with guns won't be disappearing here.
:04:47. > :04:49.A truce isn't peace, but it's a moment of
:04:50. > :05:03.And, for Syria right now, that's good enough.
:05:04. > :05:11.So, calm is the start, but then comes hope. The hope is that the
:05:12. > :05:16.ceasefire of sorts continues and leads to more peace talks. In the
:05:17. > :05:18.last half hour the BBC has heard from the United Nations that
:05:19. > :05:22.tomorrow humanitarian aid will finally start making it into
:05:23. > :05:27.besieged towns, villages and cities in Syria. They are hoping over the
:05:28. > :05:30.next five days they will get relief to over 150,000 people. That's a
:05:31. > :05:34.remarkable weekend for Syria. After a week of bitter differences
:05:35. > :05:37.within the Cabinet on Britain's future in or out of
:05:38. > :05:40.the European Union, a senior minister called today for his fellow
:05:41. > :05:43.Conservatives to respect each other. The Work and Pensions
:05:44. > :05:45.Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who's part of the Leave campaign,
:05:46. > :05:47.said "don't play the person, Our political correspondent,
:05:48. > :06:00.Alex Forsyth, is at Westminster now. It has been an intense first week of
:06:01. > :06:04.this campaign, Alex, it has, there are profound differences across the
:06:05. > :06:06.political spectrum on this issue but the deepest divisions are
:06:07. > :06:11.undoubtedly within the Conservative Party where you have Cabinet
:06:12. > :06:15.ministers who sit side-by-side round the same table taking different side
:06:16. > :06:19.in this debate. Today you have Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan
:06:20. > :06:22.Smith accusing those who want the UK to remain in the EU of
:06:23. > :06:27.scaremongering. He said they were being pessimistic that Britain could
:06:28. > :06:31.stand on its own two feet. He didn't name names but referenced comments
:06:32. > :06:35.made by the Prime Minister and Chancellor who hate leaving the EU
:06:36. > :06:39.would be a risk, a leap into the dark, a profound economic shock.
:06:40. > :06:43.There are questions, too, over the access ministers who wants to leave
:06:44. > :06:46.will get to government documents. Senior Conservatives on both sides
:06:47. > :06:50.are determined to try and keep this civil, they say they want to focus
:06:51. > :06:55.on the issues and policies and not make this personal. Beneath that,
:06:56. > :06:59.tension is building at the highest levels of government. And we're just
:07:00. > :07:03.a week into this campaign. There are still four months to go.
:07:04. > :07:05.Greece has warned that the number of migrants and refugees
:07:06. > :07:08.in the country could triple in the next month
:07:09. > :07:10.because of the caps being imposed at border crossings in the Balkans.
:07:11. > :07:15.22,000 migrant men, women and children are already
:07:16. > :07:17.in Greece, including several thousand in a makeshift camp
:07:18. > :07:25.Our correspondent Danny Savage reports from Athens.
:07:26. > :07:28.For days now just a trickle of people have moved north out
:07:29. > :07:42.The crossing to Macedonia has remained closed for most
:07:43. > :07:44.of the time, and the 6000 people here are growing restless
:07:45. > :07:51.We will try to cross the border not from
:07:52. > :07:59.Hundreds of miles south in Athens ferries from
:08:00. > :08:01.the Greek islands have all but stopped bringing migrants
:08:02. > :08:11.That's because the camps and holding centres are filling up
:08:12. > :08:14.fast, there's a real feeling of no more room at the inn here.
:08:15. > :08:17.To illustrate that point, on Friday, 1700 people arrived on little boats
:08:18. > :08:20.But on the same day, just 10% of that number
:08:21. > :08:33.So the government is scrambling to build new camps to house
:08:34. > :08:38.The army is moving in to put tents up on the new sites,
:08:39. > :08:42.At one proposed camp, locals blocked the gates in protest,
:08:43. > :08:46.they say they don't want to be outnumbered by migrants.
:08:47. > :08:51.TRANSLATION: How many people will amass on the border?
:08:52. > :08:56.We're talking about a bundle of souls we cannot take
:08:57. > :09:00.We feel that we live in a country where no one is actually
:09:01. > :09:03.Migrants are not prisoners, they are free to move.
:09:04. > :09:06.We found this queue of taxis outside a camp in northern Greece.
:09:07. > :09:09.80 euros will buy a ride to the border and there's
:09:10. > :09:15.This afternoon, migrants managed to block
:09:16. > :09:18.the railway line next to the border again.
:09:19. > :09:22.This week is a crunch point for this chaotic situation.
:09:23. > :09:25.With politicians planning more Europe-wide talks.
:09:26. > :09:29.A tiny minority are getting out of Greece.
:09:30. > :09:31.The one-month-old twins we found last
:09:32. > :09:33.week were two of the few to cross this weekend.
:09:34. > :09:45.Votes are still being counted after Ireland's general election,
:09:46. > :09:49.with none of the parties on course to secure a majority in parliament.
:09:50. > :09:51.Protracted negotiations on the formation of a new government
:09:52. > :09:53.are now likely - with questions about the viability
:09:54. > :10:00.There's a warning today that a million buy-to-let properties
:10:01. > :10:05.could be making a loss by 2020, partly because of changes to way
:10:06. > :10:08.could be making a loss by 2020, partly because of changes to the way
:10:09. > :10:12.From April, people who buy homes in order to rent them out will have
:10:13. > :10:16.And from next year, tax allowances for landlords will be reduced.
:10:17. > :10:18.Our business correspondent Joe Lynam reports.
:10:19. > :10:22.Jay Cook has five buy-to-let properties in Kent.
:10:23. > :10:25.But he won't be buying any more thanks to a new higher stamp
:10:26. > :10:29.He also won't be able to deduct as much mortgage
:10:30. > :10:31.interest from his tax bill from next year.
:10:32. > :10:34.So what will he do with his properties?
:10:35. > :10:42.The only reason why we've not immediately sold is sold
:10:43. > :10:44.The only reason why we've not immediately sold
:10:45. > :10:48.we are tied in with fixed-rate mortgages with penalties for early
:10:49. > :10:50.repayment, so it doesn't give us the ability to sell immediately.
:10:51. > :10:55.But certainly, I think, going forward,
:10:56. > :10:57.as those fixed-rates finish, subject to the prices available
:10:58. > :10:59.in the property market, I think we will
:11:00. > :11:03.Do you think there will be lots of other buy-to-let investors
:11:04. > :11:06.Absolutely, I think it has become a much less
:11:07. > :11:08.attractive investment and people can't afford a loss every month.
:11:09. > :11:10.There are around 2 million buy-to-let landlords,
:11:11. > :11:12.just like Jay, between them they own 5 million
:11:13. > :11:16.But a new study says that if interest rates were to rise
:11:17. > :11:22.years, around 1 million buy-to-let properties would be loss-making.
:11:23. > :11:25.Lucia Hall and her family have been renting in Watford for a decade.
:11:26. > :11:28.She feels that buy-to-let investors have pushed the dream of home
:11:29. > :11:30.ownership out of reach for them and welcomes
:11:31. > :11:35.It may help house prices to at least stop accelerating
:11:36. > :11:40.There's been a massive advantage for buy-to-let landlords for a long
:11:41. > :11:43.Now there are so many young people renting,
:11:44. > :11:48.and they are stuck renting, having to pay out half
:11:49. > :11:53.their income in rent, there is no way they can say
:11:54. > :11:58.save for deposits, way they can ever even think about buying a house.
:11:59. > :12:00.The Treasury says by restricting some of the tax reliefs
:12:01. > :12:03.it has addressed the unfair advantage enjoyed by buy to let
:12:04. > :12:09.The government also says rents won't go up, many landlords
:12:10. > :12:12.Fifa's new President, Gianni Infantino, told the BBC
:12:13. > :12:14.today his organisation must ensure "everything comes out"
:12:15. > :12:15.following the turmoil surrounding his predecessor,
:12:16. > :12:21.Opening a ?100 million World Football Museum in Zurich,
:12:22. > :12:25.Mr Infantino insisted Fifa could be fixed quickly.
:12:26. > :12:35.You have to start as of now to live the reforms,
:12:36. > :12:38.so already as of now and for the future, there will be no
:12:39. > :12:42.And as for the past, of course, we have to make sure
:12:43. > :12:44.that we co-operate fully with all the authorities to make
:12:45. > :12:48.sure that everything comes out if something has happened.
:12:49. > :12:51.The first major trophy of the English football season
:12:52. > :12:53.is being decided today as Manchester City take on Liverpool
:12:54. > :12:55.in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.
:12:56. > :13:07.Manchester City went in front with a goal,
:13:08. > :13:10.but then late on, Liverpool's Coutinho equalised to take the game
:13:11. > :13:13.The score is still 1-1, and if it stays that way,
:13:14. > :13:16.the game will have to be decided on penalties.
:13:17. > :13:18.Meanwhile in the Premier League, Arsenal's title challenge suffered
:13:19. > :13:20.a setback as they lost to Manchester United.
:13:21. > :13:23.For United, the local teenager who helped them secure a midweek win
:13:24. > :13:32.Old Trafford reserves a special joy for the local lad made good.
:13:33. > :13:34.This is 18-year-old Marcus Rashford, scorer
:13:35. > :13:37.of two goals on his debut in the week.
:13:38. > :13:54.Trusted to take on Arsenal today and take them on he did.
:13:55. > :13:57.Half an hour in, this is the finish and celebration of a man
:13:58. > :13:58.for whom football is pleasure, not pressure.
:13:59. > :14:01.Arsenal were favourites for this, but Rashford has no regard
:14:02. > :14:03.for reputation, three minutes later instinct took over again,
:14:04. > :14:05.The Gunners two down to a teenager few
:14:06. > :14:08.They got one back thanks to another young
:14:09. > :14:11.Mancunian striker, Danny Welbeck, once of United and junior team
:14:12. > :14:13.Fletcher Moss, the same club that produced Rashford.
:14:14. > :14:15.That might have made the second half nervy for United.
:14:16. > :14:18.This time he cued up Ander Herrera.
:14:19. > :14:20.Now Arsenal were shaken, needing points
:14:21. > :14:22.to sustain their title charge, they surged.
:14:23. > :14:29.Louis Van Gaal's reign has rarely seen such drama.
:14:30. > :14:30.Arsene Wenger must have felt the same.
:14:31. > :14:32.For all their spending on global talent,
:14:33. > :14:35.it's taken a boy from down the road to give United's season a teenage
:14:36. > :14:43.Hollywood's biggest night begins in a few hours,
:14:44. > :14:46.but the runup to this year's Oscars has been dogged by controversy over
:14:47. > :14:49.the lack of diversity among the nominees.
:14:50. > :14:52.The debate's likely to be addressed by the host of tonight's ceremony,
:14:53. > :14:54.the black comedian and actor, Chris Rock.
:14:55. > :14:59.Our entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba is on the red carpet.
:15:00. > :15:06.Yes, they are making all the final checks here. This is of course a
:15:07. > :15:09.show watched by millions around the world, so they have been getting
:15:10. > :15:12.ready for months, but what they want quite prepared for is the storm that
:15:13. > :15:15.has erupted, because for the second year in a row, all of the acting
:15:16. > :15:18.nominees are white. Rapid change, that's
:15:19. > :15:20.what the Academy is promising as the red carpet's
:15:21. > :15:23.prepared for tonight. But there is a perceived
:15:24. > :15:25.overall lack of This isn't just talking
:15:26. > :15:33.about diversity for the sake of diversity, it is also bad
:15:34. > :15:35.for business, it's bad for Hollywood to be so behind in
:15:36. > :15:38.The Times that they are not developing projects
:15:39. > :15:40.for people of different backgrounds Movies reflect our
:15:41. > :15:43.society and are supposed to be a reflection of
:15:44. > :15:45.who we are as people. For Hollywood not to make diverse
:15:46. > :15:48.movies really is a big Actors who have long campaigned
:15:49. > :15:51.for greater diversity are welcoming that it has become an issue
:15:52. > :15:56.recognised at all levels. I think it really must start
:15:57. > :16:00.in the boardrooms and it's going to take bravery
:16:01. > :16:02.and it's going to take And, you know, making sure that
:16:03. > :16:06.people aren't fearful to Kast And, you know, making sure that
:16:07. > :16:10.people aren't fearful to cast black actors, black actresses,
:16:11. > :16:12.in roles that may not be For many, the expectation
:16:13. > :16:17.is that this will be the last year the acting winners are all
:16:18. > :16:20.guaranteed to be white and that the discussion
:16:21. > :16:21.becomes exclusively The numbers clearly indicate that
:16:22. > :16:27.there were senior clergy involved. For best film, the Academy
:16:28. > :16:29.loves to reward Will the spotlight this
:16:30. > :16:34.year fall on Spotlight? A film about the Boston Globe's
:16:35. > :16:37.investigation of a church When the banks committed
:16:38. > :16:41.the greatest fraud in US Or perhaps The Big Short,
:16:42. > :16:46.about the run-up to the global But the narrow favourite
:16:47. > :16:49.is perhaps survival drama Its lead actor, Leonardo
:16:50. > :16:54.DiCaprio, looks almost Even last year's winner,
:16:55. > :17:00.Eddie Redmayne, I think it's pretty
:17:01. > :17:04.much certainly Leo's In a year where everyone,
:17:05. > :17:13.including, of course, recognises that what's
:17:14. > :17:15.been happening around the Oscars has, to a degree,
:17:16. > :17:27.overshadowed the awards themselves. Before we go, the actor Frank Kelly,
:17:28. > :17:37.West known for playing Father Jack in the cult comedy Father Ted, has
:17:38. > :17:40.died aged 77. Drink! Drink! Drink! He starred as the foul-mouthed
:17:41. > :17:46.elderly priest between 1995 and 1998. His stage and screen career
:17:47. > :17:52.spanned 60 years and included roles on Irish TV comedy shows as well as
:17:53. > :17:54.a minor appearance in The Italian Job in 1969.