08/05/2016 BBC Weekend News

Two former intelligence chiefs say Britain's security could be

The ex-heads of MI6 and MI5 say intelligence sharing could be

We would not be able to take part in the decisions that frame

the sharing of data, which is a crucial part

of counter-terrorism and counter-cyber work

We have by far the best and most effective intelligence services

in Europe, so there every reason to suppose that we would be able

to negotiate a perfectly satisfactory agreement.

We'll be looking at the debate on security and the EU ahead

of a speech tomorrow by the Prime Minister.

Also tonight: Canada's wildfires continue to rage -

but cooler temperatures are raising hopes of bringing

We report from North Korea - as Kim Jong-un addresses a rare

Ahead of the opening of the Invictus Games in Florida,

Prince Harry on his public role and his private life.

A good night for the BBC at the television Baftas.

Two former heads of Britain's intelligence and security services

have said the UK's ability to protect itself could be

undermined by a vote to leave the European Union.

Sir John Sawers, who stepped down as the head of MI6

in 2014, and Lord Evans - who led its domestic counterpart MI5

until three years ago - say a British exit could damage

intelligence-sharing and destabilise the rest of Europe.

But the Vote Leave campaign says the UK would be safer

Here's our security correspondent, Frank Gardner.

Out of the shadows and into the debate,

said today that Britain is safer off staying in the EU.

Jonathan Evans ran MI5, John Sawers ran MI6,

They say sharing datasets on terror suspects

If Britain left, it would receive less data.

The former MI6 spy chief says Britain could no longer shape

the debate on balancing privacy with security.

We have built the structures in the last 30 or 40 years.

And we, Britain, have played a very important role,

especially in making sure the security dimension

and properly integrated into the EU decisions taken.

If we walk away from it, we will lose a lot of those gains.

But others say cross-border co-operation would continue,

EU governments would still feel morally obliged to pass

on intelligence that could save lives -

and they need British intelligence in turn.

Europe's borders and EU laws are being

quoted by both sides of the argument.

The two former spy chiefs say worries over border controls

as the UK is not part of the Schengen free movement zone

has led to over 5,000 people being extradited

But another former MI6 chief, Sir Richard Dearlove,

says Brexit would give Britain greater control

over migrants coming from the continent

and today, a previous Home Secretary welcomed the chance

to be rid of the European Court of Justice,

The European Court of Justice interferes in all sorts of ways

It is even considering at the moment a case involving the surveillance

agreements that we recently put in place in this country,

which the Home Secretary said are absolutely critical

to protect our people and to make this country safe.

The former MI6 and MI5 chiefs say Europe's long period

of post-war stability would be in jeopardy

if a British exit led to the EU disintegrating.

Vote Leave, say Britain's security, is hitched to Nato, not the EU.

The people who work in this building, MI6,

and their colleagues down the road at MI5,

have been careful not to get drawn into

the public debate over the EU referendum.

But Sir John Sawers and Lord Evans both left secret intelligence

so they are free to speak their minds.

And the intervention they have made today makes them probably

the most authoritative voices so far from the world of intelligence

to express their opinions on whether Britain is safer

When you have prominent people from the intelligence apparatus

talking about Brexit, it is important, it is significant

but then, equally, a lot of people that have served in intelligence

and police have said it will have no ramifications whatsoever.

Both men insist their views are independent of Downing Street,

but what they have said today will undoubtedly be welcomed

by David Cameron and the Remain camp.

One of the leading campaigners for Britain to leave

the European Union, the Justice Secretary Michael Gove,

has confirmed that he also wants the UK to leave the single market.

He said a post-Brexit UK should negotiate access to the market,

But the Chancellor George Osborne said leaving the single market

Our political correspondent Vicki Young reports.

Britain's economy and our prosperity are at the heart of the argument

over whether we should stay in the EU.

Across manufacturing, retail and financial services,

how we trade with other countries has an impact on jobs and prices.

For those making the case to leave, there's one very important question.

Do you want us to stay inside the single market, yes or no?

No, we should be outside the single market.

We should have access to the single market,

but we should not be governed by the rules the European Court

of Justice imposes on us, which cost business and restrict freedom.

This is how the single market works at the moment.

It allows goods, services and money to be bought and sold freely

around the European Union, but there are rules which come alongside that.

Free movement is one of them, which is why people can come

Remain campaigners think Michael Gove's words

We have just had the Leave campaign admit this morning that Britain

That would be catastrophic for people's jobs,

and their incomes and their livelihoods.

Some people might think wrecking the economy is a price worth paying,

But Lance Foreman, who runs a salmon smoking firm in East London,

says small businesses are weighed down by EU red tape.

Last year, we had to spend thousands of pounds printing new packaging

so that a packet of smoked salmon could have a warning sign

printed on the back which said "Contains fish".

Just a huge, huge waste of unnecessary expenditure.

It is a cloud cuckoo land world to imagine we would be able

to have the same trade deals with the European Union having left

Trade deals are very difficult to do.

that will suffer from a British exit.

causing a significant shock to the housing market.

Yes, that's right and tomorrow, we live from Westminster.

Yes, that's right and tomorrow, we will hear the Prime Minister move on

to a new stage, moving away from will hear the Prime Minister move on

economic arguments at making what we are told is a patriotic speech, the

case for staying in, looking at history, talking about Churchill,

showing us that World Wars, it means we should be part of the EU, it

keeps a safe rather than being dictated to.

keeps a safe rather than being Boris Johnson rejoins the fray,

making what I am told is the liberal case for leaving the EU, saying the

risk is staying in because there has been no reform despite what

risk is staying in because there has Prime Minister says. Then later in

the week, Mr Johnson will be unleashed on the nation, taking part

in a tour visiting towns and villages across the country and

those who want to leave say he has a more positive reaction from the

public than any politician and they want to use that to their

wildfire is spreading less quickly than feared.

However, it is still expected to be the most costly natural disaster

80,000 people have already been evacuated from the town

of Fort McMurray - many fleeing south to Edmonton.

Our correspondent Laura Bicker has the latest from the affected area.

After the panic and the fear, there is quiet in Fort McMurray,

They are still fighting to save what they can,

and they may have finally reached a turning point,

but it is taking its toll on those on the front line.

But I have met more heroes in this experience

Nature is finally lending a hand and cooler weather conditions

are beginning to help, but strong winds fanning the flames

towards the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan

and officials believe this wildfire could burn for weeks to come.

We are about 20 kilometres from the edge of Fort McMurray,

day eight after these fires started,

and still they are battling the flames.

What they say they need is prolonged rainfall,

but that is something they have not had here for over two months.

The last evacuees have been airlifted from the city,

The strategy has been one of containment, as conditions made

80,000 people had to abandon their homes.

The mass evacuation blocked the main roads and two people were killed

I am hoping, in all of this crisis,

to spend a few minutes today with my own children.

That's not all of us can do that

This is likely to be the most expensive natural disaster

Insurance losses alone will be billions of dollars.

And for those who once lived here, they must be asking how

and when will they ever get the chance to rebuild?

Laura Bicker, BBC News, Fort McMurray.

Police and protestors have clashed outside the Greek parliament,

as MPs vote on controversial new austerity measures.

Thousands demonstrated peacefully, but some threw petrol bombs

and other objects at officers, who responded with tear gas.

Eurozone finance ministers are due to meet tomorrow to try to restart

stalled talks on Greece's debt repayments.

Police are investigating the death of a soldier in Powys.

The man, who has not been identified, was found injured

and unconscious on a street in Brecon at around one

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that he was a member

A 23-year-old has been arrested and is being held in custody

The new Mayor of London, Labour's Sadiq Khan,

has warned that his party can win elections only if it reaches

He says it's vital for Labour to be what he called a "big tent" -

and emphasised its aim should be to improve people's lives.

Our political correspondent Eleanor Garnier is at

After his decisive victory, how will Sadiq Khan use his

It was the significant victory, Michelle. Sadiq Khan took the job of

London Mayor and with it, City Hall, lit up in yellow behind me, from the

Conservatives, winning more than a million votes. Arguably, he now has

a bigger personal mandate than his party's leader. Labour suffered

historic losses in Scotland last week and it failed to make progress

in the local elections across England, so, fresh from his victory

and speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day event, Sadiq Khan

offered his colleagues some advice. What is important for the Labour

Party is to get back winning elections. We can only improve

people's lives and improve society by be in office, that means winning

elections, local elections, general elections. The Labour Government has

improved people's lives by being in Government and I'm hoping to speak

to people who voted Labour last time to persuade them again that we can

be a Labour Government. Of these remarks are being seen as a clear

message to the party's leader that Labour cannot rely on its core vote

alone to win, but there was also a warning from the Labour mayor to Mr

Corbyn's critics to resist focusing on internal party problems. All

sides on this know they need to present a united party. The

difficulty, Labour MPs are divided on some key issues so finding that

agreement, presenting that unity, is not easy.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has told a gathering

of his country's political and military elite that its nuclear

weapons will not be used for a first strike.

He was addressing a rare meeting of the Workers' Party Congress,

which has taken place for the first time in 36 years and

which he is thought to be using to consolidate his power.

From Pyongyang, here's our correspondent John Sudworth.

This is the North Korea on display to foreign journalists.

The reality, in a country with chronic food shortages,

And so too with the Workers Party Congress, an event

in which propaganda is the primary purpose.

For domestic audiences, it is a show of strength.

For the outside world, though, a different message.

"We won't use our nuclear weapons unless we are attacked first,"

the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un told the delegates.

Outside the Congress, the media bandwagon

We are taken to this show home, a picture of comfort far removed

And to a model factory, a symbol of industrial

self-sufficiency at odds with the antiquated

Of course, North Koreans know the reality, so they are

Some countries have nuclear weapons and they threaten us.

and develop it for our country, our people.

North Korea has long been a master of nuclear brinkmanship.

The leadership openly says it has learned the lessons of other rogue

For the end of this party Congress, away in the city behind me,

we have heard the sound of thousands of people preparing to celebrate

what is seen as the defining victory - the simple fact of regime

survival underwritten by a nuclear weapons programme.

As those preparations continue tonight, there are reports that

North Korea's fifth nuclear test may be imminent.

John Sudworth, BBC News, Pyongyang.

To football and Sportscene follows this programme in Scotland,

so if you don't want to know what happened

in the Scottish Premiership today, look away now.

Celtic have been crowned champions after victory

and they've lost just three league games all season.

Prince Harry is in Florida for the start of the Invictus Games,

the tournament for injured service personnel and veterans

Ahead of the opening ceremony the prince has been speaking

Ahead of the opening ceremony, the Prince has been speaking

to the BBC about his involvement - and about what he called

"unnecessary" media intrusion into his private life.

Let's join our correspondent Aleem Maqbool in Orlando.

Yes, well, excitement is certainly building here in Orlando, the home,

of course, Disney World, which is right next door to where the games

are taking place. All of these people streaming in for the Opening

Ceremony of the Invictus Games, which will happen in a couple of

hours' time, attended by Prince Harry, Michelle Obama as well, but

those really looking forward to this are those taking part, more than 500

extraordinary athletes from 14 countries and we had the chance to

meet some of them. A very Disney welcome for

competitors at the Invictus Games - an event for injured or sick members

of the armed forces from Britain It is all the vision

of Prince Harry, who has been spending time with athletes

as they prepare for competition. He created the first games in 2014,

after wanting to do something for those he'd served

with in his own time in the Army. Josh Boggi from Salisbury has

hopes of a gold medal. He lost both legs and an arm

after stepping on In London in 2014, we thought

it was just going to be a big sports day and the public would just feel

sorry for injured soldiers But the level of competitiveness

was great, and you come to a place We all know the Americans

like to put on a show, don't they? Well, as happy an event as this is,

the reminders of the costs of war are all around, and Invictus isn't

just about veterans with physical injuries, but those

with psychological trauma as well. American Tino Uli suffered PTSD

after several tours in Iraq. It is clear what he feels

Prince Harry has done for him. It gives me the drive, gives me

ambition to still accomplish things, But Prince Harry himself says

he is frustrated his private life, not his charity work,

is what some are interested in. There is this incessant need to find

out every little detail about I hope that people get to see me

here in this Invictus role, cracking on with the guys

and mucking in and having a good time with them, and this

what is I enjoy doing. But the the private life

has to be private. For the next five days,

Prince Harry says he hopes it is the remarkable athletes

here who are the focus. The BBC has had a successful night

at the TV Baftas in London tonight, winning more than half the awards -

including Best Entertainment Show for Strictly Come Dancing

and Best Drama for Wolf Hall. warned the Government

against interfering with public service broadcasting ahead of this

week's White Paper on the future Here's our Entertainment

Correspondent Lizo Mzimba. Some of the biggest stars of the

small screen on the red carpet for tonight's awards. The night's big

winner, BBC Two's Wolf Hall, taking Best Drama and Best Actor. Its

director earned a standing ovation, speaking out against what he sees as

Government attacks on the corporation.

In many ways, our broadcasting, the BBC and Channel 4,

which they are also attempting to eviscerate, is the envy

of the world, and we should stand up and fight for it,

And if we don't. If we don't, blink and it will be gone. Thank you very

much. Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has said he is a

supporter of the BBC but has expressed concerns about its scale

and scope. And the BAFTA goes to Peter Kay. Awards wise, the BBC was

dominant, winning over half the evening's prizes, two for Peter

Kay's Car Share. Overall, it took twice as many as its rivals Channel

4. There were wins for big popular shows like the Great British

Bake-Off and Strictly Come Dancing. There were also wins for less widely

seen programmes, like BBC Three drama Don't Take My Baby. I want to

tell you it is the proudest thing of my life and I thank you for every

single penny given. A special award went to Lenny Henry, marking his

contribution to TV. After its future coming under scrutiny in the next

week, many hoped tonight would prove a timely reminder of the strength of

its output. You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel. Stay with us on BBC One - it's time

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