:00:00. > :00:08.The latest diplomatic push to stop the war in Syria.
:00:09. > :00:11.Talk of fresh sanctions but no breakthrough.
:00:12. > :00:16.As the bombs fall on Aleppo again, an international summit in London
:00:17. > :00:26.It could stop tomorrow morning, tonight, if Russia and the Assad
:00:27. > :00:33.regime would behave according to any norm or any standard of decency.
:00:34. > :00:43.As tensions rise at the Jungle camp in Calais, we hear from the children
:00:44. > :00:52.stranded there and hoping to come to Britain.
:00:53. > :00:56.40% of people are living in substandard homes. We have a special
:00:57. > :00:58.report. And, Andy Murray takes another step
:00:59. > :01:01.to becoming world number one A second round of international
:01:02. > :01:26.talks on Syria has ended, with no clear plan of how to stop
:01:27. > :01:29.the bombing by Russian and Syrian government forces of the northern
:01:30. > :01:33.city of Aleppo. Tougher sanctions on Moscow
:01:34. > :01:36.and Damascus were discussed, and no option is said
:01:37. > :01:39.to be off the table. But the Foreign Secretary Boris
:01:40. > :01:41.Johnson and his American counterpart John Kerry conceded that a military
:01:42. > :01:59.solution was "extremely difficult". The East of Aleppo is being
:02:00. > :02:04.pummelled into submission. That, at least, if the aim of this firepower.
:02:05. > :02:08.The air strikes by the regime and the Russians are relentless.
:02:09. > :02:13.Underneath the bombardment, a terrified civilians, as well as the
:02:14. > :02:18.opposition fighters that the Syrian Government is determined to defeat.
:02:19. > :02:22.Hundreds upon hundreds of people have died in Aleppo since the
:02:23. > :02:26.ceasefire collapsed last month. Many of them children buried under
:02:27. > :02:32.rubble. Both Russia and the regime are being accused of crimes against
:02:33. > :02:40.humanity. Far away from the Syrian battlefields, in London, yet more
:02:41. > :02:46.talks on how to end the carnage. It is a humanitarian disaster, the
:02:47. > :02:54.largest since World War II. It could stop tomorrow morning, tonight, if
:02:55. > :03:01.Russia and the Assad regime were to behave according to any norm or any
:03:02. > :03:04.standard of decency. What could the officials sitting around this table
:03:05. > :03:10.to put on the regime and their Russian backers? There are a lot of
:03:11. > :03:15.measures that we are proposing, to do with extra stanchions on the
:03:16. > :03:21.Syrian regime and their supporters, measures to bring those responsible
:03:22. > :03:25.to the International Criminal Court. These things will come to bite the
:03:26. > :03:30.perpetrators of these crimes. No mention of trying to stop the
:03:31. > :03:33.bombing with what Boris Johnson described as kinetic military
:03:34. > :03:37.options. There have been calls for a no-fly zone, or at least a no
:03:38. > :03:42.bombing zone. I have not seen a big appetite for people to go to war, I
:03:43. > :03:46.have not seen European Parliament ready to declare war, I do not see
:03:47. > :03:49.countries declaring that is the better solution. We are pursuing
:03:50. > :03:57.diplomacy because those are the tools that we have. On one important
:03:58. > :04:03.front, Islamic State militants have suffered another defeat. This is --
:04:04. > :04:09.rebels hacked by Turkey brought down the Islamic State flag. It is of
:04:10. > :04:14.little strategic significance, but it is worth Islamic State promised
:04:15. > :04:18.to fight a final apocalyptic battle with the West, so it is an important
:04:19. > :04:24.symbolic blow. But this is one front in the war, the wider conflict is no
:04:25. > :04:30.closer to an end, after all be talking in London today.
:04:31. > :04:35.On the face of it, it does not seem that these talks have achieved much.
:04:36. > :04:39.You are right, there were a lot of strong words and condemnation, and
:04:40. > :04:43.Boris Johnson appealed to Russia and Iran to show mercy to the people of
:04:44. > :04:49.Aleppo. There was talk of new economic sanctions, but they were
:04:50. > :04:57.not any concrete new proposals to put pressure on Russia and Syria.
:04:58. > :05:00.There is a feeling now that not much will change on that front until
:05:01. > :05:06.there is a new administration in the United States. No end, I think, to
:05:07. > :05:08.the bombing of Aleppo and the desperate plight of the civilians
:05:09. > :05:11.who are trapped there. Campaigners are calling
:05:12. > :05:13.on the Government to speed up as a matter of urgency its programme
:05:14. > :05:16.to resettle hundreds of unaccompanied children stranded
:05:17. > :05:19.in Calais, at the camp known Small groups have been
:05:20. > :05:23.allowed into the UK, but with the camp due to be
:05:24. > :05:25.demolished in the coming days, there's growing concern
:05:26. > :05:28.for those still living there. Our Special Correspondent Ed Thomas
:05:29. > :05:31.has spent the last week at the camp, The rush to escape
:05:32. > :05:43.the panic and the tear gas. 16 years old, and like many
:05:44. > :05:54.here, a teenager alone, Some of the children trying to get
:05:55. > :06:07.in those trucks were as young These are the images that make
:06:08. > :06:15.many in Britain nervous. Mohammed says he has
:06:16. > :06:18.no family in the UK, But hundreds of teenagers here say
:06:19. > :06:35.they do have relatives in the UK They're 14 and 16 and say they left
:06:36. > :06:51.Afghanistan six months ago. Jamshed says he is sad and wants
:06:52. > :06:54.to be with his father "We have given our names in,
:06:55. > :07:05.we don't know what to do," he says. If their family links are proven,
:07:06. > :07:09.the British Government has promised Charities here say some
:07:10. > :07:17.unaccompanied children have been All are vulnerable to
:07:18. > :07:23.people traffickers. One girl, who didn't
:07:24. > :07:25.want to go on camera, broke down as she told us
:07:26. > :07:28.how her friends were The charity Safe Passage UK
:07:29. > :07:35.estimates that 147 children have gone missing from this camp this
:07:36. > :07:39.year alone and three have been We filmed this young
:07:40. > :07:46.girl in the middle We watched her with a much older man
:07:47. > :07:56.walk from tent to tent. He is 13 and British
:07:57. > :08:14.officials are now in Calais, speaking to children like him,
:08:15. > :08:17.but still he waits. But first, Britain and France must
:08:18. > :08:45.agree who will care The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson,
:08:46. > :08:53.who led the campaign to leave the European Union,
:08:54. > :08:55.has defended writing a newspaper article in favour of the EU just
:08:56. > :08:58.two days before backing In the draft which wasn't published,
:08:59. > :09:02.he warned of the economic Mr Johnson now says he wrote
:09:03. > :09:05.the article, and another in favour of leaving the EU,
:09:06. > :09:09.in order to clarify his thoughts. May June the 24th be
:09:10. > :09:13.Independence Day for Britain. His decision to back Brexit
:09:14. > :09:15.was credited with giving the Leave campaign the boost it needed to win,
:09:16. > :09:19.but it's well known Boris Johnson had wavered over
:09:20. > :09:22.which side to support. Now an article never meant to be
:09:23. > :09:28.published has surfaced in which he made
:09:29. > :09:31.the case for Remain. Today, the now Foreign Secretary
:09:32. > :09:37.explained why he'd penned it. Everybody was trying to make
:09:38. > :09:40.up their minds about whether or not to leave the European Union and it's
:09:41. > :09:43.perfectly true that, back in February, I was wrestling
:09:44. > :09:47.with it like a lot of people in this country and I wrote a long piece
:09:48. > :09:51.which came down overwhelmingly
:09:52. > :09:54.in favour of leaving. I then thought I'd better
:09:55. > :09:57.see if I could make In the article, revealed today
:09:58. > :10:01.by the Sunday Times, Boris Johnson suggested Brexit
:10:02. > :10:04.could lead to an economic shock or the break-up of the UK,
:10:05. > :10:08.and he said access to the single market came with just
:10:09. > :10:11.a small membership free, directly contradicting his comments
:10:12. > :10:15.on the campaign trail. Are you saying there would be no
:10:16. > :10:18.reaction on the markets? I think it might be
:10:19. > :10:20.a very positive reaction. If we vote Leave on June 23rd,
:10:21. > :10:25.I believe we will galvanise this country, our economy
:10:26. > :10:29.and our democracy. Today, Boris Johnson said
:10:30. > :10:32.considering both sides of the debate I set them side-by-side
:10:33. > :10:39.and it was blindingly obvious what the right thing to do was,
:10:40. > :10:41.and I think the people For some, his early turmoil over
:10:42. > :10:47.Brexit reflects what's happening in Government now,
:10:48. > :10:50.where there are different views on what the UK's relationship
:10:51. > :10:54.with the EU should be and some Whilst the Government has
:10:55. > :10:59.a mandate to pull us out of the European Union,
:11:00. > :11:01.they don't have the That is why it is important
:11:02. > :11:05.the Government strengthens its own hand and also just
:11:06. > :11:08.subjects its own ideas to the scrutiny of parliament before
:11:09. > :11:14.they go to negotiations. Ministers insist there will be
:11:15. > :11:17.democratic accountability but they say revealing their hand
:11:18. > :11:20.could undermine their position. We are not going to come
:11:21. > :11:23.on every single day and give If I were to sit down and play poker
:11:24. > :11:27.with you this morning, You'd win because I
:11:28. > :11:31.can't play poker. Before we even start
:11:32. > :11:33.playing the game. But Brexit is no game
:11:34. > :11:34.or even campaign. It's a reality that ministers have
:11:35. > :11:38.promised to deliver. Some want similar clarity
:11:39. > :11:48.from the wider Government. Donald Trump has again claimed
:11:49. > :11:50.the US Presidential election In a series of tweets,
:11:51. > :11:54.the Republican Presidential nominee also accused the media
:11:55. > :11:57.of favouring his rival, Hillary Clinton, in a way he said
:11:58. > :12:00.was dishonest and distorted. But his vice-presidential running
:12:01. > :12:03.mate Mike Pence says both he and Mr Trump would respect
:12:04. > :12:09.the outcome of the vote. The 15-year-old daughter of the US
:12:10. > :12:12.sprinter Tyson Gay has been shot Trinity Gay died after being hit
:12:13. > :12:18.in the neck, in what witnesses say was an exchange of gunfire
:12:19. > :12:21.between two vehicles in the early Tyson Gay is second only
:12:22. > :12:25.to Jamaica's Usain Bolt in the all-time list
:12:26. > :12:32.of fastest-ever 100-metre runners. Britain, the United States
:12:33. > :12:34.and the United Nations have called for an unconditional ceasefire
:12:35. > :12:36.in Yemen to be Both nations have been providing
:12:37. > :12:44.support to the Saudi-led bombing campaign against Houthi
:12:45. > :12:45.rebels in London. It follows a deadly air strike
:12:46. > :12:48.on a funeral in Yemen a week ago. The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has
:12:49. > :12:51.been accused of being in denial about anti-Semitism in the party,
:12:52. > :12:54.after he suggested a critical report The Home Affairs Select Committee
:12:55. > :13:00.says Jewish Labour MPs have been subjected to appalling
:13:01. > :13:14.levels of abuse. This report is scathing in its
:13:15. > :13:21.condemnation of the Labour Party. Yes. When MPs talk about
:13:22. > :13:27.institutional anti-Semitism, you would safely assume they are talking
:13:28. > :13:30.about parties on the far right, but the Home Affairs Committee,
:13:31. > :13:35.including a couple of Labour MPs, said this could be applied to
:13:36. > :13:39.elements of the Labour movement. It criticises other parties as well,
:13:40. > :13:45.but the main focus is on Labour. They took evidence in private from
:13:46. > :13:48.two female Jewish Labour MPs who had to endure 25,000 instances of abuse
:13:49. > :13:53.on social media and received serious threats. They suggest the party was
:13:54. > :14:00.slow to respond to allegations, but he has not been slow to respond to
:14:01. > :14:04.the report, he has called anti-Semitism evil, but he questions
:14:05. > :14:09.the emphasis on Labour what he says 75% of abuse is coming from those on
:14:10. > :14:13.the far right. He said he is seeking an urgent meeting with Facebook and
:14:14. > :14:17.Twitter to tackle the examples of threats and abuse on social media,
:14:18. > :14:26.and his critics see that as a positive step.
:14:27. > :14:30.One in four homes in Britain fails to meet new standards on housing set
:14:31. > :14:34.It points to lack of space, damp and spiralling rents as some
:14:35. > :14:43.The Government says housing is a priority and it's doubling
:14:44. > :14:46.the affordable-housing budget to ?8 billion.
:14:47. > :14:49.Our UK Affairs Correspondent Jeremy Cooke has been to meet some
:14:50. > :15:02.Flats and semis, tower blocks and terraces.
:15:03. > :15:05.But today's report shows that many do not meet the basic standards
:15:06. > :15:12.I get so depressed thinking about it.
:15:13. > :15:17.Ian and Esme's privately rented flat in Bristol fails the new test.
:15:18. > :15:18.There's always something, like.
:15:19. > :15:30.It gets cold quickly so we have to put the heating on quite often.
:15:31. > :15:33.And we get frustrated being on top of each other.
:15:34. > :15:35.I get very depressed about it when I think about it.
:15:36. > :15:46.They are among the 18% of people who live in poor conditions.
:15:47. > :15:51.They've been here for ten years and, after a series of small businesses,
:15:52. > :16:03.This is hardly the dream home they hoped for.
:16:04. > :16:13.Or a country house or something, you know.
:16:14. > :16:19.We had grandiose dreams and clearly they were dreams.
:16:20. > :16:22.The report says 27% of people are worried about the
:16:23. > :16:29.In Harefield, west of London, this two-bedroom council house
:16:30. > :16:34.is now home to three generations of Lisa's family.
:16:35. > :16:39.There's myself, my partner, Jim, my son, Alan, Claire,
:16:40. > :16:46.All the adults have jobs but around here modest wages don't match
:16:47. > :16:51.Claire says her only choice was to move back in with her
:16:52. > :16:55.You haven't got none, we haven't got none.
:16:56. > :17:05.You want to have friends round and you can't have friends
:17:06. > :17:11.round because it's nanny's house, isn't it.
:17:12. > :17:16.She spent a couple of years at a friends place
:17:17. > :17:19.just outside the borough and that disqualifies her from applying for
:17:20. > :17:27.Renting privately has also proved impossible.
:17:28. > :17:34.It's the rules of the letting agents.
:17:35. > :17:35.There's a lot of money and you're thinking,
:17:36. > :17:42.I'd need part housing benefit to help me pay my
:17:43. > :17:46.Like Claire, 58% of young adults live in homes that fail the
:17:47. > :17:50.The property is tiny and in very bad repair.
:17:51. > :17:53.Back in Bristol, Esme and Ian are also
:17:54. > :17:59.I was quite hopeful at first but now I'm thinking, oh,
:18:00. > :18:03.But it all looks like a hopeless task.
:18:04. > :18:11.73% of Londoners' homes fail the new test.
:18:12. > :18:16.For Claire, an office worker, and her sons,
:18:17. > :18:42.Every night, they sleep on the living room floor.
:18:43. > :18:47.They will spend 30 days on board, testing its ability to support life.
:18:48. > :18:53.With all the sport, here's the BBC Sport Centre.
:18:54. > :18:58.Andy Murray says the last few months have been the best of his career.
:18:59. > :19:01.The Wimbledon and Olympic champion has won back-to-back titles in China
:19:02. > :19:05.He won the Shanghai Masters today, and if the winning run continues
:19:06. > :19:11.he could knock Novak Djokovic off of the top of the world rankings.
:19:12. > :19:13.The world is watching a thrilling tennis competition,
:19:14. > :19:15.and it is not simply Andy Murray against Roberto Bautista Agut.
:19:16. > :19:19.That was the final in Shanghai, which had some wonderful moments.
:19:20. > :19:23.Enough in this rally to make the crowd gasp.
:19:24. > :19:39.Tie-break in the first set, Andy Murray lost one point.
:19:40. > :19:42.His opponent beat Novak Djokovic in the semifinal.
:19:43. > :19:44.As Andy Murray swept through the second set,
:19:45. > :19:48.he was closing the gap on the world number one.
:19:49. > :19:53.Murray has not conceded a set for a month, he looks back
:19:54. > :20:06.Quite a different team this year, with Ivan Lendl and Jamie.
:20:07. > :20:13.Since the French Open it has been the best three months of my career.
:20:14. > :20:18.6-1 in the second set, his sixth title of the year.
:20:19. > :20:22.Prizes mean ranking points, and by the end of it he might just
:20:23. > :20:33.Mark Cavendish has missed out on a second world road-race title.
:20:34. > :20:35.The British rider was runner-up to the reigning
:20:36. > :20:40.Cavendish was one of the favourites on the 160-mile course but says
:20:41. > :20:44.he got his tactics wrong in Qatar, and he was pipped by the Slovakian,
:20:45. > :20:47.who is the first rider in nine years to retain
:20:48. > :20:54.There were two matches in the Premier League today.
:20:55. > :20:57.Watford's trip to the Riverside Stadium saw them beat Middlesbrough.
:20:58. > :21:00.There was only one goal, Jose Holevas the second-half match
:21:01. > :21:03.That lifted the Hornets into the top half of the table.
:21:04. > :21:06.Boro are yet to win at home this season and are just
:21:07. > :21:08.above the relegation zone on goal difference.
:21:09. > :21:11.And Southampton are up to eighth after they beat
:21:12. > :21:15.Charlie Austin scored twice but Nathan Redmond got the best
:21:16. > :21:23.The Munster head coach and former Ireland captain Anthony Foley died
:21:24. > :21:28.overnight in Paris ahead of the team's match against Racing 92.
:21:29. > :21:31.The 42-year-old won 62 caps for Ireland in a ten-year
:21:32. > :21:37.Ireland's President Michael D Higgins called him "one
:21:38. > :21:40.of the great figures of Irish sport in the modern era".
:21:41. > :21:41.He captained Munster when they became European
:21:42. > :21:47.That match in Paris was understandably postponed
:21:48. > :21:52.Exeter Chiefs and Clermont Auvergne held a minute's silence
:21:53. > :21:55.before their European Champions Cup game at Sandy Park.
:21:56. > :21:58.Clermont scored five tries to Exeter's one.
:21:59. > :22:01.The former Bath full-back Nick Abendanon was one of
:22:02. > :22:11.In the same pool Ulster lost 28-13 to Bordeaux.
:22:12. > :22:16.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
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