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The album titles themselves are an indication of what you are about.

One of your earlier - early ambient albums,

Music For Airports, indicates you wrote something that you think would

be suitable for people rushing from A to B, catching a flight,

and your music could help them destress, calm down, I don't know.

Even that, even worse than muzak, elevator music.

I don't think there is anything particularly wrong with having music

in elevators or airports, but I still think it is something

When that idea appeared of elevator music, people just took

already quite bad music and made it a little bit worse.

I thought, what about taking this job seriously, just like, you know,

you can have people just paint their wall with any old colour they

want, or you can have people who think about it, interior designers,

they're called, who think about, how could we make this really work well.

What I am saying is, we use music in all sorts of places all the time.

But most of the time we don't think very well

So I want to say that composers should be responsible for that job.

They should take the responsibility of that job.

It seems to me there is another interesting thing going on with your

music, and it ties into a wider cultural point you have been making

for years now, which is that you feel there is a real sort of lack of

attention span about so much of what we do and what we create,

and I think you have been involved with the Long Now movement,

which calls for a more measured, longer term approach to human life

Your music doesn't really have a beginning, middle and end.

It just feels like it could go on forever.

And in fact, my ambition always, was to make pieces of music that are

So I invented another word after ambient, which is generative,

which is music that is made by a set of instructions, essentially, a set

of rules, and somehow reproduces itself for a long period of time.

This fascinates me because this is you, in recent years, using

the latest computer technology and software, so you, in essence, load

some thematic instructions into a computer, and then the actual music,

the sound, is a sort of randomly generated... Variation on

So you actually haven't written the specific sounds that emerge.

And furthermore I won't ever hear all of it either,

because the piece can carry on creating itself out of my presence.

So you fundamentally undermine our notion of what the composer is.

Again I was in the first person to do this.

It was part of the brief of people like La Monte Young,

Philip Glass and Terry Riley, all of those kind of composers, who started

working with, not specific pieces of music, but with sets of instructions

The idea was that that is like a little genetic message like,

like a seed, you plant the seed and it turns

into something, it can't predict what it will exactly turn into.

On a philosophical level that is fascinating, on any given

moment when you are hearing that sound it is unique and will not

Philosophically that is really interesting, on a practical level,

even the sort of subtlety and nuance that comes with this sort of music,

which to a layman like me frankly can sound the same, on a practical

level, what does an audience get out of these

In the same sense that the seed of a flower isn't completely random.

That seed is something that has slightly randomised a large set of

instructions that have been carried on through many generations.

It is not just any old set of sounds doing any old thing, it is actually

quite a honed process, within which there is a certain amount of

It can behave in some different ways and

the permutations can be different from one moment to another.

But the way I tried to explain it to people is, we tend to think

of composers as sort of architects of sound, so an architect being

someone who specifies every part of a building, every door handle...

Every little bit is consciously created.

That's how we tend to think of composers.

What I am saying is that we should stop thinking of them

as architects and start thinking of them as gardeners, people who

plant things, and those things grow and have their own lives, separate

I will be brutally honest, that sounds somewhat pretentious.

Everything good sounds pretentious at first.

You are a sound landscaper, not a composer.

I would be quite happy with that description.

Let's actually take some of those fascinating thoughts

and apply them not just to sound, but the visuals as well.

You actually went to art school, you came out in the visual sensibility

before a musical one, and you have done loads of installations of art,

using light in different ways, if we can bring up some shots here of an

amazing project you did on the Sydney Opera House, is this

You have, I don't know how many thousands and thousands

of lights that you were projecting onto the sails of the Opera House,

This was a three-week peice, I was projecting from a huge battery,

a very powerful projector, onto the sails, and it was a generative

If we just freeze that a moment -It looks like a fascinating piece

of abstract art, but in fact, you had never seen that before.

It came up from the instructions that you have

I had seen individual parts of it, but never seen that particular

Really it is to do with permutations.

I make all the elements, but then of course the elements,

since there are several 100 of them, can permutate in millions

I let the process run, and it all happens quite slowly, which is an

important part of it, while you are looking at this, you're not really

Until you realise a few minutes later that it has changed.

It just strikes me, with all of the ways you approach

creating and your art, you are embracing the idea

that it, um, it does not really have narrative.

It is sort of just there as a sort of background and people can

Most artists, it seems to me, are driven by a particualar unique

vision they want to get down - whether it be on paper,

I have a vision, but it isn't a narrative vision.

My vision is very much to do with what for me was the great

understanding about evolution theory that complexity arises out

of simplicity and I think that is such an important message

because I'm an atheist and one of the most difficult things that

atheists have to say to the world is that all this complexity

and all this beauty, came from the bottom up,

Well, I want to make the kind of art that proves

I want to say, "Look, here are the elements -

they are quite simple, I'm being absolutely transparent

about what they are and now I let them permutate and it makes

It is absolutely the antithesis of the idea of the artist,

the creator, as a sort of god-like figure in term of what he is doing.

Here's where I want to, if you do not mind, look back

It seems to me, in your primary business, your first real creative

business which is sort of rock'n'roll, contemporary music,

you worked with a lot of people - thinking early days of Brian Ferry

and Roxy Music, but then your collaboration with Bowie,

for example - who were, in a sense, the epitome of the sort

of talented, arguably genious, individual artist.

Try to get their vision down and you worked

So you weren't out of sink with them even though

they were sort of playing God in a way that you don't believe,

certainly not for you - it didn't work for you.

It is not what I want to do but I do not mind other

I see those people as sort of theatrical presences,

people who design themselves, in a sense, to be theatre,

The theatre was the whole history of rock music,

That is an interesting phrase - a theatrical player -

but some would make much greater claims, for a man like Bowie

and an artist who has passsed recently, Prince -

the claims for those two would be they were transformative,

Do you buy the idea that individuals, artists of that

calibre, can be classed as transformative and geniuses?

calibre, can be classed as transformative and genius?

I think there are clearly some artists that make much more

difference than others but I have another word,

which is "scenius" and I think of that as the intelligence

What I see, particulalrly in pop music, is that there are whole

scenes of all sorts of interesting and fertile people interacting

and occasionally they come up with something and that something

can manifest in a David Bowie or a Prince, or a me.

But in a way those people are manifestations

They did not invent - as I would never claim -

they didn't invent it all themselves.

We are always looking at all of our history and making

If I may intrude into your past a little bit, when you were

working with Bowie - I think it was the late 70s,

the Berlin Trilogy and albums like Heroes - seminal albums -

would you call yourselves the producer on that album?

..sort of effort you are describing is fascinating.

We think of Bowie and we listen to his music and we think that's

Bowie's music but is it really Bowie's music?

It is so hard to talk about this because really, especially

in the popular arts, everybody draws ideas

from everywhere, so whatever you're doing it is really repackaging

of thousands of things you have heard and something that

What you added might just be the way you put it together.

How much did you add to what he did?

First of all, I was not the producer.

Tony Visconti was the producer of those albums.

David had been listening to a particular album of mine,

my first ambient album, called Discreet Music,

for months before that and he had said that was the only thing

This was when he was getting over a very problematic

I was working...I was just at the beginnning of working

with this idea of landscaping music and he wanted to go there.

He wanted to do something like that and asked me to work with him.

I would set up sonic scenarios for him and he would react to them.

It is a fascinating discussion because it gets to the heart

David Bowie is undisputedly is a fascinating and

You also have done work on some of the great commercial pop albums

of our time, from Coldplay, U2, a whole bunch of others as well.

Is that a very different process or for you is that the same

Going into something you know has partly been designed to sell

I think they are inviting me to work with them

They want to go somewhere different.

People do not realise that artists do not just want to have the same

The thrill of being an artist is going somewhere you

If you have been in a band for a very long time,

everybody gets into habits and things tend to turn

We can hear that in a lot of bands' music.

Yes and, of course, record companies generally

used to encourage that because they wanted more hits.

Yes, they would think, "Why can't you do another

And they would hire producers who would say to the band,

How can we make this song sound more like that song that was a hit.

I was always interested to see what was new for the band,

what was exciting for them, and to try and make

So I think that is why I was asked to produce lots of records.

You are still very busy, we talked about The Ship,

Where do you see the most exciting, arguably most transformative music,

maybe other art form too, happening right now?

What really excites you as being new and innovative,

taking creativity in a different direction?

There is the whole lot of class of things that I have little

contact with and do not understand very well which are complex games

This is really the future, in a way, for some big

I do not play them, my kids do, I would dismiss it

as moneymaking commercial ventures...

That is how pop music was thought of for very many years

That is how everything is thought of...

Are you getting into that creative sphere?

Not really, I hardly understand it but I just know

Not for my generation but I know where something

I just realised I'm 67 and I am not going to start playing

A final thought for you and it goes back to this movement,

the idea that we need to think about a different timescale

for the way we behave on this planet and the way we create also.

I wonder, when we think in those terms, whether you think your music

- and, my god, you've been prolific - will it stand the test

of centuries rather than just decades?

I am already surprised that it has stood the test of

I would not have expected the Music For Airports,

for example, would still be selling records -

And even earlier things are as well so I'm already on the plus side...

You know, when Prince died, they found thousands and thousands

of bits of music of unheard and unpublished music.

I have an archive which is enormous.

I work pretty much all the time and I always make a little mix

Even if it is just a silly little experiment to try out

Oh, I hope not, there is some trash in there.

Well, Brian Eno ,the world would've enjoyed hearing you on HARDtalk.

We have to wnd there but thank you so much for being on HARDtalk.

Well, temperatures in the last few days have been up

and down a little bit but, generally speaking, closer to what we would

But now there is some cooler and much fresher weather

Friday is still going to be quite a warm day, particualrly

These northerly winds you can see here are going to introduce much

fresher conditions to the northern half of the UK for Friday itself.

First thing in the morning on Friday,

That cold front, which you can see here, will be sinking southward

That is the leading edge of the cooler air to the north of it.

So let's start with In Scotland, four o'clock in the afternoon,

you can see just how much lower these values are,

Cooler along the North Sea coast, for sure,

particularly in that breeze out of the north or the north-west.

We are still hanging on for a time to that warmer weather in the south.

Perhaps even touching 23-24 degrees in the south-west, and a chance

The sun will be very strong on Friday.

You can see how high the UV levels are across a large chunk of the UK.

And even moderate there across parts of Scotland.

Remember, you can burn regardless of what the temperature is -

it's all to do with the strength of the sunshine and the clearer skies.

Now, into Saturday, we are going to see that cold front reach

That means that on Saturday morning, dawn, you can see

the temperatures really nippy across quite a large part of the UK.

Down to freezing perhaps in rural spots as far south

as central parts of Britain, down into Wales, for example.

On Saturday itself, at times it will be cloudy, particularly

Overcast from time to time in coastal areas.

Further west it should be brighter and fresh conditions,

How are we doing compared to the rest of Europe?

Actually, Madrid won't be that much warmer - only 19 degrees.

Quite a few downpours across many central areas of the continent, from

the south-east of France, across the Alpine region and into eastern

Back home, on Sunday, we still keep that northerly air stream.

It will feel particularly cooler along the North Sea coast.

Best and brightest of the weather will always be

The weekend will be largely dry, fresh with some fine days,

clear evenings but, as a result, it will be chilly overnight.

I'm Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore, the headlines: Defeated but defiant,

Brazil's President is ousted as her successor vows unity.

It's urgent to pacify the nation and unify Brazil.

It's urgent to form a government that will save the nation.

China attacks a UN tribunal set to rule

Coming to the aid of the party, top US Republicans appear to make

their peace with Donald Trump, but there's no word of 'endorsement'.

The influence of Asia, how Singapore and Hong Kong are changing

It's 8:00am in Singapore, 1:00a, in London and 9:00

in the evening in the capital of Brazil, where the country's

acting President, and his cabinet, have been sworn in following

She was forced out of her role by the country's Senate, calling

The new man, Michel Temer, has vowed to restore confidence

"Dilma, a Brazilian warrior", was the chant from her staff

and colleagues as Brazil's first female President faced the cameras,

minutes after being formally told of her suspension from office.

Defiant until the end, Ms Rousseff said Brazil's democracy

In an emotional defence of her record,

the former political prisoner said she had faced adversity before

TRANSLATION: I have suffered the unspeakable pain of torture,

And now once again I am suffering the unbearable pain of injustice.

The President's fate was sealed when after 21 hours of debate

the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of an impeachment trial.

The charge is that Ms Rousseff had illegally concealed the scale

Dilma Rousseff's opponents celebrated the news in the capital.

Their anger with her, not so much the formal charges,

The new leader is former Vice President, Michel Temer,

centre right, business friendly and promising national unity.

It is urgent you unify Brazil, to form

Arms aloft, as if in victory, despite the humiliation

Dilma Rousseff left the presidential palace by

the front entrance, still a heroine to Brazil's working classes.

What is happening today in Brazil is important, because of the size of

this country's economy and its past history of political instability.

The interim President might find favour with the money markets

and big business, but to many he will be a usurper, and will find it

While she won't be remembered as a great leader,

Dilma Rousseff was beaten by a broken, corrupt political

Let's take a look at some of the day's other News.

The country's top Republican Congressman, Paul Ryan,

says that in spite of their differences, he's encouraged

by talks with the party's likely presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

Mr Ryan, who is the Speaker in the House of Representatives,

said they'd had a productive conversation, but he stopped short

I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today. I

believe that we are planting the seeds to get ourselves unified,

reached the gaps. And from here we will go deeper into the policy areas

to see where that common ground is and how we can make sure that we are

offering the same core principles. This is our first meeting, I was

very encouraged. This is a process. It takes time. You don't put it

together in 45 minutes. That is why we had a very good start to our

process on how will we unify -- how we unify.

Also making news today: This is Romania where an eight hundred

million dollar US missile defence system has been activated.

The US and NATO see it as vital to protect the States

and Europe from countries considered to be rogue states.

The Kremlin called the system a threat to Russia's national

But NATO said it was directed against threats coming from

Nearly 900, mostly Syrian and Iraqi migrants,

have been rescued from two boats off Sicily by the Italian coastguard.

The UN refugee agency described it as

the largest attempted mass migration from the two Arab countries to Italy

Pope Francis has signalled his willingness to create a

commission that would study whether women should serve as deacons

Observers say it signals the possibility that women could be

allowed to serve in ordained ministry within the Catholic Church.

A World Anti-Doping Agency committee has unanimously recommended that

Kenya be declared in breach of anti-doping rules.

It said Kenya's legislation was not in line with the

It's now be up to the International Olympic Committee to

decide whether to ban Kenyan athletes from the Rio Games.

Having a tooth pulled out is pretty unpleasant for most of us,

but one dentist was faced with this mammoth task.

Zoo keepers here in England realised that 33 year old Asian elephant

Looka wasn't eating her food because of an infected tooth.

She was put to sleep and the team got to work,

The good news is Looka is much better now

It's been another tense week in the South China Sea area.

On Thursday China criticised a UN tribunal that will rule on some

of its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea.

A foreign ministry official said the case amounted to forced arbitration.

This week the US and China accused each other

of contributing to the increased militarization of the region,

when a US warship sailed close to Fiery Cross Reef, a disputed area.

Aaron Connelly is a research Fellow in the East Asia Program at the Lowy

He explained that China has been gaining support from countries close

by in its decision to not abide by the tribunal's ruling.

Everyone must abide by the laws and fax. Some people are trying to

change concepts stealthily. They may be able to mislead public opinion

for sometime but eventually lies even repeated 1000 times will not

become truth. In recent months, it has gone around

to some of the countries with which it has a strong financial

relationship such as Cambodia, Lau and Yemen, to receive some support

for their position. Most international lawyers agree that the

tribunal has jurisdiction. The tribune or certainly has

jurisdiction, but if China refuses to accept the court's judgement,

what can be done? Can China force the issue? How does the US see it?

The theory is that if the court ruled in favour of the Philippines,

then China will redouble its actions in the South China Sea. They have

built three large artificial islands, large enough for a military

length airstrip. They also have a zone in the South China Sea which

would say that China has to be notified before any planes can be

flown over the South China Sea. There is a real risk that China will

lash out if the ruling goes against them. You mentioned the Philippines,

one of the countries that have claims to one of these islands. They

just had an election and the man who is certain to become president has

some very strong words on the topic. Good matters change if the president

takes office? Well, his rhetoric has been very colourful art are not

particularly clear. He has said that he would ride a jet ski out to one

of the islands in the China South Sea and plant the Philippine flag,

that he has also said he is open to multilateral discussions. They seem

to believe he might be a man that China can do business with. It is

unclear what the position will be. He doesn't have a strong

relationship with the United States, as the outgoing president had. We

have to wait and see what will occur.

Last month authorities in Lebanon released an Australian mother

and a 60 Minutes TV crew accused of kidnapping two children involved

The mother of the two children, accompanied by the 60 Minutes TV

crew, were accused of attempting to abduct the children from Lebanon to

The children's father later dropped the charges allowing

But two British men and two Lebanese men allegedly involved

in the attempt to recover the children continue to be detained.

One of the men, Briton Adam Whittington,

was expected to be released on bail earlier in the week but the

process is still ongoing, his family say he has been hung out to dry.

Let's get more on this now with our correspondent

As we heard, most of the people around this case have been released,

including the mother, Sally Faulkner. Why are Mr Whittington and

his colleagues still in jail? They still have to answer charges that

are being considered by a judge in Lebanon on, and lawyers for the

British man who is still in custody of Lebanese authorities, and

Whittington, is saying that he has been hung out to dry. This all

happened last month when a team from the Australian Channel nine network

and Sally Faulkner were involved in a botched operation to recover all

Dutch, depending who you believe in this story, two children in a route.

The team and Sally were released, Adam Whittington remains behind

bars. He was not part of the deal that for the Australian journalists

released and allowed to return to Australia. He is now trying to apply

for bail, that is where his current case is. It has been stored in that

court in Beirut. As you said, Mr Whittington said he has been hung

out to dry. We have heard from his wife who has given interviews as

well, accusing Channel nine of having abandoned him. Can you

explain that? We know the details involve quite a lot of money being

paid to Adam Whittington, according to reports in Australia. We

understand he was the main operator in the operation to try and retrieve

these two children from the streets of Beirut. When a deal was struck

between Channel nine and Sally Faulkner, there was no mention of

adding adding Whittington or any of his colleagues. That is where the

anger lies at his end, his family are wondering why he wasn't part of

the deal that brought the custody of the children and mother, as well as

a journalist, to an end. His lawyers are still trying to win his freedom

and apply for bail. Whether he will face further charges down the track,

we don't know. It certainly seems that the deal for Adam Whittington

reported is continuing. Still to come on the programme: The

final day of the Invictus Games, founded by Prince Harry,

we look back at this year's tournament for injured service

personnel and veterans. Also on the programme: New entries

to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's some of the latest jargon

from Singapore and Hong Kong. The Pope was shot, the Pope will

live - that's the essence of the appalling news from Rome,

this afternoon, that, as an Italian television commentator put it,

terrorism had come to the Vatican. The man they call the

"Butcher of Lyon," Klaus Barbie, went on trial today, in the French

town where he was the Gestapo chief Winnie Mandela never looked

like a woman just sentenced to six The judge told Mrs Mandela there was

no indication she felt even The Chinese government has called

for an all-out effort to help the victims

of a powerful earthquake, the worst The computer Deep Blue has tonight

triumphed over the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov -

it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion

in a classical chess match. America's first legal same-sex

marriages have been taking place Defeated but defiant, Brazil's

President is ousted, as her Top US Republicans appear to make

their peace with Donald Trump but This story is getting a lot

of interest on our website. You may remember that

the gun used to kill an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin,

in Florida was put up for auction The gun was then removed

from sale just as it was It's now listed on another website,

but that site's offline. I think we'll be hearing

a lot more about this story, Let's take a look at some front

pages from around the world. South China Morning post reports

that Beijing has ramped up its rhetoric ahead of a ruling

in an international court over the long running dispute

in the South China Sea. Top diplomat Shoo Hong, seen here

at a news conference, told the media that the case was an attempt

to undermine China's sovereignty. The Japan Times writes

about a corruption scandal French prosecutors are investigating

a two million dollar payment allegedly made to the son

of the ex-world athletics chief and whether it was linked to Tokyo's

bid to host the 2020 Games. And the Wall Street Journal's Asia

edition leads with the ousting of the Brazilian president,

Dilma Rousseff. She's accused of manipulating

the government budget. But in a defiant speech to

the nation, Ms Rousseff vowed to The hashtag #StarringJohnCho is

very popular at the moment. It's the brainchild of

a digital strategist, who wanted to illustrate what some of Hollywood's

top films would look like He's used

the Asian American actor John Cho. You can take a look at some of the

reversioned movie posters online. It's probably a measure

of the growing influence of Asia: words that originate in Singapore

and Hong Kong have been added to It challenges the perception

that so-called 'correct' English So let's a take a look at a few

of the new words. It's a system of social networks

in Hong Kong which facilitates That's a cashier,

especially at a car park. And if you're

a light-skinned person, in Singapore Well Dr Danica Salazar from the

Oxford English Dictionary told me I think that the addition of these

new words is very important, first linguistic scholarship, the one that

we apply to all the words that we include in the Oxford English

Dictionary as words that come We are talking

about words that are used...tend to be used in Singapore and

Hong Kong. Things like the Hawker centre

in Singapore or char siu in Hong Kong, these are now in the Oxford

English Dictionary because they are Yes, they are essentially part

of the English language and, as you know, the Oxford English

Dictionary is the world's foremost Meaning, it is not just

a dictionary of definitions but one that shows the whole history

of th eEnglish language. And since Hong Kong and Singapore,

for many decades, have been part of the development of English language

and we find it is important to also include the words that Singaporeans

and Hong Kong speakers of the I know you have

spoken about wanting to get rid of in, say, the UK or in the States is

correct - how do you do that, then? Yes, I think that, since

the OED is such a respected lexical resource, I think just the fact that

you're adding them and you're giving all this attention to these words

kind of shows the people who speak English in places like Hong Kong

and Singapore that they do not really need to speak like Americans

and like British people in order for their language to be

considered as correct. I mean,

these words have become part of English because it shows something

of the culture of these places. These are words that are needed to

be expressed using these new words. I think it is something

that is very legitimate. It is something not happening only

in Hong Kong and Singapore but in other places where English is

spoken. It is a chain that has been going

on in many parts of the world especially since

English is such a global language and it is someone that should be

celebrated rather than decred. Doesn't this highlight the dominance

of English - the fact that other languages are maybe lacking somewhat

or are being lost a little bit? Not exactly lacking because

if you look at many of the Hong Kong and Singapore additions that we have

are actually borroewing fro mthe and Singapore additions that we have

are actually borrowings from the We are showing that English is

a thriving in these places and existing alongside other

languages like Cantonese in It is a demonstration of the

context in this globalised world. When I was in Singapore at eight

some of the best food in the world at a hawker market, so I'm glad that

has made it into the markets. I have to say, being Singaporean I am

familiar with Singaporean English. My brothers called me a word that

essentially means clueless or spaced out. I hope I'm not still that way

now that I have grown up. The US is taking China to the

World Trade Organization over what it claims are illegal trade barriers

to its chicken, Rarely eaten in the US,

they often end up in animal food, but in China they are a delicacy,

and the US is licking its lips over We can't continue to allow China to

rape our country, and that is what they are doing. It is the greatest

theft in the history of our world. In Florida,

it's the final day of the Invictus One of the American stars

of the event handed back one of her gold medals to the Prince,

asking him to give it to the Cambridgeshire hospital that

saved her life two years ago. Aleem Maqbool looks back at this

year's tournament for injured For many here, this has been

the week of their lives. They've often gone through

the toughest of times, some getting injured

in combat or losing friends. Now they've competed with athletes

from around the world. Lieutenant Kirsty Wallace

broke her back while training The spirit of the Games

are just amazing. There is banter between all

the different teams, getting to know the other countries,

all the competitors. Prince Harry is such a huge

ambassador for this event. The banter he has between him

and us, the team, is fantastic. He is willing to come up and give

sweaty hugs at the end of a race. And Prince Harry, who served

in the Army for ten years and came up with the idea of these Games,

has been a huge presence here. Earlier this week,

he was interviewed with American swimmer Elizabeth Marks,

who at the first Invictus Games in London had to suddenly

be taken to hospital. They saved my life there,

so I'm very grateful it happened where it did

because they provided me with excellent medical care

and things might not have gone But when he did, after she won gold

in the pool, she handed back the medal to Harry,

telling him to give it to Papworth Hospital

in Cambridgeshire, where she had her Support for this year's event came

from Olympic stars. The ability that the athletes that

are here, that they have to inspire kids but also the wider

community is a tremendous This is when sport

is at its very best. The hope is this also inspires other

sick and injured soldiers everywhere, fighting

their own personal battles. Stay with us: How tough is

the leather industry? We'll be looking at how a ban on

slaughtering cows in several Indian states is affecting business in the

second part of our series on beef. Before we go, some incredible

pictures from London. This car fell

into a large sinkhole in the middle The owner had parked it

the night before. His somewhat understated response

"In life you have good days and bad days. This morning wasn't a good

day", That's all for now -

stay with BBC World News. Well, temperatures

in the last few days have been up and down a little bit but, generally

speaking, closer to what we would But now there is some cooler

and much fresher weather Friday is still going to be quite

a warm day, particualrly These northerly winds you can see

here are going to introduce much fresher conditions to the northern

half of the UK for Friday itself. First thing in the morning

on Friday, That cold front, which you can see

here, will be sinking southward That is the leading edge of

the cooler air to the north of it. So let's start with Scotland,

four o'clock in the afternoon, you can see just how much lower

these values are, Cooler along the North Sea coast,

for sure, particularly in that breeze out

of the north or the north-west. We are still hanging on for a time

to that warmer weather in the south. Perhaps even touching 23-24 degrees

in the south-west, and a chance The sun will be very strong

on Friday. You can see how high the UV levels

are across a large chunk of the UK. And even moderate there

across parts of Scotland. Remember, you can burn regardless

of what the temperature is - it's all to do with the strength of

the sunshine and the clearer skies. Now, into Saturday, we are going

to see that cold front reach That means that on Saturday morning,

dawn, you can see the temperatures really nippy across

quite a large part of the UK. Down to freezing perhaps

in rural spots as far south as central parts of Britain,

down into Wales, for example. On Saturday itself, at times it will

be cloudy, particularly Overcast from time to time

in coastal areas. Further west it should be brighter

and fresh conditions, How are we doing compared to

the rest of Europe? Actually, Madrid won't be that

much warmer - only 19 degrees. Quite a few downpours across many

central areas of the continent, from the south-east of France, across

the Alpine region and into eastern Back home, on Sunday, we still

keep that northerly air stream. It will feel particularly cooler

along these North Sea coasts. I'm Kasia Madera with

BBC World News. Our top story: Brazil's new cabinet

has been sworn in following the suspension of President Dilma

Rousseff to face an impeachment Mrs

Rousseff said the action against her had been

brutally committed against an Brazil's new acting

president, Michel Temer, has urged Top US Republicans appear to have

made their peace with Presidential election frontrunner Donald Trump,

but there's no word of endorsement. Leading Congressman Paul Ryan said

they had a productive conversation And this story is trending

on BBC.com. This is 33 year old Asian elephant

Looka who live in a UK zoo. She went off her food because

of an infected tooth. She was put to sleep

and the team got to work, That's all from me now,

stay with BBC World News. And the top story here in the

UK: The Bank of England has issued its starkest

warning yet about what it regards as the risks to the economy, if

Britain leaves the European Union. A report says a Brexit could lead to

a fall in the value of the pound, reduced economic growth, higher

inflation and more unemployment. Now on BBC News all the latest

business news live from Singapore. News and takes the helm at. We'll be

scanned a payoff -- Nissan takes the helmet. Is it worth the payoff

spotlight is on the shares of Nissan and Mitsubishi. They have spent

money to become the biggest shareholders in the small vehicle

market. We saw shares surging 16% on Thursday. This is where they are

right now. Nissan is currently higher. It fell at -- it fell

yesterday, we will keep an eye on it. Mitsubishi admitted that it had

been cheating on fuel economy tests for 25 years. Nissan's boss said it

is a win for both companies, but I put that question to an auto

analyst. It's a low price to pay to control the interest and get an auto

maker that has a fairly local reach. It's the move to restore confidence

in Mitsubishi, which is critical this time. In this particular deal,

you have a very experienced executive who has been able to

successfully navigate through a complex alliance such as that with

Nissan. This will be a piece of cake by comparison. The consolidation

that is needed in the industry, it is a great benefit in distribution

especially in South-East Asia where Mitsubishi fills gaps in the Nissan

portfolio. There are a lot more worries about how the scandal could

potentially become wise, isn't this a huge risk for Nissan? There is

risk in any deal, not just the fact that there are liabilities here. I

think this is a calculated risk. China has faced many allegations of

hacking websites of American governments and companies, officials

met again this week to try and reach some sort of agreement, with not

much luck. A leading security expert from China is that they should work

together. Our correspondent attended a rare event where some of the

smartest hackers in China compete against each other. It's the

gambling capital of the world. China's rich come here in the hope

that they will leave even richer. But some want to be consistent.

Behind closed doors, teenage hackers, too young to bet downstairs

are competing. What do you like about hacking? I love it, and I love

cyber safety. So much so that he practices one day a week. At 16, he

thinks he may have a career in it. They raced against the clock to

access a smart phone or a wireless router. It's all above board. A

filmmaker and retail giant Alibaba Abbe is here to learn. Organisers

insist that this is about exposing vulnerabilities and helping

manufacturers make their technology more secure. They say it is

definitely not about sharing the information with governments. It is

better say that there are plenty of people who are very interested in

what is going on inside this room. China's government works hard to

control the Internet within its borders. Hacking as a weapon of war,

that is a very sensitive issue. The geeks competing here want the focus

to be on security and working with, not against, countries like the US.

TRANSLATION: The department I am working for has found and solved

many problems for international companies like Microsoft. Today we

fixed 32 bugs which were found by my team this month. The best hackers in

the world are apparently not in China. One of the organisers told me

that Russia, Israel and America are leading the way. These competitions

show that China is trying to catch up, all in the name of Internet

security. To our special series on the beef

trade in India. It supplies about 20% of all worlds beef, but it is

the topic of religious debate. A ban on slaughter and consumption has

been extended to all members of the cow family because of Hindu beliefs.

It affects not just farmers but associated industries.

These leather sandals are an iconic product of this region. They support

a huge industry here. Over the last year, a ban on cow slaughter in the

State was extended to the main source of the leather used to make

these slippers. This has squeezed the supply of Labour, pushing up the

prices. That is making customers unhappy, say retailers. Business has

come down by 40%. Customers used to buy four or five pairs, because the

shoes were so good. Now they complain that the prices are too

high and by just one or two pairs. It's hard to believe that factories

like this once made products sold in markets, and in the US or Australia.

It is no longer as lucrative to be in this business, it's getting

harder to find younger workers who want to learn these skills. Once

employing over 100,000 workers, the traditional slippers industry now

has less than one tenth of that number. This man learnt his skills

as a child and has been making shoes for 55 years. Working 12 hours a

day, he makes just $30 a month. His sons still want to be in this trade.

The industry is dying. We don't have enough to make ends meet. We don't

even get good leather any more. How do we make good shoes? All of us

will be out of jobs soon. The industry was already shrinking, and

the beef ban seems to have been the final blow. Many worry it will be

difficult to recover from. A piece of local history, along with these

livelihoods, might be lost for ever. It's a show that is normally

synonymous with Las Vegas, but the Consumer Electronics Show is being

held in Shanghai this week. It brings the world's biggest names in

technology together. Can China compete with the US in

terms of innovation? We are joined by Jeremy from Shanghai. Describe

the show to us, how busy is it? Is it as big and exciting as it lost a

counterpart? That is the big question. The gig me if I sound a

bit strange, it is very loud. It is not as big as the Las Vegas

exposition, which is enormous. Las Vegas is preposterously big. This is

a more manageable size. The show producers have told me it is twice

as big as it was last year. You can see that many of the booths are on

the same scale as the ones in Las Vegas. They are showing of all the

latest gadgets. Tell us about the gadgets. What do you think will be

the next big thing? The biggest buzz word is virtual reality. There are a

number of headsets you where, you put your smart phone in and you are

in another world. There are a dozen companies selling them here, so

there are a lot of products. The latest I have seen are a pair of

sunglasses, they look like sports sunglasses but they pack the

technology in there. We are seeing a number of Chinese companies, about

40%. Is this a real innovation, there is criticism that they could

be copying? It's a loaded question, but a good and important question.

The virtual reality headset for example. Samsung and HTC did it

originally, but you also have Chinese companies doing the exact

same thing. Are they copying? I would argue that the sunglasses are

innovation, but the others are maybe just knockoffs. There was a lot of

stuff going on behind you, but thank you so much for coming on the

programme. That is it for this edition of Asia Business Report.

Thank you for joining us. The top stories this hour:

Defeated but defiant, Brazil's President is ousted, as her

successor vows unity. Top US Republicans appear to make

their peace with Donald Trump, but The owner of a car, swallowed-up

by a sinkhole in south east London, says he's thankful that his family

and no passers-by were hurt, in what Investigations are under way

into what caused the crater. Not the usual start to a Thursday

for this man. After parking his car outside his brother's home last

night, he got a very unwelcome wake-up call this morning when his

brother told him his car had been swallowed up by a six metres in

cold. It was a surprise, and I asked for anything like, was somebody hurt

or was there anyone around? No one was there. Just the car. I said,

thank God it's only the car. The whole appeared at about 3am, and

neighbours didn't think anything of it. I just thought it was a big

hole. It woke you up? It did. The water board joined the scene. Once

the area was deemed safe, work to remove the car got under way. There

was speculation that wet weather or heavy traffic could have been behind

the collapse, at it is not yet known what caused it. I am worried about

if this happens again in the future. We parked all over this area. They

should do investigations. Residents are bound to feel rather nervous

about what has happened, but we can assure them that we are doing

everything that the council needs to do to maintain their safety.

Greenwich council will investigate what caused the collapse, and then

the road will have to be repaired. It could be closed for up to ten

days. An enquiry has found that the youth

justice board was incorrectly handling young offenders. There were

failures at the Medway secure training centre where BBC Panorama

secretly filmed staff assaulting children. The Justice Secretary

confirmed that the contract will not be renewed.

Time now for all the sports news in Sport Today.

Hello, this is Sport Today, live from the BBC Sport Centre.

Could Kenya be banned from this summer's Olympics?

The country has been ruled in breach of World Anti-Doping Agency rules.

Roberto Martinez is sacked as manager of Everton ahead

And how eating dog food almost cost Serena Williams a place in the

quarter-finals of the Italian Open. A World Anti-Doping Agency committee

has unanimously recommended that Kenya be declared in breach

of their rules, in a move that could prevent the country's athletes

from taking part in Kenya has missed two deadlines to

show they are tackling the problem and WADA officials have

now said that recent efforts made to improve its anti-doping capability

were inadequate. Here's our sports editor, Dan Roan,

with more. What we know is that last month can

you pass legislation, finally, after months of pressure being applied by

the anti- doping agency, to create an operational new national anti-

doping agency. You might think they would have won, but they don't. This

new bill went through Parliament, driven by the President himself, so

that is how serious they took it. It went through Parliament, everybody

breathed a huge sigh of relief, not least Kenyan athletes who have been

training hard for the Olympics. But, what I understand is that they made

amendments, without telling the agency. This might not necessarily

mean a ban, so what might happen? Yes, the number a non-compliant but

that doesn't mean they are completely banned. Russia is banned

from track and field, but that is because the IAAF has made it choice

to ban them from international competition. There is a big decision

pending about whether they will reinstate them in time for Rio. It

is reputational egad, it doesn't look good, but crucially it is the

IOC to write to prevent a country from -- crucially it allows the IOC

to prevent a country from competing. What better way of demonstrating

that deterrent than to actually prevent a leading country like Kenya

from competing? Given how much pressure has been applied, listening

to athletes, this will be the last thing Kenyans will have wanted to

hear. Premier League side Everton are

looking for a new manager after sacking Roberto Martinez

on Thursday. The Spaniard was fired less than 24

hours after a 3-0 defeat at Sunderland, but it's

the club's home form which has been They've won just five league

games at Goodison Park. Our sports reporter David Ornstein

says Martinez has been under It is not a huge surprise, their

form has been poor. Roberto Martinez came into proceed David Moyes, so it

was a surprise that Everton picked him as their new manager. He is

first season went fantastically well. The second season not so good,

finishing 11th. Although they have got to two cup semifinals, they

haven't been able to push on and get to the finals, which has got the fan

base on his back. The new majority shareholder is wielding greater

influence now, he has money behind him and he will want his own man in

place to lead Everton forward. Well the bookmakers' favourite is

Frank de Boer, who resigned as head coach of Dutch

giants Ajax earlier on Thursday. Stoke City manager Mark Hughes,

a former Everton player, is second favourite in the betting,

alongside former Everton manager David Moyes, who spent 11 years

at the club before joining Another Dutchman,

Southampton's Ronald Koeman, But what about Manuel Pellegrini,

who's leaving Manchester City He seems quite keen to stay

in England, saying he's enjoyed Of course, I have enjoyed the

experience. Not only because of the title won, but also because I said

this is the best league in the world, for the fans and the

players. The stadiums are always at full capacity, so it is a very

competitive league with the six biggest teams being very close to

each other in the amount of money that they spend, and the potential

of their squad. So it is very difficult to win the title, and

after that it is very difficult to play every game because all the

teams have very good players so is very competitive.

One manager who's not going anywhere is Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino.

He was photographed having lunch with Alex Ferguson this week,

prompting rumours he could be a target for Manchester United,

but the Argentine has signed a new contract

The London club have already qualified

Top seed Serena Williams is safely through to the quarter-finals

of the Italian Open, despite getting sick after eating dog food.

The American posted a video on social media on Wednesday

showing the food she ordered for her pet dog Chip at their hotel.

No, really I'm not making this up, see for yourselves.

So today, I thought I would taste his food so I ordered the salmon and

rice. I thought, I eat salmon. Before you judge be, look at it.

That is the salmon and rice, it is all mixed together. Come on, it

looks good, I think it looks good! Unlike, what the heck, I am going to

try apiece. So I eat a spoonful, don't judge the! So now I feel

really sick. It was just a spoonful.

Williams recovered in time to beat fellow American Christina McHale

The first went all the way to a tie-break but the second was much

more straightforward - she only lost one game.

Chip the dog appeared fine watching Williams from her player's box.

In the men's event, Novak Djokovic is through to

the quarter-finals after surviving a scare against Tomaz Bellucci.

The unseeded Brazilian stunned the world number one

and the Italian crowd by racing through the first set 6-0.

But normal service was resumed when Djokovic recovered to take

The defending champion, who is looking to make it three

titles in a row, will now face Rafael Nadal in the last eight.

Andy Murray is still on course for another Masters Series final

The number two seed from Great Britain is also through to

the quarters after a comfortable win over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.

Murray won 6-0, 6-4 in just 77 minutes, and he'll

now face Belgium's David Goffin for a place in the semi-finals.

Roger Federer is out though after losing in straight sets to

The world number two had been surprised to get as far

as the third round after his return from the back injury that saw him

He made 34 unforced errors and afterwards expressed doubts over his

participation in the French Open, which starts a week on Sunday.

Jason Day leads after the second day of the richest competition on the

tour. He might have broken the record, if this putt had gone in. It

was agonisingly close. He is known under par and leads by two shots

from a group of five players, including Justin Rose. I can't

really recall the way I hit the ball, as well as I did today, and

they do also putting as well as I did. I think being patient and doing

well everything just clicked. Finally, there's one game in the NBA

play-offs on Thursday night. San Antonio Spurs visit

Oklahoma City in game 6 of their They're nearing the end

of the first quarter and the Thunder lead by 25 points to

19. Oklahoma City lead the series 3-2 -

and need one more win to reach the Conference finals

against Golden State Warriors. You can get the latest sports news

at the website, but thank you for joining us.

Well, temperatures in the last few days have been up

and down a little bit but, generally speaking, closer to what we would

But now there is some cooler and much fresher weather

Friday is still going to be quite a warm day, particualrly

These northerly winds you can see here are going to introduce much

fresher conditions to the northern half of the UK for Friday itself.

First thing in the morning on Friday,

That cold front, which you can see here, will be sinking southward

That is the leading edge of the cooler air to the north of it.

So let's start with Scotland, four o'clock in the afternoon,

you can see just how much lower these values are,

Cooler along the North Sea coast, for sure,

particularly in that breeze out of the north or the north-west.

We are still hanging on for a time to that warmer weather in the south.

Perhaps even touching 23-24 degrees in the south-west, and a chance

The sun will be very strong on Friday.

You can see how high the UV levels are across a large chunk of the UK.

And even moderate there across parts of Scotland.

Remember, you can burn regardless of what the temperature is -

it's all to do with the strength of the sunshine and the clearer skies.

Now, into Saturday, we are going to see that cold front reach

That means that on Saturday morning, dawn, you can see

the temperatures really nippy across quite a large part of the UK.

Down to freezing perhaps in rural spots as far south

as central parts of Britain, down into Wales, for example.

On Saturday itself, at times it will be cloudy, particularly

Overcast from time to time in coastal areas.

Further west it should be brighter and fresh conditions,

How are we doing compared to the rest of Europe?

Actually, Madrid won't be that much warmer - only 19 degrees.

Quite a few downpours across many central areas of the continent, from

the south-east of France, across the Alpine region and into eastern

Back home, on Sunday, we still keep that northerly air stream.

It will feel particularly cooler along these North Sea coasts.

Best and brightest of the weather will always be

The weekend will be largely dry, fresh with some fine days,

clear evenings but, as a result, it will be chilly overnight.

Welcome to BBC News, broadcasting to viewers on public television

Trust and unity - Brazil's new acting president urges

the country to unite behind him as it emerges from a political crisis.

Building bridges - top Republicans appear to make

their peace with Donald Trump, but there's now word of 'endorsement'.

-- their peace with Donald Trump, but there's no word of

Adrift in the Mediterranean - we're aboard a

rescue ship with the migrants who are changing their route

And going for gold at the Invictus Games - we look back

on five days of competition for injured service personnel.

The political crisis in Brazil has deepened after the Senate voted to

She's alleged to have concealed the size of

the country's budget deficit but she denies committing any crime, and has

Now a trial will be held to see whether she'll be removed

from office - a process which could take six months.

A former deputy is now interim president.

From Brasilia, the BBC's Wyre Davies reports.

"Dilma, a Brazilian warrior", was the chant from her staff

and colleagues as Brazil's first female president faced the cameras,

minutes after being formally told of her suspension from office.

Defiant until the end, Ms Rousseff said Brazil's

In an emotional defence of her record, the former political

prisoner said she had faced adversity before and

TRANSLATION: I have suffered the unspeakable pain of torture,

And now once again I am suffering the unbearable pain of injustice.

The President's fate was sealed when after 21 hours of debate

the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of an impeachment trial.

The charge is that Ms Rousseff had illegally concealed

Dilma Rousseff's opponents celebrated the news in the capital.

Their anger with her, not so much the formal charges,

The new leader is former Vice President, Michel Temer,

centre right, business-friendly and promising national unity.

His first move was to appoint an all-male and all-white Cabinet.

It is urgent you unify Brazil, to form a government that will save

It is urgent we create a government of national salvation.

Arms aloft, as if in victory, despite the humiliation

Dilma Rousseff left the presidential palace by the front entrance,

still a heroine to Brazil's working classes.

It is very hard to see our democracy, to see this crew in our

democracy. It is very hard. -- cou. And I cry. I cry. But I will fight.

All the day. What is happening today in Brazil

is important, because of the size of this country's economy

and its past history The interim president might find

favour with the money markets and big business,

but to many he will be a usurper, and will find it hard

to unite this vast country. While she won't be remembered

as a great leader, Dilma Rousseff was beaten by a broken,

corrupt political system Wyre Davies, BBC News,

Brasilia. Mr Trump held talks in Washington

with a lot riding on the outcome He met with Speaker of the House

Paul Ryan, who did not endorse his party's presumptive nominee - but

did say their talk was a positive The BBC's North America editor

Jon Sopel reports. The motorcade looks

presidential enough. The trouble is that the Republican

leadership thinks that For a man not normally shy of

the cameras, Donald Trump has kept Behind closed doors at Republican

HQ, Mr Trump met the most senior elected Republican, the Speaker

of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, someone who has

conspicuously refused to endorse And despite the warm words

at a later news conference, I heard a lot of good things

from our presumptive nominee, and we exchanged differences

of opinion on a number of things There are policy disputes

that we will have. Plenty of Republicans disagree with

each other on policy disputes. But on core principles, those are

the kind of things we discussed, And then it was up to Capitol Hill

to talk to the Senate leadership, all part of

the Donald Trump charm offensive. There is an old joke about how

do two porcupines make love? Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are

eyeing each other from a distance. But they know for the sake

of Republican unity that they need For the moment, though,

there are still just too many spikes And if the Republican leadership is

to unify, a lot of people are going Donald Trump would be

an absolute utter disaster for the Republican Party,

destroy conservatism as we know it. We would get wiped out

and it would take generations to Donald Trump is a phoney, a fraud,

his promises are as worthless There is no way the party of Lincoln

and Reagan is going to be taken over Those close to the Speaker are

expressing confidence the party But Paul Ryan apparently made

it clear what it will take. A lot of the vulgarity and some

of the ways in which Trump has used language is not the kind

of thing he would like to see. And as I understand it, in the

meeting today he made that point. Donald Trump left Washington without

saying a word to the cameras. But on social media,

you could almost hear the purring. "Great day in DC", he said,

"things working out really well". Delegates from across the world are

attending a major anti-corruption The UK Prime Minister,

David Cameron, said foreign companies that already

have, or want to buy, property in the UK will have to reveal

who their ultimate owners are. But campaigners say more should

be done to increase transparency, The US Navy says it has fired

the commander of ten American sailors who were briefly captured

by Iran in January. The sailors had strayed off course

in the Gulf and were held and A US Navy official said

the commander had failed to provide George Zimmerman, the man who shot

dead the unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida four

years ago, says he's determined to The gun was removed from an auction

site after organisers said they did The weapon is now apparently up

for sale on a different site. David Willis reports from

Los Angeles. The killing of Trayvon Martin in a

gated community in Orlando sparked protests which gave rise to the

black lives matter movement and prompted a national debate about

race relations in America. George Zimmerman maintained he acted in

self defence after the teenager attacked him in the street,

something Trayvon Martin's family denies. We find George Zimmerman not

guilty. He was acquitted under laws allowing Florida residents to shoot

first if they believed they are about to be attacked. Now after

another website refused the posting, George Zimmerman the gun up for

auction on a site called United gun group, with a starting price of

$5,000. A lawyer representing Trayvon Martin's family called the

move offensive. More than 2000 migrants have been

rescued off the coast of Italy in the last week alone,

with an increase in those taking In the first three months

of this year, Italy registered 18,000 new migrants - 80% more than

in the same period last year. The BBC's Christian Fraser is

on a rescue boat in international An early-morning call

on the bridge of the Aquarius. My actual position,

latitude 33 degrees. In Europe's epic migration story,

part of the rescue operation has Aquarius is chartered

by a national charity trained Already this year

they've saved 900 lives. The chart tells us,

we are almost upon them. In the haze, a streak of grey,

balanced precariously on the waves. In Libya, people smuggling is a low

risk, high profit business. Rubber boats from China are cheap

and quickly inflated. The safety of the paying

cargo is incidental. The smugglers give them a phone

to call the coast guard, a compass, and just enough fuel to leave

Libyan waters. This particular boat had drifted

24 miles in ten hours. A huddle of humanity

at the whim of the sea The first to arrive

are the children. On Aquarius, it's the medical

charity MSF that takes charge. But there is relief that they have

finally escaped Libya. You know, Libya is not

a free country. Each one of us know

the reason why we left home. They should please issue accommodate

us. But would they really come if these

rescue boats weren't here? The determination to leave

the danger is so huge that they are not afraid to step

on that rickety boat They are nearly all economic

migrants from West Africa. 51 of them are under the age of 17

and most are travelling alone. His elder brother drowned in this

sea last year. TRANSLATION: Everyone

gets a chance. We already have 120 migrants

on board the Aquarius. We are now picking up another

140 that the Italian The Italians tell us

they are expecting a record number of people to make this journey

from Libya to Europe this year, An hour after everyone was safely

transferred, the weather turned, a force six squall that would surely

have destroyed their boats. On the stern of the Aquarius,

they slept soundly. But had we arrived just an hour

later, they would certainly be dead. Stay with us on BBC News.

Still to come: The final day of the Invictus Games,

founded by Prince Harry. We look back at this year's

tournament for injured service The Pope was shot, the Pope will

live - that's the essence of the appalling news from Rome,

this afternoon, that, as an Italian television commentator put it,

terrorism had come to the Vatican. The man they call the

"Butcher of Lyon," Klaus Barbie, went on trial today, in the French

town where he was the Gestapo chief Winnie Mandela never looked

like a woman just sentenced to six The judge told Mrs Mandela there was

no indication she felt even The Chinese government has called

for an all-out effort to help the victims

of a powerful earthquake, the worst The computer Deep Blue has tonight

triumphed over the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov -

it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion

in a classical chess match. America's first legal same-sex

marriages have been taking place This is BBC News.

I'm Mike Embley. Brazil's new acting president,

Michel Temer, has urged the country to unite behind him

to restore its credibility. Top US Republicans appear to make

their peace with Donald Trump Here, the Bank of England has

delivered its strongest warning to date about the risks to the UK

economy as it sees them if Britain The bank's governor, Mark Carney,

said a vote to Leave in the referendum in June could lead to

the economy falling into recession. Those campaigning to Leave the EU

accuse Mr Carney Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed

reports. Manufacturing activity down,

construction down, Today, the Bank

of England said that if Britain left In his strongest warning yet,

Mark Carney said that all nine members of the bank's Monetary

Policy Committee spoke with one Material slowdown in growth,

notable increase in inflation, It is not based on a whim,

it is based on a rigorous analysis Given the gloominess

of your forecast and the data, can you rule out Britain's economy

being tipped into recession Of course there is a range

of possible scenarios around those corrections, which could possibly

include a technical recession, It is official,

Britain is in recession The last recession was in 2009,

sparked by the financial crisis. Could a referendum crisis have

a similar result? The bank's warnings of the risks of

an recession come in three parts. Inflation could rise

and unemployment could increase. The bank also said the value

of the sterling could fall sharply. Many economists agree with

the gloomy prognosis. A recession is plausible if the UK

leaves. In the short term there would be

a lot of uncertainty, and we are inclined at

the moment to factor in between 0.5% and 1% of lower growth in the event

of an exit in the first few years. The Bank of England governor has

certainly moved significantly today. The warnings about the risks

of Britain leaving The use of the word

"recession" significant, Mark Carney knows this is

controversial territory, a central His response is that the governor

has a duty to be transparent. We have a responsibility

if we have done analysis, if it has been a preoccupation of the MPC,

which it is, the biggest risk Storm clouds for the governor

as Leave campaigners accused him One MP called

for his resignation and a former Chancellor warned against

intervening in the EU debate. I think the governor ought to be

very careful with what he says. He could create a self-fulfilling

warning of a crisis that needn't be. Britain can trade and prosper,

just like any other independent It is not Mark Carney's first

warning on the risks of leaving the EU,

and it is unlikely to be his last. The question is what effect these

words will have France's Finance Minister,

Michel Sapin, has given his views He told the BBC he thought Brexit

would boost the far right TRANSLATION: We all believe that if

your country leaves the year at, the forces of the extreme right will

become stronger. -- leaves the EU. Votes in Italy, Spain, France. We

would have a fragmentation of Europe which would have its consequences

for the UK. How would it look if countries turned in on themselves,

close their borders. You might well imagine it would be extremely

damaging for the UK and its population.

And you can get lots more background on the EU referendum, the issues

You can also go on the BBC News smartphone app and search for EU

The UK government's plans for the future

Ministers have proposed a new board replacing the BBC Trust,

with the majority of its members appointed independently.

The BBC's director-general, Lord Hall, broadly welcomed

the plans but he raised concerns that not enough had been done to

Our political editor Laura Kuennsberg explains.

The BBC has been everywhere for all our lifetimes,

And you will know what the top stars get paid.

You could get a lot of people to host them and the shows would

still be successful, because the base product is of such quality.

If I was in charge I would definitely have

The Culture Secretary, who once said he was tempted to abolish the BBC,

Mr Speaker, the BBC is and must always remain

We want the BBC to thrive, to make fantastic programmes

for audiences, and to act as an engine for growth and creativity.

The BBC trust will be replaced with a new independent board,

as many of half of its members appointed by the government.

It will be ruled by regulations of impartiality and neutrality.

And for the first time, Ofcom will regulate it.

The government will not stick its nose into schedules, and the

The big issues, the future of the licence fee

and how it competes with its rivals, you have ducked the questions?

No, I think these changes will have a significant effect, and ensure

that the BBC excels even more of what the BBC does that are prized

by audiences across the country, and also put in place a completely

It will be much more involved in the day to day running, the board.

Why should half of them be government appointees?

The BBC benefits from ?3.7 billion of public money,

and I think the government is entitled to have representation.

But there is a fear the BBC would have tipped

This is not a state broadcaster like you get in the Eastern bloc,

it is an independent element of free speech.

Why does the government have any right to put anyone on that board?

If you get your drama fix only through iPlayer,

you will have to pay the license fee, and for new services there

I think the white paper's main message

about distinctive, high quality programming is exactly what the BBC

If you are being really honest with yourself,

do you have even a tiny inkling that somehow the BBC got away with it?

I don't think the BBC got away with it.

I think if you look back at where we were a year ago,

the debates and discussions that have been had involving the part

of government, some of it in public and some behind closed

doors, are exactly the discussions and debates you should have.

For months there have been all sorts of suggestions

around here that might have changed what you see and hear.

Today's plans will change how the BBC is run, but it is more

tinkering under the bonnet of the organisation itself than

But with the days of huddling around the TV set disappearing fast,

There will be disappointment in the commercial sector that

the BBC has not been reduced in scope and size, I'm sure that

will be the case, but the emphasis on innovation and risk-taking is

At times it seemed the BBC could have been served an ultimatum.

It will face more pressure, but these talks have come to

In Florida the Invictus Games have come to a close.

Founded by Prince Harry - they give wounded service members the chance

An American athlete made headlines when she gave one of her gold medals

back to the prince, asking him to give it to the British

For many here, this has been the week of their lives.

They've often gone through the toughest of times, some getting

Now they've competed with athletes from around the world.

Lieutenant Kirsty Wallace broke her back while training

The spirit of the Games are just amazing.

There is banter between all the different teams,

getting to know the other countries, all the competitors.

Prince Harry is such a huge ambassador for this event.

The banter he has between him and us, the team, is fantastic.

He is willing to come up and give sweaty hugs at the end of a race.

And Prince Harry, who served in the Army for ten years and came

up with the idea of these Games, has been a huge presence here.

Earlier this week, he was interviewed with American

swimmer Elizabeth Marks, who at the first Invictus Games in London had

They saved my life there, so I'm very grateful it happened

where it did because they provided me with excellent medical care

and things might not have gone as well had it been somewhere else.

But when he did, after she won gold in the pool, she handed back

the medal to Harry, telling him to give it to Papworth Hospital

in Cambridgeshire, where she had her operation two years ago.

Support for this year's event came from Olympic stars.

The ability that the athletes that are here, that they have to inspire

kids but also the wider community is a tremendous gift that they have.

This is when sport is at its very best.

The hope is this also inspires other sick and injured soldiers

everywhere, fighting their own personal battles.

And you can get in touch with me and most of the team on Twitter -

Well, temperatures in the last few days have been up

and down a little bit but, generally speaking, closer to what we would

But now there is some cooler and much fresher weather

Friday is still going to be quite a warm day, particualrly

These northerly winds you can see here are going to introduce much

fresher conditions to the northern half of the UK for Friday itself.

First thing in the morning on Friday,

That cold front, which you can see here, will be sinking southward

That is the leading edge of the cooler air to the north of it.

So let's start with Scotland, four o'clock in the afternoon,

you can see just how much lower these values are,

Cooler along the North Sea coast, for sure,

particularly in that breeze out of the north or the north-west.

We are still hanging on for a time to that warmer weather in the south.

Perhaps even touching 23-24 degrees in the south-west, and a chance

The sun will be very strong on Friday.

You can see how high the UV levels are across a large chunk of the UK.

And even moderate there across parts of Scotland.

Remember, you can burn regardless of what the temperature is -

it's all to do with the strength of the sunshine and the clearer skies.

Now, into Saturday, we are going to see that cold front reach

That means that on Saturday morning, dawn, you can see

the temperatures really nippy across quite a large part of the UK.

Down to freezing perhaps in rural spots as far south

as central parts of Britain, down into Wales, for example.

On Saturday itself, at times it will be cloudy, particularly

Overcast from time to time in coastal areas.

Further west it should be brighter and fresh conditions,

How are we doing compared to the rest of Europe?

Actually, Madrid won't be that much warmer - only 19 degrees.

Quite a few downpours across many central areas of the continent, from

the south-east of France, across the Alpine region and into eastern

Back home, on Sunday, we still keep that northerly air stream.

It will feel particularly cooler along these North Sea coasts.

Best and brightest of the weather will always be

The weekend will be largely dry, fresh with some fine days,

clear evenings but, as a result, it will be chilly overnight.

The latest headlines from BBC News. I'm Mike Embley.

The acting Brazilian president, Michel Temer, has urged

the country to unite behind him as it emerges from a political crisis.

In his first speech since replacing Dilma Rousseff, who

was suspended to face an impeachment trial, Mr Temer said Brazil had to

rebuild its credibility and get the economy growing again.

Top US Republicans appear to have made their peace with presidential

election frontrunner Donald Trump - but there's no word of endorsement'.

Leading Congressman Paul Ryan said they had a productive conversation

The US Navy says it has fired the commander of ten American

sailors who were briefly captured by Iran in January.

The sailors had strayed off course in the Gulf

and were held and questioned in Iran for 15 hours.

A US Navy official said the commander had failed to provide

Hello, and welcome to Thursday In Parliament. On this programme, the

government sets out plans for the future of the BBC, urging it to

focus on distinctiveness and diversity. Just how many people are

coming to the UK from the rest of the EU? Ministers are urged to iron

out the wrinkles in the figures. And a former Labour leader fears a

calendar clash between EU referendum and the Glastonbury Festival. It

would be an awful pity if instead of voting, they were rocking, my God.

But first, the culture secretary has unveiled the blueprint for the

future of the BBC, saying the broadcaster needs to focus on

distinctiveness and diversity. John Whittingdale dismissed earlier plans

to reduce the BBC's independence and funding as the hysterical

speculation of left-wing lovelies. Under the plans, the licence fee

will continue for the next 11 years. People watching BBC programmes

online will have to pay the licence fee. The BBC will be overseen by a

new unitary board and regulated by the broadcasting watchdog of com.

And there was news about the highest-paid individuals, including

star names. The public has a right to know what the highest earners the

busy employees are paid out of their licence fee. The new charter will

require the BBC to go further regarding the transparency of what

it pays its talent and publish the names of all of its employees and

freelancers above ?450,000, which is the current director general

salary. John Whittingdale said the government was not saying the BBC

should not be popular. Some of its most distant of programmes --

distinctive programmes had wide audiences, but it wasn't for the BBC

to create popular shows. New programming should be asked

consistently if it is innovative and high quality rather than simply how

will it do in the ratings? So we will place a requirement to provide

distinctive content and services at the heart of the BBC's overall core

mission of informing, educating and entertaining in the public interest.

For the last few weeks, we have had to read and increasing avalanche of

briefing to Conservative supporting newspapers, especially those

newspapers hostile to the BBC, which appears to have been emanating from

his department. The fact that most of his wilder proposals appear to

have been watered down or dogs or delayed by the government of which

he is a member is a reflection of his menacing influence and lack of

clout. He has not got his way in most things, and I welcome that. She

was concerned about the appointments to the new board. I am still worried

that the government is seeking unduly to influence the output and

editorial decision-making of the BBC, or can be see to be doing so.

So will be Secretary of State now promise that all government

appointments will be made by a demonstrably independent process?

Overseen by the commission for Public appointments, which prevents

there being any suspicion that the government seeks to turn the BBC

into something over which it has more control than is currently the

case? I do have some sympathy for the right honourable lady, who had a

dry run at this yesterday. She rehearsed all of her lines of attack

only to wake up this morning to discover all of the concerns she

expressed were based on ill founded hysterical speculation by left-wing

lovelies. A view shared by a voting Conservative. Every fox she expects

to see running has appeared to be shot, and the hound she expected to

release appears to be running around in confusion. I'm sorry to say the

British people will not be fooled by his words today. There might be some

fantasy foxes being shot this morning, but the fact is, by Sunny

at a budget when this is being called over and we look at the

detail, I believe this will be a deep, dark day for the BBC, and the

British public... OK, the people supporting Brexit who want to hate

the BBC and Europe, the fact of the matter is this will be a champagne

night for Rupert Murdoch and Richard Desmond. The BBC is better than

that, and it is owned by the British people, not this government! Is

despicable, the BBC have struggled with diversity on screen and off

screen for far too long. I absolutely welcome the enshrinement

of diversity into the new charter. It is the right and wise thing to

do. Does the Secretary of State agree with me at attracting the

brightest and most diverse talent will actually improve the content of

the BBC's offering and also ultimately the ratings? Alan Grant.

That statement was repeated a short time later in the House of Lords. My

Lords, surely it is there to congratulate the government on

dropping some of the more unacceptable proposals that they

have floated over the last few weeks? And to congratulate them on

abolishing the BBC trust, which should never have been established

and the committee of this has actually said ten user go should not

be. -- ten years ago. The test for me today is does this white paper

leave the BBC more independent or less independent than it is today?