:00:00. > :00:10.Answer: when it's a vital British renegotiation with the rest of
:00:11. > :00:13.the EU, and the European Parliament reminds us all late in the day,
:00:14. > :00:21.We'll ask whether the renegotiation is for life,
:00:22. > :00:32.To be clear, no government can go to the parliament and say this is our
:00:33. > :00:34.proposal, can you give us a guarantee about the result. In a
:00:35. > :00:36.democracy that isn't possible. We'll ask whether
:00:37. > :00:38.the renegotiation is for life, Also tonight, Zac on the attack:
:00:39. > :00:44.the Tory candidate for London mayor, Zac Goldsmith on his
:00:45. > :00:45.suitability for the job. And John Sweeney on the economic
:00:46. > :00:53.crisis in Venezuela. But now he's dead and the poor
:00:54. > :01:12.living there in the Barrios, have turned against
:01:13. > :01:21.the movement he created. My goodness, we've been talking
:01:22. > :01:27.about the EU renegotiation for months now and that particular
:01:28. > :01:29.drama grinds slowly But a huge potential problem has
:01:30. > :01:35.loomed into It's that frustrating thing about the EU, that
:01:36. > :01:38.no-one is quite in charge, so can we know what the rules are,
:01:39. > :01:42.even if we agree them? There are two issues:
:01:43. > :01:45.the European Court of Justice may say it's incompatible
:01:46. > :01:47.with our treaty obligations, and the European Parliament may say
:01:48. > :01:50.they don't want to enact the bits Is this an important "oops",
:01:51. > :02:16.or a silly distraction? David Cameron has shaken a lot of
:02:17. > :02:20.hands and eaten a lot of dinners all in the name of renegotiating
:02:21. > :02:24.Britain's relationship with the EU. And in the next few days he will
:02:25. > :02:25.hope he can get written's new terms of membership signed off by the
:02:26. > :02:36.other member states. -- Coryton's. David Cameron, should all go to
:02:37. > :02:40.plan, should end up with a meeting here. This is Downing Street and on
:02:41. > :02:42.Friday if he gets a deal he will be holding a cabinet and that will mark
:02:43. > :02:50.the official start of the referendum campaign. After that ministers will
:02:51. > :02:56.be able to campaign for Brexit if they wish. First, the Prime Minister
:02:57. > :02:58.needs to get a deal from Europe. Some are sympathetic to David
:02:59. > :03:05.Cameron think he will overcome the hurdles to the deal. It is about
:03:06. > :03:10.ensuring that non-Eurozone countries cannot be disseminated against by
:03:11. > :03:14.the Eurozone countries. A mechanism for that hasn't yet been decided. I
:03:15. > :03:18.think certain Eurozone countries are afraid the UK might be given to Matt
:03:19. > :03:33.and have effectively what counts as a veto on Eurozone issues. -- too
:03:34. > :03:40.much. Another European meeting will be happening at the same time. A
:03:41. > :03:45.pro-exit campaign group, Grassroots Out, will be campaigning. They and
:03:46. > :03:48.others will argue that the deal David Cameron will bring back will
:03:49. > :03:52.be incomplete because a huge chunk of it will need the approval of the
:03:53. > :04:02.European Parliament. Something it will not get until after any
:04:03. > :04:04.referendum. Good morning. The president of the European
:04:05. > :04:08.Parliament, meeting the Prime Minister here, wasn't very helpful
:04:09. > :04:15.today. I encourage British people to vote on the basis of the outcome of
:04:16. > :04:21.Thursday to vote yes. Then we start procedure, legislative procedure,
:04:22. > :04:26.between clarify and help to solve the problems addressed by the frame
:04:27. > :04:31.which will be accepted on Thursday. I hope accepted on Thursday. Certain
:04:32. > :04:35.things still need to pass through the European Parliament. Most
:04:36. > :04:40.notably is the emergency brake on migrant' accessed in work welfare.
:04:41. > :04:46.But certain things are in place immediately. Red cards for national
:04:47. > :04:51.parliament to block EU legislation where it is unwanted. And also the
:04:52. > :04:55.understanding that the UK is not bound to an ever closer union. It is
:04:56. > :05:00.the first time it has an opt out of this. Lots of potential leave voters
:05:01. > :05:03.migration is a big issue. They would obviously be unnerved if the
:05:04. > :05:07.European Parliament words and pick the migration part of this package.
:05:08. > :05:11.Do we think it is likely the MEPs do that? I think the president of the
:05:12. > :05:16.European Parliament has said that first of all it will be a speedy
:05:17. > :05:22.process. One that will be studied carefully. I think the other
:05:23. > :05:27.countries have agreed, through their heads of government, to the package,
:05:28. > :05:31.I think it is highly likely the European Parliament will consider
:05:32. > :05:34.that as a good signal. -- I think if the other. But the European
:05:35. > :05:39.Parliament could fiddle with the deal and water it down. That is what
:05:40. > :05:44.is the fear of the Eurosceptics. The Prime Minister could make a deal. A
:05:45. > :05:47.tiny one. But after that deal, and say he wins the referendum, the
:05:48. > :05:53.European Parliament can scupper the deal. The European Court of Justice
:05:54. > :05:56.can rule it out of order. It is rather like selling a motorcar and
:05:57. > :05:59.saying isn't it lovely and shiny, and you can buy it, but you cannot
:06:00. > :06:05.test the engine first. It simply doesn't work. Could the European
:06:06. > :06:09.Court strike down the deal? We have spoken to experts who believe
:06:10. > :06:14.legislation could be drafted which would be safe from that. Tensions
:06:15. > :06:18.are high, and so are the stakes, and perhaps that is why Prince William
:06:19. > :06:25.today intervened in a speech. Or did he? You judge. In an increasingly
:06:26. > :06:31.turbulent world our ability to unite in common action with other nations
:06:32. > :06:35.is essential. It is the bedrock of our security and prosperity. And is
:06:36. > :06:51.central to your work. Right now the big question is will be wrestled --
:06:52. > :07:00.questions. As he hence, it may not change many votes. But nor the
:07:01. > :07:08.details of what David Cameron has shaken on. We will find out at the
:07:09. > :07:10.end of June what he hopes Britain will be.
:07:11. > :07:13.The tension is building. I'm joined now from the European
:07:14. > :07:15.Parliament by the German MEP Ska Keller and Conservative Dan
:07:16. > :07:18.Hannan who led the campaign for the Tory party to leave
:07:19. > :07:30.the European People's Party. Good evening to you both. Do you
:07:31. > :07:34.have concerns about what you have heard about you know, the deal
:07:35. > :07:42.Britain is getting, particularly on migrant benefits? There is a deal
:07:43. > :07:45.Cameron has achieved. It is clear the parliament will have to play a
:07:46. > :07:49.role in that. That shouldn't come as a surprise. After all it isn't a
:07:50. > :07:55.bureaucratic construct where only bureaucrats decide. It is the
:07:56. > :07:58.Parliament that does legislation and if Cameron wants to change
:07:59. > :08:03.legislation the Parliament will have a look at it. Many details are still
:08:04. > :08:09.missing. For us it is important, as the Greens, that we are not applying
:08:10. > :08:14.certain rules to some citizens and others not. But we will look at the
:08:15. > :08:18.proposal. After all, this referendum is about much more than what Cameron
:08:19. > :08:22.has been proposing in his deals with other heads of state and government.
:08:23. > :08:26.It is really about the future of the UK. It is about the future of the
:08:27. > :08:31.year and whether we face the challenges of today's world together
:08:32. > :08:37.or not. Are you really saying that it isn't possible for the government
:08:38. > :08:39.of the EU to make a deal? That is effectively what you are saying. You
:08:40. > :08:44.are saying they can sign whatever deal they want but it doesn't pass
:08:45. > :08:50.through the EU because the MEPs have their say. Let me put the question
:08:51. > :08:55.again... Or this one... Go on. The European Union has a Parliament like
:08:56. > :09:00.Britain has a Parliament. And Parliament have some rights as they
:09:01. > :09:04.should do in any democracy. Part of that is amending legislation. A lot
:09:05. > :09:07.of bits Cameron has been negotiating actually go past the European
:09:08. > :09:11.Parliament. We don't have a role in that. There are few pieces of that
:09:12. > :09:16.that actually have to go through Parliament. But how would you do a
:09:17. > :09:22.law if not by Parliament? In Britain laws passed through the Parliament,
:09:23. > :09:26.it is the same for the EU. Suppose you have reservations, which I think
:09:27. > :09:30.you do about the benefits package, isn't it the case that when you come
:09:31. > :09:34.to vote on the British deal that you will vote taking into account the
:09:35. > :09:38.political necessity for the EU to stick by its deal with the British,
:09:39. > :09:43.or will you just say, I am against changing benefit rules, so I will
:09:44. > :09:46.vote against? Will you effectively do the right thing, if you like,
:09:47. > :09:52.taking into account the bigger political question than just the
:09:53. > :09:55.benefits, or not? As I said, we don't have the proposals. But
:09:56. > :10:00.everybody will keep in mind the bigger political effects of that
:10:01. > :10:04.very clearly. But it is also very clear that we cannot just do changes
:10:05. > :10:08.to laws without asking the Parliament. Everybody is aware of
:10:09. > :10:15.what is happening at the council. We think that discrimination shouldn't
:10:16. > :10:19.happen to EU citizens. We are in an area of the rule of law which needs
:10:20. > :10:24.to apply to all. That is clear. But we are ready to look at proposals
:10:25. > :10:29.when they come. We hear this word, something of a formality, in
:10:30. > :10:32.English. You have to get your vote, and distrust a formality. Because
:10:33. > :10:40.everybody knows how you will vote and it is just noting its three. --
:10:41. > :10:45.and it is just a formality, because everybody knows how you will vote
:10:46. > :10:51.and it is just about nodding it through. If Parliaments were just
:10:52. > :10:55.there like that we would just get rid of them. We don't want to do
:10:56. > :11:00.that. We want to strengthen it. There has been a lot of talk about
:11:01. > :11:07.the EU not being democratic enough. Those people should not criticise us
:11:08. > :11:12.for exercising our democratic power. Citizens of the EE will expect from
:11:13. > :11:18.us that we have a close look at this. -- EU. Just as we would have a
:11:19. > :11:22.close look at any other kind of legislative document. Thanks very
:11:23. > :11:26.much. What probability do you put on the deal actually holding in the
:11:27. > :11:33.Parliament and in the European court? First, let's get the deal
:11:34. > :11:37.done. Lots of the elements are still being negotiated. We will see what
:11:38. > :11:45.happens on Thursday and Friday this week. The principle here is what 28
:11:46. > :11:49.EU leaders have agreed to, I would say, and indeed it is a legally
:11:50. > :11:56.binding decision, it is an international law decision... But
:11:57. > :12:00.the European courts can save your binding position, as you call it,
:12:01. > :12:03.conflicts with non-discrimination provisions, free movement
:12:04. > :12:09.provisions, that we already have written into a treaty? You cannot
:12:10. > :12:15.just signed something like that -- sign something like that. It may not
:12:16. > :12:21.be EU treaty but it is a binding document. What happens if it
:12:22. > :12:26.conflicts with the EU treaty and the European Court says that conflicts
:12:27. > :12:30.with the treaty you have signed? That is what they are negotiating
:12:31. > :12:34.about now. The menu of options they have been looking at has been
:12:35. > :12:42.looking at how do you do it within EU law. As Nina said earlier, loads
:12:43. > :12:45.of these elements will be enforceable straightaway. Making
:12:46. > :12:49.sure, for example, that the UK Parliament has more of a save. That
:12:50. > :12:52.we are not dragged into an ever closer union. That the euro zone
:12:53. > :12:59.countries are not outvoted. Important stuff. What probability do
:13:00. > :13:06.you put on the benefit package getting through the European
:13:07. > :13:12.Parliament, 90%, 98%? It cannot be 100%. I would not put a figure on it
:13:13. > :13:17.because things don't work like that. I think that a really important
:13:18. > :13:22.principle is there, can Britain, can any EU member state be part of it
:13:23. > :13:27.and make it better... But the EU was unable to give that because they
:13:28. > :13:34.cannot, and we have heard the argument, they cannot just put the
:13:35. > :13:39.Parliament into a position and just agree something Cameron is
:13:40. > :13:44.negotiating. If 28 EU leaders agree to something then it would almost be
:13:45. > :13:48.remiss in the Parliament to overturn all of that stuff. By the way, those
:13:49. > :13:55.leaders have been democratically elected in each of their countries.
:13:56. > :13:59.Angela Merkel has agreed to this deal on the half of the German
:14:00. > :14:03.people and actually Martin Schulz early on in that press conference
:14:04. > :14:07.today said the European Parliament doesn't have a veto and him himself
:14:08. > :14:10.has been clear that it is the European Parliament's duty to pass
:14:11. > :14:14.legislation quickly on this. Thank you both.
:14:15. > :14:16.On May 5th, London will vote for a new mayor.
:14:17. > :14:19.The most powerful elected role in England, outside Parliament.
:14:20. > :14:21.It will be important for London of course,
:14:22. > :14:23.and more than interesting for the rest of the country.
:14:24. > :14:27.The health of the capital is economically significant
:14:28. > :14:30.for the country and politically, London is a swing state.
:14:31. > :14:32.In a minute, we'll talk to one of the leading candidates,
:14:33. > :14:46.No scene better encapsulates the weird blend that makes
:14:47. > :14:53.Local people, ordinary homes, and skyscraper services for big
:14:54. > :14:58.business, all within earshot of each other.
:14:59. > :15:01.It's like two strange neighbours living next door to each other,
:15:02. > :15:03.perhaps not knowing each other well, perhaps not even liking
:15:04. > :15:11.Without ordinary Londoners, well, London grinds to a halt.
:15:12. > :15:14.Without the big business, London runs out of money.
:15:15. > :15:18.And the city only really works when both neighbours are happy.
:15:19. > :15:21.But when you do the maths, it's not been a great few years
:15:22. > :15:26.Family incomes as a whole in London have done reasonably well,
:15:27. > :15:31.But once we account for housing costs the picture looks
:15:32. > :15:37.Since the start of the crash typical household incomes have fallen
:15:38. > :15:40.by almost 4% in London which is worse than any other part
:15:41. > :15:43.Yes, housing is the issue that divides young, old,
:15:44. > :15:48.In an aspirational city, the aspiration to own a place
:15:49. > :15:54.I think there's a real risk that within about ten years no
:15:55. > :15:58.households, aged under 35, on low to middle incomes,
:15:59. > :16:05.But let's turn to the business side of the equation.
:16:06. > :16:09.HSBC, under whose tower we are virtually sitting,
:16:10. > :16:12.made this very important decision to keep its base in the UK,
:16:13. > :16:17.Does that mean London is sorted for business?
:16:18. > :16:20.Is that a sign that business is happy here and has nothing
:16:21. > :16:25.There will always be global competition, people trying
:16:26. > :16:32.The three things on businesses' mind at the moment in that global
:16:33. > :16:33.competitive space are, firstly, immigration,
:16:34. > :16:40.Secondly airports, can you get to and from global market places?
:16:41. > :16:43.and third, our position in relation to Europe,
:16:44. > :16:49.A city that works for work, but also for life generally
:16:50. > :16:57.is the promise of all candidates in May's Mayoral election.
:16:58. > :17:04.Londoners will argue about specific policies
:17:05. > :17:07.But elections are often much more visceral.
:17:08. > :17:11.For a Labour candidate, do you get business?
:17:12. > :17:24.For a Conservative, do you really understand the ordinary voter?
:17:25. > :17:29.With me now is Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative London Mayoral.
:17:30. > :17:37.Good evening. We will speak about some London issues in a moment but
:17:38. > :17:43.we start with Europe, the story of the week. You said that on the
:17:44. > :17:48.current terms, you would prefer to come out than staying in. On
:17:49. > :17:53.reformed Europe is to mark I have always been a Eurosceptic, I believe
:17:54. > :17:57.the institutions are profoundly undemocratic and in need of reform.
:17:58. > :18:02.I dealing I would like to see a more democratic, more accountable, more
:18:03. > :18:07.decentralised Europe. The Prime Minister has a tough job, not one
:18:08. > :18:15.that anyone would envy. We're not there yet. There is time to go and I
:18:16. > :18:18.always said since the process began that I would wait for the Prime
:18:19. > :18:27.Minister to make his final offer to the British people and as everyone
:18:28. > :18:29.else would take a few on whatever is in the national interest. You are
:18:30. > :18:36.basically a Eurosceptic and London is the second most pro-EU country
:18:37. > :18:40.next to Scotland. I will take a few months the prime Minster returns
:18:41. > :18:45.with a final offer. Give us a clue, we are just two days away. Whatever
:18:46. > :18:49.we decide to do must have a democratic mandate. I wish the
:18:50. > :18:52.promised well, I've always campaigned for a referendum and I
:18:53. > :18:58.will wait to see what he comes back with. Do you think that the benefits
:18:59. > :19:05.changes proposed for migrants will be significant in London? Genuinely,
:19:06. > :19:11.I am committed to not getting involved in discussions until we
:19:12. > :19:14.hear back. I'm very happy to come back and talk about the deal when it
:19:15. > :19:19.is there. The job of the Mayor is not to take us out of Europe or keep
:19:20. > :19:23.a thin, but to make whatever decision works for London. I'm
:19:24. > :19:30.confident that whatever decision, we will have a huge, bright future. We
:19:31. > :19:34.are a global city and it will work whatever we decide. To ask the
:19:35. > :19:40.broader question on whose side you're on, it is slightly simplistic
:19:41. > :19:43.people worried that the balance between corporate London, the
:19:44. > :19:49.bankers, and the Bohemians and others, that it is tilted too far
:19:50. > :19:53.away. I think this is an issue for London, no one can doubt London has
:19:54. > :19:58.boomed over the last eight years under Boris Johnson, rather most
:19:59. > :20:03.important the world not just in financial services but across the
:20:04. > :20:08.board, culture, media and tech. At the same time there is a real
:20:09. > :20:12.concern amongst Londoners that they are priced out of their own city and
:20:13. > :20:16.that is a problem. That is why I'm standing for mayor, to protect that
:20:17. > :20:20.success that Boris Johnson can take much credit for what make sure it
:20:21. > :20:27.works for people across the board. The biggest problem London faces is
:20:28. > :20:31.housing. Jo Valentine said in terms of business concerns but every
:20:32. > :20:34.single business I spoke to has the housing crisis at the top of the
:20:35. > :20:40.list. If people cannot afford to live in London it has ramifications
:20:41. > :20:46.for business as well. A lot of people have been critical about
:20:47. > :20:50.property developers and their deals with local authorities, sometimes
:20:51. > :20:53.they pay local authorities to get out of the obligation to build
:20:54. > :20:59.social housing. You clearly think they should all build social housing
:21:00. > :21:06.commitments, the target commitments and not be able to bribe their way
:21:07. > :21:08.out. Every single application should be interrogated with a robust
:21:09. > :21:16.approach to make sure we get the Massingham possible from it. --
:21:17. > :21:20.maximum. All new homes built on publicly owned land, which will be
:21:21. > :21:24.the bulk of the new homes over the next eight years, should be for
:21:25. > :21:28.Londoners first. There's no point building vast numbers of homes if
:21:29. > :21:34.they are purchased by overseas investors. Affordable housing on
:21:35. > :21:36.private land, where you have planning permission for development
:21:37. > :21:42.and there is an obligation to build social housing, will you enforce
:21:43. > :21:47.that restaurant absolutely. You will be tougher on developers estimate I
:21:48. > :21:52.will interrogate every application. I will drive a hard bargain because
:21:53. > :21:58.the housing crisis is the number one issue for the next mayor. Wealth is
:21:59. > :22:03.not an issue in London, many wealthy people, many poor people. But
:22:04. > :22:06.background, being able to understand the needs of everyday Londoners,
:22:07. > :22:14.that is an issue and I wonder what your answer will be to the voters
:22:15. > :22:19.about the background of Eden. The same is true about being an MP. I
:22:20. > :22:25.was elected five years ago in a comfortable Lib Dem seat and I got
:22:26. > :22:28.that seat against the odds and have worked every single minute since
:22:29. > :22:34.then on behalf of my constituents, I have delivered a day after day for
:22:35. > :22:38.my constituents. At the last election I was rewarded with the
:22:39. > :22:41.biggest increased majority of any incumbent MP in the country. So I
:22:42. > :22:47.will do my best to speak to every single Londoner, I will not succeed,
:22:48. > :22:52.there are 8.5 million, but for those I do meet, the people who know me
:22:53. > :22:55.best know I have campaigned relentlessly on their behalf and
:22:56. > :23:00.been rewarded with a massive thumbs up from those same people. Let's
:23:01. > :23:07.talk about tax. It has been a big issue and it gets the issue, between
:23:08. > :23:11.a corporate London and one for ordinary people. What was your
:23:12. > :23:16.reaction to the Google tax deal? Much the same as everyone else.
:23:17. > :23:21.Everyone was angry. We have a situation in London where the high
:23:22. > :23:25.streets, the heart of the communities, are suffering. They
:23:26. > :23:30.face high rent, high rates, parking issues in some boroughs, they're up
:23:31. > :23:36.against a rapid trend towards online shopping. The last thing we want is
:23:37. > :23:40.for high street to go under and yet they are in unfair competition with
:23:41. > :23:44.companies who are able to use mechanism not available to the high
:23:45. > :23:48.street shops. Of course it causes resentment and I want a fair
:23:49. > :23:53.Saintfield. It has to be fair competition. In your own tax
:23:54. > :23:58.affairs, to the compromise your ability to speak out on that issue.
:23:59. > :24:05.Because you wear a non-dom. I have always lived in the UK. If your
:24:06. > :24:12.assets are offshore and your non-dom, you do not pay tax... I
:24:13. > :24:17.have always lived in the UK. I have always paid full tax on my income in
:24:18. > :24:26.the UK. Since I have been paying tax. I have always lived in the UK.
:24:27. > :24:31.The thing about non-dom... You pay tax on your British income. Let me
:24:32. > :24:38.explain, my father died 20 years ago, I became non-dom aged 20. Being
:24:39. > :24:43.non-dom allows you to change, to make lifestyle choices to avoid
:24:44. > :24:47.paying tax but I have always lived in the UK. I have an income which
:24:48. > :24:53.comes to the UK on which I always paid full tax. So you explicitly
:24:54. > :24:59.deny people who calculate you have saved millions through being a
:25:00. > :25:03.non-dom. I have never been accused of not paying tax. No one is
:25:04. > :25:07.accusing you of illegality. But being non-dom, why is your family
:25:08. > :25:12.office which looks after hundreds of millions of dollars worth, why would
:25:13. > :25:16.that be in Geneva when you are standing to run as mayor in the city
:25:17. > :25:20.that has the greatest potential services in the world. I have a huge
:25:21. > :25:28.family, it covers every continent in the world more or less. I am one of
:25:29. > :25:32.many siblings and members of the family. My father was an
:25:33. > :25:35.international businessman and established an overseas trust before
:25:36. > :25:41.he died. I am a beneficiary of that trust, I have no control over it, I
:25:42. > :25:45.do have control over the income I get and that income I get is
:25:46. > :25:50.subjected to the full tax regime in the UK and has always been. Your tax
:25:51. > :25:55.return was published, it was published by Boris Johnson at the
:25:56. > :26:00.last election. Of course I will and all candidates should in this
:26:01. > :26:01.election. If this is something candidates agree to do I will do
:26:02. > :26:04.that. Thank you very much. When Hugo Chavez came
:26:05. > :26:07.to power in Venezuela, great hopes were vested in him -
:26:08. > :26:09.not least by some people There was a democrat,
:26:10. > :26:13.proffering an alternative model to neo-liberal economics,
:26:14. > :26:15.and one who had oil revenues Well, the Chavez revolution
:26:16. > :26:27.is in trouble. Food shortages are hurting
:26:28. > :26:29.the poor, inflation at 141%, and an economy in meltdown
:26:30. > :26:32.because of collapsing oil prices. Chavez's successor,
:26:33. > :26:33.President Nicolas Maduro, lacks the charisma of El Comandante,
:26:34. > :26:36.and in the midst of material shortages, the government is now
:26:37. > :26:38.being accused of drastically under-estimating the scale
:26:39. > :26:40.of the Zika outbreak. But now he's dead and the poor
:26:41. > :27:23.living there in the Barrios, have turned against the movement
:27:24. > :27:32.he created, Chavismo. In the country with the world's
:27:33. > :27:38.biggest oil reserves, they're queueing for
:27:39. > :27:41.the essentials of everyday life. Filming in Venezuela is tricky,
:27:42. > :28:18.and that includes the supermarkets. The government has
:28:19. > :28:22.fixed the price of So a way round the fixed pricing
:28:23. > :28:32.system is you don't get toilet roll, You can get toilet paper,
:28:33. > :28:39.but at a price, on the black market. This is illegal, but no
:28:40. > :28:43.one dares stop it. Without the black market,
:28:44. > :28:49.the country would crunch to a halt. How about this for some
:28:50. > :28:54.Venezuelan sorcery? One, two, three, four,
:28:55. > :29:21.five, six, seven, Now if you change the $100
:29:22. > :29:31.at the official rate, So, not surprisingly,
:29:32. > :29:38.people change at the And that means the government has
:29:39. > :29:55.lost control of the economy. But that is not how
:29:56. > :30:19.the ruling party sees it. Chavismo worked when
:30:20. > :30:22.it had its folksy Under Chavez's successor,
:30:23. > :30:27.Nicolas Maduro, But in the Barrios,
:30:28. > :30:57.the traditionally solid bases And then there's Zika,
:30:58. > :31:07.the mosquito borne virus linked to cases of paralysis
:31:08. > :31:13.and deformed babies. Doctors have complained they lack
:31:14. > :31:15.the critical medicines to fight We went to the main hospital
:31:16. > :31:19.in Caracas to investigate These people in the neurology ward
:31:20. > :31:24.have been paralysed. A group of Venezuelan doctors fear
:31:25. > :31:59.that the government is deliberately playing down the number
:32:00. > :32:03.of Zika cases. So the government here says
:32:04. > :32:05.there are 4000 cases I think we have 400,000 cases
:32:06. > :32:14.of Zika in Venezuela. We have the register
:32:15. > :32:27.of fever cases in Venezuela. And we have a big growth
:32:28. > :32:31.in the number of fever cases, For now, petrol is the
:32:32. > :32:43.cheapest in the world. The government has
:32:44. > :32:49.to find $10 billion But seems afraid to
:32:50. > :32:56.lift petrol prices. For fear of triggering
:32:57. > :32:59.something like this. NEWSREEL: Venezuela's
:33:00. > :33:01.worst riots in 30 years. These riots in 1989
:33:02. > :33:04.saw hundreds dead. It might not come to it,
:33:05. > :33:12.but some people fear this And, the worst-case
:33:13. > :33:20.scenario, a military coup. Caracas is tense already
:33:21. > :33:22.because of violent By some estimates, there were nearly
:33:23. > :33:29.4000 murders here last year. Making it one of the world's
:33:30. > :33:37.most dangerous cities. Within minutes, we counted
:33:38. > :33:42.two hearses carrying After dark, middle-class
:33:43. > :33:46.neighbourhoods are For now, life goes on and for some,
:33:47. > :34:02.it is full of fun. But soon Venezuela's
:34:03. > :34:07.revolutionary ride In his masterpiece The Inferno,
:34:08. > :34:26.the Italian poet Dante reserved the fifth circle of Hell
:34:27. > :34:28.for dodgy politicians - we'll warn them about that,
:34:29. > :34:31.in the unlikely event that we get Dante was very fortunate
:34:32. > :34:33.in his illustrators - one of the first and the best
:34:34. > :34:36.was the Renaissance artist An entire series of his drawings
:34:37. > :34:41.for the Inferno was once in British hands - until the feckless Duke
:34:42. > :34:43.of Hamilton sold them all to the Germans in 1882 to pay
:34:44. > :34:46.off his gambling debts. But now the Courtauld Gallery
:34:47. > :34:49.in London is putting them on show. The set includes false prophets,
:34:50. > :34:52.who have their heads on backwards in Hell, so they can see
:34:53. > :34:55.what they used to talk out of. That reminds me,
:34:56. > :35:18.here's Stephen Smith. The lowest circle of hell, just
:35:19. > :35:23.before the paper 's slot on this show, but never mind, look at these
:35:24. > :35:28.thrillingly gruesome drawings by the Renaissance master, Sandro
:35:29. > :35:35.Botticelli. It is the great figure of Lucifer embedded at the bottom of
:35:36. > :35:39.the pit of hell. He has six wings. That wings. They are flapping
:35:40. > :35:49.wildly. They are generating icy drafts. He has three heads. The
:35:50. > :35:55.mouse are open and he is chewing on the bodies of the three arch
:35:56. > :35:59.traitors. -- mouths. In the middle we see Judas Iscariot who betrayed
:36:00. > :36:06.Christ, of course. On the left, the unfortunate Brutus. And on the
:36:07. > :36:15.right, Cassius. The two men who betrayed Julius Caesar.
:36:16. > :36:23.They are among the most important works of Renaissance that we have,
:36:24. > :36:30.because in these works Botticelli, one of the greatest artists of Italy
:36:31. > :36:38.and Renaissance, meets Dante, one of the greatest poets of all time.
:36:39. > :36:44.500 years after his death, Botticelli is having a bit of a
:36:45. > :36:47.moment. Another showed this spring at the Victoria and Albert Museum
:36:48. > :36:53.will look at his last impact on art and design. The interesting thing
:36:54. > :37:00.about this exhibition of drawings came to light at a time that
:37:01. > :37:07.Botticelli's status was re-emerging, and contributed very substantially
:37:08. > :37:10.to defining the artist that we know today, who is clearly not just a
:37:11. > :37:23.painter of, you know, beautiful, seductive he needs his -- seductive
:37:24. > :37:30.Venuses floating around seductively. But it shows an artist who had
:37:31. > :37:35.ideas. Trying to grasp a powerful poem which he is trying to
:37:36. > :37:39.illustrate. The Botticellis once belonged to the 12th Duke of
:37:40. > :37:47.Hamilton, who embarked on a journey of his own which was Dante-esque. He
:37:48. > :37:51.was involved in yachts, gaming, horse racing, and managed to rack up
:37:52. > :38:00.a debt of some ?1 million. Another contemporary on his death said he
:38:01. > :38:04.was beset by all the deadly sins to a greater degree than any other man
:38:05. > :38:09.of his standing, which gives you a little bit of the flavour of how
:38:10. > :38:14.much he enjoyed life, I think. To clear his debts the Duke parted with
:38:15. > :38:18.all of his art treasures over 17 days. The sale of the century it was
:38:19. > :38:25.dubbed. Including wonderful illustrations of Alexander the great
:38:26. > :38:29.in a makeshift escape. It all went to a museum in Berlin, including the
:38:30. > :38:36.so-called Hamilton Bible, which had once been consulted by the Pope
:38:37. > :38:45.according to Rafael's painting. For people like me... The Courtauld
:38:46. > :38:50.Gallery is laying on magnifying glasses to help us appreciate
:38:51. > :38:58.drawings like Botticelli's Paradise. They are in a stream of light,
:38:59. > :39:03.flowing towards God. And a stream of light which is surrounded by
:39:04. > :39:11.fantastical flowers. It is a wonderful way of depicting just pure
:39:12. > :39:16.joy. That is what is depicted there in paradise. This is the other side
:39:17. > :39:19.of the Elgin marbles, isn't it? These are our treasures which are
:39:20. > :39:22.lost. CHUCKLES
:39:23. > :39:28.Is there anything we can do, can we twist Angela Merkel's arm? I fear
:39:29. > :39:31.not. I think the opportunity has gone. I think we have to just
:39:32. > :39:35.celebrate the fact that these wonderful drawings are in a
:39:36. > :39:39.fantastic public collection in Germany. They are freely available
:39:40. > :39:47.to a very wide public. The fact they are here, back in the UK, is really,
:39:48. > :39:48.I think, testimony to how cultural property is shared internationally
:39:49. > :39:53.these days. Before we go let's remember the
:39:54. > :39:59.Bataclan. On the 13th November gummen stormed
:40:00. > :40:02.into the Bataclan concert hall - less than three hours later,
:40:03. > :40:10.they and 89 fans were dead. The Eagles of Death Metal were
:40:11. > :40:15.playing that evening. Tonight they came back to "Resume their get". Not
:40:16. > :40:18.at the Bataclan, but in Paris. Many of the survivors returned this
:40:19. > :40:28.evening as an act of remembrance Lydia was in the Bataclan and
:40:29. > :40:34.attended the concert this evening. Good evening. How important was it
:40:35. > :40:44.to you to go back to this very poignant gig? I needed it. That was
:40:45. > :40:51.the final chapter. It was more than important. How have you been since
:40:52. > :41:00.the 13th of November? Sad. I was really sad. Have you been able to go
:41:01. > :41:04.to concerts, to go to theatre, or anything... Yeah, I have been to
:41:05. > :41:09.Paris, I have been to Giggs, I have been to the theatres, I have been to
:41:10. > :41:17.the cinema. I have been shopping, taking transport like everyone. --
:41:18. > :41:20.gigs. It hasn't been the same since. What happened at the concert
:41:21. > :41:30.tonight? It could not have been ordinary... It was the most
:41:31. > :41:35.extraordinary league of my life. -- gig. It was emotional. Not in the
:41:36. > :41:41.way I thought it would be. But I think everybody needed it. Tonight
:41:42. > :41:47.the show proved it. Did they finish the gig they had started on the 13th
:41:48. > :41:51.of November? It must have been more special than that, a little
:41:52. > :41:57.different somehow. They played longer. They asked us to have a few
:41:58. > :42:06.moments of silence to remember those we lost that night. They told asked
:42:07. > :42:12.that they love it asks. Even more than last time. -- they told us that
:42:13. > :42:21.they love us. The lead singer, Jesse Hughes, has talked about guns and
:42:22. > :42:27.the need... He thinks had there been guns and there more people would
:42:28. > :42:30.have survived. It isn't a very European view. I just want it you
:42:31. > :42:35.have reflected on that kind of response to that awful night -- I
:42:36. > :42:41.just want to know how you have reflected. As we have seen in
:42:42. > :42:48.America, there is a lot of accidents, and crazy people use guns
:42:49. > :42:52.to kill people all the time. Had I a gun on that night, I would have
:42:53. > :42:57.killed them, just for protection. You have been to this event. I don't
:42:58. > :43:02.like this word, but the word closure, has it closed the chapter?
:43:03. > :43:09.Is that how it feels to you now, I know you said it is a final chapter.
:43:10. > :43:20.Not closure. I managed to finish what I started. That was really
:43:21. > :43:23.necessary. They court us while we were having fun and all of a sudden
:43:24. > :43:32.we had to run for our lives. Tonight was away or us finishing what we
:43:33. > :43:40.started. -- a way of us. Thanks very much.
:43:41. > :43:52.A weather front moving south and east bringing rain and mountain snow
:43:53. > :43:56.continues across the country. Behind it, cold air and a scattering of
:43:57. > :43:58.snow showers even at low levels from Northern Ireland and Scotland first