:00:00. > :00:00.of around 14 Celsius, so changeable weekend on the way for most of us,
:00:00. > :00:16.rain particularly across the centre of the UK. You are up-to-date.
:00:17. > :00:21.David Cameron's big day has arrived, the summit has just started where he
:00:22. > :00:26.will try to persuade all 28 countries to back his reforms before
:00:27. > :00:29.a referendum over the membership of the UK. It is much more important to
:00:30. > :00:33.get this right than to do any thing in a rush but with goodwill and hard
:00:34. > :00:37.work we can get a better deal for Britain. The Pope has questioned the
:00:38. > :00:42.Christian values of Donald Trump, we will be live in Washington. We will
:00:43. > :00:46.also play you the response from Donald Trump. Another blast in
:00:47. > :00:49.Turkey, this time killing six people, one day after 28 died in a
:00:50. > :00:53.bomb attack in Ankara, the Prime Minister is blaming Kurdish
:00:54. > :00:59.separatists. This is the type of tumbleweed that has engulfed in a
:01:00. > :01:06.stroke in town. It has a great name as well, hairy panic! And we will
:01:07. > :01:23.talk about why Venezuela has increased petrol prices by 6000%.
:01:24. > :01:32.Welcome to the programme, high-stakes politics in Brussels,
:01:33. > :01:38.Europe editor tweeting saying that Donald Tusk could be enjoying the
:01:39. > :01:41.drama as he describes the summit as make or break ahead of the reforms
:01:42. > :01:46.debate. What he's talking about is Britain's attempt to change its
:01:47. > :01:51.relationship with the European Union, and then hold a referendum
:01:52. > :01:54.about it. What changes does he want? One of the four aims for David
:01:55. > :02:00.Cameron is allowing Britain to opt out of the EU desire to forge an
:02:01. > :02:04.ever closer union. He would also like the EU to cut the amount of
:02:05. > :02:09.rules and regulations that businesses face. Another big one,
:02:10. > :02:13.restrict some of the welfare payments available to EU citizens
:02:14. > :02:18.who are working in Britain. And also ensure that the UK is not left at a
:02:19. > :02:24.disadvantage by not being in the European single currency. We can
:02:25. > :02:28.hear what some of the leaders have to say before things got underway.
:02:29. > :02:32.We have some important work to do today and tomorrow, it is going to
:02:33. > :02:37.be hard. I will be battling for Britain, if we can get a good deal,
:02:38. > :02:42.I will take the deal, but I will not take a deal that does not meet what
:02:43. > :02:46.we need. It is more important to get this right than to do anything in a
:02:47. > :02:51.rush, with goodwill and hard work we can get a better deal for Britain.
:02:52. > :02:54.TRANSLATION: I'm going into this with the position that we would like
:02:55. > :02:58.to do everything so that Great Britain can remain part of the
:02:59. > :03:05.European Union. That is important from the German point of view.
:03:06. > :03:09.TRANSLATION: Any country can ask for particular rules, at the same time,
:03:10. > :03:14.we are talking about Britain, we have got to think about all
:03:15. > :03:17.countries. It is the European Union that is being discussed, not simply
:03:18. > :03:25.one country within the European Union. As you know, we are in the
:03:26. > :03:32.middle of still very difficult negotiations. Talking about the UK
:03:33. > :03:39.question. One thing is clear to me, this is a make or break summit, I
:03:40. > :03:45.have no doubt. Let's speak with James, Deputy political editor. Just
:03:46. > :03:54.reading one tweet from our colleague, " Downing Street sources
:03:55. > :03:58.talking about and -- an impasse." What we know about what has happened
:03:59. > :04:03.so far? Progress has been made but a lot more to go, this evening we have
:04:04. > :04:07.heard the throat clearing of the European leaders, sitting around the
:04:08. > :04:12.table and they have had a chance to express concerns about proposals for
:04:13. > :04:16.reforming the relationship with the European Union, this evening was a
:04:17. > :04:20.chance to get that off their chest. What is interesting is off the back
:04:21. > :04:23.of that, all of those concerns are still there. There had been
:04:24. > :04:29.expectations that one or two would fade away, but everyone has spoken
:04:30. > :04:33.out. We know that there is substantial concerns, a lot of
:04:34. > :04:36.detail to be sorted out, that is going to happen overnight with a lot
:04:37. > :04:42.of officials passing paper among themselves, the leaders will come
:04:43. > :04:46.back. This is not a done deal, not automatic, this will be plain
:04:47. > :04:51.sailing, a lot of work to do. With this, and you mentioned if they get
:04:52. > :04:55.this deal, you will have seen the UK Independence Party leader Nigel
:04:56. > :05:00.Farage talking about even if he has a deal, there is no guarantee that
:05:01. > :05:05.it will stay, that the European Court of Justice could throw it out
:05:06. > :05:09.or it could be vetoed by Parliament. We'll David Cameron be able to push
:05:10. > :05:13.back against any of that? This will always be a case for the Prime
:05:14. > :05:20.Minister, he has to make a case to the British people. --
:05:21. > :05:23.-- will David Cameron be able to push back against any of that?
:05:24. > :05:30.A lot of these will have to be post dated in the future, they will be an
:05:31. > :05:35.IOU, a promise that there will be change, some of it may be treaty
:05:36. > :05:39.change, some of it may be changing legislation, but it will always be a
:05:40. > :05:42.promise, he will never get every detail mail down. To a certain
:05:43. > :05:46.extent, the British government was expecting that, what he needs as
:05:47. > :05:51.strong a promise from the rest of the EU as he can. Quite a short time
:05:52. > :05:56.between that and their potential referendum, at the end of June he
:05:57. > :06:00.thinks. He has to get a deal in the next weekend, maybe the next week or
:06:01. > :06:06.so. For him to have that referendum. Quite a lot of stuff that he has to
:06:07. > :06:09.do, legislation has to go through Parliament, said periods of time
:06:10. > :06:12.before the referendum can take place, deciding who will campaign
:06:13. > :06:18.for leave and who will campaign to remain -- for remain, that kind of
:06:19. > :06:24.thing. He wants to get a deal, get a political referendum, and give
:06:25. > :06:28.opponents less time to organise. If he does not get a deal, that is
:06:29. > :06:35.hard. Thank you very much for the update. Have you been following this
:06:36. > :06:40.story, Pope Francis has weighed in on Donald Trump, the US presidential
:06:41. > :06:44.candidate, on the Republican party, that is what he's trying to be.
:06:45. > :06:49.Journalists asked the Pope about Donald Trump's stance on
:06:50. > :06:51.immigration, which has been controversial, and whether American
:06:52. > :06:59.Catholics should vote for Donald from. -- should vote for Donald
:07:00. > :07:05.Trump. Person who only thinks about building walls, wherever they may
:07:06. > :07:10.be, and not building bridges, is not a Christian. As far as what you said
:07:11. > :07:14.about whether I would advise to vote or not to vote, I'm not going to get
:07:15. > :07:19.involved in that, I only say that this man is not Christian if he has
:07:20. > :07:22.said things like that, but we must see if he said things in that way
:07:23. > :07:28.and I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
:07:29. > :07:37.Donald Trump did not take long to respond: a religious leader, to
:07:38. > :07:41.question a person's faith, is disgraceful, I am proud to be a
:07:42. > :07:45.Christian, and as president, I will not allow Christianity to be
:07:46. > :07:53.consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is happening now, with
:07:54. > :07:58.our current president. Believe me. APPLAUSE
:07:59. > :08:01.Very important, this has just been given out to the press two seconds
:08:02. > :08:05.ago, no leader, especially a religious leader, should have the
:08:06. > :08:10.right to question another man's religion or faith. Especially when
:08:11. > :08:16.they feed all sorts of force information to them. They are using
:08:17. > :08:21.the Pope as a pawn, they should be ashamed of themselves, that is the
:08:22. > :08:28.Mexican government. This has been happening in the past few hours, we
:08:29. > :08:33.can go to Washington and speak with Laura, tell us about this unusual
:08:34. > :08:39.face-off between Pope Francis and Donald Trump, what the reaction
:08:40. > :08:43.been? You said it, you said it very diplomatically, when you described
:08:44. > :08:47.it as unusual, you could also say unprecedented, you could say without
:08:48. > :08:51.parallel, having a Pope, right there in the middle of a primary election
:08:52. > :08:56.campaign. The reaction has been one of astonishment, one of the cable
:08:57. > :09:01.news reporters said, just when you think what is going to happen today
:09:02. > :09:04.in this campaign, and you wake up, the last thing he would literally
:09:05. > :09:09.dream of is that Donald Trump would be tangling with the Pope! This is
:09:10. > :09:13.what we have, everybody is asking what impact this is going to have on
:09:14. > :09:19.the race. When Donald Trump tangles with someone, when he called for a
:09:20. > :09:24.big beautiful wall to be built in Mexico, when he says no more Muslims
:09:25. > :09:32.should come into the US, when he insults a Ed decorated war hero,
:09:33. > :09:36.needed up in the polls. Is there any suggestion it could be different
:09:37. > :09:40.this time? Pope Francis came your last year, he was fated, thousands
:09:41. > :09:45.turned out to see him, but what may be on the side of Mr Trump, one of
:09:46. > :09:49.the top issue for voters in Republican primaries is the issue of
:09:50. > :09:55.security on the border between the US and Mexico, and by going there,
:09:56. > :09:59.the Pope, could be seen as making a politicised act, who may see that as
:10:00. > :10:03.the Pope inserting himself into the middle of a US residential election,
:10:04. > :10:07.and questioning the faith of one of the candidates. This could be
:10:08. > :10:12.something that will play to his base, but we will find out soon,
:10:13. > :10:16.voters will be going to the polls in South Carolina, interestingly
:10:17. > :10:21.enough, a lot of evangelical voters in that state, but not Catholic
:10:22. > :10:26.voters. Trying to figure out what weight the Pope's comments may hold,
:10:27. > :10:29.what changes they may bring. Before I was speaking with you, I know that
:10:30. > :10:36.you were online, people speaking about it, very much coming down
:10:37. > :10:41.strongly, and we saw the swell of support for for Donald Trump, saying
:10:42. > :10:46.that the Pope had no place throwing stones over the Vatican walls, as
:10:47. > :10:56.one has put its. Over 300,000 tweets on the topic, one of the most
:10:57. > :11:02.retweeted comment was by the social media director of Donald Trump, he
:11:03. > :11:05.said that he was amazed by the comment, especially considering that
:11:06. > :11:09.the Vatican City was surrounded by walls. The Vatican itself is not
:11:10. > :11:15.exactly friendly to immigrants who may climb over those walls, that has
:11:16. > :11:20.been hugely retweeted. A sensed as an elite that the Pope may not have
:11:21. > :11:24.a place in the presidential race. Cannot wait to see the front pages
:11:25. > :11:33.of the American newspapers tomorrow. Thank you very much. Quick news
:11:34. > :11:37.update, Barack Obama has signed legislation imposing new sanctions
:11:38. > :11:41.on North Korea for refusing to stop its nuclear weapons programmes. The
:11:42. > :11:45.measure is specifically tightening sanctions on anybody importing goods
:11:46. > :11:50.or technology that is related to weapons of mass destruction into
:11:51. > :11:57.North Korea, or anyone who knowingly engaged in human rights abuses.
:11:58. > :12:02.Turning instead to Turkey, following up on the report from yesterday, 14
:12:03. > :12:06.people have been detained so far in connection with Wednesday's blast in
:12:07. > :12:11.Ankara, 28 people were killed when a bomb hit a military convoy. Putting
:12:12. > :12:14.it into geographical context, Turkish officials claim that the
:12:15. > :12:20.attack was carried out by the Kurdish militia based in Syria, with
:12:21. > :12:26.the help of Kurdish fighters, both groups deny being involved. On
:12:27. > :12:27.Thursday, another blast. Six soldiers were killed in the South
:12:28. > :12:40.east of the country. VOICEOVER: The reaction is grim, it
:12:41. > :12:47.is a mood of alarm, not panic, I would not say people are panicking,
:12:48. > :12:51.but of course, there are people tweeting 30 minutes after the
:12:52. > :12:57.bombing. They were reporting about people running here and there. Today
:12:58. > :13:03.it is much more grim, people have been posting on Facebook and Twitter
:13:04. > :13:09.and social media sites saying they are not feeling safe. They say they
:13:10. > :13:13.will go to work, but how are they going to be safe, if such an attack
:13:14. > :13:17.can take place in the heart of Ankara, where it is meant to be the
:13:18. > :13:22.safest of all places, with such proximity to the parliament and the
:13:23. > :13:28.military headquarters, how are we going to feel safe walking down the
:13:29. > :13:33.street? Today, the Turkish government has convened, the Foreign
:13:34. > :13:37.Ministry has convened. The ambassadors of the permanent five
:13:38. > :13:42.members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany and the Netherlands,
:13:43. > :13:47.have convened to provide evidence of who was behind the attack. The
:13:48. > :13:50.Kurdish militant group Y PT carried out the attack, according to the
:13:51. > :14:00.authorities, with the help of the PKK. The PKK is a terrorist
:14:01. > :14:03.organisation, but when it comes to the Syrian Kurdish group Y PT, that
:14:04. > :14:09.is a different case, the US and other allies of Turkey see the white
:14:10. > :14:14.BG as a very important crucial partner on the fight against the
:14:15. > :14:21.Islamic State militants carried out by Syria. If there is evidence
:14:22. > :14:25.proving, as the government claims, that Y PT is behind these attacks,
:14:26. > :14:31.the Turkish president has thou retaliation. We might expect the
:14:32. > :14:36.shelling of the targets in northern Syria to continue. -- YPG.
:14:37. > :14:42.STUDIO: Government forces have increased their latest assault on
:14:43. > :14:46.Aleppo with the help of the Russian air force, meanwhile, convoys
:14:47. > :14:51.carrying urgently needed aid have reached five out of the seven agreed
:14:52. > :14:55.procedure areas of Syria. There are thousands of people that keep
:14:56. > :15:00.fleeing, and are trying to enter up through 30, but the Turkish border
:15:01. > :15:07.has been closed, many have been staying in refugee camps, under very
:15:08. > :15:12.difficult conditions. One such camp, here, you can see it, on the border.
:15:13. > :17:14.We obtained this exclusive insight into the situation.
:17:15. > :17:18.Later on in the programme we will have more on the hairy panic taking
:17:19. > :17:32.over one small town. MPs could consider whether new laws
:17:33. > :17:35.are needed after Supreme Court ruling on so-called joint enterprise
:17:36. > :17:40.left the door open for hundreds of murder convict 's to appeal. Judges
:17:41. > :17:43.said that the law on convicting those such as gang members who could
:17:44. > :18:07.have foreseen a murder has been wrongly interpreted for decades.
:18:08. > :18:13.Many people felt that the test of foresight, it was not a test of
:18:14. > :18:17.intention, it was a test as to what they could foresee. That is at the
:18:18. > :18:22.heart of this. That is why many people were concerned. That it was
:18:23. > :18:25.perhaps too low a bar for the prosecution, too easy for the
:18:26. > :18:39.prosecution to throw the net over a group of people.
:18:40. > :18:46.The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that with hard work
:18:47. > :18:49.and good will, we can achieve a deal at the European Union summit to try
:18:50. > :18:54.to stop his country from leaving the EU. This is what some of the
:18:55. > :18:58.language services are covering today: scientists say a study
:18:59. > :19:03.involving pregnant women in Brazil strengthens the theory that the Zika
:19:04. > :19:07.virus is linked to brain defects in babies, BBC Brasil has details on
:19:08. > :19:11.the story. The European Union has warned Austria that it is in danger
:19:12. > :19:17.of breaking EU laws over plans to introduce a daily cap on asylum
:19:18. > :19:20.applications and the number of migrants transiting through to other
:19:21. > :19:27.countries, BBC Arabic as that story. One of the biggest UK supermarkets
:19:28. > :19:30.is relaxing rules on selling in perfect vegetables, every year
:19:31. > :19:34.farmers in the UK throw away thousands of tonnes of produce
:19:35. > :19:40.because they think it does not look right. There is more from the BBC
:19:41. > :19:48.news app on that story if you would like to see some of the pictures.
:19:49. > :19:59.Time for the business news. Venezuelan is raising petrol prices
:20:00. > :20:03.are the first time in 20 years, by 6000%! It is that much because
:20:04. > :20:09.previously, it was the equivalent of... Look at some of the figures, 1
:20:10. > :20:13.cent per litre. It is going up to 60 cents a litre. Showing you some of
:20:14. > :20:18.the pictures that have been coming in as well, from Venezuela, courtesy
:20:19. > :20:23.of Reuters news agency, this is, basically, they have been seeing
:20:24. > :20:27.queues for petrol stations outside some of the gas stations in
:20:28. > :20:32.Venezuela, we expect those tanks and gas tanks and cars to me there until
:20:33. > :20:47.the new pricing comes in. Earlier I spoke with our correspondent in
:20:48. > :20:49.Miami. It is very politically important for Venezuela, free oil
:20:50. > :20:53.was considered a birthright for the Venezuelans. Country sits on the
:20:54. > :21:00.largest reserves of oil in the world. The government is facing
:21:01. > :21:03.enormous economic difficulties, referring to the situation is almost
:21:04. > :21:07.disastrous, they had to make a tough call, they had to accept the need to
:21:08. > :21:12.increase the price of oil for the first time in nearly 20 years. It
:21:13. > :21:16.remains very cheap, of course, and some people are saying, if it is
:21:17. > :21:19.going to be enough. They also refer to the possibility of removing price
:21:20. > :21:25.controls, a number of measures that the government was trying to
:21:26. > :21:28.implement to try to keep the people from the worst consequences of
:21:29. > :21:32.inflation, it also has one of the worst inflation in the world. A very
:21:33. > :21:33.competent at situation in Venezuela, forcing the government to take
:21:34. > :21:42.unpopular measures. People in China will be able to use
:21:43. > :21:48.Apple pay from this week onwards, the chief executive of Apple, Tim
:21:49. > :21:52.Cook, has been speaking out. -- Apple Pay. He did it in English and
:21:53. > :22:09.in Chinese, he says it is launching today for the first-time. -- first
:22:10. > :22:15.time. Crossing to Michelle, in New York, hello, tell us about why Apple
:22:16. > :22:18.is trying to break into that Chinese market, when there is already giants
:22:19. > :22:26.there, that are doing just what they are doing. That is the question that
:22:27. > :22:31.everyone wants to know, Apple obviously has benefited hugely from
:22:32. > :22:35.the Chinese market, it has been one of its top markets in terms of
:22:36. > :22:40.selling iPhones and now it hopes to achieve some degree of success with
:22:41. > :22:44.Apple pay, but as you point out, it is entering a crowded market,
:22:45. > :22:50.Chinese consumers have already got access through two big Internet
:22:51. > :22:53.companies. -- Apple Pay They can already access these kind of
:22:54. > :22:59.services. It is providing a solution to a problem which is not really
:23:00. > :23:07.necessary there. People can keep across that story also on BBC news's
:23:08. > :23:13.website. Turning to an outbreak of a kind of Tumbleweed, that has been
:23:14. > :23:18.causing problems in Australia, hairy panic, clogging up homes in
:23:19. > :23:19.Victoria. Outside source radio spoke with a local journalist in the
:23:20. > :23:27.VOICEOVER: It is a town of about region.
:23:28. > :23:33.VOICEOVER: It is a town of about 17,000 people... In Australia it is
:23:34. > :23:37.also known as Tumbleweed, it began to roll in from a paddock across the
:23:38. > :23:41.road, it is about two metres, really beginning to impact on their lives,
:23:42. > :23:45.they cannot get in or out of their homes at the moment, and it is up to
:23:46. > :23:50.about eight hours a day, almost like a full-time job, picking up all of
:23:51. > :23:54.this hairy panic. It looks like the clouds, in front of some of the
:23:55. > :23:58.houses, some days it is worse than others. It has been happening every
:23:59. > :24:02.day since Christmas, these people are clearing their homes every
:24:03. > :24:14.single day, depending upon which way the wind is blowing the severity
:24:15. > :24:19.changes. It is a full-time job, clearing Tumbleweed from their
:24:20. > :24:24.homes. Can you believe that is Tumbleweed!
:24:25. > :24:32.In Britain, experts have said it is unusual. It is to do with land
:24:33. > :24:36.management, a farmer who is no doubt very unpopular locally now(!)
:24:37. > :24:39.appears to have let the grass grow, when the tumbleweeds get to a
:24:40. > :24:45.certain size, they detach themselves at the base and become windborne.
:24:46. > :24:48.Quite a common phenomenon, wherever there is steps and prairies and
:24:49. > :24:55.deserts, a classic example, the Russian vessel, as you can imagine,
:24:56. > :24:59.it comes from erasure, introduced into North Dakota in 1870 and
:25:00. > :25:03.intimidated flax seed. -- steppes. Looking at Weston is now, you see
:25:04. > :25:07.tumbleweeds growing around the scenery, that is often giant Russian
:25:08. > :25:14.this all, it has become a very invasive and damaging weed. That is
:25:15. > :25:17.one of the reasons why here at the Royal horticultural Society we are
:25:18. > :25:22.so interested in wage, when they get out of their natural place, they can
:25:23. > :25:27.become very invasive. By the name, -- by the way, the name, hairy
:25:28. > :25:28.panic, is to do with the type of plant! It is not because it creates
:25:29. > :25:37.panic! The head of the Russian Orthodox
:25:38. > :25:45.church has made a rare visit to Antarctica, meeting with penguins.
:25:46. > :25:50.This is going viral. Russia has ten research stations in the Antarctic,
:25:51. > :25:56.one of which is an Orthodox Church, and so he decided to make the trip,
:25:57. > :26:00.and some unusual pictures are coming out of it.
:26:01. > :26:16.Stay with us, another 30 minutes coming up.
:26:17. > :26:18.Starting with an image from Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina, this is