05/04/2017

:00:08. > :00:15.Hello. Good morning, it is Wednesday, it's 9am. I'm Victoria

:00:16. > :00:19.Derbyshire. 72 dead, 20 of them children in a suspected chemical

:00:20. > :00:23.attack in north-west Syria. The pictures of dead and dying children

:00:24. > :00:31.are almost impossible to look at. What can be done, if anything?

:00:32. > :00:37.I lost my son, my children, my neighbours, my daughter. They're all

:00:38. > :00:41.gone. I only have got left... We will be live on the ground where it

:00:42. > :00:46.happened and we'll ask whether the attack was carried out on the orders

:00:47. > :00:51.of the Syrian president? Also on the programme, in an exclusive interview

:00:52. > :00:56.a mum whose violent and abusive ex is subject to the first ever court

:00:57. > :01:00.order forcing him to tell authorities if he gets a new

:01:01. > :01:07.girlfriend tells us she hopes it will protect other women. No matter

:01:08. > :01:09.how much fear you have and no match how much blackmailing and

:01:10. > :01:13.intimidation you go for it, because if people judge you and you keep

:01:14. > :01:17.believing what your abuser is saying, at the end you're going to

:01:18. > :01:21.lose yourself and somehow, you can lose your life.

:01:22. > :01:32.We will bring you the full exclusive interview shortly. An investigation

:01:33. > :01:38.by this programme and the Asian Network discover the Muslim women

:01:39. > :01:42.paying to marry, have sex with and then divorce a stranger so that they

:01:43. > :01:46.can get with their first husband. It is very, very regularment so all the

:01:47. > :01:53.time. A lot of people are under the impression that the marriage is

:01:54. > :01:55.over. So as far as are' concerned it is against the religion? It is

:01:56. > :02:02.forbidden. Hello and welcome to the programme.

:02:03. > :02:04.We're live until 11am. We'll bring you the latest breaking

:02:05. > :02:09.news and developing stories. A little later we'll hear how

:02:10. > :02:14.various politicians are working together to try and stop benefit

:02:15. > :02:16.changes which will leave some bereaved spouses

:02:17. > :02:22.and children worse off. It follows our interview with a man

:02:23. > :02:25.called Alan yesterday who has He told us his wife would be better

:02:26. > :02:40.off if he died today Do get in touch on all the stories

:02:41. > :02:45.we're talking about this morning - use the hashtag Victoria LIVE

:02:46. > :02:47.and If you text, you will be charged The UN Security Council will hold

:02:48. > :02:52.an emergency session later to discuss a suspected chemical

:02:53. > :02:55.attack in Syria which is reported to have killed at least 72 people,

:02:56. > :02:57.many of them children. The US has accused the Assad regime

:02:58. > :03:00.of "barbarism" and joined Britain and France in calling

:03:01. > :03:03.on the United Nations to order The Syrian government denies

:03:04. > :03:07.using chemical weapons and Russia claims that a rebel arms

:03:08. > :03:09.store was hit. You may find images

:03:10. > :03:16.in Sarah Corker's report upsetting. Hundreds of innocent Syrians,

:03:17. > :03:19.including many children, struggling to breathe

:03:20. > :03:20.after a suspected chemical Distressing images and evidence that

:03:21. > :03:26.will no doubt dominate emergency talks held by the UN

:03:27. > :03:33.Security Council later today. Global leaders have called

:03:34. > :03:35.for a rapid investigation Some of the injured were treated

:03:36. > :03:43.across the border in Turkey. Medics wore face masks to protect

:03:44. > :03:48.themselves from the toxic gases. TRANSLATION: We were

:03:49. > :03:51.affected by the gas. We couldn't stand up.

:03:52. > :03:53.I felt dizzy and sick. I suffered from shortness of breath.

:03:54. > :03:59.I couldn't breathe. This apparent chemical strike

:04:00. > :04:01.on a rebel held town has brought The US, Britain and France have

:04:02. > :04:07.all blamed the Syrian I'm appalled by the reports that

:04:08. > :04:14.there's been a chemical weapons and attack on a town south of Idlib,

:04:15. > :04:17.allegedly by the Syrian regime. We condemn the use of chemical

:04:18. > :04:20.weapons in all circumstances. If proven, this will be further

:04:21. > :04:22.evidence of the barbarism Using chemical weapons

:04:23. > :04:27.is a war crime. President Assad's regime denied

:04:28. > :04:31.launching Tuesday's attack, echoing denials it has made over

:04:32. > :04:34.the course of Syria's And just as doctors were treating

:04:35. > :04:41.those who survived, the hospital The attack will overshadow

:04:42. > :04:51.an international conference in Brussels later, discussing aid

:04:52. > :04:53.effort in Syria. Thousands of civilians

:04:54. > :04:55.are still trapped by fighting. What effective action can

:04:56. > :05:24.the international community now take What can the international community

:05:25. > :05:31.do? Well, this is a summit that was called to focus as the title says on

:05:32. > :05:35.the future of Syria, but time and again these world leaders are being

:05:36. > :05:39.forced to the very punishing present reality of the Syrian conflict and

:05:40. > :05:44.right behind me in the last hour, one after another, world leaders

:05:45. > :05:47.went by issuing a strongly worded condemnation of this latest atrocity

:05:48. > :05:53.in Syria and another alleged war crime. And warning of a price to

:05:54. > :05:56.pay, but as always, what will be the price when the Foreign Secretary

:05:57. > :05:59.Boris Johnson passed by here, I asked him for his reaction to the

:06:00. > :06:09.alleged war crime. I have seen nothing to suggest or

:06:10. > :06:14.rather to lead us to think that it is anything but the regime and all

:06:15. > :06:20.the evidence I have and there maybe more to come out of this by the way,

:06:21. > :06:23.all the evidence I have seen REPORTER: What have you seen? All

:06:24. > :06:29.the evidence that I have seen suggests that this was the Assad

:06:30. > :06:34.regime who did it in the full knowledge that they were using

:06:35. > :06:41.illegal weapons in a barbaric attack on their own people. I would like to

:06:42. > :06:43.see those culpable pay a price for this.

:06:44. > :06:48.REPORTER: What is the price? That's been said time and time again. I

:06:49. > :06:54.certainly do not see how a Government like that can continue to

:06:55. > :07:02.have any kind of legitimate administration of the people of

:07:03. > :07:07.Syria. Thank you very much. Another warning of a price to pay,

:07:08. > :07:10.but it is Syrian civilians, including Syrian children, who are

:07:11. > :07:13.paying the heaviest price of all in this conflict. The arguments about

:07:14. > :07:17.who carried out the attack and today and later today in New York, world

:07:18. > :07:22.powers will argue about what is to be done. When the UN secretary

:07:23. > :07:27.general went by I asked him whether it was a defining moment for the

:07:28. > :07:33.international community. He has called it a moment of truth.

:07:34. > :07:36.The last time there was a big chemical attack on Syrian civilians,

:07:37. > :07:41.the then president of the US, President Obama, called it a red

:07:42. > :07:47.line. It wasn't, nothing really happened to President Assad. So,

:07:48. > :07:54.practically, what could be done? Is it simply diplomatic sanctions? Is

:07:55. > :07:58.it economic sanctions? What? Well we'll just go back to the summer of

:07:59. > :08:04.2013 when the British Parliament voted not to take military action in

:08:05. > :08:09.Syria and that played a role in then President Obama's decision also not

:08:10. > :08:14.to use military strikes in order to punish President Assad for the

:08:15. > :08:18.chemical attack in 2013 which let's remind our viewers killed 1,000

:08:19. > :08:23.people and was confirmed to be the use of the illegal chemical which is

:08:24. > :08:27.sarin gas so we're back at the same place again with the world community

:08:28. > :08:31.discussing whether another red line has been crossed. Nobody, no

:08:32. > :08:36.country, wants to including Britain, wants to send more forces to fight

:08:37. > :08:41.another war in Syria. So they have to look at what kind of military

:08:42. > :08:47.pressure is possible, what kind of sanctions are available, but first

:08:48. > :08:50.of all, they have to conclude, give decisive proof as to who carried out

:08:51. > :08:55.this attack, what were the consequences of it, and what within

:08:56. > :08:59.all the tools available to the international community can be the

:09:00. > :09:04.consequences for those who carried it out? And this is a big attack,

:09:05. > :09:07.but I have come back from spending two weeks in Syria and on an almost

:09:08. > :09:13.daily basis there are accusations that a use of chemicals or

:09:14. > :09:16.chancellor reen gas is used somewhere at some time in Syria.

:09:17. > :09:22.Sometimes we notice them and sometimes we don't and today we're

:09:23. > :09:30.noticing them. Thank you very much Lyse.

:09:31. > :09:32.Joanna is in the BBC Newsroom with a summary

:09:33. > :09:39.A woman whose former partner has been convicted

:09:40. > :09:41.of domestic violence offences and has been ordered to inform

:09:42. > :09:44.police about every new relationship he enters into hopes that the court

:09:45. > :09:52.Under the seven-year Criminal Behaviour Order,

:09:53. > :09:55.Kylle Godfrey must inform police if he is in a relationship

:09:56. > :09:59.Scotland Yard says it's the first time that a court order has been

:10:00. > :10:03.used to protect victims of domestic abuse.

:10:04. > :10:05.This programme will be speaking exclusively

:10:06. > :10:06.to Kylle's former partner, Shira.

:10:07. > :10:25.are charging "divorced" Muslim women thousands of pounds to take part

:10:26. > :10:27.in so-called "halala" Islamic marriages -

:10:28. > :10:30.an investigation by this programme and the Asian Network has found

:10:31. > :10:32.In reality they are sham marriage where women pay to marry,

:10:33. > :10:35.have sex with and then divorce a stranger, so they can get back

:10:36. > :10:37.with their first husbands - often leaving women open

:10:38. > :10:39.to financial exploitation, blackmail and even sexual abuse.

:10:40. > :10:41.A child has suffered life-threatening injuries

:10:42. > :10:44.The attack happened in Chatham yesterday afternoon.

:10:45. > :10:47.Two people have been arrested over the incident and the dog

:10:48. > :10:51.The Prime Minister has indicated that free movement of EU citizens

:10:52. > :10:53.across British frontiers may need to continue in some

:10:54. > :10:56.Theresa May explained that while immigration would be under

:10:57. > :10:59.British control from the moment the UK left the EU, there would need

:11:00. > :11:08.The European Parliament will vote later today on a resolution laying

:11:09. > :11:10.out the terms it believes the EU must demand during

:11:11. > :11:15.It says the UK must honour its financial liabilities and abide

:11:16. > :11:17.by EU standards if it wants to maintain a close trading

:11:18. > :11:26.Within the past few minutes, Nigel Farage has been addressing

:11:27. > :11:28.members of the European Parliament where he was quickly

:11:29. > :11:42.You're behaving like the Mafia. You think we're a hostage. We're not.

:11:43. > :11:51.We're free to go. 85, no, I know, I know, I do understand...

:11:52. > :11:57.I do understand... TRANSLATION: Sorry Mr Farage.

:11:58. > :12:01.Listen, I will try and give you the chance to speak and say everything

:12:02. > :12:06.you want to say. If you talk about the Mafia and say this Parliament is

:12:07. > :12:07.behaving like the Mafia, that's not acceptable.

:12:08. > :12:14.APPLAUSE No, I downed stand... I do

:12:15. > :12:17.understand, sir, Mr President, I do understand national sensitivities

:12:18. > :12:20.and I'll change it to gangsters, all right? And that is how, that is how

:12:21. > :12:26.we're being treated. That's a summary of the latest BBC

:12:27. > :12:30.News - more at 9.30am. Manchester United are still

:12:31. > :12:34.unbeaten, but they'll be worried about finishing

:12:35. > :12:45.in the top four now. They drew 1-1 with Everton at Old

:12:46. > :12:48.Trafford. I'm sure fans will be worried about that. Here is one of

:12:49. > :12:55.the goals that you don't expect to see from an Everton defender.

:12:56. > :13:05.Phil Jagielka Look at this touch to put them 1-0 up. Ashley Williams was

:13:06. > :13:10.given a red card for handball. Manchester United equalised by a

:13:11. > :13:16.penalty. For Manchester United fans I guess it is whether you consider

:13:17. > :13:20.your glass half empty or half full. Half the matches have been draws and

:13:21. > :13:24.they are four points off fourth place, and they will be worried

:13:25. > :13:27.about the fourth qualification spot for the Champions League.

:13:28. > :13:30.What's the latest with David Moyes and Sunderland after controversial

:13:31. > :13:33.comments earlier this week to a female reporter.

:13:34. > :13:41.He threatened to slap a female reporter during an interview. The FA

:13:42. > :13:46.chairman Greg Clarke has come out to criticise David Moyes. Clarke said

:13:47. > :13:50.it was regrettable and disTAsful and showed a complete lack of respect.

:13:51. > :13:54.He said it is doubly bad to use such a term to a woman because there is a

:13:55. > :13:58.lot of violence against women in society and terms like that just

:13:59. > :14:03.aren't disrespectful. This comes after David Moyes was backed by

:14:04. > :14:07.Sunderland and problems for Sunderland and David Moyes continued

:14:08. > :14:12.on the pitch. They lost 2-0 at Leicester. They're rooted to the

:14:13. > :14:16.bottom of the Premier League table and still eight points from safety.

:14:17. > :14:18.Republic of Ireland's women's football team

:14:19. > :14:24.have threatened to go on strike, what's happened?

:14:25. > :14:28.This centres around player treatment. Now a group of the

:14:29. > :14:32.players have come out publicly and decided to speak out on the lack of

:14:33. > :14:37.support, the lack of finance, and the kind of lack of organisation as

:14:38. > :14:42.part of that team. The players have said that some of them en route to

:14:43. > :14:47.matches have had to change in public toilets. No way for, you know, an

:14:48. > :14:54.elite training environment to take place and they've refused to train

:14:55. > :14:58.today unless the governing body, the FAI hold talks with their

:14:59. > :15:01.representatives. The FAI have said they're disappointed that players

:15:02. > :15:05.would threaten to strike and refuse to play for their country and

:15:06. > :15:09.they've made repeated attempts at payment and compensation. Now, the

:15:10. > :15:12.players, the team, have a match against Slovakia on Monday, but it

:15:13. > :15:16.will be interesting to see if that goes ahead at all Victoria with a

:15:17. > :15:18.breakdown of communication between the two at the moment.

:15:19. > :15:27.OK, thank you very much, Jess. All This morning - an exclusive

:15:28. > :15:34.interview with the mum of two whose violent ex partner is believed to be

:15:35. > :15:37.the first person in England and Wales to be subject to a court

:15:38. > :15:40.order which means he must tell It's intended to protect

:15:41. > :15:48.future victims. Under the seven-year

:15:49. > :15:49.criminal behaviour order, Kylle Godfrey must inform police

:15:50. > :15:52.if he is in a relationship for more than 14 days,

:15:53. > :15:55.officers can then tell new partners about his previous violent

:15:56. > :15:56.behaviour under the domestic In an exclusive interview,

:15:57. > :16:00.his former partner Shira - who was subjected to brutal attacks

:16:01. > :16:03.and controlling behaviour from him over a period of 6 years -

:16:04. > :16:06.told us she hopes the order will protect other

:16:07. > :16:07.women in the future. The 33 year old - who doesn't want

:16:08. > :16:11.us to her full name - moved to this country

:16:12. > :16:12.from the Philippines She has two children

:16:13. > :16:17.with Godfrey, aged 3 and 4. In her only broadcast interview

:16:18. > :16:33.she began by giving her in a way, they said that it would be

:16:34. > :16:37.a bit difficult to get it. -- before we got the order, by the way.

:16:38. > :16:43.Because we have not got it before. But having the order now, it makes

:16:44. > :16:47.me feel more safe and I feel that other women would also be protected

:16:48. > :16:53.by this order because basically if he will inform the police if he has

:16:54. > :16:58.a new girlfriend, the police would be able to speak to that woman, and

:16:59. > :17:04.I think a lot of women out there, not just me, will be protected from

:17:05. > :17:08.domestic violence in the future. But it will be up to him to report

:17:09. > :17:18.himself to the police to let them know he is in a relationship. Yes,

:17:19. > :17:25.it would be up to him but the police said that if he was with someone and

:17:26. > :17:28.he did not record it, and the woman called police on him, like I used to

:17:29. > :17:35.do before, I used to call the police him numerous times, but I did not go

:17:36. > :17:41.to court or press charges, because I kept going back to him. This time,

:17:42. > :17:47.they say that they can't prosecute him straightaway for just breaching

:17:48. > :17:50.that order. I understand that you were with Kyle Godfrey for six

:17:51. > :17:57.years. He regularly would he attack or beat you? -- how regularly. The

:17:58. > :18:05.first two years of our relationship, it happened may be for a longer

:18:06. > :18:12.period, for example 1-4 months or 1-6 months. It depended on his mood

:18:13. > :18:16.or if there was a problem that arise to. But in the latter part of the

:18:17. > :18:26.relationship, it was getting more frequent, and I can see that he is

:18:27. > :18:32.getting out of control, so I can't monitor it any more, or do not know

:18:33. > :18:35.how frequent it is any more. All I remember is that sometimes even

:18:36. > :18:41.little things would actually trigger him, and he could just throw

:18:42. > :18:49.something on my face. Like if he feels like unhappy, if I may say, so

:18:50. > :18:58.that is how it is. But with a six-year relationship, there were a

:18:59. > :19:06.few times where I was really injured, and he destroyed my staff,

:19:07. > :19:13.leaving me with nothing. Can I ask what kind of things he did to you?

:19:14. > :19:25.Punching. He normally punched my chest or the side of my body.

:19:26. > :19:28.Sometimes I feel like it is bullying as well because sometimes he would

:19:29. > :19:35.do some things in front of me that actually scare me, like lighting a

:19:36. > :19:40.lighter with spray, or turning a cooker, and when the alarm goes off

:19:41. > :19:45.in the house, I get scared because the cooker gets really hot. Or

:19:46. > :19:55.flicking a cigarette in front of me. Or even sometimes it went really bad

:19:56. > :19:59.when one time he actually hit me, slapped me really hard and I lost

:20:00. > :20:07.consciousness. And instead of him getting me up, he poured cold water

:20:08. > :20:10.on me, so I would wake up. And there was an occasion, I think, where he

:20:11. > :20:18.smashed your head against the floor. Yes. That was actually the calling

:20:19. > :20:24.that I had because I felt like at that moment, when I was dragged into

:20:25. > :20:31.the kitchen and he was smashing my head on the floor, like four or five

:20:32. > :20:35.times, I can't remember, but that was when I realised, I thought I was

:20:36. > :20:40.going to die that time, to be honest with you, Victoria, because no one

:20:41. > :20:45.was helping me and he cannot control himself any more. So I just had a

:20:46. > :20:52.little prey and I realised that not one deserves to be in that position,

:20:53. > :20:58.and my life is more important than this. I feel like if I am going to

:20:59. > :21:04.die here, what are people going to say? I lost my life with this

:21:05. > :21:12.horrible man? I also thought about my family back home, if something

:21:13. > :21:15.happened to me no one would even know. Goodness, that is such a sad

:21:16. > :21:18.thought that if something happened to you, you feel your family would

:21:19. > :21:28.not find out what he had done to you. Yes, because that's how he

:21:29. > :21:32.makes me feel sometimes. Even though I have been in the UK for a few

:21:33. > :21:38.years now, and I have children with him, it is like I am still a

:21:39. > :21:43.foreigner. It's just sad. Women like me, women out there that are still

:21:44. > :21:52.suffering from domestic violence, you only realise when you are in a

:21:53. > :21:55.life or death situation. I am here to tell children that they are that

:21:56. > :22:00.they should not have to wait to get to that moment because you might not

:22:01. > :22:04.be lucky enough to survive it. Because that time, when he saw me

:22:05. > :22:10.bleeding, he just stood up and realised what he had done. But what

:22:11. > :22:15.if the person will not wake up, or will not stop, and then you end up

:22:16. > :22:21.being dead? Was changed in the end? Why did you work with the police to

:22:22. > :22:24.bring this man to justice? Because I felt like even though I was the

:22:25. > :22:30.victim, I felt like I was the one running away from the police,

:22:31. > :22:33.because there are so many things that have been stuck in my mind,

:22:34. > :22:39.being in a domestic relationship actually takes away your power. At

:22:40. > :22:46.some point you just believe whatever he says, what ever your ex would say

:22:47. > :22:49.to you. When there are so many factors, like everything that

:22:50. > :22:54.surrounds you, you feel like you should not be doing it, and

:22:55. > :22:58.sometimes you feel like you are going to be the bad person, you are

:22:59. > :23:04.going to be the bad mother, and you do not want to do that. Thankfully I

:23:05. > :23:14.had a very persistent police officer, and she never gave up on

:23:15. > :23:18.me. She kept on pushing me, encouragingly, and of course the

:23:19. > :23:28.constant calls and letters and e-mails that I received, plus I have

:23:29. > :23:35.family support, like my cousin came over, so I have a bit more of that

:23:36. > :23:38.push to go to court. In February this year, Godfrey was jailed for

:23:39. > :23:42.three years for his violence against you and another woman whilst he was

:23:43. > :23:51.on bail. How do you feel about that sentence? Well, that sentence, when

:23:52. > :24:01.they did the sentencing I felt relief, because I feel like this is

:24:02. > :24:05.it, you know, I was able to go to the end part. And now I can just

:24:06. > :24:13.concentrate on moving on. In regards to the other matter, his issues with

:24:14. > :24:19.other exes that he has, I cannot really comment about it. But for

:24:20. > :24:27.whatever reason, I think just as a woman like me, sometimes you go to

:24:28. > :24:35.feel like it is too much and for you it is too enough, and you have to do

:24:36. > :24:39.what you have to do, which is to stand yourself. -- stand up for

:24:40. > :24:42.yourself. When he is released from jail, if he ends up in another

:24:43. > :24:45.relationship is supposed to tell the police about it, that is the

:24:46. > :24:50.condition of the order. Do you have faith that he will actually do that?

:24:51. > :24:56.I do not think he will do that. But I think he will be more cautious

:24:57. > :25:02.about it and this order, I hope, will also give him some thinking

:25:03. > :25:06.before he comes -- goes into a relationship. He will have to think

:25:07. > :25:14.that him, or even other men, if you cannot treat the woman right and you

:25:15. > :25:18.cannot cope with yourself with a person rightfully and humanely, then

:25:19. > :25:24.don't go for it. There are other ways for them to go out with a

:25:25. > :25:35.woman. But I have experienced being in an intimate relationship triggers

:25:36. > :25:41.these issues, and domestic issues, that result in violence, then don't

:25:42. > :25:47.go for it. Because now the law has improved in terms of protecting

:25:48. > :25:55.women. But my faith with him, I don't think he will report it, but I

:25:56. > :25:57.think he will think about it first. You have said that you felt at times

:25:58. > :26:03.that you could not escape the relationship with him. I wonder if

:26:04. > :26:08.this order had been imposed when he had met you, how would it have

:26:09. > :26:14.protected you and your children? Well, if this order was placed

:26:15. > :26:18.before me, then I would of course, if the police had talked to me about

:26:19. > :26:27.it, how serious it was before, then maybe it would change more of my

:26:28. > :26:34.life now. But in terms of being in a domestic relationship, sometimes

:26:35. > :26:40.even for myself I cannot explain how I stayed with him that long. Even

:26:41. > :26:46.though there are some people out there like his family, who told me

:26:47. > :26:49.about what happened in his previous relationships, but still you feel

:26:50. > :26:55.like you are in love with the person and the person will change. What

:26:56. > :26:58.would your message be two other victims of domestic abuse who might

:26:59. > :27:02.be watching this interview right now, who may be trapped in such a

:27:03. > :27:15.relationship, frightened to speak out? What would you say to them?

:27:16. > :27:21.Well, I just want to tell them that there is was away to get out of it.

:27:22. > :27:27.It is not going to be easy because at the end of the day you feel like

:27:28. > :27:31.you are out of it, but somehow you were trapped with the memories and

:27:32. > :27:38.the pain that you have gone through. At I hope that they will not wait

:27:39. > :27:42.for them to waste their lives for so many years being with someone that

:27:43. > :27:48.they do not deserve. No one deserves to be in domestic violence. No

:27:49. > :27:54.matter what race you are, where you come from, no matter how long you

:27:55. > :28:01.have been in the country. No one deserves to be in that relationship,

:28:02. > :28:05.especially women with children. They do not deserve to see domestic

:28:06. > :28:13.violence, and I hope that they will come out and stand for it. No matter

:28:14. > :28:16.how much you have and how much intimidation you get, you go for it

:28:17. > :28:21.because at the end of the day, if people judge you and if you keep

:28:22. > :28:25.believing what Europe user is saying, at the end you are going to

:28:26. > :28:35.lose yourself and somehow you can lose your life. All you have to do

:28:36. > :28:39.is just one day wake up and have the strength to run away or turn your

:28:40. > :28:45.back. And just think of the next step, once you are out of the

:28:46. > :28:49.relationship. And don't go back. If you turn your back, don't keep

:28:50. > :28:55.coming back, because the more you come back, the more you put yourself

:28:56. > :29:00.at risk. And you can lose a lot. You can lose your children, you can lose

:29:01. > :29:05.your life, you can lose yourself. Even the smile on your face. That is

:29:06. > :29:11.what I want to tell other women out there. That is such a powerful

:29:12. > :29:20.message from you. Do you feel free now? Yes. I am sorry for crying. I

:29:21. > :29:27.have not tried for so long, in terms of like emotionally. I used to cry

:29:28. > :29:33.when I was with Kyle and now sometimes, I am mostly happy now and

:29:34. > :29:41.I am more peaceful. Victoria, I just want to get this opportunity to tell

:29:42. > :29:46.also people in the position, or people who can actually help these

:29:47. > :29:53.women like I have experienced. Please, we have to help women, not

:29:54. > :29:57.just talking and stuff. We need to push them out of this, they need

:29:58. > :30:03.support. The government should support women, because it was really

:30:04. > :30:12.hard. Sometimes you want to come out but you cannot even go to a refuge,

:30:13. > :30:17.especially like people's corners, because they are not going to

:30:18. > :30:20.respect you if you do not have access to public funds or if you are

:30:21. > :30:24.not a British citizen. Regardless, the government should give more

:30:25. > :30:27.support to women out there so they can go to court and end the

:30:28. > :30:38.proceedings and once and for all move on with their lives. Her

:30:39. > :30:42.ex-partner in is in jail. He is believed to be the first person in

:30:43. > :30:44.England and Wales to be sub to a court order which means he must tell

:30:45. > :30:56.the police if he gets a new girlfriend.

:30:57. > :31:02.If you want to find out help, you can by contacting the BBC's

:31:03. > :31:11.Actionline. Let me read some comments from you. Audrey says,

:31:12. > :31:16."Bravo to this young lady to help bring this animal to justice." A

:31:17. > :31:20.viewer says, "I experienced domestic violence for 18 years. I'm glad the

:31:21. > :31:25.help is out there for men and women so they don't have to stay with an

:31:26. > :31:29.abuserment I'm so proud of this lady speaking out and I hope it will help

:31:30. > :31:36.others suffering to take back control of their lives."

:31:37. > :31:38.The women who pay thousands to marry, have sex

:31:39. > :31:41.with and then divorce a stranger, so that they can get back

:31:42. > :31:45.After our interview yesterday with Alan -

:31:46. > :31:51.a father of two with terminal cancer - church leaders and politicians

:31:52. > :31:57.have united to say they are going to fight the Government's cuts

:31:58. > :32:01.to support for bereaved parents which come in tomorrow.

:32:02. > :32:04.We'll speak to three of them just after 10am.

:32:05. > :32:07.Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:32:08. > :32:09.The UN Security Council is to hold emergency talks

:32:10. > :32:12.following a suspected chemical attack in Syria - which has left

:32:13. > :32:20.at least 58 people dead, including a number of children.

:32:21. > :32:28.The Assad regime denies using chemical weapons.

:32:29. > :32:37.Russia has blamed the poisoning on the rebels.

:32:38. > :32:39.A woman whose former partner has been convicted

:32:40. > :32:42.of domestic violence offences, and has been ordered to inform

:32:43. > :32:44.police about every new relationship he enters into hopes that the court

:32:45. > :32:49.Under the seven-year criminal behaviour order,

:32:50. > :32:51.Kylle Godfrey must inform police if he is in a relationship

:32:52. > :32:58.Scotland Yard says it's the first time that a court order has been

:32:59. > :33:05.used to protect victims of domestic abuse.

:33:06. > :33:06.A child has suffered life-threatening injuries

:33:07. > :33:10.The attack happened in Chatham yesterday afternoon.

:33:11. > :33:13.Two people have been arrested over the incident and the dog

:33:14. > :33:23.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend what's

:33:24. > :33:28.being called "a service of Hope and Reconciliation later",

:33:29. > :33:29.for the victims of the Westminster attack.

:33:30. > :33:32.Around two thousand people are expected to attend the event

:33:33. > :33:35.Families of the victims, faith leaders and representatives

:33:36. > :33:37.from the emergency services will be among the guests.

:33:38. > :33:39.That's a summary of the latest BBC News.

:33:40. > :33:47.Manchester United left it late to earn a draw in last night's

:33:48. > :33:52.Premier League match at home to Everton.

:33:53. > :33:54.The visitors scored in the first-half,

:33:55. > :33:56.but Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a 94th minute penalty.

:33:57. > :33:58.United are now unbeaten in 20 games but have drawn nine

:33:59. > :34:06.The Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has reportedly described

:34:07. > :34:08.David Moyes' comments to a BBC reporter as "regrettable"

:34:09. > :34:14.Sunderland remain bottom of the Premier League table

:34:15. > :34:19.after a 2-0 loss last night to a resurgent Leicester.

:34:20. > :34:21.Defending champion Heather Watson wasted two match points before

:34:22. > :34:24.eventually winning in three sets at the Monterrey Open

:34:25. > :34:30.The Masters gets underway tomorrow and Danny Willett hopes

:34:31. > :34:33.a return to Augusta can spark a return to form.

:34:34. > :34:35.He has failed to win a tournament since donning

:34:36. > :34:45.That's your headlines. I will be back at 10am.

:34:46. > :34:49.An investigation by this programme and the Asian Network has found that

:34:50. > :34:55.a number of online services are charging "divorced" Muslim women

:34:56. > :34:57.thousands of pounds to take part in what's known as "halala"

:34:58. > :35:04.In reality they are a sham marriage where women pay to marry,

:35:05. > :35:07.have sex with and then divorce a stranger, so they can get back

:35:08. > :35:10.with their first husbands, often leaving women open

:35:11. > :35:16.to financial exploitation, blackmail and even sexual abuse.

:35:17. > :35:19.The controversial practice is believed, by a very small

:35:20. > :35:22.minority of Muslims, to be the only way a divorced woman

:35:23. > :35:26.can get back with her husband after what's known as a triple talaq

:35:27. > :35:28.- that's an instant divorce where a man just needs to say

:35:29. > :35:31."talaq" three times to his wife in order to divorce her.

:35:32. > :35:40.Athar Ahmad has been investigating for us.

:35:41. > :35:48.I mean, you get ?1,000 for sleeping with a woman in one night.

:35:49. > :35:55.We can go to a hotel or something, and complete that thing.

:35:56. > :36:05.I remember crying all day long, not eating.

:36:06. > :36:31.Three words in a single text message changed her life forever.

:36:32. > :36:33.After being introduced to a potential partner by a family

:36:34. > :36:36.friend when she was in her 20s, she decided to get

:36:37. > :36:39.A few months later the couple were married and planning

:36:40. > :36:43.We have changed her name to protect her identity.

:36:44. > :36:45.What was your relationship with your husband like

:36:46. > :36:53.In the beginning we were struggling to get along with each

:36:54. > :37:02.After my marriage, my in-laws decided I would have

:37:03. > :37:06.So the first year was hard, considerably.

:37:07. > :37:08.She had children with her husband soon after,

:37:09. > :37:15.The first time he was abusive was over money.

:37:16. > :37:19.My parents gave me a lump sum as a wedding present,

:37:20. > :37:22.and he and his parents decided that they wanted it from me,

:37:23. > :37:34.Well, on that occasion he dragged me by my hair through two rooms

:37:35. > :37:37.and tried to throw me out of the house.

:37:38. > :37:41.He has thrown things at me, pulled me by my hair,

:37:42. > :37:57.Slamming me against the wall became so constant, it became a norm.

:37:58. > :38:01.Her husband's behaviour, though, became increasingly unpredictable.

:38:02. > :38:04.Talk me through what happened on the day he divorced you.

:38:05. > :38:07.So I was at home with the children and he was at work, and during

:38:08. > :38:09.a discussion he sent a text, "Talaq, talaq, talaq."

:38:10. > :38:17.My dad said, "Your marriage is over, you cannot go back to him."

:38:18. > :38:18.It's a little-known phrase, triple talaq.

:38:19. > :38:21.If the man says that three times in a row,

:38:22. > :38:23.some Muslims believe that means the marriage is finished,

:38:24. > :38:30.It's banned in most Muslim countries, but still happens,

:38:31. > :38:33.though it is impossible to know how many women are divorced

:38:34. > :38:38.Men sometimes give a triple talaq during an argument or a fight,

:38:39. > :38:48.like in this case, and then later regret it.

:38:49. > :38:52.If you believe in it, it is possible you will also believe in halala.

:38:53. > :38:54.A small minority think it is the only way a divorced couple

:38:55. > :38:58.Halala meets the woman must marry someone else,

:38:59. > :39:01.consummate the marriage and then get a divorce before she is able

:39:02. > :39:07.But arranging a halala marriage is something the vast majority

:39:08. > :39:16.Most imams and clerics said the practice is down to people

:39:17. > :39:19.misunderstanding the laws around divorce and it has nothing to do

:39:20. > :39:25.The Islamic Sharia Council regularly have women dropping in,

:39:26. > :39:30.asking about the finer points of an Islamic divorce.

:39:31. > :39:34.A triple talaq, is that something you accept at the Sharia Council?

:39:35. > :39:37.No, we make it clear that it is not accepted.

:39:38. > :39:46.A lot of people are under the impression the marriage is over,

:39:47. > :39:56.It is harm, it is forbidden, there is no stronger word,

:39:57. > :40:02.But she believes some Muslims have got the wrong idea about divorce,

:40:03. > :40:11.If you are told by your parents, by your imam or your community

:40:12. > :40:14.that the triple talaq is valid, there is no other option.

:40:15. > :40:17.And you have been told the only way you can get back

:40:18. > :40:25.together is through halala, they feel they have no choice.

:40:26. > :40:28.But there are those who are exploiting women's desperation,

:40:29. > :40:31.pushing out halala as a genuine solution, and now it

:40:32. > :40:38.So I have come across a number of different Facebook pages which

:40:39. > :40:44.Most say they will supply a man who is willing to marry a woman,

:40:45. > :40:48.have sex with her and then give her a divorce so she can get

:40:49. > :40:52.So this is from someone who says he is happy to come to the UK

:40:53. > :40:55.and pay for his flights, accommodation and service fees.

:40:56. > :40:58.This other one is asking for our address and how old we are.

:40:59. > :41:01.We then find a UK-based halala service, which says it arranges

:41:02. > :41:03.temporary marriages, and to message them

:41:04. > :41:14.We get in touch with them over Facebook.

:41:15. > :41:16.An undercover reporter posing as a divorced Muslim woman

:41:17. > :41:19.who is looking to get back with her husband.

:41:20. > :41:21.After weeks of talking over Facebook, we finally managed

:41:22. > :41:23.to arrange a meeting and sent our undercover reporter

:41:24. > :41:27.At this stage we have no idea who the person behind

:41:28. > :41:34.It could be someone messing around online, or it could be someone

:41:35. > :41:42.The man behind the account turns up, tells us he has been busy

:41:43. > :41:46.He has a number of other men working with him,

:41:47. > :41:49.all of whom carry out the halala service for a fee.

:41:50. > :42:01.For you, I contacted three guys, in their 40s.

:42:02. > :42:08.They will take 5,000, and they want to keep it

:42:09. > :42:25.Do you have an idea of which mosque in the UK?

:42:26. > :42:31.I will go and see the people, see a few imams, who will do it easily.

:42:32. > :42:34.The man then offers to carry out the halala service himself,

:42:35. > :42:35.claiming it would be cheaper and safer.

:42:36. > :42:55.If you want to get it done in a hotel or something.

:42:56. > :42:58.The imam's costs, the witnesses' costs, we have to pay

:42:59. > :43:02.And for sex, if you want to enjoy it properly...

:43:03. > :43:17.You can go to a hotel or something, complete that thing...

:43:18. > :43:27.He brings up other women he has helped in the past and how much

:43:28. > :43:32.they have paid to go through with the halala marriage.

:43:33. > :43:36.One of them was in a hotel, but she also paid a lot.

:43:37. > :43:44.Some women who go through a triple talaq become desperate

:43:45. > :43:47.and will do anything to try to save their marriage,

:43:48. > :43:50.including considering going through halala.

:43:51. > :43:58.I remember crying all day long, not eating, even suicidal.

:43:59. > :44:05.And even though he was abusive and divorced you over text,

:44:06. > :44:09.you still wanted to get back together with him?

:44:10. > :44:18.When I married him, I imagined forever.

:44:19. > :44:22.My ex-husband was so desperate, we were both desperate

:44:23. > :44:25.to get back together, we knew halala was the only option.

:44:26. > :44:30.So I did a lot of research online in regards to the halala.

:44:31. > :44:33.I started ringing around and through a couple of people

:44:34. > :44:35.I found out that there are certain individuals, imams even,

:44:36. > :44:46.I found it would cost between 500 to ?2,000.

:44:47. > :44:49.I was so in love with him, I was willing to do anything

:44:50. > :44:55.You were willing to marry a stranger, have sex

:44:56. > :44:59.As awful as that sounds, yes, I was willing to do that.

:45:00. > :45:03.Going through halala comes with its risks.

:45:04. > :45:06.The man behind the Facebook account tells us he has had other

:45:07. > :45:09.men working with him, one who refused to divorce a woman

:45:10. > :45:14.After one month, I asked him to divorce.

:45:15. > :45:20.He said, "No, I want to stay for six months."

:45:21. > :45:25.I said, "No, she does not want to, you have to finish it."

:45:26. > :45:37.How do I know you would do that to me?

:45:38. > :45:41.It is a sham marriage, it is misunderstanding

:45:42. > :45:44.the concept of talaq, and the other danger is that this

:45:45. > :45:46.second husband decides, "I have married her now,

:45:47. > :45:49.I have a legitimate marriage certificate, I am not

:45:50. > :45:53.going to divorce her," so she may be stuck with a man that she does not

:45:54. > :46:06.This is adultery, infidelity, prostitution.

:46:07. > :46:08.Because halala is such a secretive issue, it is hard

:46:09. > :46:12.it is, with women often scared their families will find out.

:46:13. > :46:14.It can leave them open to blackmail, financial exploitation

:46:15. > :46:26.You wouldn't really speak about these things

:46:27. > :46:27.to your parents, your siblings,

:46:28. > :46:29.anyone, because if even one person accidentally mentions it,

:46:30. > :46:32.Do you have any idea about who was offering

:46:33. > :46:36.I heard about certain mosques in the UK containing certain imams

:46:37. > :46:39.who were offering their services for a certain amount of money.

:46:40. > :46:45.So I knew of girls who had gone behind family's backs and had it

:46:46. > :46:57.I heard of this one woman who paid for the service,

:46:58. > :47:00.probably lied to her parents and said she was going away

:47:01. > :47:07.went to the mosque - there was apparently

:47:08. > :47:16.where they did this stuff, and had it done.

:47:17. > :47:25.The imam or whoever offered these services slept

:47:26. > :47:28.with her and allowed other men to sleep with her too.

:47:29. > :47:33.It is a horrific experience for the woman to have to sleep

:47:34. > :47:36.with someone she does not love or find someone because her husband

:47:37. > :47:54.decided to say three words that should never have been said.

:47:55. > :47:56.And it's not just ordinary men who are offering

:47:57. > :47:59.This advert on Gumtree is from someone who claims to be

:48:00. > :48:01.a mufti, a Muslim legal expert who gives rulings

:48:02. > :48:06.He says he is offering a private and confidential service.

:48:07. > :48:09.Once again, we pose as a woman who has gone through a divorce

:48:10. > :48:13.He gets back within hours, saying he has helped women before

:48:14. > :48:16.and he can arrange a temporary marriage, sex and then a divorce,

:48:17. > :48:20.And sex is sold as being an important part of

:48:21. > :48:56.He wraps up the meeting by saying he will start looking

:48:57. > :49:00.into arrangements for the wedding, but does not want to put a limit

:49:01. > :49:27.Or how many times our reporter would have to sleep with him.

:49:28. > :49:30.There's nothing to suggest this man is doing anything illegal.

:49:31. > :49:35.He rejects any allegations against him, claiming he has never

:49:36. > :49:38.carried out or been involved in a halala marriage and he made

:49:39. > :49:42.the Facebook account for fun as part of a social experiment.

:49:43. > :49:45.He says he encouraged our reporter to tell other members of her family

:49:46. > :49:48.about the situation and that he had no intention of taking

:49:49. > :49:59.I wanted to see what the Islamic Sharia Council made of the footage.

:50:00. > :50:01.This is the secret film we have recorded.

:50:02. > :50:17.Having seen the footage, what did you make of that conversation?

:50:18. > :50:20.Does it shock you to see someone offering to marry someone,

:50:21. > :50:31.sleep with them and divorce them for thousands of pounds?

:50:32. > :50:39.This is somebody's sister, daughter, that you are talking to.

:50:40. > :50:43.The basic core values of Islam is where you are decent.

:50:44. > :50:45.This is nasty, this is about making money, abusing vulnerable people.

:50:46. > :50:52.What do you think about someone who claims to be able to find imams,

:50:53. > :50:55.find mosques who are willing to carry out these halala marriages?

:50:56. > :51:04.If it is true that these imams know the intention behind this,

:51:05. > :51:07.that it is a halala marriage, then those imams need to be punished.

:51:08. > :51:09.They are selling their faith, they are the worst possible

:51:10. > :51:17.Farah eventually decided against getting back

:51:18. > :51:22.of going through a halala marriage, but she warns there are other

:51:23. > :51:24.women out there like her who are desperate for a solution.

:51:25. > :51:26.It's an easy moneymaking scheme, ?1,000 to sleep

:51:27. > :51:30.I realised my ex-husband wasn't going to change,

:51:31. > :51:33.he very nearly killed me and if I had gone back,

:51:34. > :51:40.Unless you are in that situation where you are divorced

:51:41. > :51:42.and feeling the pain I felt, nobody will understand

:51:43. > :51:47.Later in the programme we'll be talking to a charity

:51:48. > :51:49.which helps women who've been through such attacks.

:51:50. > :51:52.And you can find out more on the story on Asian Network

:51:53. > :52:04.Coming up, Mel B gets a restraining order against her husband

:52:05. > :52:13.Stephen Belafonte - alleging he beat her,

:52:14. > :52:20.Next the situation in Syria - we're going to show you some

:52:21. > :52:22.disturbing images which show the horror of the reality

:52:23. > :52:25.of what is happening in the north west province of Idlib.

:52:26. > :52:29.These images show children struggling to breathe

:52:30. > :52:32.after a suspected chemical attack which has left 72 dead -

:52:33. > :52:39.The UN Security Council will meet in an emergency

:52:40. > :52:41.session this afternoon to discuss the attack.

:52:42. > :52:43.The United States, Britain and France have proposed a UN

:52:44. > :52:46.resolution condemning the attack, which they blame on the Syrian

:52:47. > :52:57.In this morning that all evidence points to President Assad's forces

:52:58. > :53:01.being behind this attack. Boris Johnson said this morning.

:53:02. > :53:06.Hours after the initial attack, air strikes also hit a hospital

:53:07. > :53:08.in the town where doctors were treating victims,

:53:09. > :53:19.bringing down rubble on medics as they worked.

:53:20. > :53:28.Let's get the latest now from Idlib province.

:53:29. > :53:30.Abdul Aziz Ajini is the media officer at the opposition-run

:53:31. > :53:32.Idlib Health Directorate, and Dr Abdulhay Tennari,

:53:33. > :53:35.a lung doctor who treated the injured from a field hospital

:53:36. > :53:38.And in Paris, Ole Solvang is a Director

:53:39. > :53:42.He has been investigating the attack to get to the bottom

:53:43. > :53:57.of what actually killed the 72 people on Tuesday.

:53:58. > :54:00.Dr Abdulhay Tennari, you are a lung doctor and treated some

:54:01. > :54:02.of the affected in Idlib province, can you walk us

:54:03. > :54:19.Yesterday at 6am, I was south of Idlib. Many people died immediately

:54:20. > :54:26.and around 500 people immediately became sick. The Syrian defence

:54:27. > :54:32.started to evacuate them. To secure them. So there were different cases,

:54:33. > :54:40.depending on the amount of gas they had inhaled, and where the rocket

:54:41. > :54:46.exploded. I saw many children sick and many children who had died. 20

:54:47. > :54:55.children died approximately and 21 women. The rest were men. They were

:54:56. > :55:04.suffering from difficulties breathing, and they had specific

:55:05. > :55:14.signs, which was a constricted breathing. When we see the signs, it

:55:15. > :55:19.is serious. It is similar with the signs of sarin gas, nerve agent that

:55:20. > :55:26.produces severe secretions in the lungs. The patient suffocates

:55:27. > :55:35.because they are respiratory system is full of secretions. So we started

:55:36. > :55:43.to treat them based on these symptoms and we tried to find the

:55:44. > :55:46.antidote. After giving the antidote, there was a very good response,

:55:47. > :55:55.which made us think it was definitely sarin gas.

:55:56. > :55:57.Abdul Aziz Ajini is the media officer at the opposition-run

:55:58. > :56:12.Is it clear to you that this was sarin gas? Well, when we first got

:56:13. > :56:19.information about the suspected chemical attack, we went to

:56:20. > :56:26.hospitals and met doctors there and had some photos and videos of people

:56:27. > :56:33.being carried out. And they told us that this was something new, it was

:56:34. > :56:38.not like previous chlorine attacks. In terms of the symptoms and the

:56:39. > :56:43.respiratory systems, in terms of the nerve systems, there was much

:56:44. > :56:52.difference between the syndrome is of quarrying and maybe other

:56:53. > :56:56.poisonous gases. -- the symptoms of chlorine. That is why we started

:56:57. > :57:17.thinking about other agents like sarin gas or organic phosphorus.

:57:18. > :57:22.Ole Solvang, who do you think is behind this and why? There is no

:57:23. > :57:30.doubt that hundreds of people were exposed to these conditions. The

:57:31. > :57:38.deadliness of the exposure is more deadly than we have seen with other

:57:39. > :57:41.chlorine gas attacks. Some of the pupils of the victims pointed

:57:42. > :57:49.towards a nerve agent like sarin gas. It is impossible to conclude

:57:50. > :57:56.for sure exactly what chemical was used without laboratory tests of the

:57:57. > :57:58.soil or of the victims. But we do not that these people were exposed

:57:59. > :58:04.to some sort of chemical. The other thing that we do now is that the

:58:05. > :58:08.Syrian government forces were conducting attacks in this area at

:58:09. > :58:14.the time, when these people were exposed. What we are trying to

:58:15. > :58:20.figure out and to conclude is what is the relationship between these

:58:21. > :58:24.warplanes and the exposure. There are two main theories. One is that

:58:25. > :58:32.the Syrian government warplanes dropped the chemicals, which then

:58:33. > :58:38.exposed the people. The other theory is that a bomb hit chemicals on the

:58:39. > :58:42.ground and affected lot of people that way. No matter which one of

:58:43. > :58:49.these theories is the right one, what is clear is that chemical

:58:50. > :58:54.attacks in Syria continue and the government continues conducting

:58:55. > :58:58.them. Human Rights Watch has documented numerous chemical attacks

:58:59. > :59:03.by the government and the problem is really that the Security Council has

:59:04. > :59:06.failed to really impose any sort of consequences for that. In February,

:59:07. > :59:13.Russia and China vetoed a resolution imposing sanctions on the government

:59:14. > :59:17.for chemical attacks and it seems obvious that combatants, forces on

:59:18. > :59:26.the ground had taken those vetoes as a green light to continue carrying

:59:27. > :59:29.out chemical attacks. Gentlemen, thank you for your time. The UN

:59:30. > :59:32.Security Council meeting today, of course, and we will see what comes

:59:33. > :59:38.out of that if anything. We appreciate your time. In a couple of

:59:39. > :59:43.minutes, the latest news and sport and a full weather forecast. Let's

:59:44. > :59:46.have a quick look. Also, senior Labour figures criticise the party

:59:47. > :59:50.for not expelling Ken Livingstone over his claims that Hitler

:59:51. > :59:54.supported Zionism. Time for the latest weather.

:59:55. > :59:59.This morning, there has been a chilly start to the day for some

:00:00. > :00:04.parts of England and Wales. The temperatures are picking up nicely.

:00:05. > :00:08.For most of us, the forecast is mainly dry. What is happening, we

:00:09. > :00:13.have high pressure firmly in charge of our weather. The wind across the

:00:14. > :00:18.far north of Scotland and the Northern Isles is tending to ease.

:00:19. > :00:23.After a sunny start, we will notice more cloud moving in from the North

:00:24. > :00:29.West. Most of us will miss these. Equally, we will see some cloud and

:00:30. > :00:33.sunny spells. Starting the forecast for this afternoon in the north of

:00:34. > :00:38.England, you can see the extent of the cloud. In the north-east, there

:00:39. > :00:41.will be some sunshine. Equally, in Scotland there will be some sunshine

:00:42. > :00:45.but towards the west at times, there will be a bit more cloud and some

:00:46. > :00:49.showers. Some showers already for Northern Ireland. A few remaining

:00:50. > :00:53.across the coast. Any sunshine will be limited. Quite a cloudy

:00:54. > :00:58.afternoon. For Wales the cloud will continue to build. South Wales

:00:59. > :01:01.seeing sunshine and in Cardiff, we could see 17 Celsius today. South

:01:02. > :01:05.west England also seeing sunshine. But as we move towards the Midlands,

:01:06. > :01:09.heading into East Anglia, there will be more cloud for Southern counties.

:01:10. > :01:17.Again, we will hang onto that sunshine. Temperature wise, 11-17

:01:18. > :01:24.generally, particularly if you are away from the cloud. Cardiff, maybe

:01:25. > :01:28.slightly more, 16, the same across certain parts of England and

:01:29. > :01:31.Scotland. Edinburgh may reach 15 as we go through the afternoon. It will

:01:32. > :01:36.be a cold night with a touch of frost and high pressure still firmly

:01:37. > :01:40.in charge during Thursday and Friday. Largely dry with sunny

:01:41. > :01:45.spells and variable cloud. Heading into the weekend, that is when the

:01:46. > :01:48.high pressure really comes in across our shores. Settled conditions

:01:49. > :01:52.except for the north-west where it will be breezy. The weather front

:01:53. > :01:56.will see a bit more cloud around. And also, splashes of rain. One last

:01:57. > :02:00.thing I want to show you is the temperature. Somewhere across

:02:01. > :02:04.central, Eastern or southern England, it could hit 23 but under

:02:05. > :02:06.the influence of the weather front, in the north-west and will be a

:02:07. > :02:09.fresher 13. This is adultery,

:02:10. > :02:11.infidelity, prostitution. Hello.

:02:12. > :02:12.It's Wednesday. Our top story today - many dead -

:02:13. > :02:22.20 of them children in a suspected As the EU and UN meet today

:02:23. > :02:38.to discuss what can be done, A doctor tells us what he saw. I saw

:02:39. > :02:41.many children and many children died and 21 women and the remaining are

:02:42. > :02:46.men. In an exclusive interview

:02:47. > :02:49.we heard from a mother whose violent and abusive former

:02:50. > :02:51.partner has been subject to the first ever court order

:02:52. > :02:53.forcing him to tell authorities She says she thinks it will help

:02:54. > :02:58.and urges women in a similar relationship to find the strength

:02:59. > :03:05.to walk away. You can lose a lot. You can lose

:03:06. > :03:12.your children. You can lose your life. You can lose yourself. Even

:03:13. > :03:15.the smile on your face. So many of you respond to go that

:03:16. > :03:22.interview. This texter says, "What an amazing, clear and inspiring

:03:23. > :03:24.message today. Please make sure you pass on our huge gratitude for her

:03:25. > :03:27.speaking out." Church leaders and politicians

:03:28. > :03:31.from all sides say they are planning to fight Government cuts to support

:03:32. > :03:44.for bereaved parents. It follow our interview with, "Alan

:03:45. > :03:49."A terminally-ill fatheried. At this point you're contemplating death and

:03:50. > :04:00.you want to go out of this world with dignity, with some grace, with

:04:01. > :04:04.some peace of mind. Not full of financial anxiety and feeling as if

:04:05. > :04:06.the Government has just taken money away from you.

:04:07. > :04:11.The new system of support comes into force at midnight tonight.

:04:12. > :04:14.We will under speaking to some politicians who are vowing to fight

:04:15. > :04:18.them. Joanna is in the BBC

:04:19. > :04:20.Newsroom with a summary The UN Security Council

:04:21. > :04:24.is to hold emergency talks following a suspected chemical

:04:25. > :04:26.attack in Syria which has left at least 72 people dead including

:04:27. > :04:29.a number of children. The Assad regime denies

:04:30. > :04:34.using chemical weapons. Syria's ally, Russia, has blamed

:04:35. > :04:36.the poisoning on the rebels - accusing them of storing toxic

:04:37. > :04:39.agents in a factory which was hit The Foreign Secretary,

:04:40. > :04:42.Boris Johnson, says all evidence points to Assad forces

:04:43. > :04:47.being behind the attack. I have seen absolutely

:04:48. > :04:52.nothing to suggest or, rather, to lead us to think

:04:53. > :04:55.that it is anything but the regime. All the evidence I have,

:04:56. > :04:57.and there may be more All the evidence I have

:04:58. > :05:11.seen suggests that this was the Assad regime

:05:12. > :05:14.who did it in the full knowledge that they were using illegal weapons

:05:15. > :05:16.in a barbaric attack I would like to see those culpable

:05:17. > :05:24.pay a price for this. A woman whose former

:05:25. > :05:27.partner has been convicted of domestic violence offences

:05:28. > :05:29.and has been ordered to inform police about every

:05:30. > :05:31.new relationship he enters into, hopes that the court order

:05:32. > :05:38.will help future victims. Under the seven-year

:05:39. > :05:39.Criminal Behaviour Order, Kylle Godfrey must inform police

:05:40. > :05:41.if he is in a relationship Scotland Yard says it's the first

:05:42. > :05:46.time that a court order has been used to protect victims

:05:47. > :05:55.of domestic abuse. A child has suffered

:05:56. > :05:57.serious injuries The attack happened in Chatham

:05:58. > :06:00.yesterday afternoon. Two people have been arrested over

:06:01. > :06:03.the incident and the dog The European Parliament will vote

:06:04. > :06:07.later today on a resolution laying out the terms it believes the EU

:06:08. > :06:09.must demand during It says the UK must honour

:06:10. > :06:13.its financial liabilities and abide by EU standards if it wants

:06:14. > :06:22.to maintain a close trading The EU's chief Brexit negotiator

:06:23. > :06:23.issued a warning to the UK over its approach to leaving the European

:06:24. > :06:32.Union. The UK letter makes clear that the

:06:33. > :06:37.UK Government will push for negotiations and the withdrawal and

:06:38. > :06:45.the future relations. This is a very risky approach.

:06:46. > :06:49.To succeed we need on the contrary to devolve the first phase of the

:06:50. > :06:50.negotiations exclusively to reachen agreement and the principles of the

:06:51. > :06:54.exit. That's a summary of

:06:55. > :07:06.the latest BBC News. Thank you for your comments about

:07:07. > :07:11.the interview. Emily says, "I would like to say thanks to Sharia. I'm in

:07:12. > :07:17.a controlling relationship and married with two kids. It isn't

:07:18. > :07:20.violent, but I found myself getting depressed in this relationship. I

:07:21. > :07:24.tried to end the relationship, but he always says he will do better.

:07:25. > :07:28.Because I don't want our children to lose their father I keep trying, but

:07:29. > :07:32.I'm at the point where I don't know what is the truth anymore because he

:07:33. > :07:35.tells me that I'm the manipulative one and he is the victim. I'm

:07:36. > :07:44.looking for solutions and seeking help. This interview made me more

:07:45. > :07:47.determined. " Please contact Actionline and they can point you in

:07:48. > :07:51.the right direction. Lin is a on e-mail, "What a brave

:07:52. > :07:54.young woman. Having never been in a vicious violent relationship it is

:07:55. > :07:58.heartbreaking to listen to the years of torment three went through. She

:07:59. > :08:02.is young and so very wise. Let's hope her life has turned around for

:08:03. > :08:09.good." Gayle says, "I feel compelled to comment. It was the most soulful

:08:10. > :08:12.and honest and brave dialogue on the personal subject of domestic abuse.

:08:13. > :08:17.I hope she feels free to enjoy her life and children as she is entitled

:08:18. > :08:20.to and I hope she doesn't feel alone and estranged in this country."

:08:21. > :08:26.This person doesn't leave their name. "Just been listening to that

:08:27. > :08:29.lovely lady talking about domestic. I was crying along with her. I was a

:08:30. > :08:33.victim a long time ago and I know how difficult it is to escape. I

:08:34. > :08:37.would like to say thank you to her, she has probably given courage to

:08:38. > :08:42.women today." "I am a man who was subject to domestic violence from my

:08:43. > :08:51.ex-wife, but being a man, I wasn't ever able to get support."

:08:52. > :08:54.As I say, whether you're male for female go to Actionline and they

:08:55. > :08:58.will be able to give you advice on domestic abuse and violence. If you

:08:59. > :09:03.want to read more about this story and it is clear you do, then go to

:09:04. > :09:07.the BBC News website and you'll find more details there.

:09:08. > :09:10.Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho continued his

:09:11. > :09:20.United rescued a point against Everton to extend their unbeaten run

:09:21. > :09:24.But half of those have been draws, and fourth place now looks

:09:25. > :09:32.Everton took the lead in the first half.

:09:33. > :09:37.Defender Phil Jagielka with the deft touch of a striker.

:09:38. > :09:42.It was Manchester United's Mr Reliable, Zlatan Ibrahimovic,

:09:43. > :09:44.who equalised with a penalty, in the 94th minute.

:09:45. > :09:46.Here's Mourinho after the match, on substitute Shaw.

:09:47. > :09:58.For me his performance was good, but the performance was good because he

:09:59. > :10:02.was on my side and I was thinking for him. If he is on the other side,

:10:03. > :10:06.it wouldn't be the same. That's not possible at this level. He has to

:10:07. > :10:08.grow up. He has to mature and understand the game betterment he

:10:09. > :10:11.has to be more focussed. The chairman of the English Football

:10:12. > :10:13.Association Greg Clarke has reportedly commented on Sunderland

:10:14. > :10:15.manager David Moyes, over his Clarke's been quoted as saying,

:10:16. > :10:21."it was regrettable, it was distasteful and showed

:10:22. > :10:27.a complete lack of respect". Yesterday Sunderland

:10:28. > :10:31.publicly backed Moyes, but on the field his side

:10:32. > :10:34.are still struggling. They lost 2-0 at Leicester last

:10:35. > :10:37.night and remain rooted to the foot Olympic showjumping champion

:10:38. > :10:42.Nick Skelton has announced his Skelton, who is 59, won Gold

:10:43. > :10:48.at the Rio Games last summer Four years earlier at London 2012,

:10:49. > :10:51.he helped Great Britain In a statement Skelton said

:10:52. > :10:56.the sport has given him more than he could have hoped for over

:10:57. > :11:05.the past 43 years. All the best to Nick in his

:11:06. > :11:08.retirement. That's all the sport for now, I will have the headlines at

:11:09. > :11:13.10.30am. At midnight tonight,

:11:14. > :11:15.cuts are coming in which will leave some bereaved spouses

:11:16. > :11:17.and children worse off. Since we interviewed "Alan"

:11:18. > :11:19.on our programme yesterday, a father of two with incurable

:11:20. > :11:24.cancer who has weeks to live. Church leaders and politicians have

:11:25. > :11:26.united to say they are going to fight the Government's cuts

:11:27. > :11:30.to support for bereaved parents. If "Alan", which isn't his real

:11:31. > :11:34.name, died today, he's calculated his wife and children

:11:35. > :11:36.would receive up to ?60,000 If he dies on Thursday,

:11:37. > :11:41.when Government reforms to these benefits come in,

:11:42. > :11:44.he says his family On our programme yesterday

:11:45. > :11:49."Alan" described the cuts The Government says it's modernising

:11:50. > :11:57.an outdated system while increasing the initial lump sum for bereaved

:11:58. > :12:00.spouses, and anyone on the payments Listening to Alan's story

:12:01. > :12:07.was a Conservative former Work and Pensions Minister who described

:12:08. > :12:09.the cuts as "unfair", "wrong" and "callous" and promised

:12:10. > :12:12.she would take action. Here's what Alan had

:12:13. > :12:17.to say yesterday. I was shocked that the system

:12:18. > :12:22.of benefits that has been in place, as I understand, for 70 years,

:12:23. > :12:28.since 1946, although it's been renamed, the essence of this support

:12:29. > :12:39.is that when somebody is widowed, there is financial support available

:12:40. > :12:42.for young children up And the fact that that's

:12:43. > :12:51.being taken away seems I'm going to explain

:12:52. > :13:00.to our audience on your behalf, if it's all right, Alan,

:13:01. > :13:03.that the reason that it's difficult for you to talk

:13:04. > :13:07.is because you have cancer which, as I understand it, started

:13:08. > :13:09.in your tonsils before spreading And last December, you were given

:13:10. > :13:18.between one and five months to live. And it essentially means, therefore,

:13:19. > :13:25.that if I were to have died, or still do, in the next couple

:13:26. > :13:31.of days, my family would benefit What conversations have you had

:13:32. > :13:48.with your family about this? I've explained

:13:49. > :13:51.the situation to them. I've said in some ways that it

:13:52. > :13:57.wouldn't be a bad thing if they lost me a couple of days

:13:58. > :14:02.early, because at least there would Of course, even talking in those

:14:03. > :14:14.terms is very, very upsetting. And how do they react

:14:15. > :14:19.when you say that? Well, they're very shocked

:14:20. > :14:30.that the government which, as far as we all understand,

:14:31. > :14:34.talks a good story about being caring and compassionate,

:14:35. > :14:38.but in actual fact has deemed arbitrarily that the period

:14:39. > :14:43.of bereavement, which for 70 years has been set by the government

:14:44. > :14:51.as children up to the age of 19 or 20, suddenly,

:14:52. > :14:57.the whole process of bereavement is no different, for some unknown

:14:58. > :15:01.and unexplained reason. And Theresa May, even yesterday,

:15:02. > :15:06.supported the theory, no support for it whatsoever,

:15:07. > :15:12.that you can acceptably We have all had people,

:15:13. > :15:23.known people, who have had losses. And the losses, and the pain

:15:24. > :15:29.and the anguish, don't suddenly turn So it was perhaps one of the most

:15:30. > :15:35.naive things someone At this point in one's life,

:15:36. > :15:46.you're contemplating death. And you want to go out of this world

:15:47. > :15:49.with some dignity, with some grace, Not full of financial anxiety,

:15:50. > :15:58.feeling as if the government has just taken money away from you that

:15:59. > :16:09.you had earned legitimately. So I would call upon the Lords,

:16:10. > :16:13.the second chamber, to step up now, and call the government to account,

:16:14. > :16:16.because I think they can and should mount a cross-party initiative

:16:17. > :16:30.to stop this terrible situation. I commit to you to try to speak

:16:31. > :16:41.to the other parties across the House, to see if there's

:16:42. > :16:44.anything we can do to extend the period of support

:16:45. > :16:48.for widowed parents, because I'm really upset by the way

:16:49. > :16:52.in which this is being done, Because it is about saving money,

:16:53. > :17:00.and it is about giving more money to parents who are widowed -

:17:01. > :17:02.partners who are widowed, And it is not recognising

:17:03. > :17:11.the devastation that it can cause So I will have discussions

:17:12. > :17:17.with members across the House of Lords in all parties,

:17:18. > :17:20.and see if there is anything we can do to encourage the government

:17:21. > :17:23.to extend the support for parents. Since that interview Baroness Altman

:17:24. > :17:36.has pledged to raise the issue in the House of Lords in an urgent

:17:37. > :17:38.question tomorrow - where a minister is expected

:17:39. > :17:40.to have to respond. We can now speak to Baroness Hollis,

:17:41. > :17:43.the Labour politician who oversaw the introduction of the current

:17:44. > :17:45.bereavement support This was just a year

:17:46. > :17:48.after losing her own husband. She was a Department for Work

:17:49. > :17:51.and Pensions minister Also Dr Alan Smith,

:17:52. > :17:57.the Bishop of St Albans, who wants the government

:17:58. > :17:59.to think again. And finally Lord German,

:18:00. > :18:02.a Lib Dem member of the House of Lords who is working with other

:18:03. > :18:11.party's to reverse the changes. to say to our audience, Baroness

:18:12. > :18:14.Hollis, you are frustrated listening to some of that because you were

:18:15. > :18:21.saying that it is too late. -- I have to say to our audience. It is

:18:22. > :18:24.too late because it is now law. We have had instruments supported in

:18:25. > :18:28.the House of Lords in February, and it has gone through the Commons and

:18:29. > :18:32.takes effect tomorrow. It is too late. Were able to put a pause

:18:33. > :18:35.button on tax credits 18 months ago because it had not become law but

:18:36. > :18:41.this now has become law. The only way forward, it will not happen in

:18:42. > :18:44.the House of Lords because Brexit will take the oxygen out of primary

:18:45. > :18:49.legislation, which would be the normal way that the House of Lords

:18:50. > :18:53.would have a change of mind. I would urge people, bereaved parents and

:18:54. > :18:59.their families, they should go through to their MPs, especially if

:19:00. > :19:02.they have a Conservative MP, because the Secretary of State is a good man

:19:03. > :19:07.and I'm sure he's the one who could mitigate this is possible. Those

:19:08. > :19:11.changes have to come down the other edifices of financial measures. Lord

:19:12. > :19:16.German, you can do nothing according to Baroness Hollis? We are in a

:19:17. > :19:19.position now where the revelations have been made but that does not

:19:20. > :19:23.mean that we should not try to get the government to change its mind.

:19:24. > :19:27.And to build of steam on this matter, it is important that people

:19:28. > :19:31.from all sides of the house joined together to work together and try to

:19:32. > :19:36.mitigate what is both cruel and harsh, and I would like to see a

:19:37. > :19:41.change. I want to see the government changed its mind but the only way we

:19:42. > :19:43.can achieve that is by making sure that sufficient pressure is put on

:19:44. > :19:48.the government, that they see this cause publicly and in Parliament in

:19:49. > :19:54.a way which will make them change their mind. And if there was enough

:19:55. > :19:57.pressure and Damian Green, the Work and Pensions Secretary, listens,

:19:58. > :20:01.despite the fact that it is law, he could extend it from 18 months to

:20:02. > :20:06.five years? He could introduce new legislation. The thing about

:20:07. > :20:10.regulations, it is a fix which can be put in place for a period of

:20:11. > :20:13.time. The government can alter them. They can put in changes to make them

:20:14. > :20:22.happen. He could come back next year with new regulations extending it to

:20:23. > :20:29.three years or seven for the sheltered, to mitigate the pressure

:20:30. > :20:32.and give bereaved parents time in which to come to terms with their

:20:33. > :20:38.family's situation and their finances. But the point I want to

:20:39. > :20:43.make is that it makes me really angry, because it is not only

:20:44. > :20:47.indecent, it is also unnecessary. 75% of bereaved parents are going to

:20:48. > :20:54.be worse off as a result of George Osborne's cuts, yet two thirds, well

:20:55. > :20:58.over half will go back into work within 18 months. You do not need to

:20:59. > :21:02.whip them. But the ones who are not ready to go back to work and who

:21:03. > :21:06.will be hurt, they are to Matt Crooks, those with young children

:21:07. > :21:11.who are badly distressed, having nightmares, bedwetting, not wanting

:21:12. > :21:19.to go to school, and the mother feels she needs to be around to

:21:20. > :21:22.attend to them. To avoid mental health issues later, you need to

:21:23. > :21:26.give them extra care. And the government is saying you cannot have

:21:27. > :21:30.it. If it is so important to you as a Labour peer, why did your own

:21:31. > :21:38.leader not bother to turn up to vote against this in March? Jeremy

:21:39. > :21:43.Corbyn? Yes. I don't know. You must have an opinion about that? I don't

:21:44. > :21:47.know what he was doing. I cannot be accountable to him. But you are his

:21:48. > :21:53.Labour colleagues. I am responsible for policy development in the Lords,

:21:54. > :21:56.and in the Lords, we have been putting in some of these delays and

:21:57. > :22:01.changes. The crucial thing is how that we now get mitigation and

:22:02. > :22:05.changes, and that is to put pressure on Damian Green through Tory

:22:06. > :22:08.backbenchers down the other end, to introduce new regulations. Every

:22:09. > :22:13.family of every bereaved parent should now be putting pressure on

:22:14. > :22:17.Conservative MPs. Let's bring in doctor Alan Smith. Thank you for

:22:18. > :22:25.talking to us. The Bishop of St Albans. You know what the government

:22:26. > :22:30.is arguing? It says that we are updating a really old-fashioned

:22:31. > :22:36.system which is decades old. We are focusing the most financial support

:22:37. > :22:42.in the immediate period of bereavements, and increased lump sum

:22:43. > :22:50.and payments, tax-free, for the first 18 months. Patently right. And

:22:51. > :22:53.of course it is to be welcomed, the lump sum slightly increasing. But

:22:54. > :22:56.whilst the system may be opened, what has not changed is all the

:22:57. > :23:00.research and all our knowledge on what happens when people are

:23:01. > :23:05.bereaved, that children very often need extra time, extra support. And

:23:06. > :23:09.of course if money is not available, it is much more likely that the

:23:10. > :23:13.remaining parent is going to have to go back to work to increase their

:23:14. > :23:17.hours much earlier. They will not be able to give the time and attention

:23:18. > :23:22.to the young children. And this is a crucial thing about investing for

:23:23. > :23:25.them. As we have heard, after bereavement children are very often

:23:26. > :23:30.in a terrible state and need much more support. It is going to be very

:23:31. > :23:35.important that we mobilise people at every level to start talking to

:23:36. > :23:40.members of Parliament about this change, which must be mitigated in

:23:41. > :23:48.some way. And do you believe that general taxpayers will think that

:23:49. > :23:52.this is their to provide support for a longer period of time than 18

:23:53. > :23:58.months? I think the crucial issue is trauma that children go through when

:23:59. > :24:02.they lose a parent. It is not just short-term. It can emerge later in

:24:03. > :24:06.life, it can emerge in teenage life, and really it is a very difficult

:24:07. > :24:09.time. You have to provide that support. I think if you asked the

:24:10. > :24:14.public, do you think we should provide support in order to mitigate

:24:15. > :24:18.the trauma that these children are going to have, I am pretty sure that

:24:19. > :24:24.they would say yes. And in fact, the extension, through school life, of

:24:25. > :24:28.support, is not actually a huge amount of money in the big scale of

:24:29. > :24:31.things. And I think it is something that people will say is the right

:24:32. > :24:36.thing to do. It is up to us to build up this head of steam across our

:24:37. > :24:41.house and the public, in order to get the public to change their mind.

:24:42. > :24:47.I said in the introduction that you lost your husband one year before

:24:48. > :24:55.you saw the bereavement payments coming in. You experienced grief. Do

:24:56. > :25:03.you still experience that now? Of course. But my sons were grown up.

:25:04. > :25:08.But it is not about me. My situation was relatively supported at the time

:25:09. > :25:13.under the old system. The problem now is that lone parents are being

:25:14. > :25:18.whipped into work as a result of these benefits and cuts, when some

:25:19. > :25:23.of them, particularly as Michael was saying, with very desperate,

:25:24. > :25:26.distressed, needy children, that deeply, deeply need their parents

:25:27. > :25:29.with them. And the government is whipping them into work and treating

:25:30. > :25:34.them as though they do not know what is best for their family and that is

:25:35. > :25:38.indecent and wrong and unnecessary. They can get back to work as soon as

:25:39. > :25:41.they are ready but they are ready when their children are stronger and

:25:42. > :25:45.more able to face the crisis that they have experienced. Thank you all

:25:46. > :25:48.very much. Obviously, we will continue to report on this and see

:25:49. > :25:53.what happens next. Of course we asked with an interview with anybody

:25:54. > :26:00.from the Department of Work and Pensions and they said no. But they

:26:01. > :26:02.stressed in a statement that the new system is simpler, tax-free, easier

:26:03. > :26:07.to understand and does not affect other benefits so families can

:26:08. > :26:11.access wider welfare support. People managing on low income at the end of

:26:12. > :26:19.their bereavement benefit claim could receive means tested benefits.

:26:20. > :26:24.We will bring you more on this tomorrow when the changes come in.

:26:25. > :26:32.Thank you very much to Baroness Hollis, Lord German, and doctor Alan

:26:33. > :26:35.Smith, the Bishop of St Albans. Today marks two weeks since the

:26:36. > :26:36.terror attack in Westminster which saw four people killed and at least

:26:37. > :26:39.50 injured. At 2.40pm, attacker Khalid Masood

:26:40. > :26:48.drove a car over Westminster Bridge, ploughing into pedestrians

:26:49. > :26:50.at more than 70mph. Armed with a knife, he then ran

:26:51. > :26:52.towards Parliament and stabbed to death policeman PC Keith Palmer,

:26:53. > :26:55.before being shot dead. The attack lasted only 82 seconds,

:26:56. > :27:00.but changed lives forever. This afternoon, relatives

:27:01. > :27:04.of the victims will gather in Westminster Abbey for a service

:27:05. > :27:07.of hope - alongside survivors, witnesses and members of the police,

:27:08. > :27:09.fire, ambulance services Prince Harry and the Duke

:27:10. > :27:14.and Duchess of Cambridge Here's a reminder of

:27:15. > :27:28.what happened that day. We have details of a potentially

:27:29. > :27:31.serious incident coming to us from various news agencies, of two people

:27:32. > :27:39.shot outside of the Westminster Parliament. The building is

:27:40. > :27:45.apparently in lockdown. Go, go, go! Gets to cover now! Police are

:27:46. > :27:54.currently evacuating the streets outside Parliament. After reports

:27:55. > :27:59.that someone has been shot. There was blood everywhere. People have

:28:00. > :28:08.been shot or stabbed all over the place. I am now going to suspend the

:28:09. > :28:13.sitting of the house. This house is now suspended but please wait here.

:28:14. > :28:19.We heard gunshots, what we thought were gunshots. We turned around and

:28:20. > :28:24.we saw the car had ploughed into a lady. I think it was a lady, I am

:28:25. > :28:27.not 100% sure but she was underneath the wheel and I could hear screams.

:28:28. > :28:32.On the other side of the road of was a body and when I looked further up

:28:33. > :28:36.the was another body. When I looked over the side of the bridge, there

:28:37. > :28:42.appeared to be a body in the water as well. There were bodies

:28:43. > :28:49.literally... Ten, lying in different places. They had been shot. We

:28:50. > :28:51.declared this as a terrorist incident and the counterterrorism

:28:52. > :29:15.command is carrying out a full-scale investigation into the events today.

:29:16. > :29:25.We will all move forward together. Never giving in to terror. And never

:29:26. > :29:28.allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart.

:29:29. > :29:31.We can now speak exclusively to John-Joe Flynn -

:29:32. > :29:34.a student from Edge Hill University in Lancashire who was visiting

:29:35. > :29:36.the Houses of Parliament when the attack happened.

:29:37. > :29:37.Two of his friends were badly injured.

:29:38. > :29:43.This is his first interview since the attack.

:29:44. > :29:49.Good morning. Thank you for talking to us. As a group of politics

:29:50. > :29:53.students, some of you went to Westminster, some went to the

:29:54. > :29:58.bridge, and you chose to go to Westminster. When were you aware of

:29:59. > :30:02.what had happened? Basically we were just leaving the Palace of

:30:03. > :30:06.Westminster and we had previously been up to Westminster Bridge the

:30:07. > :30:10.night before, so we decided to go and see Westminster Abbey. When the

:30:11. > :30:14.attack unfolded we were walking away from the Palace of Westminster. And

:30:15. > :30:20.when were you aware that something had gone wrong? It was when the

:30:21. > :30:26.shots were fired. We turned around because we had our backs to the

:30:27. > :30:30.Palace of Westminster. And then it was within minutes, the police were

:30:31. > :30:36.rushing in, with fans, and we were being told to move out, get back.

:30:37. > :30:42.When did it become clear that two of your friends had been injured on the

:30:43. > :30:45.bridge? We were standing over by the abbey at this stage behind the

:30:46. > :30:50.police cordons and I received a message on social media from Travis,

:30:51. > :30:56.one of the people injured, saying that he was hurt. I then tried to

:30:57. > :31:02.ring him. It was only on for a few seconds and cut off. After that, we

:31:03. > :31:08.couldn't get in contact with him, but on social media we saw a photo

:31:09. > :31:13.of him posted by a journalist, him and another classmate lying on

:31:14. > :31:21.Westminster Bridge. How are they both now? Good. I will see Travis

:31:22. > :31:25.later on at the Service of Hope and I saw Owen on Friday in our politics

:31:26. > :31:31.lecture. What injuries did they sustain? Owen had a head injury and

:31:32. > :31:35.Travis, I believe, it was a wrist and his leg. I'm guessing, I don't

:31:36. > :31:43.know, most of you are still in shock though? Yes. But the university have

:31:44. > :31:49.been so supportive. Offering different services, even

:31:50. > :31:53.the lectures just speaking to us personally, but yes, everyone is

:31:54. > :31:59.still quite shocked and I think it has brought us together though as a

:32:00. > :32:04.group because we've come through something like this, but yes, it is

:32:05. > :32:09.still, it is deeply shocking. Are you able to rationalise what

:32:10. > :32:15.happened or not? It just all happened so fast. I had taken a

:32:16. > :32:21.photo outside the Palace of Westminster and a few minutes later

:32:22. > :32:28.the next photo on my phone was us behind police cordons. It was just,

:32:29. > :32:32.it was mayhem. We were just, we didn't know what was happening. We

:32:33. > :32:39.were separated. Half of our group were on the bridge. Half of of us we

:32:40. > :32:44.were outside the palace of wem and our lecturer was inside, so it was

:32:45. > :32:48.just the kind of confusion, we're not from London. I personally am

:32:49. > :32:54.from Northern Irelandmed we don't know the area. So it was basically

:32:55. > :32:58.that and trying to get in contact as it was breaking news with our

:32:59. > :33:01.families just to say we were all right, but we didn't know what was

:33:02. > :33:09.happening. Why is it important for you to be at

:33:10. > :33:19.the service of hope today? I think it's important just, just to mark

:33:20. > :33:23.the event as we saw it unfold and it is basically everyone coming out the

:33:24. > :33:27.other side sticking together and looking forward and learning from

:33:28. > :33:37.this kind of thing. What do you think we can learn? I

:33:38. > :33:44.think we can just kind of just to lick stick together. It was, I

:33:45. > :33:49.noticed even after the attack we went to a cafe and it was the kind

:33:50. > :33:52.of comradery of the Londoners, people have this vision of

:33:53. > :33:57.Londoners, but everyone was so welcoming. I had to charge my phone.

:33:58. > :34:02.Someone offered the socket, a simple act like that because I wanted to

:34:03. > :34:09.keep in contact with my parents. It's learning from that and actually

:34:10. > :34:13.saying thank you to the people for being so welcoming because it was

:34:14. > :34:18.utter confusion for us. Thank you very much John-Joe.

:34:19. > :34:22.John-Joe Flynn. The Service of Hope attended

:34:23. > :34:25.by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is live from Westminster Abbey

:34:26. > :34:30.on BBC One this morning at 11.30am. Here's Joanna in the BBC Newsroom

:34:31. > :34:32.with a summary of today's news. The UN Security Council

:34:33. > :34:36.is to hold emergency talks following a suspected chemical

:34:37. > :34:38.attack in Syria which has left at least 72 people dead

:34:39. > :34:40.including children. The Assad regime denies

:34:41. > :34:43.using chemical weapons. Syria's ally Russia

:34:44. > :34:45.has blamed the rebels, accusing them of storing toxic

:34:46. > :34:48.agents in a factory which was hit The Foreign Secretary,

:34:49. > :34:51.Boris Johnson, says all evidence points to Assad forces

:34:52. > :35:07.being behind the attack. I have seen absolutely nothing to

:35:08. > :35:13.suggest that or rather to lead us to think that it is anything, but the

:35:14. > :35:17.regime and all the evidence I have and there maybe more to come out of

:35:18. > :35:19.this by the way, all the evidence I have seen

:35:20. > :35:22.REPORTER: Such as? There maybe more to come out.

:35:23. > :35:28.REPORTER: What have you seen? All the evidence I have seen suggests

:35:29. > :35:33.that this was the Assad regime who did it in the full knowledge that

:35:34. > :35:37.they were using illegal weapons in a barbaric attack on their own people.

:35:38. > :35:39.A woman whose former partner has been convicted

:35:40. > :35:41.of domestic violence offences, and has been ordered

:35:42. > :35:44.to inform police about every new relationship he enters into,

:35:45. > :35:46.hopes that the court order will help future victims.

:35:47. > :35:48.Kylle Godfrey must inform police if he is in a relationship

:35:49. > :35:54.Scotland Yard says it's the first time that a court order has been

:35:55. > :36:01.used to protect victims of domestic abuse.

:36:02. > :36:03.There have been sharp exchanges in the European parliament over

:36:04. > :36:06.Britain's exit from the EU, before a non-binding vote

:36:07. > :36:09.The EU's lead negotiator Michel Barnier, said Britain's

:36:10. > :36:11.demand for parallel talks on withdrawal and a new

:36:12. > :36:16.The Ukip MEP Nigel Farage, who led the Brexit campaign,

:36:17. > :36:19.was reprimanded after accusing the Parliament of treating Britain

:36:20. > :36:30.That's a summary of the latest news, join me for BBC

:36:31. > :36:37.Manchester United left it late to earn a draw in last night's

:36:38. > :36:39.Premier League match at home to Everton.

:36:40. > :36:41.The visitors scored in the first half,

:36:42. > :36:46.but Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a 94th minute penalty.

:36:47. > :36:49.United are now unbeaten in 20 games but have drawn nine

:36:50. > :36:52.The Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has reportedly described

:36:53. > :36:54.David Moyes' comments to a BBC reporter as "regrettable"

:36:55. > :37:00.Sunderland remain bottom of the Premier League table

:37:01. > :37:08.after a 2-0 loss last night to a resurgent Leicester.

:37:09. > :37:10.And British Olympic showjumping champion Nick Skelton has

:37:11. > :37:12.announced his retirement from the sport.

:37:13. > :37:17.Skelton won Gold at the Rio Games last summer on his horse Big Star.

:37:18. > :37:27.Next the situation in Syria - we're going to show you some

:37:28. > :37:30.disturbing images - which show the horror of what has

:37:31. > :37:31.happened in the north-west province of Idlib.

:37:32. > :37:37.These pictures of children struggling for breath are almost

:37:38. > :37:44.They've been stripped of their clothes -

:37:45. > :37:46.contaminated by whatever chemical was released in the attack

:37:47. > :37:49.The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says

:37:50. > :37:51.at least 72 people died, 20 of them children.

:37:52. > :37:54.The UN Security Council will meet in emergency session today

:37:55. > :37:56.to discuss yesterday's suspected chemical attack in the province

:37:57. > :38:01.The United States, Britain and France have proposed

:38:02. > :38:03.a resolution condemning the attack which the international

:38:04. > :38:05.community has blamed on the Syrian President,

:38:06. > :38:09.This next film contains graphic and distressing images of children

:38:10. > :38:50.We have had serious gas attacks today.

:38:51. > :39:10.These patients have got clear signs of a phosphate chemical attack.

:39:11. > :39:20.The patients keep flooding in from this chemical attack.

:39:21. > :41:16.All the world is watching us, they are supporting Assad.

:41:17. > :41:18.We condemn the use of chemical weapons in all circumstances.

:41:19. > :41:21.If proven, this will be further evidence of the barbarism

:41:22. > :41:40.More coverage on this throughout the day. Lyse Doucet will be reporting

:41:41. > :41:44.later on. Dozens of Labour Mps have openly

:41:45. > :41:46.criticised the party's decision to only suspend Ken Livingstone

:41:47. > :41:49.for another 12 months An independent panel issued

:41:50. > :41:51.the former London Mayor with a two-year suspension

:41:52. > :41:53.from standing for office or representing the party at any

:41:54. > :41:56.level for two years. He has already served one

:41:57. > :41:58.year of that suspension The suspension is over these

:41:59. > :42:02.comments he made linking This is what Mr Livingston actually

:42:03. > :42:05.said on BBC Radio London last September while defending

:42:06. > :42:15.a colleague against Let's remember when Hitler won his

:42:16. > :42:21.election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel.

:42:22. > :42:23.He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six

:42:24. > :42:27.million Jews. He then attempted to defend them

:42:28. > :42:30.on this programme the next day while he was being interviewed

:42:31. > :42:37.about the Labour MP Keith Vaz. There are of dozen and dozens of

:42:38. > :42:41.books by academics looking at the fact that Hitler signed a deal and

:42:42. > :42:45.worked with the Zionist movement throughout the 1930s, I have not

:42:46. > :42:49.even criticised that. The Zionist movement had to deal with the fact

:42:50. > :42:54.that Hitler was running Germany and if they were going to try and save

:42:55. > :42:58.Jews they had to do a deal with him. Are you not bothered by hurting

:42:59. > :43:03.Jewish people by repeating your views? I said at the time if anybody

:43:04. > :43:06.has been offended by what I said, I am truly sorry about that, but I

:43:07. > :43:11.have been struck by the number of people who came up to me on the

:43:12. > :43:13.street saying, "I'm Jewish. I know what you are said is True. Don't

:43:14. > :43:17.give into the bullying." The Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis,

:43:18. > :43:19.has accused Labour of failing the Jewish community by not

:43:20. > :43:21.expelling Ken Livingstone Ellie Price has been monitoring

:43:22. > :43:25.reaction at Westminster. In the last few minutes, deputy

:43:26. > :43:36.leader Tom Watson has spoken out. That's right. Plenty of reaction. We

:43:37. > :43:43.have had statement from the deputy leader Tom Watson who says I find it

:43:44. > :43:47.incomprehensible that elected members found Ken Livingstone guilty

:43:48. > :43:50.and then concluded that he could remain a member of the Labour Party.

:43:51. > :43:54.He goes on, "I am ashamed that we have allowed Ken Livingstone to

:43:55. > :44:00.cause such distress. This shames us all and I'm deeply saddened by T my

:44:01. > :44:04.party is not living up to its commitment to have zero tolerance

:44:05. > :44:09.approach to anti-semitism, I will continue to fight to ensure that it

:44:10. > :44:14.does. And I will press my colleagues to do so." There has been plenty

:44:15. > :44:18.reaction too from some of his Parliamentary colleagues on Twitter.

:44:19. > :44:23.Overnight we have heard from Yvette Cooper who said it is not enough to

:44:24. > :44:26.say the words zero tolerance on anti-semitism, Labour has not put

:44:27. > :44:35.them into practise, a shameful decision. Lucy Powell agreed she

:44:36. > :44:38.agreed with her colleague. She said, "An appalling decision. Why is

:44:39. > :44:48.anti-semitism being treated differently from any form of

:44:49. > :44:53.racism?" John Woodcock said, "Labour members do we stand for decency

:44:54. > :45:06.against this or are we part of the decay?" And Anna Turlye, "The Ken

:45:07. > :45:10.ban shows that Labour can look at itself in more difficult times,

:45:11. > :45:13.however painful." She expected more of a strong reaction than that. It

:45:14. > :45:17.is worth saying there are some supporters of Ken Livingstone even

:45:18. > :45:23.in the Jewish community who say it is an issue of freedom of speech and

:45:24. > :45:27.last night he said that he stood by his comments and he said that the

:45:28. > :45:30.hearing had been something out of North Korea. Again, last night, he

:45:31. > :45:40.was back on the airwaves. If he said he was a Zionist, who

:45:41. > :45:46.would not have just apologised, I would have asked my doctor if it was

:45:47. > :45:50.the first sign of dementia. He did a deal with Zionists, and I did not

:45:51. > :45:55.criticise the deal because 66,000 Germans moved to Palestine and if

:45:56. > :45:59.they have not, they would have died in the gas chambers. Launching

:46:00. > :46:03.Labour's local election campaign today, we are talking about Ken's

:46:04. > :46:10.bizarre fascination with the 1930s. It is damaging the Labour Party's

:46:11. > :46:14.reputation. Ken has form, go and read back to his second term as

:46:15. > :46:17.mayor of London, whether it was suggesting dues were not voting

:46:18. > :46:22.Labour any more because they had become wealthy and has formed when

:46:23. > :46:25.it comes to making ill considered and incendiary remarks that offends

:46:26. > :46:29.the Jewish community. Ten years after finishing as Mayor of London,

:46:30. > :46:33.his name comes up on the doorstep in my constituency because he brings

:46:34. > :46:39.the Labour Party into disrepute. He undermines our claims. Why did you

:46:40. > :46:41.ask me to come and campaign for you in the general election then? We

:46:42. > :46:45.were walking around your constituency together. He did not

:46:46. > :46:51.come anywhere near my constituency during the election and you would

:46:52. > :46:55.never be welcome. No words so far from Jeremy Corbyn. Although he has

:46:56. > :46:56.always said that the Labour Party stands against all forms of

:46:57. > :47:00.anti-Semitism. A joint investigation by this

:47:01. > :47:03.programme and the Asian Network has exclusively found online services

:47:04. > :47:05.charging divorced Muslim women thousands of pounds to take part

:47:06. > :47:17.in sham Islamic marriages. We play to the full report earlier

:47:18. > :47:20.and we are going to show you a short extract right now before we have a

:47:21. > :47:32.conversation about it. -- we played you.

:47:33. > :47:41.We have changed Farah's named to protect her identity. He tried to

:47:42. > :47:46.throw me out of the house. He dragged me by the hair. Farah's

:47:47. > :47:49.husband's behaviour became increasingly unpredictable. I was at

:47:50. > :47:56.home with the children and he was at work. During a heated discussion, he

:47:57. > :48:05.sent me a text saying that our marriage was over. He divorced me.

:48:06. > :48:09.Triple talaq is when a man says divorce to his wife three times

:48:10. > :48:14.over. Then sometimes give a triple talaq during an argument or a fight

:48:15. > :48:18.and later regret it. A small minority think that the only way a

:48:19. > :48:22.couple divorced like this is allowed to get back together is through

:48:23. > :48:25.halala. Halala means that a woman must marry someone else, can't you

:48:26. > :48:28.make the marriage and then get a divorce before she is able to marry

:48:29. > :48:32.her husband. It is something the vast majority of models are strongly

:48:33. > :48:39.against. Most say it has nothing to do with religion, as it was

:48:40. > :48:44.something that Farah considered. There are concerns that women are at

:48:45. > :48:50.risk because of making that decision. I have come across a

:48:51. > :48:55.number of different places that offer halala services. Most say that

:48:56. > :49:02.they will send a man to marry her, Kodjia make the marriage and then

:49:03. > :49:05.get a divorce. The man behind this account tells our reporter that the

:49:06. > :49:23.halala service will cost several thousand pounds.

:49:24. > :49:29.He then tells our reporter that he has other men working with him. One

:49:30. > :49:35.who refused to divorced woman after carrying out the service.

:49:36. > :49:44.-- divorced the woman after carrying out the service.

:49:45. > :49:49.There is nothing to suggest the man our reporter meets is doing anything

:49:50. > :49:55.illegal. We contacted him after the meeting.

:49:56. > :49:58.He rejects any allegations against him, claiming he has never

:49:59. > :50:01.carried out or been involved in a halala marriage and he made

:50:02. > :50:05.the Facebook account for fun as part of a social experiment.

:50:06. > :50:07.And that he had no intention of taking

:50:08. > :50:11.I wanted to see what the Islamic Sharia Council made of the footage.

:50:12. > :50:15.This is somebody's sister, daughter, that you are talking to.

:50:16. > :50:19.The basic core values of Islam is where you are decent.

:50:20. > :50:27.This is nasty, this is about making money, abusing vulnerable people.

:50:28. > :50:30.Farah eventually decided against getting back

:50:31. > :50:33.with her husband and the risk of going through a halala marriage,

:50:34. > :50:36.but she warns there are other women out there like her who are desperate

:50:37. > :50:42.Unless you are in that situation where you are divorced

:50:43. > :50:44.and feeling the pain I felt, nobody will understand

:50:45. > :50:53.Let's talk now to Huda Jawad who works for a domestic violence

:50:54. > :51:00.charity and campaigns on womens rights issues.

:51:01. > :51:03.Nusrat Siddiqui runs a Facebook page for single Muslim mums -

:51:04. > :51:05.she wants Muslim women to know their rights when it

:51:06. > :51:11.in Islamic law who was the first woman in the UK to serve

:51:12. > :51:18.Nusrat Siddiqui, your reaction to this investigation? I think it is

:51:19. > :51:25.discussing what goes on. I feel that most men feel that because they can

:51:26. > :51:29.issue the taraq three times in one go in the marriage is over, they can

:51:30. > :51:34.target the most vulnerable women and they are left standing there not

:51:35. > :51:38.knowing what to do. I think a lot of awareness needs to be brought up

:51:39. > :51:52.about this, and their rights. And then, going on, saying that we can

:51:53. > :51:57.get back together by doing halala, which there is no concept of in

:51:58. > :52:03.Islam. It is completely made up. The concept of three talaqs is

:52:04. > :52:07.misunderstood. Men can initiate a divorce proceeding and so can a

:52:08. > :52:10.woman. When a man initiates the proceedings, in the next three

:52:11. > :52:15.months they could get back together without remarriage. They have that

:52:16. > :52:19.time period. Similarly, if there is another divorce, another period of

:52:20. > :52:23.three cycles where they can decide to get back together without

:52:24. > :52:28.actually having a new contract, unless that period lapses, the

:52:29. > :52:35.problem is that people think they can just say those in one setting.

:52:36. > :52:39.The Koran lays out beautifully that there is a time period, that people

:52:40. > :52:44.can actually have a time to negotiate, to come to terms with

:52:45. > :52:47.issues and problems. But unfortunately, seeing it in one

:52:48. > :52:53.sitting, there is some opinion that even though it is sinful and wrong,

:52:54. > :53:01.it is valid. Hence people have this use this. -- have misused this. But

:53:02. > :53:06.the men are supposed to become when they speak this word, because if you

:53:07. > :53:11.speak this word it is such a serious word in Islam, you are not supposed

:53:12. > :53:14.to alter it here and there. Going onto the words halala, there was no

:53:15. > :53:24.mention of that word within the Koranic Scripture or tradition. Why

:53:25. > :53:30.are and women not using British divorce law? To reiterate that this

:53:31. > :53:36.is a really abusive practice, this is another example of domestic abuse

:53:37. > :53:42.that happens. -- why are Muslim women. Abusers will use whatever is

:53:43. > :53:47.available to them to control and exert power over their partners. I

:53:48. > :53:51.think for people of different faith backgrounds and cultures, they want

:53:52. > :53:55.permission from their own traditions of their status, whether it is

:53:56. > :54:00.marriage or divorce or having a child or the rights of death or

:54:01. > :54:04.birth. I think there is a need for people of different faith

:54:05. > :54:10.backgrounds and ethnic community is to have that recognition. That is

:54:11. > :54:13.why we use it. But the clear message today is please recognise that there

:54:14. > :54:22.is no such thing as halala. It is important that the way it is

:54:23. > :54:27.understood, it cannot be preplanned. In the Koran, is there -- if there

:54:28. > :54:31.has been three divorces, a man cannot marry his ex-wife unless she

:54:32. > :54:36.happens to marry somebody else and then there is a natural divorce.

:54:37. > :54:42.Then they may marry again. So it is organic. It is against the teachings

:54:43. > :54:45.of the permanence of marriage. That is a very patriarchal interpretation

:54:46. > :54:51.of a particular teaching or tradition that goes against the

:54:52. > :54:56.spirit of Justice and equality that the Koran talks about. The Koran

:54:57. > :54:59.talks about compassion and mercy and at the core of Islamic law is being

:55:00. > :55:05.compassionate and merciful towards each other. That is in fact not what

:55:06. > :55:10.you see. Thank you very much for your patience. Next.

:55:11. > :55:15.Former Spice Girl Mel B has filed a restraining order

:55:16. > :55:17.against her former husband Stephen Belafonte, claiming

:55:18. > :55:19.that he emotionally and physically abused her throughout much

:55:20. > :55:31.Our reporter Anisa Kadri can tell us more.

:55:32. > :55:37.What are the allegations? In these court papers there is a lot of

:55:38. > :55:40.shocking detail. Mel B claims that Stephen Belafonte emotionally and

:55:41. > :55:43.physically abused her throughout most of their marriage. Let me tell

:55:44. > :55:49.you a little bit more about the marriage. They have a daughter

:55:50. > :55:54.together and Mel B has children from previous relationships as well. In

:55:55. > :56:04.happier times, they were pictured on the red carpet, and Belafonte denies

:56:05. > :56:09.that he has abused and sexually exploited his wife. Mel B has now

:56:10. > :56:13.been granted a restraining order after listing some of the following

:56:14. > :56:18.allegations against them. Physical assault and battery. Verbal threats,

:56:19. > :56:24.stalking and surveying. And she says that this carried on throughout most

:56:25. > :56:32.of her marriage. Surveying? Related to stalking. That is one of the

:56:33. > :56:36.allegations. Anyway, you may ask why did she not leave him if this was

:56:37. > :56:43.going on throughout the marriage? I would not have asked that. Indeed,

:56:44. > :56:48.but she says she tried to many times but that he threatened her with

:56:49. > :56:52.violence and said that he would leak sex tapes to the media if she left.

:56:53. > :57:00.And she talks about being the main earner in these papers file. Indeed.

:57:01. > :57:08.She says that Mel B did not have steady employment and he wanted

:57:09. > :57:12.control over her finances. He access millions of dollars through a joint

:57:13. > :57:16.bank account. And what has Stephen Belafonte said to these allegations?

:57:17. > :57:21.The celebrity sites TMC put some allegations to him on Monday and he

:57:22. > :57:25.said that somebody had set him up to look like the bad guy. -- the

:57:26. > :57:29.celebrity site TMZ. I have some quotes from a film they recorded

:57:30. > :57:36.with him and in it he says that on allegations that she became -- he

:57:37. > :57:43.became very jealous would not be working with Usher, demanding that

:57:44. > :57:48.she had sex with him another women, he said, I'm distraught how this is

:57:49. > :57:52.going to affect our children. I am shocked by the allegations and that

:57:53. > :57:58.is what it is. And now Mel B has filed for divorce last month, citing

:57:59. > :58:01.irreconcilable differences. She has been granted a restraining order and

:58:02. > :58:04.a full hearing will be heard later this month. Thank you very much and

:58:05. > :58:08.thank you for your very many messages about our interview with

:58:09. > :58:10.which we began the programme. You can see the interview again on our

:58:11. > :58:11.programme page. On the programme tomorrow,

:58:12. > :58:13.Olympic silver and bronze medallist Lutalo Mummmed reports for us on how

:58:14. > :58:15.to turn your life to sniff out Britain's

:58:16. > :58:37.most pawsome partnership. We're the same wavelength.

:58:38. > :58:40.He's my friend. Eight hounds and humans

:58:41. > :58:43.go head-to-head.