06/07/2017

:00:07. > :00:09.It's 9 o'clock, I'm Victoria Derbyshire,

:00:10. > :00:20.The chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq war, Sir John Chilcot, speaks

:00:21. > :00:23.exclusively to the BBC for the first time since the report's publication.

:00:24. > :00:26.I think any Prime Minister taking a country into war

:00:27. > :00:30.with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her.

:00:31. > :00:35.I don't think that was the case in the Iraq instance.

:00:36. > :00:42.We will have all the details and reaction. Also, standards in some

:00:43. > :00:46.residential care homes and home care services are branded fragile and

:00:47. > :00:49.precarious following thousands of inspections in England. The

:00:50. > :00:54.situation is worse in nursing homes, where more than a third are failing

:00:55. > :00:58.on safety. And we will find out why scam marriages are being used by

:00:59. > :01:05.some British Asian gay men and women to mask their sexuality. We feel

:01:06. > :01:09.like we need to do it to fit into the community and to be able to be

:01:10. > :01:16.accepted by our parents. The reason I would not come at my was because I

:01:17. > :01:19.would like to be disowned. -- the reason I would not come out to my

:01:20. > :01:22.parents is because I would be disowned.

:01:23. > :01:27.Welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning.

:01:28. > :01:30.Do get in touch if one of your relatives has received poor

:01:31. > :01:33.care or if you work in a care home and are worried about

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:01:51. > :01:57.The chairman of the Iraq Inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, has told the BBC

:01:58. > :02:00.that the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was not straight

:02:01. > :02:02.with the nation, or his inquiry, about the decisions made

:02:03. > :02:06.Speaking for the first time since the publication

:02:07. > :02:09.of his report a year ago today, Sir John tells the BBC why he thinks

:02:10. > :02:12.Mr Blair made the decisions he did, and about Mr Blair's state of mind

:02:13. > :02:22.He was speaking to the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

:02:23. > :02:28.Do you feel the politicians who dealt with you were a straight as

:02:29. > :02:33.they ought to have been? I would need to distinguish. They adopted

:02:34. > :02:38.different approaches. I have domain names here, because these were

:02:39. > :02:41.public sessions. Tony Blair is always an advocate. He makes the

:02:42. > :02:46.most persuasive case he can, not departing from the truth, but

:02:47. > :02:48.persuasion is everything, advocacy, from my position.

:02:49. > :02:50.Do you believe that Tony Blair was as straight

:02:51. > :02:56.with you and the public as he ought to have been?

:02:57. > :03:02.Can I slightly reword that to say I think any Prime Minister taking

:03:03. > :03:05.a country into war has got to be straight with the nation

:03:06. > :03:09.and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her.

:03:10. > :03:12.I don't believe that was the case in the Iraq instance.

:03:13. > :03:18.Do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events?

:03:19. > :03:26.I hesitate to say this, rather, but I think from his perspective

:03:27. > :03:29.and standpoint, it was emotionally truthful, and I think that came out

:03:30. > :03:35.also in his press conference after the launch statement.

:03:36. > :03:38.I think he was under very great emotional pressure

:03:39. > :03:42.during those sessions, far more than the committee were.

:03:43. > :03:50.In that state of mind and mood, you fall back on your instinctive

:03:51. > :03:58.skills and reactions, I think.

:03:59. > :04:00.But he was relying, you suggest, on emotion, not fact.

:04:01. > :04:14.Let's go to our political guru Norman Smith. Sir John was speaking

:04:15. > :04:19.about his report publicly for the first time after the publication.

:04:20. > :04:25.What have we learned? I think we get a sense of Sir John's real personal

:04:26. > :04:30.views from that interview. You could see him carefully picking his words

:04:31. > :04:34.about Tony Blair. But when you see the whole interview, it's pretty

:04:35. > :04:37.clear that Sir John believes Tony Blair was the driving force behind

:04:38. > :04:41.what he calls the rush to war. And although he doesn't say it, he

:04:42. > :04:45.pretty much implies that we would not have gone toward them but the

:04:46. > :04:54.Tony Blair, because in his view, he became an advocate for war. And the

:04:55. > :04:59.normal checks and balances you would expect were ignored. So the Cabinet

:05:00. > :05:03.was kept out of the loop. They thought the policy towards Saddam

:05:04. > :05:09.Hussein was one of containment, whereas Tony Blair was pursuing a

:05:10. > :05:15.policy of coercion. He dismissed the legal warning sounded by the

:05:16. > :05:20.Attorney General in what was described as a perfunctory way. He

:05:21. > :05:25.placed too much emphasis on some aspects of the intelligence and in

:05:26. > :05:29.terms of relations with the United States, he pretty much bypassed the

:05:30. > :05:31.Foreign Office and our diplomats because of that very close

:05:32. > :05:37.relationship he built up with George Bush. You may remember that the

:05:38. > :05:42.inquiry uncovered that note sent from Tony Blair to George Bush after

:05:43. > :05:48.they had met at President Bush's Ranch in Crawford in Texas, saying

:05:49. > :05:51.we will be with you whatever. That was sent nine months before we went

:05:52. > :05:56.to war. Sir John says how shocked he was when he read that, because it

:05:57. > :06:02.was pretty much just giving George Bush a green light. You are left

:06:03. > :06:08.with the sense that Sir John believes that Tony Blair was, is and

:06:09. > :06:11.always will be a lawyer, an advocate making the case, seeking to persuade

:06:12. > :06:18.rather than necessarily the statesman taking a cold, hard-headed

:06:19. > :06:22.look at the facts. Does anything change as a result of him giving

:06:23. > :06:26.this interview? We waited a long time for that report, which came out

:06:27. > :06:34.a year ago. Does anything change now? There are couple of things

:06:35. > :06:39.which point us forward. One is Sir John's conviction that the have

:06:40. > :06:48.changed, that they would not be stampeded so easily again -- the

:06:49. > :06:53.military have changed. The other thing that points forward in terms

:06:54. > :06:56.of relations with Donald Trump is that Sir John is hugely sceptical

:06:57. > :07:03.that despite the relationship with George Bush, that we had any

:07:04. > :07:09.leverage with the US, he says in the run-up to the war we had minimal

:07:10. > :07:14.influence and after the war, he says our influence was zilch. That is

:07:15. > :07:20.maybe a bit of a reality check in terms of our ongoing relationship

:07:21. > :07:24.with the United States. We will bring you the full interview with

:07:25. > :07:26.Sir John Chilcot after 9.30 this morning. Donald Trump is also in

:07:27. > :07:28.Poland and we will bring you coverage of that when it happens at

:07:29. > :07:32.the same time. Now a summary of the rest

:07:33. > :07:36.of the day's news. A quarter of adult care services

:07:37. > :07:39.in England are not safe enough, A report by the Care Quality

:07:40. > :07:45.Commission says most care homes, nursing homes and home care services

:07:46. > :07:47.are good, but too many Among the issues raised by the care

:07:48. > :07:54.regulator were people not getting enough to eat and drink,

:07:55. > :07:56.and not being given There are some distressing images

:07:57. > :07:59.in this report from our social affairs correspondent,

:08:00. > :08:01.Alison Holt. Bernie Jarvis carefully

:08:02. > :08:09.gives her mother lunch. The front room of the family's

:08:10. > :08:13.Birmingham home has become They want her close

:08:14. > :08:21.by after discovering the sort of poor care highlighted

:08:22. > :08:22.in today's report. Betty, who has dementia and heart

:08:23. > :08:25.problems, was in a nursing home. The family had concerns,

:08:26. > :08:27.so put in a secret camera. It soon showed a care worker pushing

:08:28. > :08:31.the chair Betty was slumped in Then when Betty objects

:08:32. > :08:34.to her top being changed, her head is slammed back

:08:35. > :08:37.into the chair. Last February in court,

:08:38. > :08:45.the care worker accepted her actions were reckless

:08:46. > :08:49.rather than intentional. She was given a 12

:08:50. > :08:52.month community order. Because they did with us

:08:53. > :08:58.for about eight months, and I wish we had pursued it a lot

:08:59. > :09:01.quicker than we did, because Mum probably wouldn't have

:09:02. > :09:09.suffered the way she did. Today's report by inspectors says

:09:10. > :09:11.most care in England Even so, a quarter of all services

:09:12. > :09:15.including home care and residential homes failed on safety,

:09:16. > :09:20.and 37% of nursing homes Also, when reinspected,

:09:21. > :09:25.quality of care in some good What we are seeing in these services

:09:26. > :09:37.that are deteriorating is how fragile and precarious quality

:09:38. > :09:39.of adult social care is. That's the reason why we have

:09:40. > :09:42.to make sure that everybody Providers have got to focus on that,

:09:43. > :09:51.and commissioners and funders have to make sure funding is available

:09:52. > :09:54.to ensure that people get The Government says the poor care

:09:55. > :09:58.experienced by some families is completely unacceptable,

:09:59. > :10:00.and that as well as putting in more money, it will be consulting on how

:10:01. > :10:04.to play social care on a more secure We'll be speaking to Andrea

:10:05. > :10:13.Sutcliffe, the Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care -

:10:14. > :10:16.who you saw in that report - We'll also be joined by a former

:10:17. > :10:20.carer who became a whistleblower, a current carer and a mother whose

:10:21. > :10:34.daughter needs 24 hour care. The risk of attacks on UK soil by

:10:35. > :10:39.supporters of the so-called Islamic State group could increase as IS

:10:40. > :10:42.continues to lose territory in the Middle East. That is the warning

:10:43. > :10:46.from the Director of Public Prosecutions following BBC News

:10:47. > :10:49.research which found that over 100 people in the UK have now been

:10:50. > :10:54.convicted of terror offences relating to Iraq and Syria. It is

:10:55. > :10:55.believed two of the three men who carried out the London Bridge attack

:10:56. > :10:56.had wanted to join IS in Syria. President Trump is due to give

:10:57. > :10:59.a major speech in Warsaw setting out his vision for US

:11:00. > :11:06.relations with Europe. Mr Trump, who is making his second

:11:07. > :11:09.foreign visit as US President, was greeted by the Polish President

:11:10. > :11:11.this morning. Later he'll travel on to Germany

:11:12. > :11:26.for the G20 summit, which begins Adam Easton is there for us in

:11:27. > :11:32.Warsaw. What are we expecting from President Trump later? It is no

:11:33. > :11:36.coincidence that President Trump has chosen Poland as the country where

:11:37. > :11:43.he will deliver his first major speech in Europe. That is because it

:11:44. > :11:47.is expected that he will make some assurances to the Poles and to the

:11:48. > :11:54.central and Eastern European regional leaders who are taking part

:11:55. > :11:59.in a summit in Warsaw today that the US is committed to Nato and is

:12:00. > :12:04.committed to defence of this part of Europe. There are genuine concerns

:12:05. > :12:10.in Poland and other countries in central and eastern Europe about

:12:11. > :12:13.Russia's intentions. Certainly after the Russian invasion of Georgia and

:12:14. > :12:21.annexation of Crimea and of course the war in Ukraine. There are real

:12:22. > :12:27.fears in this region about Russia. The Poles want President Trump to

:12:28. > :12:32.say, we will be here for you. Our troops have already arrived on

:12:33. > :12:37.Polish soil this year. We will stay here and we will protect you. You

:12:38. > :12:42.need not worry about that. That is the key message the Poles want to

:12:43. > :12:52.hear from Donald Trump during his speech.

:12:53. > :12:59.China and Russia have urged the US to show restraint after the warning

:13:00. > :13:01.that North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile

:13:02. > :13:05.had cast a dark shadow over the world. Nikki Haley told an emergency

:13:06. > :13:09.meeting of the Security Council that the tests represented a sharp

:13:10. > :13:10.military escalation and current international sanctions were not

:13:11. > :13:20.enough. The actress Carol Lee Scott,

:13:21. > :13:23.who was best known for playing Grotbags the witch, has died

:13:24. > :13:25.at the age of 74. She appeared in children's

:13:26. > :13:28.programmes in the 1980s and early 1990s, including Rod Hull's Emu's

:13:29. > :13:29.World. Her family confirmed

:13:30. > :13:31.the news on social media, with her niece Gina Mear writing

:13:32. > :13:34.on Facebook on Wednesday that the actress had "lost her brave

:13:35. > :13:36.fight against cancer". That's a summary of the latest BBC

:13:37. > :13:52.News - more at 9.30. In a few moments, we will talk about

:13:53. > :13:55.the services provided in the care sector and where they are falling

:13:56. > :13:59.short. You have been getting in touch about that. Elspeth as I

:14:00. > :14:04.believe privatising care homes has some bearing on the problems being

:14:05. > :14:08.experienced. If you put profit into the mix, service suffers. My sister

:14:09. > :14:12.and I care for our 95-year-old mum as we would trust nobody to care for

:14:13. > :14:17.her. Thomas says all care homes put profits before care. The CQC are not

:14:18. > :14:23.fit for purpose. We will be speaking to the Chief Inspector of the CQC

:14:24. > :14:25.here as well as other people with experience of care homes. Let us

:14:26. > :14:33.know your experiences. Four Britons are through to

:14:34. > :14:37.the third round of Wimbledon British number one Johanna Konta got

:14:38. > :14:45.through her gruelling encounter More than three hours,

:14:46. > :14:48.they were on court. Andy Murray didn't appear too

:14:49. > :14:52.troubled by his injured hip, as he swept aside Dustin Brown

:14:53. > :14:54.in straight sets. Heather Watson and Aljaz

:14:55. > :15:02.Bedene are also through. British and Irish Lions head

:15:03. > :15:04.coach Warren Gatland says they have the chance to "leave

:15:05. > :15:07.a legacy", by beating New Zealand in the decisive

:15:08. > :15:09.third Test on Saturday. The Lions have named an unchanged

:15:10. > :15:13.side for the first time since 1993. Not for 46 years have they won

:15:14. > :15:19.a series against the All Blacks. At the Women's Cricket World Cup,

:15:20. > :15:22.a record-breaking second-wicket stand of 275 from Tammy Beaumont

:15:23. > :15:25.and Sarah Taylor guided England The men's team get their four-Test

:15:26. > :15:33.series against South Africa under One in four services providing care

:15:34. > :15:48.for the elderly and disabled That's according to

:15:49. > :15:51.the Care Quality Commission, which assesses home and residential

:15:52. > :15:53.care, nursing care and services Their report is based on more

:15:54. > :15:57.than 33,000 inspections of over 24,000 care homes,

:15:58. > :15:59.home care agencies While the majority of

:16:00. > :16:10.services are good, it found there was "too much poor care,

:16:11. > :16:13.some providers are failing to improve, and there is even some

:16:14. > :16:15.deterioration in good services". Of the nearly 11,000 residential

:16:16. > :16:17.care homes expected, more than 2,600 were rated either

:16:18. > :16:22.inadequate or requiring improvement for safety, while 37%

:16:23. > :16:24.of the residential nursing homes visited by the CQC

:16:25. > :16:29.were rated as unsafe. And across the entire

:16:30. > :16:31.adult social care sector, 23% of services were found

:16:32. > :16:33.to require improvement for safety, to require leadership improvement -

:16:34. > :16:43.with 2% being branded inadequate. We can speak now to Andrea

:16:44. > :16:46.Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care

:16:47. > :16:48.at the Care Quality Commission, Eileen Chubb is a former carer

:16:49. > :16:53.who became a whistleblower and founded the organisation

:16:54. > :16:58.Compassion in Care. In Boston Spa, we have Jo Walton,

:16:59. > :17:01.whose daughter is 38 and has a condition that means she needs

:17:02. > :17:05.24 hour care. And in our Stoke on Trent

:17:06. > :17:20.studio is Nigel Pearse, If I can come to you first, the word

:17:21. > :17:26.that has repeatedly used is that the care being offered is not safe.

:17:27. > :17:31.Spell out exactly what that means, because it sounds very worrying if

:17:32. > :17:34.you have someone being looked after. It is indeed worrying. We shouldn't

:17:35. > :17:37.forget that the vast majority of services are safe and care staff are

:17:38. > :17:42.doing a great job at looking after people. But where we have identified

:17:43. > :17:45.improvements are required, or, even worse, where services are

:17:46. > :17:50.inadequate, we are seeing not enough staff available. The staff are not

:17:51. > :17:55.properly trained and supported to deliver the care that people have

:17:56. > :17:59.every right to expect. We are seeing things like people not getting the

:18:00. > :18:03.food that they need, or being able to drink enough, which is so

:18:04. > :18:05.important for their health and well-being, or they are not getting

:18:06. > :18:10.their medication at the right time. We even went into a service recently

:18:11. > :18:13.where people were getting up in the middle of the night and being

:18:14. > :18:17.washed, dressed and put back to bed because that suited the organisation

:18:18. > :18:20.to do that, rather than obviously doing what was needed for the people

:18:21. > :18:23.that were living there. If you have a loved one in one of these places

:18:24. > :18:29.where the care is not safe, you would be right to think, actually,

:18:30. > :18:33.should they be there? You know, if they are not safe, crikey, what... I

:18:34. > :18:37.completely understand that. That is one of the reasons why the work that

:18:38. > :18:41.we do is so important, identifying what the problems are and making

:18:42. > :18:45.sure that the people that run these services actually sort them out.

:18:46. > :18:50.These are peoples homes, they have chosen to live there. If your mother

:18:51. > :18:54.was in one of these places that was described as not safe, would you

:18:55. > :18:56.want to take it out? I would be looking at what the home was doing

:18:57. > :19:02.in response to the issues that the CQC had raised. One of the things we

:19:03. > :19:06.have seen in our inspections is that a lot of services have improved, the

:19:07. > :19:10.majority of them did improve after we said they were inadequate. But we

:19:11. > :19:15.have had to take action in some of those services, which has either

:19:16. > :19:20.restricted... You are saying look at what the CQC are saying and pointing

:19:21. > :19:23.to where it is working well, but if they are saying it is not safe, it

:19:24. > :19:29.is pretty clear to somebody who has their loved one in an environment

:19:30. > :19:32.where you are saying it is not safe? What we need to be doing is making

:19:33. > :19:39.sure that people put those things right. But in the here and now? It

:19:40. > :19:43.is not safe, but what we have been able to do is identify for people

:19:44. > :19:45.what they should be doing to put it right, particularly around staffing,

:19:46. > :19:50.making sure they have the right number of staff available to look

:19:51. > :19:54.after people. I want to bring in some of the other guests. Just on

:19:55. > :19:58.this point, these are things that have been talked about for a very

:19:59. > :20:05.long time, things are not put right. In many cases, some places have got

:20:06. > :20:10.worse rather than getting better. Can there be any expectation that

:20:11. > :20:14.things will change, and change quickly? Especially as a result of

:20:15. > :20:18.this? What we need to be doing is making sure that everybody in the

:20:19. > :20:22.adult social care sector steps up to the plate to do the right things.

:20:23. > :20:26.But what will force them? There is what we are doing, shining the

:20:27. > :20:32.spotlight, identifying poor care, taking action where we need to to

:20:33. > :20:37.make sure they make improvements. What forces and want to change? The

:20:38. > :20:39.action we can take is a variety of things, it includes cancelling

:20:40. > :20:46.registration, which may mean that they have to close down. Let's go to

:20:47. > :20:50.Jo. Your daughter has a condition that means she needs 24-hour care.

:20:51. > :20:56.Do you have faith in the care that she gets? Well, the vast majority of

:20:57. > :21:04.care that is delivered to Sarah is actually delivered by myself. I am

:21:05. > :21:07.responsible for most of her daily care. The reason I am doing that is

:21:08. > :21:14.because it has been impossible for me to get reliable, well-trained

:21:15. > :21:19.daycare, in order to deliver that care to Sarah instead of me. Now, I

:21:20. > :21:29.hear what the previous guest was saying about what is happening in

:21:30. > :21:39.terms of care, but this extends right the way across all care. Every

:21:40. > :21:44.minister that a person is receiving poor care is a minute that post will

:21:45. > :21:49.never get back. That prison is highly vulnerable, they need to

:21:50. > :21:53.experience the best quality of life that is possible for that person to

:21:54. > :21:57.experience, for every minute of the life that they have remaining. To

:21:58. > :22:01.say they are working hard to put things right is fine. But we need

:22:02. > :22:09.them right now, we don't need them in the future. The reason that Sarah

:22:10. > :22:13.is at home and I am looking after Sarah is because I believe that she

:22:14. > :22:18.is entitled to the best quality of care. If the only way that I can

:22:19. > :22:22.ensure that happens is to deliver it myself, that is what I'm going to

:22:23. > :22:27.do. It looks like that is what I'm going to be doing for the

:22:28. > :22:31.foreseeable future. Sorry, obviously that puts a huge burden on you when

:22:32. > :22:38.your daughter does need 24-hour care. Where their specific instances

:22:39. > :22:41.that make you so worried, specific things that happened in the

:22:42. > :22:50.treatment around the border that made you start to do this? I suppose

:22:51. > :22:54.the first reason is that it was totally unreliable. When you're

:22:55. > :22:57.dealing with individuals who have very complex problems, it is really

:22:58. > :23:00.important that the care staff that work with them are trained in

:23:01. > :23:06.delivery of care to that particular person. In addition to all of the

:23:07. > :23:14.experience and the knowledge, and the training that they have, in

:23:15. > :23:17.general, around caring, they need to know how that individual person

:23:18. > :23:24.responds to the way that they are handled, to the things that they are

:23:25. > :23:29.given, their digestive system, how that works. You need people that

:23:30. > :23:33.really know the person they are looking at it and can have that

:23:34. > :23:38.continuity? I can't have those people in the house on a regular

:23:39. > :23:50.basis, if people are off set, if people leave. -- if people are off

:23:51. > :23:53.sick. You were a carer, you turned whistle-blower and set up Compassion

:23:54. > :24:00.In Care. When you hear what the CQC are saying... I've heard this so

:24:01. > :24:04.many times, I've lost count. Most of the complaints we get from relatives

:24:05. > :24:07.or about care homes that have very good, and they have raised the

:24:08. > :24:13.concerns with the CQC, nothing has been done and then they come to us.

:24:14. > :24:20.The second is whistle-blowers who risk their job to speak out about

:24:21. > :24:25.bad care, Wessel -- whistle-blowers who care are not wanted in the care

:24:26. > :24:28.system. We have 47 cases where the identity of the whistle-blower has

:24:29. > :24:33.been given to the employer by CQC inspectors. I think that is

:24:34. > :24:38.horrendous, and horrendous betrayal of trust and totally unacceptable.

:24:39. > :24:44.What I would say, I can only comment on our evidence, but on the

:24:45. > :24:47.Compassion In Ken website, we have been gathering evidence from

:24:48. > :24:52.hundreds of thousands of people since we began. It is not a question

:24:53. > :24:57.about how much we are putting into the care system, it is about who we

:24:58. > :25:02.are paying. Are those people fit to be running the care sector? I think

:25:03. > :25:05.that is the question that should be asked. Governments are honing in

:25:06. > :25:09.that we need to give the care sector more money. Basically, you are not

:25:10. > :25:12.dealing with the problem. The problem is, who are we paying for

:25:13. > :25:18.the care and are they people that should be registered? We have seen

:25:19. > :25:22.providers reregistered and reregistered, even though they have

:25:23. > :25:26.appalling histories. Not one AA, hundreds. Lots of points you are

:25:27. > :25:33.making. Andrea, the report has identified that 22% of leaders in

:25:34. > :25:39.the sector, there are issues around them. I wanted to pick up on what

:25:40. > :25:43.Eileen was saying about whistle-blowers, whether you do get

:25:44. > :25:47.a clear picture on how they are treated? Coincidentally, this

:25:48. > :25:51.programme spoke to three individuals yesterday who have relatives

:25:52. > :25:54.currently living in care homes. They are concerned about the care they

:25:55. > :26:10.are receiving, including things like relatives being left

:26:11. > :26:17.unfed, cuts and bruises. They didn't want to come on the programme

:26:18. > :26:20.because they fear they could be repercussions, treatment getting

:26:21. > :26:24.worse. When people are complaining, what are you doing to investigate

:26:25. > :26:29.and protect the people in the home, and the people that are blowing the

:26:30. > :26:32.whistle? We take our responsibilities around that very

:26:33. > :26:36.seriously. We can't be there all the time. It is important to get that

:26:37. > :26:42.information from people that are visiting, using the services or

:26:43. > :26:47.working in the services. We will protect their confidentiality. But

:26:48. > :26:50.we need to go in and check that, we need to check what is happening and

:26:51. > :26:58.make sure that the providers are putting that right. Let's bring in

:26:59. > :27:03.Nigel. You are a carer. We have been hearing, what is the problem,

:27:04. > :27:08.resourcing, leadership? The fact is, it is not going right in lots of

:27:09. > :27:14.cases. What is your experience and what would you put it down to? Good

:27:15. > :27:23.morning. I can only talk on personal experience. I feel the continuity of

:27:24. > :27:30.care is at risk, due to the poor pay. As a carer myself, I accepted

:27:31. > :27:34.the pay when I started the job. But it is so poor, I am on minimum wage.

:27:35. > :27:38.People just don't stay any more. They come to the job thinking it's

:27:39. > :27:43.going to be easy, it actually isn't. As the lady stated earlier,

:27:44. > :27:47.everybody has individual needs. It takes training, it takes a while.

:27:48. > :27:53.You have to be there a while to build up a relationship with people.

:27:54. > :27:59.Unfortunately, I feel, due to the poor pay, people are not staying.

:28:00. > :28:08.You have stayed. You have been doing it for eight years? Why have you

:28:09. > :28:13.stayed so long? How do you find the work? I enjoy the work, I love the

:28:14. > :28:17.work. My opinion is that when you take the job you know how much you

:28:18. > :28:20.are getting paid, so you take it or you don't. Why would you take it if

:28:21. > :28:28.you're not happy with the money when you start? That is a very good

:28:29. > :28:35.point, as well. Many whistle-blowers, and I am talking

:28:36. > :28:38.about staff, many staff who really care, basically, they are working

:28:39. > :28:41.alongside staff that do not care. There is no difference made and how

:28:42. > :28:46.they are treated. There is also the fact that we need to take that

:28:47. > :28:50.responsibility for the care sector. It's no good saying that these

:28:51. > :28:56.places are bad, next year these places are bad, big year after, 20

:28:57. > :29:00.years from now, I have been doing is campaigning for 18 years. Every

:29:01. > :29:06.year, for 18 years, I have heard the same promises and the same findings.

:29:07. > :29:09.Isn't it awful, but this is happening? Isn't it time we stopped

:29:10. > :29:13.talking about it and did something about it? That is what I challenge

:29:14. > :29:17.the Government to do. And we are, what would you like the Government

:29:18. > :29:23.to do? I think everybody talking about this today wants the same

:29:24. > :29:27.thing. We want people to have care of high quality. We want it, but it

:29:28. > :29:32.has been talked about for a long time. What would make a difference?

:29:33. > :29:35.I think the Government is committed to doing a consultation later this

:29:36. > :29:39.year around the sustainable future of adult social care. I think we

:29:40. > :29:43.have got to focus the conversation on the needs of people, what the

:29:44. > :29:47.quality of care is that we all, as a society, think we should be getting

:29:48. > :29:51.for people in vulnerable circumstances. What does it say

:29:52. > :29:57.about our society that in 2017 we have thousands and thousands of

:29:58. > :30:00.people in care, their relatives, the people that care about them cannot

:30:01. > :30:04.trust they are being properly looked after? It says that we have got to

:30:05. > :30:09.do better, we have all got to do better. As the regulator, we have

:30:10. > :30:12.things to do. We also need to be working with stuff like Nigel, who

:30:13. > :30:16.is committed and loves his job. There are loads of people like that

:30:17. > :30:19.who are doing that. It is so important that whistle-blowers are

:30:20. > :30:29.listened to and protected. That is not happening. That is totally not

:30:30. > :30:31.happening. When people risk their job... Who's fault is it that it is

:30:32. > :30:35.not happening? People's identities are being disclosed to their

:30:36. > :30:39.employer. Andrea says they will be protected. But it's not happening.

:30:40. > :30:44.Ikea appalling stories of people suffering. Can you give a guarantee

:30:45. > :30:52.of anonymity? People can share information on the website

:30:53. > :30:57.anonymously. Well, let's hope we don't hear the same news next time.

:30:58. > :31:00.We need everybody working together to make sure that communities are

:31:01. > :31:04.doing the right thing for the people that are using the services. Thank

:31:05. > :31:09.you all very much. Just to say that we have just had a statement through

:31:10. > :31:12.from the Department of Health. The health Minister, Jackie Doyle-Price,

:31:13. > :31:16.while this report shows the vast majority of people do receive good

:31:17. > :31:20.or outstanding social care, it is completely unacceptable that

:31:21. > :31:24.standards in some settings are below those rightly expected by care users

:31:25. > :31:27.and their families. That is why we have introduced tougher inspections

:31:28. > :31:31.of care services, provided an additional ?2 billion to the sector

:31:32. > :31:34.and later this year we will be consulting on the future of social

:31:35. > :31:37.care in this country to put it on a stable footing for the future.

:31:38. > :31:42.As Donald Trump meets the Polish President,

:31:43. > :31:45.the US President is due to set out his vision for US

:31:46. > :32:01.And BBC research shows the number of terror related prosecutions is

:32:02. > :32:04.rising. We will ask if online radicalisation is to blame.

:32:05. > :32:08.Here's Julian in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:32:09. > :32:13.One year on from the inquiry into the Iraq War, the man

:32:14. > :32:18.who chaired it has, for the first time, given his personal

:32:19. > :32:21.Sir John Chilcot told the BBC that he believes

:32:22. > :32:24.the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was not "straight

:32:25. > :32:27.with the nation" about the decisions made in the run-up to war.

:32:28. > :32:31.A quarter of adult care services in England are not safe enough,

:32:32. > :32:36.A report by the Care Quality Commission says most care homes,

:32:37. > :32:43.nursing homes and home care services are good, but too many

:32:44. > :32:49.Among the issues raised by the care regulator were people not getting

:32:50. > :32:51.enough to eat and drink, and not being given

:32:52. > :32:57.The Government said it would invest more money in social care.

:32:58. > :33:03.The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said that

:33:04. > :33:05."frictionless trade" with Britain will be possible only if the UK

:33:06. > :33:08.remains in the single market and the customs union.

:33:09. > :33:12.Speaking in Brussels, he said the EU's refusal to give

:33:13. > :33:14.Britain "piecemeal access" to the single market had not been

:33:15. > :33:22.The actress Carol Lee Scott, who was best known for playing

:33:23. > :33:26.Grotbags the witch, has died at the age of 74.

:33:27. > :33:30.She appeared in children's programmes in the 1980s and early

:33:31. > :33:32.1990s, including Rod Hull's Emu's World.

:33:33. > :33:35.Her family confirmed the news on social media,

:33:36. > :33:37.with her niece Gina Mear writing on Facebook on Wednesday

:33:38. > :33:42.that the actress had "lost her brave fight against cancer".

:33:43. > :33:53.That's a summary of the latest BBC News - more at 10.00.

:33:54. > :34:00.We can see Donald Trump. He is meeting the Polish president and is

:34:01. > :34:04.gathered in front of the media and now. The Polish president is

:34:05. > :34:07.speaking at the moment, though, so we will stay across those pictures

:34:08. > :34:13.for you and go there as soon as Donald Trump starts to speak. His

:34:14. > :34:16.four date tour around Europe is starting in Poland.

:34:17. > :34:20.Let's head to Wimbledon now, and talk to Sally Nugent -

:34:21. > :34:23.what a day for British tennis - four players through

:34:24. > :34:26.to the third round for the first time in 20 years.

:34:27. > :34:32.The crowds really got their money's worth, didn't they?

:34:33. > :34:39.And the weather is fabulous as well. Yeah who leads the leader of the

:34:40. > :34:43.free world when you have Centre Court at Wimbledon! You can see

:34:44. > :34:48.Donald Trump in a moment. We had a fantastic day yesterday. The weather

:34:49. > :34:51.is glorious. No rain so far, and a day of history yesterday. As you

:34:52. > :34:57.say, those players are through to the third round for the first time

:34:58. > :35:00.in history for 20 years. I should give you one historical stats,

:35:01. > :35:05.because there are two British women do to the third round for the first

:35:06. > :35:12.time since 1986. The last time that happened, one of the women was my

:35:13. > :35:16.lovely guest, Jo jury. So we have Jo Konta and Heather Watson through to

:35:17. > :35:23.the third round. And Jo Konta's match yesterday was something to

:35:24. > :35:27.watch. It was inspirational, the way she said although service games. She

:35:28. > :35:31.was down constantly. Suddenly, big booming serves and she kept really

:35:32. > :35:37.calm because she has worked so hard to go through that process, stay in

:35:38. > :35:41.the moment and it paid off. We have been worried about Andy Murray's

:35:42. > :35:47.hip, but actually, he looks better than everybody thought. What is

:35:48. > :35:53.going on there? I think so. We are on hob or watch after every point

:35:54. > :35:57.finishes. But when the point starts, he's fine. He is so fast, what an

:35:58. > :36:01.athlete. I think he is in a good space at the moment. Coming into

:36:02. > :36:06.Wimbledon, we were thinking, was he going to play? He was playing

:36:07. > :36:10.horribly. But once he stands on Centre Court, he becomes a different

:36:11. > :36:15.person. His next round is quite hard against Fabio Fognini, but I think

:36:16. > :36:19.he will get through that. We will see him next week. And we have Kyle

:36:20. > :36:24.Edmund playing on Centre Court today. A huge moment for him,

:36:25. > :36:28.because he has not done well on the grass. Centre Court does inspire

:36:29. > :36:33.you, with the crowd roaring for you. And he can just unleash the big

:36:34. > :36:39.serve, big forehand. He will be quite a threat to Gail Monfils.

:36:40. > :36:42.Entertaining and hugely competitive. Thank you very much. It is not just

:36:43. > :36:46.the tennis players being competitive. Sometimes the

:36:47. > :36:51.spectators get competitive here too. Did you see Jack Sock throw his

:36:52. > :36:54.towel into the crowd the day before yesterday? A boy caught it and then

:36:55. > :37:00.a grown-up to get away. I can tell you that thankfully, Jack Sock has

:37:01. > :37:04.found the boy. He has been traced on social media and he now has his own

:37:05. > :37:09.power. In fact, I have heard he will get a towel for every Grand Slam, so

:37:10. > :37:12.he is doing all right. It is embarrassing for the grown-up that

:37:13. > :37:17.snatched it! Has he been tracked down? As he said anything? It is

:37:18. > :37:22.interesting. I have looked everywhere for a comment from the

:37:23. > :37:27.grown-up. Or the lady sitting next to him. So far, I have not seen

:37:28. > :37:30.anything. He had a hat pulled down really low, so maybe he got away

:37:31. > :37:40.with it. I imagine he's keeping quiet. Good to see you, Sally. Let

:37:41. > :37:45.me remind you that we are expecting to hear from Donald Trump shortly,

:37:46. > :37:50.so we will go straight to him in Poland as soon as he starts to

:37:51. > :37:56.speak. And he is speaking now. We have had a wonderful stay. It has

:37:57. > :38:02.been quick, but the people of Poland have been so fantastic. As you know,

:38:03. > :38:05.the Polish Americans came out in droves. They voted in the last

:38:06. > :38:09.election and I was very happy with that result, so I want to thank you

:38:10. > :38:14.and them. It is a true honour to be here in Poland. It is a majestic

:38:15. > :38:19.nation, it really is. It's a spectacular place, some of the most

:38:20. > :38:24.beautiful sights that we saw coming over. Really very inspirational.

:38:25. > :38:28.You're rich in history, and you have absolutely an unbreakable spirit.

:38:29. > :38:33.That is something we have learned over the course of many years. The

:38:34. > :38:40.president and I concluded a productive meeting in which we

:38:41. > :38:45.reaffirmed our enduring bonds of friendship and Hadleigh United our

:38:46. > :38:49.citizens for a long time -- and we have united our citizens. We have

:38:50. > :38:53.never been closer to Poland than we are now. Poland is not only a

:38:54. > :39:02.friend, but an important ally and partner with respect to our

:39:03. > :39:06.military. We have had great cooperations with Poland. We have

:39:07. > :39:09.fought shoulder to shoulder in many different encounters. Particularly

:39:10. > :39:14.grateful for the role Poland has taken in helping to defeat Isis,

:39:15. > :39:20.where we have made tremendous strides which you will be hearing

:39:21. > :39:24.about over the next period of time. And other terrorist organisations,

:39:25. > :39:28.Poland has been with us by training Iraqi special forces and flying

:39:29. > :39:33.reconnaissance missions. And just about any time we requested, they

:39:34. > :39:37.were there. Brave Polish soldiers have fought and work side-by-side

:39:38. > :39:41.with Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan and on behalf of all

:39:42. > :39:46.Americans, I want to salute you and thank you. Very special people. I

:39:47. > :39:51.also want to thank the Polish people for their kindness to more than 5000

:39:52. > :39:54.American troops that are stationed in your country. Our strong alliance

:39:55. > :40:00.with Poland and Nato remains critical to deterring conflict and

:40:01. > :40:07.ensuring that war between great powers never again ravages Europe

:40:08. > :40:12.and that the world will be a safer and better place. America is

:40:13. > :40:17.committed to maintaining peace and security in central and eastern

:40:18. > :40:21.Europe. We are working with Poland in response to Russia's actions and

:40:22. > :40:27.destabilising behaviour, and we are grateful for the example Poland has

:40:28. > :40:32.set for every member of the Nato alliance by being one of the few

:40:33. > :40:35.nations that actually meet its financial obligations. As you know,

:40:36. > :40:42.I have been pretty hard on some of the members of Nato for not, and the

:40:43. > :40:45.money is pouring in. I can tell you. I was criticised, but I can also

:40:46. > :40:53.said that the people of Nato are not criticising me. The money has been

:40:54. > :41:00.pouring in in the last year. It is past time for all countries in the

:41:01. > :41:04.Nato alliance to get going and to get up to their obligations. But

:41:05. > :41:08.Poland has been right there and you will even exceed that number, and I

:41:09. > :41:14.appreciate that and so do other countries. During our meeting, I

:41:15. > :41:18.congratulated President Duda on Poland's recent election to the

:41:19. > :41:21.United Nations Security Council. We also discussed our mutual commitment

:41:22. > :41:26.to safeguarding the values at the heart of our Alliance - freedom,

:41:27. > :41:32.sovereignty and the rule of law. Poland joins the Security Council at

:41:33. > :41:36.a critical time. It's a critical time for the world, because you see

:41:37. > :41:41.what's going on. Not only must we secure our nations from the threat

:41:42. > :41:44.of terrorism, but we must also confront the threat from North

:41:45. > :41:51.Korea. That's what it is, it's a threat. And we will confront it very

:41:52. > :41:55.strongly. President Duda and I call on all nations to confront this

:41:56. > :42:00.global threat and publicly demonstrate to North Korea that

:42:01. > :42:06.there are consequences of their very, very bad behaviour. We also

:42:07. > :42:12.discussed the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Syria and the need to

:42:13. > :42:19.defeat Isis and other terrorist groups where they control territory

:42:20. > :42:22.and populations. We have fought very hard and very powerfully against

:42:23. > :42:28.Isis since I have been president, and we have made tremendous gains,

:42:29. > :42:35.far greater than has ever been made with respect to that group. While

:42:36. > :42:39.the cities of Iraq and Mosul will soon be liberated from these

:42:40. > :42:44.murderers, criminals and butchers, we recognise that Syria requires a

:42:45. > :42:49.political solution that does not advance Iran's destructive agenda

:42:50. > :42:54.and does not allow terrorist organisations to return. We also

:42:55. > :42:57.reaffirmed that any nation that values human life can never tolerate

:42:58. > :43:03.the use of chemical weapons, and we won't tolerate it either. Finally,

:43:04. > :43:07.we agreed to work to expand, is between our countries. We support

:43:08. > :43:11.the three Seas initiative and America stands ready to help Poland

:43:12. > :43:17.and other European nations diversify their energy supplies so that you

:43:18. > :43:24.can never be held hostage to a single supplier or, as we sometimes

:43:25. > :43:27.call it, a monopoly. I am pleased to report that the first shipment of

:43:28. > :43:31.American liquefied natural gas arrive in Poland last month and

:43:32. > :43:37.there will be many more coming. Maybe we can get your price up a

:43:38. > :43:40.bit, but that's OK. He is a tough negotiator. We look forward to

:43:41. > :43:48.making the economic ties between the United States and Poland stronger,

:43:49. > :43:54.the trading relationships. And we want reciprocal trade relationships.

:43:55. > :43:57.We don't have too many of them. I said before that the United States

:43:58. > :44:03.has made some of the worst trade deals ever in history. That's going

:44:04. > :44:07.to change. That's going to change. The friendship between our peoples

:44:08. > :44:10.dates all the way back to the American revolution. It's a long

:44:11. > :44:13.time. I look forward to speaking more about these enduring bonds of

:44:14. > :44:19.faith and freedom when I addressed the entire Polish nation in a little

:44:20. > :44:26.while. I hear we have a big crowd. I think they are showing up for you

:44:27. > :44:31.and not for me, right? So President Duda, thank you again for welcoming

:44:32. > :44:35.Melania and myself to your beloved homeland. Together, we can make the

:44:36. > :44:41.partnership between our two nations stronger than ever before. Special

:44:42. > :44:49.people, special place and it's an honour to be here. Thank you.

:44:50. > :44:53.TRANSLATION: Thank you, Mr President. Now we have time to take

:44:54. > :44:57.questions from each side. Let us start with a guest from the United

:44:58. > :45:11.States. Is there any question from the US side?

:45:12. > :45:20.Thank you, Mr President. In light of North Korea's latest ICM testing, do

:45:21. > :45:25.you think there is a chance they might make game U-turn? Are you

:45:26. > :45:28.ready and willing to launch military action against them? If I may, since

:45:29. > :45:32.you started the whole wrestling video thing, what are your thoughts

:45:33. > :45:37.about what has happened since then? CNN went after you and has

:45:38. > :45:42.threatened to expose the identity of the business had responsible. I

:45:43. > :45:48.think what CNN did was unfortunate for them. As you know, they have

:45:49. > :45:55.some pretty serious problems. They have been fake news for a long time,

:45:56. > :46:01.they have been covering me in a very dishonest way. Do you have that

:46:02. > :46:06.also, Mr President? With CNN and others, NBC is equally as bad,

:46:07. > :46:12.despite the fact I made them a fortune with The Apprentice, but

:46:13. > :46:18.they forgot that. CNN has really taken it too seriously. I think they

:46:19. > :46:24.have hurt themselves very badly. Very, very badly. What we want to

:46:25. > :46:27.see in the United States is honest, beautiful, three, but honest press.

:46:28. > :46:31.We want to see fair press. I think it's an important thing. We don't

:46:32. > :46:35.want fake news. Either way, not everybody is fake news. But we don't

:46:36. > :46:40.want fake news. Bad thing. Very bad for our country. As far as North

:46:41. > :46:44.Korea is concerned, I don't know, we will see what happens. I don't like

:46:45. > :46:48.to talk what I have planned. I have pretty severe things that we are

:46:49. > :46:54.thinking about. It doesn't mean we're going to do them. I don't draw

:46:55. > :46:57.red lines. President Obama drew a red line and I made it a better than

:46:58. > :47:00.it was, but that could have been done sooner and he would not have

:47:01. > :47:09.the same situation you have now in Syria. That was a mistake. We will

:47:10. > :47:14.look at what happens in the coming weeks and months. It's a shame that

:47:15. > :47:24.they are behaving this way. But they are behaving in a very, very

:47:25. > :47:29.dangerous manner. Since we are speaking about press freedom is,

:47:30. > :47:33.your party has significantly clamped down on press freedoms in the past

:47:34. > :47:38.year and now appears to be weakening the power of the National courts as

:47:39. > :47:41.well. Do you think that people who live in other modern democracies,

:47:42. > :47:43.including some Americans, are wrong to criticise you for limiting which

:47:44. > :47:58.reporters can cover the Parliament? TRANSLATION: To respond to your

:47:59. > :48:03.question, sir, media order is a very significant thing indeed. When we

:48:04. > :48:08.look at the situation in the United States, the situation in Poland, in

:48:09. > :48:17.every case you can see a lot of pathologies. I can give you an

:48:18. > :48:28.example of one of the Polish magazines that compared two

:48:29. > :48:34.channels. One of the broadcasters did not report on my visit to

:48:35. > :48:39.Croatia, because the broadcaster does not like me as the President of

:48:40. > :48:42.Poland. I am permanently criticised by that broadcaster. But I believe

:48:43. > :48:47.that is just the reality, it is the right of the media. In Poland we

:48:48. > :48:51.have absolute liberty and freedom of the media. Problems were there

:48:52. > :49:00.during previous governments. When the former President was in office,

:49:01. > :49:03.one of the magazines was visited by the special services in order to

:49:04. > :49:09.take away recordings which are compromising for the politicians of

:49:10. > :49:13.the previous ruling party. So, that was when freedom was under threat.

:49:14. > :49:17.Now we have absolute freedom of the media. We do respect the freedom of

:49:18. > :49:22.the media, we take care of the interests of the Republic of Poland

:49:23. > :49:27.and Polish people. The first question now, from Polish

:49:28. > :49:31.television. One question, please. I represent Polish television. One

:49:32. > :49:42.question concerning energy. Both of you mentioned energy and the

:49:43. > :49:51.deliveries of energy. What time period you think a permanent

:49:52. > :49:55.contract could be entered into to ensure LNG deliveries? And to

:49:56. > :50:03.President Duda, could Poland become a hope to countries? I think we

:50:04. > :50:09.could enter a contract with LNG within the next 15 minutes, do you

:50:10. > :50:13.have anybody available to negotiate? We are becoming a great exporter of

:50:14. > :50:16.energy. Soon we will be a very great exporter of energy. We have taken a

:50:17. > :50:22.lot of unnecessary regulations out of our process. We are doing things

:50:23. > :50:28.we haven't been able to do for a long time. So, we are blessed with

:50:29. > :50:34.great land. We didn't even know it, 15 years ago, in terms of what was

:50:35. > :50:36.beneath our feet. We have found out, through technology, that we are

:50:37. > :50:43.truly blessed to have this incredible wealth under our feet. We

:50:44. > :50:48.are going to be an exporter of energy. It is already happening. Any

:50:49. > :50:57.time you are ready, we could do additional contracts.

:50:58. > :51:03.Cancellation mark I can give you the following answer, it is not the

:51:04. > :51:08.President of the United States and the President of Poland that are

:51:09. > :51:14.going to sign long-term contracts for LNG gas deliveries to Poland.

:51:15. > :51:18.But it can be signed by a Polish company and American company and

:51:19. > :51:23.this is how it will be preceded. The most important thing is that there

:51:24. > :51:28.is green light given by the US government, the US administration,

:51:29. > :51:34.that there is an incentive given by Americans to buy gas from the United

:51:35. > :51:40.States. On the Polish side, there is also a green light, there is

:51:41. > :51:44.interest in this particular thing. I count that after relevant

:51:45. > :51:47.negotiations, I know the negotiations are ongoing, I believe

:51:48. > :51:53.that the conclusion of the negotiations there will be a

:51:54. > :51:56.long-term contract for US LNG deliveries to our terminal.

:51:57. > :52:03.Answering the second part of the question, can we become hub through

:52:04. > :52:07.which gas, LNG gas, American gas, will flow to Central Europe, I am

:52:08. > :52:19.convinced the answer is yes. Today we are going to talk about this

:52:20. > :52:26.under the framework of the CCC initiative. It is also the gas

:52:27. > :52:31.corridor. In the future, this could insure alternative supplies, Russian

:52:32. > :52:34.supplies come alternative supplies for Ukraine. This is our primary

:52:35. > :52:39.importance and this is what we discussed with President Trump. I am

:52:40. > :52:44.convinced that the future is very rosy on this one, very bright,

:52:45. > :52:51.contract will be entered into. Of course, we are going to develop our

:52:52. > :52:57.capacities as regards the reception of the LNG gas from the US and other

:52:58. > :52:59.directions. The media is free and Poland, so now a question from a

:53:00. > :53:08.private broadcaster. TRANSLATION: Question to both

:53:09. > :53:11.presidents, you mentioned military cooperation. I would like to find

:53:12. > :53:17.out whether, during your exchange, were there any guarantees

:53:18. > :53:20.surrounding the presence of American troops in Poland as long as there is

:53:21. > :53:27.threat from the Russian side? How do you see the future of the presence

:53:28. > :53:32.of American troops in Poland? We didn't discuss guarantees and we

:53:33. > :53:36.were not really in that position to discuss guarantees. We have been

:53:37. > :53:41.here for a long time. We have quite a future at here, to 5000. We will

:53:42. > :53:47.continue to do that. We will continue to work with Poland. But we

:53:48. > :53:54.did not discuss guarantees. TRANSLATION: Well, sir, the topic we

:53:55. > :53:56.discussed first and foremost was the security situation here. We

:53:57. > :54:00.discussed in the context of what is happening in our part of Europe, the

:54:01. > :54:05.context of the manoeuvres that we have already mentioned and, from

:54:06. > :54:13.that point of view, there is no doubt that the presence of American

:54:14. > :54:17.troops and Nato troops in Poland today is absolutely justified from

:54:18. > :54:20.this perspective. If we had to this the situation we are seeing in

:54:21. > :54:24.Ukraine all the time, it is absolutely clear. We are going to

:54:25. > :54:32.discuss it further with Mr President. We made an initial

:54:33. > :54:36.agreement to make next year a visit to the United States in the White

:54:37. > :54:42.House. The details will be worked out later. That is important for us

:54:43. > :54:47.and for Polish Americans. Next year we celebrate the centennial of

:54:48. > :54:50.Poland regaining independence. I would like, myself and Mr

:54:51. > :54:52.presidents, distressed together the importance of this year. It shows

:54:53. > :54:57.the contribution of the Polish people to the wealth of the United

:54:58. > :55:00.States. Last question, American media. Very briefly, because they do

:55:01. > :55:09.have to attend a summit. President Trump will select the next

:55:10. > :55:15.journalist. Two part question, if I may. Will you once and for all, yes

:55:16. > :55:18.no, definitively say that Russia interfered in the 2016 election? I

:55:19. > :55:21.think it was Russia and it could have been other people and other

:55:22. > :55:26.countries. It could have been a lot of people interfered. I have said it

:55:27. > :55:29.very simply. I think it could have been Russia, but it could well have

:55:30. > :55:34.been other countries and I will not be specific. I think a lot of people

:55:35. > :55:38.interfere. I think it's been happening for a long time. It's been

:55:39. > :55:41.happening for many years. The thing I have to mention is that Barack

:55:42. > :55:48.Obama, when he was President, found out about this in terms of whether

:55:49. > :55:52.it was Russia. He found out about it in August. The election was in

:55:53. > :55:58.November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it. Why did he do

:55:59. > :56:02.nothing about it? He was told it was Russia by the CIA, as I understand

:56:03. > :56:07.it. It was well reported. And he did nothing about it. They say he

:56:08. > :56:10.choked. I don't think he choked. I think he thought Hillary Clinton was

:56:11. > :56:16.going to win the election and said, let's not do anything about it. Had

:56:17. > :56:23.he thought the other way, he would have done something about it. He was

:56:24. > :56:28.told in early August by, presumably, the CIA, that Russia was trying to

:56:29. > :56:32.get involved or meddling pretty strongly with the election. He did

:56:33. > :56:36.nothing about it. The reason is that he thought Hillary was going to win.

:56:37. > :56:40.If he thought I was going to win, he would have done plenty about it.

:56:41. > :56:44.That's the real question, why did he do nothing from August all the way

:56:45. > :56:49.to November? His people said he choked. I don't think he choked. The

:56:50. > :56:52.follow up on that, you again so you think it was Russia. Your

:56:53. > :56:55.intelligence agencies have been far more definitive. They say it was

:56:56. > :57:03.Russia. Why won't you agree with them and say it was? I heard it was

:57:04. > :57:06.17 agencies. I said, that's a lot, do we even have that many

:57:07. > :57:10.intelligence agencies? Let's check it. We did heavy research. It turned

:57:11. > :57:16.out to be three or four. It wasn't 17. Many of your compatriots had to

:57:17. > :57:22.change their reporting and they had to apologise and correct. With that

:57:23. > :57:29.being said, mistakes have been made. I agree. I think it was Russia but I

:57:30. > :57:32.think it was probably other people and countries. I see nothing wrong

:57:33. > :57:37.with that statement. Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure.

:57:38. > :57:43.I remember when I was sitting listening about Iraq. Weapons of

:57:44. > :57:50.mass destruction. How everybody was 100% sure that Iraq had weapons of

:57:51. > :57:56.mass destruction. Guess what? That led to one big mess. There were

:57:57. > :58:01.wrong and it led to a mess. So, it was Russia and I think it was

:58:02. > :58:05.probably others also, and that's been going on for a long period of

:58:06. > :58:11.time. I do question is, why did Obama do nothing about it from

:58:12. > :58:12.August until November? You did nothing about it and it wasn't

:58:13. > :58:28.because he choked. Two questions, thank you very much.

:58:29. > :58:34.We must go. Can I ask of President Duda?

:58:35. > :58:44.A battle of wills going on at the end with a number of questions that

:58:45. > :58:50.meant the limit was reached and the report are still trying to ask a

:58:51. > :58:53.question. Interesting comments from Donald Trump relating to North

:58:54. > :58:57.Korea. The world is watching after the missile launcher as to what

:58:58. > :59:06.America's action might be, what might be the rest of the world's

:59:07. > :59:09.reaction. He was asked if he was ready to launch military action

:59:10. > :59:12.against North Korea. He said, we will see what happens over the

:59:13. > :59:15.coming weeks, I have some severe things we are thinking about but I

:59:16. > :59:19.don't want to talk about what I might do. They are behaving in a

:59:20. > :59:23.dangerous man and something has to be done, but I don't draw red lines.

:59:24. > :59:28.That is Donald Trump in Poland. Coming up, the chairman of the Iraq

:59:29. > :59:37.war inquiry says Tony Blair was not straight overtaking the country into

:59:38. > :59:39.the Iraq war. We will discuss if he is right a year after the report.

:59:40. > :59:48.Let's catch up with the weather. Another hot and humid day across the

:59:49. > :59:51.UK today, mainly England and Wales. With the heat and humidity we are

:59:52. > :59:55.going to see some storms developing later. As you can see from one of

:59:56. > :00:00.the weather Watchers, that lumpy cloud is a precursor for storms to

:00:01. > :00:05.kick off today. One or two of those could be in the south-east of

:00:06. > :00:08.England. Mainly it will be across the Midlands, eastern areas of

:00:09. > :00:12.England. Torrential rain likely in the afternoon. Sunny spells in

:00:13. > :00:20.between. Cloudier, outbreaks of rain for a time. This is to build again

:00:21. > :00:23.in the south, to about 30 Celsius. -- DC seat builds again. Those

:00:24. > :00:32.thundery showers will move further east and into the sea. On Friday,

:00:33. > :00:37.another day where we have showers across the North. It will feel

:00:38. > :00:42.fresher across the north and West. Temperatures in the South 28 or 29.

:00:43. > :00:45.Further north, a cooler day in Manchester. 17 or 18 degrees in

:00:46. > :00:52.Manchester. The Chairman of the inquiry

:00:53. > :00:55.into the Iraq war, Sir John Chilcot, speaks exclusively to the BBC

:00:56. > :01:04.for the first time since I think any Prime Minister taking a

:01:05. > :01:08.country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry

:01:09. > :01:14.it as far as possible with him or her. I don't believe that was the

:01:15. > :01:17.case in the Iraq instance. We will look back at the inquiry present and

:01:18. > :01:22.discuss the decision to take the country into war with a panel of

:01:23. > :01:28.experts. Also, the victims of the breast surgeon Ian Paterson that

:01:29. > :01:31.went private denied compensation for their botched operations. We will

:01:32. > :01:34.talk to some of them about their court battle. And we will find out

:01:35. > :01:40.why sham marriages are being used by some British Asian gay men and women

:01:41. > :01:46.to mask their sexuality. We feel like we need to do it to fit into

:01:47. > :01:50.the community and to be accepted by our parents. The reason I would not

:01:51. > :01:57.come out to my parents was because I would be disowned.

:01:58. > :02:02.Here's Julian in the BBC Newsroom with a summary of today's news.

:02:03. > :02:05.One year on from the inquiry into the Iraq War, the man

:02:06. > :02:08.who chaired it has, for the first time, given his personal

:02:09. > :02:13.Sir John Chilcot told the BBC that he believes

:02:14. > :02:16.the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was not "straight

:02:17. > :02:23.with the nation" about the decisions made in the run-up to war.

:02:24. > :02:30.China and Russia have urged the US to show restraint after the

:02:31. > :02:33.ambassador to the UN warned that the test launch of an intercontinental

:02:34. > :02:34.ballistic missile had cast a dark shadow over the world.

:02:35. > :02:37.Nikki Haley told an emergency meeting of the Security Council that

:02:38. > :02:39.the tests represented a sharp military escalation and current

:02:40. > :02:42.international sanctions were not enough.

:02:43. > :02:45.Speaking in the last few minutes President Trump has said North Korea

:02:46. > :02:47.will face consequences for its bad behaviour.

:02:48. > :02:54.with the Polish president in Warsaw, President Trump said

:02:55. > :02:57.North Korea will face consequences for its bad behaviour.

:02:58. > :03:03.As far as North Korea is concerned, we will see what happens. I don't

:03:04. > :03:06.like to talk about what I have planned, but there are some severe

:03:07. > :03:10.things we are thinking about. That doesn't mean we are going to do 'em.

:03:11. > :03:14.I don't draw red lines. President Obama drew a red line and I was the

:03:15. > :03:17.one that made it look better than it was, but that could have been done a

:03:18. > :03:21.lot sooner and you would not have had the same situation you have now

:03:22. > :03:24.in Syria. That was a big mistake. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator

:03:25. > :03:26.Michel Barnier has said that "frictionless trade" with Britain

:03:27. > :03:29.will be possible only if the UK remains in the single market

:03:30. > :03:31.and the customs union. Speaking in Brussels,

:03:32. > :03:33.he said the EU's refusal to give Britain "piecemeal access"

:03:34. > :03:36.to the single market had not been A quarter of adult care services

:03:37. > :03:43.in England are not safe enough, A report by the Care Quality

:03:44. > :03:50.Commission says most care homes, nursing homes and home care services

:03:51. > :03:53.are good, but too many That's a summary of the latest BBC

:03:54. > :04:12.News - more at 10.30. Loads of you are getting in touch on

:04:13. > :04:15.care following on from the CQC report that said there are a lot of

:04:16. > :04:19.care situations where the care is not safe. Sharon says I am watching

:04:20. > :04:23.your programme on unsafe care. I installed a camera in my mother's

:04:24. > :04:28.room, exposing unsafe care. CQC took action but my mother remains unsafe

:04:29. > :04:31.because as a result, the nursing home claimed our relationship

:04:32. > :04:35.between intractable because I installed a camera in my mother's

:04:36. > :04:38.room and provided the footage to safeguarding, which led to people

:04:39. > :04:42.being suspended. They serve notice on my mother, saying they would only

:04:43. > :04:46.allow her to stay if I was banned from having any contact with her due

:04:47. > :04:50.to the trouble I had caused. Barry says, we judge a society on how we

:04:51. > :04:54.look after the weakest and unfortunately, the CQC is toothless.

:04:55. > :05:00.What a disgrace that the safety of the vulnerable are being left at

:05:01. > :05:04.risk. They must impose the strongest penalties on these profit-making

:05:05. > :05:07.organisations. Derek says, I did work in care homes not directly

:05:08. > :05:12.related to the care, but I noticed that the food etc improved when an

:05:13. > :05:16.inspection was due. All inspections should be unannounced or the

:05:17. > :05:20.inspection is pointless. Brian says, my 97-year-old mother is in a family

:05:21. > :05:24.run care home in Devon. The CQC recently rated them as outstanding.

:05:25. > :05:35.The carers are cheerful and caring and my mother is happy. The media

:05:36. > :05:38.seem to portray the caring industry as substandard, but there are many

:05:39. > :05:40.good hands out there. Mavis says, I am grateful for the husband my home

:05:41. > :05:43.is in the schmuck the home my husband is in. The staff are

:05:44. > :05:45.wonderful, the food is good, he's showered and shaved every day. I

:05:46. > :05:51.cannot thank them enough. I go four times a week and stay until seven

:05:52. > :05:55.p:m.. Thank you for those comments. Do get in touch. Let's catch up now

:05:56. > :05:57.with the sport. Home fans had lots to cheer

:05:58. > :06:03.about at Wimbldeon yesterday, because for the first time in 20

:06:04. > :06:06.years, there are four British Johanna Konta said it was

:06:07. > :06:12.great to be part of it - she needed three sets

:06:13. > :06:16.and three hours to beat Donna Vekic, but she made it

:06:17. > :06:25.through to round three I am definitely here with the

:06:26. > :06:29.intention to be part of the event for the full two weeks. But as you

:06:30. > :06:34.saw out there, every single player here plays at a very high level, so

:06:35. > :06:38.there is no easy match and I am just grateful to have another go.

:06:39. > :06:41.There was a memorable win for Heather Watson,

:06:42. > :06:43.who dominated against the 18th seed Anastasia Sevastova,

:06:44. > :06:45.and faces the former world number one Victoria Azarenka next.

:06:46. > :06:48.Aljaz Bedene also reached the third round for the first time

:06:49. > :06:50.in his career, beating one of his good friends

:06:51. > :06:54.And last but definitely not least, Andy Murray's bid for a third

:06:55. > :06:56.title is still on course, after an entertaining

:06:57. > :06:58.but comfortable win over one of the game's great characters,

:06:59. > :07:02.And there could even be five British players in round three -

:07:03. > :07:05.Kyle Edmund takes on Gael Monfils this afternoon - they're first

:07:06. > :07:07.on Centre Court at one o'clock, but coverage from Wimbledon starts

:07:08. > :07:14.and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says they can "leave

:07:15. > :07:17.a legacy" by beating New Zealand in the deciding Test on Saturday.

:07:18. > :07:21.It would be the Lions' first series win over the All Blacks in 46 years.

:07:22. > :07:23.Gatland said: "We have got another level in us,

:07:24. > :07:28.Lots of cricket to tell you about - England's women are well-placed

:07:29. > :07:31.for a semi-final spot in the World Cup, after

:07:32. > :07:33.Tammy Beaumont and Sarah Taylor put on a record-breaking stand of 275

:07:34. > :07:38.They won by 68 runs to go third in the group, heading into a meeting

:07:39. > :07:41.with defending champions Australia on Sunday.

:07:42. > :07:43.And England's men begin their four-Test series

:07:44. > :07:45.against South Africa this morning at Lord's.

:07:46. > :07:56.It's Joe Root's first Test match as captain.

:07:57. > :08:02.I am obviously confident in the squad we have got, but I respect

:08:03. > :08:06.that they are a very strong side which has been consistent and has

:08:07. > :08:12.played well away from home. I am fully aware that we will have to be

:08:13. > :08:14.at our best to beat them. But I have full confidence in them. And play

:08:15. > :08:21.gets under way shortly at 11 o'clock.

:08:22. > :08:26.Coming up, we will have that exclusive interview with Sir John

:08:27. > :08:31.Chilcot for you. It is a year since he published his report into the

:08:32. > :08:34.Iraq war, so we will be hearing from him. It is the first time he has

:08:35. > :08:37.spoken publicly since that report was published, and we will have

:08:38. > :08:41.reaction to it. Further two years, the BBC has been monitoring the

:08:42. > :08:44.number of people from the UK who have been drawn into the war in Iraq

:08:45. > :08:49.and Syria. British authorities estimate around 850 people have

:08:50. > :08:53.travelled to support or Fifa jihadist groups. In the past three

:08:54. > :08:57.years, more than 100 have been convicted of terrorism offences

:08:58. > :09:01.relating to Syria and Iraq. The youngest was a 14-year-old schoolboy

:09:02. > :09:05.from Blackburn. 18 were women and girls. More than 85% of those

:09:06. > :09:08.convicted have never been to Syria or Iraq. Many were intercepted

:09:09. > :09:15.before they could leave the UK. Police say five terror plots have

:09:16. > :09:19.been foiled since March and 18 since 2013. The Director of Public

:09:20. > :09:22.Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, has warned that if people can no longer

:09:23. > :09:32.travel to Syria, they may carry out more attacks here.

:09:33. > :09:34.Let's talk now to Dr Sajjan Gohel from think-tank

:09:35. > :09:36.Asia-Pacific Foundation - he has worked with the

:09:37. > :09:38.Foreign Affairs Committee on security issues.

:09:39. > :09:40.Hannah Stuart is Co-Head of the Security and Extremism Unit

:09:41. > :09:42.at Policy Exchange - she profiled Islamic

:09:43. > :09:44.extremists who had been convicted in the UK in 2015.

:09:45. > :09:47.Steve Swann is a BBC home affairs reporter who's been working on this

:09:48. > :09:52.story and written a book all about Britain's jihadis.

:09:53. > :09:57.Steve, tell us more about the picture you have built up? We are

:09:58. > :10:01.seeing a wide cross-section of people that have been drawn into

:10:02. > :10:06.this conflict from the UK. You talked about very young people, a

:10:07. > :10:09.14-year-old schoolboy inciting an act of terrorism overseas. We have

:10:10. > :10:15.seen some of the people convicted from surprising walks of life, the

:10:16. > :10:20.son of a police officer, a hospital executive. We have seen lots of

:10:21. > :10:25.people with a criminal background, people with no former criminal

:10:26. > :10:30.background, educated people, uneducated people. It is a curious

:10:31. > :10:36.mix. Interestingly, a growing number of women and girls are being drawn

:10:37. > :10:43.in. 60% of the database of convicted terrorists related to this -- 16% of

:10:44. > :10:47.the database are women and girls. Hannah, what do you make of this

:10:48. > :10:52.curious mix of people being involved? It is really interesting.

:10:53. > :10:55.Steve's findings resonate with what I found when I profiled all people

:10:56. > :11:00.who have been convicted of Islamist offences. Going back nearly 20 years

:11:01. > :11:03.now, there are many similarities, especially in the fact that it is

:11:04. > :11:07.almost impossible to draw out one single profile. There are so many

:11:08. > :11:14.routes into this type of offending. In radicalisation can happen online,

:11:15. > :11:17.in schools, in mosques, through individuals, through family

:11:18. > :11:21.networks. Equally, some have travelled abroad, others haven't.

:11:22. > :11:24.Some of your findings were similar to mine, particularly the growing

:11:25. > :11:30.prevalence of women and the increase in online radicalisation. Dr Sajjan

:11:31. > :11:36.Gohel, what is the prevalent in terms of people wanting to go abroad

:11:37. > :11:42.and people being blocked from going? As Isis grew and expanded its

:11:43. > :11:46.tentacles from 2011 onwards, it used the internet as its oxygen of

:11:47. > :11:49.publicity. And through encrypted messaging, they were able to

:11:50. > :11:53.communicate with people to recruit, Baltacha lies and even guide them as

:11:54. > :11:58.to how to get Iraq and Syria via Turkey. Now many of those routes

:11:59. > :12:02.have been cut off of the Isis is now telling its followers that if you

:12:03. > :12:05.can't join us, carry out attacks wherever you may be. And

:12:06. > :12:09.unfortunately, we are seeing more of these plots emerge where people have

:12:10. > :12:15.not travelled abroad, but they have potentially been in contact with

:12:16. > :12:18.people online to carry out what Isis calls just terror tactics like using

:12:19. > :12:24.a vehicle to mow down people or carry out multiple stabbings. As

:12:25. > :12:26.Isis continues to lose territory, they will encourage the followers

:12:27. > :12:32.abroad to carry out as many attacks as possible and take down as many

:12:33. > :12:39.people with them as they go down. So what is the answer to that. If the

:12:40. > :12:42.security situation has worsened here and this is what the Director of

:12:43. > :12:48.Public Prosecutions is saying as well, security situation is worse

:12:49. > :12:52.here because people are blocked from going abroad? We are seeing

:12:53. > :12:55.spontaneous terrorism. This is not a sophisticated Al-Qaeda plot

:12:56. > :12:59.involving a dozen people intending to blow up an airliner. You are

:13:00. > :13:03.talking about simple, cost-effective terrorism, which is hard for the

:13:04. > :13:06.authorities to disrupt, although the police and intelligence agencies

:13:07. > :13:11.have done a very good job. One area that needs to be looked at is more

:13:12. > :13:17.front-line policing. Those police officers that interact with the

:13:18. > :13:19.communities can pick up information on the ground and feed it in to the

:13:20. > :13:25.centre. Front-line police officers were reduced after 2011, which

:13:26. > :13:28.coincide with the growth of Isis. In terms of funding for

:13:29. > :13:32.counterterrorism, that is sufficient. But the bobby on the

:13:33. > :13:36.beat can pick up bits of information which are so important and interact

:13:37. > :13:40.with communities. Communities are also the front line in supporting

:13:41. > :13:44.the police. Hannah, some people might say if someone wants to go

:13:45. > :13:48.abroad and fight, why not let them go if the alternative is keeping

:13:49. > :13:52.them here and having a security risk here? It is their right to leave but

:13:53. > :13:58.maybe not their right to return afterwards. I think we would be

:13:59. > :14:01.almost outsourcing our own home-grown terrorist problems if we

:14:02. > :14:05.let that happen. It would not be fair to people in the conflict in

:14:06. > :14:09.Syria and Iraq. It is right that we want to prevent people from

:14:10. > :14:14.travelling, but we have to put investor mechanisms to then mitigate

:14:15. > :14:20.the risks from those who stay. The concept of what we call a frustrated

:14:21. > :14:23.traveller, these are serious individuals. There was a case a few

:14:24. > :14:27.years ago where an individual who had attempted to travel to Syria was

:14:28. > :14:31.almost gloating on WhatsApp with some of his friends saying, of

:14:32. > :14:34.course I am now going to try and do something here. That is unacceptable

:14:35. > :14:39.and there needs to be a range of measures. Whether that is from

:14:40. > :14:42.reintroducing more restrictive measures against terrorism suspects,

:14:43. > :14:47.that is one thing at the sharp end for people who have not been able to

:14:48. > :14:51.travel to Syria, but we strongly suspect are engaged in terrorism

:14:52. > :14:55.related activity. Another thing would be for these individuals to be

:14:56. > :15:01.invited to join the Prevent programme and the deradicalisation

:15:02. > :15:02.programme. So their options and they should be used to their full

:15:03. > :15:11.potential. For more information you can go to

:15:12. > :15:13.the BBC News database, which tells the story of more than 250 jihadists

:15:14. > :15:31.from the UK. It is a year until the Mark Cousins

:15:32. > :15:47.John Chilcot published his report into the war in Iraq.

:15:48. > :15:57.The aim was to oust Saddam Hussein, who, it was claimed, had the ability

:15:58. > :16:04.to launch weapons of mass destruction. Concludes that it has

:16:05. > :16:07.ethical weapons, that he has existing and active military plans

:16:08. > :16:11.for the use of chemical and biological weapons. They could be

:16:12. > :16:23.activated within 45 minutes, including against his own

:16:24. > :16:28.population. In the aftermath of the invasion, violence intensified. Over

:16:29. > :16:36.the coming years, tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians died. By the time

:16:37. > :16:41.the UK pulled out of the country, 179 British troops lost their lives.

:16:42. > :16:44.By 2015, the power vacuum in Iraq also saw large swathes of the

:16:45. > :16:47.country fall under the control of the so-called Islamic State,

:16:48. > :16:59.although some areas have since been reclaimed by Iraqi forces.

:17:00. > :17:02.In 2009, Sir John Chilcot was asked to lead a

:17:03. > :17:07.Now is the right time to ensure we have a proper process in place to

:17:08. > :17:09.learn the lessons of this complex and often controversial event

:17:10. > :17:12.But it took seven years to be published.

:17:13. > :17:15.When it was, he criticised almost every part of the

:17:16. > :17:16.UK's involvement - the reasons it began,

:17:17. > :17:21.the intelligence provided and the post-war planning.

:17:22. > :17:27.We have concluded that the UK chose to join

:17:28. > :17:29.the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options

:17:30. > :17:38.Military action at that time was not a last resort.

:17:39. > :17:40.The judgment about the severity of the

:17:41. > :17:42.threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, WMD, were

:17:43. > :17:47.presented with a certainty that was not justified.

:17:48. > :17:50.It is now clear that policy on Iraq was made on the basis

:17:51. > :17:55.of flawed intelligence and assessments.

:17:56. > :17:56.Planning and preparation for Iraq after Saddam

:17:57. > :18:09.It led to calls for former Prime Minister Tony Blair to face charges.

:18:10. > :18:12.I've gone back to that time when I learned that my

:18:13. > :18:20.And there is one terrorist in this world that the world

:18:21. > :18:28.Mr Blair apologised for any mistakes made, but said he

:18:29. > :18:34.The mistakes in planning and process, I

:18:35. > :18:37.And I accept responsibility, and I'm not passing

:18:38. > :18:42.I accept full responsibility for those mistakes.

:18:43. > :18:45.I can look not just the families of this country, but the

:18:46. > :18:49.nation in the eye and say I did not mislead this country.

:18:50. > :18:51.I made the decision in good faith on the

:18:52. > :18:59.In an exclusive interview with the BBC's political

:19:00. > :19:00.editor Laura Kuenssberg, Sir John Chilcot has

:19:01. > :19:02.given his personal views on Tony Blair's conduct

:19:03. > :19:11.Do you believe that Tony Blair was as straight

:19:12. > :19:19.with you and the public as he ought to have been?

:19:20. > :19:22.Can I slightly reword that to say I think any Prime Minister taking

:19:23. > :19:25.a country into war has got to be straight with the nation

:19:26. > :19:27.and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her.

:19:28. > :19:36.I don't believe that was the case in the Iraq instance.

:19:37. > :19:40.In your view, was it a necessary war?

:19:41. > :19:43.I mean, you say plainly in the report the peaceful options

:19:44. > :19:49.To that extent, it doesn't satisfy the "last resort" criteria.

:19:50. > :19:52.To that extent, not necessary for the United Kingdom to join.

:19:53. > :19:56.I leave the Americans to make their own argument.

:19:57. > :19:59.Is there a case, do you think, for politicians involved to face

:20:00. > :20:04.some kind of further test, to face the law?

:20:05. > :20:11.In theory, the General Assembly of the United Nations could commission

:20:12. > :20:15.If it's not a court internationally recognised, you haven't got

:20:16. > :20:17.an authoritative verdict as an outcome, so other

:20:18. > :20:22.than reputational damage, what's involved?

:20:23. > :20:26.I take a more nuanced position, if I'm allowed to, which is that it

:20:27. > :20:29.could have become a necessary war had the intelligence proved to be

:20:30. > :20:36.And in effect it's the Colin Powell position - don't exclude war,

:20:37. > :20:40.but don't do it yet, it's not necessary yet.

:20:41. > :20:42.When you read through the information in the report,

:20:43. > :20:46.particularly about preparation, it's astonishing.

:20:47. > :20:52.Because it must have been somebody's fault.

:20:53. > :20:57.The critique that we mount, and mounted, and I still stand by,

:20:58. > :21:01.was that a Prime Minister at the head of a government

:21:02. > :21:07.of a large country can't be expected to run a war on his/her own.

:21:08. > :21:10.What we say he could and should have done was appoint a very senior

:21:11. > :21:12.non-departmental minister to run the show and coordinate otherwise

:21:13. > :21:14.very senior ministers - Defence, Foreign Office -

:21:15. > :21:22.And the fact is there was no, I think we used the rather idiomatic

:21:23. > :21:25.term, there was no buy-in by all the different departments

:21:26. > :21:29.Does that mean, then, the British Government put British

:21:30. > :21:31.servicemen and women and Iraqi civilians in harm's

:21:32. > :21:40.Having studied it in such detail, seeing for the first time before

:21:41. > :21:45.any of us those notes, those intimate notes between

:21:46. > :21:48.Tony Blair and George W Bush, do you think the relationship

:21:49. > :21:50.between the US and UK at that stage was appropriate?

:21:51. > :21:52.Was the relationship between the Prime Minister

:21:53. > :22:03.I think that the fundamental British strategy was fractured,

:22:04. > :22:05.because our formal policy right up to the autumn of 2002

:22:06. > :22:07.was one of containment, that was the concluded

:22:08. > :22:16.But the Prime Minister was running one of coercive diplomacy,

:22:17. > :22:18.with the knowledge and support of the Foreign Secretary.

:22:19. > :22:20.But the Foreign Secretary hoped diplomacy would

:22:21. > :22:25.I think with the Prime Minister it probably looked the other way round.

:22:26. > :22:29.So it was clear to you that Tony Blair was running his own game

:22:30. > :22:31.with George Bush while the rest of the Government, apart

:22:32. > :22:36.from one or two people, didn't know what was going on?

:22:37. > :22:40.Tony Blair made much of, at various points and still does,

:22:41. > :22:43.I think, of the need to exert influence on American policy-making.

:22:44. > :22:46.To do that he said in terms at one point, "I have

:22:47. > :22:48.to accept their strategic objective of regime change in order

:22:49. > :23:04.So in effect it was a passive strategy, just go along.

:23:05. > :23:07.Now we can speak to Lord Falconer, former Lord Chancellor and a key

:23:08. > :23:10.ally to Tony Blair in the run-up to the war, Imran Khan,

:23:11. > :23:13.a lawyer who is bringing a private prosecution against Tony Blair over

:23:14. > :23:17.the war, Bill Stewardson, whose son Alex was killed in Iraq

:23:18. > :23:20.in 2007 and Tim Collins, a retired army officer

:23:21. > :23:34.Welcome, all of you. Thank you for joining us. Lord Falconer, first of

:23:35. > :23:39.all, he talks about a passive strategy in the run-up to war.

:23:40. > :23:46.Effectively, Tony Blair having decided early on he would support

:23:47. > :23:49.George Bush, come what may. The evidence he gave to the Iraq

:23:50. > :23:58.inquiry, Sir John Chilcot said it was emotionally truthful but relied

:23:59. > :24:01.on beliefs, not facts. The fundamental reason for going to war

:24:02. > :24:06.was the belief that there were weapons of mass destruction. Tony

:24:07. > :24:12.Blair believed that. In part of the interview you have not shown,

:24:13. > :24:15.Chilcot confirmed that he checked with the chairman of the joint

:24:16. > :24:20.intelligence committee, the person that assesses the intelligence, is

:24:21. > :24:23.it your view that there are weapons of mass destruction beyond

:24:24. > :24:28.reasonable doubt? The chairman of the committee said, yes, that is the

:24:29. > :24:31.position. He acted on an honest belief. What's more, Chilcot said on

:24:32. > :24:38.previous occasions, including this report, that he acquits the

:24:39. > :24:42.Government of deliberate you try to mislead the public or parliament.

:24:43. > :24:46.Yes, we were wrong in relation to whether or not there were weapons of

:24:47. > :24:51.mass destruction. But it wasn't a campaign of deceit that led to is

:24:52. > :24:57.going to war. Sir John Chilcot does not doubt Tony Blair's sincerity in

:24:58. > :25:01.saying that he believed what he was doing was right. But I guess it is

:25:02. > :25:06.the issue of whether it would have been different had he not started

:25:07. > :25:10.from a position of believing that it was the right action, and therefore,

:25:11. > :25:13.effectively, looking for things to back that up, rather than saying,

:25:14. > :25:18.let's keep a complete open mind. When you look at that document from

:25:19. > :25:23.2002, when Tony Blair said to George Bush, I shall be with you whatever,

:25:24. > :25:29.his mind was made up? What he was trying to do was get Bush to agree

:25:30. > :25:35.it was an international solution, rather than a unilateral solution by

:25:36. > :25:40.the UK. But it was signing up to war in early on? In exchange for that

:25:41. > :25:43.was that the USA agreed to go down the multilateral route of the United

:25:44. > :25:47.Nations, which ultimately didn't work. But that is what Tony was

:25:48. > :25:52.trying to achieve in relation to that. It was a legitimate thing to

:25:53. > :25:57.try to do. We were wrong, because there were no weapons of mass

:25:58. > :26:03.destruction, as we now know. But the point that Chilcot is making, they

:26:04. > :26:08.are fine points with the benefit of hindsight. The question that

:26:09. > :26:11.occupies minds and tortures people is the question of whether, have

:26:12. > :26:13.there been a different approach from the outset, the issue of whether

:26:14. > :26:17.there were weapons of mass destruction would have been found

:26:18. > :26:21.out before the war and therefore the course of history would have been

:26:22. > :26:24.completely different. That is a legitimate issue. What the British

:26:25. > :26:28.Government were trying to do, led by Tony Blair, was trying to get an

:26:29. > :26:35.international solution before force was used. To some extent, Tony

:26:36. > :26:39.achieve that by delaying, while the international community looked at

:26:40. > :26:43.the issue. But not for long enough, as it transpired. He talks about

:26:44. > :26:47.Tony Blair's state of mind. He said he was under great emotional

:26:48. > :26:52.pressure during the hearings on the Iraq inquiry. He said he was

:26:53. > :26:57.suffering, deeply engaged. How would you describe Tony Blair's state of

:26:58. > :27:00.mind? It is an issue of such gravity, the use of force and the

:27:01. > :27:06.fact that people have died because of the decisions that Tony has made.

:27:07. > :27:12.Of course it is a matter that is totally engaged. As Sir John Chilcot

:27:13. > :27:17.said, Tony did not depart from the truth in what he said. Does it still

:27:18. > :27:20.keep him awake at night? Sure he thinks about it every single day

:27:21. > :27:27.because of the enormity of the decisions had to make. Let's go to

:27:28. > :27:33.Bill Stewardson. Your son, Alex, was killed in Iraq in 2007. Do you

:27:34. > :27:37.believe your son was killed in a war that should never have happened?

:27:38. > :27:42.Good morning. No, I don't believe that for one second. I am very

:27:43. > :27:48.disappointed that Mr Chilcot has popped up, 12 months after a huge

:27:49. > :27:55.inquiry, to speak the way he has spoken. I accepted a long time ago

:27:56. > :28:00.that Mr Blair acted on reasonable evidence, placed in front of him. It

:28:01. > :28:04.is so very easy to jump on that issue afterwards and try to vilify

:28:05. > :28:10.him for taking what was a reasonable decision. There are a lot of parents

:28:11. > :28:15.and loved ones of people that did die in the war who think very

:28:16. > :28:18.differently from you. Do you understand where they are coming

:28:19. > :28:28.from? Do you have sympathy with their view? I wake up every day and

:28:29. > :28:31.missed my son, and live with the guilt. I am sure all of those other

:28:32. > :28:34.bereaved people are exactly the same. It is not for me to speak on

:28:35. > :28:41.their behalf. But it does have to be said, you played a clip again of a

:28:42. > :28:45.broken, bereaved relative in leading into this issue. Where is the good

:28:46. > :28:49.in that? As long as there are people whose loved ones will not come home

:28:50. > :28:53.today, there will be hatred of Tony Blair. That is the way it is. I do

:28:54. > :29:01.wish the media would leave that well alone. Kim Collins, what is your

:29:02. > :29:04.perspective now? John Chilcot says he believes things have changed in

:29:05. > :29:12.the military as a result of the inquiry. Well, I think the Iraq war

:29:13. > :29:15.was the beginning of the end for the British Army as we understood it.

:29:16. > :29:23.Not just Iraq, Afghanistan. We have a much smaller army now, an army

:29:24. > :29:30.that's focus has changed, the ethos is changing, it is less of an

:29:31. > :29:40.expeditionary ethos, it is more of a defensive mindset. That has come as

:29:41. > :29:44.a result of the Iraq war. One of the findings among the causes of this,

:29:45. > :29:53.one of the findings of the Chilcot Report was that the army was

:29:54. > :29:58.defeated in Iraq. Imran Khan, you are bringing a case against Tony

:29:59. > :30:02.Blair. There was a previous court ruling that effectively gave him

:30:03. > :30:07.immunity from prosecution. What is the case to a brain? The case you

:30:08. > :30:11.are referring to was in 2006, Lord Bingham, the head of the House of

:30:12. > :30:19.Lords, then was, said that Parliament need to bring in and act

:30:20. > :30:26.in order to bring make the act of aggression they crime in this

:30:27. > :30:29.country. When Chilcot Report is, my client is an Iraqi general whose

:30:30. > :30:34.life was destroyed as a result of the war, now claiming refugee status

:30:35. > :30:38.in another country. He read that report and said we ought to take

:30:39. > :30:41.action, this report sets out in damning terms precisely what

:30:42. > :30:48.happened. He laid the information at a spinster Magistrates' Court. We

:30:49. > :30:53.have to persuade the court in this country that Lord Bingham who made

:30:54. > :30:56.the decision, effectively giving immunity, that the decision was

:30:57. > :31:03.wrong. That was heard yesterday in the High Court and we are awaiting a

:31:04. > :31:11.decision. What is the public interest? Two, we have to make

:31:12. > :31:14.discretion conduct, those that conduct themselves in this way, they

:31:15. > :31:18.should be held accountable. Secondly, it is about deterring

:31:19. > :31:23.future leaders. Whatever political persuasion, we have to set a

:31:24. > :31:26.benchmark by which leaders, whichever country, behave. If they

:31:27. > :31:30.are going to take us into illegal wars, which we say it was, in this

:31:31. > :31:32.instance, they should be held accountable and prosecuted. Lord

:31:33. > :31:39.Falconer? What the government and Tony Blair

:31:40. > :31:42.were doing at the time was making judgments about the national

:31:43. > :31:49.interest. Chilcot today says maybe it wasn't necessary at the time, but

:31:50. > :31:53.it might have become necessary to save -- to say the Prime Minister

:31:54. > :31:57.should be in a criminal court for making these fine judgments with the

:31:58. > :32:01.benefit of hindsight seems to me to be wholly wrong. It is for the

:32:02. > :32:05.courts to decide whether there is is an offence. As Imran rightly says,

:32:06. > :32:09.the courts have said so far that there isn't such an offence, because

:32:10. > :32:12.the Prime Minister is making difficult judgments and giving

:32:13. > :32:17.leadership in relation to what is best for the UK. So my view is that

:32:18. > :32:21.there should not be a crime here. But as Imran says, the courts will

:32:22. > :32:24.decide that. They have so far dismissed the claim, saying there is

:32:25. > :32:31.not a crime and that the Prime Minister was defending the country.

:32:32. > :32:35.Bill Stewardson, what are your thoughts? Thank you for asking me.

:32:36. > :32:38.We are hearing all this noise about Tony Blair and it is time it

:32:39. > :32:42.stopped, but I would like to make a point. Mr Cameron sent RAF bombers

:32:43. > :32:50.on bombing raids without even informing parliament. Why are we not

:32:51. > :32:55.hearing the same thing about that? A final thoughts from you, Lord

:32:56. > :33:01.Falconer. What do you think about Sir John Chilcot's decision to speak

:33:02. > :33:05.out now and to effectively delve into the emotion of Tony Blair

:33:06. > :33:09.around the decision-making? I don't understand it. He took years to

:33:10. > :33:14.write the report and should stand behind it. He shouldn't give an

:33:15. > :33:15.interview like this. Thank you all very much.

:33:16. > :33:18.A spokesperson for Tony Blair said he had "dealt with the issues raised

:33:19. > :33:21.in detail following the publication of the report".

:33:22. > :33:40.With the news, here's Julian in the BBC Newsroom.

:33:41. > :33:44.President Trump has suggested that America may have to take action

:33:45. > :33:47.on North Korea following its long range missile test.

:33:48. > :33:56.with the Polish president in Warsaw, Mr Trump did not give any

:33:57. > :33:59.indication of the type of action, but said North Korea was behaving

:34:00. > :34:01.in a very dangerous manner and something will have

:34:02. > :34:05.The head of the inquiry into the Iraq war, Sir John Chilcot,

:34:06. > :34:07.has said he does not believe Tony Blair was "straight

:34:08. > :34:09.with the nation" about his decisions in the run-up

:34:10. > :34:15.He told BBC News that Mr Blair's evidence to the inquiry

:34:16. > :34:17.was "emotionally truthful", but he suggested that he had

:34:18. > :34:21.relied on his own beliefs rather than the facts.

:34:22. > :34:24.Mr Blair has previously said the inquiry found

:34:25. > :34:31.The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said that

:34:32. > :34:34."frictionless trade" with Britain will be possible only if the UK

:34:35. > :34:36.remains in the single market and the customs union.

:34:37. > :34:40.He said it will not be possible for Britain to enjoy all the benefits of

:34:41. > :34:41.the single market when it leaves. Speaking in Brussels,

:34:42. > :34:43.he said the EU's refusal to give Britain "piecemeal access"

:34:44. > :34:46.to the single market had not been Inspectors have warned that

:34:47. > :34:50.a quarter of social care services for adults in England

:34:51. > :34:53.are not safe enough. The Care Quality Commission

:34:54. > :34:56.says most care is good, but describes the quality of some

:34:57. > :34:58.services as "fragile That's a summary of the latest

:34:59. > :35:03.news, join me for BBC

:35:04. > :35:14.Newsroom Live at 11 o'clock. In the past half an hour,

:35:15. > :35:18.Manchester United have agreed a fee in the region of ?75 million

:35:19. > :35:21.for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku. United are understood to have

:35:22. > :35:25.been pursuing Lukaku for most of the summer,

:35:26. > :35:28.but the deal is not connected to talks aimed at taking

:35:29. > :35:32.Wayne Rooney to Everton. Mo Farah has stressed he has "never

:35:33. > :35:34.failed a blood test" following the release of hacked

:35:35. > :35:36.documents which appear to show his test results

:35:37. > :35:39.once caused suspicion. The data goes on to show

:35:40. > :35:41.Farah's results were later British and Irish Lions head

:35:42. > :35:47.coach Warren Gatland says they have the chance to "leave

:35:48. > :35:50.a legacy" by beating New Zealand in the decisive

:35:51. > :35:53.third Test on Saturday. Not for 46 years have they won

:35:54. > :35:58.a series against the All Blacks. Johanna Konta is one of four Britons

:35:59. > :36:00.through to the third That's not happened for 20 years -

:36:01. > :36:06.and it could be five, if Kyle Edmund beats

:36:07. > :36:15.Gael Monfils today. And England have won the toss and

:36:16. > :36:16.chose in to bat in the test against South Africa at Lord's. They start

:36:17. > :36:23.at 11 o'clock. Thanks, Jessica. In May, the breast surgeon

:36:24. > :36:26.Ian Paterson was jailed for carrying out unnecessary operations

:36:27. > :36:28.on hundreds of his patients. In some cases, he'd

:36:29. > :36:30.invented a cancer diagnosis in order to persuade women

:36:31. > :36:34.to go under the knife. The patients he treated on the NHS

:36:35. > :36:39.have received compensation, but his private patients are having

:36:40. > :36:41.to fight in court to get their money and fear they may

:36:42. > :36:44.end up with nothing. We can speak now to two

:36:45. > :36:47.of Mr Paterson's private patients, who as of yet have received no

:36:48. > :36:49.compensation, Deborah Douglas Linda Milliband is

:36:50. > :37:07.the lawyer representing Linda, tell us what the situation is

:37:08. > :37:13.for private patients regarding compensation. Why is it different?

:37:14. > :37:17.In this case, there are three defendants to the civil case which

:37:18. > :37:22.will be heard at the High Court in London in October. The heart of

:37:23. > :37:31.England foundation trusts and the MDU, who represent Mr Paterson are

:37:32. > :37:34.saying that Mr Paterson only have operating rights in their hospital

:37:35. > :37:39.and therefore, he was not an employee of theirs. So they do not

:37:40. > :37:47.think they have to compensate the claimants in this case. And there is

:37:48. > :37:52.the company that covered Ian Paterson, they covered him the ?10

:37:53. > :37:54.million of claims against him personally. But there is a

:37:55. > :38:03.possibility that they could not be liable for pay-outs if the clause

:38:04. > :38:09.that says someone has committed a crime, they are not liable for

:38:10. > :38:13.pay-outs? Yes. The MDU originally said they would put up the ?10

:38:14. > :38:19.million, but after the verdict was given, they said they were reviewing

:38:20. > :38:23.that. There are two clauses that they might withdraw the cover for.

:38:24. > :38:27.The first one is indeed if Mr Paterson was involved in criminal

:38:28. > :38:35.activity. The second one is whether he was involved in dishonest or

:38:36. > :38:44.fraudulent activity. Obviously, they have known about his behaviour since

:38:45. > :38:49.these cases commenced in 2013 and we think it is unfortunate that they

:38:50. > :38:57.are now starting to review this cover within months of the trial.

:38:58. > :39:01.Deborah, you had an unnecessary mastectomy, which must have been

:39:02. > :39:05.horrendous to go through and horrendous than to find out you

:39:06. > :39:14.didn't even have to have it. When did you find out it had been

:39:15. > :39:17.unnecessary? It was after I had the solicitors involved. I have seen

:39:18. > :39:24.several private consultants, and none of them would admit... They

:39:25. > :39:28.admitted that I had had not enough breast tissue taken away. However,

:39:29. > :39:31.one of them said to me, I am not going to put this in writing because

:39:32. > :39:36.I don't want to go to court. So I had to see the solicitors to get an

:39:37. > :39:42.independent assessment, and that was when I knew that I shouldn't have

:39:43. > :39:47.had the operation. In effect, it left me with 50% breast tissue still

:39:48. > :39:52.there after I received a full mastectomy. So to go through all

:39:53. > :39:56.that and then to have to fight to get the case to court with

:39:57. > :40:00.solicitors and everybody that was involved and now at the last hour,

:40:01. > :40:06.when it is going to a civil case, for the MDU to come out with this

:40:07. > :40:10.statement is appalling. There is no thought for what this is doing to

:40:11. > :40:18.the emotions of the patients involved. So for me, this is another

:40:19. > :40:23.nightmare. We just want this over now and we want to be compensated

:40:24. > :40:33.for the years of anguish and the problems we have had, the mental and

:40:34. > :40:39.physical issues we have had. We had unnecessary surgery. Helen, what was

:40:40. > :40:44.your experience with Ian Paterson? I underwent five unnecessary

:40:45. > :40:52.operations between 2004 and 2009. And again, I found out via the GMC

:40:53. > :40:59.in July of 2012 that each of my operations had been unnecessary. And

:41:00. > :41:03.how do you feel now about not just having been through that, but the

:41:04. > :41:06.prospect of also not getting any compensation? It just adds to the

:41:07. > :41:15.frustration of myself and the other women and men at the hands of

:41:16. > :41:28.Paterson. The fact that he was convicted, it just adds insult to

:41:29. > :41:35.injury. Presumably, you wish you had gone on the NHS. How are you left

:41:36. > :41:39.feeling about the whole thing? Well, people believe that if you go

:41:40. > :41:43.private, you have the quickness of getting into surgery and you have

:41:44. > :41:53.cover. But people need to understand that as the law stands, they are not

:41:54. > :41:59.covered if a consultant or surgeon undertakes any criminal activity.

:42:00. > :42:08.There is no cover whatsoever. I should just read a statement from

:42:09. > :42:14.Spire health care. Spire runs the hospital where Ian Paterson was

:42:15. > :42:20.operating. They said they didn't have responsibility for what he was

:42:21. > :42:24.doing because he was working there independently. Spire has been

:42:25. > :42:28.responding since these matters came to light. "We Encourage other

:42:29. > :42:34.parties to do the same. We would be concerned that any failure by MDU,

:42:35. > :42:37.the insurance company, to stand behind its member in Paterson. We

:42:38. > :42:41.urge them to ensure cover is available for patient claims. The

:42:42. > :42:45.MDU is key to resolving this litigation. Where anyone has been

:42:46. > :42:51.mistreated, the appropriate party must take responsibility, learn the

:42:52. > :42:58.lessons and make amends". We have no statement from MDU. But thank you

:42:59. > :43:03.all for joining us. We will stay across developments as they happen.

:43:04. > :43:06.When now, let's take you to the House of Commons, where Labour's

:43:07. > :43:10.social care minister Barbara Keeley is asking the government an urgent

:43:11. > :43:14.question about funding for adult social care. Today, a CQC report

:43:15. > :43:19.shows that in some areas, it is completely unacceptable that some

:43:20. > :43:22.standards are below those expected by care users and their families.

:43:23. > :43:25.This government views social care as a priority, which is why the spring

:43:26. > :43:30.Budget this year announced an additional ?2 billion to councils in

:43:31. > :43:34.England over the next three years to spend on adult social care services.

:43:35. > :43:39.This means total councils will have access to 9.25 billion pounds more

:43:40. > :43:42.dedicated funding for social care in the next three years, enough to

:43:43. > :43:46.increase social care spending real terms. We have also been clear that

:43:47. > :43:51.later this year, we will be consulting on the future of social

:43:52. > :43:54.in this country. My right honourable friend the Health Secretary updated

:43:55. > :43:58.the House on Monday about action he has taken to address delayed

:43:59. > :44:03.discharges from hospital in advance of this winter. Last year, there

:44:04. > :44:06.were 2.25 delayed discharges, up 24.5% from the 1.81 million in the

:44:07. > :44:10.previous year. This government is clear that no one should stay in a

:44:11. > :44:15.hospital bed longer than necessary. It removes people's dignity, reduces

:44:16. > :44:22.quality of life and leads to poorer health and is more expensive for the

:44:23. > :44:24.taxpayer. Since February, there have been significant improvements within

:44:25. > :44:28.the health care system, with a record decrease in delayed

:44:29. > :44:31.discharges from April this year. But we must make faster and more

:44:32. > :44:35.significant progress in advance of next winter to free up beds for the

:44:36. > :44:38.sickest patients and reduce pressures on A, which is why we

:44:39. > :44:43.have introduced a further package of measures to support both the NHS and

:44:44. > :44:47.local councils. This package includes guidance, plans a local

:44:48. > :44:52.government and the NHS to deliver an equal share of expectation to free

:44:53. > :44:57.up 2500 hospital beds and CQC reviews. We have been clear that we

:44:58. > :45:00.will consider a review in November of 2018-19 allocations of social

:45:01. > :45:05.care funding provided in the spring Budget of 2017 for areas that are

:45:06. > :45:09.poorly performing. We have been clear that the Budget funding will

:45:10. > :45:15.remain with local government to be used for adult social care.

:45:16. > :45:20.The health minister, talking about the CQC report today that loads of

:45:21. > :45:28.you are getting in touch with us about on the programme today. Your

:45:29. > :45:33.concerns around care. One person has got in touch through Twitter,

:45:34. > :45:40.saying, my daughter and I have agreed I will never end up in a care

:45:41. > :45:46.home. Scarlett says homes are sad places, no matter how well they are

:45:47. > :45:50.run. Thank you for your comments, too many to read out all of them. We

:45:51. > :45:54.do read them all, but we have too many to read out on air. They are

:45:55. > :45:55.always welcome, they do get looked at.

:45:56. > :45:57.We're approaching peak wedding season and South Asian

:45:58. > :45:59.weddings are often, bigger, louder and more expensive that

:46:00. > :46:05.But what if your wedding is just one big lie?

:46:06. > :46:09.Mobeen Azhar has been meeting gay British Asians who are entering

:46:10. > :46:11.heterosexual marriages not for love, but to hide

:46:12. > :46:17.A marriage of convenience would be between a gay man and a lesbian,

:46:18. > :46:20.to get the societal pressures off their back and to appease

:46:21. > :47:06.To be honest, it was a great occasion to actually

:47:07. > :47:12.I had absolutely no idea what was going on.

:47:13. > :47:16.The best way I can describe it is just a blur.

:47:17. > :47:19.However, I do know that I was quite excited about the fact

:47:20. > :47:22.that it was a new chapter that I was entering.

:47:23. > :47:28.We ended up staying in a hotel in London.

:47:29. > :47:31.We went upstairs and she was heavily made up, so she decided to start

:47:32. > :47:37.taking off her make-up, hair pieces etc.

:47:38. > :47:41.She was taking off her headpieces, her hair pieces.

:47:42. > :47:44.My friends decided to try them on, just to see if we could lighten

:47:45. > :47:49.At this point, you're in a hotel room, it's your wedding night,

:47:50. > :47:51.you've got your friends there, your gay friends there.

:47:52. > :47:56.You've got your wife there, a lesbian.

:47:57. > :47:59.Was there an element of you that thought "We've deceived

:48:00. > :48:05.It's about basically prioritising, working towards the greater good.

:48:06. > :48:07.I think that, because of that, both of us, I don't think

:48:08. > :48:19.We feel like we need to do it to fit into the community and to be able

:48:20. > :48:25.The reason why I wouldn't come out to my parents,

:48:26. > :48:30.because I would straight up be disowned.

:48:31. > :48:33.It is upsetting, and that's the whole purpose that we go back

:48:34. > :48:36.I've been searching for a good three to four years now.

:48:37. > :48:38.These days, you can go onto Facebook.

:48:39. > :48:40.You can get mock marriage websites, where you can pay

:48:41. > :48:45.There's a lot you can find through mutual friends as well

:48:46. > :48:51.I don't know why, but I tend to look at height.

:48:52. > :48:54.The reason is that if I feel like I want a mock partner,

:48:55. > :48:56.you want to look like a realistic couple.

:48:57. > :49:04.On top of that, you're trying to meet your family's needs.

:49:05. > :49:06.The same time, the potential mock partner is trying

:49:07. > :49:12.The first option is that you live together, so you would either rent

:49:13. > :49:17.You live together but act like a couple and visit

:49:18. > :49:20.Or you would just choose one partner's property

:49:21. > :49:26.So when the family come to visit, the partner would come to visit

:49:27. > :49:34.and you would rearrange the whole bedroom to make it look

:49:35. > :49:37.like you are an actual loving couple living in a perfect home.

:49:38. > :49:39.Are there are a lot of people looking?

:49:40. > :49:41.Probably a third look for a marriage of convenience.

:49:42. > :49:43.So a third of gay Asians in Britain are looking

:49:44. > :49:51.It is, because of the way we are raised in regards

:49:52. > :50:08.People think you're being a bit more of a coward and you're not really

:50:09. > :50:15.dealing with your sexuality, but it's nothing like that at all.

:50:16. > :50:18.A majority of the gay community is very judgmental

:50:19. > :50:24.There is a lack of respect, I would say.

:50:25. > :50:27.Even if you were out, I would say in the gay community,

:50:28. > :50:30.it's like the more you learn about it, the more you realise how

:50:31. > :50:33.narrow it is to actually find something healthy and balanced.

:50:34. > :50:36.Isn't there an argument that by entering into that lie,

:50:37. > :50:38.the whole foundation of the relationship

:50:39. > :50:48.It's not like me marrying a straight guy or whatever.

:50:49. > :50:52.Do you never think about meeting a nice girl and settling down?

:50:53. > :51:05.It could work hand in hand, it's just the way you do it.

:51:06. > :51:08.You're still going to have the family and society there.

:51:09. > :51:14.If that relationship breaks down, there is not a lot left.

:51:15. > :51:21.The friendship changed to expectations of companionship,

:51:22. > :51:26.and expectations changed where, towards the beginning,

:51:27. > :51:29.I was going to be allowed to be in a relationship with somebody

:51:30. > :51:38.She no longer wanted that, and I think that that is something

:51:39. > :51:47.However, I think the stresses of not being able to do

:51:48. > :51:50.what I really want to do, which is be able

:51:51. > :51:54.to have a successful relationship, had its toll.

:51:55. > :52:28.We talked about it and we decided to part ways.

:52:29. > :52:30.The plight of 10-month old Charlie Gard, who has

:52:31. > :52:35.an extremely rare genetic disease, has made headlines across the globe.

:52:36. > :52:41.In the last few days his parents' desperate campaign to keep him

:52:42. > :52:44.on life support, so they could seek treatment overseas, has been

:52:45. > :52:47.picked up by the Vatican and President Trump.

:52:48. > :52:53.It comes after a court ruling that his life support should be switched

:52:54. > :52:57.off in his best interests, after his parents effectively went up against

:52:58. > :53:00.doctors at great Ormond Street in terms of what is in his best

:53:01. > :53:02.interests. The court ruled in favour of the doctors.

:53:03. > :53:05.The Italian government has offered to treat the terminally ill baby,

:53:06. > :53:07.but the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, says that for legal

:53:08. > :53:09.reasons it is impossible for him to be transferred.

:53:10. > :53:11.Earlier this week the US President tweeted saying

:53:12. > :53:19.if the US can help Charlie, it would be delighted to do so.

:53:20. > :53:21.Charlie Gard's parents have already lost their legal battle -

:53:22. > :53:24.both here and in the European court - to keep him alive

:53:25. > :53:30.against the advice of doctors at the Great Ormond Street hospital.

:53:31. > :53:32.He has mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic

:53:33. > :53:33.condition which causes progressive muscle weakness.

:53:34. > :53:35.Yesterday, during Prime Ministers questions, Theresa May said

:53:36. > :53:45.the family were in an unimaginable position.

:53:46. > :53:48.I'm sure the thoughts of all members of the House

:53:49. > :53:49.are with the family and

:53:50. > :53:50.Charlie at this exceptionally difficult time.

:53:51. > :53:53.It's an unimaginable position for anybody to be in.

:53:54. > :53:54.And I fully understand and appreciate that

:53:55. > :53:57.any parent in these circumstances will want to do everything possible,

:53:58. > :54:00.and explore every option, for their seriously ill child.

:54:01. > :54:02.But I also know that no doctor ever wants to be

:54:03. > :54:05.placed in the terrible position where they have to make such

:54:06. > :54:11.The honourable lady referred to the fact

:54:12. > :54:15.I'm confident that Great Ormond Street Hospital have and always

:54:16. > :54:17.will consider any offers or new information with

:54:18. > :54:20.consideration of the well-being of a desperately ill child.

:54:21. > :54:23.Charlie's parents have raised ?1.3 million on a crowdfunding

:54:24. > :54:31.site to pay for experimental treatment in the US.

:54:32. > :54:33.Speaking on our programme in early June, they told Victoria why

:54:34. > :54:38.Well, we just think he deserves a chance.

:54:39. > :54:48.If it doesn't work, we will let him go, but we will know that we have

:54:49. > :54:50.done everything that we possibly can, and everyone

:54:51. > :54:52.else has done everything that they possibly can.

:54:53. > :54:54.Well, the doctor said, even he said, if, after three months,

:54:55. > :54:57.there was no sign of improvement, he wouldn't carry on.

:54:58. > :55:00.So it's not as if we are going to get to the end of

:55:01. > :55:03.the three months and go, you know what, he's got a tracheostomy now,

:55:04. > :55:08.So, you know, that would be very final for

:55:09. > :55:10.us, and then we can go, you know what?

:55:11. > :55:13.We tried everything we possibly could.

:55:14. > :55:18.With me now is our legal correspondent Clive Coleman.

:55:19. > :55:24.As I mentioned, lots of people saying we want to help, people are

:55:25. > :55:27.giving money. You've got the President of the United States and

:55:28. > :55:31.the Pope saying that they would do what they can. In the end, there is

:55:32. > :55:36.that court ruling. Where does that leave things? That stands. The

:55:37. > :55:40.ruling back in April, at the time, the judge said he was ruling with

:55:41. > :55:43.the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for Charlie's

:55:44. > :55:46.best interests. The ruling was challenged in the Court of Appeal.

:55:47. > :55:50.There were further challenges attempted to be brought up the

:55:51. > :55:53.Supreme Court, the European Court of Human Rights. They all failed. The

:55:54. > :55:59.situation here is desperately sad. I should also point out it is very,

:56:00. > :56:03.very rare. Normally, parents will liaise with clinicians and jointly

:56:04. > :56:07.decide what is in the child's best interests. Here, you have a complete

:56:08. > :56:22.stand-off between the courts. That is what Mr

:56:23. > :56:27.Justice Francis did in April. It has subsequently been challenged, but

:56:28. > :56:30.that challenge has been unsuccessful. The legal process has

:56:31. > :56:37.run its course and the original ruling stands. In spite of these

:56:38. > :56:40.very, very high profile and heavyweight offers of help and

:56:41. > :56:48.assistance, that does not affect the legal process. So, Charlie is still

:56:49. > :56:53.on life support. There are rumours that it is potentially going to be

:56:54. > :56:57.switched off even today? Those are just rumours, and we don't know. We

:56:58. > :57:02.know that the hospital had given additional time to Charlie's parents

:57:03. > :57:07.before life-support is withdrawn. At the moment, as I say, the court

:57:08. > :57:13.ruling stands and the clinicians have the power and that court ruling

:57:14. > :57:17.to withdraw the life-support system. Of course, they will do that in

:57:18. > :57:22.consultation with Charlie's parents. It remains a desperately sad

:57:23. > :57:30.situation. Thank you very much. A lot of you getting in touch on care.

:57:31. > :57:34.In 2003, my mum died in a care home. The funeral directors informed me

:57:35. > :57:37.her body was badly bruised. I was so upset that I could not take action

:57:38. > :57:45.at the time, a decision I regret to this day. Ruth says, as a retired

:57:46. > :57:49.district nurse, we were appalled in the 90s when it was taken from the

:57:50. > :57:54.district nursing service onto social services. Consequently, the quality

:57:55. > :57:57.of care has suffered. There are good carers out there, but there are a

:57:58. > :58:03.huge number hired without experience of how to care for people, let alone

:58:04. > :58:07.those that are sick or disabled. Gail says that she has concerns

:58:08. > :58:15.about her mother, she lost two and a half stone. She told the carers she

:58:16. > :58:19.had eaten, but she hadn't. I have also had to complain about them not

:58:20. > :58:22.changing her regularly and not following instructions in the care

:58:23. > :58:26.plan. It is such a struggle, it shouldn't have to be like that.

:58:27. > :58:32.Thank you for your comments and I will see you tomorrow.

:58:33. > :58:35.'From the heights of the Scottish Highlands

:58:36. > :58:40.'to the shores of East Anglia, I've travelled across Britain...'

:58:41. > :58:43.'..to learn about the food I cook for my family...'