:00:00. > :00:00.Net migration to the UK falls by a quarter -
:00:00. > :00:08.it's at its lowest level for three years.
:00:09. > :00:12.New figures suggest migrants from eastern and central European
:00:13. > :00:18.We'll look at whether the shift is a consequence of Brexit.
:00:19. > :00:21.Also this lunchtime: The number of students getting top GCSE grades
:00:22. > :00:25.in Maths and English has fallen slightly - after the introduction
:00:26. > :00:32.The husband of the woman knocked down and killed by a speeding
:00:33. > :00:35.cyclist in London calls for a change in the law, to tackle irresponsible
:00:36. > :00:43.I'm asking that the law catches up, as it is doing with technology,
:00:44. > :00:45.with social media, with all of these things.
:00:46. > :00:49.I'm just asking that the law catches up.
:00:50. > :00:52.The mobile phone group Dixons Carphone issues
:00:53. > :00:54.a profits warning - it says increasingly expensive
:00:55. > :01:00.handsets has led to a slump in people buying.
:01:01. > :01:07.Get out on regular brisk walks, says Public Health England -
:01:08. > :01:12.to prevent cancer, heart disease and poor mental health.
:01:13. > :01:16.And coming up in the sport on BBC News: EFL holders Man United have
:01:17. > :01:19.been drawn against Burton in the third round of the Cup.
:01:20. > :01:41.Leicester, Arsenal and West Ham are also in the mix.
:01:42. > :01:45.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:46. > :01:48.There's been a sharp fall in the number of EU citizens
:01:49. > :01:51.Net migration - the difference between those entering
:01:52. > :01:58.and leaving the UK - fell 81,000 to 246,000
:01:59. > :02:02.The Office for National Statistics said the figures suggest migrants
:02:03. > :02:06.from eastern and central European countries, the so called EU8
:02:07. > :02:12.Despite today's falling figures, the government remains well short
:02:13. > :02:16.of its target of bringing net migration below 100,000.
:02:17. > :02:33.Today's new numbers be the early signs of Brexit. Net migration, the
:02:34. > :02:40.difference between those entering and leaving the UK, fell, to
:02:41. > :02:45.246,000, in the year to March 2000 and 17. That's a drop of 81,000 on
:02:46. > :02:51.the previous year. Much of that figure is down to net migration of
:02:52. > :02:55.EU citizens falling, by 51,000. But despite today's falling figures, the
:02:56. > :03:01.government remains well short of its targets of bringing net migration
:03:02. > :03:07.below 100,000. Since the EU referendum we've seen falls in net
:03:08. > :03:14.migration for EU citizens and in particular those for Eastern
:03:15. > :03:18.European, and that's been driven by emigration of Eastern European
:03:19. > :03:23.citizens who are returning for work. The Office for National Statistics
:03:24. > :03:27.figures show a sharp rise in people from the so-called EU8 countries
:03:28. > :03:31.leaving the UK. But migration experts say the overall net
:03:32. > :03:37.migration figure is still too high. A level is still two and ?50,000 a
:03:38. > :03:42.year. That's a massive number four net migration and that's what's
:03:43. > :03:47.going to drive our population up by half a million every year for the
:03:48. > :03:51.indefinite future -- the level is still 250,000 a year. It means
:03:52. > :03:56.building a city the size of Birmingham every two years. This
:03:57. > :04:00.cafe serves Scandinavian cuisine but advertising for new staff is
:04:01. > :04:06.increasingly expensive. It normally costs ?200. But that shot up to more
:04:07. > :04:09.than ?2000 this summer. I might not choose London because of Brexit and
:04:10. > :04:12.what will happen next year in the year after. They want some form of
:04:13. > :04:15.security and knowledge that they are allowed to stay and work in the
:04:16. > :04:21.country they are choosing to go to. Finding stuff here may be difficult,
:04:22. > :04:25.but the government says it wants to get immigration even lower. Labour
:04:26. > :04:30.warns that could harm the economy. We want to be clear, we welcome
:04:31. > :04:32.people from around the world and people from all over Europe, 3
:04:33. > :04:36.million of whom are in this country at the moment contributing to our
:04:37. > :04:40.society, they play an important part in our economy. We need to continue
:04:41. > :04:45.to welcome people. We also need to be clear that when we leave the EU
:04:46. > :04:49.we will have more control of our borders. The NHS, particularly in
:04:50. > :04:54.England, is facing problems of nurse recruitment because of the number of
:04:55. > :04:57.EU citizens coming. We have to have stability and migration based on
:04:58. > :05:02.economic needs of the UK and that's what we're working on. As well as
:05:03. > :05:08.these new migration figures, new data from exit checks at ports and
:05:09. > :05:11.airports has also been released. The data revealed that when it comes to
:05:12. > :05:16.international students, one of the biggest groups of immigrants, the
:05:17. > :05:21.results weren't what some people previously thought. 97% of them left
:05:22. > :05:26.when they finished their courses and therefore didn't abuse their visas.
:05:27. > :05:30.And to build a clearer picture of this the government has now
:05:31. > :05:34.announced that it's going to start a new investigation looking at the
:05:35. > :05:41.impact of international students on the UK's society and economy. The
:05:42. > :05:42.study is expected to be completed by September 2018. Adina Campbell, BBC
:05:43. > :05:44.News. Our home affairs correspondent
:05:45. > :05:54.Dominic Casciani is here. What is driving all of this change?
:05:55. > :05:57.Of was going to think it's going to be the chilling effects of Brexit. I
:05:58. > :05:59.think it's probably a little bit more complicate it than that but
:06:00. > :06:04.there's no doubt there's something in my going on. The ONS, the
:06:05. > :06:08.statisticians, they are cautioning, saying hang on a minute before we
:06:09. > :06:12.make any real assumptions about Brexit. But the figures do speak for
:06:13. > :06:17.themselves. The number, the net migration from Eastern Europe alone
:06:18. > :06:21.has halved since the vote took place. Now anecdotally you pick up
:06:22. > :06:25.stories. I've been out talking to migrants over the past year, I
:06:26. > :06:28.didn't work -- I did a lot of work around the general election where
:06:29. > :06:34.people said they were scared. The pound is significantly dropped so if
:06:35. > :06:38.you are Polish worker, the number of zloty you could buy back home has
:06:39. > :06:42.really decreased. It starts to really is the question whether its
:06:43. > :06:46.worth come to the UK anymore. -- it starts to raise the question. Some
:06:47. > :06:50.of the European countries are starting to grow faster than the UK,
:06:51. > :06:54.Poland being example. That's a key driver. One other thought, ministers
:06:55. > :07:00.will be buoyed because they had this target they want to hit but the
:07:01. > :07:03.figure from the rest of the world is still 180,000, that's well above the
:07:04. > :07:07.target habit something they have to try to get to grips with. Dominic
:07:08. > :07:11.Casciani, thank you. Let's talk about the politics of it, our
:07:12. > :07:15.political correspondent Leila Nathoo is at Westminster. That's
:07:16. > :07:19.politically the key point, isn't it, that the overall figure is still not
:07:20. > :07:23.where the government wants it to be? That's right, I think there are a
:07:24. > :07:26.number of issues thrown up by these figures. First is this target that
:07:27. > :07:32.Dominic was mentioning, the government has a long-standing but
:07:33. > :07:35.never achieved as of yet target of getting net migration down to the
:07:36. > :07:38.tens of thousands. When you think it currently stands at almost 250,000
:07:39. > :07:45.come you can see how far away that is. I think that Labour are talking
:07:46. > :07:48.about this being a shambles, and arbitrary target, and calling for
:07:49. > :07:51.the government to abandon it. The government is insisting it's not
:07:52. > :07:55.complacent and it is still committed to getting it down to a sustainable
:07:56. > :07:59.level but there's a second issue that has been thrown up and that's
:08:00. > :08:03.the issue of EU citizens. People will read this as EU citizens
:08:04. > :08:07.fleeing the country after the Brexit referendum and although the ONS says
:08:08. > :08:16.it's too early to say whether this is a long-term trend, the Liberal
:08:17. > :08:19.Democrats for example are seizing on this, calling it a Brexodous.
:08:20. > :08:22.Ministers would say they've made a fair offer to EU citizens of settled
:08:23. > :08:26.status and I think the government says we will see more of its
:08:27. > :08:31.immigration policy a bit further down the line and finally, on this
:08:32. > :08:37.issue of foreign students here, and the idea that exit checks data
:08:38. > :08:40.reveals that most foreign students are not overstaying their visas, the
:08:41. > :08:44.idea that exit checks are not currently used to calculate the
:08:45. > :08:49.current net migration figures will I think reopen the debate about the
:08:50. > :08:51.methodology such a politically sensitive figure. Thanks, Leila
:08:52. > :08:55.Nathoo at Westminster. The number of teenagers gaining
:08:56. > :08:57.the highest GCSE grades has fallen slightly,
:08:58. > :08:59.after exam boards moved For the first time, students
:09:00. > :09:03.in England have been graded from nine to one in English
:09:04. > :09:05.language, English literature and maths, with nine
:09:06. > :09:06.being the top mark. Our education correspondent
:09:07. > :09:21.Gillian Hargreaves is at Yes, across England, Wales and
:09:22. > :09:25.Northern Ireland, thousands of students will have received their
:09:26. > :09:29.GCSE results by now. I spent the morning with pupils at this school,
:09:30. > :09:32.as they opened those fateful envelopes.
:09:33. > :09:48.You know the routine. The journey... The weight... The nerves... Then the
:09:49. > :09:54.results. College. I've got in, I'm all right. I passed everything!
:09:55. > :09:58.Pretty good, I'm really proud of myself. In England and new grading
:09:59. > :10:04.system for GCSE English and maths, but only a few will achieve the top
:10:05. > :10:10.grade nine. Great four is broadly being impaired to an old-style grade
:10:11. > :10:13.C and is considered a standard part. However, the government says the new
:10:14. > :10:20.grade five should be considered what they call a strong pass. I've only
:10:21. > :10:25.just passed maths, by a little bit. Yeah, I'm happy with it. In fact,
:10:26. > :10:31.some maths papers were so challenging in England this year you
:10:32. > :10:35.only needed 18% to pass. The subject content is significantly harder and
:10:36. > :10:38.in the higher maths paper, some of the old A-level content is in there
:10:39. > :10:41.so people will take confidence that these results are going to be
:10:42. > :10:46.world-class. Which is why they've all this -- which is why there have
:10:47. > :10:49.been all these changes this year. The government wants students such
:10:50. > :10:54.as these to compete with the best in the world. We want our young people
:10:55. > :10:59.to be equipped to do well in the world of work, in a competitive
:11:00. > :11:02.global economy and so it has been necessary. The new grading system
:11:03. > :11:07.has been introduced to draw a distinction between the old GCSE and
:11:08. > :11:14.these new more demanding GCSEs. But the combination of new and old style
:11:15. > :11:17.exams has caused confusion and lead head teachers' unions to say the
:11:18. > :11:21.pace of change has been too quick. We will look back and think this has
:11:22. > :11:24.been a very distracting process. The most important thing is to let
:11:25. > :11:29.teachers get on and teach and the students we need to focus on in
:11:30. > :11:34.particular those middle -- middle ability and lower ability students
:11:35. > :11:38.who are easily neglected and by focusing on the top end we neglect
:11:39. > :11:42.them either further. Students have spent two years getting used to the
:11:43. > :11:44.changes but the next big challenges explaining it to employers who
:11:45. > :11:52.recruit 16-year-olds for apprenticeships. At this hairdresser
:11:53. > :11:55.they'd take on several 16-year-old apprentices each year but the owner
:11:56. > :12:00.isn't sure how he'll be up to work out who has the best qualifications.
:12:01. > :12:05.I'm going to be slightly confused, but over a period of time we'll work
:12:06. > :12:11.it out. A standard pass, I think that would be our borderline, a
:12:12. > :12:16.four, definitely. It's not just pupils in England who's been picking
:12:17. > :12:23.up results. Welsh students have also been finding out how they fared in
:12:24. > :12:26.new tougher exams. Ministers are determined to make GCSEs harder, to
:12:27. > :12:30.end what some see as dumbing down. This year's results, the first of
:12:31. > :12:36.the reformed exams, are putting those ambitions to the test as well.
:12:37. > :12:44.Just to illustrate how hard is to get that top grade nine, we've been
:12:45. > :12:49.told, bearing in mind 600,016 -year-olds sit these exams each
:12:50. > :12:53.year, we've been told only 2000 of them have got that top grade nine in
:12:54. > :13:01.English language, English literature and mathematics, the three reformed
:13:02. > :13:06.examines in England -- bearing in mind 600,000 16-year-olds it these
:13:07. > :13:10.exams. It shows how difficult it is to get that top grade, to
:13:11. > :13:13.distinguish the ultra-right from the very bright. Gillian Hargreaves.
:13:14. > :13:15.The widower of the woman who was killed by a cyclist
:13:16. > :13:18.using a fixed gear bike, without front brakes, is launching
:13:19. > :13:21.Yesterday 20-year-old Charlie Alliston was convicted
:13:22. > :13:24.of wanton and furious driving, an offence dating back to 1861,
:13:25. > :13:28.but was cleared of manslaughter, following the death of Kim Briggs.
:13:29. > :13:31.Her husband, Matthew, is calling for the creation of new offences,
:13:32. > :13:43.He's been speaking to our correspondent, Dan Johnson.
:13:44. > :13:51.She had this mantra of make everyday count. Enormous believer in filling
:13:52. > :13:58.life with experiences, with travel. She was always happy, always willing
:13:59. > :14:07.to help people, always willing to lend an ear. Yeah, she was just
:14:08. > :14:13.fantastic. Kim Riggs, a wife and a mother who was hit by a bike. -- Kim
:14:14. > :14:16.Briggs. She suffered serious head injuries and died a week later. That
:14:17. > :14:21.bike should never have been on the road. It was designed for the
:14:22. > :14:26.velodrome. Fixed gear and with no front brake. Riding it was Charlie
:14:27. > :14:28.Alliston, in the middle. Cleared yesterday of manslaughter, but
:14:29. > :14:36.convicted under a law from Victorian times of causing bodily harm by
:14:37. > :14:39.wanton or furious driving. Kim Briggs' family welcomed the verdict
:14:40. > :14:42.but they are calling for the law to be changed. More and more people
:14:43. > :14:48.cycling which is a really good thing, but the law is outdated. It
:14:49. > :14:52.refers back to 1861 and I'm just asking that the law catches up, as
:14:53. > :14:56.it is doing with technology, with social media, with all of these
:14:57. > :15:01.things. I'm just asking that the law catches up. This case raises some
:15:02. > :15:04.broader issues about how cyclists and pedestrians share the same space
:15:05. > :15:08.but the key question is how much responsibility should cyclists have
:15:09. > :15:12.for safety on the road. Should that responsibility be at the same level
:15:13. > :15:16.of car drivers rush to mark questions that have prompted plenty
:15:17. > :15:21.of debate. Especially amongst cyclists. You regularly see bikes
:15:22. > :15:25.that are not fit for the road basically and shouldn't be out on
:15:26. > :15:29.the road, bikes with three wheels that have brakes that don't work,
:15:30. > :15:34.that are more dangerous than a fixed wheel without brakes. Especially now
:15:35. > :15:39.pedestrians have a phone with them, on the head, they are looking up the
:15:40. > :15:44.phone, so they are really distracted. A response ability to
:15:45. > :15:50.travel on the roads someone's causing date -- death by dangerous
:15:51. > :15:54.cycling, why should it be different from causing death by dangerous
:15:55. > :15:58.driving? Cycling groups aren't opposed to a review but there are
:15:59. > :16:02.calls for all traffic laws to be brought up to date. The problem we
:16:03. > :16:07.have got is there's a stack of offences in relation to the conduct
:16:08. > :16:11.of people on the roads, where we use careless, reckless, furious, wanton,
:16:12. > :16:17.dangerous, and there's a huge inconsistency of peoples perception
:16:18. > :16:21.of what these are, what the consequence should be, and the whole
:16:22. > :16:25.issue needs to be looked at in a holistic review of all matters. I'm
:16:26. > :16:29.doing this to honour her. It's not an easy thing to do, to put myself
:16:30. > :16:33.out there when we've been quite a private family up until now, but it
:16:34. > :16:38.comes back to my earlier point that sometimes you have to just do the
:16:39. > :16:45.right thing and it occurs to me that this is the right thing to do and
:16:46. > :16:50.yes, I'm doing it in Kim's name, but I'm also doing it to ensure that
:16:51. > :16:54.just perhaps we can stop this happening again. Our streets are
:16:55. > :16:59.getting busier, with the potential for more conflict. It's a not easily
:17:00. > :17:04.solved. Dan Johnson, BBC News, London.
:17:05. > :17:07.Dutch police have made a second arrest, after a rock concert
:17:08. > :17:11.in Rotterdam was cancelled because of an alert
:17:12. > :17:17.The arrest follows the detention of a Spanish man who was found
:17:18. > :17:18.with gas canisters in his van in Rotterdam.
:17:19. > :17:21.The authorities had been warned about a potential risk -
:17:22. > :17:23.though it's not clear whether there is any link
:17:24. > :17:26.to the attacks in Catalonia last week that killed 15 people.
:17:27. > :17:35.The focus of the police investigation has now shifted from
:17:36. > :17:39.this concert venue in Rotterdam to a house in a region close to the
:17:40. > :17:45.Belgian border. Early this morning they detained a 22-year-old man and
:17:46. > :17:48.searched his home. He is now being questioned on suspicion of having
:17:49. > :17:56.links to this tip-off received from the Spanish police that the gig
:17:57. > :18:00.performed by the American rock group Allah-Las may be the target of a
:18:01. > :18:04.terror attack. We have been speaking to the police here in Rotterdam.
:18:05. > :18:07.They said they cleared of any immediately as a precaution. We
:18:08. > :18:12.asked whether the public was ever in any danger, they said it was too
:18:13. > :18:15.soon to say. That was not the subject of the investigation. The
:18:16. > :18:20.Allah-Las are an American rock group. They have talked in the past
:18:21. > :18:28.about receiving messages of concern from Muslims who don't like the use
:18:29. > :18:32.of the word Allah, the Arabic word for God, in the title of the band.
:18:33. > :18:37.As far as the Spanish van driver who was detained close to the venue last
:18:38. > :18:40.night, he is now being questioned on suspicion of drunk driving. He is
:18:41. > :18:47.not suspected of having any links to the possible terror attack at the
:18:48. > :18:54.music venue on the banks of the river in Rotterdam. The police have
:18:55. > :18:59.said that the fact that he acted so swiftly is because they were not
:19:00. > :19:01.prepared to take any chances. Anna holiday Inn in Rotterdam.
:19:02. > :19:14.Net migration to the UK for spot a quarter to its lowest level for
:19:15. > :19:14.three years as migrants from European and central European
:19:15. > :19:16.countries have been returning home. He's the boxer of his
:19:17. > :19:19.generation facing the mixed We're in Las Vegas for the big
:19:20. > :19:27.contest this weeekend. In sport, after breaking
:19:28. > :19:29.his collarbone at last month's Tour de France,
:19:30. > :19:32.Team Sky's Geraint Thomas is back. He'll be taking on the Tour
:19:33. > :19:34.of Britain in September, which starts in Edinburgh
:19:35. > :19:47.and finishes in Cardiff. Six million adults in England
:19:48. > :19:50.fail to have a brisk 10 That's a finding from
:19:51. > :19:53.Public Health England which has launched a campaign to encourage
:19:54. > :19:56.the practice, particularly among people who are middle aged -
:19:57. > :19:59.the public health body says walking can help prevent cancer, heart
:20:00. > :20:01.disease and poor mental health. Our Health Correspondent
:20:02. > :20:09.Dominic Hughes reports. In Denton, in Manchester, the first
:20:10. > :20:14.steps towards a healthier lifestyle. This walking group is starting
:20:15. > :20:19.slowly but already some members are feeling the benefits
:20:20. > :20:21.of a regular stroll. It's got me out, it's got me
:20:22. > :20:33.getting some exercise. And it's company as well
:20:34. > :20:36.because I live on my own This is week two
:20:37. > :20:43.for me, I'm a newbie. And I decided when I retired that
:20:44. > :20:46.I wanted to do lots of different And I've done lots of things to keep
:20:47. > :20:51.the mind going but not a lot to keep The beauty of walking is,
:20:52. > :21:00.of course, it's free. You don't need any special training
:21:01. > :21:03.or indeed any special kit. But health experts say doing just
:21:04. > :21:06.ten minutes of brisk walking every day, well, that can have
:21:07. > :21:09.a really positive impact on your Compared to the 1960s,
:21:10. > :21:13.we are now 20% less active. And each year we walk 15 miles less
:21:14. > :21:16.than we did just two Physical inactivity amongst adults
:21:17. > :21:19.contributes to one in It is estimated to cost
:21:20. > :21:24.the NHS nearly ?1 But a brisk walk of just ten
:21:25. > :21:30.minutes each day can reduce GP Doctor Zoe Williams
:21:31. > :21:38.advises her patients that it's walking at a good pace,
:21:39. > :21:41.around three miles an hour that Practising what she preaches,
:21:42. > :21:44.she uses a smartphone app But according to a
:21:45. > :21:49.Public Health England survey of our exercise habits,
:21:50. > :21:54.millions of adults are missing out. Four in ten adults between the ages
:21:55. > :21:58.of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten minutes
:21:59. > :22:00.of brisk walking per month. Lots of those people will be
:22:01. > :22:09.walking, but they are not And it's important to
:22:10. > :22:15.walk briskly because that's when you start to get
:22:16. > :22:18.the health benefits. But for many of us it's finding
:22:19. > :22:26.the time in an already busy I drive to work and it is timing
:22:27. > :22:30.really, trying to find the time. Generally I would rather drive than
:22:31. > :22:36.walk because I need to get there in a hurry. So generally not, no. Not
:22:37. > :22:39.every day, we probably do about one and a half miles twice a day and
:22:40. > :22:43.about one mile in the middle of that. You can always make time. One
:22:44. > :22:46.less cake, one more walk! conditions like diabetes, and even
:22:47. > :22:51.reducing the risk of cancer. Now we are all being
:22:52. > :22:53.urged to get up and Shares in Dixons Carphone have
:22:54. > :23:00.slumped by almost a quarter, after the company issued
:23:01. > :23:03.a profits warning. It says sales of mobile
:23:04. > :23:07.handsets have fallen - partly because of the fall
:23:08. > :23:10.in the pound since the EU referendum, making
:23:11. > :23:14.devices more expensive. It says lower EU roaming charges
:23:15. > :23:16.will also affect its profits. Our Technology Correspondent Rory
:23:17. > :23:27.Cellan Jones is here. A couple of reasons given there,
:23:28. > :23:32.what is the overall picture, what is really going on, Rory? What is
:23:33. > :23:36.really concerning Dixons carphone and the rest of the mobile market is
:23:37. > :23:40.we seeing a change in consumer behaviour. The chief executive said
:23:41. > :23:45.to me today, the concern is that instead of changing phones every two
:23:46. > :23:48.years people may change the firms every two and a half years and
:23:49. > :23:53.believe it or not that leaves a big gap in profits. Here's the problem,
:23:54. > :24:02.all these funds look incredibly similar so people look at them and
:24:03. > :24:05.say they are all very good, they all do the same, and they all incredibly
:24:06. > :24:08.expensive. Maybe I will hold off a bit longer. We saw a phone from
:24:09. > :24:12.Samsung this week that costs ?869 as a starting price. So people are
:24:13. > :24:16.being more cautious. A lot of hope is being pinned on the new Apple
:24:17. > :24:22.iPhone which we are expecting in late September. There are rumours
:24:23. > :24:27.that could cost up to ?1000. People are saying, yes, we love our phones
:24:28. > :24:31.and need them but do we need to upgrade so often when they already
:24:32. > :24:35.do just about everything we want them to? Goodness, that's quite a
:24:36. > :24:40.sum. Rory Catherine Jones, thank you. Dot-mac Rory Catherine Jones
:24:41. > :24:42.thank you. Thousands of civilians in the Syrian
:24:43. > :24:45.city of Raqqa are coming under fire from all sides,
:24:46. > :24:47.as the battle for control Amnesty International says hundreds
:24:48. > :24:51.of people have been killed or injured since June,
:24:52. > :24:53.when the offensive began to recapture Raqqa,
:24:54. > :24:55.which is the stronghold of so-called Our Chief International
:24:56. > :25:08.correspondent Lyse Doucet Lyse, let's talk first about Raqqa
:25:09. > :25:14.and a deeply disturbing picture for any civilians caught up there. This
:25:15. > :25:19.Amnesty report is heartbreaking and chilling. It is set in the context
:25:20. > :25:22.of the last, what is believed to be the final months, the final battles
:25:23. > :25:29.to destroy the so-called caliphate of the Islamic State here in Syria.
:25:30. > :25:33.In Raqqa, the city you just mentioned in northern Syria, it was
:25:34. > :25:36.their self-declared capital. And as the war intensifies right into the
:25:37. > :25:40.centre of Raqqa into heavily populated neighbourhoods civilians
:25:41. > :25:45.are trapped into what Amnesty calls this deadly labyrinth. Every
:25:46. > :25:50.direction they turn come under fire, whether snipers and booby traps from
:25:51. > :25:54.Isis which doesn't want civilians to leave or when they do escape they
:25:55. > :25:57.are coming under fire from US led coalition air strikes which have
:25:58. > :26:02.killed hundreds of civilians in recent months. So this Amnesty
:26:03. > :26:07.report is a cry for compassion but also for protection, even in wartime
:26:08. > :26:14.there are rules, and the rules of war are being absolutely shattered,
:26:15. > :26:19.day in, day out, here. Tell us more about the situation in Homs where
:26:20. > :26:25.you are. Viewers may remember Homs from the early years of the uprising
:26:26. > :26:30.in Syria the city the capital of their revolution. Homs saw some of
:26:31. > :26:32.the first peaceful protests against the rule of President Bashir
:26:33. > :26:37.al-Assad and also saw some of the worst of the fighting. Now Homs is a
:26:38. > :26:41.quiet city. There are corners where you could be forgiven for thinking
:26:42. > :26:46.that there is no war. Swimming pools full of children on summer break,
:26:47. > :26:52.splashing in the water. Cafes are full. Families going out, sitting
:26:53. > :26:56.and parks. But behind me, you may not see the details but this is a
:26:57. > :27:00.skyline of a city that has been torn apart. There are neighbourhoods in
:27:01. > :27:04.Homs where not a single building has been left standing. These are like
:27:05. > :27:09.scenes from the first and second world Wars. Although Homs is, it is
:27:10. > :27:13.still a city which has deep, deep wounds which will take a very long
:27:14. > :27:21.time to heal. Dot-mac although Homs is calm. Lyse, thank you. Least is
:27:22. > :27:33.set - Lyse Doucet in Homs. It's one of the most highly
:27:34. > :27:36.anticipated boxing contests of recent times but one
:27:37. > :27:38.of the fighters hasn't boxed This weekend in Las Vegas the Irish
:27:39. > :27:42.mixed martial arts champion, Conor McGregor, will face
:27:43. > :27:44.Floyd Mayweather, who is undefeated in 49 fights, and is seen by many
:27:45. > :27:47.as the boxer of his generation. Our Sports News Correspondent
:27:48. > :27:49.Richard Conway was at their last It's set to be the richest ever
:27:50. > :27:54.contest in boxing history. Fight Night is fast
:27:55. > :28:01.approaching, but the sport's purists are not hailing
:28:02. > :28:03.the prospects of this match-up. Despite that, in a city
:28:04. > :28:06.that is full of stars, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor
:28:07. > :28:08.are the biggest names on the famous Las Vegas
:28:09. > :28:10.strip this week. After a controversial build up,
:28:11. > :28:13.there was a surprising lack of fear and loathing during the bout's
:28:14. > :28:17.final press conference. Conor McGregor has had
:28:18. > :28:21.still got a hell of a career, he is a hell of a fighter.
:28:22. > :28:27.He is a stand-up guy, he is a tough competitor, it's not going
:28:28. > :28:30.to be an easy fight - it's going to be blood,
:28:31. > :28:38.That's is what we're here to give the fans and that's what what people
:28:39. > :28:41.Last month's publicity tour which culminated in London,
:28:42. > :28:43.was a very different affair - with homophobic
:28:44. > :28:49.slurs, accusations of racism and childish antics.
:28:50. > :28:51.Of course there have been slip-ups, we are only
:28:52. > :29:00.human and when you face a man you're about to fight, it is very hard to
:29:01. > :29:03.keep everything in check, you make mistakes, you slip up on the tongue.
:29:04. > :29:06.But I think the overall experience of it has been great for boxing,
:29:07. > :29:08.for mixed martial arts and for combat sport
:29:09. > :29:11.Few experts give Conor McGregor any chance of
:29:12. > :29:14.victory, but he insists he is ready to shock the world and one
:29:15. > :29:19.If indeed McGregor boxes him and tries to be clever in there,
:29:20. > :29:25.To me, Mayweather cannot lose the fight.
:29:26. > :29:30.But if he brings that Celtic warrior, that
:29:31. > :29:32.spirit which is irrepressible, and brings this into
:29:33. > :29:36.a fight, if he makes a fight, an ugly fight of this,
:29:37. > :29:41.everything and anything could happen.
:29:42. > :29:44.This contest is unashamedly money-motivated, with sporting
:29:45. > :29:56.Given that, the reputations of both men and that of boxing
:29:57. > :30:14.We have the North West South East is red, low pressure in the West, it
:30:15. > :30:18.will stay there for the next few days, greater chance of showers and
:30:19. > :30:21.more persistent rain, the further north and west you are, the further
:30:22. > :30:27.south and east, drier, brighter weather, we've seen blue skies, this
:30:28. > :30:30.photo was sent in by one weather watcher in Hampshire. Further north
:30:31. > :30:35.we have seen more in the way of cloud. A fairly grey scenes sent in
:30:36. > :30:38.from Cumbria. We've seen a few showers this morning pushing into
:30:39. > :30:42.Wales and the south-west. They should tend to ease, the best of the
:30:43. > :30:46.brightness that the south-east and weaves in the majority of those
:30:47. > :30:49.showers for Northern Ireland. As we move through the rest of the
:30:50. > :30:54.day-to-day will continue to see showers Northern Ireland. Some sunny
:30:55. > :30:58.spells in the mix and outbreaks of rain across Shetland but for eastern
:30:59. > :31:01.Scotland the best of the brightness, a few heavy showers possible, and
:31:02. > :31:05.for more than England some showers, starting to bite and in the
:31:06. > :31:09.afternoon as we head further south Wales and the south-west plenty of
:31:10. > :31:13.dry weather, just the chance of the odd isolated shower but I think the
:31:14. > :31:19.majority of the weather will be dry. As we had further to the Southeast
:31:20. > :31:23.Tonbridge is reaching a maximum of 22 Celsius, fresher than yesterday
:31:24. > :31:26.but feeling warm in the sunshine. This evening and overnight some
:31:27. > :31:42.outbreaks of rain of Northern Ireland, West of Scotland
:31:43. > :31:46.and the West of England but for much of England and Wales, dry with clear
:31:47. > :31:48.spells, temperatures falling overnight to between 11 and 14
:31:49. > :31:50.Celsius. Tomorrow, low pressure setting out to the north-west and
:31:51. > :31:52.we'll continue to see outbreaks of rain across Northern Ireland and
:31:53. > :31:55.pushing into Scotland. As we go further south across England and
:31:56. > :31:57.Wales a lot of dry bright weather with sunny spells developing,
:31:58. > :32:00.temperatures reaching a maximum of 25 Celsius, so much warmer than
:32:01. > :32:05.today. As we move into Friday night, will start to see that rain edging
:32:06. > :32:09.eastwards, towards the south and east but it will be largely dry the
:32:10. > :32:14.further south you are, just the jobs of the odd isolated shower. We'll
:32:15. > :32:18.see a real contrast in damages further north, a few spots getting
:32:19. > :32:23.down to seven Celsius in rural parts of Scotland. We could see an
:32:24. > :32:28.overnight low of up to 18 Celsius in the far south-east. As we start the
:32:29. > :32:33.weekend, still that north- south split, some showers across Scotland,
:32:34. > :32:40.it looks like it will be largely dry for the Southeast, some temperatures
:32:41. > :32:42.reaching 25 Celsius, those showers could spread further south into the
:32:43. > :32:45.Midlands through Sunday, as isobars squeezing together as we move into
:32:46. > :32:50.Monday, the next area of low pressure pushing Enzo as we begin
:32:51. > :32:54.the working week it looks like they will be some outbreaks of rain and
:32:55. > :32:57.it will be fairly breezy but it looks like the best of the dry
:32:58. > :33:02.weather will be the further south you are with some bright intervals
:33:03. > :33:04.around. So as we move into the black holiday weekend the best of the
:33:05. > :33:09.brightness definitely the further south and east you are.
:33:10. > :33:13.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:14. > :33:19.Net migration to the UK has fallen by a quarter and is at its lowest
:33:20. > :33:20.level for three years as migrants from Eastern and Central European
:33:21. > :33:22.countries have been returning home. That's all from the BBC News at One,
:33:23. > :33:25.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:33:26. > :33:27.news teams where you are.