05/09/2017 BBC News at One

The Ministry of Defence says four men arrested on suspicion

of being members of a banned neo-Nazi group are serving

The men were all arrested in cities in England and Wales this morning

on suspicion of preparing acts of terror.

They are all believed to be members of the National action group. We

will have the latest. The toddler murdered

by her own mother - a serious case review finds

that the child's needs were overshadowed by concerns

for the mother. I've apologised to the family

and I'm truly sorry that on this occasion we didn't

prevent her death. Russia's president warns that

what he calls the military hysteria over North Korea could lead

to global catastrophe A court finds a French celebrity

magazine over publishing topless photographs of the Duchess of

Cambridge. All eyes on Syria -

a country not known for its footballing prowess

could qualify for the World Cup And why scientists now think a group

of whales were left stranded And coming up in the sport later

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to the BBC News at One. Four serving members of the Army

have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a banned far-right

group and planning were arrested this morning

in England and Wales in an operation involving both

the police and the Army. Our home affairs correspondent

Dominic Casciani is here. This is an emerging story, so things

are still becoming clear. We know four men are being held, one in

Birmingham, another in Northampton and a third in Ipswich, all in their

20s. A fourth man in the Powys, and critically, in an operation that was

supported by the army. Today the Ministry of Defence has confirmed

these men are serving members of the Armed Forces. We don't know the

regiments of these men. We have no idea about that at the moat. We

don't know if these men were arrested at home addresses or on

Ministry of Defence property. They are being held in Birmingham. On

suspicion of being members of a banned group, National Action. Tell

us more about the group. National action was banned last December in

particular because its and supporters applauded the murder of

MP Jo Cox. They have organised demonstrations were young members

show up carrying Nazi style flags and display Hitler style salutes and

confront people in city centres. It can be a very scary experience. They

say they are trying to rebuild the right-wing, in their language, in

the UK. The Home Secretary, when she banned the group last year, said

they were homophobic, anti-Semitic and incredibly dangerous.

Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith was only 21 months old when she was

A serious case review has found that social workers weren't focused

enough and care professionals allowed concern for the toddler's

mother to overshadow the child's needs.

Kathryn Smith was jailed for at least 19 years

for stamping on her daughter at her home in Burton-on-Trent

The smiling face of Ayeeshia-Jayne Smith, or AJ, as a family called

her. Only 21 months old, she was murdered by her mother during a

savage outburst. My daughter is not breathing... This was the 999 call

Kathryn Smith made after stamping on her daughter so hard that the

child's heart was literally broken. She's not breathing. Can you hear

anything coming from her mouth? There's nothing. She's gone. Smith

is serving a 19 year prison sentence for murder. Her partner Matthew

Rigby three and a half years for allowing the death of a child. Even

during their trial it was clear social workers and medics might have

missed opportunities to spot the abuse. Today's serious case review

identified 17 different agencies involved in AJ's at and made the

recommendations. Social workers showed a lack of professional

curiosity and were too quick to believe Kathryn Smith's lies and it

tragically reveals there was a growing sense of unease and a

meeting was held to discuss AJ. It happened the day before she died. I

just want to recognise that Ayeeshia-Jayne's death was an

absolute tragedy. It's been devastating for everybody involved

in her care. But mostly for her family. I have already met with her

family and we accept all the findings. I accept all the findings

of this review. And for those errors of practice that should have been

stronger, I have apologised to the family and I am truly sorry that on

this occasion we were not... We did not prevent death. Medics who

treated her at the Queens Hospital in Burton also missed signs of

abuse. Thinking she had suffered a fit brought on by a childhood fever,

known as afebrile contusion. We had two instances where he definitely

didn't exhibit enough professional curiosity and Ayeeshia-Jayne's

attendance. It turns out it wasn't afebrile convulsion. We didn't to

family situation as much as we should have done and didn't ask

enough questions. Since the death questions been asked of services.

But it was too late for what was described as a loving and lively

toddler. A full and frank apology, clearly

lessons have been learned. You would hope so. We have heard this story

many times before. I have covered so many cases in my career of serious

case reviews into children's death is where we learn, and it often

raises things like a lack of professional curiosity, missed

opportunities, lessons will be learned etc. Looking at this

compared to others it does appear as though things have moved on, since

previous cases. Different agencies involved in the care of young

children are now willing to get together. As I said in the report,

they had had a meeting about AJ the day before she died. It's possible

that if she had lived another week or two, things might have been

resolved. Another person who comes out with credit from the report from

the Derbyshire safeguarding children board is the child's natural father,

Ricky booth, he was really raising concerns. One of the problems was

people were not listening to him. Nor were they applying a great deal

of professional vigour when they were looking at the excuses given by

Kathryn Smith. She is now serving a 19 year prison sentence. But all of

this comes too late to save another little girl's life.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of a "global catastrophe"

if military tensions with North Korea

He was speaking after South Korea's navy staged a major

exercise off the country's east coast, as a show of strength

following Pyongyang's latest nuclear test.

President Trump says he's prepared to approve the sale of billions

Our correspondent, Robin Brant, reports

For the second day running, South Korea has been

This time it was the Navy, in what was described

as a massive live firing exercise off the eastern coast.

To show how this country could defend itself, or attack.

There's no doubt the military is stepping up its readiness.

The Ministry of Defence said the US had agreed to sell

That was after approval was given yesterday to restore the US missile

But all this could lead to a global catastrophe according

He said tougher sanctions wouldn't work either.

TRANSLATION: The use of sanctions of any kind in this case is already

As I told my colleagues yesterday, they will eat grass,

but they will not give up this programme if they do not feel safe.

But further sanctions with the threat of military action

is exactly what the Americans told the United Nations is the answer.

His abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show

War is never something the United States wants.

But our country's patience is not unlimited.

The recent self defensive measures by my country, DPRK,

are a gift package to none other than the US.

The US will receive more gift packages from my country as long

as it relies on reckless provocations and futile attempts

This is North Korea's border with China, where further sanctions would

bite. But Beijing is reluctant to cause any further waves yet. You

could give people heading home here in Seoul this evening for perhaps

feeling a little bit confused. On the one hand they have seen images

of their military preparing maybe for a confrontation. And yet they

have a president here who has talked instead about a new round of

economic sanctions. And now Russia, not far to the north, has stepped in

and labelled those useless and may be ineffective. As the around the

chance of conflict increases, there was this in Japan. A silent protest

in Hiroshima. A place where they know what nuclear devastation looks

like. Robin Brant, BBC News, Seoul. China's role in handling

Pyongyang is complex. It has made clear it does not

want to see a nuclear-armed North Korea but neither does it

want to see the regime there swept away, partly because millions

of refugees would flood into China. Our China correspondent

John Sudworth is in Dangdong, on the border between China

and North Korea. The Chinese city of Dangdong

is a very good place to contemplate China's position

in the North Korean nuclear crisis. If we pan across the river you can

see just how close the two They are connected by that iron

bridge behind me and almost all of North Korea's trade in goods,

as well as its vital crude oil You can see an antiquated

North Korean power station A sign of just how dilapidated

its energy infrastructure is. Donald Trump's argument, of course,

is that China could, if it wanted to, simply force

North Korea into submission by turning off this lifeline,

but when you look at this proximity, you can see why the Chinese

leadership see things Their fear is that pushing

North Korea towards regime collapse will bring chaos and instability,

factional infighting, possibly even war, right up

against this border, and that is why Beijing is insisting

that it will not contemplate It will not contemplate talk

of military options. All it wants to see is a return

to dialogue and that has John Sudworth with the view from

China. Well, let's get more from our

correspondent Richard Galpin. Tough words from America yesterday

at the Security Council. Enough is enough, was their message, but it is

difficult to see where this will go. It absolutely is. The focus at the

moment will be the UN Security Council, certainly over the next

week with an attempt from the United States and its allies to get a

resolution passed that will impose very tough sanctions indeed. They

even talking about the possibility of cutting oil supplies to North

Korea, which would have a catastrophic impact on the North

Korean economy. As we have heard in the UN Security Council. China is

very aware of doing anything that will destabilise the North Korean

regime. Russia today explicitly saying sanctions are pointless. It

looks like this resolution, certainly in its current form, will

not pass. If that is the case, obviously individual countries can

impose sanctions. The United States, and Chancellor Angela Merkel in

Germany has talked of the EU imposing sanctions, but that is

nowhere near as effective and will not have the same impact as the

United Nations security council imposing sanctions. It's likely the

focus will also return to the United States, its allies, Japan, South

Korea, again putting pressure on China to do something sufficient

enough to persuade North Korea to freeze its nuclear programme.

A French celebrity magazine has been fined 100,000 euros in damages by a

French court for publishing topless photographs of the Duchess of

Cambridge sunbathing on holiday five years ago.

The photographs - taken when the Duke and Duchess stayed

at a private chateau in Provence - were printed by France's

Magazine's editor and owner were both fined the maximum amount

possible. Hugh Schofield is in Paris with the latest for us.

Invasion of privacy cases coming up pretty regularly in the French

courts but this has attracted more than usual interest because of the

profile of those involved, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Five years

on, Closer magazine and two executives have been convicted of an

invasion of privacy. No surprise there. They have had the maximum

possible fine and more importantly, perhaps, damages awarded to the Duke

and Duchess of 100,000 euros. No surprise with the verdict. The

pictures, taken at this chateaux in southern France were indeed, said

the court, and evasion of the royal couple's privacy. The images of a

topless Duchess of Cambridge appeared briefly five years ago in a

French gossip magazine before an injunction ordered the edition

removed from newsstands. The criminal case has dragged on ever

since with two executives and two photographers at the magazine

answering charges they violated the Royals' rights to a private life. At

the trial in May, a lawyer for Prince William said memories of his

own mother, Princess Diana, made the affair all the more stressful. It's

exactly 20 years since she died in a car crash in Paris, chased by

paparazzi. The sum awarded in damages might fall short of the 1.5

million euros asked for by the Royals, but by French standards it's

still extremely high, reflecting the court's view that this was a

glaringly shameless offence. Coming after news of their third expected

baby, news of the judgment in Paris might be an unwelcome reminder of an

unhappy episode, but the Royal couple have made their point. In the

battle for privacy, they will fight back.

The truth is, there was never really any doubt about the verdict. The

focus was more on the extent of the damages that would be awarded. The

Royal couple and their lawyer had been asking for 1.5 million euros,

which would have been way out of line with precedent here. In fact,

the 100,000 euros is still a big sum, but is much more in keeping

with the tradition finds the French court has given now in this kind of

affair. The Brexit Secretary,

David Davis, will face questions in the Commons this afternoon,

as MPs return to Westminster Mr Davis is expected to be pressed

on the state of the negotiations Our assistant political editor,

Norman Smith, is in Westminster. EU officials have been

warning about the lack They have, and I think David Davis's

message to MPs today is like Lance Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, don't

panic! He will not say it like that but that is the broad message, don't

get flustered and bamboozled because EU negotiators are saying it is all

going slowly and the British Government has not come forward with

any plans and the clock is ticking. David Davis thinks this is all just

part of their negotiating tactics to crank up the pressure on the British

Government by saying, you have got to go forward with some proposals

because otherwise committee will run out of time. Mr Davis's view is away

from the big difficult issues like that divorce Bill and progress is

being made in smaller, technical issues. And in terms of the divorce

Bill, his view is that is no question of us agreeing a figure for

the amount we repaired to pay until we know what we will get in return

in terms of a trade deal. In other words, if time is the EU's big

leader, money is our big lever. But I think his hope is that eventually,

the big EU countries will say to their negotiators, let's just move

on from all this wrangling over the divorce Bill and get down to the

crucial issue of trade talks because we want a good trade deal as well.

The danger is that this may just be wishful thinking. Because so far,

there is no sign of the EU countries breaking ranks and putting pressure

on their negotiators, or trying to help out the David Davis. Thank you.

The Ministry of Defence says four men arrested on suspicion

of being members of a banned neo-Nazi group are serving

Battening down the hatches as a category five hurricane with winds

of 170 mph, Irma, barrels towards the Caribbean and Florida.

Coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on BBC News: Can Wales make

it a clean sweep for the home nations in the international break?

They need a win in Moldova tonight to keep their World Cup hopes alive.

Thousands of people are continuing to flee from Myanmar -

formally known as Burma - into Bangladesh, after fighting

in recent weeks that's left at least 400 people dead.

It's Rohingya Muslims, a minority group, who are being targeted

in the mainly Buddhist country, and it's forced tens

of thousands to flee over the border, according

to the United Nations' refugee agency.

Officials say that 37,000 people have arrived in Bangladesh

in the past 24 hours alone, taking the total number of refugees

to more than 123,000 in less than two weeks.

Our correspondent, Sanjoy Majumder, is at a refugee camp

These are the latest batch of Rohingya refugees who've arrived

Lots of children, as you can see, a lot of women.

They're exhausted, because whatever food they had to eat along

But the biggest thing for them is, they've made it to relative safety.

Now, over on that side is Myanmar's Rakhine State where,

over the past few days, we've seen fresh fires break out,

There's no way, of course, to verify this, and these people

What they'll do now is head to any temporary shelter they can find -

by the side of a hill, inside a building, just to get

The biggest thing now is, even though they've got

here to safety, what'll happen to them next?

They have to be fed and then, eventually, they need

to find some place to live, some place to build

Sanjoy Majumder reporting there from the Bangladesh border.

The leading British PR firm Bell Pottinger has been thrown out

of the industry's trade body because of a campaign which stoked

An independent report found that Bell Pottinger had spread

The company - whose Chief Executive resigned over the weekend -

says it accepts that lessons do need to be learned.

Our media editor, Amol Rajan, reports.

Post-apartheid South Africa was meant to be the rainbow nation. But

over 25 years, one family has acquired a degree of power and

influence that critics say is anything but democratic. The three

Gupta brothers only conglomerate with interest from mining the media.

With close links to Jacob Zuma, they are accused of rampant corruption,

which they deny. But with a reputation to salvage, they gave the

British PR firm Bell Pottinger a call. For several months, Bell

Pottinger ran a disinformation campaign stoking racial hatred, and

targeting hostile journalists. All the journalists who were writing

about state capture who were interested in this new crony

network, really, you could see almost daily there would be, largely

driven on Twitter and social media, quite insulting images of them made.

And only now do you understand that it was actually a constructed

campaign. The scandal has claimed the scalp of several staff at the

firm including partner Victoria Geoghegan and CEO James Henderson.

Now the trade body that represents Britain's your industry has chucked

out Bell Pottinger. It is the harshest penalty available to was

and the harshest we have ever imposed on members and that reflects

the fact that it was the worst piece of PR work that I have seen in ten

years. The PR industry is overwhelmingly professional, Bell

Pottinger neither of those. Last night, the former adviser to

Margaret Thatcher who founded the firm but left after falling out with

Mr Henderson said the was finished. I think that it probably is getting

near the end, yes. You can try and rescue it but it will not be very

successful. This scandal has sent shock waves through the British BR

industry and also young democracy of South Africa. The PR -- but the PRCA

is a trade body rather than a regulator and when some very rich

individuals or families are prepared to spend huge sums to burnish their

reputation, frankly, some PR firms like Bell Pottinger in London will

take the money. And a ticking off and temporary ban from a trade

association is not going to change that. But for opponents of President

Zuma, this is not so much about the state of PR is the state of South

Africa. One family's grip on power is tightening, even as the

reputation of their PR advisers is now in the gutter.

Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, will set

out her government's legislative programme this afternoon,

pledging a "bold" and "ambitious" plan for the coming year.

Ms Sturgeon will focus on health, the economy and,

principally, education - an area where opposition parties

say the SNP should be "embarrassed" by its record.

Our Scotland correspondent, Lorna Gordon, is outside Holyrood.

Yes, one of the challenges for the SNP in their tenth legislative

programme for government is to counter accusations from the

accusation that they have neglected the day job to focus on the

constitutional agenda. Before the recess, Nicola Sturgeon said she

would use the summer to take stock and refresh. She said that the SNP

after a decade in power needed to set out some bold and radical

policies. So the mood music around this legislative programme is, to

quote a spokesperson for the First Minister, that it will be very all

and very borough. It has been described as the most ambitious

programme for government ever set out here in the Scottish Parliament.

What can we expect? Policy announcements likely to touch on

every area of life in Scotland and legislation in areas like health,

justice and, yes, education. An area where the SNP opposition and critics

say the SNP are failing to deliver. It is likely to have a green theme

as well and we might see announcements on renewable energy

projects, perhaps electric cars and, yes, a deposit scheme for plastic

waste recycling as well. So in total, we are expecting 16 bills to

be announced to add to the 11 already going through the Parliament

here at Holyrood. Thank you. Sir Bruce Forsyth's manager has

confirmed that his funeral The entertainer, who died

on August 8th, was buried in a private service,

attended only by family The Government has taken control

of Croydon's Children's Services, after an Ofsted report revealed

"widespread and serious" failures It blamed weak management

of the South London borough at all levels for failing to ensure

social workers followed protocols for missing children and those

at risk of sexual abuse. Croydon Council says it is working

with Ofsted to implement changes. Well, there was success for three

of the home nations in the World Cup qualifying matches last night,

and Wales has a key match tonight. But this afternoon, a country not

known for its footballing prowess hopes to make a big splash

on the world stage - Syria plays its must-win

game against Iran. With me is our sports

correspondent, Richard Conway. It is certainly an unusual game. It

is, Syria have in pushing for a World Cup place now for over a year

but like all things involving the country, given the six-year long

walk it is a context position. A lot of people within the country and who

have fled say this team does not represent them, but others say this

is the last thing that represents the country, it transcends the war,

it transcends politics. So there is a good be a link that this is

something Syrians can hold on to enlist troubled time for the

country. The country has been starved of money because of

sanctions, they play on threadbare pictures and the players spread out

across the world, so to achieve a World Cup place would be a

remarkable achievement. They have to beat their opponents this afternoon,

Iran, in the Tehran and hope Uzbekistan get a good result against

South Korea. We will know by 6pm and Syria could be heading to Russia

next year for a place in the World Cup you. -- World Cup finals.

Last year, 29 sperm whales became stranded on beaches in the UK

and elsewhere in Europe, and it puzzled scientists

because the mammals were all young and healthy.

Now they think the whales may have been victims

of large solar storms, which played havoc with their

navigational abilities - as our environment correspondent,

Crowds gathered at Hunstanton, on the coast of Norfolk,

in February 2016, to see this ocean giant washed up on a

All around the North Sea, more than two dozen other sperm

whales were found stranded in the first two

Scientists were extremely puzzled - the creatures were young,

Now it's thought the Northern Lights may have played a role in the loses.

The Aurora are the visible evidence of large solar storms, which distort

This can cause species that rely on that field

for navigation, like sperm whales, to lose their way.

After big solar storms in December 2015, scientists say the confused

creatures swam into the shallow North Sea and beached themselves,

Researchers at London Zoo autopsied a number of the whales

We know that sperm whales are stranded around

the North Sea for many, many years historically and it's

certainly a possible factor in this instance that we have these whales

that got into the North Sea for an unknown reason and then

once they are in there, they cannot find their way out

and they become so disorientated, dehydrated and then strand.

So that's what happened in last year's events.

Why did they end up there in the first place?

To be honest, I think we will never know.

There is too much uncertainty around the events in this

instance in terms of where, where they came from, and so on.

And so I think we will really never know what really

Proving the impact of geomagnetic storms on the strandings of sperm

whales may well be impossible, however researchers here

at London Zoo and a team at Nasa are actively investigating

the impact of solar activities on the strandings

The results in that study are due in the next month or so.

That might shed some definitive light on the role

Hurricane Irma has been reclassified as an "extremely dangerous" Category

five storm as it continues ploughing towards the Caribbean

With sustained winds of 175 rows per hour.

Irma is due to move over part of the Leeward Islands tonight.

These pictures were taken from a cockpit over the Caribbean.

Category five is really serious. That is the strongest hurricanes go

up to. You mentioned the sustained winds and we have even stronger

gusts, two miles per hour. The UK forecast first and we started

in humid conditions in the UK. With cloud and rain across parts of

England and Wales. This was the atmospheric scene in Shropshire. The

rain has been easing from here. Across the North West of Scotland,

we have seen brighter spells and showers. Perfect weather conditions

to make some of these, beautiful pictures of rainbows you have been

sending so thank you for those. Through the rest of today, we will

keep a lot of the cloud for England and Wales and it feels quite humid.

Patchy outbreaks rain, mostly light through the rest of the day.

Eventually, brighter skies across Scotland and Northern Ireland and

that is where the fresh air is so temperatures down a bit, but feeling

a little bit more comfortable. Overnight tonight, the last humid

air gets swept away by freshening westerly breeze so we see humidity

levels dropping and it feels a bit fresher, clearing skies and

temperatures 11 or 12 degrees, typically overnight. Some showers

over the North Scotland. On Wednesday, the best day of the week.

Sunny spells forecast for most, many starting with clear blue skies.

Patchy cloud is the day goes by and that brings passing showers to

Cumbria and across Northern and Western areas of Scotland. Quite

blustery. Fresher compared to recent days, temperatures 16-20dC. After

Wednesday's relatively quiet day thanks to this ridge of high

pressure, that moves out of the way and on Thursday, Friday and into the

weekend, low pressure sits over the top of the British Isles and

unsettled weather with rain or showers, some sunny spells through

Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Strong winds at at times making it

feel a little cool, temperatures around 40 degrees in Glasgow.

Thursday and Friday. Let's take a check on what is going on with Irma.

It has been reclassified as a Category Five hurricane, when

speaking at 210 mph. And heading straight towards Antigua, maybe

Barbuda to the North. This is a devastating hurricane not just in

terms of the wind, there would be torrential rain. And there is the

storm surge where the hurricane lifts up a wall of water from the

sea and shoves it inland. I am just over six foot, 6-foot three, the

storm surge from this hurricane could reach 11 put in place so

nearly twice the highs of me, this will cause widespread devastation.

Thank you. A reminder of our main

story this lunchtime: The Ministry of Defence says four

men arrested on suspicion of being members of a banned

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