0:00:06 > 0:00:09The army in Zimbabwe seizes control of the country but insists
0:00:09 > 0:00:12it's not staging a coup.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Gunfire is heard in the capital Harare,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16as armoured vehicles take to the streets.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20It began last night as the state broadcaster was taken over
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Their security is guaranteed.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26We are only targetting criminals around him
0:00:26 > 0:00:35who are committing crimes.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38Ninety-three-year-old Robert Mugabe,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40President since 1980,
0:00:40 > 0:00:48is understood to be under house arrest.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52We'll be live in Zimbabwe for the latest. Also this lunchtime.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Scotland will become the first country in the world to set a
0:00:54 > 0:00:57minimum unit price for alcohol in a bid to tackle a worsening health
0:00:57 > 0:00:58problem.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00The Foreign Secretary tells the husband of
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that no stone will be
0:01:02 > 0:01:05left unturned" in trying to secure her release in Iran.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06I am hopeful
0:01:06 > 0:01:10that he will do everything he can to bring her home by Christmas.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I am hopeful that he is fully engaged on trying to bring her back.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Concern for the British explorer
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Benedict Allen who has gone missing in Papua New Guinea,
0:01:17 > 0:01:18a search has been launched.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Celebrations as Australians vote overwhelmingly in favour
0:01:19 > 0:01:25of legalising same-sex marriage in a historic poll.
0:01:25 > 0:01:31Coming up in sport: eight days until the first Ashes Test in Brisbane,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Chris Woakes takes six wickets on the opening day of England's final
0:01:35 > 0:01:41warm up match.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Good afternoon, welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03The army is now in control in Zimbabwe
0:02:03 > 0:02:05after taking over the state broadcaster overnight.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Armoured vehicles are on the streets
0:02:07 > 0:02:09but the military have insisted they have not staged a coup.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11President Mugabe is reported to be under house arrest.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The British embassy in Zimbabwe has advised UK nationals to stay indoors
0:02:14 > 0:02:16until the situation becomes clearer.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins reports.
0:02:22 > 0:02:29Snatched video films furtively tells some of the story, troops on the
0:02:29 > 0:02:34streets of Harare, as the generals take control after 37 years of
0:02:34 > 0:02:41President Mugabe's increasingly dictatorial rule. Heavy gunfire
0:02:41 > 0:02:45could be heard in parts of the capital early this morning, but the
0:02:45 > 0:02:49picture overall is of uncertain quiet. It looks as if the bulk of
0:02:49 > 0:02:54the Army has been moving to secure its hold on Zimbabwe. Soldiers
0:02:54 > 0:02:59seized the headquarters of the straight forecast, so that a general
0:02:59 > 0:03:05read out a statement.The situation in our country has moved to another
0:03:05 > 0:03:14level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that his Excellency the
0:03:14 > 0:03:22president of the Republic of Zimbabwe and commander-in-chief of
0:03:22 > 0:03:30the Zimbabwe defence forces, comrade Robert Mugabe, and his family, are
0:03:30 > 0:03:36safe and sound and their security is guaranteed. We are only targeting
0:03:36 > 0:03:40criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing
0:03:40 > 0:03:44social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to
0:03:44 > 0:03:51justice. As soon as we have accomplished our mission, we expect
0:03:51 > 0:03:59that the situation will return to normalcy.This was president Robert
0:03:59 > 0:04:05Mugabe last week, very frail, seriously ill, renaming the
0:04:05 > 0:04:09country's main airport for himself. Hoping perhaps to cement still
0:04:09 > 0:04:13further a cult of personality and try to make the succession of his
0:04:13 > 0:04:18wife, race, at his side, more certain. Key military leaders now
0:04:18 > 0:04:23seem unwilling to let that happen, Robert Mugabe is under house arrest,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27in office but certainly not in power. Grace, 40 years his junior,
0:04:27 > 0:04:39has helped split the entire ruling party, Zanu-PF. Ten days ago she was
0:04:39 > 0:04:44booed at a rally and the Army clearly blames her for splitting
0:04:44 > 0:04:48factions. She is reported to be out of the country, apparently seeking
0:04:48 > 0:04:53protection in Namibia. This is the man the Army may favour, the vice
0:04:53 > 0:05:00president until he fired him last week, Army commanders were desperate
0:05:00 > 0:05:04to stop the purge and Emmerson Mnangagwa saw himself as a
0:05:04 > 0:05:09frontrunner to succeed until his sacking and flight into exile, now,
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Britain, former colonial power, is urging calm.Our ambassador has been
0:05:14 > 0:05:19touch because UK nationals that are worried should get in touch with the
0:05:19 > 0:05:23embassy. It is fluid and hard to say exactly how this will turn out, the
0:05:23 > 0:05:30most important point to make is that everyone wants to see a stable and
0:05:30 > 0:05:36successful Zimbabwe, and I think we appeal for everyone to refrain from
0:05:36 > 0:05:39violence, that is being porting thing.Harare does appear to be
0:05:39 > 0:05:44generally quiet, Zimbabwe and people will be nervous after enduring
0:05:44 > 0:05:49decades of violent row and the catastrophic economic collapse of a
0:05:49 > 0:05:51once thriving economy. Powerful neighbour South Africa is also
0:05:51 > 0:05:56calling for calm and restraint.I'm hoping that the defence force will
0:05:56 > 0:06:03not move and do more damage, that they will be able to respect the
0:06:03 > 0:06:09constitution of Zimbabwe, as well as the people of Zimbabwe, so that this
0:06:09 > 0:06:17situation does not go beyond the situation where it is now.This
0:06:17 > 0:06:20morning's newspaper headlines on the streets of Harare highlights tension
0:06:20 > 0:06:27between the army chief, Chiwenga, and President Mugabe, but events
0:06:27 > 0:06:31have moved a long way since those words were printed.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42It seems President Robert Mugabe has finally lost his grip on power
0:06:42 > 0:06:43after nearly four decades.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44The 93-year-old has ruled Zimbabwe since independence
0:06:44 > 0:06:46from the UK in 1980.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48But the economy of the country has descended into chaos,
0:06:48 > 0:06:50with thousands of people reduced to poverty.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Our correspondent Milton Nkosi reports.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52I, Robert Gabriel...
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a revolutionary leader
0:06:55 > 0:06:56who fought in the liberation struggle against
0:06:56 > 0:07:02white minority rule.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04And bear true allegiance to Zimbabwe...
0:07:04 > 0:07:07His tight grip on power earned him the title of being the oldest head
0:07:07 > 0:07:09of state in the world.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11The 93-year-old leader has been in power since Zimbabwe's
0:07:11 > 0:07:13independence in 1980.
0:07:13 > 0:07:19He has continued his life as an international statesman,
0:07:19 > 0:07:20despite a diminishing reputation
0:07:20 > 0:07:23as Zimbabwe's economy crumbled amid corruption and violence.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Mugabe's rise to power began in 1979
0:07:28 > 0:07:30when the Lancaster House agreement ended white minority rule.
0:07:30 > 0:07:37At first he protected minority rights.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39But in the 2000s he changed tack.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41He led a chaotic land reform programme including
0:07:41 > 0:07:43redistributing land from white farmers without compensation.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45The country's economy collapsed with runaway inflation figures.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48The central bank printed money on a massive scale.
0:07:48 > 0:07:57Supermarket shelves were empty.
0:07:57 > 0:08:05A loaf of bread would cost youtrillionsto buy.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Mugabe's misrule prompted widespread protests,
0:08:19 > 0:08:21that was the birth of the opposition MDC,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23led by trade unionist Morgan Tsvangirai who later entered
0:08:23 > 0:08:24into power-sharing agreements with Mugabe following
0:08:24 > 0:08:25a disputed election.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27The economic climate was unbearable,
0:08:27 > 0:08:29something it is still struggling to recover from.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30Millions of Zimbabweans cross the border into neighbouring
0:08:30 > 0:08:32South Africa looking for a better life.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37And now the end seems near.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40As he tried to pave the way for his wife Grace Mugabe
0:08:40 > 0:08:49to be his successor.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50The Army found that unacceptable
0:08:50 > 0:09:00saying that this is not a dynasty.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Our correspondent Shingai Nyoka is in Harare. What is the mood?The
0:09:08 > 0:09:10mood is very quiet, the million-dollar question among
0:09:10 > 0:09:15Zimbabwe ands is what happens next, a lot of uncertainty around that, we
0:09:15 > 0:09:18were in the street earlier, there was gunfire and explosions and that
0:09:18 > 0:09:25has been replaced by calm, but there is still a heavy military presence
0:09:25 > 0:09:29in the central business district. -- Zimbabweans. I personally witnessed
0:09:29 > 0:09:33tankers and some parts of the capital are in lockdown, tankers
0:09:33 > 0:09:40have sealed off access to president Robert Mugabe's office, his
0:09:40 > 0:09:42administrative office, as well as key buildings like Parliament and
0:09:42 > 0:09:49the courts, many of the people moving around town they did not seem
0:09:49 > 0:09:54to be any fear in them, they were calm, in spite of the fact that the
0:09:54 > 0:10:00military is there.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02You can follow all the latest developments from Zimbabwe as it
0:10:02 > 0:10:09happens. That is on our website, you can get live updates, analysis and
0:10:09 > 0:10:10much more.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Scotland will become the first country in the world to set
0:10:16 > 0:10:17a minimum unit price for alcohol.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19The Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish government can
0:10:19 > 0:10:22proceed with its plan to set a minimum price for alcohol
0:10:22 > 0:10:23of 50p per unit.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Currently some alcohol can be bought for as little as 18p a unit.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29It follows a five-year legal battle with the Scotch Whisky Association,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31which had claimed the policy was a "restriction on trade".
0:10:31 > 0:10:34Other parts of the UK could now follow Scotland's example.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Here's our correspondent Catriona Renton.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44The Scottish Government says the problem with drink in Scotland is so
0:10:44 > 0:10:48significant that ground-breaking measures are required to save lives,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51the law to introduce a minimum price for alcohol was passed more than
0:10:51 > 0:10:55five years ago, but a lengthy battle in the courts with the Scotch Whisky
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Association has stopped it from being in fermented until now.The
0:10:59 > 0:11:052012 act does not reach EU law, minimum pricing is a proportional
0:11:05 > 0:11:11means of achieving a legitimate aim. The idea of minimum pricing is
0:11:11 > 0:11:15simple, the more alcohol a drink contains, the stronger it is, and
0:11:15 > 0:11:19therefore, the more expensive it will be. The government wants to set
0:11:19 > 0:11:25it at 50p per unit, that means, four cans of 5% strength lager would cost
0:11:25 > 0:11:32at least £4.40. And a bottle of wine, £4 50. And a 70 cents a litre
0:11:32 > 0:11:35bottle of whiskey, could not be sold for less than £14. Almost all
0:11:35 > 0:11:41alcoholic drinks bought in pubs sell for well above the minimum price, so
0:11:41 > 0:11:45they will not really be effective. In shops like this, let's take this
0:11:45 > 0:11:49bottle of strong cider, at the moment, selling for £4 50, but it
0:11:49 > 0:11:57will go up to £11 25. What do people make of that?It is dear enough as
0:11:57 > 0:12:02it is now, and they make enough money from it.People will get
0:12:02 > 0:12:05together and they will buy cider, that is the most popular thing for
0:12:05 > 0:12:10them. That is four or £5. They will not be able to pay for it., be
0:12:10 > 0:12:16quite a good thing, I work as a psychiatric nurse, we get a lot of
0:12:16 > 0:12:18people addicted to alcohol and things like that.It will probably
0:12:18 > 0:12:23be a positive thing from my point of view. The Scotch whiskey association
0:12:23 > 0:12:26argued the policy goes against EU trade rules but the Scottish
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Government says it will change lives.Policy is by its very nature
0:12:30 > 0:12:34controversial because, again, this is an example of Scotland leading
0:12:34 > 0:12:38the world. It will continue to have its critics. But it is the kind of
0:12:38 > 0:12:42bold and necessary policy that we need to tackle a public health
0:12:42 > 0:12:47challenge.Campaigners in other parts of the UK will have been
0:12:47 > 0:12:53closely watching today's ruling, and this may well have an influence.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has held his first
0:12:55 > 0:12:57meeting with Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of the British-Iranian
0:12:57 > 0:12:58woman detained in Iran.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in April
0:13:01 > 0:13:08last year for spying, which she denies.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Tom Burridge is at Westminster.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19He has been separated from his wife and young daughter for a yet and a
0:13:19 > 0:13:24half. This morning, a meeting at the Foreign Office. Richard Ratcliffe
0:13:24 > 0:13:27was troubled when the Foreign Secretary suggested his wife might
0:13:27 > 0:13:32not have been purely on holiday in Iran, as Boris Johnson apologised,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35today, Mr Ratcliffe was able to ask the Foreign Secretary whether he
0:13:35 > 0:13:40could join him on his trip to Iran next month.We talked about his trip
0:13:40 > 0:13:46to Iran, in the meeting, he said it is not quite confirmed when. We
0:13:46 > 0:13:50talked about whether I would be able to accompany him, he said he was
0:13:50 > 0:13:54keen to take me, but it is a question to resolve with the advice
0:13:54 > 0:14:01of the Foreign Office and also in the A 's on with the Iranianss.This
0:14:01 > 0:14:06was Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe a week before her arrest, her daughter now
0:14:06 > 0:14:11only gets to see her during prison visits. She has dual British and
0:14:11 > 0:14:17Iranians citizens, and was arrested at terrain airport, after visiting
0:14:17 > 0:14:21her parents. -- citizenship.People here in the Foreign Office and
0:14:21 > 0:14:25across government have been working very hard over the last 19 months to
0:14:25 > 0:14:29secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and indeed to
0:14:29 > 0:14:34solve some other very difficult consulate cases in Iran. And we will
0:14:34 > 0:14:41continue to do that and we will leave absolutely no stone unturned.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Richard Ratcliffe says his wife is in poor health and on the verge of a
0:14:45 > 0:14:49nervous breakdown. Their daughter cannot travel to Britain to be
0:14:49 > 0:14:54reunited with her father. This morning he was able to press the
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Foreign Secretary on all of those issues, and asked that his wife be
0:14:58 > 0:15:01granted diplomatic protection. Diplomatic protection would
0:15:01 > 0:15:08essentially turn her plight from an individual consulate issue into an
0:15:08 > 0:15:12official dispute between Britain and Iran. Officials here at the Foreign
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Office have been trying to work out whether that move would have a
0:15:16 > 0:15:21positive impact on the case in Iran. According to Mr Ratcliffe, the
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Foreign Secretary expressed reservations about granting
0:15:25 > 0:15:29diplomatic protection. He still hopes his wife will be home in time
0:15:29 > 0:15:31for Christmas.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36The interim leader of the Scottish Labour party,
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Alex Rowley, has stepped down from the post because of allegations
0:15:39 > 0:15:40about his past conduct.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43He's referred himself to the party's investigations unit
0:15:43 > 0:15:46following newspaper allegations that he sent abusive text messages
0:15:46 > 0:15:48to an ex-girlfriend.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50He denies all the allegations.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52The winner of the party's leadership contest is due to be
0:15:52 > 0:15:55announced this weekend.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58At least five people have died in Greece after a storm
0:15:58 > 0:16:00last night near Athens.
0:16:00 > 0:16:06A sudden downpour in towns around the capital left roads
0:16:06 > 0:16:08flooded and trapped people in their homes an cars.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11The fire brigade says three men and two women were found dead
0:16:11 > 0:16:16in or near buildings.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19A British backpacker and her Canadian friend have been found dead
0:16:19 > 0:16:24in Hotel in Cambodia. It is thought the 22-year-old from Bedfordshire
0:16:24 > 0:16:31her friend became ill after buying counterfeit medicines from a
0:16:31 > 0:16:33pharmacy in Cambodia.
0:16:33 > 0:16:34Unemployment has fallen again.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37It dropped by 59,000 between July and September.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39But the new figures show that average earnings are still failing
0:16:39 > 0:16:49to keep up with inflation.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The official figures also show that the number of people born
0:16:54 > 0:16:56outside the UK joining the workforce has fallen sharply,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59as Our Economics Correspondent Andy Verity reports.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03The service industry may have slowed down but has not stopped churning
0:17:03 > 0:17:06out jobs. With fewer unemployed workers are claiming a larger slice
0:17:06 > 0:17:11of the pie with wages edging up. The boys this food manufacturer in West
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Yorkshire are struggling to find enough people to do the work to make
0:17:15 > 0:17:19their orders.On the factory workforce we are seeing that the
0:17:19 > 0:17:26labour market is more difficult to get good workers.The number of
0:17:26 > 0:17:29people classified as unemployed dropped slightly from July to
0:17:29 > 0:17:35September to 1.4 million, a rate of 4.3% of the working population,
0:17:35 > 0:17:40unchanged from last month. The number in work is now estimated at
0:17:40 > 0:17:4332.1 million, slightly less than the last count, the first drop in two
0:17:43 > 0:17:47years. The figures today reveal a big change in the supply of labour
0:17:47 > 0:17:54from outside the UK. Last year 430,000 non-UK born workers found
0:17:54 > 0:17:59work here. This year is just 130 2000. That drop in the supply of
0:17:59 > 0:18:05labour from abroad has implications not just for jobs but wages.The
0:18:05 > 0:18:10drop in non-UK born workers is significant particularly for wages.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15In 2000 1690% of the increase in employment came from migrant workers
0:18:15 > 0:18:19and small proportion from domestic workers, that is dropping off as
0:18:19 > 0:18:22workers have been deterred from coming here from overseas or maybe
0:18:22 > 0:18:26have gone home in light of Brexit. Maybe wages will start to pick up on
0:18:26 > 0:18:32the back of that.Today's official figures also show a marked change in
0:18:32 > 0:18:36productivity. The amount the economy produces per worker. After falling
0:18:36 > 0:18:41for six months that is estimated to have grown by more .9%. Many each
0:18:41 > 0:18:45worker is producing a little more. If that figure is accurate it may
0:18:45 > 0:18:48not be, it is good news for the chance ahead of the budget next
0:18:48 > 0:18:55week. The more each worker produces them or their firms can afford to
0:18:55 > 0:18:59pay them and more taxes the Chancellor receive. -- could
0:18:59 > 0:19:01receive.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Our top story this lunchtime.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05The army in Zimbabwe seizes control of the country but insists
0:19:05 > 0:19:06it's not staging a coup.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07And coming up.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08A home for a pound?
0:19:08 > 0:19:14But be ready to do some renovations...
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Coming up in sport.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Australia are the latest team to qualifiy for next year's
0:19:17 > 0:19:18World Cup in Brazil.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20They've beaten Honduras 3-1 in the 2nd leg
0:19:20 > 0:19:22of their play off in Sydney, Aston Villa's Mile
0:19:22 > 0:19:32Jedinak with a hatrick.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Thousands of people have been celebrating in cities
0:19:35 > 0:19:38across Australia, after the country voted to legalise same-sex marriage.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41More than 60 percent of voters backed the proposal in what was
0:19:41 > 0:19:45a non-binding postal referendum.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48But the Prime Minister called it a 'vote for love' and says he plans
0:19:48 > 0:19:51to introduce legislation before the end of the year.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55From Sydney, Hywel Griffith reports.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57So now to the final count...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00After months of divisive debate, finally Australia has its answer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:09CHEERING.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Numbers confirmed what the opinion polls have said all along.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15That the majority of Australians do support same-sex marriage.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20But for Veronica and Louise, it means everything.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21It is huge.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It is huge.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26It is equality, it is everything.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30It is just being recognised as being just like everyone else.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31It is freedom, it is acceptance.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34All of that.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37The eight-week vote was according to the government meant to prompt
0:20:37 > 0:20:38respectful discussion.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42It didn't always work out that way.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Go home, homophobes!
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Both sides have been accused of demonising each other.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Faith groups say their right to religious freedom
0:20:50 > 0:20:53has been diminished.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56And they will carry on fighting to ensure people who oppose gay
0:20:56 > 0:20:58marriage have a legal right to do so.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01The way in which we have seen the Western world
0:21:01 > 0:21:04and other democracies, the coercive effect of changing
0:21:04 > 0:21:07the definition of marriage has been to restrict people's ability to hold
0:21:07 > 0:21:10a different point of view.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Everyone knows this is not the end of the line.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18It is not done and dusted until Parliament passes legislation.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20That, they hope, will be done before Christmas.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23But that is a concern for another day.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Today is about celebrating, getting the party started.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29There's very few photographs...
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Not everyone was out dancing in the streets.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36But for John and Arthur, the moment is just as sweet.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40After 50 years together as a couple, they can now plan their wedding.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43It just gives our relationship exactly the same status,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46exactly the same dignity as the relationships
0:21:46 > 0:21:53of our heterosexual friends, of whom we've got many.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56And we will just feel we are first class citizens and not
0:21:56 > 0:21:59second-class citizens.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Many who have campaigned for same-sex marriage did not
0:22:01 > 0:22:06want their relationships put to a public vote.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11But today's result means they should soon have the law on their side.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Hywel Griffith, BBC News, Sydney.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18A search has been launched for the British explorer,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Benedict Allen, after his family said he went missing
0:22:20 > 0:22:23during an expedition to Papua New Guinea.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27The 57-year-old's wife says he missed his flight home,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30and hasn't been heard from for the past three weeks.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Earlier this year he'd appeared in a documentary with the BBC
0:22:32 > 0:22:34correspondent Frank Gardner - in which they travelled
0:22:34 > 0:22:38to Papua New Guinea in search of birds of paradise.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43Frank joins us now.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49How worried are you? I'm keeping an open mind because all travel
0:22:49 > 0:22:54schedules go out of the window in Papau New Guinea with mudslides,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58landslides, torrential rain, bridges fall down, anything could have
0:22:58 > 0:23:02happened to delay him. The most likely explanation is probably the
0:23:02 > 0:23:07line. It is possible that he has been invited to stay on to some
0:23:07 > 0:23:12tribal ceremony and out of politeness and not to risk insulting
0:23:12 > 0:23:16his post he has stayed on. The darker side though is that he has
0:23:16 > 0:23:23gone to visit quite a war like tribe, it is completely unknown what
0:23:23 > 0:23:27state they're in, there's a lot of intertribal warfare, the risk is
0:23:27 > 0:23:31that he could have taken someone with them one tried considered to be
0:23:31 > 0:23:36an enemy by another. It is very territorial and when we went last
0:23:36 > 0:23:40year our location scout checked it all out in advance to make sure we
0:23:40 > 0:23:44do not have a hostile reception. He has not had that luxury Sophie is
0:23:44 > 0:23:48going on his own with no mobile phone, he was dropped by helicopter
0:23:48 > 0:23:52in already a pretty depressed place where missionaries had abandoned it
0:23:52 > 0:23:56and there is a lot of malnutrition. So quite a dangerous part of the
0:23:56 > 0:24:01country but he is a resourceful guy and absolutely love this kind of
0:24:01 > 0:24:05thing. He will be in his own little paradise doing this so I really hope
0:24:05 > 0:24:09that he is fine and chances are he will be but until he makes contact I
0:24:09 > 0:24:15think many people will be very worried.Thank you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Almost 400 individuals and organisations have been given
0:24:17 > 0:24:19the right to participate at the Grenfell Tower inquiry.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21The decision could give them the right to provide opening
0:24:21 > 0:24:24statements, highlight evidence or suggest lines of questioning.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Meanwhile officials from the inquiry, which is being led
0:24:26 > 0:24:28by the retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick, say they have
0:24:28 > 0:24:35yet to finish taking statements from residents and firefighters.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Global leaders are in Germany this afternoon for the start
0:24:37 > 0:24:39of the annual world talks on climate change.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41They're trying to finalise the details from the big climate
0:24:41 > 0:24:46change agreement in Paris two years ago.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48But there's anger that the United States will be promoting
0:24:48 > 0:24:50fossil fuels at the conference - including what they
0:24:50 > 0:24:54call 'clean coal' .
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Here's our environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Are we changing the climate?
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Well, scientists are more convinced than ever that it's mainly our fault
0:25:04 > 0:25:07that the planet is heating.
0:25:07 > 0:25:1113 US agencies say there is no other realistic cause.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Scientists say carbon dioxide emissions from our society
0:25:15 > 0:25:18didn't trigger the California wildfires, for instance,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21but it did make them worse.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24The oceans are also absorbing some of that carbon dioxide
0:25:24 > 0:25:28and that is making sea water more acidic.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Scientists warn that all marine life will be affected.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34The vast majority of the countries in the world understand that
0:25:34 > 0:25:38climate change is real, that it's caused by humans,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40that it's already doing great damage to life, health,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44property, economies and ecosystems.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46And that it's in everybody's interest to work together
0:25:46 > 0:25:51to reduce the threat.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54So what are we doing about it?
0:25:54 > 0:25:57In Paris, world leaders promised to hold the world's temperature rise
0:25:57 > 0:26:00as close as possible to 1.5 Celsius.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02That is thought to be a danger point.
0:26:02 > 0:26:07That would mean very steep cuts in greenhouse gases.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09But look, this is what the politicians' pledges
0:26:09 > 0:26:11in Paris will give us.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14A steadily increasing level of greenhouse gases.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18So there's a huge gap between what politicians are doing
0:26:18 > 0:26:20and what they admit they need to do.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22And unless things improve, scientists think we're heading
0:26:22 > 0:26:27for a dangerous temperature rise of three Celsius.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31So what is this meeting about?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34This year, governments, led by Fiji, have gathered to agree
0:26:34 > 0:26:37the fine print of the Paris Climate Accord.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Every nation is on board, except the USA.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46My administration is putting an end to the war on coal.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49We're going to have clean coal, really clean coal.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52But environmentalists are furious that President Trump
0:26:52 > 0:26:55is trying to promote coal at the climate talks.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00Some developing countries do want the energy that coal can bring.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03But scientists are clear that the climate cannot be
0:27:03 > 0:27:06stabilised if nations invest heavily in coal.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Nobody said it was easy.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13Roger Harrabin, BBC News.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16The actor Keith Barron has died at the age of 83.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21He was best known for his role in the 1980s sitcom Duty Free.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25He also stared in the 1975 Hollywood film 'The Land That Time Forgot'.
0:27:25 > 0:27:31His agent said he'd enjoyed a "long and varied career".
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Sir Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky will face no charges,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35following an investigation into the contents of
0:27:35 > 0:27:37a package delivered to the record-breaking cyclist.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40The investigation was opened in September last year,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42after newspaper reports that a mystery package had been
0:27:42 > 0:27:44delivered to Wiggins' doctor, at the end of a race
0:27:44 > 0:27:47in France in 2011.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50UK Anti-Doping says it has been unable to prove the package
0:27:50 > 0:27:55contained a banned substance.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57A new home for a pound.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59It sounds far too good to be true.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01But in Stoke on Trent the council is selling a handful
0:28:01 > 0:28:02of homes for just that.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05It's all part of an attempt to breath new life into old homes
0:28:05 > 0:28:07that are lying empty.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12Frankie McCamley has been to Stoke-on-Trent to find out more.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16A normal street in Stoke-on-Trent with a very unusual way
0:28:16 > 0:28:19of solving the housing crisis.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Thanks to a project by the local council, it costs just £1 to get
0:28:23 > 0:28:27a key to one of these front doors.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29What did you have to do here?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32Yes, so in here it was the same again, so had to get
0:28:32 > 0:28:33all the flooring in...
0:28:33 > 0:28:43Gavin took up the offer and bought his first home
0:28:43 > 0:28:44after the council spent £30,000 partially renovating it.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46He had to do the rest.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48It was quite a shock when you came in first.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Just because it was just plaster everywhere.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55But I had to get family members and friends in to come and help.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Put in all new flooring, all new lights everywhere,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59appliances, furniture, that kind of thing.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02He has to pay the money the council spent back but says he would never
0:29:02 > 0:29:05have been able to afford the property by himself.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07A lot of friends were quite jealous because you know,
0:29:07 > 0:29:09they have bought houses in the more traditional way.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12So it took them a lot longer and it is a lot more
0:29:12 > 0:29:16expensive to get somewhere about the same calibre.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18OK, this is one of the properties for the new scheme...
0:29:18 > 0:29:21And after the success of the first round, Stoke-on-Trent City Council
0:29:21 > 0:29:23is launching the scheme again, offering up to 25 homes
0:29:23 > 0:29:25in the same area.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29We want to help this community, we want to improve the area.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31The thing is the City Council have a real commitment to improving
0:29:31 > 0:29:33private sector housing areas.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36So areas where there is high numbers of private rented properties,
0:29:36 > 0:29:38areas where there is a high number of empty homes.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42For anyone who wants to take part in this second phase of the scheme,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45there is going to be a very strict selection process.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47People need to either live, work or have a very strong
0:29:47 > 0:29:49connection to the city, earn a certain amount
0:29:49 > 0:29:59of money, and they must not own a property already.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Whilst a scheme like this one won't solve the problem alone,
0:30:02 > 0:30:03it's a creative part of the puzzle.
0:30:03 > 0:30:11Frankie McCamley, BBC News in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:30:11 > 0:30:17In a surprise move Frist has been named as the host nation of the 2023
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Rugby Union World Cup. South Africa had been recommended by Walden Rugby
0:30:21 > 0:30:25board by the council members voted in favour of the French bid. Ireland
0:30:25 > 0:30:30had also entered a bid to stage the tournament. -- the world Rugby
0:30:30 > 0:30:32board.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Here's Lucy Martin.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Here's Lucy Martin.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45While we had brighter conditions in the north than the south and moving
0:30:45 > 0:30:50through the rest of the day we start to see some outbreaks of rain moving
0:30:50 > 0:30:53into North West of Scotland. That rain pushing south and east through
0:30:53 > 0:30:58the night bringing some heavy rain at times and a strong wind in
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Northern Ireland and far north of England. Elsewhere in England and
0:31:02 > 0:31:07Wales it is cloudy with some mist and fog developing. So rush hour
0:31:07 > 0:31:12tomorrow, some good spells of sunshine, some showers which could
0:31:12 > 0:31:18fall as snow. Cooler and brighter in Northern Ireland and rain across the
0:31:18 > 0:31:23North of England and far north of Wales. Further south cloudy start,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26temperatures largely in double figures. Some patches of mist and
0:31:26 > 0:31:31fog around which should lift as we move through the morning. Tomorrow
0:31:31 > 0:31:37dominated by this cold front moving south and east. It brings a spell of
0:31:37 > 0:31:42rain for a time but by the time it gets to the south it should be liked
0:31:42 > 0:31:45and patchy. Behind that we are dragging in colder air replacing
0:31:45 > 0:31:52that milder air in the South. So turning cooler as we move through
0:31:52 > 0:31:57Thursday and into Friday as well. The weather front continues to sink
0:31:57 > 0:32:01South east through the day tomorrow. Behind that some brighter
0:32:01 > 0:32:05conditions, some showers in the far north that could fall as snow over
0:32:05 > 0:32:14the hills. A bit of a contrast to the temperatures tomorrow, behind
0:32:14 > 0:32:18the front temperatures largely in single figures but in the South
0:32:18 > 0:32:22highs of around 14 degrees. So a bit above average for the time of year.
0:32:22 > 0:32:28That clears overnight tomorrow night, high pressure pushing in,
0:32:28 > 0:32:33some tight isobars in the north so still some strong wind but that cold
0:32:33 > 0:32:37start to Friday, many of us could be breaking up to some frost again
0:32:37 > 0:32:42first thing. A bit of a shock across England and Wales, cloudy and mild
0:32:42 > 0:32:46with some good spells of sunshine and some showers just pushing into
0:32:46 > 0:32:50the far north and west later in the day in Northern Ireland and far
0:32:50 > 0:32:53north of England. Across-the-board temperatures back into single
0:32:53 > 0:32:56figures. And that takes us