0:00:05 > 0:00:06Impeachment proceedings are under way against Zimbabwe's
0:00:06 > 0:00:11leader, Robert Mugabe.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Crowds are gathering on the streets of Harare.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Mr Mugabe's former Vice-President tells him to heed the call
0:00:18 > 0:00:22of his people and stand down.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33I will be reporting live from Harare at the start of an impeachment
0:00:33 > 0:00:39process that could finally see the end of Robert Mugabe's 37 year rule
0:00:39 > 0:00:41in Zimbabwe.
0:00:41 > 0:00:42Also this lunchtime...
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Thousands of criminal cases may have been affected by alleged
0:00:45 > 0:00:47manipulation of data at a forensics laboratory in Manchester.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50More money on offer for the EU - Theresa May agrees to increase
0:00:50 > 0:00:56the Brexit divorce bill, if trade talks begin next month.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59We are ready to move on to phase two, to see those talks about a
0:00:59 > 0:01:05deep and special partnership with the EU for future.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07A drug company providing medicine for a thyroid condition is accused
0:01:07 > 0:01:13of overcharging the NHS by tens of millions of pounds.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15And less than 48 hours until the start of the Ashes,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and so the sledging begins, with the Aussie's delivering
0:01:18 > 0:01:22their first round of pom-bashing.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25And coming up in the sport on BBC News, Australia may have retained
0:01:25 > 0:01:28the women's Ashes but England level the series with a record
0:01:28 > 0:01:33run chase in Canberra.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Zimbabwe's governing party, Zanu-PF, has started impeachment proceedings
0:01:58 > 0:02:02against Robert Mugabe.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05The motion accuses Mr Mugabe of failing to uphold the constitution
0:02:05 > 0:02:09and of giving his wife, Grace, too much power.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Zimbabwe's former vice president, who was sacked by President Mugabe,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16has warned him to resign immediately or face humiliation.
0:02:16 > 0:02:26Ben Brown is in the capital, Harare, this lunchtime.
0:02:31 > 0:02:42Can you hear us? We will try to come back to Ben Brown... He is there.
0:02:42 > 0:02:50President Mugabe has so far stubbornly resisted... No, I cannot
0:02:50 > 0:02:57hear anything.We have to apologise, he has lost his communications.
0:02:57 > 0:03:09Let's move to our next story. An investigation now into... Tom
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Burridge's package now from Zimbabwe.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19They gathered near Zimbabwe's parliament, where a move to impeach
0:03:19 > 0:03:26their leader of nearly four decades is under way. The Army, overseeing
0:03:26 > 0:03:29the process, but still no sign from Robert Mugabe himself that he's
0:03:29 > 0:03:42ready to resign.The thing in a way it is a very painful process.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Zimbabwe was Mugabe, Mugabe was Zimbabwe.Now a remarkable claim
0:03:46 > 0:03:51from the man once his deputy, the former vice president here being
0:03:51 > 0:03:56sworn in but sacked two weeks ago, a move that precipitated the current
0:03:56 > 0:04:04crisis. In a statement sent from an undisclosed location, Emmerson
0:04:04 > 0:04:10Mnangagwa accused Mugabe of planning to have him killed. He said he would
0:04:10 > 0:04:18not return until Mugabe was out of power because he did not trust his
0:04:18 > 0:04:25life in President Mugabe's hands. In rural Zimbabwe where Robert Mugabe's
0:04:25 > 0:04:28controversial land reform is hit productivity, there also seems to be
0:04:28 > 0:04:35a consensus that it is time for the president to step down. That call,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39mirrored by veterans. Once his allies in war against colonial rule.
0:04:39 > 0:04:48We are saying to Mugabe smell the coffee, your time is gone. Use your
0:04:48 > 0:04:56dignity, you have ruled long enough. Throw in the towel, let the country
0:04:56 > 0:05:00be given a clear signal that it can start on a new page. You are the
0:05:00 > 0:05:07biggest hindrance to the country moving on.Inside the parliament
0:05:07 > 0:05:13motion now under way to unseat the president. Outside and across this
0:05:13 > 0:05:17country people wait. They have the Army and all main political groups
0:05:17 > 0:05:23on their side. Robert Mugabe's days feel numbered but for now at least
0:05:23 > 0:05:34still no recognition from the man himself that his time is up.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39As you rejoin us live now in Harare, Parliament sitting to consider that
0:05:39 > 0:05:44the motion of impeachment. Some MPs say it could be voted on quickly,
0:05:44 > 0:05:49maybe as soon as tomorrow. Others are saying MPs need to take their
0:05:49 > 0:05:53time and give this process due care and legitimacy and it might take
0:05:53 > 0:05:57several weeks. Meantime there are activists demonstrating outside
0:05:57 > 0:06:05Parliament with a carnival atmosphere there. Let's talk to one
0:06:05 > 0:06:10of those protesters who has come up here to talk to me. Do you think you
0:06:10 > 0:06:15will be impeached now, and how important is that?I think he will
0:06:15 > 0:06:19be impeached, a motion has been approved by parliament and we are
0:06:19 > 0:06:23here protesting and demanding our members of Parliament to impeach
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Mugabe because there is no other option.And really amazing that you
0:06:27 > 0:06:32have the freedom now to demonstrate like this. In the past you would
0:06:32 > 0:06:38have been arrested or even beaten. Yes, we are actually calling it an
0:06:38 > 0:06:46impeachment party today. It has turned into freedom square today.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51For the past few days, President Mugabe has been stubbornly resisting
0:06:51 > 0:06:57increasing pressure on him to resign from the people, from his own party,
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Zanu-PF, and from the Army. He is refusing to resign, now Parliament
0:07:01 > 0:07:06is going to try to push him out of office constitutionally with the
0:07:06 > 0:07:10impeachment process. It needs a two thirds vote from both houses, that
0:07:10 > 0:07:15could come soon in the next couple of days. We will bring you the
0:07:15 > 0:07:19latest as it happens on BBC News.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21An investigation into alleged data manipulation at a forensics
0:07:21 > 0:07:23laboratory used by police across the country has
0:07:23 > 0:07:25uncovered 10,000 cases which may have been affected.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27The problem has already led to about 50 prosecutions
0:07:27 > 0:07:30being ended, but there are fears there could be many more.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32The suspected manipulation by employees emerged earlier this
0:07:32 > 0:07:38year when a data anomaly in a drug driving case was reported.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Let's speak to our home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48Tell us more.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53As many people know, forensic science is at the heart of the
0:07:53 > 0:07:58criminal justice system. Many cases rely on the decisions made by
0:07:58 > 0:08:02forensic scientists in order to decide whether somebody is guilty or
0:08:02 > 0:08:07innocent of crime and this is perhaps the most damaging example of
0:08:07 > 0:08:10that system being undermined, certainly in terms of the number of
0:08:10 > 0:08:20cases that have been affected. Around 10,000 cases of drug testing
0:08:20 > 0:08:26are now regarded as unreliable. The good news is that as the system has
0:08:26 > 0:08:30worked through those cases and tried to work out where there may be the
0:08:30 > 0:08:33most serious incidences of miscarriages of justice, they're
0:08:33 > 0:08:38actually haven't been many cases that have come to light. Around 50
0:08:38 > 0:08:43live cases which were due to come to the courts have now been
0:08:43 > 0:08:46discontinued. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to continue
0:08:46 > 0:08:51with those and there are two cases where people have been convicted of
0:08:51 > 0:08:55death by careless driving which are now going back to the Court of
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Appeal, but certainly this has been something that has severely
0:08:59 > 0:09:03undermined confidence in the system and that will take some rebuilding.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Daniel, thank you.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Senior Cabinet ministers have agreed that Britain should
0:09:06 > 0:09:09increase its financial offer to the EU the so-called
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Brexit divorce bill, but the offer will stand
0:09:12 > 0:09:14only if member states agree next month to move
0:09:14 > 0:09:16on to talks about trade and an implementation period.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19This morning, the Brexit Secretary repeated his intention to reach
0:09:19 > 0:09:22a deal but said ministers were also prepared for no deal.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth reports from Westminster.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29How much is what you want worth? The UK is preparing to increase the
0:09:29 > 0:09:34amount it will pay to the EU to settle its accounts but only if in
0:09:34 > 0:09:39return Brexit talks move on to trade.We are ready to move on phase
0:09:39 > 0:09:44two, to see those talks about a deep and special partnership with the EU
0:09:44 > 0:09:47for the future, a comprehensive trade agreement with the EU for the
0:09:47 > 0:09:54future which is in the interests of the UK and the remaining EU 27.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57While there is no official figure, it is thought senior ministers
0:09:57 > 0:10:02agreed to increase the offer last night, including some Brexiteers in
0:10:02 > 0:10:06the Cabinet although some on the backbenchers warned agreeing too
0:10:06 > 0:10:11much too early would give the EU an advantage.It's as if they want us
0:10:11 > 0:10:17to pay the ransom money but still be hostage to the European Union.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Michel Barnier must recognise we are leaving the European Union and will
0:10:20 > 0:10:25only pay what we are Jukes.For others, the priority is getting
0:10:25 > 0:10:31things moving.You don't go into a pub, order a round of drinks, decide
0:10:31 > 0:10:35you don't want them, walk out and not pay for it so it's important we
0:10:35 > 0:10:42accept that as a principal, hopefully get a formula to express
0:10:42 > 0:10:47that but then move on.EU leaders wanted sufficient progress in three
0:10:47 > 0:10:51areas before agreeing to talk trade. The so-called divorce Bill, the
0:10:51 > 0:10:56question of the Irish border, and citizen 's rights. It remains to be
0:10:56 > 0:10:59seen whether any offer Number Ten has on payment will be enough but
0:10:59 > 0:11:05the Government is clear - it is prepared to move but only if the EU
0:11:05 > 0:11:09does too. The Brexit Secretary said today it is not possible to agree
0:11:09 > 0:11:14all aspects of the so-called separation without discussing future
0:11:14 > 0:11:19relations.The Northern Irish border cannot be addressed if we cannot
0:11:19 > 0:11:24take into account the shape of our future partnership with the European
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Union. Financial settlement depends on it because nothing is agreed
0:11:27 > 0:11:31until everything is agreed.The way forward is still uncertain and today
0:11:31 > 0:11:36there was a warning to some not to use the delicate issue of the Irish
0:11:36 > 0:11:40border as a negotiating tool.You don't play around with Northern
0:11:40 > 0:11:45Ireland to effect change in other places, and actually I would like to
0:11:45 > 0:11:49see the Irish government working with Northern Ireland and the
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Westminster government to bring about a Brexit that works for
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Northern Ireland but also for the Republic of Ireland.Getting a deal
0:11:57 > 0:12:02is what all sides want. It seems someone is going to have to give a
0:12:02 > 0:12:07little but no one is prepared to pay any price.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Let's speak to our our Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15Norman, how is all of this being received?
0:12:15 > 0:12:21So far, there have been no cries of betrayal or treachery directed at
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the Brexiteers in the cabinet, but there
0:12:25 > 0:12:30is a clear contrast between their stance and the views of Brexiteers
0:12:30 > 0:12:34on backbenchers where many are up in arms at the idea of paying billions
0:12:34 > 0:12:39more to the EU as part of these divorce negotiations. Won this
0:12:39 > 0:12:44morning saying we need to be able to look our constituents in the eye at
0:12:44 > 0:12:48the time of tight public spending constraints. Others take the view of
0:12:48 > 0:12:53the EU is in turmoil because of the uncertainty surrounding the German
0:12:53 > 0:13:03Chancellor's position and she is central to agreeing any progress in
0:13:03 > 0:13:06talks so better to sit back and let the EU sweat it out. Boris Johnson
0:13:06 > 0:13:08and Michael Gove however have decided more cash has to be put on
0:13:08 > 0:13:11the table if we are to press on to trade talks, even though no figure
0:13:11 > 0:13:18is likely to be unveiled until the very last moment. As for Mrs May, I
0:13:18 > 0:13:23think she can probably talk this one down as a bit of a win because she
0:13:23 > 0:13:28has bounced the Brexiteers in the Cabinet into backing her, when they
0:13:28 > 0:13:33could have sided with their backbenchers and torpedoed any deal.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Whether the EU negotiators will be similarly accommodating, we will
0:13:37 > 0:13:42find out soon enough.Norman, thank you.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44A drugs company has been accused of overcharging the NHS
0:13:44 > 0:13:47by millions of pounds a year for a key thyroid treatment.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49The Competition and Markets Authority claims that Concordia
0:13:49 > 0:13:50abused its position.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56It says the NHS spent £34 million on a thyroid drug last year,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58up from around £600,000 in 2006.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Concordia says it "does not believe competition law has been infringed".
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Our Health Editor Hugh Pym is here.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06That's an enormous leap in price for the same drug.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10How's that happened?
0:14:10 > 0:14:15The way the drugs industry works is that if you have the patent to a
0:14:15 > 0:14:19drug it is your exclusive product and you can set the price although
0:14:19 > 0:14:23patent it drugs, the price is capped in an agreement with the Government
0:14:23 > 0:14:28here in the UK. When it goes generic as it's known, in other words anyone
0:14:28 > 0:14:34can make that drug, it's assumed the price will fall. What seems to have
0:14:34 > 0:14:38happened in a number of cases for niche drugs like this one is a
0:14:38 > 0:14:49company comes in, buys
0:14:49 > 0:14:52the right to market it, no one else bothers to compete so it pushes up
0:14:52 > 0:14:55the price and but allegedly is what's happened here. The views of
0:14:55 > 0:14:57the regulator are that Concordia abused its position, and a 6000%
0:14:57 > 0:15:02increase over ten years to the NHS. One consultant I spoke to earlier
0:15:02 > 0:15:05explained the big difference in prices when he went elsewhere in the
0:15:05 > 0:15:09European Union.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Historically liothyronine was probably a cost to the NHS
0:15:11 > 0:15:13of about £20 to £30 a month.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15The new cost was over £300 a month.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18The patients were telling me they could go to a foreign capital
0:15:18 > 0:15:21and buy it for £5 a month, so there was a massive difference
0:15:21 > 0:15:24in what the NHS was being charged versus what people were accessing
0:15:24 > 0:15:30at a European level.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34What Concordia, the company involved says, is it doesn't believe there
0:15:34 > 0:15:38was any breach of competition law, that it's been open in its
0:15:38 > 0:15:41transactions with the Department of Health and points out it only bought
0:15:41 > 0:15:45the rights to this drug two years ago. There were other companies
0:15:45 > 0:15:50involved before. The Competition and Markets Authority says it's looking
0:15:50 > 0:15:53at a number of cases like this the sector.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54The time is 13:16.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Our top story this lunchtime:
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Impeachment proceedings are under way against Zimbabwe's leader,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Robert Mugabe, who's still refusing to stand down.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00And coming up...
0:16:00 > 0:16:03A voyage to a new life - a dance company dramatises
0:16:03 > 0:16:09the journey of the SS Windrush, nearly 70 years ago.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15And coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on BBC News...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18One of Great Britain's best female divers, Tonia Couch, calls it a day.
0:16:18 > 0:16:27The former European champion is going to move into coaching.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30For the first time in 12 years, BBC News has been granted permission
0:16:30 > 0:16:34to report from inside Uzbekistan.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36The country has been in the spotlight after several
0:16:36 > 0:16:42terror acts around the world were committed by its citizens.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people in New York last month,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47is the most recent Uzbek thought to be behind an attack.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49In January, a shooting at a nightclub in Istanbul
0:16:49 > 0:16:54left 39 people dead.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55The gunman was from Uzbekistan.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58In April, a vehicle was driven into shoppers at a department
0:16:58 > 0:16:59store in Stockholm.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Four people were killed.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Uzbek national Rakhmat Akilov confessed to the attack.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04The former Soviet state, in Central Asia, tightly
0:17:04 > 0:17:06controls the media.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09But now the BBC has been able to visit the neighbourhood
0:17:09 > 0:17:10the New York attacker came from.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15Will Vernon reports.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's one of the most secretive nations in the world.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Uzbekistan, famous for its ancient Islamic architecture.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26But this country is also the home of several men involved in terrorist
0:17:26 > 0:17:32attacks in the West in recent years.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34It was the deadliest attack targeting New York since 9/11.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Eight people died when a truck was driven into a crowd
0:17:37 > 0:17:42on a cycle path in Manhattan.
0:17:42 > 0:17:49US authorities say that 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, from Uzbekistan,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52carried out the attack in the name of the Islamic State group.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56We travelled to Uzbekistan and tracked down those who knew Saipov.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00We found his mother at the family home in a middle-class neighbourhood
0:18:00 > 0:18:01in the capital, Tashkent.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04She didn't want to be filmed.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07But away from the camera, she told me Saipov was a kind young
0:18:07 > 0:18:08man who loved his family.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Saipov's mother can't accept her son is a terrorist and says she wants
0:18:11 > 0:18:16to believe that what happened was an accident.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19TRANSLATION:We were shocked and anxious when we heard
0:18:19 > 0:18:21that he was involved in this business because, before
0:18:21 > 0:18:24he left Uzbekistan, he was a completely different person.
0:18:24 > 0:18:32So I can't imagine what could have influenced him so much.
0:18:32 > 0:18:39At the local school, Saipov is remembered fondly.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42He stayed after classes and he had extra lessons,
0:18:42 > 0:18:51maybe sometimes English lessons, but never he spoke about
0:18:51 > 0:18:54the religious things, that he's trying to go to some place
0:18:54 > 0:18:56because of religious purposes, I have never heard about it.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59The BBC was given permission to report from Uzbekistan
0:18:59 > 0:19:01for the first time in 12 years.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03After decades of repressive rule, the country appears
0:19:03 > 0:19:11to be opening up.
0:19:11 > 0:19:17The vast majority of Uzbeks are Muslim.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20The government tightly controls religious life and all clerics must
0:19:20 > 0:19:22be registered with the authorities.
0:19:22 > 0:19:29Terrorist attacks committed within Uzbekistan are almost unheard of.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31But thousands of Uzbeks are in prison for extremism.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Human rights groups say many are simply political opponents.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37But Uzbek migrants have been responsible for several deadly
0:19:37 > 0:19:41terrorist attacks in the West in the last few years.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Officials in Tashkent tell us the men involved in these killings
0:19:44 > 0:19:48were all radicalised abroad.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51TRANSLATION:Uzbek migrants living abroad still feel
0:19:51 > 0:19:53like strangers in a foreign land.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Here, we have strong traditions of community.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59In the case of Saipov, someone must have approached him
0:19:59 > 0:20:02and told him what to do.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04The authorities say that they're working with Uzbeks abroad
0:20:04 > 0:20:08in order to combat those feelings of alienation.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11In the hope that others will not succumb to extremism.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12With often tragic consequences.
0:20:12 > 0:20:19Will Vernon, BBC News, Uzbekistan.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21President Trump has declared North Korea a state
0:20:21 > 0:20:23sponsor of terrorism, nine years after it was
0:20:23 > 0:20:24removed from the list.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Mr Trump said the move would trigger "very large" additional sanctions,
0:20:28 > 0:20:30and blamed the country's nuclear programme, and support
0:20:30 > 0:20:32for what he called 'international acts of terrorism'.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Today, the United States is designating North Korea
0:20:34 > 0:20:40as a state sponsor of terrorism.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Should have happened a long time ago.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Should have happened years ago.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47In addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50North Korea has repeatedly supported acts of international
0:20:50 > 0:20:57terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Paul Adams is in Seoul.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03China, Japan and South Korea have all given their reactions.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07What have they said in response?
0:21:07 > 0:21:11The first thing to say is this is not a great surprise. Donald Trump
0:21:11 > 0:21:14said he would do it and he put it off a couple of times so people were
0:21:14 > 0:21:22ready for this move. And his allies in the region, Shinzo Abe was very
0:21:22 > 0:21:27supportive. The Government in South Korea was more nuanced and they said
0:21:27 > 0:21:30it what hope to promote the denuclearisation of the peninsular
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and was clinging to the idea of dialogue with North Korea, hinting
0:21:33 > 0:21:36at the tensions that exist between the implacable approach of Donald
0:21:36 > 0:21:42Trump and slightly more softly softly approach of the South Korean
0:21:42 > 0:21:46government. China, it sounded a bit of a warning, saying the country
0:21:46 > 0:21:50should avoid doing things that raise tensions in the region. And from
0:21:50 > 0:21:55North Korea, we had colourful rhetoric. Those who working to
0:21:55 > 0:21:59thwart North Korean progress, it said, was simply making North Korea
0:21:59 > 0:22:03stronger. And the result would be a great miracle that would the world.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08It has been a couple of months and the world was last startled by a
0:22:08 > 0:22:11North Korean missile test and people have begun to wonder whether we
0:22:11 > 0:22:15might be moving into a phase of dialogue. And all eyes over the
0:22:15 > 0:22:20weekend were on a Chinese envoy who went to North Korea for four days of
0:22:20 > 0:22:25talks and he seems to have left yesterday without meeting a North
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Korean leader Kim Jong-un and most people in the region took that to be
0:22:28 > 0:22:37a rather negative sign.OK, thank you.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Well, Donald Trump will later speak with the Russian President
0:22:40 > 0:22:42on the issue of Syria, after Vladimir Putin said the defeat
0:22:42 > 0:22:46of the so-called Islamic State group there is close.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49The Russian President was speaking in Sochi, where he met
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Syria's President Assad, who was on an unannounced visit.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Mr Putin said he wanted to hear the Syrian leader's views
0:22:55 > 0:23:00on the peace process.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Workers at the University of London, including porters and receptionists,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07The first Ashes Test starts in Australia on Thursday and,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10already, there's some tough sporting talk from the players.
0:23:10 > 0:23:16England will be without their all-rounder Ben Stokes for the first
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Test, following his arrest in September after an incident
0:23:18 > 0:23:19outside a Bristol nightclub.
0:23:19 > 0:23:25Our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss, is in Brisbane.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Yes, welcome to Brisbane, where thousands of England fans are
0:23:27 > 0:23:33currently descending on the city. Just 36 hours now until the start of
0:23:33 > 0:23:38the Ashes and already, no shortage of fighting talk. Especially from
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Australia. Their spin bowler make them lie they want to end the
0:23:43 > 0:23:48careers of some good players. He is also accusing England of being
0:23:48 > 0:23:52scared last time they played in Australia four years ago. Alastair
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Cook was the England captain back then and he is playing again in this
0:23:56 > 0:24:00series and he saw the funny side.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It's really strange, you know.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07I had a nice ten-minute chat with Nathan, as he was the first
0:24:07 > 0:24:09person I saw when I got to the ground.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12He asked me how my kids were, how his kids were and stuff,
0:24:12 > 0:24:13so it's quite funny, isn't it?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15It just makes me chuckle, I suppose.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16It makes everyone chuckle.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Do you think it is out of character, then?
0:24:18 > 0:24:19Is it put on?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22I don't know, you're going to have to ask him.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24It's not that, it is what it is, isn't it?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27All the talking stops very quickly and the series becomes a normal
0:24:27 > 0:24:29series after the first two hours, I think, you know.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30It's all the...
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Suddenly, you talk about the cricket again,
0:24:32 > 0:24:33rather than the off-field stuff.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Yes, England hoping to do rather better than the last time they were
0:24:36 > 0:24:40in Australia, when they were beaten 5-0. But they have not had an easy
0:24:40 > 0:24:43build-up with the controversy surrounding their star all-rounder
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Ben Stokes who is back in the UK under police investigation after an
0:24:47 > 0:24:52incident outside a nightclub act in September. His absence here had been
0:24:52 > 0:24:56very much the big talking point. Australia's Vice-captain is David
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Warner and he says he would like to see Ben Stokes play some part in
0:25:00 > 0:25:03this series, but he was critical of his behaviour.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I think it's probably disappointing for the England
0:25:05 > 0:25:06team and the country, I think.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12You know, he's let a lot of people down.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16I would have loved for him to be out here because I know
0:25:16 > 0:25:19what a competitor he is on the field and he's a world-class player.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But at the end of the day, we've got, you know,
0:25:22 > 0:25:24another 11 guys that will take the field on Thursday.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25And we're excited.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26We obviously respect our opposition.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29They've picked the best team that they feel is going to be
0:25:29 > 0:25:33here to try and beat us.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Yes, David Warner is a key player for Australia, although there is a
0:25:37 > 0:25:41question over his fitness after he injured his neck during training
0:25:41 > 0:25:46this morning. But whoever plays, it is a daunting prospect for England.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51Australia have an incredible record here in Brisbane. In fact, they have
0:25:51 > 0:25:55not lost a Test match here in nearly 30 years. They will be the red-hot
0:25:55 > 0:25:59favourites when the first migratory gets under way here on Thursday
0:25:59 > 0:26:01morning. We shall look forward to that, thank
0:26:01 > 0:26:03you very much.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07And an exciting finish for England's women Down Under,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11as they chased down a record 179 to beat Australia in the final T20
0:26:11 > 0:26:16match in the Ashes series.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21It is in the air! It is through! A win for England, the highest ever...
0:26:21 > 0:26:29Danni Wyatt scored a century.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31It means the teams ended with eight points each,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34but Australia keep the Ashes as they're the holders.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36The security company G4S has commissioned an independent inquiry
0:26:36 > 0:26:38into the "attitude and behaviour" of staff at one of its
0:26:38 > 0:26:39immigration removal centres.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Detainees at Brook House, near Gatwick Airport,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44were filmed by the BBC's Panorama programme apparently being mocked,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46abused and assaulted.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Railcards offering discounted train travel are to be extended
0:26:48 > 0:26:50to people up to 30 years old.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, is expected to announce
0:26:52 > 0:26:54the extension in tomorrow's Budget.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57At the moment, the Young Persons' Railcard is only available to people
0:26:57 > 0:27:00between the ages of 16 and 25.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02It's thought the so-called 'millennials' card' will be
0:27:02 > 0:27:09available in the spring next year.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Next year marks the 70th anniversary of the SS Empire Windrush,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15which brought the first major wave of post-war Caribbean
0:27:15 > 0:27:17immigrants to the UK.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20To mark the occasion, a dance company in Leeds is turning
0:27:20 > 0:27:26the voyage into a show.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28They've enlisted the help of someone who was on the ship
0:27:28 > 0:27:30in 1948, to help to tell the story.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Our entertainment correspondent, Colin Paterson, has been
0:27:32 > 0:27:33to rehearsals to find out more.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The Empire Windrush brings to Britain 500 Jamaicans.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Many are ex-servicemen who know England.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39They served this country well.
0:27:39 > 0:27:47History being turned into dance.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Next year is the 70th anniversary of the Empire Windrush bringing
0:27:50 > 0:27:53the first large group of post-war Caribbean immigrants to the UK.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Swing, swing.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Don't go too soon.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Sharon Watson is the Artistic Director of
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Phoenix Dance Company, in Leeds.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06She was inspired by her own mother's journey from Jamaica in the '60s
0:28:06 > 0:28:10and decided to create a piece all about Windrush.
0:28:10 > 0:28:20It really does resonate with our family, in terms
0:28:25 > 0:28:27of having to leave a home, a place, where you've
0:28:27 > 0:28:28got all your family.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Relocating somewhere new, somewhere different.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31So I've picked her brain considerably.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Her mum had come along to see the work in progress,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37and it was bringing back memories of her own arrival in the UK.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39You could see icicles hanging down from the windows,
0:28:39 > 0:28:40which you don't see now.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43I didn't think I could manage the big coat and the big boots.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44We'd never seen them before.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46So it was a bit unusual for me.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Members of Leeds' Caribbean community had also been invited,
0:28:48 > 0:28:53so they could give feedback based on their own voyages.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55That Windrush there, it reminds me so much.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00Like sardines packed in that boat!
0:29:00 > 0:29:05And they are thrilled the story will be on stage next February.
0:29:05 > 0:29:14When the younger people come and see what's going on,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17they understand what we, the old ladies and old gentlemen,
0:29:17 > 0:29:18had to go through.
0:29:18 > 0:29:19So this is Leeds, 1940...
0:29:19 > 0:29:201948.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Phoenix Dance Company has also made a discovery
0:29:22 > 0:29:25they hope will help the show.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Alford Gardiner is 91, lives in Leeds, and actually
0:29:27 > 0:29:29came over on Windrush.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32He's agreed to share his memories, to help shape the production.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36He was a mechanic in the RAF in Britain during the Second World War
0:29:36 > 0:29:42and a lack of work at home made him want to come back.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45The thing is, in Jamaica at the time, if you haven't got
0:29:45 > 0:29:47a job, you're a nobody.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52What was it like on Windrush?
0:29:52 > 0:29:57We had six ex-Army boys who wanted to commandeer our money.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Between us, we got them on the boat.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05So, we were busy hiding them when they're checking up.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08So, three men in a toilet hiding!
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Well, that's it, it's part of history now.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12It is history.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14And 70 years on, Alford, who worked in factories
0:30:14 > 0:30:16and had nine children, thinks getting on Windrush
0:30:16 > 0:30:20was a great decision.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22You strike me as a man who has enjoyed life.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24And I'm still enjoying it.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27And I will always enjoy it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:35Colin Paterson, BBC News, Leeds.
0:30:35 > 0:30:35Beautiful.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36Beautiful.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:41 > 0:30:47Thank you, good afternoon. Changeable weather over the next few
0:30:47 > 0:30:52days and we started with mild temperatures as well. Yesterday, we
0:30:52 > 0:30:57recorded 17 degrees Celsius in Nantwich, Cheshire. The average is
0:30:57 > 0:31:01nine Celsius. We have cloud with that, that is feeding in from the
0:31:01 > 0:31:07Atlantic. Outbreaks of rain and windy conditions. Firmly in this
0:31:07 > 0:31:13mild air from the South, with mild temperatures. This afternoon, we
0:31:13 > 0:31:17have got rain in the North and rain feeding into Wales and North West
0:31:17 > 0:31:22England. Temperatures today at a maximum of 14, perhaps 15 Celsius,
0:31:22 > 0:31:25where we see breaks in the cloud. This evening and overnight, Cody
0:31:25 > 0:31:31outbreaks of rain, across Scotland and Wales into the Midlands and East
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Anglia, more rain pushing into the West into Northern Ireland and Wales
0:31:35 > 0:31:40and North West England into the early hours. A mild night in the
0:31:40 > 0:31:43South, temperatures in double figures. Cooler in the North. And
0:31:43 > 0:31:48into the early hours, for England and Wales, the wind picks up. So
0:31:48 > 0:31:52tomorrow morning at rush hour, some outbreaks of rain in the far North,
0:31:52 > 0:31:56but largely dry across much of Northern and Central Scotland.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01Starting to see rain pushing into Southern Scotland, Northern Ireland,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04North West England and the North of Wales, that could be heavy at
0:32:04 > 0:32:08points. Elsewhere across England and Wales, cloud around, temperatures
0:32:08 > 0:32:14quite mild already, a maximum of 14 Celsius. Windy, the wind having
0:32:14 > 0:32:19picked up. Weather cloud is thick, light rain and drizzle possible. A
0:32:19 > 0:32:24windy day tomorrow across England and Wales, possibly costs of 60 mph
0:32:24 > 0:32:27and exposed coasts, outbreaks of rain across four North West England
0:32:27 > 0:32:32and Southern Scotland, and heavy rain. Bright intervals in the South
0:32:32 > 0:32:38and East and more rain into the West in the afternoon, highs of 15
0:32:38 > 0:32:43Celsius. Overnight into the early hours of Thursday, some colder air
0:32:43 > 0:32:47so the return of something a bit cooler from the North which means by
0:32:47 > 0:32:51the time we start Thursday, there is the possibility of snow over the
0:32:51 > 0:32:55hills in Scotland and also perhaps down to low levels in the North.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Stay tuned to the forecast and we will keep you up-to-date. Bright
0:32:59 > 0:33:04intervals across England and Wales, rain in the south-west later, highs
0:33:04 > 0:33:08of around 14, 15 Celsius. Friday, cooler temperatures into the North,
0:33:08 > 0:33:13perhaps holding on to double figures in the South. But by Saturday,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16everybody is firmly in the cooler air.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Thank you very much indeed.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Impeachment proceedings are underway against Zimbabwe's leader,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26Robert Mugabe, who's still refusing to stand down.