24/11/2017 BBC News at One

Zimbabwe has a new President -

Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in,

and promises to rebuild the country,

and repair its economy.

I swear that, as president of

Republic of Zimbabwe...

In front of tens of thousands

of people, he commits to restoring

unity and holding fresh

elections next year.

We should never remain

hostages of our past.

I thus humbly appeal to all of us

that we let bygones be bygones.

We will have the latest from Harare.

Also on the programme...

Theresa May is back in Brussels -

she says it's everyone's

responsibility to advance the Brexit

negotiations, so trade

can be discussed.

What I'm clear about is that we must

step forward together. This is for

both the UK and the European Union

to move onto the next stage.

The disgraced Olympian Oscar

Pistorius has had his prison

sentence more than doubled

for killing his girlfriend

Reeva Steenkamp.

It's been claimed that YouTube's

system for reporting

sexualised comments on videos

of children hasn't been working

properly for a year.

Australia's Captain lead the

recovery in the Ashes.

I'm here in Brisbane,

with all the latest

from the first Ashes Test

between England and Australia.

And the first furlong of a new

career. Former footballer Michael

Owen saddles up for ascot.

Coming up in the sport on BBC News,

Australia winger Ballantyne homes

scored a record six tries as the

holders beat Fiji to reach the Rugby

World Cup final.

Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

Zimbabwe has a new President.

Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in this

morning in a packed stadium

in the capital Harare.

It follows the dramatic

departure of Robert Mugabe,

after 37 years in power.

President Mnangagwa told the crowd

of 60,000 that he vowed

to serve all citizens,

and said corruption must end.

For decades, Emmerson Mnangagwa has

been shoulder-to-shoulder

with Robert Mugabe as one

of his closest aides.

He was the country's spymaster

during the 1980s civil conflict,

in which thousands of civilians

were killed, although he has denied

any role in the massacres.

The man nicknamed 'the Crocodile'

because of his ruthlessness

was also accused of masterminding

attacks on opposition supporters

after the election in 2008.

Ben Brown is in Harare.

Yes, the inauguration ceremony took

place a few hours ago but people, as

you can see, still in this stadium

here on the outskirts of Harare,

just enjoying the party. The

atmosphere has been electric and

euphoric, and when it came to the

inaugural address from the brand-new

president of Zimbabwe, many people

here said it was absolutely

inspiring. It was also inclusive, he

said, we are all in this together.

He said that democratic elections

next year would go ahead, he

promised to create

jobs and stop corruption, and even

some of his opponents who were here

in the stadium to watch the speech

said it was statesman-like and

inspirational. In short, just what

Zimbabwe was looking for. John

Donnison reports on the events so

far.

A new dawn for Zimbabwe.

And a day to be up early.

People cramming onto buses towards

the country's National Stadium.

Outside, a mood of celebration.

I, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa...

Millions of Zimbabweans this week

have been celebrating the end

of the Mugabe regime.

But, after being sworn in,

the new president gave a remarkably

warm tribute to the man

he ousted from power.

To me, personally, he remains a

father, mentor, comrades in arms,

and my leader.

We thus say thank you to him

and trust that our history

will grant him his proper place

and accord him his deserved stature

as one of the founding fathers

and leaders of our nation.

But he said now was the time

to look to the future.

Whilst we cannot change the past,

there is a lot we can do

in the present and the future

to give our nation a different,

positive direction.

As we do so, we should never remain

hostages of our past. I thus humbly

appeal to all of us that we let

bygones be bygones.

The crowd lapped it up.

I just want to say to our new

president, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa, we

are very happy, and I would like to

say to the general, Mr Chua manga,

thank you so much. Thank you so

much! Thank you so much!

Many in this country have known no

other leader than Robert Mugabe.

So what changes do people want?

We

are expecting a lot from the new

president, we expect him to deal

with issues of corruption, issues of

unemployment, and also issues of

health.

The new president has

promised democratic elections will

go ahead next year. But the

opposition wanting to do things

properly.

I want him to realise

that we are all Zimbabweans.

He must not ignore us. We want

parties that are respected in

Zimbabwe.

Emmerson Mnangagwa was

Robert Mugabe's right-hand man,

a key ally in decades

of oppressive rule.

But, at least for today,

people were prepared to believe this

was not about continuity,

but change.

John Donnison, BBC News.

Let's get some reaction from one of

the spectators, one of the 60,000

people packed into this stadium.

What did you think of that speech

from the new president?

It was very

inspiring because we got the

opportunities that we are going to

have jobs, and that is one thing I

was waiting to hear. Also they are

going to fight corruption, which is

one thing that was drowning of as a

nation. So, for me, this has been a

new start, a new beginning, and

cannot wait to see my children, my

grandchildren, and all the future

generations that had no brighter

future and now I am very optimistic

there is going to be a brighter

future for Zimbabwe.

Do you think he

will keep his promises?

For now, I

think everyone will be, their eyes

will be on him such that I don't

think he will repeat the same

mistakes. I think, for now, we are

good. We have to be hopeful, because

once we are not hopeful, that will

get negative responses, so for us,

we are happy with Emmerson Mnangagwa

as our president for now.

Thank you

very much indeed. As you can see

here, they are partying and dancing

in celebration of the fact that they

have a new president. He said, let

bygones be bygones. He wants no

retribution, no revenge. But, of

course, Zimbabwe will be waiting to

see whether he does keep his

promises.

Jane, back to do. Then, thank you,

Ben Brown in Harare.

Theresa May will meet the President

of the European Council Donald Tusk

in Brussels later.

It will be the first time they've

met since the Prime Minister secured

the backing of her Cabinet

to increase Britain's divorce

payment from the EU.

The summit will address

the EU's relationship

with its eastern neighbours,

but discussions on the fringes

will focus on Brexit.

Adam Fleming reports from Brussels.

She's here to talk about helping

the EU's eastern neighbours.

The Prime Minister is also

trying to give a boost

to the Brexit process.

These negotiations are continuing,

but what I'm clear about is

that we must step forward together.

This is for both the UK

and the European Union to move

on to the next stage.

That next stage is talks

about the future relationship

with the UK, but EU leaders

won't talk about trade until Britain

answers some big questions

about its departure,

such as how it will avoid customs

checks on the Irish border.

We're focused on a credible road

map, or the parameters at least

for a credible road map, to ensure

that we don't have a hard border

on the island of Ireland again that

not only undermines trade but,

more importantly, undermines

the normality on the island

of Ireland that has been the very

basis of a successful peace process

for the last 20 years.

The president of Romania and his EU

colleagues won't move

without money, either.

They want the UK to make specific

written commitments about how

it intends to live up

to its financial obligations.

The Cabinet has, in theory, agreed

to make a more generous offer,

although earlier this week

Downing Street dismissed

reports that could be

a sum worth £40 billion.

The Prime Minister won't talk

precise numbers as she hobnobs

with her counterparts.

This is about small steps

in a bigger diplomatic dance that

will go on for weeks.

I will meet the British Prime

Minister on 4th December

and then we'll see if there has been

sufficient progress.

Are you at all confident

progress will be made?

Yes.

And the EU has other

things on its mind.

Chancellor Merkel of Germany

is finding it hard to form

a coalition government at home.

There's a political

crisis brewing in Dublin.

Are these distractions

or opportunities for Britain?

For the Prime Minister,

the meeting that matters today

is with the president

of the European Council,

Donald Tusk.

He'll chair the summit in December

which will decide whether the Brexit

process takes a giant leap forward.

Let's get the latest from Adam in

Brussels. As you alluded to there,

these are extraordinary times for a

lot of countries now, Adam?

Yes, the summit is meant to be about

helping the EU's eastern neighbours,

it has been dominated by other

things instead. The meeting will

happen around 3:30pm your time,

between Theresa May and Donald Tusk,

and it is important but just a small

step in the diplomatic process that

will go on to the next few weeks

where they are trying to solve

remaining problems between the EU

and UK. There are issues outstanding

on the rights of EU nationals living

at the UK, about the Northern Irish

border, about how bad is handled,

and a big issue outstanding which,

as I mentioned in that piece, is the

money. What is fascinating is when

you look around this massive EU

press room, half the journalists on

this site are glued to Twitter to

find out if Germany will get a new

Government. The journalists on the

other half are glued to Twitter to

find out if Ireland is going to lose

its government. So there are lots of

reminders the Brexit process is not

just governed by what happened in

meetings between the British Prime

Minister and the president

of the European Council, it is

governed by lots of other factors as

well and all of those factors will

come together in a big finale in

this building in about three weeks'

time when there is an EU summit on

the 14th and 15th of December where

the crucial decision will be made,

has there been enough progress in

the first phase of talks about

divorce to move onto the next stage,

about the future relationship

between the EU and the UK.

Adam Fleming, thank you.

Oscar Pistorius has had his prison

sentence for killing his

girlfriend more than doubled.

Prosecutors had argued

that the original six-year term

for shooting Reeva Steenkamp

was 'shockingly light'.

The former Olympic and Paralympic

athlete must now serve 13

years and five months.

Milton Nkosi is in Johannesburg.

Explain more about the developments?

Yes, what we saw today was the

supreme Court of Appeal overturning

that six-year sentence and

increasing it all the way up to 13.5

years for Oscar Pistorius. The

family of Reeva Steenkamp, who was

shot on Valentine's Day in 2013, has

already said that they welcome this

change in sentencing, and said this

shows that justice can be achieved

in South Africa. On the other hand,

from the Oscar Pistorius family, his

brother Carl Pistorius tweeted three

words, shattered, heartbroken,

gutted. That summed it up, really,

for the athlete, who is still behind

bars, and for his family and

friends.

Milton, thank you, Milton Nkosi in

Johannesburg.

YouTube's system for reporting

sexualised comments left

on children's videos has not been

functioning properly

for more than a year.

That's according to volunteer

moderators, who say there could be

up to 100,000 predatory accounts

leaving indecent comments.

Companies including Mars,

Cadbury and Lidl have suspended

advertising on the site.

YouTube says it reviews

the "vast majority"

of reports within 24 hours.

Mike Wendling reports.

These comments were left

on completely innocent

videos of young people,

emulating YouTube stars.

But the simple fact

that they featured children

attracts predatory comments.

YouTube relies on users to report

illegal and inappropriate behaviour,

but BBC Trending has been told

of a flaw in that system.

YouTube's volunteer moderators say

that not all information in public

reports is getting to the company,

which can result in sexual comments

remaining on children's videos,

sometimes for months.

We picked out 28 accounts which left

such comments and flagged them

using the public system.

Over several weeks,

five were taken down.

The rest stayed up,

until we identified ourselves

as journalists and provided YouTube

with the full list of

accounts and comments.

Anne Longfield, the Children's

Commissioner for England,

says something needs to be done.

I am really, really

concerned that the public

function of reporting

isn't seemingly working.

It's something I will be writing

to YouTube about straightaway

and I will want them to take

immediate action and have

that resolved within

literally a matter of hours.

Children's charity the NSPCC wants

the Government to step

in, and major brands have begun

to pull advertising.

What we'd encourage parents to do

is to have conversations

with their children about how

to stay safe online and for that

to be a regular part

of the conversation

they have with children.

Parents would ask children

how their day at school was.

Ask about what they are doing

online and if they have

encountered any risks.

The Government says it expects

online platforms to act swiftly

to remove offensive content.

YouTube denied there is a technical

fault and told us...

YouTube says it recognises

it needs to do more,

and has pledged to get

tougher on predators.

The company says it has removed

hundreds of predatory accounts this

week alone and that it will disable

comments on videos

targeted by predators.

Mike Wendling, BBC News.

Our media editor Amol Rajan is here.

It is not the first time there have

been concerns about YouTube?

Earlier

this year there were concerns not

about material related to children

but about jihadists content. There

are two different stories, one is

commercial, where big brands who

advertise on YouTube, like Mars and

Adidas, said they do not want

anything to do with YouTube when it

is a forum for sexual predators and

paedophiles. Another one, as in the

report that, BBC trending finding

their mechanism, the system by which

you can flag that something is

wrong, that is not working as it was

meant to for a year or so which

means that some things that were

meant to be taken down simply were

not.

And the parent company is doing

what about a?

We have been speaking

to senior people in the world of

advertising and they say Google has

taken this seriously, they find this

abhorrent and in the last few months

have acted to try to take this stuff

down. They have disabled accounts

which should not be there, taken

thousands of comments which should

not be online down as well and hired

human moderators to prejudge whether

certain things should be online. But

a key point here is the sheer volume

of material online, 400 hours of

video uploaded every minute, this

will be solved by machines rather

than human beings and I'm afraid

this is a war without end.

Amol

Rajan, thank you.

Our top story this lunchtime...

Zimbabwe has a new President -

Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in,

and promises to rebuild the country,

and repair its economy.

Coming up: Guess Who?

Tom Baker returns as the Timelord,

to finish filming an episode

of the hit series, nearly four

decades after it had

Coming up in sport, honours even

as debutant Jake Ball

impresses for England,

Taking the prize wicket

of Australia's David Warner

on day two of the opening

Ashes Test in Brisbane.

British shoppers could spend up

to £2.5 billion today

as many shops and online

retailers offer discounts.

The so-called Black Friday binge

began in the US as a way

to try to boost spending

as Christmas approaches.

Barclaycard, which processes nearly

half of the UK's debit

and credit card payments,

said by 10 o'clock this morning,

the volume of transactions was up

by nearly 30% compared

with last year.

Emma Simpson is at a warehouse

in Tilbury in Essex.

The Friday morning commute from

Essex. Bargain hunters in every

carriage shopping on the move.

I've

been shopping online this morning.

Already?

I managed to get a discount

for my son for a monitor.

I bought a

Dyson.

It seems to be getting bigger

and bigger, it's mental.

I've been

thinking about it for the past week,

waiting for today, and the first

opportunity I've got I've logged on.

It is 9am, but what most shops are

open but it is reckoned we will

already have quietly spent half £1

billion online. Those orders are

already on their way here at Amazon

with robots moving thousands of

items from the shelves to the

pickers and they have been doing

deals all week and so too have many

others. Anything to get shoppers to

spend.

Personal finances are under

pressure and consumer confidence is

beginning to falter but this is an

important time of the year with

black Friday the starting gun for

Christmas and retailers will be

hoping it spurs consumers to spend.

That is what they are banking on at

this small electronics business in

Cambridge also they have bought half

£1 million worth of stock to sell,

exciting bit nerve-racking as well.

If we don't operate in black Friday

they will buy off somebody of that

is not an option, we have to cell on

Black Friday.

It is nerve-racking,

the more people rely on Black

Friday, the more people buy and

consume is wet, the more you sit

there in the weeks leading up to it

thinking, is it going to happen this

year?

But the boss of this clothing

chain is not taking part.

For the

high Street it is bonkers. I can't

think of a better word to describe

it. All it is doing is moving sales

from December into November, it is

not growing the market and

everything is having to be sold at a

reduced margins.

And the deals are

everywhere, on a high street that

feels it is permanently on the sale.

Like it or loathe it, Black Friday

is here to stay. Emma Simpson

reporting.

A teenager who killed

a seven-year-old girl has been given

a life sentence for manslaughter,

and been ordered to be detained

for a minimum of five years.

Katie Rough was found

on a playing field in York

with severe injuries to her neck

and chest in January.

She died from her

injuries in hospital.

Her killer, who was 15

at the time of the attack,

cannot be named for legal reasons.

Reports from Egypt say more than 100

people have died in an attack

on a mosque in north Sinai.

Many others are thought to have been

wounded.

The state news agency

says a bomb exploded

before gunmen opened

fire on worshippers.

It is not yet known who carried out

the attack.

A new therapy which allows people

with schizophrenia to talk

to a computer representation

of voices they hear in their head,

could help them cope better

with hallucinations.

A trial of 150 people suggested that

confronting an avatar was helpful.

Our Health Correspondent,

James Gallagher, explains.

Stupid.

Look at you.

Threatening voices fill the heads

of schizophrenia patients.

A quarter of them can't even escape

them with medication.

Stupid.

A new experimental therapy

is bringing patients face to face

with their imaginary tormentors.

You're pathetic.

You're rubbish.

You're a waste of space.

This avatar is being

controlled by psychiatrists

at the Maudsley Hospital in London.

They have worked with the patient

to match the voice.

He wouldn't say yes

and he wouldn't say no either.

You just tell me which is the best.

And the look of their

hallucinations.

Patients then spent six

sessions learning how

to stand up to their avatar.

Tell him you don't want to hear this

rubbish any more when he comes

in with his usual statements.

You're a waste of space.

Go away.

You're pathetic.

Professor Tom Craig developed

the therapy and has done

trials on 150 people.

He said it produced rapid

and lasting improvements

with patients having

fewer frightening hallucinations.

I think it's the business

of bringing it from a voice

that is detached and you have no

control over, into this experience

that is immediate and you control

so you get power and it loses power.

Experts say the trial,

published in the Lancet Psychiatry,

is impressive but add that patients

will still need to take medication.

This treatment is specifically

designed for those with treatment

resistant auditory verbal

hallucinations, or voices,

so you wouldn't be looking

to provide it routinely I guess

unless patients wanted

this kind of approach.

I think the other rider to consider

is that it is quite a high-tech

approach which thus far is only

available in a couple

of centres in the UK.

Making an avatar of your imaginary

voices is still experimental

therapy. Further trials are needed

to see if it could become a powerful

new way of treating schizophrenia.

James Gallagher, BBC News.

There's been success for England's

bowlers on the second day

of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.

The tourists, who were all out

for 302 in their first innings,

reduced the home side

to 84-4 at one stage.

But Australia fought back to end

the day on 128 without further loss.

Our Sports Correspondent,

Andy Swiss, was watching.

After a patient opening day,

the Ashes were about to hit

the fast forward button.

Long queues outside the Gabba

and at first England also

played the waiting game.

For an hour and a half

they were calm, composed.

A 50 for Dawid Malan.

What could possibly go wrong?

Well, pretty much everything

as it turned out.

Malan's swish sparking a collapse

in the grand English

tradition, losing 6-56.

Moeen Ali next to go as Nathan Lyon

sent the visitors spinning.

Chris Woakes was utterly bamboozled,

Jake Ball brilliantly

caught by David Warner.

And by the time Stuart Broad

holed out, England hadn't

even lasted the morning,

all out for 302.

Well, lunch will be tasting pretty

good for these Australian

fans after that horrible

collapse by England.

Six wickets in barely an hour have

transformed the mood of this match.

But that mood was about

to swing once again.

A chance and gone!

As the Gabba's glee was silenced.

Stuart Broad with the breakthrough

before a bit of Moeen magic,

trapping Usman Khawaja and suddenly

it was Australia's turn to tumble.

Warner inexplicably serving

up catching practice.

And although Peter Handscomb

thought he had survived,

the video umpire decided otherwise.

Australia four down

and in deep trouble.

But they recovered thanks

to an unbeaten half-century

from captain Steve Smith to cap

a day of fluctuating,

fascinating fortunes.

We feel we're in a decent position.

I think if we can come out

in the morning, get a good night's

sleep and a bit of rest and come

at them hard in the morning,

if we nick couple out and you're

into the likes of Starc and Cummins,

I think that's a good

position for us to be in.

The match then perfectly poised

in an enthralling start

to this Ashes series.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Brisbane.

Now, most of us probably think

of him as a star striker responsible

for many an England goal,

but it seems Michael Owen's sporting

talent extends beyond football.

Since retiring from the beautiful

game, he's become a successful

racehorse breeder,

and this lunchtime he's

been making his debut

as a jockey at Ascot.

Joe Wilson reports.

Approaching on four legs come

unmistakably a racehorse but cube is

the human being on board? Recognise

him? -- who is also it may be more

recognisable doing this come almost

a furlong from goal in the 98 World

Cup and a sprinters finish.

Michael

Owen has scored a wonderful goal!

When you have scored over 300 times

you need a new goal and horse racing

became Michael Owen's business in

retirement. Owning horses in one

thing, riding them, initially he

thought it might have been easy.

Dressed in the suck at Ascot it was

all very real. This was just a

charity race but he had trained hard

and lost a lot of weight.

Calder

Prince has come through to have the

lead under Michael Owen.

There he

was, closer to the rails, the dark

blue colours on board Calder Prince

and as they turned for home there

was a chance to win and now surely

these sportsmen's instinct would

kick in but if he had the world for

victory lacked the expertise as a

horse called Golden Wedding clicked

on. Second place in a highly

respectable on debut and it gets you

a place in the parade ring where

they hand out the recognition. In

front of esteemed spectators,

Michael Owen had done himself

justice so will there be another

race as a jockey? Hopefully, he said

cautiously.

At the age of 83, Tom Baker has

returned to the Tardis.

He's filmed part of a Dr Who episode

which was never finished.

He donned his trademark long stripy

scarf and returned to BBC

Television Centre to shoot a scene

from an episode which was abandoned

because of a strike.

Our Entertainment Correspondent,

Colin Paterson, reports.

Shada, a doctor who stole it would

start to be filmed in 1979 but had

to be abandoned halfway through due

to an engineering strike. There have

been many attempts at finishing it

novels, audio plays, even a VHS

version with Tom Brake explaining

what happened in the scenes which

were never completed. -- Tom Baker.

Doctor, your mind shall be mine.

I'm

not mad about your tailor!

For the

version released today, members of

the original cast including Tom

Baker recorded the actual script to

go with animated versions of the

missing parts. And what has got fans

particularly excited is for the

conclusion, Tom Baker went back to

BBC Television Centre, stepped onto

the set from 1979 and filmed two

lines of dialogue. He had no qualms

about returning to the role.

I think

it was that probably it never left

me and that is why I can't stay away

from it. It was a lovely time of my

life. I loved doing Doctor Who

because it was life to me.

Tom Baker

are proving you don't have to be a

Time Lord to travel back to the

1970s. Wonderful.

Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.

We have been getting a lot of snowy

pictures in the last few days,

mostly from the Highlands, it is not

quite cold enough for snow in other

parts of the UK but this was a very

pretty seen, Dalwhinnie in the

Highlands. And another one here from

the Highlands. And another from the

Highlands, you can get the message,

a lot of wintry scenes up in the

mountainous regions but for most of

us more than anything it will be a

couple of showers and maybe some

sleet in parts of Wales and the

Moors but for many others it is a

crisp afternoon, the best epicentre

in eastern and southern areas. You

can see the showers in Scotland and

the temperatures will be dipping

like last night. This is what it

looks like around 6pm, temperatures

already not far from freezing in the

lowlands of Scotland, in Belfast and

even in the Midlands only four or

five so very nippy Friday evening.

On the south coast, about 6 degrees

Celsius so chilly weather which is

here to stay for the next few days.

Let's have a look at this evening

and overnight, showers continuing in

Scotland, some in the north-west of

England and Wales, possibly one or

two across the moors as well but the

east and south will be staying

clear. Even in central London, only

2 degrees. Further north with the

showers, the risk of iciness in

Scotland and Northern Ireland and

maybe the Pennines and Wales. Look

at the cold on Saturday, reaching as

far south as northern Spain and

Portugal, really digging down into

Western Europe and again on Saturday

we will see more of those showers

coming in on a cold north-westerly

wind into Scotland and showers in

north-west England as well but for

most of us are cold and crisp day.

It might be around five or 6 degrees

briefly in the afternoon but will

feel closer to freezing particularly

in the north. A chilly wind. It will

start off cold again on Sunday, a

lot of fine and right weather but

look at the weather systems in the

Atlantic coming into the north-west

of the British Isles. The second

half of Sunday into Monday it is

going to turn a bit less cold but

overall the weather