0:00:04 > 0:00:07More calls for President Trump's state visit to the UK to be
0:00:07 > 0:00:11cancelled, as a Twitter row intensifies.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16Donald Trump rebuked Theresa May on Twitter for saying he was wrong
0:00:16 > 0:00:18to share anti-Muslim videos - but the Home Secretary's
0:00:18 > 0:00:20repeated the criticism.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23I think we all listen more carefully perhaps to criticism
0:00:23 > 0:00:25from our friends than from people who we don't have
0:00:25 > 0:00:28a relationship with.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31So I hope that the Prime Minister's comments will have some impact on
0:00:31 > 0:00:34the president.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36But Amber Rudd says the state visit will go ahead,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38and urged critics to remember the importance of the
0:00:38 > 0:00:39trans-Atlantic alliance.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Also this lunchtime...
0:00:40 > 0:00:43A sharp fall in immigration since Britain voted to leave the EU,
0:00:43 > 0:00:51as net migration drops by almost a third.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53The Chennai Six freed after more than four years
0:00:53 > 0:00:55in an Indian prison - one former soldier tells the BBC
0:00:55 > 0:00:58of his joy after an appeal against his conviction.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Cloud nine, woah! Can't wait to get home.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05It's going to be like four Christmases that I've missed rolled
0:01:05 > 0:01:08in one. It's going to be the best Christmas
0:01:08 > 0:01:13my family could ever wish for.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Warnings from NHS leaders in England that they cannot meet waiting
0:01:15 > 0:01:18time targets next year because of funding.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And hope for some of the eight million migraine sufferers in the UK
0:01:21 > 0:01:27after trials of new drugs.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30And coming up in the sport on BBC News, Big Sam is back.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Everton are set to announce the former England manager
0:01:32 > 0:01:34as their new boss to replace Ronald Koeman.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01There's been widespread condemnation in Parliament of President Trump,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04after he shared anti-Muslim videos on twitter that had been posted
0:02:04 > 0:02:06by a British far right group.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09The Home Secretary Amber Rudd told MPs that Donald Trump was wrong
0:02:09 > 0:02:13to spread the messages posted online by an organisation that seeks
0:02:13 > 0:02:15to divide communities.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The row has prompted more calls for President Trump's state visit
0:02:18 > 0:02:26to the UK to be cancelled. Iain Watson reports.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31I'd like to start by saying how delighted I am that as the leader of
0:02:31 > 0:02:36the free world you took the time to tweet out three of my videos on
0:02:36 > 0:02:42Twitter today.This is Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain
0:02:42 > 0:02:44First, an organisation established by former members of the far right
0:02:44 > 0:02:54BMP. Donald Trump re-tweeted footage that a Dutch man was attacked by a
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Muslim. In fact, the assailant was born in the Netherlands. All this
0:02:58 > 0:03:01while the Prime Minister was visiting countries in the Middle
0:03:01 > 0:03:04East, where the majority of their populations are Muslim. A spokesman
0:03:04 > 0:03:10said Donald Trump was wrong. She probably wasn't expecting a reaction
0:03:10 > 0:03:13quite like this. Addressing the Prime Minister directly on Twitter,
0:03:13 > 0:03:20the president said...
0:03:25 > 0:03:29There was widespread condemnation in Parliament. This is how the Home
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Secretary reacted.President Donald Trump was wrong to re-tweet videos
0:03:34 > 0:03:40posted by far right group Britain First. The unparalleled sharing of
0:03:40 > 0:03:47intelligence between our countries is vital. It is undoubtedly -- it
0:03:47 > 0:03:51has undoubtedly saved British lives. That is the bigger picture. I would
0:03:51 > 0:03:58urge people to remember that.Using the President's preferred method of
0:03:58 > 0:04:01communication, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid was even more robust.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Labour say it was a strategic error of a Theresa May to have got so
0:04:17 > 0:04:22close, so quickly to the new US president at the start of this year.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26A state visit to the UK should not have been on the agenda.She should
0:04:26 > 0:04:30never have invited him within a few weeks of him being elected. Every
0:04:30 > 0:04:34other American president has have to wait for years, they have had to
0:04:34 > 0:04:38settle down, and we have to be sure about who we are inviting, with the
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Queen is inviting.The Home Secretary didn't seem certain about
0:04:42 > 0:04:48when he would come.An invitation for the visit has been extended and
0:04:48 > 0:04:51accept that, but the dates and precise arrangements have yet to be
0:04:51 > 0:04:55agreed.The Prime Minister has been backed into a corner. She wants a
0:04:55 > 0:05:02post Brexit trade deal with the US, but she will face huge criticism at
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Westminster if she hadn't distanced herself from a president who has in
0:05:06 > 0:05:10effect distributed British far right material to his 43 million followers
0:05:10 > 0:05:15on Twitter. It is difficult to see how you can defuse a diplomatic,
0:05:15 > 0:05:21perhaps I should say on diplomatic row like this. Tensions between the
0:05:21 > 0:05:24two traditional transatlantic allies are rather more restrained than when
0:05:24 > 0:05:28President and Prime first met. Ian Watson, BBC News.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31In a moment, we can cross to Washington and our
0:05:31 > 0:05:32State Department Correspondent, Barbara Plett Usher.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34But first, the reaction from Westminster, and our Assistant
0:05:34 > 0:05:37political editor, Norman Smith.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40He's the Prime Minister likely to bow to this pressure to cancel the
0:05:40 > 0:05:46visit?The short answer is no, she is not. This is despite the
0:05:46 > 0:05:52widespread anger among MPs on all sides, some suggesting that the
0:05:52 > 0:05:54president is giving soccer, pandering to the far right Britain
0:05:54 > 0:06:01First group. And despite also probably the genuine dismay and
0:06:01 > 0:06:05distaste in Downing Street for the President's conduct. The reason the
0:06:05 > 0:06:10visit will be cancelled is hard faced political reality. That
0:06:10 > 0:06:14reality is we cannot afford to compromise our relationship with the
0:06:14 > 0:06:18United States, particularly in the post Brexit world, when we need
0:06:18 > 0:06:22those close ties if we are going to get those -- that trade deal we are
0:06:22 > 0:06:30so anxious to secure. However, there is a big but. It is this. Do not
0:06:30 > 0:06:34expect that state visit to happen any time soon. If you listen to the
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Home Secretary in the Commons twice she said, yes, we have issued an
0:06:39 > 0:06:43invitation, it has been accepted, but the date, the arrangements, no.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47That has not been agreed. People in government are quite clear they can
0:06:47 > 0:06:51put away their diaries, it will be happening soon. I surmise when the
0:06:51 > 0:06:55visit does eventually take place it would probably be on a wet and windy
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Thursday morning in the middle of the school holidays when everybody
0:06:58 > 0:07:02is away. The state visit has not been cancelled, but don't expect it
0:07:02 > 0:07:05to happen any time soon. Norman, thank you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10And Barbara Plett Usher is in Washington.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12President Trump's decision to re-tweet these videos has been
0:07:12 > 0:07:17roundly condemned here and elsewhere. What does he stand to
0:07:17 > 0:07:23gain from doing it? Why does he do it?Well, first of all in terms of
0:07:23 > 0:07:27the aftermath of it, his tweet about Theresa May, it is consistent with
0:07:27 > 0:07:32his Twitter Padron and it is also consistent with his personality. E
0:07:32 > 0:07:37can't seem to help himself. He sees any criticism is personal and lashes
0:07:37 > 0:07:41out the matter what the international consequences. It is
0:07:41 > 0:07:45also part of his brand, he likes to speak bluntly. His followers believe
0:07:45 > 0:07:51he is speaking truth to power. In terms of the inflammatory videos,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55that is also consistent with his national security policy. He sees
0:07:55 > 0:07:59migrants as a threat, Islam as a threat. He says Europe is not
0:07:59 > 0:08:04dealing with either very well. Look out America, that could happen here
0:08:04 > 0:08:08as well. We don't want that to happen. Theresa May, look after your
0:08:08 > 0:08:12own backyard, don't bother with mine. All of those things are part
0:08:12 > 0:08:16of why he did what he did. In terms of the relationship with Britain and
0:08:16 > 0:08:22what has come out that from this tweet issue, that doesn't change the
0:08:22 > 0:08:25fact there is strong bipartisan support for the transatlantic
0:08:25 > 0:08:28alliance. But it is a new low for the diplomatic and foreign policy
0:08:28 > 0:08:32community. Their general reaction is, really, this is the fight you
0:08:32 > 0:08:36chose to pick you macro you pick a fight with our closest ally. Enough
0:08:36 > 0:08:42is enough. Thank you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Net migration to the UK has seen its biggest fall on record.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It dropped by almost a third - that's more than 100,000 -
0:08:48 > 0:08:50from June 2016 to June this year.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Net migration is the difference between people coming to the UK
0:08:52 > 0:08:55for more than a year, and the number of people leaving
0:08:55 > 0:08:56the UK for a year or more.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Most of the fall is due to fewer people coming from other
0:08:59 > 0:09:00European Union countries.
0:09:00 > 0:09:08Richard Lister has more.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12At the Royal Lancaster Hotel in central London, more than half the
0:09:12 > 0:09:16employees are foreign nationals. Most from the EU. They are at every
0:09:16 > 0:09:20level, from making the beds to running the business. There aren't
0:09:20 > 0:09:23enough British workers to fill the positions available. Managers are
0:09:23 > 0:09:29worried.The open borders policy we have always had has been critical.
0:09:29 > 0:09:37We are the fourth largest industry for UK GDP. We need 200,000 EU
0:09:37 > 0:09:42nationals are year just to stand still.The new figures cover the
0:09:42 > 0:09:46years since the Brexit vote. They show that 230,000 more migrants came
0:09:46 > 0:09:52to live in the UK than left it. But that is more than 100,000 fewer than
0:09:52 > 0:09:58before the Brexit vote. Most of that decline is due to EU nationals.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Fewer are coming and more are returning home.Immigration has been
0:10:03 > 0:10:07on a roller-coaster rise. We had a record rise leading up to the
0:10:07 > 0:10:11referendum. Then we have a record decline in net migration in the year
0:10:11 > 0:10:17following. It is the largest single year fall in net migration since
0:10:17 > 0:10:23records began in 1964.Builders and other tradesmen from across the EU
0:10:23 > 0:10:27have been part of British life for years. But the latest figures
0:10:27 > 0:10:31suggest the UK is becoming less attractive to them as the pound gets
0:10:31 > 0:10:36weaker and other European economies get stronger.Work is the main
0:10:36 > 0:10:40reason why EU nationals come to the UK. We are seeing very similar
0:10:40 > 0:10:45numbers coming in who are arriving for a definite job. I see no change
0:10:45 > 0:10:48there. Where we have seen a change is a full of 43% in those coming to
0:10:48 > 0:10:57look for work. -- fall.At the Royal Lancaster, Francesco -- Francesca
0:10:57 > 0:11:01from Italy has noticed foreign colleagues leaving the UK. But she
0:11:01 > 0:11:05is hoping to stay.For me it will never change because I am still
0:11:05 > 0:11:12working here. I would like really to stay here and to improve my career.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17In fact, the figures show the number of EU nationals applying for British
0:11:17 > 0:11:18citizenship has doubled since Brexit.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Richard Lister, BBC News.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23One of the so-called Chennai Six,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26who was released from an Indian prison on Monday, has
0:11:26 > 0:11:28spoken of his relief and delight at regaining his freedom.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Nick Dunn, a former soldier, was among six Britons
0:11:30 > 0:11:32acquitted of weapons charges by an Indian court.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35He said his family would have the best Christmas ever
0:11:35 > 0:11:36after missing the last four.
0:11:36 > 0:11:42He was talking to our India Correspondent, Sanjoy Majumder.
0:11:42 > 0:11:49I'm on cloud nine. There is not a word in that English dictionary that
0:11:49 > 0:11:54can describe how I feel at this minute. Can't.Former paratrooper
0:11:54 > 0:11:58Nick Dunn has just been released from an Indian prison. One of six
0:11:58 > 0:12:05Britons arrested four years ago and charged with smuggling weapons. He
0:12:05 > 0:12:08has now traded his squalid prison cell for a plush hotel room. His
0:12:08 > 0:12:14sister has come out to India to take him back home. Andy just can't wait.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17It's going to be like four Christmases that I have missed
0:12:17 > 0:12:23rolled in one. It will be the best Christmas. The best Christmas my
0:12:23 > 0:12:30family could ever wish for.It has been a long, desperate wait for
0:12:30 > 0:12:36justice inside this chain I prison. Nick and his friends were part of a
0:12:36 > 0:12:42crew of 35 on board an American ship seized of the Indian coast. On
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Monday, an Indian court threw out all the charges. The men were
0:12:44 > 0:12:50finally freed.I was out training. One of the guys shouted us over. I
0:12:50 > 0:12:55could hear it in his voice. It was excitement. He went, full acquittal.
0:12:55 > 0:13:03And I stopped in my tracks. It was like someone just slapped us. It was
0:13:03 > 0:13:15a shock. You know? It was an amazing feeling.Well they rotted in prison,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18the men's families led a massive campaign back on to press for their
0:13:18 > 0:13:21release. They petitioned the government, including the Prime
0:13:21 > 0:13:31Minister. They are delighted and the men overcome with gratitude.You
0:13:31 > 0:13:37know, knowing there's lovely people out there, lovely, amazing,
0:13:37 > 0:13:41supportive people. I will never be able to thank them as much as what I
0:13:41 > 0:13:42am trying to do now.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Senior health service leaders in Englnad have been meeting
0:13:45 > 0:13:47to discuss what level of service they can deliver
0:13:47 > 0:13:50to patients next year with the money they have available.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52They've concluded that waiting times standards -
0:13:52 > 0:13:56the length of time it takes for patients to receive treatment -
0:13:56 > 0:13:58will just not be met.
0:13:58 > 0:14:05Our Health Editor Hugh Pym is outside the meeting venue.
0:14:05 > 0:14:11Are they just holding up their hands and saying, we can't do it?In
0:14:11 > 0:14:15effect they are saying that is the case as things stand at the moment.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21But after the budget allocation of more money for the NHS in England,
0:14:21 > 0:14:241.6 billion, announced by the Chancellor, even after that this is
0:14:24 > 0:14:29what we think we can and can't do. They say they want to prioritise
0:14:29 > 0:14:35cancer treatment, mental health and also primary care. That is GP
0:14:35 > 0:14:38services. And stick to already announced commitments on that front.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43When it comes to waiting time standards, that means commitments,
0:14:43 > 0:14:49for example, with routine surgery, that patients have their procedures
0:14:49 > 0:14:55within 18 weeks, even the A&E, 95% of patients being treated within
0:14:55 > 0:15:00four hours, those are very much up in the air. A key phrase in a board
0:15:00 > 0:15:05-- word paper discussed this morning says this. Without offsetting
0:15:05 > 0:15:09reductions in other areas of care, NHS Constitution waiting time
0:15:09 > 0:15:13standards in the round will not be fully funded and make next year.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17This is now all up for discussion with the government in the next few
0:15:17 > 0:15:22months. Fairly fraught discussions. Before the so-called NEH mandate.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25What they have to do next year is agree.Thank you.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Russia has rejected a call by the US for all countries
0:15:28 > 0:15:30to cut their diplomatic and trade ties with North Korea.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Washington's appeal came in response to Pyongyang's latest test
0:15:32 > 0:15:35of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37But Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called it a negative
0:15:37 > 0:15:38move and a provocation.
0:15:38 > 0:15:45Our Diplomatic Correspondent Paul Adams reports.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47BEEPING.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53BLAST.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55North Korea says it is now a nuclear power.
0:15:55 > 0:16:01Yesterday's launch hailed by Pyongyang as a milestone.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04But what do the pictures, released a day later, actually tell us?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07The rocket is huge.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Look at Kim Jong-un in the black coat.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11He is five foot seven.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Experts say the engine technology is new and the
0:16:16 > 0:16:20transporter longer than ever.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23But it is what we can't see that really matters.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Was the tip heavy enough to simulate a nuclear warhead?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26North Korea says it was.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Donald Trump has made thwarting the North Korean
0:16:28 > 0:16:29leader a top priority.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32It's not going so well.
0:16:32 > 0:16:38Little rocket man...
0:16:38 > 0:16:40He is a sick puppy.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42At the UN last night, fresh condemnation and more
0:16:42 > 0:16:45dire warnings.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47The dictator of North Korea made a choice yesterday that brings
0:16:47 > 0:16:50the world closer to war.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54And if war comes, make no mistake - the
0:16:54 > 0:16:58North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00The North Korean leader seems less than intimidated.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04This latest rocket flew longer and higher
0:17:04 > 0:17:09than ever, with a range thought to be in excess of 8000 miles.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Kim Jong-un says he has achieved his nuclear ambitions.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Most experts believe there's lots of difficult
0:17:15 > 0:17:17testing still to be done.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20But it's just possible that in the next 12
0:17:20 > 0:17:23months or so, everybody, including Donald Trump,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26is going to have to get used to the fact that North Korea does
0:17:26 > 0:17:29indeed have usable nuclear weapons.
0:17:29 > 0:17:35Paul Adams, BBC News, Seoul.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Our top story this lunchtime.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39More calls for President Trump's state visit to the UK to be
0:17:39 > 0:17:42cancelled, as he rebukes Theresa May on Twitter for saying he was wrong
0:17:42 > 0:17:51to share anti-Muslim videos. What a night for Wayne Rooney -
0:17:51 > 0:18:00as that spectacular goal rounds off his hat-trick for Everton.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Coming up in sport, James Anderson expects the war of words
0:18:03 > 0:18:07to continue ahead of the second Ashes Test this weekend.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09England's record wicket taker says he's happy when someone tries
0:18:09 > 0:18:19to get under his skin.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29The Northern Ireland border is one of the major sticking point in the
0:18:29 > 0:18:35Brexit talks. The EU won't allow drop talks to move on to trade
0:18:35 > 0:18:39unless it gives guarantees there is no hard border.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41The government is refusing to comment on reports that it's
0:18:41 > 0:18:43looking at the possibility of allowing Northern Ireland
0:18:43 > 0:18:45to stick to some EU trading rules post-Brexit -
0:18:45 > 0:18:51even if regulations change in the rest of the UK.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Chris Buckler is on the Fermanagh Donegal border and joins us now.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58This is one of the bridges that connects the Republic of Ireland to
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Northern Ireland and it's one of the places where there is concern about
0:19:01 > 0:19:05what Brexit will mean. Some fear it could mean a return of customs posts
0:19:05 > 0:19:09to roads like this, but today, there are indications that the British
0:19:09 > 0:19:13government is prepared to do a deal that will have certain dispenses for
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Northern Ireland and that will be welcome news to the Irish
0:19:16 > 0:19:18government, who have been hardening their language about the potential
0:19:18 > 0:19:22of the hard border.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25For many months now politicians have been huddled in Brexit negotiations.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The UK and the EU both pushing their priorities,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30and what's decided on one of the key issues will have
0:19:30 > 0:19:34quite an impact here.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37The Derry Donegal Vipers are an Irish American football team
0:19:37 > 0:19:42and their players come from both Northern Ireland and the Republic.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Our whole team is split almost down the middle
0:19:44 > 0:19:47from either side of the border, which is great.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51A key question is what will happen to that border after Brexit.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54In the future is it possible that people will have
0:19:54 > 0:19:56to negotiate their way through customs posts,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58as they once did in the past?
0:19:58 > 0:20:03That's a journey many make on a daily basis,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05and some are wondering what their morning commute
0:20:05 > 0:20:08will be like in the future.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Everybody says they do not want a hard border, but the detail
0:20:12 > 0:20:15of what not having a hard border would look like has never been
0:20:15 > 0:20:19clearly defined for me.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Marie Lindsay lives in County Donegal and every day
0:20:21 > 0:20:24she crosses into Northern Ireland to go to her job as principal
0:20:24 > 0:20:28of a school in Londonderry.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31This is the old customs post, right here, and that was the place
0:20:31 > 0:20:36where you were stopped.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39It's a 15 minute drive and her concerns about a hard border
0:20:39 > 0:20:44go beyond potential traffic delays.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46The communities now are quite seamless.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50What has been a lot of talk about the economy and what impact it
0:20:50 > 0:20:54would have on the economy, much less so about the social fabric
0:20:54 > 0:20:57of a society of a border people.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Many cross that border to go to school, even hospital,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and to avoid customs on these border roads the British government
0:21:04 > 0:21:06is understood to be looking at the possibility that
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Northern Ireland could stick to some EU trading rules -
0:21:09 > 0:21:12the likes of agriculture and electricity.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Even if that meant being different to the rest of the UK.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19The Prime Minister has been very clear in saying that as we leave
0:21:19 > 0:21:22the European Union we leave the single market and we leave
0:21:22 > 0:21:26the customs union, but we know that there need to be specific
0:21:26 > 0:21:32outcomes to meet the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and the island of Ireland as a whole.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38That sounds like a desire to deal, particularly as the Irish government
0:21:38 > 0:21:40have the ability to block Brexit talks from moving on.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44They want guarantees about the border and that means
0:21:44 > 0:21:53there could be more clashes to come.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Just one word of caution about this suggestion that there could be a
0:21:58 > 0:22:02breakthrough in these Brexit negotiations over the border. The
0:22:02 > 0:22:05DUP are deeply against anything that would mean different regulations in
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Northern Ireland to anywhere else in the UK, and that matters, because
0:22:09 > 0:22:12the Conservative government relies on their support at Westminster.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Nonetheless, all agree that yet on land or at sea, they don't borders
0:22:17 > 0:22:20if they can avoid them.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Chris Morris, from the BBC's Reality Check team, is here now
0:22:22 > 0:22:25to explain why the Northern Ireland border has become an issue
0:22:25 > 0:22:28of such pressing concern in the Brexit negotiations.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30So let's just remind ourselves what we're talking about here.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33The Irish border is one of three issues on which sufficient progress
0:22:33 > 0:22:38needs to be made before the Brexit negotiations can move on.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41And if no one thinks it's a good idea to reimpose a hard border
0:22:41 > 0:22:43with checks and inspections, why can't we all agree
0:22:43 > 0:22:46that - come what may - it simply won't happen?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Well, it's because the UK has announced that it is leaving the EU
0:22:49 > 0:22:51single market and the customs union.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54At the moment all rules and regulations, north and south,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57are exactly the same, on food safety, animal
0:22:57 > 0:22:59welfare - you name it.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03It's a relationship based in large part on agreements covered by joint
0:23:03 > 0:23:05membership of the EU.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09As soon as that changes, border checks may have to begin again.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11That's why the Irish government wants a written guarantee
0:23:11 > 0:23:16from the UK that Northern Ireland will continue to follow EU rules -
0:23:16 > 0:23:19so goods can continue to move freely across the border.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22To put it another way - Northern Ireland would have to stay
0:23:22 > 0:23:25in the single market and the customs union.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28But if that were to happen, it would in effect push the customs
0:23:28 > 0:23:31border out into the Irish Sea.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33An internal customs border, if you like,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Would that be acceptable to the UK Government,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41or to its Unionist political allies in Northern Ireland, the DUP?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43In a word, no.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45So what happens next?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48The UK side has spoken of technological fixes -
0:23:48 > 0:23:52prescreening, trusted trader schemes.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56The EU side says it's nowhere near enough to avoid the return
0:23:56 > 0:23:59of some border checks.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Irish officials argue that there are already cases
0:24:02 > 0:24:04of rules and regulations being different in Northern Ireland
0:24:04 > 0:24:07than in the rest of the UK, and they point to other examples
0:24:07 > 0:24:09such as Hong Kong, where there are different
0:24:09 > 0:24:12regulatory arrangements within sovereign states.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15The search is on for a solution, with no divergence of
0:24:15 > 0:24:18regulations in key areas.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And the creation of some form of customs partnership on the island
0:24:21 > 0:24:26of Ireland which doesn't threaten the constitutional order of the UK.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29But if a fix emerges that seems to turn Northern Ireland into a back
0:24:29 > 0:24:32door route into the single market, then other EU countries
0:24:32 > 0:24:34will cry foul.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38So even if "sufficient progress" on Ireland is agreed next month,
0:24:38 > 0:24:44there will be a long way to go.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Police helicopters take so long to reach crime scenes that more
0:24:47 > 0:24:50than 40 % of incidents are over before the air support has arrived,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52according to a watchdog.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Inspectors have called for the service in England and Wales
0:24:55 > 0:24:58to be urgently reformed or replaced, as our home affairs correspondent
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Daniel Sandford reports.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08Air support has become an essential part of policing.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11For tracking criminals during crimes in action,
0:25:11 > 0:25:12for monitoring crowds, and for searching and
0:25:12 > 0:25:15filming from the air.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17But since the National Police Air Service replaced
0:25:17 > 0:25:21individual force helicopters, the number of aircraft
0:25:21 > 0:25:25has dropped by a third, the number of bases has halved.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30There's no doubt in the country where your proximity to a base
0:25:30 > 0:25:33really counts about how quickly a helicopter gets to you, that's
0:25:33 > 0:25:35created some winners and losers.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39So in London, for example, the Metropolitan Police still gets
0:25:39 > 0:25:42a really fast response time when they call for a helicopter.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43It's there in a few minutes.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46In other parts of the country they are waiting over an hour.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49There are concerns too about the helicopters themselves.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53No new ones have been bought, there are no plans to do so,
0:25:53 > 0:25:56and the maintenance bill is rising.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The National Police Air Service was set up five years ago
0:25:59 > 0:26:01with the encouragement of the Home Office,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03principally to save money.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Well, it has saved money, but the inspectors found
0:26:05 > 0:26:08it's no more efficient than the previous system.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10It simply does less.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15There's been a 45% reduction in flying hours.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19In 2016, there were still over 57,000 call-outs of police
0:26:19 > 0:26:23helicopters, but almost 25,000 of those were cancelled
0:26:23 > 0:26:27in mid-flight because the helicopter was too late -
0:26:27 > 0:26:31the incident was over before it arrived.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Clearly if I had more helicopters and more bases I could provide
0:26:33 > 0:26:36an even better service, but I think they do pretty
0:26:36 > 0:26:37well with what we have.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40But I also recognise that we very definitely have to make
0:26:40 > 0:26:43some difficult decisions about which priority calls
0:26:43 > 0:26:47we attend, and sadly on occasions which ones we don't.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50After considering all the options for the future of police helicopters
0:26:50 > 0:26:52in England and Wales, the inspectors came
0:26:52 > 0:26:57to a stark conclusion - it may be better to simply tear up
0:26:57 > 0:26:59the current arrangements and start again.
0:26:59 > 0:27:05Daniel Sandford, BBC News, at the Home Office.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07More than eight million people suffer from migraines every year.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10The headaches can be completely debilitating.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13But now new drugs have been tested which appear to help people
0:27:13 > 0:27:14who suffer from migraines.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17They use antibodies to reduce the number and severity of attacks.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Our health and science correspondent, James Gallagher,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22has more details.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Imogen Smith started having migraines two years
0:27:24 > 0:27:26ago when she was 16.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Imogen was having attacks every week and they forced her to take
0:27:28 > 0:27:32a year out of college.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It was really scary, so for me, when they were happening,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I had no clue what they were because I thought a migraine
0:27:37 > 0:27:40was just a headache, so we had to keep looking
0:27:40 > 0:27:42into more serious things.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46One in seven people in the UK live with the agony of migraine.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Scientists have now developed new treatments that target
0:27:48 > 0:27:52a chemical in the nervous system to prevent a migraine developing.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Two trials have now been published.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59One gave 955 patients a monthly injection of antibodies.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Before the trial, they were having migraines eight days
0:28:02 > 0:28:04every month on average.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Around 50% of patients were able to cut their number
0:28:07 > 0:28:10of migraines in half.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Four drug companies are all developing similar treatments
0:28:12 > 0:28:17and scientists say a new therapy could give patients their life back.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22These treatments are the first migraine-specific preventives ever
0:28:22 > 0:28:26for the most substantial neurological cause of
0:28:26 > 0:28:28disability on the planet.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32That is a huge advance for all of us.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Imogen's migraines are under control and she's now
0:28:34 > 0:28:37studying to be a nurse, but currently available drugs
0:28:37 > 0:28:41do not work for everyone and can cause side-effects.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43New options for people living with migraine
0:28:43 > 0:28:45are desperately needed.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51The Everton captain Wayne Rooney had quite a night
0:28:51 > 0:28:52at Goodison Park yesterday.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55He rolled back the years, scoring his first Premier League
0:28:55 > 0:28:58hat trick in six years, including one extraordinary goal
0:28:58 > 0:28:59from the halfway line.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Afterwards he admitted himself it was probably one of the best
0:29:02 > 0:29:04goals he has ever scored.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Everton beat West Ham 4-0 on what was the caretaker manager
0:29:07 > 0:29:08Olly Foster has the story.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13COMMENTATOR:And Rooney! Oh, my word!
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Wayne Rooney was just 16 when he scored a Goodison Park
0:29:16 > 0:29:17for the first time.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21In the last 15 years, for Manchester United,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25England and now back at Everton, he has over 300 goals to his name.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28But as he beat the stranded Joe Hart, Rooney thinks
0:29:28 > 0:29:31this was his best yet.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35It fell to me, obviously Joe was out his goal and I just thought
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I'd have a go and I cuaght it sweet.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Yeah, I saw you celebrating almost as soon as you hit it.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42You knew it was going in, you knew you'd caught
0:29:42 > 0:29:43it right, didn't you?
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Yeah, I think as soon as I caught it, but it's one of them,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51it could slice off and I tried to hit it hard enough to go in.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55It's been done before, Beckham from the halfway line in 1996.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00COMMENTATOR:Oh! That is absolutely phenomenal!
0:30:00 > 0:30:05That remains a yardstick for the long-range wonder goal debate.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Xabi Alonso did it twice for Liverpool.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10But finding an empty net against Luton in the FA Cup wasn't
0:30:10 > 0:30:13quite in the same league.
0:30:13 > 0:30:19Rooney's was, though.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Sometimes these things happen, sometimes it falls for you right
0:30:22 > 0:30:23to take that shot on.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25It's not every game you'll obviously be shooting
0:30:25 > 0:30:28from there but it was the right time and the perfect moment.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30The goalkeeper was out, and it felt perfect for me.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34And what makes it all the sweeter, doing it in front of the new boss.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Sam Allardyce begins work today on a rescue
0:30:36 > 0:30:37mission to keep Everton up.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39It didn't look like they were struggling last night, though.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41A Rooney hat-trick topped by that goal.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44If he stays fit and firing, they might just be all right.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Olly Foster, BBC News.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Here's Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59There was great amusement in London when there were about three
0:30:59 > 0:31:04snowflakes, but that's not the case elsewhere, where there's more snow.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Absolutely, we had some snow on the beach in Scarborough, it shows how
0:31:08 > 0:31:12cold that area is. This is from Scarborough. Another one from
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Hartlepool. We've seen lots of snow coming in from Gotland for quite a
0:31:16 > 0:31:20few days now. As far as this evening and tonight is concerned, more snow
0:31:20 > 0:31:24showers on the way, at least the chance of them around eastern areas
0:31:24 > 0:31:28of the UK. For Northern and eastern Scotland, Eastern counties of
0:31:28 > 0:31:31England, possibly into East Anglia, perhaps even getting into the Home
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Counties and the south-east as well. But we are only talking about
0:31:35 > 0:31:39flurries of snow. This is what it looks like around 6pm this evening,
0:31:39 > 0:31:43temperatures more or less what they were yesterday, at least that's the
0:31:43 > 0:31:47forecast, around freezing. A couple of degrees above freezing across
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Yorkshire, cold enough for some smoke. But notice we often mention
0:31:51 > 0:31:55the word wintry. Wintry means a little bit of rain with sleet,
0:31:55 > 0:31:59sometimes snow, and it chops and changes from hour to hour. We're not
0:31:59 > 0:32:05talking about vast amount of -- vast amounts of pure snow, it's a wintry
0:32:05 > 0:32:08mix. A lot of clear whether in central and western areas of the UK
0:32:08 > 0:32:12but the main hazard overnight and into the morning will be the ice
0:32:12 > 0:32:16risk, from eastern Scotland all the way down into the south-east and
0:32:16 > 0:32:18particularly East Anglia. As the temperatures outside town dipped
0:32:18 > 0:32:23below freezing, so some of the snow that perhaps fell last night and
0:32:23 > 0:32:27this morning will melt during the day and re-freeze, so there will be
0:32:27 > 0:32:31slippy patches around. Take it steady, nothing unusual, but there
0:32:31 > 0:32:34it in mind. Tomorrow, a few snow flurries may be around eastern areas
0:32:34 > 0:32:40but we are starting to see ever so slightly milder air coming in off
0:32:40 > 0:32:43the Atlantic as we head into the weekend. The winds change direction,
0:32:43 > 0:32:47that's the crucial thing. They are coming in from the North more or
0:32:47 > 0:32:52less now, then they are coming in from the Atlantic, so we are losing
0:32:52 > 0:32:58but twos and threes, back to six or seven, maybe ten by Sunday. With
0:32:58 > 0:33:02that, a lair of grey drizzle, so that will not feel warm, that's for
0:33:02 > 0:33:03sure.
0:33:03 > 0:33:08A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12In the last few minutes the Prime Minister has repeated her criticism
0:33:12 > 0:33:17of President Trump's decision to show anti-Muslim videos on Twitter
0:33:17 > 0:33:20after he publicly rebuked her online.The fact that we work
0:33:20 > 0:33:23together does not mean that we are afraid to say when we think the
0:33:23 > 0:33:26United States have got it wrong and be very clear with them, and I'm
0:33:26 > 0:33:30very clear that re-tweeting from Britain First was the