0:00:04 > 0:00:07The Brexit talks can move on to the next stage -
0:00:07 > 0:00:11EU leaders agree sufficient progress has been made.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Theresa May says it's an important step on the road
0:00:13 > 0:00:15to Britain's departure - but Jean-Claude Juncker warns
0:00:15 > 0:00:24the second phase will be harder than the first.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26We'll have the latest live from Brussels and Westminster.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Also this lunchtime.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31A judge calls for an inquiry after a student is cleared of rape -
0:00:31 > 0:00:37when police failed to disclose evidence casting doubt on the case.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Ryanair is to recognise pilots' unions for the first
0:00:39 > 0:00:43time in its history - in an attempt to avert a strike
0:00:43 > 0:00:46in the run-up to Christmas.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49A firefighter has died in southern California,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51while tackling what is on track to be the biggest wildfire
0:00:51 > 0:01:01in the state's history.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07And in the Ashes, Australia are 200 runs behind at the end of day two of
0:01:07 > 0:01:09the third Test.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Coming up in the sport on BBC News, Britain's number two, Aljaz Bedene,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15reverts to the country of his birth, Slovenia, in a bid to play
0:01:15 > 0:01:17at the Olympics and the Davis Cup.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41EU leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed that the Brexit talks can
0:01:41 > 0:01:43move to the second phase - which will focus on
0:01:43 > 0:01:46the future relations between the EU and Britain.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49The Prime Minister Theresa May called this an important step
0:01:49 > 0:01:53on the road to a "smooth and orderly" Brexit.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55But the President of the European Commission,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Jean-Claude Juncker, warned that the second phase will be
0:01:58 > 0:02:02considerably harder than the first.
0:02:02 > 0:02:12Damian Grammaticas is in Brussels this lunchtime.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Yes, a significant moment, if not a surprise, that the leaders here the
0:02:16 > 0:02:21past hour and a half agreed that they are happy to see things move
0:02:21 > 0:02:25forward. Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron just holding their final
0:02:25 > 0:02:29press conference here at the summit, but they and the other leaders
0:02:29 > 0:02:31arrived early this morning, to try to decide whether they were happy
0:02:31 > 0:02:35with the progress made so far.
0:02:35 > 0:02:42On a big day for the EU, a barrage of questions. Last night these
0:02:42 > 0:02:47leaders had given Theresa May a round of applause.Not very
0:02:47 > 0:02:52enthusiastically, but it was well deserved.Angela Merkel had led that
0:02:52 > 0:02:56gesture, appreciative after Mrs May told EU's leaders she wants a smooth
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Brexit. It's what they want as well. Of course the one leader who isn't
0:03:01 > 0:03:03here today is Theresa May herself, the leader for whom this matters
0:03:03 > 0:03:08more than for any other. Getting the green light in the Brexit process to
0:03:08 > 0:03:14move to the next stage. And so the looming question, exactly what does
0:03:14 > 0:03:21the UK want future ties with the EU to look like?I think the first big
0:03:21 > 0:03:24step this morning for the United Kingdom to state very clearly what
0:03:24 > 0:03:29it wants in clear terms. I think if this happens within the next few
0:03:29 > 0:03:33weeks, we can start in earnest and by March we will have a very clear
0:03:33 > 0:03:38European position. Thank you.First, the EU 27 agreed as expected
0:03:38 > 0:03:43sufficient progress has been made, then the discussions turned to the
0:03:43 > 0:03:47EU's terms for phase two of the negotiations. And a new set of
0:03:47 > 0:03:52guidelines. They say talks will only move on if all commitments the UK
0:03:52 > 0:03:57has made so far are respected in full, so no backtracking on the
0:03:57 > 0:04:01financial and citizens' deals, and for a transition the EU's terms are
0:04:01 > 0:04:05that the UK will continue to participate the customs union and
0:04:05 > 0:04:11single market so little change, but the UK will not have a part in EU
0:04:11 > 0:04:15decision-making and it will have to accept all the same rules as
0:04:15 > 0:04:19everyone else, including any new EU regulations, and be bound by the
0:04:19 > 0:04:25European Court of Justice. As for what the UK wants most of all,
0:04:25 > 0:04:29in-depth discussions about those future ties, they'll have to wait
0:04:29 > 0:04:32until March, EU leaders said, indicating it is the EU that still
0:04:32 > 0:04:39firmly in control of the Brexit process. And in that press
0:04:39 > 0:04:42conference is happening just now, Angela Merkel has been saying that
0:04:42 > 0:04:45she expects what is to come is to be an even tougher negotiation.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Emmanuel Macron said the EU will work to keep its unity and they have
0:04:50 > 0:04:54also been making clear one more condition, that the UK will not be
0:04:54 > 0:05:00able to sign any future trade deal until after 2019, after it has
0:05:00 > 0:05:03formally left the EU. So that will have to wait until then. Back to
0:05:03 > 0:05:09you. David -- Damian Grammaticas KERS, many thanks. Let's assess the
0:05:09 > 0:05:10mood
0:05:10 > 0:05:14in Westminster as well. Eleanor Garnier is there.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Curious times, that round of applause for Theresa May but
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Jean-Claude Juncker warning that the next phase of talks actually in his
0:05:20 > 0:05:24opinion is going to be the harder one.I think there will be a huge
0:05:24 > 0:05:28sigh of relief in Downing Street that the talks are now officially
0:05:28 > 0:05:32moving on to the next stage. There has been a lot of drama just getting
0:05:32 > 0:05:37to this point. Even in the last two weeks, at one stage the deal was on,
0:05:37 > 0:05:42then it was off, then back on again, all in the space of five days. The
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Prime Minister has welcomed today's development, saying it was an
0:05:45 > 0:05:50important step on the road to a smooth and orderly Brexit, and I
0:05:50 > 0:05:53think she will certainly have been cheered by the support she got at
0:05:53 > 0:05:58that dinner in Brussels last night, in the round of applause from the
0:05:58 > 0:06:01other 27 EU leaders, but today's progress doesn't mean that it's all
0:06:01 > 0:06:07going to be easy from now on, either in Brussels or back home in
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Westminster. The government was defeated in the Commons earlier this
0:06:10 > 0:06:13week over Brexit and it looks like there's more trouble brewing for
0:06:13 > 0:06:18Theresa May over whether to put in law the exact date we leave the EU.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22Even a Brexit Secretary has in the last hour acknowledged there's still
0:06:22 > 0:06:26a lot of work to do. So while there were cheers today there are two of
0:06:26 > 0:06:30talks to come and lots of difficult questions that still need to be.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Eleanor Garnier, thank you. The prime ministers saying she is
0:06:35 > 0:06:39working to secure the best trade deal with the EU come while
0:06:39 > 0:06:43regaining control over issues such as Borders and immigration. Chris
0:06:43 > 0:06:48Morris from the BBC's Rat-macro reality Check is with me to look
0:06:48 > 0:06:52ahead to the second phase of talks.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55So the other 27 countries have now agreed that it's time to move
0:06:55 > 0:06:57on to phase two of these negotiations, while continuing
0:06:57 > 0:06:59to finalise all those issues from phase one.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02To start with, there will be talks about a transition period
0:07:02 > 0:07:04of about two years after Brexit, during which the UK will operate
0:07:04 > 0:07:06under all EU rules and regulations.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Some of the detail about what that means will be controversial.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Then next spring, if all goes to plan, negotiators will also begin
0:07:13 > 0:07:17to consider the future relationship between the UK and the EU
0:07:17 > 0:07:23on security, on foreign policy, and of course on trade.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27The EU's aim is to produce a very broad political agreement
0:07:27 > 0:07:30on the outlines of a future deal before Brexit actually happens.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Detailed trade talks will take a lot longer.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Part of the problem is that - at the moment - the EU has no idea
0:07:38 > 0:07:40what the UK actually wants.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44"A deep and special partnership" is the government's preferred phrase -
0:07:44 > 0:07:52but what does that actually mean?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56There has been a lot of talk about this, the Canada model. Free trade
0:07:56 > 0:08:00deal between EU and Canada which came into effect this year
0:08:00 > 0:08:03eliminates most tariffs in the trading of goods, but it is
0:08:03 > 0:08:07relatively little to liberalise the trade in services, which is a far
0:08:07 > 0:08:10more significant part of UK economy.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12So understandably, the UK is looking for something
0:08:12 > 0:08:14a little more ambitious.
0:08:14 > 0:08:21The Brexit Secretary David Davis says he wants Canada plus plus plus.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25What we want is a bespoke outcome. We'll probably start with the best
0:08:25 > 0:08:29of Canada and the best of Japan and the best of South Korea, and then
0:08:29 > 0:08:34add to that the bits that are missing, which is the services.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37But the EU is cautious about this, arguing that the more access
0:08:37 > 0:08:40you get, the more responsibilities you take on, and the UK
0:08:40 > 0:08:42doesn't want to make big annual budget payments,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44accept the jurisdiction of the European Court
0:08:44 > 0:08:48of Justice, or allow the free movement of people.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52I'm afraid that my best guess will be that we might get Canada plus, in
0:08:52 > 0:08:59other words the EU offers a bit, but I don't think we'll get Canada plus
0:08:59 > 0:09:09plus plus, because the negotiating cards are more on the EU side.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Well, some EU leaders accept that a bespoke deal
0:09:11 > 0:09:14for the UK needs to be found - but there is no such thing
0:09:14 > 0:09:15as "membership lite".
0:09:15 > 0:09:18The government argues that the UK and the EU are starting
0:09:18 > 0:09:20from the same point - so doing a deal should
0:09:20 > 0:09:23be much easier.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25But this will be the first trade deal
0:09:25 > 0:09:28in history where the two sides are trying to get further apart
0:09:28 > 0:09:31rather than get closer together.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Thanks, Chris Morris.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36A judge has called for an inquiry after a university student
0:09:36 > 0:09:38was cleared of rape because police failed to disclose evidence
0:09:38 > 0:09:39casting doubt on the case.
0:09:39 > 0:09:4222-year-old Liam Allan spent two years on bail, before his trial
0:09:42 > 0:09:45at Croydon Crown Court was halted, when it was revealed his accuser had
0:09:45 > 0:09:51sent messages suggesting she wanted to continue to have six with him.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54-- she wanted to continue to have sex with him.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Andy Moore reports.
0:09:57 > 0:10:0022-year-old Liam Allan spent two years on bail accused of six rapes
0:10:00 > 0:10:01and six sexual assaults.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03This morning, he told the BBC he was overwhelmed
0:10:03 > 0:10:06and dealing with the confusion of going from being a villain
0:10:06 > 0:10:11to being innocent.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15A massive miscarriage of justice.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Jerry Hayes was the prosecution barrister in this case.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19His job was to put Mr Allan behind bars.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22But then the police revealed they had a computer disk with 50,000
0:10:22 > 0:10:23texts from the woman making the accusations.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27She said that she didn't like sex with him but there are text messages
0:10:27 > 0:10:29saying that she loved sex with him.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31There were rape fantasies, sex in the open air,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33this was a 12-count indictment.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36If the defence had not got that, that man would have been convicted.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38That man would have got 12 years.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That man would have had his life trashed and on a sexual
0:10:41 > 0:10:47offences register forever.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said:
0:11:06 > 0:11:07It's all coming
0:11:07 > 0:11:11as quite a big shock to him and he's quite worried because, naturally,
0:11:11 > 0:11:12his neighbours are being pestered.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16There are lots of people around his home and all he wants to do right
0:11:16 > 0:11:19now is have a little headspace.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25As a 22-year-old, you can imagine, that it has all been quite
0:11:25 > 0:11:27unnerving, especially given the two years prior in which his life
0:11:27 > 0:11:31was pretty much at stake.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36After the case collapsed at Croydon Crown Court,
0:11:36 > 0:11:42Judge Peter Gower said:
0:11:53 > 0:11:55The problem goes back for at least two
0:11:55 > 0:11:58decades in various forms.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Trying to manage how much of the background information
0:12:02 > 0:12:04that the police gather in an investigation should be
0:12:04 > 0:12:07disclosed to the defence.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Everyone working in the profession is aware that there are problems
0:12:09 > 0:12:11with filtering out the relevant material and sometimes
0:12:11 > 0:12:15it gets missed.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Mr Allan is a criminology student, he said he felt betrayed by a system
0:12:18 > 0:12:20he wanted to work in.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Andy Moore, BBC News.
0:12:25 > 0:12:31Our legal correspondent Clive Coleman is here.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36How unusual is this?In any criminal trial the prosecution are under a
0:12:36 > 0:12:41duty to disclose to the defence two things, anything that undermines
0:12:41 > 0:12:44its, the prosecution's case, or anything that assists the defence.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Lawyers for a long time speaking to me have been really concerned that
0:12:48 > 0:12:52this process of disclosing evidence has gone awry as they point to
0:12:52 > 0:12:58report that was brought out in July of this year from her majesties's
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Inspectorate of Constabulary, two staggering statistics from that
0:12:59 > 0:13:12report. They say firstly 22% of the disclosure schedules that they
0:13:12 > 0:13:14looked at were in their words, wholly inadequate. They also say
0:13:14 > 0:13:17that 78% of the files they examined were marked either poor, or fair.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19The disclosure is an absolute foundation of our criminal justice
0:13:19 > 0:13:21system and the fear is that disclosure officers are not being
0:13:21 > 0:13:23properly trained properly resourced and there's also an uncomfortable
0:13:23 > 0:13:28truth here that in serious criminal and is, sexual allegations, sexual
0:13:28 > 0:13:32allegations of assault and rape, sometimes the complainant is not in
0:13:32 > 0:13:36fact a victim, in a small minority of cases. In those cases this
0:13:36 > 0:13:41disclosure fails innocent people go to prison.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Clive Coleman, thank you.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Ryanair has agreed to recognise pilots unions for the first time -
0:13:46 > 0:13:49to try to prevent strike action in the run-up to Christmas.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51The airline says it's invited pilot unions from a number of European
0:13:51 > 0:13:53countries to talks next week.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's urging its staff to call off the industrial action
0:13:55 > 0:13:57which is planned for Wednesday 20th.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Here's our business correspondent, Joe Lynam.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03It's Europe's largest airline in terms of passengers.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07It prides itself on low fares.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and no-frills.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11It has refused to recognise trade unions in
0:14:11 > 0:14:12its 32 year existence.
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Until now.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Faced with a highly damaging strike next week, Ryanair has invited
0:14:15 > 0:14:20pilots to talk about forming a trade union.
0:14:20 > 0:14:28In its letter to pilot unions in Britain and Ireland, and for
0:14:28 > 0:14:33-- four other countries, it said...
0:14:39 > 0:14:42This is a major change of tone from only three
0:14:42 > 0:14:45days ago, when the airline said it would face down the unions behind
0:14:45 > 0:14:46the planned strikes.
0:14:46 > 0:14:52Which it described as a small group which
0:14:52 > 0:14:55don't care how much they upset they cause colleagues or customers.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56This is pretty astounding news today from Ryanair.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Ryanair is known for toughing out on negotiations.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It really reflects that the pilots are
0:15:00 > 0:15:02a key bargaining chip, I think.
0:15:02 > 0:15:12Christmas flights are very sensitive.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16It won't have been an easy decision for Michael O'Leary to reach but I
0:15:16 > 0:15:21think they finally recognise they had to make a change in order to
0:15:21 > 0:15:23keep future industrial peace and a better position.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25But this offer to recognise unions comes with strings
0:15:25 > 0:15:28attached, Ryanair says it will only recognise unions if they work
0:15:28 > 0:15:31exclusively for the airline so pilots with a rival carrier would
0:15:31 > 0:15:33not be allowed to negotiate with Ryanair.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36They would form a Ryanair company council and they would work
0:15:36 > 0:15:39with union officials and their negotiators and we would work
0:15:39 > 0:15:44together with them to try to come up with a collective agreement.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49What we don't want to get involved in is a
0:15:49 > 0:15:52British Airways pilot who could be a potential competitor of ours
0:15:52 > 0:15:53negotiating on behalf of Ryanair pilots.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57If this offer from Ryanair works, it could put thousands of
0:15:57 > 0:16:00passengers' minds at ease as they plan their Christmas holidays.
0:16:00 > 0:16:07But whether it will improve the airline's
0:16:07 > 0:16:11overall reputation, is as yet unclear.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Joe Lynam, BBC News.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Our top story this lunchtime:
0:16:18 > 0:16:22The Brexit talks can move onto the next stage. EU leaders in Brussels
0:16:22 > 0:16:25agree sufficient progress has been made.
0:16:25 > 0:16:26And coming up -
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Nasa discovers a whole new star system in a galaxy Far Far away.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34Coming up in sport:
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Australia trail England by 200 runs at the end
0:16:37 > 0:16:38of the second day in Perth.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Steve Smith nearing a century, as the hosts wrestle back momentum
0:16:41 > 0:16:42in the third Ashes Test.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51A firefighter has died while battling a huge wildfire
0:16:51 > 0:16:58north of Los Angeles.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01The blaze, which started 11 days ago, has now destroyed an area
0:17:01 > 0:17:05bigger than New York City and Paris combined, and is on track to become
0:17:05 > 0:17:06the largest wildfire in California's history.
0:17:06 > 0:17:16The firefighting operation has already cost more than £60 million.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Our correspondent James Cook reports from the town
0:17:19 > 0:17:20of Santa Paula, in California.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23An orange glow is lighting up the night sky here,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25as this gigantic wildfire rages in the mountains to the north.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28More than 8,300 firefighters are now tackling the blaze,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30trying to prevent it from advancing into half a dozen towns,
0:17:30 > 0:17:37including Santa Barbara, on the Pacific coast.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Celebrities' mansions are among 18,000 buildings at risk.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44More than 800 homes have already been destroyed.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47We're actually returning from down south, where we went to get some
0:17:47 > 0:17:50fresh air and visit a friend who just had a baby.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53But the smoke is now back down there.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56My mom had a lung transplant four years ago and so she
0:17:56 > 0:17:57has a compromised...
0:17:57 > 0:18:01She has pulmonary fibrosis.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I'm so concerned.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06We just left our house, just to see what the conditions are like,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08and it's really bad.
0:18:08 > 0:18:16The firefighter who died has been identified as Cory Iverson,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18a 32-year-old engineer, who is survived by his pregnant wife
0:18:18 > 0:18:19and two-year-old daughter.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22This is a tragic event, and it's a reminder of the inherent
0:18:22 > 0:18:24dangers that we face here in California with wildfire,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27and the risks that we take in the Fire Service.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30We understand the job that we do when we get into this profession
0:18:30 > 0:18:32and we enjoy the idea of helping people.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34But what this tells us is that we should not take
0:18:34 > 0:18:38any time for granted.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41And our thoughts and prayers really go out to this individual's family.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It has not rained here for more than eight months,
0:18:44 > 0:18:47and with dangerous gusty winds forecast, one fire chief said
0:18:47 > 0:18:49the weekend would bring a horrible combination
0:18:49 > 0:18:52of critical fire conditions.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57James Cook, BBC News, in California.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Britain's most senior military officer has warned of a new threat
0:19:00 > 0:19:05posed by Russia to communications cables that run under the sea.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09The Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Sir Stuart Peach,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12said Britain and NATO must do more to protect the communication lines.
0:19:12 > 0:19:22Here's our defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24They're the arteries of the information age.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Hundreds of thousands of miles of cables laid on the sea bed.
0:19:26 > 0:19:35The lifeblood to our way of life and the internet economy.
0:19:35 > 0:19:3890% of global communications rely on them, they're the means that
0:19:38 > 0:19:40allow £7 trillion worth of financial transactions a day.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Reason enough, says Britain's top military chief,
0:19:42 > 0:19:46to worry about sabotage.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49And with one nation above any other in his sights, Russia.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55Russia, in addition to new ships and submarines,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Russia, in addition to new ships and submarines, continues to perfect
0:19:58 > 0:20:04both unconventional capabilities.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Can you imagine a scenario where those cables are cut or disrupted,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11which would immediately and potentially catastrophically
0:20:11 > 0:20:13affect both our economy and other ways of living?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15There's been a recent increase in Russian submarine activity,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18with US intelligence officials also warning they've been aggressively
0:20:18 > 0:20:23operating in those areas where the cables are laid.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26The Defence Chief said Britain and Nato needed to match Russia's
0:20:26 > 0:20:27fleet modernisation.
0:20:27 > 0:20:34But the Royal Navy's been shrinking.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37And with fears of yet more defence cuts, this was also a plea -
0:20:37 > 0:20:43for more resources.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46This kind of problem and the protection of these assets does
0:20:46 > 0:20:47require more naval effort.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51And, of course, the number of ships and submarines
0:20:51 > 0:20:53And, of course, the number of ships and submarines that we've
0:20:53 > 0:20:55got has been reducing over decades, actually.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57So it is a call for modernisation.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59So just how real is this threat of cutting cables or tapping
0:20:59 > 0:21:01lines of communication?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03The reality is, they're more likely to be damaged
0:21:03 > 0:21:06by stray anchors or nature, even by curious sharks.
0:21:06 > 0:21:13And with dozens of cables and ships regularly carrying out repairs,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16it would be hard to completely sever these lines of communication.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Yet in this era of information and unconventional warfare,
0:21:18 > 0:21:20it is a growing concern.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Jonathan Beale, BBC News.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26There was a "catastrophic failure" when the Church of England agreed
0:21:26 > 0:21:30to compensate a woman who said she'd been sexually abused by a bishop -
0:21:30 > 0:21:35that's according to a lawyer who reviewed the case.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39The former Bishop of Chichester, George Bell, who died in 1958,
0:21:39 > 0:21:46was alleged to have repeatedly abused a young girl.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49The woman made a formal complaint in 1995 and, ten years later,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51won an apology and compensation from the Church of England.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Our religious affairs correspondent, Martin Bashir, reports.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Scholar, priest and champion of the oppressed -
0:21:56 > 0:21:59George Bell served as Bishop of Chichester for 30 years,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03until his death in 1958.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07But his reputation was suddenly challenged two years ago,
0:22:07 > 0:22:10when it emerged that this woman had made allegations that he'd
0:22:10 > 0:22:12abused her when she was a child.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I want people to know that he might have been a hero,
0:22:15 > 0:22:21but heroes don't always do good things.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24The Church apologised and paid her more than £16,000
0:22:24 > 0:22:31for what it called a "devastating betrayal of trust".
0:22:31 > 0:22:34But supporters of Bishop Bell found the claims impossible to believe
0:22:34 > 0:22:35and demanded a review of the Church's handling
0:22:35 > 0:22:37of the allegations.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Today's report is the result of an 18-month audit conducted
0:22:39 > 0:22:44by the barrister Lord Carlile.
0:22:44 > 0:22:51The way in which the George Bell case was investigated was poor.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54That the wrong questions were asked, that there was oversteer
0:22:54 > 0:23:00in the investigation - by which, I mean there
0:23:00 > 0:23:03were preconceptions, which were not in favour of George Bell.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07The report contains a catalogue of criticisms.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08It says the investigation was very weak.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Almost no effort was made to contact Bishop Bell's family.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13And concludes that "for Bishop Bell's reputation to be
0:23:13 > 0:23:18catastrophically affected in the way that occurred was just wrong".
0:23:18 > 0:23:23As a Church, we acknowledge that and we certainly don't want to hide
0:23:23 > 0:23:26want to hide from that, but we have put in place -
0:23:26 > 0:23:28as you'll be aware - policies and guidelines.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29We're much more rigorous.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32We're much more better resourced.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35We're undertaking training on a much wider basis.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And it's for those reasons that I can see the Church is taking
0:23:38 > 0:23:41safeguarding extremely seriously.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Lord Carlile's review is the third occasion in this year alone
0:23:45 > 0:23:47that the Church of England has had to acknowledge serious
0:23:47 > 0:23:51failings in its handling of child abuse allegations.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Although in this case, it was not the alleged victim
0:23:55 > 0:23:57who suffered additional harm, but the reputation of a bishop
0:23:57 > 0:24:00who died 60 years ago.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Martin Bashir, BBC News, at Church House.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Before her murder, the MP Jo Cox set up a commission
0:24:07 > 0:24:10to tackle loneliness, saying she didn't want to live
0:24:10 > 0:24:15in a country where thousands of people are living lonely lives,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17forgotten by the rest of us.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Now her campaign is calling for a government-led strategy
0:24:19 > 0:24:22to address the problem - saying it can be as harmful
0:24:22 > 0:24:24to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Danny Savage reports.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28You can't catch me!
0:24:28 > 0:24:30In the months before she was murdered, Jo Cox started
0:24:30 > 0:24:34a campaign to tackle loneliness.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The MP said she didn't want to live in a country where thousands
0:24:38 > 0:24:47of people are living lonely lives, forgotten by the rest of us.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51The campaign carried on in her name, and has now concluded we all have
0:24:51 > 0:24:52to do our bit to combat loneliness.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54So how's your leg after your fall?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Susan spent months feeling isolated and desperate,
0:24:56 > 0:24:58but things improved hugely when the Royal Voluntary
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Service befriended her.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01Oh, I was really low.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I were depressed, I tried to take my own life.
0:25:04 > 0:25:05I were really bad.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10I were in a lot of pain.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13And if it wasn't for these people, all these people that's helping me
0:25:13 > 0:25:16now, I wouldn't be here.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20And I appreciate everything that people's done for me.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's not always obvious to people that they might be lonely or in need
0:25:23 > 0:25:25of some companionship.
0:25:25 > 0:25:31And what we offer isn't somebody to come in and just talk at people.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34What we're doing is, we're saying to people -
0:25:34 > 0:25:37would you like to be part of something where you meet
0:25:37 > 0:25:40somebody, you get to know them, they get to know you,
0:25:40 > 0:25:41and you create a friendship?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44This morning, in Jo Cox's hometown of Batley, the report
0:25:44 > 0:25:47was officially launched.
0:25:47 > 0:25:56This isn't just about being old.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Loneliness can affect us at any stage in our lifespan...
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Jo's sister spoke passionately about getting people
0:26:00 > 0:26:01talking about loneliness.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I've spoken to loads of people recently who think, you know,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06communities aren't like they used to be, where you knew
0:26:06 > 0:26:08your neighbours and you knew everybody's name.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11And it's trying to sort of reconnect people so we get back to that.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Have you got some mince pies in?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14No.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16The Jo Cox Loneliness Commission suggests government and employers
0:26:16 > 0:26:19must do their bit to deal with loneliness, but also,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21that individuals and communities are the most important
0:26:21 > 0:26:22for preventing isolation.
0:26:22 > 0:26:30Danny Savage, BBC News, Batley.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32In the Ashes, a century from batsman
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Jonny Bairstow helped England post a total of 403, as they look to
0:26:35 > 0:26:37fight back in the five-match series.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40They need at least a draw in Perth this week to avoid a series defeat.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43But Australia had the better of day two, and at the end of play,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46the hosts were just 200 runs behind England, with seven
0:26:46 > 0:26:47wickets remaining.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Andy Swiss reports from Perth.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54The Waca is traditionally where Australian heroes are made,
0:26:54 > 0:26:58but would this be another day for English ones?
0:26:58 > 0:27:06Well, it seemed so at first, as Dawid Malan and Jonny Bairstow
0:27:06 > 0:27:09picked up their marathon partnership where they'd left off.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Bairstow completing a superb century.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12After his now infamous incident in a Perth bar, he celebrated
0:27:12 > 0:27:13by head-butting his helmet.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15England were enjoying themselves.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20But out of nowhere, guess what?
0:27:20 > 0:27:25Malan went to a brilliant catch by Peter Hanscomb for 140,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28and the rest crumbled in all-too-familiar fashion.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Losing their last six wickets in 48 mind-boggling minutes.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34They just made it to the 400 mark, but it should have
0:27:34 > 0:27:35been so much better.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Well, to be all out by lunchtime here wasn't exactly
0:27:38 > 0:27:41part of England's plan.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43That was some batting collapse, even by their standards,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46and Australia are suddenly right back in it.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51So could England's bowlers repair the damage?
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, they made a decent start - Craig Overton removing both openers,
0:27:54 > 0:27:58but further chances slipped through their fingers.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00They were difficult ones, but they proved damaging.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06Usman Khawaja made a half-century by the time he was eventually
0:28:06 > 0:28:08trapped leg before, and there was no budging his skipper.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Steve Smith still there on 92.
0:28:10 > 0:28:18If only some of England's earlier batting had shown such stickability.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22You can look at it and go, yeah, we've let
0:28:22 > 0:28:25You can look at it and go, yeah, we've let the position slip.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29But at the same time, our job now when we come back
0:28:29 > 0:28:32in the morning is a case of, right, we have got
0:28:32 > 0:28:34the capabilities of taking five, six wickets in a session,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38we have shown that previously, so there is no reason why we can't now.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40A day which belonged to Australia, then, but a Test which England
0:28:40 > 0:28:42can't afford to lose is still tantalisingly poised.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Andy Swiss, BBC News, Perth.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46The US space agency, Nasa, says it's discovered an eighth
0:28:46 > 0:28:49planet circling a distant sun - making it the first solar system
0:28:49 > 0:28:56to have the same number of planets as our own.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58The eight-orbiter star, known as Kepler-90,
0:28:58 > 0:29:03and the discovery reveals an order like Earth and its neighbours -
0:29:03 > 0:29:06with small planets nearest the sun, and bigger ones further away.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Paul Rincon reports.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12Astronomers have discovered more than 3,000 planets circling other
0:29:12 > 0:29:17stars but very few plans to systems resemble our own. Now a team using
0:29:17 > 0:29:21the Kepler space telescope has confirmed the distant -- existence
0:29:21 > 0:29:21of
0:29:24 > 0:29:28seven were already known but experts trained a software programme to
0:29:28 > 0:29:32recognise known planets and the programme search to raw data and
0:29:32 > 0:29:36identified a previously unknown world.The planet we found,
0:29:36 > 0:29:40Kepler-90, is the smallest of the bunch and orbits just outside the
0:29:40 > 0:29:44inner two planets. The new planet is small enough that we think it is
0:29:44 > 0:29:48probably rocky and does not have a big B, the surfaces like we
0:29:48 > 0:29:53scorching hot. We calculated it probably has an average temperature
0:29:53 > 0:29:56of 800 Fahrenheit.They used computers to look into data and bind
0:29:56 > 0:30:01things people did not have spot -- have time to spot, providing good
0:30:01 > 0:30:05candidates for worlds hidden within the Kepler data, machines can up the
0:30:05 > 0:30:08slack and go and discover these worlds.The distant planetary system
0:30:08 > 0:30:13is ordered like our own, with the small worlds nearest the star and
0:30:13 > 0:30:19biggest planets further away. All the planets' further in towards
0:30:19 > 0:30:22their parent star which is known as Kepler-90, which means they are
0:30:22 > 0:30:26probably too hot for life as we know it, but machine learning Kabeer
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Yousaf bind the signatures of Earth sized worlds elsewhere in the
0:30:30 > 0:30:33cosmos. That could lead to ground-breaking discoveries in the
0:30:33 > 0:30:38search for life in the universe.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43Kensington Palace has announced that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will
0:30:43 > 0:30:47marry on May Martine -- made the 19th next year. They had been dating
0:30:47 > 0:30:52since the summer and announced their engagement in November. They will
0:30:52 > 0:30:55marry at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Time for a look at the weather.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03It is called the night with widespread frost and it feels chilly
0:31:03 > 0:31:06tonight, but many of us enjoying sunshine. Anywhere sheltered from
0:31:06 > 0:31:12the northerly wind such as South Wales. Where you get the full force
0:31:12 > 0:31:16of the northerly winds, wintry skies in Scarborough and showers around. A
0:31:16 > 0:31:20number of showers in the North East of England. Pushing South across the
0:31:20 > 0:31:24least angry and maybe in the Essex and Kent, showers clipping West
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Wales and the far South of England. Rain showers across Northern Ireland
0:31:28 > 0:31:33and wintry in Northern Scotland. Temperatures at best five or 6
0:31:33 > 0:31:37degrees. Chilly in the wind and as we go into this evening, more
0:31:37 > 0:31:42showers. Again across Northern Ireland. Mostly rain, but wintry
0:31:42 > 0:31:44across the North of Scotland. Central Belt, Southern Scotland,
0:31:44 > 0:31:51North West England, turning cold and frosty by six o'clock. More cloud
0:31:51 > 0:31:55into the Western fringes of Wales and far south-west of England.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Showers continue overnight. Clearer skies before more cloud across
0:31:59 > 0:32:02eastern counties of England. Although the viewer showers by this
0:32:02 > 0:32:09stage, moving offshore. The showers stay much the same, round the edges
0:32:09 > 0:32:14overnight. The winds become lighter. With clear skies, it is going to get
0:32:14 > 0:32:20cold Andy frost will develop widely. We could be down to -5, -6 in rural
0:32:20 > 0:32:24parts, especially Northern England and Scotland. A cold start this
0:32:24 > 0:32:29weekend. Things will change, albeit rather slowly. Instead of a
0:32:29 > 0:32:32northerly wind, we get a south-westerly wind which blows in
0:32:32 > 0:32:36mild air across the country. But a cold start on Saturday, frost
0:32:36 > 0:32:42around. More cloud and showers in the Northern Ireland over the Irish
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Sea and into Wales and later the south-west. For much of Scotland and
0:32:46 > 0:32:52eastern England, very few showers and sunshine. Temperatures only up
0:32:52 > 0:32:57to two, three degrees and mild air yet to reach this part of the UK. It
0:32:57 > 0:33:01will eventually, another chilly night across eastern areas Saturday
0:33:01 > 0:33:05night and this weather front brings a more significant change during the
0:33:05 > 0:33:09second half of the weekend. You will notice stronger winds,
0:33:09 > 0:33:13south-westerly is for most of the day, and more cloud around in
0:33:13 > 0:33:16eastern areas and rain heads across the country. Eventually,
0:33:16 > 0:33:21temperatures as high as nine or even 10 degrees. As we head into the
0:33:21 > 0:33:26first half of next week at least, it stays mainly dry with not much rain
0:33:26 > 0:33:29around. It could be mild and possibly 14, 15 degrees, but that
0:33:29 > 0:33:33comes with cloud. Thanks very much.
0:33:33 > 0:33:34comes with cloud. Thanks very much.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37A reminder of our main story this lunchtime:
0:33:37 > 0:33:42The Brexit talks can move to the next phase, EU leaders in Brussels
0:33:42 > 0:33:44agreed sufficient progress has been made.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.