0:00:06 > 0:00:10The decision to release serial sex offender John Worboys from prison
0:00:10 > 0:00:13will not be challenged by the Government.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16A public outcry over the case led to calls for a review
0:00:16 > 0:00:24of the parole board's decision, but the Justice Secretary said
0:00:25 > 0:00:30He would not seek one. Having taken legal advice, I have decided it
0:00:30 > 0:00:34would not be appropriate for me as Secretary of State to proceed in
0:00:34 > 0:00:37such a case. Honourable members would appreciate I cannot go further
0:00:37 > 0:00:41and expose details of the legal advice I have been given. I know
0:00:41 > 0:00:48this will disappoint the victims in this case and members of this House.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Lawyers are two of the victims said they will pursue a judicial review
0:00:51 > 0:00:56of the parole Board's decision to release Warboys at the end of this
0:00:56 > 0:01:00month.Everything about Warboys' conduct and his denial of the
0:01:00 > 0:01:06offence and the recent decision on conditions suggests that the
0:01:06 > 0:01:12decision is irrational and therefore we seek a challenge to that decision
0:01:12 > 0:01:18on that basis. The merit of London, Sadiq Khan, has
0:01:18 > 0:01:22said in the past hour he, too, will seek a judicial review -- the Mayor
0:01:22 > 0:01:25of London.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Also this lunchtime...
0:01:26 > 0:01:28The parents accused of holding their 13 children captive
0:01:28 > 0:01:30at a California home plead not guilty to torture, abuse
0:01:30 > 0:01:31and false imprisonment.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Scientists in America say they're a step closer to one
0:01:34 > 0:01:40of the biggest goals in medicine - a universal blood test for cancer.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42A scathing assessment of Liverpool jail as inspectors say
0:01:42 > 0:01:48conditions there are the worst they've ever seen.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53And in tennis, Britain's Kyle Edmund triumphs in five sets to reach the
0:01:53 > 0:01:58fourth round of the Australian open.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00And coming up in the sport on BBC News...
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Another win for England's cricketers - they have gone
0:02:02 > 0:02:102-0 up in the one-day series against Australia.
0:02:23 > 0:02:31Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36The Justice Secretary says he will not seek a judicial
0:02:36 > 0:02:38review over the decision to release the serial sex
0:02:38 > 0:02:39offender John Worboys.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44David Gold said that after taking legal advice it included it would
0:02:44 > 0:02:47not be appropriate to challenge the ruling. The Parole Board said it is
0:02:47 > 0:02:53confident that besiegers were followed. Warboys was jailed in 2009
0:02:53 > 0:02:55after being convicted of offences against 12 women.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Our home affairs correspondent June Kelly reports.
0:02:58 > 0:03:04He is one of the country's most notorious serial sex offenders. John
0:03:04 > 0:03:12Warboys' crimes caused revulsion. In his black cap he cruised for
0:03:12 > 0:03:17victims, not five. He was accused of sexually assaulting 12 women, one of
0:03:17 > 0:03:21whom he wrote, but it is feared he may have attacked more than 100 in
0:03:21 > 0:03:26total. The decision to release him provoked at Ozment including at the
0:03:26 > 0:03:29top of Government. In an extraordinary development, the
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Justice Secretary said he was looking to challenge the decision in
0:03:32 > 0:03:35the courts. This morning the announced that after taking legal
0:03:35 > 0:03:40advice he will not be, but offered this reassurance to the victims.Let
0:03:40 > 0:03:43me be absolutely clear, Warboys will not be released until their
0:03:43 > 0:03:46representations have been properly considered and his licence
0:03:46 > 0:03:51conditions are in place. Indeed, last week I asked for assurances
0:03:51 > 0:03:55that the views of victims were being taken into account and robust
0:03:55 > 0:04:05licensing conditions
0:04:09 > 0:04:12would be put in place to manage his risk.Warboys is currently being
0:04:12 > 0:04:14held at Wakefield prison in West Yorkshire. A lawyer for some of his
0:04:14 > 0:04:17victims is questioning why he is being freed from what is a top
0:04:17 > 0:04:19security jail, and the victims intend to press ahead with their
0:04:19 > 0:04:21legal challenge to try to keep him behind bars.We presently don't know
0:04:21 > 0:04:25the reasons why he has been granted release but what we do know is the
0:04:25 > 0:04:28nature and scope and extent of his offending, we know that up until
0:04:28 > 0:04:32very recently he was denying responsibility for the offence, he
0:04:32 > 0:04:37may still be. We know the Parole Board only the previous year refused
0:04:37 > 0:04:41to move him to open prison because they considered he was still a risk.
0:04:41 > 0:04:53What has changed over that time?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06John Warboys' victims have spoken of how they fear for their safety when
0:05:06 > 0:05:09he is freed, and have called for him to be banned from the hold of the
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Greater London area. His licence conditions are still being finalised
0:05:11 > 0:05:13but while the victims' legal challenge is going on, the black cab
0:05:13 > 0:05:16rapist, as he is known, will remain in prison.
0:05:16 > 0:05:16And June is here now.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19As may be expected there has been a strong reaction to this?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21That is right, and as one politician has departed from the arena,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25another, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, has entered, he said he will
0:05:25 > 0:05:27be looking at a legal challenge. This morning the Justice Secretary
0:05:27 > 0:05:32David Gauke said he will be looking to expand the review that has been
0:05:32 > 0:05:36announced into the Parole Board and is obviously trying to get greater
0:05:36 > 0:05:42transparency in all of this, and he said among the areas that would be
0:05:42 > 0:05:47looked at would be the mechanism that allows parole decisions to be
0:05:47 > 0:05:50reconsidered. This has been welcomed by the Parole Board, its chair, Nick
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Hardwick, an advocate of greater transparency on this, said a couple
0:05:54 > 0:05:58of days ago that the decision to release Warboys, who served his
0:05:58 > 0:06:01minimum tariff of eight years, he said the decision had not been taken
0:06:01 > 0:06:06lightly, was taken by a panel of experienced people who considered a
0:06:06 > 0:06:10wealth of evidence, but as we are hearing the victims are very unhappy
0:06:10 > 0:06:19about the fact that he is coming out so soon,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22so soon, they do not believe he has served a long enough time, and they
0:06:22 > 0:06:25feel that they have to now go ahead with this challenge to try to keep
0:06:25 > 0:06:28this man behind bars. Thank you.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30A couple accused of imprisoning and torturing their 13
0:06:30 > 0:06:32children have appeared in court in California.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34David and Louise Turpin were arrested last weekend,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36after one of their daughters escaped from the family home
0:06:36 > 0:06:37and called the police.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The siblings, aged between two and 29, are said to be
0:06:40 > 0:06:41severely malnourished.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43The Turpins appeared in court hours after prosecutors detailed
0:06:43 > 0:06:45the horrific abuse allegations against them, charges they deny.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Our North America correspondent James Cook reports from California.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50..Give up that right.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54David Turpin appearing in court to deny torturing his own children
0:06:54 > 0:07:00and sexually abusing one of his young daughters.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03His wife, Louise, also pleaded not guilty.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05The couple are accused of imprisoning, tormenting,
0:07:05 > 0:07:11and beating their ten daughters and three sons.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Prosecutors say the siblings endured the abuse for years,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18as their parents plumbed the depths of human depravity.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21One of the children at age 12 is the weight
0:07:21 > 0:07:24of an average seven-year-old.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Several of the victims have cognitive impairment and neuropathy,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28which is nerve damage, as a result of this extreme
0:07:28 > 0:07:32and prolonged physical abuse.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37The children were supposedly schooled here in their home,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40but the district attorney said they lacked basic knowledge -
0:07:40 > 0:07:43some did not even know what a police officer was.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45They were reportedly allowed to shower just once a year,
0:07:45 > 0:07:49and were beaten, chained up, and tormented.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53They would buy food, including pies, apple pies, pumpkin pies,
0:07:53 > 0:07:56leave it on the counter, let the children look at it,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58but not eat the food.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01About the only thing the children were allowed
0:08:01 > 0:08:05to do in their rooms, or chained up, was
0:08:05 > 0:08:07to write in journals.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09We now have recovered those journals, hundreds
0:08:09 > 0:08:11of them, and we are combing through them for evidence.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13The 17-year-old, who raised the alarm after climbing out
0:08:13 > 0:08:16of the home through a window, had been plotting the
0:08:16 > 0:08:17escape for two years.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19One of her sisters made it out with her,
0:08:19 > 0:08:20but turned back out of fear.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22This case has sent waves of revulsion across
0:08:22 > 0:08:25the United States and beyond.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29The authorities say the siblings are doing well, but some of them
0:08:29 > 0:08:32at least have almost certainly suffered irreparable
0:08:32 > 0:08:34physical and mental damage.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The parents are due in court again next month.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41If convicted, they face life in prison.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46James Cook, BBC News, Riverside in California.
0:08:46 > 0:08:52David Begnaud from CBS News is in Perris in California.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56David, I imagine among the many shocking stories you no doubt will
0:08:56 > 0:09:02have covered, this must be among the worst?It is, Kate. The child
0:09:02 > 0:09:04protective services here at Riverside County said yesterday they
0:09:04 > 0:09:08are trying to figure out whether or not some of the adults can function
0:09:08 > 0:09:12on their own. As your correspondent said, they lack basic knowledge like
0:09:12 > 0:09:16what a police officer is, some of them did not know what medication
0:09:16 > 0:09:21and pills were. We are talking about kids who literally did not have much
0:09:21 > 0:09:26contact
0:09:34 > 0:09:36with society. According to the district attorney, inside this house
0:09:36 > 0:09:39they would stay up all night, the kids and parents, and sleep all day,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42their rituals were bizarre to say the least. But what is even more
0:09:42 > 0:09:44bizarre, Kate, is that no one has come forward claiming to know
0:09:44 > 0:09:46anything, not a neighbour, family member, co-worker, no-one has
0:09:46 > 0:09:48noticed anything strange about this family.OK, we have to leave it
0:09:48 > 0:09:50there, but thank you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52A judge has ordered the Crown Prosecution Service
0:09:52 > 0:09:55to disclose the reasons why it dropped a rape charge against
0:09:55 > 0:09:57a student from Oxford University, more than two years
0:09:57 > 0:09:58after he was arrested.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Oliver Mears, who is 19, was cleared just days
0:10:00 > 0:10:02before his trial was due to start.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Danny Shaw is at Guildford Crown Court.
0:10:06 > 0:10:12Tell us more? Kate, this is another case which
0:10:12 > 0:10:16raises searching questions about the way police and prosecutors deal with
0:10:16 > 0:10:19rape cases, how they are investigated and how they are
0:10:19 > 0:10:24managed up to trial. This is the case of Oliver Mears, an Oxford
0:10:24 > 0:10:28University chemistry student who was arrested 2.5 years ago on suspicion
0:10:28 > 0:10:33of rape but it has taken up to this point today for him to be declared
0:10:33 > 0:10:38not guilty here at Guildford Crown Court. The judge asked the
0:10:38 > 0:10:43prosecution to explain the reasons why there had been, in the words of
0:10:43 > 0:10:47the judge, so many unnecessary delays in this case. The prosecution
0:10:47 > 0:10:53said it had been a finely balanced case but new material had emerged.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58What that material was we are not exactly sure, something to do with a
0:10:58 > 0:11:03diary that has been obtained quite late on, there is some sensitive
0:11:03 > 0:11:08material relating to the alleged victim, and also some investigations
0:11:08 > 0:11:12around digital devices, but this is the fourth time now in four weeks
0:11:12 > 0:11:17that a rape prosecution has been halted nearly at the 11th hour and
0:11:17 > 0:11:21there certainly is an investigation going on, a wider investigation,
0:11:21 > 0:11:26into issues of disclosure, the requirement on the crown to disclose
0:11:26 > 0:11:30evidence, the defence, and there will also now be urgent questions
0:11:30 > 0:11:36asked about this case. The judge has demanded answers within 28 days from
0:11:36 > 0:11:39the Crown Prosecution Service. Danny, thank you very much.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Scientists say they've moved a step closer to developing a universal
0:11:42 > 0:11:43blood test for cancer.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Researchers in America tested a new method on 1,000 patients
0:11:45 > 0:11:53to see if it could detect eight types of the disease.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00The CancerSeek test, as it's known, had a success rate of 70%,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03and the team say their goal is to now develop an annual
0:12:03 > 0:12:05test for everyone - designed to catch cancer early
0:12:05 > 0:12:06and save lives.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Our health correspondent James Gallagher reports.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10More than 14 million people find out they have cancer
0:12:10 > 0:12:11each year worldwide.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14The sooner they're diagnosed, the more likely they are to survive.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16The test, called CancerSEEK, is a new approach that looks
0:12:16 > 0:12:18for mutated DNA and proteins that tumours release
0:12:18 > 0:12:24into the bloodstream.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27It was tested on eight common types of cancer, including ovarian,
0:12:27 > 0:12:28pancreatic and lung.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31In the study, on more than 1,000 patients known to have cancer,
0:12:31 > 0:12:39the test correctly diagnosed seven in 10 patients.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46The researchers say more work is needed and are starting trials
0:12:46 > 0:12:49to see if the test can find cancers in seemingly healthy people.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51They say such tests could have an enormous impact
0:12:51 > 0:12:52on cancer mortality.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Experts in the UK said the approach had massive potential.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58This research is really interesting because it suggests that in the
0:12:58 > 0:13:01future something as simple as a blood test could be used to help
0:13:01 > 0:13:05doctors diagnose cancer at an earlier stage alongside traditional
0:13:05 > 0:13:09diagnostic tests, and that's really important because the earlier a
0:13:09 > 0:13:12cancer is diagnosed, the more likely treatment is to be successful so we
0:13:12 > 0:13:20could potentially help to save more lives.But some experts say it is
0:13:20 > 0:13:25still early days.This study has been conducted in patients have
0:13:25 > 0:13:28already been diagnosed with cancer, so what we need in the next very
0:13:28 > 0:13:34large studies is to know, can they diagnose people with cancer who are
0:13:34 > 0:13:38asymptomatic, who are well, who we otherwise would not be able to pick
0:13:38 > 0:13:43up? And if the blood tests can do that, that is when I think we can be
0:13:43 > 0:13:52really excited about it.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54really excited about it.CancerSeek is now being trialled in healthy
0:13:54 > 0:13:58people with no signs of cancer. Experts said it has potential and
0:13:58 > 0:14:02testing for more mutated DNA and proteins would allow for a greater
0:14:02 > 0:14:05range of cancers to be detected.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07James Gallagher, BBC News.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Prison inspectors have delivered a scathing report on Liverpool jail,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11saying living conditions there are the worst
0:14:11 > 0:14:13they have ever seen.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17They found damp and dirty cells with rats and cockroach infestations,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20as well as a backlog of around 2000 maintenance tasks.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Here's our correspondent Adina Campbell.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Liverpool prison has faced a long-running series of problems but
0:14:27 > 0:14:32today's report by her Majesty's Inspectorate of prisons underlines a
0:14:32 > 0:14:38catalogue of squalid living conditions. Including broken windows
0:14:38 > 0:14:43and infestation of cockroaches and blocked toilets. It also found two
0:14:43 > 0:14:49thirds of inmates had easy access to drugs, often smuggled by the growing
0:14:49 > 0:14:54use of drones, with more than one seized every week. And violence had
0:14:54 > 0:14:59also increased, more than a third of prisoners said they felt unsafe at
0:14:59 > 0:15:04the time of the inspection.What you are witnessing there is a prime
0:15:04 > 0:15:08example of the lack of investment at Liverpool prison over the years, and
0:15:08 > 0:15:11that is down to Government cutting budget and cutting the staffing
0:15:11 > 0:15:18levels. Now, it is due to, also, an amount of repairs that were
0:15:18 > 0:15:22outstanding at the time that inspection. Over 2000 outstanding
0:15:22 > 0:15:27repairs, simple repairs that are not getting done.The head of the prison
0:15:27 > 0:15:30and Probation Service has admitted there were failings in the jail but
0:15:30 > 0:15:35says immediate action is being taken by appointing a new governor,
0:15:35 > 0:15:40including improvements to cleanliness. Today's report had also
0:15:40 > 0:15:45pointed to concerns over health care, something the BBC revealed
0:15:45 > 0:15:50last month, with worries about suicide rates, staff shortages, and
0:15:50 > 0:15:55access to specialist treatments. Lancashire care NHS foundation trust
0:15:55 > 0:15:59says it has made improvements over the last two years, despite
0:15:59 > 0:16:03challenging conditions.All too often what we are finding in prisons
0:16:03 > 0:16:08is that there are an acceptable levels of violence, that self harm
0:16:08 > 0:16:11is high, that there are self-inflicted deaths on a totally
0:16:11 > 0:16:15tragic and astounding level. The reasons for this are many and varied
0:16:15 > 0:16:21but what it does need in our view, the Inspectorate, is close and
0:16:21 > 0:16:24serious attention to getting the basics in to keep people safe.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Liverpool isn't the only prison with problems. Yesterday the Government
0:16:29 > 0:16:33was ordered to make immediate improvements to Nottingham jail over
0:16:33 > 0:16:40safety concerns. Another crisis in some of England's present is
0:16:40 > 0:16:44continuing.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Our top story this lunchtime...
0:16:47 > 0:16:50The decision to release serial sex offender John Worboys from prison
0:16:50 > 0:16:52will not be challenged by the Government.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54And still to come - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Ardern has announced she's pregnant.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58She'll be only the second elected world leader to give
0:16:58 > 0:17:02birth while in office.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on BBC News -
0:17:05 > 0:17:08some like it hot.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Kyle Edmund defies the heat and comes through another five set
0:17:10 > 0:17:18thriller to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22This weekend marks one year since Donald Trump took over
0:17:22 > 0:17:23the office of US President.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26He vowed to change the face of politics stateside,
0:17:26 > 0:17:32with his campaign slogan promising to "Make America Great Again".
0:17:32 > 0:17:34So 12 months on, how supportive are Americans of their leader?
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Laura Trevelyan has been to Pennsylvania to meet Trump
0:17:36 > 0:17:38voters, and those less convinced by the President.
0:17:38 > 0:17:46She's in Pittsburgh this lunchtime.
0:17:54 > 0:18:02Well, Donald Trump won. The great state of Pennsylvania by less than
0:18:02 > 0:18:061%. A very narrow margin. But it was a shock victory. Hillary Clinton was
0:18:06 > 0:18:11predicted to romp home here by as much as even 9%, so Donald Trump won
0:18:11 > 0:18:15here by appealing to white blue-collar voters in declining
0:18:15 > 0:18:20manufacturing areas, promising to bring back their jobs and their
0:18:20 > 0:18:24dreams are promising to make America greater gain full stop and in his
0:18:24 > 0:18:28inaugural address almost a year ago he promised the forgotten people of
0:18:28 > 0:18:32America they would be forgotten no more and he promised to end the
0:18:32 > 0:18:40American carnage. So I've been out and about
0:18:40 > 0:18:43and about in the Mon Valley of Pennsylvania, asking his voters if
0:18:43 > 0:18:46they feel he's delivered on those promises.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48The Mon Valley in western Pennsylvania is the
0:18:48 > 0:18:49birthplace of US steel.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51This factory was once owned by the 19th-century
0:18:51 > 0:18:52magnate Andrew Carnegie.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55In its heyday it employed thousands.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Donald Trump tapped into the sense of industrial decline,
0:18:58 > 0:19:03winning by promising to "put America first".
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Over lunch I asked Trump voters for their verdict on year one.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09It seems like he cares about the working class,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13he cares about the people who are trying to make a living
0:19:13 > 0:19:16and have big businesses and things like that,
0:19:16 > 0:19:18small businesses, he cares about that kind of stuff.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Some of the stuff he does I agree with, like the tax cuts,
0:19:22 > 0:19:26looking after working class people, but I'm not a big fan
0:19:26 > 0:19:28of all the rants on social media.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I think they can do away with all that.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32How are you feeling with that vote?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33A little disappointed.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Juan Lacey, a small-business owner in the Mon Valley,
0:19:36 > 0:19:39hoped Mr Trump would run government like a CEO, so does this
0:19:39 > 0:19:43former Obama voter regret switching to Trump?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45When I went into the voting booth and I pulled
0:19:45 > 0:19:47the lever I was satisfied.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I'm having buyer's remorse.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Why?
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Because it's not consistent.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56John Fetterman is a Democrat in Trump country.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59You get out into some of these areas that no one's visited,
0:19:59 > 0:20:04no one's taken the time to care, left it really open and ripe
0:20:04 > 0:20:06for someone to step in like a Donald Trump and say,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10hey, I'm the guy that can fix this.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13The populist mayor of Braddock, with a tattoo of the town's ZIP
0:20:13 > 0:20:17code, counsels his party to understand Trump's appeal.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21It's got to be more than Trump is awful, vote for us,
0:20:21 > 0:20:25and it has to come back to like ernest, progressive,
0:20:25 > 0:20:27populist message.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31In his inaugural address a year ago, Donald Trump promised people
0:20:31 > 0:20:33in towns like Braddock that he'd give them back their
0:20:33 > 0:20:35jobs and their dreams.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38There's an early electoral test here in Pennsylvania
0:20:38 > 0:20:41of whether the voters feel he's delivering.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44There's a special election in the state in what should be
0:20:44 > 0:20:47a safe Republican seat, but the president
0:20:47 > 0:20:48is taking no chances.
0:20:48 > 0:20:54A real friend and a spectacular man, Rick Saccone.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56That's the candidate here.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Mr Trump doesn't want to lose this election and he was in
0:20:58 > 0:21:02the Mon Valley Thursday with this message.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Very simply your pay cheques will be much bigger,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07because under our tax cuts you will be keeping more
0:21:07 > 0:21:10of your hard earned money.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14The question is whether Mr Trump can get the credit here
0:21:14 > 0:21:16for an improving economy, or if the heat generated
0:21:16 > 0:21:24by his tweets and feuds is distracting even his own voters.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Now, Donald Trump was planning to mark the first anniversary of his
0:21:33 > 0:21:37year in office by flying today to his winter resort in Mar-a-Lago in
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Florida. However, US media are reporting in the last few minutes
0:21:41 > 0:21:45that the president is not going to go to Mar-a-Lago unless the bill is
0:21:45 > 0:21:48signed in Washington to keep the government running. There's a great
0:21:48 > 0:21:53big drama going over there in Washington about how exactly to fund
0:21:53 > 0:21:58the government to keep it running. Democrats are not supporting
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Republicans, Democrats holding firm. They want a deal on the fate of
0:22:01 > 0:22:04young people brought here illegally as children. Can Donald Trump, the
0:22:04 > 0:22:11deal-maker, find a solution? We shall see, Laura, thank you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Well, President Trump's boisterous style and frenetic Twitter feed have
0:22:13 > 0:22:15certainly kept him in the limelight.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18But how has he performed on some of his key election pledges -
0:22:18 > 0:22:20tax cuts, the controversial border wall with Mexico, and repealing
0:22:20 > 0:22:22and replacing Obamacare - his predecessor's health care plan.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Christian Fraser takes a look now at President Trump's
0:22:24 > 0:22:27first year in office.
0:22:27 > 0:22:3112 months in the White House, his first year as a politician.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35So, what does the report card of the 45th President look like?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Well, let's remind ourselves what candidate Trump had promised.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42The mantra was of course, Make America Great Again.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44And here was how he proposed to do it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Isis will be gone if I'm elected president.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Obamacare has to be replaced.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I'm going to build a wall and Mexico's going to pay for it, right?
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Right?
0:22:56 > 0:23:02A complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Our jobs are being stolen like candy from a baby.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Not going to happen any more, folks.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Well, let's start with the economy, because there's
0:23:09 > 0:23:12a curious disconnect here.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14The president has record low approval ratings,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17but the stock market is hitting record highs.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20This week, the Dow Jones smashed through the 26,000 mark
0:23:20 > 0:23:22for the first time ever.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24And, the economists say, it is Mr Trump that
0:23:24 > 0:23:25should take the credit.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28He's delivered on his promise to cut taxes.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31But will the boom on the markets eventually translate
0:23:31 > 0:23:33into wage growth?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34On trade, there's more to do.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37The first thing he did in office was to withdraw
0:23:37 > 0:23:39from the Transpacific Partnership.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43The Nafta negotiation is ongoing.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Mr Trump's warning to Canada and Mexico is that he wants better
0:23:45 > 0:23:50terms, or he will pull out.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52And he is serious.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53What about repealing and replacing Obamacare?
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Well that turned into a congressional nightmare
0:23:55 > 0:23:56for the Republicans.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00The tax reform does chip away at one of the Affordable Care Act's
0:24:00 > 0:24:04foundations, the individual mandate, but the President's
0:24:04 > 0:24:06comments in December that essentially the job was done -
0:24:06 > 0:24:08well, that's fake news.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10It isn't.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Where the president will think he scores highly,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14is on foreign policy.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Having vowed to destroy Isis, the caliphate is on the run in Iraq
0:24:19 > 0:24:22and Syria, and despite the often alarming public feud
0:24:22 > 0:24:25with the Rocket Man, Kim Jong-un, North and South Korea are at least
0:24:25 > 0:24:30talking, for which the president has claimed the credit.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32What about the wall?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Perhaps the campaign promise that resonated most with the base.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Right now, the president is demanding congressional funding
0:24:38 > 0:24:41as part of immigration reform, and there is still
0:24:41 > 0:24:45plenty of resistance.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47We can say, with some certainty that Mexico isn't
0:24:47 > 0:24:49going to pay for it.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50At least not directly.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54The promised ban on Muslims, well, that became a travel ban
0:24:54 > 0:24:56on countries that were predominantly Muslim.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59The legal challenge to that is ongoing.
0:24:59 > 0:25:07The courts, much like the media, have incurred the President's wrath.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11What is for certain is that the President through this year has
0:25:11 > 0:25:15persisted with the mandate on which he was elected, but approval ratings
0:25:15 > 0:25:19are low. He's lost special elections in Virginia and Alabama and perhaps
0:25:19 > 0:25:23the ultimate test of Mr Trump's presidency will come later this
0:25:23 > 0:25:30year, with the mid-terms. Christian Fraser.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32There's been heavy shelling of Kurdish positions in northern
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Syria by Turkish forces, ahead of a possible
0:25:34 > 0:25:35ground offensive.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37The United States has given its support to the creation
0:25:37 > 0:25:41of a 30,000 strong border force led by the Kurds, as a defence
0:25:41 > 0:25:42against the so-called Islamic State group.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44The Turkish administration sees Kurdish forces as terrorists,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47and fears a de facto state is being set up.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced
0:25:49 > 0:25:51that she is pregnant.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53She and her partner, Clarke Gayford, are expecting their first child
0:25:53 > 0:25:57in June, after which she plans to take a six week break.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Ms Ardern will be the second elected world leader to give
0:25:59 > 0:26:02birth while in office, and the first to do
0:26:02 > 0:26:03so in nearly 30 years.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Phil Mercer reports.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09New Zealand's youngest Prime Minister since 1856
0:26:09 > 0:26:12is about to face a fresh challenge.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford are expecting
0:26:15 > 0:26:18their first child in June, after which she plans
0:26:18 > 0:26:21to take a six-week break.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Let's do this.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27She found out about her pregnancy in October, six days before
0:26:27 > 0:26:29she became Prime Minister.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31I had to announce eventually.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33There's only so long you can say you were eating too
0:26:33 > 0:26:34many Christmas pies.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38I was showing from about 12 weeks!
0:26:38 > 0:26:45So yeah, eventually we had to say and this felt as good a time as any.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Ms Ardern, who's 37, says she plans to be PM and a mum,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52and is confident she can juggle the role of motherhood
0:26:52 > 0:26:56with a high-profile day job.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I'm not the first woman to multitask.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03I'm not the first woman to work and have a baby.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I know these are special circumstances, but there will be
0:27:05 > 0:27:11many women who will have done this well before I have.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15On her first day as opposition leader last year, Ms Ardern
0:27:15 > 0:27:17was controversially asked by a TV talk show host whether she had
0:27:17 > 0:27:23to decide between having a career and becoming a parent.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27News that she's pregnant is rare for international leaders.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31When Benazir Bhutto gave birth to a daughter in 1990 while serving
0:27:31 > 0:27:35as Pakistan's Prime Minister, it was reported to be a first
0:27:35 > 0:27:39for an elected world leader.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Phil Mercer, BBC News, Sydney.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Cricket now - and they may have lost the Ashes,
0:27:45 > 0:27:48but England are proving to be more than a match for Australia
0:27:48 > 0:27:50in the shorter form of the game.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52They've won the latest game by six wickets,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54having restricted the hosts to 270.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Test captain Joe Root starred with bat and ball,
0:27:56 > 0:28:00taking two wickets, and hitting a measured 46 to see England home.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04England lead 2-0 in the five match series.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Tennis - and Britain's Kyle Edmund is through to the fourth
0:28:07 > 0:28:09round of the Australian Open - beating both his Georgian opponent
0:28:09 > 0:28:12and punishing temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15After the match, British number one Andy Murray tweeted
0:28:15 > 0:28:18that it was the best win of his Davis Cup team-mate's career.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23Here's our sports correspondent, Joe Wilson.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26It's 40 Celsius and we're outside playing tennis.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31In Melbourne, nowhere to hide for Kyle Edmund.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34One game at the start of the fourth set against Nikoloz Basilashvili
0:28:34 > 0:28:38of Georgia lasted 20 minutes - just one game!
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Under the most extreme pressure, in the most extreme conditions,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Kyle Edmund peaked.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46One of the best rallies of the match.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Nothing much between the players in world rankings and nothing much
0:28:49 > 0:28:50between them on court.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Edmund was 2-1 sets down, but from this moment
0:28:53 > 0:28:57he took the fourth set 6-0.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58He's got it.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Fifth set, 12th game, both men stretched beyond previous
0:29:02 > 0:29:04limits, so who wilts?
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Who wins.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07He's done it.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09Edmund conceded that if the tournament had said
0:29:09 > 0:29:11it was too hot to play he would gladly have
0:29:11 > 0:29:13stopped, so was it unsafe?
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Edmund is the kind of guy who normally lets his
0:29:15 > 0:29:18tennis do the talking.
0:29:18 > 0:29:18It's a tough one.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20It's professional sport.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22It's meant to hurt.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25It's not meant to be easy, that's the whole point of it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:32But yeah, I guess yeah, I mean, if people do start to become ill
0:29:32 > 0:29:35then it might be a concern, but as far as I'm aware everyone
0:29:35 > 0:29:38is just getting through.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39And he is through.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42The Australian Open said they came close to implementing
0:29:42 > 0:29:44their extreme heat policy.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Edmund's endurance impressed many.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Who described it as the biggest win of Kyle Edmund's career?
0:29:50 > 0:29:54None other than Andy Murray, via Twitter.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Well, there are 16 men left in the Australian Open.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Kyle Edmund is one of them.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Now, quick, while you can - find some shade.
0:30:02 > 0:30:10Joe Wilson, BBC News.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17We stay with the weather theme. We take a look at it with Sarah
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Keith-Lucas. From seeking shade to needing
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Keith-Lucas. From seeking shade to needing shelter in these
0:30:22 > 0:30:24temperatures? Some of us have blue sky and
0:30:24 > 0:30:27sunshine but temperatures are pretty chilly and more wintry weather on
0:30:27 > 0:30:31the cards. This is the scene in Dunblane in Stirling, a lot of lying
0:30:31 > 0:30:36snow around there. The Met Office has issued an amber warning, be
0:30:36 > 0:30:39prepared, for disruptive weather due to snow and ice, particularly across
0:30:39 > 0:30:51this region of the south-west of Scotland, where we
0:30:53 > 0:30:57could see another 10-15 centimetres of snow falling on top of what is
0:30:57 > 0:30:59already there. Let's take a look at snow depths, what's lying out there
0:30:59 > 0:31:02on the northern half of the country. 36 centimetres in parts of the
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Highlands, 22 centimetres in Northern Ireland, three centimetres
0:31:04 > 0:31:06in Bingley, in West Yorkshire. There's a lot of wintry weather,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08snow and ice across many northern and north-western parts of the
0:31:08 > 0:31:10country. Further south and east, sunny skies, blue skies out there.
0:31:10 > 0:31:16It's feeling almost springlike in the London region but towards the
0:31:16 > 0:31:18south-west of England and Wales Cricket Board showers to come.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Further snow showers, particularly over higher ground, the western half
0:31:21 > 0:31:25of Scotland where we have an amber warning in force. Also further rain,
0:31:25 > 0:31:29sleet and snow showers for Northern Ireland into northern England. For
0:31:29 > 0:31:32eastern Scotland and the east of the Pennines, quite a lot of dry, bright
0:31:32 > 0:31:35weather, and some sunshine to take us through the afternoon across East
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Anglia and the south-east. Drift towards the south-west of England
0:31:38 > 0:31:44and why is, it's a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Temperatures around 3-7, but when you add on the cool north-westerly
0:31:48 > 0:31:52wind it's feeling subzero for many others particularly across parts of
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Scotland and Northern Ireland. Into this evening, slowly the wintry
0:31:55 > 0:31:59showers in the north tend to ease away, then we turn our attention to
0:31:59 > 0:32:04this batch of wet weather. Rain moving in from the south-west. As it
0:32:04 > 0:32:07bonds into the cold air we could see a bit of snow tomorrow morning
0:32:07 > 0:32:12across the higher ground Southern Wales and parts of southern England,
0:32:12 > 0:32:14the Chilterns, Cotswolds, Brecon Beacons, some snow, some rain to the
0:32:14 > 0:32:19south of that which will slowly ease away. Turning milder in the south.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Still cold further north. We will have lost the wintry showers, so a
0:32:23 > 0:32:26return to something sunny for many others during Saturday. A cold night
0:32:26 > 0:32:32Saturday night. During Sunday, this front moves in from the Atlantic. As
0:32:32 > 0:32:35it moves in it bumps into the cold air and we could see significant
0:32:35 > 0:32:38snowfall on Sunday at least for a time, before it turns back to rain.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42We have the milder air moving in from the south-west but for northern
0:32:42 > 0:32:46England and Scotland temperatures still on the chilly side. If you
0:32:46 > 0:32:49have travel plans on Sunday, particularly across parts of
0:32:49 > 0:32:52northern England and Scotland, watch out for potential disruption due to
0:32:52 > 0:32:57more snow on the cards. Turning milder for next week.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05The Justice Secretary says the decision to release serial six
0:33:05 > 0:33:08offender John Worboys from prison will not be challenged by the
0:33:08 > 0:33:12government. -- serial sex offender.
0:33:12 > 0:33:23That's all from the BBC News at One.