31/01/2018 BBC News at One

Theresa May says she's "not

a quitter" after days

of criticism of her leadership.

The Prime Minister tells journalists

there's a long term job to be done

and her attention is focused

on issues that matter to people.

Yes, we do need to do more

and we need to ensure

that we are talking

about what we have already achieved

to those young people who worry

about whether they'll

get their own home,

to those parents who worry

about the education their

children will be getting.

The Prime Minister is now

on a trade visit to China,

we'll have the latest from there.

Also this lunchtime:

Two former British intelligence

heads have told the BBC Britain

will need to secure a deal to share

data with Europe after Brexit

or it'll face serious problems.

President Trump hails

a new American dream.

In his first State of the Union

address he urges Republicans

and Democrats to work together.

This is your time.

If you work hard, if you believe

in yourself, if you

believe in America, then

you can dream anything.

William and Kate Meade well-wishers

on day two of their trip to Sweden

before visiting a mental health

project.

Hello, then.

And this killer whale

can mimic human speech.

Scientists say it's a sign

of huge intelligence.

And coming up in the sport on BBC

News: Arsenal have broken their club

record transfer fee to sign striker

Pierre Emerick Aubamayeng

from Borussia Dortmund

for £56 million.

Good afternoon and welcome

to the BBC News at One.

Theresa May has insisted she is "not

a quitter" following days

of criticism of her leadership

by members of her own party.

But Mrs May, who's arrived in China

for a three day visit aimed

at improving trade and investment

ties, accepted there is more

to do on domestic issues.

Our correspondent Robin Brant

reports from Shanghai.

The cheer and a smile. Who would

have thought this was a Prime

Minister on the rack? Theresa May

has come to China to talk trade and

first up in this city that means

education. Good arguments. UK

schools and universities are here,

English is the second most popular

language in China.

Prime Minister, I

welcome you.

Nice to see you. But

still there was no escaping the

sense of a leadership crisis around

every corner at home. Even before

she landed she had to address that

talk of a leadership emergency on

the plane over, telling journalists

travelling with her, first and

foremost I am serving my country and

my party. I am not a quitter and

there is a long-term job to be done.

In Beijing later, alongside her

Chinese counterpart, she admitted

she needs to improve.

Yes, we do

need to do more and we do need to

ensure that we are talking about

what we have already achieved to

those young people who worry about

whether they will get their own

home, to those parents who are

concerned about the education their

children will be getting.

The Prime

Minister pledged to intensify what

both sides say is a golden era in

relations. But China is concerned

about the instability caused by

Brexit. Still, its premiere tried to

offer words of reassurance.

TRANSLATION: For a long time our

relationship has been constantly

developing. Our bilateral

relationships will not alter between

the UK and the EU. We will assess

and held talks about our future

trading relationship.

This is day

one of a three-day visit which is

focused on deeper trade ties. She

said £9 billion' worth of deals will

be agreed. But China is only the

well's eighth biggest export market.

She has reservations as well, she

has warned China it has to respect

the rule book on international trade

and ensure there are safeguards in

place if it wants Britain to invest

inside it. When Prime Minister go

abroad they are often pursued by the

main story back home and that is

very much the case for Theresa May.

She wants you to see a leader

working hard for her country abroad.

You are supposed to seek Asia's

tallest building behind me today.

But neither of those things are

happening, both are skewered by

Hayes, a haze that shows no of

lifting.

lifting.

Two former heads of British

intelligence have warned that

Britain will need to secure a deal

to share data with the rest

of Europe after Britain leaves

the EU, or face serious problems.

Robert Hannigan and Sir John Sawers

also argue it would be a mistake

for Britain to try to use its strong

position in intelligence

as a bargaining chip

in the exit negotiations.

With fourteen months

to go until the UK leaves

the European Union, throughout

the day on BBC News we're focussing

on the potential impact on security.

Our Home Affairs Correspondent

June Kelly reports.

At Heathrow like all UK airports,

British and European travellers with

their burgundy EU passports go

through the same channel. But for

security and immigration reasons,

might this be different once the UK

leaves the EU? Post Brexit we could

see changes when we come through

places like this. The government has

not yet shared its position on what

would happen at ports and airports.

But when it comes to keeping the

country safe, it has set out its

views on big issues like security,

law enforcement and criminal

justice. These UK raids were part of

a typical European operation

targeting a suspected people

smuggling gang. There were also

arrested in Belgium and Bulgaria.

The UK is a leading member of

Europol, Europe's law enforcement

agency. When Britain exits the EU,

it will have to give up its

membership. Ministers say they want

to negotiate a deal which will allow

the UK to keep working closely with

Europol, but is this a realistic

option?

We have not had a member

state leave the EU before so in that

sense we are already in uncharted

waters. Every day there is a police

operation here affecting Britain in

a positive way that you report is

helping with. The essence of that I

think will continue, but it depends

on getting the right deal.

The UK

and EU countries share information

on criminal records, fingerprints

and DNA. On tracking suspects across

borders. And member states are also

signed up to the European arrest

warrant. The British authorities

have used the arrest warrant to have

wanted people sent back to the UK

from other parts of Europe. Hussain

Osman, one of the failed bombers is

one of the scores of suspects

extradited to the UK to stand trial.

Britain has sent back thousands or

the other way. The UK says it wants

to keep the arrest warrant system

and continue to share data as part

of a new security treaty with the

EU.

We set out our store back in

September and said this is what we

wanted to do. The European Council

have formally said they are open to

negotiating this type of partnership

which matters. But also the informal

conversations we have had with

individual member states made it

clear to us that our partners in

Europe are keen for this kind of

cooperation to continue.

Away from

law enforcement on the intelligence

front the UK will need to secure a

deal to share data with Europe or it

could face serious problems. This

warning comes from former

intelligence chiefs.

Most of the

security related provisions agreed

that the European Union level have

been driven by the UK. We will no

longer be in the room to shape the

rules and regulations governing data

sharing and data privacy to ensure

that national security concerns are

given the right, appropriate high

priority.

Britain is quitting the

EU, it is not leaving Europe, this

is the mantra from ministers. With

security the ambition is to retain

the status quo, but this will depend

on our current European partners.

We know that talks with the EU

are dealing with issues such

as British membership of Europol,

the European police agency,

and the European Arrest warrant.

But there are other aspects

of police co-operation which need

to be taken into account.

Chris Morris from the BBC's

Reality Check is here to explain.

It is worth making one

thing clear at the start.

No one on either side

of the channel once the security

relationship to be worse

as a result of Brexit.

Membership of the EU gives the UK

access to all these shared databases

on criminal records, fingerprints

and so on, and we will focus on one,

the Schengen information system.

What it does is allow participating

countries to share alerts on law

enforcement in real-time, meaning

that when anyone gets checked

anywhere other countries know about

it straightaway. It could be people

with warrants issued against them,

defendants absconding from court,

stolen cars or people under

surveillance. It is, everyone

involved in security agrees,

incredibly useful, but you can only

be part of it if you are in the EU

or in the Schengen area which allows

passport free travel. What are the

options? The UK basically wants

access to everything it has at the

moment, Europol, the arrest warrant

and all those EU databases. It was

the new security treaty that will

create a unique partnership with the

EU, the kind that does not exist at

the moment for any other country.

But the EU insists you cannot be in

some of its institutions and not in

others. It says the UK would have to

accept the jurisdiction of the

European core of justice on disputes

over data or privacy, as well as any

dispute about the way the system

functions.

We all know the EU is a

very legalistic institution and

ultimately even if only indirectly

the European Court of Justice might

play a role, we might have a joint

committee under the aegis of it, but

ultimately we will not be able to

escape the court if we want the same

access as we have now.

For all sides

of the choices are looming. Can the

current red lines be overcome in the

interest of shared security? And we

are looking at the issue of security

in relation to Brexit all day here

on BBC News.

in relation to Brexit

all day here on BBC News.

President Trump has used his first

State of the Union address to call

on Republicans and Democrats to work

together to rebuild American

industries and to fix

the country's immigration system.

He said he'd advanced his mission

to "make America great again"

with record tax cuts

and a fall in unemployment.

But Democrats say he has left

the nation fractured.

David Willis reports

from Washington.

Mr President, what is

the state of the union?

The man who spoke just one year

ago of American carnage

was more upbeat tonight.

Mr Speaker, the president

of the United States...

Taking a moment to pat himself

on the back for the booming economy,

the president called

on all Americans to set

aside their differences

and seek out common ground.

This, in fact, is our

new American moment.

There has never been a better time

to start living the American dream.

Bipartisan compromise has

been in short supply

here during a turbulent

first year in office,

and the president hopes to build

bridges by repairing them.

He pledged to overhaul the country's

ageing infrastructure.

And calling on the parents of two

teenage girls who were murdered

by gang members in the country

illegally, the President

turned to the thorny issue

of immigration reform.

He is offering a path to citizenship

for some illegal immigrants who came

here as children in return

for tougher border controls.

So let's come together,

set politics aside,

and finally get the job done.

The United States was winning

the war against Islamic State,

the President said, but all too

often terrorists had been

captured and then released.

Reversing the policy

of his predecessor, he pledged

to keep the military prison

at Guantanamo Bay open.

He focused as well on the nuclear

threat posed by North Korea,

singling out a man who travelled

thousands of miles

on crutches to defect.

There was no word of the Russian

investigation, that was left to

the Democrats in their response.

A rising star in the party

with a famous last name, taking

the administration to task.

A government that struggles

to keep itself open, Russia

knee deep in our democracy.

This first year in office has been

a tale of two Trumps.

There is teleprompter Trump

and Twitter Trump.

Going into the second year,

the president and his party need

more of the former

and less of the latter.

Not only to push through his

controversial legislative agenda,

but in order to maintain

their majority in Congress.

David Willis, BBC News, Washington.

Rajini Vaidyanathan

is on Capitol Hill in Washington.

There were elements of the speech

where Donald Trump was trying to be

a little more conciliatory. Is that

cutting much I swear you are?

We saw

a pitch for unity from President

Trump last night, but that really

was not the case inside the chamber.

I was watching inside from the

balcony and in one half of the room

I could look down and see

Republicans who were jubilant and

cheering the president on in

celebratory mode. They took to their

feet in standing ovation after

standing ovation, more than 70 we

were told, as they praised the

President's policies. But that was

in stark contrast to the other half

of the room where I saw Democrats

sitting silent and stony faced

throughout much of the speech. That

is because there was very little in

that speech that truly cut across

party lines. Take the President's

language on things like immigration

and his promise to keep Guantanamo

Bay open. But this is not just about

winning hearts and minds in

Congress, but also winning votes

across the country. Many members of

Congress face re-election later this

year and in many ways this was a

pitch to voters across the country

and I think President Trump's bays

were like what they saw last night.

The Crown Prosecution Service has

been summoned to court to explain

what went wrong in human trafficking

case that collapsed last week. One

of the accused had been on remand

for more than a year and had given

birth in prison before the collapse

of the trial. Our legal

correspondent is that Wood Green

Crown Court. Explain what has

happened?

Another day and another

disclosure failure in the criminal

justice system. This was a human

trafficking case resting on the

evidence of the complaint was that

she had been trafficked into the

country and forced into prostitution

and had become pregnant as a result

of a rate. The defence team always

doubted that and they were seeking

telephone message evidence which

they said would undermine the

complainant and indeed medical

evidence to show the fact that she

was pregnant before entering the

country. Well eventually once the

trial had started that evidence came

to light and indeed it

comprehensively undermined the

complainant. The judge, Judge

Perrins, ordered the Crown

Prosecution Service and police to

court today to explain, he was there

to wholesale failure of disclosure,

repeated and serious errors by the

police and Crown Prosecution

Service. The deputy Chief Crown

Prosecutor for London as I left

court was in the witness box giving

evidence and he said the CPS

accepted the Handling had fallen

below the standard expected and has

commissioned a report. Finding out

why the mistakes were made to go to

the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Many thanks.

Shares in the outsourcing company

Capita have fallen dramatically

after it warned that profits

for the coming year will be much

lower than previously forecast.

The company has outlined plans

for a major overhaul

of its business and suspended plans

to pay dividends to shareholders.

The retailer Marks &

Spencer has announced plans

to close up to 14 stores.

Six will close by April,

with all staff being relocated.

There will be a consultation

about another eight stores,

where the company says it hopes more

than 450 employees can be

transferred to new posts.

The closures follow a disappointing

Christmas period for the company,

with a fall in sales of both

food and clothing.

The Director-General

of the BBC, Tony Hall,

will appear before MPs later,

as the corporation faces

further scrutiny over

the issue of equal pay.

It comes a day after an auditors'

report found no gender bias

in on-air pay decisions at the BBC.

Our Media Correspondent

David Sillito is with me.

Explain a little bit more about what

we might expect this afternoon.

This

is all about that pay disclosure

from last summer, MPs were concerned

not only about the size of those pay

deals but also the yawning gulf

between men and women. Yesterday we

had the Independent report from

Price Waterhouse Cooper saying there

is no gender bias in the way that

pay awards were made. The response

from BBC women, the group

representing 170 women complaining

for gender pay equality in the

corporation, I think nonsense is one

of the waste that has been used

frequently. And one of the leading

campaigners, probably the best

well-known, Carrie Gracie who

resigned as China editor earlier

this year, she said that her salary,

well a comparable male editor got

more than 50% more than her. She

will appear before MPs this

afternoon and with she has a whole

dossier of evidence, case studies.

One reporter saying she was about

half of what a comparable reporter

was. Another getting one third of

what her Milk Cup presenter was

getting. She is presenting the

evidence to the MPs and afterwards

the director-general will get a

chance to answer the questions and

explain what is going to do to

ensure that there is greater gender

equality in the BBC.

David, thank

you.

Our top story this lunchtime.

Theresa May says she's 'not

a quitter' after days

of criticism of her leadership.

And coming up -

ringing the changes -

changes to the amount banks must pay

when customers use cash machines.

Coming up in sport.

The latest on football's transfer

deadline with a move in rugby union

too, for England back row

James Haskell - who will leave Wasps

when his contract expires

at the end of the season.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

have been visiting a medical

research centre on the second day

of their tour of Sweden and Norway.

They've met scientists in Stockholm

to discuss advances in the treatment

of mental health conditions,

and visited a school which raises

awareness of the issue.

Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas

Witchell reports from Stockholm.

Britain needs to bolster

its European friendships just now.

And once again the Foreign Office

is deploying Royal Family.

This time to Scandinavia,

to Sweden and Norway.

Countries with monarchies

of their own, which always helps.

In Stockholm William and Katherine

sat down to supper with some

of Sweden's opinion formers.

Nothing too political, of course,

but most certainly diplomatic.

In the centre of Stockholm

they watched a game of Bandy hockey,

a variant of ice hockey played

with a ball, very popular among

young people in Sweden.

Never mind that the Duchess

is six months pregnant,

the visitors were expected

to join in.

So a penalty shoot out,

husband versus wife.

The result, two to one to William.

All fairly typical stuff

for a royal visit.

The guests of honour showing they're

good sports and solicitous too

when it came to meeting the crowds

who had been waiting in temperatures

only just above freezing.

But it is the underlying

messages which matter.

It is impossible to gauge

the impact of royal visits

like this on a relationship,

in this case between

Britain and Sweden.

But what they do is force

the countries to highlight

the positive aspects

of the relationship.

And that, diplomats say,

is always helpful.

Have you done a bit

of engineering work before?

These visits are a trade off.

The Royals have an opportunity

to pursue issues which matter

to them, in William and Katherine's

case that is mental

health among young people.

You feel kind of sad...

This morning they visited a school

in Stockholm and heard

about a highly regarded mental

health awareness programme.

Talking about times when your

emotions seem overwhelming.

You can get to problems before

they really get very bad.

Talking about early intervention...

Alongside the social issues,

there is the statecraft

on behalf of Britain.

Last night there was

a half-hour meeting

with Sweden's Prime Minister.

Britain needs these European

friendships, the Royals

are doing their bit.

Nicholas Witchell,

BBC News, Stockholm.

A man accused of driving a van into

a crowd of Muslim worshippers last

year has said that he was angry. And

there was more evidence today?

Today

we heard Darren Osborne again

repeatedly asked about a man that he

calls David. He claims he got into

the van at Finsbury Park and was

actually driving the vehicle at the

time of the attack. He described

Dave is angry about what is

happening in the country but could

not explain why there was no CCTV

footage of Dave getting into the van

at that point. He was asked by the

prosecution, Dave is not a magician

is he and he replied, he is like

dynamo, an illusionist, he can make

himself vanish was the court also

heard about the previous mental

health problems suffered by Mr

Osborne, such as depression. He said

he was not mad but just angry and

then went on to talk about grooming

gangs in Rochdale. He was highly

critical of Muslims in general. The

prosecutor said this is not the

platform to preacher ideology and

racial hatred.

Thank you.

racial hatred.

Thank you. A public

enquiry into the deaths of five

children at hospitals in Northern

Ireland has recommended a legal

disclosure of the failings. The

enquiry was set up 14 years ago to

examine how hospital staff managed

fluids in the treatment of children

who are aged between 17 months and

15 years old.

A seaplane that crashed

in Australia, killing five members

of a British family,

had veered significantly

off its intended course,

according to investigators.

The Canadian pilot was also

killed when the plane came

down on New Year's Eve.

The head of the flight operating

company said the pilot's manoeuvres

leading up to the crash

were 'inexplicable' for someone

with so much experience.

Thousands of free cash

machines could be in danger,

after changes were announced

to the amount that banks must pay

whenever customers use one.

The LINK network, which connects

most ATMs in Britain,

says the new charges will protect

people in rural communities,

but reduce the number in cities,

where the use of cash is falling.

Here's our Personal Finance

Correspondent, Simon Gompertz.

We have got used to having free cash

machines where and when we want

them, but in busy places Link says

there are just too many.

Our towns and city centres

are getting crowded with cash

machines and here in Leicester

there are more in the city

centre than anywhere else.

Walk only 400 metres from here

and you will pass 68 machines,

The banks are fed up because when

you take money out it is often from

a rival bank machine or non-bank

machine. Then it is free to you but

your bank must pay a fee. Link says

that that cost to your bank for each

withdrawal is 25p and that will be

cut to around 20p over four years.

We certainly want to have less

machines in busy city centres.

We don't think we need more

machines there and it is

growing at the moment.

We don't think it's right

when the use of cash

by consumers is dropping.

But we want the same or more free

ATMs in quieter, rural locations.

Here is one of those locations, a

village outside Leicester weather

cash machine in the Co-op is the

only free miles. Link says some of

these were all machines will be

subsidised. Free withdrawals will

still cost banks 25p per time. For

those most in danger they will have

to pay up to 55p. You could say

there is a warning that in the long

run almost half of free cash

machines could disappear.

These

measures will mean that every single

ATM away from a bank branch will be

on economic, none of them will pay

and that is over 20,000 ATMs.

So a

concern for the millions who still

depend on cash for shopping and

bills. Is this just a question of

losing a few ATM machines where we

already have plenty? Or could some

places turn into cash machine

deserts?

They're admired for their

prowess in the sea -

but did you know that the killer

whale may also be

a bit of a chatterbox?

Scientists have found that a female

killer whale trained in captivity

can mimic words such as "hello"

and "bye bye" - it's thought to be

the first of its kind

to copy human speech.

Helen Briggs reports.

She may not win any prizes

for diction but this

teenage killer whale

is certainly impressing scientists.

They say she is the first

of her kind to be heard

copying human speech.

TRAINER:

Hello!

WHALE REPLIES.

One, two.

WHALE IMITATES SOUNDS.

One, two.

WHALE IMITATES SOUNDS.

And she can also blow raspberries.

WHALE MAKES RASPBERRY SOUND.

The researchers say whales

and dolphins are among the few

animals other than humans that can

learn a new sound

just by hearing it.

It tells us they are

flexible vocal learners

and their flexibility is not

only

in the vocal domain but also

in the motor domain.

They can also copy body

movement and now we knew

this from before but,

now we know they can also copy

sounds and sounds that are not

in their natural repertoire.

Scientists don't know

if there are more killer

whale copycats out there.

But they think the ability

to learn sounds could help

the ability to help the animals

survive in the oceans.

Wild killer whales live in pods,

which each have their

own distinctive calls.

Learning more about how

they communicate could help us

protect them from threats

like noise pollution.

You may well not have heard

of a super blue blood moon -

it's so rare that it was last seen

more than 150 years ago.

But now one is happening again.

And this is an live image.

The moon will seem bigger

and brighter, and will turn a red

colour when the sunrise and sunset

reflect off of it.

This is coming from the West Coast

of the United States. And later on

here if it is not too cloudy we

could get a glimpse in this country.

Time for a look at the weather.

Here's Chris Fawkes.

Here's Chris Fawkes.

Well tonight you will either get to

see that moon or you will get a face

full of snow! We have some cold

front pushing south across the UK

and that has been dropping the

temperatures. It has been cold

enough for some snow across northern

parts of the UK and that has been

settling across parts of Scotland.

But in between showers we also have

plenty of sunshine. Through the rest

of the afternoon showers come

through thick and fast across

Northern Ireland, Scotland and the

North of England. We could also see

snow at lower levels for a time.

Some sunshine around as well but a

cold afternoon. And the showers get

heavier with the risk of snow for

Northern Ireland and Scotland for

the rush hour this evening. And then

overnight a mixture of wintry

showers predominately bringing the

risk of icy stretches on untreated

roads.

roads. It is certainly going to be a

cold start to Thursday. The wind

changing direction and bringing him

plenty of showers across

north-western areas in particular.

And also some sunshine around. Still

quite gusty wind and another chilly

afternoon. Looking ahead to the end

of the week, the weather gets a bit

more straightforward in many

respects. Low-pressure slipping away

to the near continent and would get

high pressure building across the

British Isles. For Friday that means

most of us have a dry day with some

sunshine. But still some showers

around along North Sea coasts.

Inland away from the showers,

between six, eight Celsius. Then for

Saturday, we have a narrow finger of

milder associated with these

Atlantic fronts moving in. That is

lifted from the ground and the

atmosphere begins to cool down

causing some potential issues. It is

likely that we will see a spell of

cold rain but if that is happy or

the fronts are slower moving, we

could be looking at a spell of snow

potentially getting down to lower

levels. Still some uncertainty in

the detail.

That's all from the BBC News at One

- so it's goodbye from me -