12/09/2016 BBC News at Six

In the last hour a temporary truce began in Syria -

We've an exclusive report from inside Aleppo -

It's been a long, hot, and dangerous summer in Aleppo

and you can see it in the fabric of the city.

We'll be looking at whether this truce, the second this year,

Two months after quitting as PM David Cameron says he is standing

down as an MP. Hillary Clinton's health scare -

is this the turning point Labour MPs call the plans for new

grammar schools a silly class war. And overcoming defeat

in London to triumph in Rio - And coming up in the

sport on BBC News. Six out of six for Manchester City,

a 100% winning record this season, but manager Pep Guardiola says

they have to improve Good evening and welcome

to the BBC News at Six. A seven day ceasefire in Syria

officially came into effect an hour The Syrian President has vowed

to use it to reclaim the country Several rebel factions have

immediately demanded Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen

reports exclusively from Aleppo, a city where civilians are suffering

under sustained bombing and shortages of food and water -

and which is a key prize for Bashar Al Assad if he wants

to win the war. The further you drive

north in Syria, the more This road is the regime's fragile

link between Damascus and Aleppo. Rebels held it this summer where it

reaches the suburbs. They were only driven back by Syrian

troops at the weekend. Shelling was still going

on as we drove in, government It has been a long, hot and

dangerous summer. And you can see it in the fabric of the city of Aleppo,

the damage that has been done. The ceasefire is meant to stop all of

that. Since fighting started in 2012 the west side of the city has been

in government hands. Armed opposition groups controlled the

east. Four years of fighting have devastated Aleppo. This gives an

idea of the firepower of the Syrian army and its Russian backers who

have been making gains around Aleppo. One of the big questions

about the ceasefire is whether they are prepared to give their enemies a

chance to rest and regroup. On the rebel side are also doubts. Groups

backed by the Americans have been told that they have two separate

from more radical militias who they regard as allies. And another

important rebel group, backed by Saudi Arabia, has already rejected

the ceasefire agreement. TRANSLATION: The deal announced

between the US and Russia to resolve the issue in Syria in our cute does

not achieve the basic minimum goals. In Damascus, president Bashar

al-Assad chose to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-al Adha

by visiting and praying It was in rebel hands for five years

until they surrendered at the end of August

after what the UN called President Assad's government has

backed the ceasefire, but his words suggested that he has

unfinished military business. TRANSLATION: The Syrian state is

determined to recover all areas from the terrorists. To restore security,

rebuild infrastructure and everything else that was destroyed

in both human and material aspects. We came to to replace the fake

freedom that they tried to promote at the start of the crisis. Like in

Daraya, with the real freedom. The holiday is being celebrated

even though there was a steady thunder of artillery fire

throughout the day. The ceasefire agreement

is complicated, potentially fragile, and all sides in the war doubt

whether it can work. At the very least it

might be a respite for Jeremy Bowen, BBC News,

Aleppo. We can join our diplomatic

editor James Landale. This is the second attempt at a

truce this year. It does not sound that there is great cause for

optimism. Is there any sense the truce might hold? It is a big piece

of diplomacy hammered out by the Americans and Russians. The Russians

have influence over the Syrian government, we cannot dismiss this

out of hand. But the ceasefires have come and not always lasted. As

Jeremy reported the opposition groups are sceptical. They are

reluctant to break from their more extreme allies. They have been in

the trenches together and do not want to separate with no guarantee.

But many simply do not believe that President Assad will do what is

Russian sponsors want and end the barrel bombing. And President Assad

is the key figure. Today he said he wanted to ensure that the whole of

Syria was recovered from what he called terrorists. It does not sound

like a man who was about to lay down his weapons. So short-term, we could

see some reduction in violence but also humanitarian assistance. But is

this the big turning point, that is a different question.

The former prime minister David Cameron has announced

It's just two months since he quit as PM after losing

the referendum on leaving the EU - his decision will trigger

a by election in his Oxfordshire constituency.

He says he fully supports Theresa May and doesn't want to be

a distraction from the work of her government.

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg has more.

Not just out of Number Ten but out of politics too.

Despite the promise he would go on, David Cameron is walking

Friends say he doesn't want to be a back-seat driver and make life

With modern politics, with the circumstances

of my resignation, it isn't really possible to be a proper backbench MP

I think everything you do will become a big distraction

and a big diversion from what the government needs

No Tory leader had ever posed with Huskies before.

But no Tory leader had put such a premium on changing

And it took them back to power, albeit through the early

Before winning outright just last year.

I think he has provided outstanding leadership for this country.

I think he often made the job look very easy when actually

And I think he leaves behind a very strong legacy for the Conservative

chapter in history will be promising and then losing his referendum

The British people have spoken and the answer is, we are out.

Transforming the UK's place in the world, turning

Now he has done what he said he would not do and walked

away, leaving a huge mess to be cleared up.

So I do not think today is the day for tributes to his record.

I think he will be remembered as a bad Prime Minister. Friends deny he

flounced out because he does not agree with the new boss but there is

a danger they admit that anything he said could drive a wedge and David

Cameron himself accepts that they differ. Obviously I will have my own

views about different issues, people know that. And that is the point, as

a former Prime Minister it is difficult to sit as a backbencher

and not be an enormous diversion and distraction from what the government

is doing. He was sometimes accused of believing his own hype. Nothing

is really impossible if you put your mind to it. As I once said, I was

the future once. Such recent history fields already so much in the past.

David Cameron is not unusual among politicians for wanting to be the

top dog. Even though this is a U-turn, probably his final, it is

not that surprising that he has actually decided to quit. What is

interesting is under Theresa May the Tories and the government look more

like a different kind of party, a different kind of administration.

And among the political circle of David Cameron has been some supplies

and irritation at just how far and how fast she was moved away from

some of the things that he was pursuing. His friends are also

adamant that is not why he is going, not going off in a strop because he

does not like what Theresa May is doing. He was careful to say that he

is fully behind and thinks she is doing a good job. But one senior

Tory told me today that this is a new government and not everyone has

realised that yet. David Cameron, his departure from politics

altogether, is a clear signal at just how much things have changed.

Could this be the turning point of the US election

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has pulled out

of a campaign trip to California after it was revealed

She appeared to collapse after attending an event yesterday

Her Republican rival Donald Trump, who is catching up

in the polls, says he will shortly release his own medical report.

Our North America Editor, Jon Sopel, reports.

There is only one subject of conversation in the US today,

Hillary Clinton and her health after apparently collapsing yesterday in

New York. I was serious condition is, what impact it will have on the

race, white water deemed not more open about the diagnosis. But she

has received one rabble get well soon card at least. I hope she gets

well soon, like you I see what I see, the coughing fit a week ago. I

assumed that was also no money. The coughing fit came last week in

Cleveland, though she did her best to make a joke of it. Every time I

think about Donald Trump I get a coughing fit. And yesterday after

her collapse she also tried to make light of it all. I am great. It is a

beautiful day in New York. It will be hours before her team would admit

she had pneumonia, even though the diagnosis had come days earlier. On

social media, even friends have been critical. This is David Axelrod, the

campaign manager for Barack Obama in 2008. Antibiotics can take care of

pneumonia, what is the cure for an unhealthy punch aren't properly see

that repeatedly creates unnecessary problems? And a new twist in the

race for the White House, health is now a major issue. It may sound

trivial to speak of a lack of openness with which the illness was

communicated, it feeds into a narrative, whether it be about

e-mail server, money raised by the Clinton foundation, there is a sense

that there is a lack of transparency and Hillary Clinton cannot afford to

give the voters new reasons to doubt her. Jon Sobel, BBC News,

Washington. The government's controversial plans

for new grammar schools have been Under the proposals which will only

apply to England, all state schools will be able to select pupils

by academic ability New grammar schools

will have to ensure a share of places go to pupils

from low income backgrounds. And pupils would be

able to enter at 14 and 16 years of age -

as well as at 11. They would also have to offer

help to non-selective schools. Our Education editor

Branwen Jeffreys has Suddenly the question is so much

harder to answer. This is one of the four grammar schools in South Bend.

The Essex were kept these academically selective schools and

now pupils travel as far as 20 or 30 miles to study here. There is a lot

of demand for grammar school education. Parents and students

evaluate and are willing to the sacrifice to come to the school.

Here they want to see the detail but they will consider opening another

school. This is not the only grammar school oversubscribed, it is not

unusual for grammar school pupils to travel quite long distances. Their

parents want the option of a highly academic education. And that is the

political calculation behind this policy. When we talk about selection

in this country we have got to acknowledge that we have selection

by house price already. For those who are able to buy a house in the

catchment area of the best schools. Under labour we had education,

education, education. This government, their mantra is

segregation, segregation, segregation. But this is about

grassroots politics as well, Tory councillors want to open new grammar

schools and Thurrock, the borough has none and children travel to

South end. But more than that it fits with their values. In the

Conservative Party we believe aspiration, ambition, these are not

dirty words. Competition between schools, that grammar schools bring,

but brings competition and aspiration. But what about poor

communities, the Tilbury docks the heart of the area and schools

already struggle to raise standards. My brother went to a grammar school

years ago but it splits the kids up a bit. You seem to learn a lot from

there, you are more or less guaranteed that you will get your

qualifications. You cannot put in their heads that they are not as

good as the other children this young. Many schools are run by

Academy trusts and today the founder of one of the biggest said that they

would not bring back selection. It is almost like climbing into a

Tardis and heading back to a failed policy. I myself am a product of

that failed policy. I failed the 11 plus at the age of 11 and I was

banished to a school where I did not have the opportunity that many of my

friends had. As we come through the gates... But these plans have got to

pass many obstacles. Inside the Conservative Party, from supporters

of academies, from Academy trusts who runs many schools. And fight

also to get the opposition from many education experts.

A temporary truce has begun in Syria, brokered by America and

And still to come, the 24 hour gold rush for Paralympics GB in Rio.

Coming up in Spo He rtsday on BBC News,

his car broke down and then his phone battery died.

Tyson Fury fails to appear at a press conference

to promote his rematch with Wladimir Klitshcko in October.

It's a practice that's illegal in the UK and carries a sentence

But female genital mutilation is still afflicting women

It's estimated 65,000 girls under thirteen in England

and Wales are at risk of being taken abroad to have it done.

You may find some details in our Global Health Correspondent

these in a delicate mission. Their job today is to try to find young

women and girls who could have been taken abroad to be cut.

How often do you go back to the Ivory Coast?

Police at Heathrow are talking to families coming off flights

where FGM is common, telling them about the law in the UK

and looking for girls who could have been harmed.

A major focus of this initiative is ensuring families understand that

female genital mutilation is child abuse, that it is illegal

in the UK and that officers are actively looking for cases.

There have so far been five arrests as part of Operation Limelight

since it started in 2013 but so far there have been no

Hanifa is a confident, bubbly 23-year-old.

But when it comes to talking about one aspect of her life,

She was cut in Kenya when she was just eight years old.

She grabbed my leg and then they started to close

She said, "Wait, wait, I didn't get it properly."

She cut me twice and then I was finished, I was crying,

Here at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London, midwife

Comfort Momoh is getting ready to see survivors at her clinic.

She sees more than 400 patients a year.

She performs minor surgery to help ease their suffering, often many

For these women and young people, they do not voluntarily tell you

that they have been through FGM because it is something they have

had as a baby. Even the family or their mothers have not sat them down

to say, by the way, as a baby, or at age two or five, you had NGM.

Back in a leafy London suburb, and 15 years after she was cut,

this young woman is still coming to terms with what happened to her.

I have never talked about it and I will never get over it.

I am feeling so emotional and so pained.

I have a hatred, and I am not someone who has a hatred for anyone.

I don't want any other girl to feel this hatred and this pain and this

horrific memory. That is why I want to help other girls.

Some news Justin about the BBC and the Great British Bake Off. One of

the more successful partnerships in recent years but not for much

longer. It's a little easier. Tell us more. The Great British Bake Off

is watched by more than 13 million people. And it will be leaving the

BBC. It has been confirmed in the last few minutes that the people who

make the programme, they have said there's been a year of negotiations

and there was a last-ditch meeting that ended at four o'clock this

afternoon and they say that the revised offer that came from the BBC

simply was not good enough. They are talking about money and how they

want to develop the brand in the years to come. They said it was not

good enough and they walked away. I asked the question about

negotiations. I said, there is often a lot of playacting, and can this be

reversed? They said no, we think we are definitely leaving the BBC. Of

course it doesn't mean immediately. This is for a series to come later

on. But it looks at the moment as if the Great British Bake Off will

cease to be a BBC programme. But where it actually goes, that is yet

to be decided. The General-Secretary of the TUC has

attacked what she called greedy businesses which treat

workers like animals. Speaking at their annual

conference in Brighton, Frances O'Grady denounced employers

which declare their workforce is self employed to evade laws

on pay and conditions. Our Industry Correspondent,

John Moylan is at the The TUC is putting

employers on notice. Yes. They are worried about the

growth of casual work. What some people call the gig economy, where

people often have to juggle a number of insecure jobs just to get by.

This can work for some but unions here say that others can be left

feeling exploited. Jonathan is a courier

for a delivery firm. Rain or shine, he works ten hours

a day but because he is self-employed, he misses out

on basic workers' rights, so when he was off sick recently,

he didn't get paid. It's branded to me as flexibility

but what it really means It means that I'm unable to,

I have to save up for when I'm ill It simply means that I'm

on my own and my company The growth of insecure work

is a new front line A long campaign at Sports Direct

forced the company to end zero hours contracts in its stores

and now the delivery firm, is in the spotlight amid claims

that its couriers make less So today at Congress,

the head of the TUC had this Any greedy business

that treats its workers If you run a big brand

with a dirty little secret, a warehouse where people don't even

get paid the minimum wage, a fleet of couriers who are slaves

to the app, We are on our way, delegates,

we are coming for them. But for some, casual work

isn't the problem. Steve Rowe is a driver

with the taxi firm, Uber. He's relaxed about being

self-employed and not having any I don't want to be a worker,

I want to be independent. I want to be able to drive

when I want to drive, I want to be able to work

on my projects when I want to work And with the Uber platform,

I have total flexibility. Self-employment is growing,

as is the number of workers For unions, protecting people

in the so-called gig economy A brief look at some

of the day's other news stories. Detectives investigating the murder

of Stephen Lawrence are making a fresh appeal for information,

after the DNA of a woman was discovered on the strap of a bag

close to where he was killed. A reconstruction and appeal

for information will be shown on the BBC's

Crimewatch programme tonight. The 18-year-old student

was stabbed to death in 1993. The second of three Assembly bills

paving the way for Wales to raise its own taxes for the first

time in nearly 800 years The legislation will establish

a land transaction tax, replacing stamp duty

in Wales from April 2018. 30 young people attending an MTV

concert in Londonderry have been treated in hospital for assault

or drug and alcohol-related The youngsters -

some as young as 12 - were brought to A

during and after Saturday's event. It's been another successful day

for Britain's paralympians in Rio. Will Bayley overcame disappointment

in 2012 and a hostile crowd rooting for his Brazilian opponent to win

gold in the table tennis. While Aled Davis set a record

in his shot put category. Our Sports Correspondent,

Andy Swiss reports. If you have ever wondered what being

a Paralympic champion means, well here is the answer. Will Bayley was

born with a condition which restricts the movements of his limbs

but when he was seven, his grandmother bought him a table

tennis table and this is where it has led him. He was up against a

Brazilian athlete and most of the crowd. But after silver in London,

it was gold. He has done it now! And what a celebration. Will Bayley's

clambering onto the table earned him a yellow card but he did not seem to

mind. A hug for the umpire followed by something more exuberant. Later

he said he had achieved the impossible. Meanwhile, a sweltering

day proved sweetest for Aled Davis. One of the stars of London 2012,

with a new Paralympic record in the shot putt. And another goal is to

add to Britain's ever expanding collection. On Sunday they won

eight, the best day so far. Finished off by the flashing blades of

Richard Whitehead, as he charged to the 200 metres. And behind him,

former Army captain, Dave Henson, just five years after losing his

legs in an explosion in Afghanistan, a barely believable bronze. Another

of yesterday's champions told me it was British team success that is

inspiring success. I remember coming back on Friday night from my event

and was slow motion of Jonnie Peacock coming over the line.

Richard Whitehead and a few others, it was so inspiring and it added to

this thing. The swimmers are doing it as well. It leads to more and

more and you just want to be part of the club. Also a good day for the

youngest member of the British team. Harry Kane has just turned 13 but

she is through to her first Paralympic final. That was rare

disappointment. A day after becoming a dad to baby Lenny, David Weir

could only finish fifth in his 400 metres. And Tatyana McFadden fared

better in hers. She is chasing an extraordinary feat, a medal at every

distance from the 100 metres to the marathon. So far, she is on track.

Tatyana McFadden could be one of the stars of these Games. Mitterrand,

Moore hopes of British success in the pool. Ellie Simmonds will be

going for gold. She set a Paralympic record earlier on and she will start

as favourite in the final of the 200 metres. Very sunny in Rio, but what

is it like ear? We are about to get some silly temperatures for

September across many parts of the UK. Already today it has been

warming up in southern and eastern parts of England. As ever, growing

band of weather watchers telling us the story. As ever, there are

exceptions and for western and northern parts of Scotland, that

cloud and outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. But you are not going to

get the bump in temperatures felt in other areas because you are close to

this weather front. Again, some of that rain will be heavy. But to the

east of the weather front, we are importing some warm, humid air from

the continent. The headline temperature tomorrow, 31 Celsius. It

might be higher in south-east England. You don't get that flow of

air in Northern Ireland, closer to 16 degrees. And this is the picture

through tonight and still heavy rain from that weather front. There are

some showers in West Wales and the far south-west. It could turn

thundery. For the rest of England and Wales, increasingly clear with

four patches developing. -- fog patches developing. You may see a

role in the rain for a time in Northern Ireland but it will come

back into western and northern parts. Some showers in West Wales.

Maybe the odd thunderstorm in north-east Wales. But you can see

the extent of the warmth. We're getting to 31 but many areas above

normal, well above normal for the time of year. By Wednesday, let's

talk about Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. If we're talking

about heat by day, overnight it will be difficult for sleeping with

temperatures like this. Overnight temperatures close to 20. By

Wednesday, the weather front is less active. A minor bump in the

temperatures in Belfast, not quite as hot elsewhere. Still some hot

sunshine to be had. Big weather contrasts but by the end of the

week, it will be cooler and fresher. A temporary truce has

begun in Syria, brokered It's goodbye from me -

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