11/04/2017 BBC News at Six

America's Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson,

arrives in Moscow to try to persuade Russia

to end its support for Syria's president.

He arrived after meeting western foreign ministers

in the wake of the chemical attack in Syria.

He'll urge President Putin to abandon Assad.

We want to create a future for Syria that is stable and secure,

and so Russia can be a part of that future.

We'll be asking whether President Putin is likely to listen.

the parents of a seriously ill eight-month-old baby

say they're devastated after the High Court

decides doctors can withdraw their son's life support.

Shares in United Airlines fall dramatically after this footage

emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed

The crisis in adult care - every day almost a thousand

care workers in England are leaving their jobs

Breathtaking Britain - Snowdon comes out on top

in a poll of our favourite views in the UK.

And coming up in the sport on BBC News,

Sam Warburton is ruled out for six weeks,

but the man favourite to be Lions captain

is expected to be fit for this summer's tour to New Zealand.

Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.

The American Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson,

has arrived in Russia ahead of tomorrow's talks

as tensions between the two countries continue to grow.

He's urging President Putin to withdraw his support

for the Assad regime in the wake of last week's chemical attack

He flew out from Italy, where G7 foreign ministers had been meeting.

for new sanctions to be imposed on Syria and Russia.

Meanwhile, President Putin has claimed that enemies of the Syrian

president are planning future chemical weapons attacks

This report from our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins

America's top diplomat, arriving in Moscow,

doesn't accept this is mission impossible.

Rex Tillerson still hopes he can somehow persuade the Russians

to ditch Syria's President Assad, and he isn't mincing his words.

bears a heavy responsibility for last week's chemical attack.

It is unclear whether Russia failed to take this obligation seriously

But this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead.

Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, is sending mixed signals.

Meeting the Italian president today, the Russian leader is apparently

hoping for constructive co-operation with Washington,

but he is still talking up the risk of confrontation,

America was planning further strikes on Syria.

TRANSLATION: We have information from various sources

that similar provocations, I can't call them any differently,

are being prepared in other parts of Syria too, including

where they're preparing to release some sort of substance again.

do seem to agree on one thing about last week's gas attack -

that there should be a full investigation.

to dispute who carries it out and when and how.

And the G7 meeting in Italy of America's allies ended today

without giving Rex Tillerson much of a stick to carry to Moscow.

Ministers failed to agree any threat of future

targeted sanctions on top Russian and Syrian military officials.

Boris Johnson had pressed hard for it

but insisted afterwards no consensus was not defeat.

I'm not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy,

but there are very few or better routes forward

This is a way forward for Russia and for Syria,

and in going to make this offer, I think that Rex Tillerson has,

as you can see, overwhelming support.

The last family photo in Italy for America and her allies

was not quite as happy as the hawks in this line-up would have liked.

Rex Tillerson did get universal endorsement of President Trump's

missile strike on Syria, but he's left here for Moscow

without the sort of stick to threaten Russia

that Boris Johnson, at least, would have liked.

Let's go to Moscow and our correspondent Steve Rosenberg.

And how likely is it that he will be able to persuade President Putin to

abandon his support for Syria's President? You know, back in the day

when he was an oil executive, doing deals with the Russians, Rex

Tillerson once got an award from blood Amir Putin, the Russian order

of friendship, but I think it will be much harder for him to secure the

political pricey six now, a Kremlin U-turn on Syria, and that is because

President Assad is Russia's key military ally in the Middle East.

The Russians have invested heavily in - militarily, politically,

financially - to keep him in power, and in the eyes of Moscow, he is the

guarantor not only against an Islamist takeover of Syria but of

Russian interest in Syria. Russian military bases, for example. So I

think Rex Tillerson will have to have something very special indeed

in his briefcase, a really sweet deal to offer the Russians if he is

going to convince the Kremlin to rethink that support. Steve

Rosenberg, thank you. The parents of an eight-month-old

baby boy say they are devastated after the High Court ruled

that doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital can

withdraw his life support. They shouted no and broke down in

tears as they heard the decision. Charlie Gard has a very rare

genetic condition and brain damage. His parents have raised

more than ?1 million to take him to America

for experimental treatment. But the judge said it was

not in Charlie's best interests. The boy's parents say

they want to appeal. This is Charlie Gard -

unable to move, he is fed through a tube and breathes

through a machine. There is no cure for his rare

muscle wasting condition. But his parents, Connie Yates

and Chris Gard, refuse to accept the advice of doctors

at Great Ormond Street Hospital that They arrived at the High Court

to hear a judge decide the fate of their only child,

and it was the outcome The judge ruled there could be no

benefit to taking Charlie abroad. Given the overwhelming medical

evidence, there was only one possible outcome

to this tragic case. The judge said it was with

the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction,

that he ruled that all treatment be withdrawn to permit Charlie

to die with dignity. Charlie's parents are back

by their son's bed side, their legal team say

they're devastated. Connie and Chris are facing

every parent's worse nightmare, they're struggling to understand

why the court has not at least given Charlie the chance

of treatment in America. and the treatment offered

potentially groundbreaking. These are not easy issues,

and they remain utterly committed, like any parent, to wanting

to do their utmost for their child. We just wanted to be given

a chance because, you know, you're never going to find

treatments or cures for these things 82,000 people made online donations

totalling more ?1.2 million. It was to pay for treatment

in the United States so experimental or animals with the rare

genetic disorder. The court would have many things

to take into consideration here. One would be whether continued

existence for the child, whether in America or in England,

would have been burdensome to the child himself, would have

involved pain and suffering. Crucially, Charlie's doctors

think he can experience pain and the treatment proposed

could not reverse his brain damage. The judge said this was the darkest

day for Charlie's parents but he hoped they would

come to accept he should be allowed

to slip away peacefully. Shares in United Airlines

fell sharply today after footage emerged of

a passenger being forcibly removed from an overbooked flight

in Chicago. The man was dragged by his arms

along the aisle and injured

as he was taken off the plane. The airline's boss has been heavily

criticised after describing the man saying that staff had followed

established procedures. It's the world's leading

airline - flyer-friendly. Hardly the friendly

skies, as a 69-year-old doctor is dragged

screaming from his seat. He was forcefully removed because he

would not give up his place to accommodate airline employees. They

pulled him out of the plane as if he was less than human. Oh, my God,

look at what you did to him! Ten minutes later, he returned, clearly

dazed, as shocked passengers continued recording. Global backlash

over this video... The incident has become a PR disaster for the

airline, compounded by statements from its chief executive. Scum you

not said he regrets the situation but that staff followed established

procedures. He described the passenger as disruptive and

belligerent. In an e-mail to employees, he repeated his regrets

but added that he emphatically stood behind them and commended them for

going above and beyond to ensure we fly right. But millions of people on

social media say united airlines is far from flying right. Not enough

seating? Time for a beating, said one tweet, a theme that quickly

became fodder for late-night television. United didn't even admit

they did anything wrong, in fact, if anything, they seemed to be doubling

down on this. On United Airlines, you do what we say when we say and

there won't be a problem. But the incident is no joke for United and

could cost the airline a lot more than the goodwill of its customers.

Shares opened down 3% on Tuesday, and forecasters predict more

turbulence ahead. Jane O'Brien, BBC News, Washington.

The man suspected of carrying out last week's Stockholm truck attack

has told a court that he committed a terrorist crime.

appeared in court for the first time today and confessed to driving

a lorry into a department store in the Swedish capital.

Four people died in Friday's incident.

The Japanese electronics giant Toshiba is warning that it may

collapse after reporting losses of around ?4 billion.

hasn't yet been signed off by its auditors.

It means plans for a new nuclear power station in Cumbria,

which Toshiba is supposed to build, are in serious doubt.

Almost 1000 care workers who look after the elderly and the vulnerable

left their jobs every day in England last year,

mostly because of low pay and long hours,

but more than half of them left the profession entirely.

The UK Care Association claims the system is close to collapse.

The Government says an extra ?2 billion

at St Cecilia's nursing home in Scarborough.

It's a mid-sized, 42-bed home, and it's full.

The residents' conditions range from dementia sufferers

to stroke survivors and those needing end-of-life care.

It's a constant battle for health-care assistants

There should also be two nurses on shift today,

Winnie, what's the matter? What's the matter?

You're dry? Right, let me put your head up.

I think the hardest thing is keeping the consistency, because

it does have a knock-on effect of having a great turnover of staff.

1.3 million people work in adult social care in England,

but last year more than 900 a day left their jobs.

Of those, 60% left social care completely.

You're not falling, you're all right.

It's high-pressure, demanding and stressful work,

and most care workers are paid just above the minimum wage.

You're rushing round, you can't always get

to everyone on time, and then it's quite like upsetting and

disheartening when you find out that people earn more

just like stacking shelves and you're looking after people.

the bedridden need moving at least once every two hours.

We still have all this to wash up, laundry, washing, drying

we are finish really late putting them in bed,

There are concerns EU carers like her

will become increasingly scarce as Brexit progresses.

Every resident here is somebody's mother, father, loved one,

but often those closest to them are the workers who care.

Viewers in Yorkshire can see more on this story on BBC Look North,

America's Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, has arrived in Moscow to

try to persuade Russia to end its support for Syria's President.

Coming up, I'll be reporting from Cornwall, where this has been voted

one of the best views in Britain. Find out if your favourite beauty

spot is among the top ten. A tie to savour kicks off

the Champions League quarterfinals tonight with Juventus and Barcelona

meeting in a repeat of the 2015 final, which was won

by the Spanish side. British scientists are calling it

an "astonishing" discovery. Deep under the waves

of the Atlantic Ocean, near the Canary Islands,

they've found some of the richest deposits of rare minerals anywhere

on Earth, in an underwater mountain. This natural treasure trove contains

elements that are vital for everything from solar panels,

to wind turbines and electronics. With this exclusive report, here's

our science editor, David Shukman. Deep in the Atlantic,

a remotely controlled arm grabs The rocks look pretty ordinary but,

in a surprising revelation, it turns out they're laden with some

of the most precious Working from a British research

ship, The James Cook, scientists deployed robot submarines

and they discovered that an underwater mountain,

not far from Tenerife, is entirely covered

in a highly unusual crust. It's made up of rocks that

are unlike anything seen on dry land because they hold exceptional

quantities of important elements. What's astonishing about these

rocks, brought up from deep underwater, is how incredibly rich

they are in valuable minerals, especially the kind of things needed

for renewable energy, which raises a really

difficult question - if the world's going to go green,

we may have to start mining rocks Analysis reveals what are called

rare Earth elements, which are used in wind turbines,

and a substance called tellurium. Tellurim is used in a type of highly

efficient solar panel. The element is hard to extract

on land, but far greater concentrations of it have been found

in rocks underwater. So if we need these green energy

supplies, then we need the raw materials to make the devices that

will produce the energy. So, yes, the raw materials have

to come from somewhere. We either dig them up

for the ground, and make a very large hole, or we dig them

from the seabed and make One mining company has already built

giant robotic machines ready to advance over the seabed,

breaking it up to get at the rocks. We're on the brink of mines

opening deep underwater. It's part of a new goldrush,

searching for minerals. Each of the coloured dots represents

an area being explored. The Pacific is attracting most

attention with exploration of the seabed stretching over

nearly 3,000 miles. More than a dozen different

countries, including Britain, So how damaging will this

underwater mining be? The British expedition did

an experiment, pumping out huge volumes of dust to mimick

the effects of mining. One fear is that plumes og dust

could kill sealife for miles around. It's difficult to predict and,

you know, like everything in the deep sea, everything

connected by the effects of mining, We still know so little about what's

going on down there. We're discovering how there's

more life in the deep than anyone thought,

but also how there's a treasure trove of critically important

elements and the more valuable they are, the more likely

it is the first mines A brief look at some

of the day's other news stories. The father-in-law of the chef

Gordon Ramsay has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack

into his son-in-law's computer Christopher Hutcheson and his two

sons entered their pleas They could face up

to two years in jail. A Scottish author, Peter Logan,

has been jailed for 11 years The rapes occurred in

Glasgow and Carnoustie. Logan, who wrote the science

fiction novel, Pen, has The driver of a car that crashed

killing a five-year-old, has been found guilty of causing

death by dangerous driving. Dean Collins, who denied

all the charges, was involved in a head-on crash in Cardiff

in which his stepson, The little boy was not

sitting on a booster seat. An inquest has opened into the death

of a jewellery expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow,

who died five weeks after giving 34-year-old Alice Gibson-Watt

was taken to hospital Her husband has been giving evidence

at West London Coroner's Court, Alex Gibson-Watt, described

in court as energetic, She was a jewellery specialist

for Sotherby's and her expertise had won her a slot on the BBC's

Antiques Roadshow where she worked It's always very thrilling

when you see a piece of jewellery, But everything changed

after the birth of her Today, her husband Anthony told

the inquest of the deeply traumatic evening he believed his wife

was overtaken by the condition At her home in Fulham,

in West London, four weeks after her daughter's birth,

Alice suddenly became hysterical. Anthony Gibson-Watt said

she began wailing, screaming She then picked up Chiara

and started shaking her, She was eventually taken

to a specialist mental health unit at West Middlesex Hospital,

but she suffered a cardiac arrest Speaking about the tragic

sequence of events, The inquest will look at how

Alice Gibson-Watt was treated. In particular, how she was

restrained and if that The inquest is expected to last

until the end of the month. Daniella Relph, BBC

News, West London. The Queen and Prince Phillip have

been feeding elephants today during a visit to Whipsnade

Zoo in Bedfordshire. The Queen, who's patron

of the Zoological Society of London, met Donna, who is one

of a nine-strong Asian elephant herd as she officially opened

a new ?2million Centre Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands,

St Ives Bay in Cornwall, the Palace of Westminster -

they're just some of the places that have been named among

the best views in Britain. 2,500 people were asked

to choose their favourites In third pace was Stonehenge, the

prehistoric monument in Wiltshire. The Three Sisters mountains

in Glen Coe came second. In first place, chosen

as Britain's best view, is what you see from the summit

of Snowden, the highest Jon. Yes, absolutely gorgeous here.

We head towards sunset this evening. You can see why this place was among

the top ten. When you look at this list, selected by thousands of

people, what struck me was that it's not all the most calm, tranquil most

peaceful of places. Many of these most popular views are quite the

opposite. You need a head for heights,

and it can be one of the wettest spots in the UK, but on a clear day

the summit of Mount Snowdon has been In the April sunshine you can see

why Loch Lomond also made the list and visitors today agreed,

it is one of our most The way that you can see out along

the loch, up the loch, and you can see the islands,

it's just fantastic. It doesn't take too long to get up

and then you just get this You're on the edge of the central

belt of Scotland and when you look north it's like the Fjordic

landscape, you've got To me, that is Scotland

in a nutshell. 2,500 people were surveyed by

the phone company Samsung and apart from London's Westminster Bridge,

all the top views were coastal or rural, like here in

Somerset's Cheddar Gorge. At the top of the Gorge

today we met members of the Sedgemoor's Ramblers Club,

who told me what they think makes On a sunny day it always looks very,

sort of, clean and pure. You could come up here every

season and get something In Cornwall, it felt like the summer

season has already arrived. The south-west of England has

three of the top five views in today's poll,

among them St Ives Bay. This afternoon, Easter

holiday-makers and locals Wonderful colours, you get the blue

of the sky and the sea. There's something about

the light here, I think, We live here and it's

on our doorstep and when we get the odd day like this,

not often, but when it does at this time of year, it's got something,

it's just beautiful. When you look at that view,

what does it make you feel inside? It makes you feel alive,

it makes you feel alive. Calm today but, according to this

poll, Britain's best views aren't Many are craggy and wild and just

filled with stories. Time for a look at the weather,

here's Matt Taylor. . Hello. Hi. Our weather watchers

catch the best views. Even Loch Lomond this afternoon. Western

Scotland has been a grey day and in the highlands a wet one. The rain

will move southwards tonight. It will produce more cloud to northern

England. England and Wales will have more cloud and a breeze. Not as

chilly as last night. Isolated showers to the south first thing.

The rain will clear away. Weakening weather front. A wet morning to the

west of the Pennines for a time. The east of the Pennines not too much

rain. When the rain reaches Wales and East Anglia nothing more than a

bit of drizzle. Further north cool and breezy. Sunshine more abuntant

to Scotland and Northern Ireland but showers to affect things now and

again. There will be high pressure into Thursday. A chilly start. Frost

around first thing on Thursday morning. More cloud in the west, one

or two passing showers, many will spend the bulk of the day dry,

feeling cooler. Into the Easter weekend. Temperatures 10-15 degrees.

Cloud for England and Wales with showers pushing eastwards. The not

everyone will see them. Sunshine and odd showers for Scotland and

Northern Ireland. That will sum up this Easter weekend. Some showers

around. Dryer weather to get out and enjoy and feel the benefit of the

strengthening sunshine. Here is Saturday, a few bits of rain

initially in the south. Later Sunday will have the greatest chance of

rain. Into Monday, high pressure will build in. A mix over the

weekend. Details will change, but we will keep you updated throughout the

rest of this week. Thank you. The US Secretary of State has

arrived in Moscow ahead of tomorrow's talks when he will try to

persuade Russia to end its support of Syria's President.