0:00:04 > 0:00:07An upbeat Chancellor delivers his
0:00:07 > 0:00:08Budget but against the backdrop
0:00:08 > 0:00:09of a slowing economy.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Philip Hammond made some eye-catching give-aways
0:00:11 > 0:00:17despite productivity being down and growth forecasts reduced.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22A Britain we can be proud of, a country fit for the future.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25I know we will not build it overnight, but in this Budget today
0:00:25 > 0:00:30we will lay the foundations.
0:00:30 > 0:00:39They call this a Budget fit for the future.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The reality is, this is a Government no longer fit for office.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Stamp duty for first-time buyers on properties up to £300,000 will be
0:00:45 > 0:00:47scrapped except in Scotland - experts are warning it
0:00:47 > 0:00:51could put house prices up.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54We'll bring you all the details of the Budget and who are
0:00:54 > 0:00:55the winners and losers.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Also tonight:
0:00:57 > 0:00:58SHOUTING.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Mr Mladic, sit.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Mr Mladic, sit.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Guilty of genocide - the ex-Bosnian Serb commander behind
0:01:03 > 0:01:12Europe's worst single atrocity since World War II.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13CHEERING
0:01:13 > 0:01:14MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:14 > 0:01:16And the next president of Zimbabwe,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Emmerson Mnangagwa, is back in the country and will be
0:01:18 > 0:01:19sworn in on Friday.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Countdown to midnight - the Ashes Series gets underway.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25England captain Joe Root says they're ready to go.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Good evening and welcome to the BBC News At Six.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51A Britain fit for the future - that's what the Chancellor has
0:01:51 > 0:01:54promised in today's budget.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57It had a few giveaways but was delivered
0:01:57 > 0:01:59against the backdrop of a faltering economy with lower than expected
0:01:59 > 0:02:01growth and falling productivity.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Among Philip Hammond's announcements: From now,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07first-time buyers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
0:02:07 > 0:02:10will pay no stamp duty on homes up to £300,000,
0:02:10 > 0:02:11more in London.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Scotland has a different system.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14For the NHS in England, the Chancellor promised an extra
0:02:14 > 0:02:17£1.6 billion over the next year, though that's still short
0:02:17 > 0:02:22of what the NHS says it needs.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24The wait for the welfare benefit Universal Credit which has attracted
0:02:24 > 0:02:27criticism from both sides of the House has been reduced
0:02:27 > 0:02:31from six weeks to five.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34But it's all set against a downgrade in how much the economy is expected
0:02:34 > 0:02:37to grow over the next five years, with growth in 2017 alone
0:02:37 > 0:02:39cut from 2% to 1.5%.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Budget would unravel within days
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and "misery would continue for people across the country".
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg now
0:02:46 > 0:02:48on the facts and figures, the winners and losers
0:02:48 > 0:02:55in today's budget.
0:02:55 > 0:03:03Almost ready to go - a big day for Downing Street. Whose script for
0:03:03 > 0:03:08months has been shaky, to say the least.Feeling the press,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Chancellor?The priority for number ten and number 11, those powerful
0:03:12 > 0:03:16next-door neighbours...Is this a make or break Budget?Was voted a
0:03:16 > 0:03:29cosmic events not to slip, to keep the Budget tightly their grasp. --
0:03:29 > 0:03:34was for today's events not to slip. He knew that the own delight -- his
0:03:34 > 0:03:41own job would be shaped by what he had to say. A cheery start than Mr
0:03:41 > 0:03:47Hammond's usual demeanour suggest.I report today on an economy that
0:03:47 > 0:03:51continues to grow, continues to create more jobs than ever before,
0:03:51 > 0:03:56and continues to confound those who seek to talk it down. In this
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Budget, we express our resolve to look forward not backward.Yet, with
0:04:00 > 0:04:05Brexit hanging over him, the risks of no deal with the rest of the EU
0:04:05 > 0:04:12are real and expensive.Today, I am setting aside over the next two
0:04:12 > 0:04:17years another £3 billion, and I stand ready to allocate further sums
0:04:17 > 0:04:21if and when needed.He wasn't gambling with his ability to get
0:04:21 > 0:04:26through the speech. Remember hers?I did take the precaution of asking my
0:04:26 > 0:04:29right honourable friend to bring a packet of cough sweets, just in
0:04:29 > 0:04:38case.But he had to reflect the worry felt by many around the
0:04:38 > 0:04:42country, and confessed to the fact that the economy will be sluggish
0:04:42 > 0:04:47for longer, the country overall less wealthy for years. The first time
0:04:47 > 0:04:52there has been this kind of prediction since 1983.They revised
0:04:52 > 0:04:57down the outlook for productivity growth, business investment and GDP
0:04:57 > 0:05:01growth across the forecast period. What ministers want you to year is
0:05:01 > 0:05:05their promise to spend billions more to get house-building going, and to
0:05:05 > 0:05:09make it cheaper to buy the first time.When we say we will revive the
0:05:09 > 0:05:15homeowning dream in Britain, we mean it. We do not underestimate the
0:05:15 > 0:05:18scale of the challenge, but today, we have made a substantial down
0:05:18 > 0:05:23payment.One of the few surprises, stamp duty will be scrapped for good
0:05:23 > 0:05:28for those buying for the past time, on properties up to the value of
0:05:28 > 0:05:33£300,000. But it might only prompt around 3000 extra buyers come and it
0:05:33 > 0:05:42could push prices up. After Tore concerned joined other parties'
0:05:42 > 0:05:46opposition, the Chancellor promised to smooth the sharp edges of
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Universal Credit.Universal Credit delivers a welfare system where work
0:05:50 > 0:05:56always pays and people are supported to earn. But I recognise, Mr Deputy
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Speaker, the genuine concerns on both sides of the House about the
0:06:00 > 0:06:06operational delivery of this benefit.The controversial benefit
0:06:06 > 0:06:09won't be posed, but families would have to wait so long to receive the
0:06:09 > 0:06:14payment when they first plane. And they will be able to stay on housing
0:06:14 > 0:06:20benefit for longer. That's not will not be paused. There was no extra
0:06:20 > 0:06:24money for care for the elderly. The health service in England, though,
0:06:24 > 0:06:28will get an extra £2.8 billion in the next couple of years, far less
0:06:28 > 0:06:33than its bosses say it needs. But the Government will find more money
0:06:33 > 0:06:38to give nurses pay rise next year. With no obvious clangers so far from
0:06:38 > 0:06:43the Chancellor, the Government hopes this can steady Tory nerves.We are
0:06:43 > 0:06:50at a turning point in our history, and we resolve to look forwards, not
0:06:50 > 0:06:52backwards, to seize the opportunities ahead of us, and
0:06:52 > 0:06:57together, to build a Britain fit for the future. I commend this statement
0:06:57 > 0:07:05to the House.A sigh of relief from the Chancellor, but obvious anger
0:07:05 > 0:07:10from the Labour leader. Not enough to change much, he claimed, and not
0:07:10 > 0:07:15enough for millions in need. Economic growth has been revised
0:07:15 > 0:07:20down, productivity growth has been revised down, business investment
0:07:20 > 0:07:26revised down. People's wages and living standards revised down. What
0:07:26 > 0:07:33sort of strong economy is that? What sort of fit for the future is that?
0:07:33 > 0:07:39They call this a Budget fit for the future - the reality is, this is a
0:07:39 > 0:07:45Government no longer fit for office. Remember the Government barely has a
0:07:45 > 0:07:50majority when it needs it, so opposition parties can make life
0:07:50 > 0:07:56extremely hard.He is deluded. When you look at the OBR book, the fiscal
0:07:56 > 0:08:00stimulus from this is 0.1%. It is nothing.Living standards will be
0:08:00 > 0:08:04severely curtailed. We have a severe squeeze continuing in public
0:08:04 > 0:08:09services.Economic growth downgraded, this meant investment
0:08:09 > 0:08:12and productivity downgraded as a result of this Budget, meaning a
0:08:12 > 0:08:23further squeeze on wages and living standards.A squeeze which will hang
0:08:23 > 0:08:25over companies and families around the country, a backdrop that the
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Government at Westminster will find hard to escape. Laura Kuenssberg,
0:08:27 > 0:08:28BBC News, Westminster.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31The Government's goal of balancing the Budget is looking
0:08:31 > 0:08:32increasingly remote.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33The previous Conservative Chancellor, George Osborne,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36had pledged to eliminate the deficit - the difference between
0:08:36 > 0:08:38what the Government earns and what it spends -
0:08:38 > 0:08:39to zero by 2015.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Then it was kicked back to 2025.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Now, even that is in doubt.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44The Budget has revealed that borrowing over the next five
0:08:44 > 0:08:47years will, on average, be higher than previously forecast.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Andy Verity is here to talk us through the numbers.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Andy:
0:08:51 > 0:08:53It wasn't really Philip Hammond who had the biggest
0:08:53 > 0:08:55influence on this Budget.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58It was Robert Chote - the man who makes the official
0:08:58 > 0:09:00predictions about how quickly the economy will grow.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Before the financial crash each worker would produce about 2% more
0:09:03 > 0:09:05than they did the year before.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07For years, Mr Chote expected that growth in productivity
0:09:07 > 0:09:12to return, but it didn't.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Now he's been forced to admit it's not going to happen.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20The basic judgment we have to make about productivity is what weight do
0:09:20 > 0:09:23you put on this unusually weak period that we've seen
0:09:23 > 0:09:28since the financial crisis, and a much stronger period
0:09:28 > 0:09:29of performance for decades before that?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Economists really don't know what the explanation
0:09:31 > 0:09:33for the weak period is.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35There's a whole variety of things that could have been
0:09:35 > 0:09:36contributing over time.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Very low interest rates, weak investment, problems
0:09:39 > 0:09:41in the financial sector, maybe the output of the economy
0:09:41 > 0:09:44is being under-measured.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47But we basically had to take an overall judgment,
0:09:47 > 0:09:53and we've been more pessimistic than we were back in March.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Here is the scale of the damage that weak productivity is expected to do
0:09:57 > 0:10:00to the growth of the economy, meaning all the goods and services
0:10:00 > 0:10:05we produce. In the spring, the OBR thought we would grow by 2% this
0:10:05 > 0:10:10year, and then slow down before speeding back up in five years. Here
0:10:10 > 0:10:15is the new, realistic forecasts an average growth of just 1.4% per
0:10:15 > 0:10:17year, a slowdown that won't go away.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Well, I think if the projections are correct, that would mean that
0:10:20 > 0:10:22we'll see a very slight slowdown.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25We're growing at about 1.5 to 1.7% now.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29The slowdown would be down to 1.4, 1.3%.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31But, quite frankly, that's within the margin of error
0:10:31 > 0:10:33of any economic forecasts, so I think it's
0:10:33 > 0:10:39a sobering projection.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Now, if the economy is growing more slowly, the income tax and VAT
0:10:43 > 0:10:47doesn't rolling as fast, so the Chancellor has to borrow more to
0:10:47 > 0:10:50plug the gap between income and spending. Here is what he was
0:10:50 > 0:10:54forecast to have to borrow back in March. Now, he won't have to borrow
0:10:54 > 0:10:58as much in the short term because the economy has done better than
0:10:58 > 0:11:02expected since the Brexit bug, but in five years, he will be borrowing
0:11:02 > 0:11:11a lot more. In spite of that, the Chancellor chose to spend more. Take
0:11:11 > 0:11:13next year, when he will spend an extra £1.5 billion preparing for
0:11:13 > 0:11:19Brexit. He will miss out on £800 million by freezing fuel duty. It is
0:11:19 > 0:11:23a net giveaway of more than £6 billion.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's looking increasingly unlikely that we're going to get balanced
0:11:26 > 0:11:27books even by the mid-2020s.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29The point at which we're supposed to have got to balance
0:11:29 > 0:11:31has been pushed back, and back, and back.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34And actually, just to get there in the mid-2020s,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36we'd have to have another round of spending cuts
0:11:36 > 0:11:37over the early 2020s.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Given how hard it's been to get where we are, I think that's
0:11:40 > 0:11:46going to be pretty tough.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51Underlying all the Treasury's numbers are assumptions - that we'll
0:11:51 > 0:11:55leave the EU in March 2019, that immigration will be cut, that
0:11:55 > 0:11:58imports and exports went grow as fast. And each of those assumptions
0:11:58 > 0:12:05is deeply uncertain. Andy Verite, BBC News.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08In terms of the housing crisis, the Government has pledged to build
0:12:08 > 0:12:11an average of 300,000 new homes a year, but not until the middle
0:12:11 > 0:12:12of the next decade.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Stamp duty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is to be
0:12:15 > 0:12:17abolished immediately for first-time buyers on properties worth up
0:12:17 > 0:12:18to £300,000, more in London.
0:12:18 > 0:12:25Our Home editor Mark Easton has more.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28It was billed as a watershed Budget that would fix the broken housing
0:12:28 > 0:12:33market. So, we've come to a new development in Newbury in West
0:12:33 > 0:12:39Berkshire.Today, we set out an ambitious plan...Watching the
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Chancellor in a show house, we have house-hunters in the bedroom, a
0:12:42 > 0:12:52worried resident in the kitchen,. The first measure was the abolition
0:12:52 > 0:12:57of stamp duty on houses up to £300,000
0:12:57 > 0:13:01of stamp duty on houses up to £300,000. The average price here is
0:13:01 > 0:13:06£356,000. Has the Chancellor put a smile on the faces of Charlie and
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Sophie who have a baby coming and need somewhere to start the family?
0:13:09 > 0:13:14It looks like the stamp duty will save us money, but I am worried it
0:13:14 > 0:13:19will put house prices further up. That is the main issue the people
0:13:19 > 0:13:23like us. Prices are so high that we can't afford to save a deposit.The
0:13:23 > 0:13:25offers the Budget responsibility want a night the stamp duty change
0:13:25 > 0:13:30will only lead to an extra 3501st-time buyer purchases. The
0:13:30 > 0:13:35Chancellor said today he wants 300,000 new homes built in England
0:13:35 > 0:13:42every year. The last time 300,000 homes were built in a year in
0:13:42 > 0:13:46England was back in 1969, when councils and housing associations
0:13:46 > 0:13:51built almost half of them. What was your takeaway from the Budget?Is
0:13:51 > 0:13:56the devil is in the detail. The main ones are around employment training,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00so we have people to build a new homes, and Universal Credit changes
0:14:00 > 0:14:04to support our residents to pay their rent.Just up the road is the
0:14:04 > 0:14:09other side of the housing story, appropriately the inspiration for
0:14:09 > 0:14:13the book Watership Down, these fields had been due to become 2000
0:14:13 > 0:14:17desperately needed homes, but after local protests and rows over
0:14:17 > 0:14:21infrastructure, the council has pulled the plans. How do those
0:14:21 > 0:14:27worried about new development view this Budget?We welcome the
0:14:27 > 0:14:31protection of green belt, the emphasis on Brownfield development,
0:14:31 > 0:14:35high-density housing for towns and cities, but we worry about the
0:14:35 > 0:14:39300,000 target as the pressure goes on councils to push forward
0:14:39 > 0:14:44unsuitable schemes.Is the prime minister says fixing a broken
0:14:44 > 0:14:47housing market is her mission, so in this rich corner of the Home
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Counties, how many children are homeless tonight? The answer? 87.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54More money has been promised for the health service,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57nearly £3 billion over three years for the NHS in England,
0:14:57 > 0:15:02and £350 million immediately to address pressures this winter.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04But NHS England's medical director, Sir Bruce Keogh, says
0:15:04 > 0:15:06the money isn't enough, and longer waits for
0:15:06 > 0:15:11patients seem unavoidable.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Our health editor Hugh Pym has more.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17The neonatal intensive care unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Here, they have a clear view of what future generations
0:15:19 > 0:15:21will need from the NHS.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23The chief executive says the Chancellor's new funding falls
0:15:23 > 0:15:26short of what is required.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28I feel quite sad about it, if I'm honest.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I was really looking for the Government to make
0:15:30 > 0:15:33a commitment to what the NHS needs in the long term.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37She told me the money for this winter has come too late.
0:15:37 > 0:15:44It's very difficult to think what we can do now.
0:15:44 > 0:15:54The only thing we could really try is to get
0:15:54 > 0:15:56locum staff or to pay existing staff overtime,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58but it's the same pool that we are asking to do
0:15:58 > 0:16:00extra work all the time.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02NHS England had called for a major fudging increase.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03The Budget deal falls short of that.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Health commentators said it was a step in the right direction.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09It's less than we need, but it's more than we expected.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11There are huge challenges are lie on the front line,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14not just for acute hospitals but also for mental health,
0:16:14 > 0:16:15community and ambulance services.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17NHS employers say the Government's pay cap policy has made it
0:16:17 > 0:16:19increasingly difficult to recruit and retain staff.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Significantly, today, the Chancellor said he would find
0:16:21 > 0:16:23the extra money to cover any wage increase recommended
0:16:23 > 0:16:24by the independent pay review body.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27These nurses told me they had something to look
0:16:27 > 0:16:30forward to after many years of pay restraint.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33It's massive, financially.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36We struggle every month.
0:16:36 > 0:16:45Every month, you're in your overdraft.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47There is not very many nurses have a savings fund
0:16:47 > 0:16:48and things like that.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51It's very positive, but I just worry that it still leaves some
0:16:51 > 0:16:53uncertainty about what it means for the future, how much
0:16:53 > 0:16:55the pay rise will be.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The trust running this hospital has got new Budget funding
0:16:57 > 0:17:00to expand its A&E unit, but a senior NHS England official
0:17:00 > 0:17:02has said the Chancellor hasn't plugged all the funding gaps.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Longer waiting times for care are now unavoidable,
0:17:04 > 0:17:05which is worrying.
0:17:05 > 0:17:12Hugh Pym, BBC News, Birmingham.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Some of the other measures announced in today's budget
0:17:14 > 0:17:18are that the personal tax-free allowance will rise to £11,850.
0:17:18 > 0:17:24And for higher rate tax payers, the threshold is lifted to £46,350.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Duty on beer, wine, spirits and most ciders will be frozen-
0:17:28 > 0:17:30but duty on high strength ciders will go up.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Duty on tobacco will rise by 2% above inflation.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37But car tax for all but the cleanest diesel cars will go up
0:17:37 > 0:17:40a band from April, but no increase for vans.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43And there was good news for small businesses -
0:17:43 > 0:17:47the threshold for small businesses to pay VAT is being kept at £85,000.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Let's talk to our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, at Westminster.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53There was so much build up to this Budget, talk of rows
0:17:53 > 0:17:55between Number 10 and 11, dark mutterings about whether it
0:17:55 > 0:18:01might cost the Chancellor his job - so, has he managed to pull it off?
0:18:01 > 0:18:06I think if anybody was hoping for something dramatic, huge moves in
0:18:06 > 0:18:10this Budget, they would have been disappointed. It wasn't the kind of
0:18:10 > 0:18:14radical reboot some Tory MPs wanted. It wasn't the kind of Budget that
0:18:14 > 0:18:17will go down in history as the kind that could change the fortunes of
0:18:17 > 0:18:23the government overnight, whether being a triumph or disaster. Frankly
0:18:23 > 0:18:29after the last six months of turmoil, the real aim for number 11
0:18:29 > 0:18:34and Number 10 today was to get through the day without accident. A
0:18:34 > 0:18:40quiet day these days for the Tory party is in some ways a good day.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44There is, however, a really big important but to all of that. The
0:18:44 > 0:18:49economic predictions are worse, much worse than people had expected. That
0:18:49 > 0:18:52means if they turn out to be correct, that for another five-year
0:18:52 > 0:18:58is families and firms around the country will be feeling the squeeze.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04The country is expected to be significantly less well off than
0:19:04 > 0:19:07previous forecasts suggested. Those numbers can prove to be wrong. They
0:19:07 > 0:19:14often do turn out to be very different. But, voters tend to
0:19:14 > 0:19:18punish governments and political parties who preside over a period
0:19:18 > 0:19:23where they feel they are feeling the pinch. However the individual
0:19:23 > 0:19:29measures that Philip Hammond put forward today proceed, that backdrop
0:19:29 > 0:19:34is something the government can't escape.Thank you.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36And you can see whether today's budget means you'll be
0:19:36 > 0:19:39better or worse off, by going to our budget calculator.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Just go to bbc.co.uk/budget and follow the links.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Let's take a look at today's other news now.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45And the former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic has been
0:19:45 > 0:19:48found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian
0:19:48 > 0:19:53war more than 20 years ago.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Amongst a number of charges, he was judged to have significantly
0:19:56 > 0:19:58contributed to the the worst atrocity in Europe since the second
0:19:58 > 0:20:07world war, when 7000 Muslim men and boys were massacred.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08-- 8000.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10From The Hague, Allan Little reports.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Mr Mladic, sit.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It has been the most emotionally charged of all the trials
0:20:14 > 0:20:15this court has heard.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Mr Mladic, if you...
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Mladic demanded a halt to the hearing because of his
0:20:18 > 0:20:19high blood pressure.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23When the judge refused, Mladic was led out yelling obscenities.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Curtains down, Mr Mladic will be removed from the courtroom.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30SHOUTING.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32In his absence, the judge carried on.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36The crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to humankind,
0:20:36 > 0:20:42and include genocide and extermination as
0:20:42 > 0:20:48a crime against humanity.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Mladic committed genocide at Srebrenica in 1995.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55There, his men rounded up or hunted down 8000 men and boys,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58some as young as 12, and murdered them.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01EXPLOSION.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03The sniping and bombardment of the capital Sarajevo
0:21:03 > 0:21:08was designed to terrorise the civilian population.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11A member of the SRK shot a Bosnian Muslim woman walking
0:21:11 > 0:21:17on the street with her children.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19He's talking about the woman in the white coat.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Her name is Djenana Sokolovic.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24The bullet passed through her abdomen and hit her seven-year-old
0:21:24 > 0:21:29son in the head, killing him.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Last year I went to see her.
0:21:31 > 0:21:37She told me why she'd gone to The Hague to give evidence.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39TRANSLATION:It meant a lot to me.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43I went for the sake of my child.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I know that nothing will bring him back, but I would go again
0:21:46 > 0:21:51tomorrow if they asked me.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56I can't tell you how important it was for me to testify.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Across Bosnia, Mladic's forces drove hundreds of thousands
0:21:58 > 0:22:01of non-Serbs from their homes.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Thousands of men were held in detention camps,
0:22:03 > 0:22:05where hundreds died.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07For this, Mladic was convicted of murder, extermination
0:22:07 > 0:22:11and forced deportation.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13This is Fikret Alic in 1992.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Today, he welcomed the verdict.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19TRANSLATION:This should send a signal across the world,
0:22:19 > 0:22:21that in future war criminals will be punished.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25There will be justice.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Ratko Mladic was not the architect of ethnic cleansing,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30but he was its ruthless enforcer.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33He didn't just fight a war, he carried out a huge and violent
0:22:33 > 0:22:35criminal enterprise.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Allan Little, BBC News, The Hague.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42The former vice-president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45has returned to the country, two days before he's due to be sworn
0:22:45 > 0:22:46in as its new leader.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49He's been in South Africa since he was sacked by Robert Mugabe,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52a move which triggered a military takeover, culminating in Mr Mugabe's
0:22:52 > 0:22:54resignation yesterday.
0:22:54 > 0:23:03Here's our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05The Crocodile is coming.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08All day they waited for Emmerson Mnangagwa,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10he of the legendary ruthlessness, reinvented now as an
0:23:10 > 0:23:15apostle of liberty.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17They were the happy and the hopeful.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20This MP was cast out by Robert Mugabe.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Now his faction is triumphant.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23The country is pleased.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24It's all about the people.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26If the people are happy, I'm happy.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27We did this for the people.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29The people did this.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31But there were reminders of Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa's
0:23:31 > 0:23:34more sinister legacy.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36This is the air marshal Perence Shiri, who led the notorious
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Fifth Brigade during massacres in Matabeleland soon
0:23:38 > 0:23:39after independence.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41How do you feel today, General Shiri?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I don't know.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Have you anything to say?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Are you happy?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50He's a close ally of the new president.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53What is very clear to me is that this is a welcoming party
0:23:53 > 0:23:56not made up of old Zimbabweans but very much hard-core
0:23:56 > 0:23:57ruling party supporters.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59They celebrate together, but the ruling party
0:23:59 > 0:24:04is no longer a monolith.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06There are factions within factions, and loyalty to the new leader
0:24:06 > 0:24:11will be dependent on him delivering change.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14Now, let me ask you, if this president doesn't meet your needs,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16will you challenge him?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Everyone now is very awake.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22If he doesn't do what we want, we're going to take him down again.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24We are not scared.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29You're telling me this at the party headquarters of Zanu-PF,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31so that is a real sign of change for this country.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Yes!
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Everyone is now very, very awake.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40These are days of questions.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Where are the deposed Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace?
0:24:42 > 0:24:43The military isn't saying.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Will the new leader bring the opposition
0:24:45 > 0:24:46into a unity Government?
0:24:46 > 0:24:48One leading activist told me the international community now had
0:24:48 > 0:24:51to engage with Zimbabwe.
0:24:51 > 0:24:57Well, we expect the international community to be our underwriters
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and guarantors, to be making sure that there is the holding
0:25:00 > 0:25:05of credible, legitimate, free and fair elections.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Within the last hour, he arrived at his party
0:25:07 > 0:25:12headquarters, and promised to be the people's servant.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14We want to grow our economy.
0:25:14 > 0:25:15Yes!
0:25:15 > 0:25:17We want peace in our country.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Yes!
0:25:18 > 0:25:24We want jobs, jobs, jobs.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28The task is huge and the expectations are great.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33Fergal Keane, BBC News, Harare.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Let's return to our main story this evening, and the Chancellor has
0:25:36 > 0:25:37delivered his budget.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39He gave a sobering assessment of the economy with lower
0:25:39 > 0:25:41than expected growth, but promised more money for the NHS
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and help with stamp duty for first time buyers.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Let's speak to our economics editor Kamal Ahmed who's in Downing Street.
0:25:47 > 0:25:54Are people going to feel worse or better off after this budget?
0:25:54 > 0:26:02I think not much change. Actually the Chancellor didn't do very much
0:26:02 > 0:26:07on personal taxes, so that squeeze so many people have been suffering
0:26:07 > 0:26:12this year will continue. As you suggest, the big story from the
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Budget today was that growth downgrade. This is the first time a
0:26:17 > 0:26:23five-year forecast for growth has been below 2% since the 1980s. To
0:26:23 > 0:26:27cover that issue, the Chancellor said he's going to borrow a lot
0:26:27 > 0:26:31more. It seems the economic and political pressure he's under, he's
0:26:31 > 0:26:36decided to act now. The big question for the Chancellor is this. If the
0:26:36 > 0:26:40economy takes a further turn for the worst, what of those Brexit
0:26:40 > 0:26:44negotiations don't go as positively as some expect, will the Chancellor
0:26:44 > 0:26:52have more money in the kitty, that header hit carefully saved up to
0:26:52 > 0:26:57spend in later years? Would he have more money to spend? After today's
0:26:57 > 0:27:01events, that is the big question the Treasury will have to answer.Thank
0:27:01 > 0:27:04you.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Time for a look at the weather.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Here's Lucy Martin.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Here's Lucy Martin.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14Good evening. Some wet and windy weather today. This photos sent in
0:27:14 > 0:27:18by a Weather Watcher in Cumbria. Some localised flooding where the
0:27:18 > 0:27:22rain was heavy. There have been some blue skies. The best of the
0:27:22 > 0:27:25brightness in the south-east. This photos sent in by our Weather
0:27:25 > 0:27:32Watcher. This is what is going on in the pressure charts. This area of
0:27:32 > 0:27:34low pressure working in drawing colder air into the north, we will
0:27:34 > 0:27:38see some snow in parts of northern Scotland tomorrow morning. Through
0:27:38 > 0:27:44tonight before that will stay windy across England and Wales. Heavy rain
0:27:44 > 0:27:47at times moving east. As the rain meets the cold air in the North it
0:27:47 > 0:27:52will turn to snow, even in lower levels. Temperatures in the south in
0:27:52 > 0:28:01double figures but freezing in the North. It will be slow tomorrow
0:28:01 > 0:28:05morning for Central and northern parts of Scotland. A cold start the
0:28:05 > 0:28:11day as well. As we move through the morning, the snow will move towards
0:28:11 > 0:28:15the east. Behind it seeing some wintry showers following in and some
0:28:15 > 0:28:18wintry showers from Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, northern
0:28:18 > 0:28:22England and if you feeding into Wales. The best of the dry, bright
0:28:22 > 0:28:27weather in the south-east. A breezy day across England and Wales.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32Temperatures in the double figures in the south-east. Highs of 14
0:28:32 > 0:28:36degrees. We are starting to see temperatures fall from the north.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40That's thanks to being in this colder air mass than we saw at the
0:28:40 > 0:28:45beginning of the week. We had milder air and highs of 17 but by the time
0:28:45 > 0:28:49we go into tomorrow we are firmly in the colder air. Temperatures back
0:28:49 > 0:28:53into single figures. A cold start in the North with a touch of frost.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Wintry showers in the north-west, largely dry and bright across
0:28:56 > 0:28:59England and Wales.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,