:00:00. > :00:08.Reporting from Washington, I'm Jane O'Brien.
:00:09. > :00:13.The European Commission orders Apple to pay almost $15 billion
:00:14. > :00:18.We look at the global fallout from the ruling.
:00:19. > :00:21.Making the perilous journey to reach the shores of Europe -
:00:22. > :00:24.a record number of Migrants are rescued in a single day off
:00:25. > :00:30.Concerns that more girls and women could be affected by autism.
:00:31. > :00:34.How health campaigners are working to get them the help they need.
:00:35. > :00:37.And the first day of school - a big moment for any child.
:00:38. > :00:40.But for these twins who were once conjoined, it's a very
:00:41. > :00:59.The world's most profitable company, US technology giant Apple,
:01:00. > :01:03.has been told it's got a huge tax bill to pay.
:01:04. > :01:07.The European Commission has ordered the company to pay $14.6 billion
:01:08. > :01:12.That's the equivalent of the total amount the country spends
:01:13. > :01:18.Two years ago, the tech giant paid just point 0.005% tax
:01:19. > :01:25.Companies in Ireland usually have to pay 12.5%.
:01:26. > :01:27.To look at it another way, that means for every million
:01:28. > :01:31.dollars of profit Apple paid just $50 in tax.
:01:32. > :01:33.In a moment we'll be live in California.
:01:34. > :01:42.But, first, this report by Rory Cellan Jones.
:01:43. > :01:54.It's a vastly wealthy technology company. Whose products are money
:01:55. > :01:58.right around the world. But outside America, nearly all of Apple's sales
:01:59. > :02:02.revenues are channelled through one small country. Now the deal made
:02:03. > :02:06.between the Irish government and Apple has been ruled illegal. The
:02:07. > :02:11.tech firm has been ordered to pay billions in back taxes. What we have
:02:12. > :02:18.found is that the Irish have allowed the huge, huge, huge majority of the
:02:19. > :02:23.profits of Apple sales internationally to be attributed to
:02:24. > :02:29.a head office that only exists on paper and which is nontax. That
:02:30. > :02:35.means that the large majority of the profits are not taxed. It was in
:02:36. > :02:41.1980 that Apple's founder, Steve jobs, opened his company's first
:02:42. > :02:45.European operation in Cork. These days it was nearly 6000 people in
:02:46. > :02:49.Ireland, but along the way it signed a tax deal with the Irish government
:02:50. > :02:54.which the European Union says was unfair. In Cork, reaction to today's
:02:55. > :03:00.ruling was mixed. They shouldn't have given them a deal like that. If
:03:01. > :03:09.it is the case we did, that is wrong. It will be marvellous if the
:03:10. > :03:13.country got that much tax. But at the other end, Apple could and leave
:03:14. > :03:17.which would be terrible. I think it's fair because they're making a
:03:18. > :03:23.lot of profit. The European Commission says at one point Apple
:03:24. > :03:27.was paying an effective tax rate of 0.005%. That meant that on every 1
:03:28. > :03:32.million euros it took in revenues, it pay tax of just 50 euros. But
:03:33. > :03:37.Apple says all of the expensive research and development on products
:03:38. > :03:42.like this takes place in America and that is where it should pay its tax.
:03:43. > :04:04.Apple vowed to overturn the ruling, saying...
:04:05. > :04:10.Apple says it is the largest taxpayer in both Ireland and the
:04:11. > :04:14.United States, and this afternoon the White House also expressed
:04:15. > :04:20.concern about Europe's jungle stands on tax. We are concerned about a
:04:21. > :04:27.unilateral approach in state negotiations that threaten to
:04:28. > :04:31.undermine progress that we have made collaboratively with the Europeans.
:04:32. > :04:38.Ireland has worked hard to persuade technology firms to bring jobs to
:04:39. > :04:41.the country, but Brussels believes multinationals are playing one
:04:42. > :04:42.country off against another and it's determined to change the rules of
:04:43. > :04:44.the game. We can speak now to our
:04:45. > :04:46.correspondent, Dave Lee, who is outside Apple's
:04:47. > :04:57.headquarters in California. Shares have dipped on this news for
:04:58. > :05:03.Apple. What will be the impact of this ruling? The immediate impact is
:05:04. > :05:08.that they will have to pay that fee, there's back taxes of 13 billion
:05:09. > :05:12.euros. That will happen fairly quickly, even though Apple are going
:05:13. > :05:17.to appeal the decision they will have to pay the money before the
:05:18. > :05:22.bill has concluded. Ireland will not get that money until after the
:05:23. > :05:26.appeal. It may have an impact on Apple's operations in Ireland. They
:05:27. > :05:40.have so they have committed to a European country, but... INAUDIBLE
:05:41. > :05:42.we are having a problem with the line.
:05:43. > :05:50.The US is not very happy about this, either. Why not? The USA sees this
:05:51. > :05:56.as money coming out of their tax what. It is essentially going from
:05:57. > :06:00.the US to Europe because the taxes Apple will now have to pay in the EU
:06:01. > :06:10.can be offset against the taxes it would pay in the United States...
:06:11. > :06:13.INAUDIBLE. It could be that other company is also under investigation
:06:14. > :06:18.by the European Commission also have back taxes to pay. The US is worried
:06:19. > :06:22.that there could be a loss of money coming out of US multinationals that
:06:23. > :06:24.may have been going to the US taxpayer instead is now going to
:06:25. > :06:31.Europe. Thank you. The impeachment trial of Brazil's
:06:32. > :06:33.suspended President, Dilma Rousseff, has entered its fifth day
:06:34. > :06:35.in the Senate. Ms Rousseff has been accused
:06:36. > :06:38.of illegally manipulating the budget The main prosecutor in the trial has
:06:39. > :06:43.said the country has had enough Let's tak to the BBC's
:06:44. > :07:00.Julia Carneiro, who's What have her accusers been saying
:07:01. > :07:04.today? They have been presenting the arguments that have been the basis
:07:05. > :07:11.of the impeachment trial against her, that the mini is as she
:07:12. > :07:16.resorted to in the government budget to Masco what they argue is the
:07:17. > :07:20.deficit and illegally borrowing and state banks, that is the main
:07:21. > :07:26.accusation being made by the prosecutors. Her defence lawyers
:07:27. > :07:29.have also been talking saying she is the victim of a defamation campaign
:07:30. > :07:34.and that there are many lies in this process. We have the two sides
:07:35. > :07:39.battling against each other. Weitzel what we're seeing is the session has
:07:40. > :07:43.started in Senate where all the senators will have the chance to
:07:44. > :07:47.deliver a speech justifying their votes. Over 60 senators have put
:07:48. > :07:52.their name from the list to do so. That will be another very long
:07:53. > :07:57.sessions are when they will justify whether they will vote in favour of
:07:58. > :07:59.her impeachment or not. It is supposed to stretch into the night
:08:00. > :08:04.and early tomorrow will we have the final vote cast, an electronic vote
:08:05. > :08:12.deciding on her political future and whether she is to be ousted from her
:08:13. > :08:16.presidency or not. She hasn't lost all support, has she? There have
:08:17. > :08:19.been some demonstrations today in support of Dilma Rousseff. Whatever
:08:20. > :08:27.the public generally made of this trial? The country is still very
:08:28. > :08:32.polarised. We are seeing less demonstrations now because it has
:08:33. > :08:36.been such a lengthy process lasting over nine months. There have been
:08:37. > :08:40.demonstrations in Sao Paulo and Brasilia and in Rio as well. In Sao
:08:41. > :08:44.Paulo there were heavy clashes between police and demonstrators.
:08:45. > :08:51.There are more protest expected today. They are defending the
:08:52. > :08:53.impeachment of Dilma Rousseff so we still see this as a division in
:08:54. > :08:59.society and expect this to continue will stop if she is impeached then
:09:00. > :09:03.her former vice President, now interim President, will be as
:09:04. > :09:08.Brazilian President. He seems fairly certain of that outcome, so much so
:09:09. > :09:16.that he is making plans to travel to China tomorrow as soon as the result
:09:17. > :09:22.is out for the G20 summit in China. That is very telling of how certain
:09:23. > :09:31.the interim government seems to be of the impeachment of the suspended
:09:32. > :09:32.President, Dilma Rousseff. Julia in Bristol with the very latest. Thank
:09:33. > :09:37.you. -- in Brazil. The Italian coastguard says it
:09:38. > :09:40.rescued around 6,500 migrants off They are calling it one
:09:41. > :09:43.of their busiest life-saving More than 100,000 migrants have
:09:44. > :09:47.arrived in Italy so far this year and many more are expected to make
:09:48. > :09:50.the perilous journey from Libya to Europe in the coming days,
:09:51. > :09:52.as the weather calms. The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent,
:09:53. > :09:55.James Landale, report. When you are tired and desperate
:09:56. > :09:58.and so close to safety, A final leap of hope
:09:59. > :10:04.after a journey that, for many, Just some of the almost 7,000
:10:05. > :10:18.who were rescued on Monday. A record number for a single day,
:10:19. > :10:22.in a crisis where the numbers Most were picked up 13 miles off
:10:23. > :10:29.the western Libyan coast. Packed into fishing boats and some
:10:30. > :10:34.44 inflatable dinghies, often with just enough fuel to reach
:10:35. > :10:41.international waters. We set off about 5:30 in the morning
:10:42. > :10:47.and we finished after 14 hours. In all that time, we rescued over
:10:48. > :10:53.5,000 people, according to information we got
:10:54. > :10:57.from the authorities. Rescuers said most of the migrants
:10:58. > :11:01.appeared to be from sub-Saharan Africa - from Eritrea,
:11:02. > :11:04.Somalia and Nigeria. Encouraged by calm conditions
:11:05. > :11:08.and southerly winds to leave the beaches and take to the sea,
:11:09. > :11:11.where they were rescued by ships from the Italian coastguard,
:11:12. > :11:13.aid agencies and even the The survey vessel, HMS Enterprise,
:11:14. > :11:19.picked up more than 700 of the migrants and will land them
:11:20. > :11:22.in Italy tomorrow. The International Organisation
:11:23. > :11:26.for Migration says that, so far this year, nearly 100,000 migrants have
:11:27. > :11:31.been rescued in the central At the same time, some 2,700 have
:11:32. > :11:37.died trying to make the crossing. Those are pretty similar numbers
:11:38. > :11:40.to the same period last year Even though migration
:11:41. > :11:48.across the eastern Mediterranean has dropped substantially
:11:49. > :11:50.since an EU deal with Turkey, the numbers crossing
:11:51. > :11:53.from Libya do not appear to have risen as a result.
:11:54. > :11:59.But the problem remains. The migrants keep coming
:12:00. > :12:01.because there is no And there is always a chance
:12:02. > :12:09.of rescue in the sea. It's a very dangerous
:12:10. > :12:11.journey and people don't They're desperate to leave,
:12:12. > :12:16.a lot of the time. They're desperate
:12:17. > :12:21.to be somewhere safe. This evening, the first of those
:12:22. > :12:23.rescued in recent days Others like them are also
:12:24. > :12:29.prepared to go to sea, even with newborn twins,
:12:30. > :12:32.they would not be the last. The Italian coastguard said
:12:33. > :12:34.they expected more to come Now a look at some of
:12:35. > :12:43.the day's other news. Singapore is advising all pregnant
:12:44. > :12:46.women with Zika-like symptoms to be The move follows an outbreak
:12:47. > :12:51.of the disease in the city state. 26 new cases were confirmed
:12:52. > :12:54.on Tuesday, taking the total The virus, detected
:12:55. > :12:58.in Brazil last year, The Uzbek president, Islam Karimov,
:12:59. > :13:05.remains in intensive care in hospital, after suffering
:13:06. > :13:07.a brain haemorrhage. The news was confirmed
:13:08. > :13:10.by his daughter's Instagram post. She added that his
:13:11. > :13:12.condition is stable. Mr Karimov is the first and only
:13:13. > :13:15.president Uzbekistan has had since gaining independence
:13:16. > :13:20.from the Soviet Union 25 years ago. A funeral mass for victims
:13:21. > :13:23.of the Italian earthquake is taking place in Amatrice -
:13:24. > :13:28.one of the worst-affected towns. The coffins of 37 people,
:13:29. > :13:31.including two children, have been laid out in a marquee
:13:32. > :13:36.on the edge of the the town. More than 200 residents
:13:37. > :13:40.and visitors lost their lives when many of Amatrice's
:13:41. > :13:46.medieval buildings collapsed. Let us return to our top story now -
:13:47. > :13:50.that big tax bill Apple has been told to pay
:13:51. > :13:52.by the European Commission. Let us get the perspective
:13:53. > :13:58.from Ireland and go to the BBC's Shane Harrison,
:13:59. > :14:11.who is in Dublin for us. You would think that most
:14:12. > :14:18.governments would welcome a windfall of almost $15 billion. Why is
:14:19. > :14:23.Ireland appealing against this? I've likened the Irish government to the
:14:24. > :14:26.winner of the National Lottery, but it's thinking of tearing up its
:14:27. > :14:31.ticket before he or she collect the prize. Why is Ireland appealing
:14:32. > :14:37.against this? It is an awful lot of money, it's the equivalent to the
:14:38. > :14:41.Irish annual health budget. It is appeal to the European Court of
:14:42. > :14:47.Justice in Luxembourg because it says the ruling is profoundly wrong.
:14:48. > :14:51.It says or implies that it is an attack on Ireland's low corporation
:14:52. > :14:56.tax rate of 12.5% and it says that it's not its job to collect taxes
:14:57. > :14:59.from other countries from Apple for those other countries, and
:15:00. > :15:04.particularly for the European Commission. Ireland doesn't seem to
:15:05. > :15:06.have been particularly dishonest because it does advertise the fact
:15:07. > :15:14.that it has very favourable corporate tax rate. Ireland has used
:15:15. > :15:20.foreign direct investment for a long time to attract the likes of Apple,
:15:21. > :15:24.Google, Facebook to Ireland. All of the major Silicon Valley companies
:15:25. > :15:27.are based here. Because Ireland didn't have an industrial revolution
:15:28. > :15:31.it is capitalising on its low corporation tax is to invite
:15:32. > :15:36.companies to come here. You will hear in the coming days an awful lot
:15:37. > :15:41.of Irish politicians also saying wait, look at this, this is an
:15:42. > :15:45.attack on Ireland. It's an attack on the Netherlands because of its
:15:46. > :15:50.relationship with Starbucks, on Luxembourg because of Amazon. Why
:15:51. > :15:52.isn't the European Commission going after the bigger countries? I think
:15:53. > :15:56.that's the line we will expect to hear the government taking in the
:15:57. > :16:01.coming days and weeks. It is going to appeal this judgment to the
:16:02. > :16:10.European Court in Luxembourg. That process could take anything between
:16:11. > :16:14.18 months and six years. Don't tell up your lottery ticket! Thank you
:16:15. > :16:16.very much indeed for the latest on the Apple tax bill.
:16:17. > :16:19.Turning now to the presidential election here in the US.
:16:20. > :16:20.Hillary Clinton still leads Donald Trump in
:16:21. > :16:22.the latest nationwide polls, but the race is tightening.
:16:23. > :16:25.Donald Trump is launching a new ad campaign, his biggest
:16:26. > :16:27.so far, targeting nine key battleground states.
:16:28. > :16:29.One of those is Ohio, which the Republican nominee
:16:30. > :16:35.The BBC's Nick Bryant has been speaking to voters in the town
:16:36. > :16:43.On the banks of the Ohio River, this election could be decided.
:16:44. > :16:45.In every presidential contest for the past 50 years,
:16:46. > :16:50.The town of Bellaire has precisely the sort of
:16:51. > :16:53.post-industrial landscape that has become a seedbed
:16:54. > :17:03.Four steel mills have shut down in this area over the past decade.
:17:04. > :17:06.This stretch of river used to be bustling with 300 barges
:17:07. > :17:14.Captain Bob Harrison reckons America needs a businessman
:17:15. > :17:19.That's what we need to get things going again.
:17:20. > :17:22.We have been overregulated, the trade deals have all failed.
:17:23. > :17:32.Bellaire still proudly calls itself The All-American Town.
:17:33. > :17:36.But for decades, it has been in decline.
:17:37. > :17:39.Donald Trump should win here, but he has a problem.
:17:40. > :17:43.American politics has become so polarised in recent decades that
:17:44. > :17:45.presidential elections tend to be won by the candidates
:17:46. > :17:49.who can maximise turn-out amongst their own party's supporters
:17:50. > :17:54.and polls repeatedly show the Republican voters are less loyal
:17:55. > :18:03.to Donald Trump than Democrats are to Hillary Clinton.
:18:04. > :18:06.Getting out the vote is called "the ground game" - a term borrowed
:18:07. > :18:08.from American football - and something the Democrats
:18:09. > :18:15.It is all new to Donald Trump and what makes his operation
:18:16. > :18:21.all the more difficult is that Republicans,
:18:22. > :18:23.like coach Bill, are refusing to campaign,
:18:24. > :18:30.If you're going to deal with world leaders, you have to have tact.
:18:31. > :18:33.You can't sit there and say, "It's my way or the highway".
:18:34. > :18:37.He's bombastic, he is obscene and I just don't like the guy.
:18:38. > :18:40.No, without a doubt, he lacks presidential qualities.
:18:41. > :18:43.So, you're actually campaigning for Mitt Romney?
:18:44. > :18:46.This is a staunchly conservative household.
:18:47. > :18:48.At the last election, Annette Thompson actively campaigned
:18:49. > :18:51.for the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney.
:18:52. > :18:53.But she cannot stomach Donald Trump as the party's standard-bearer.
:18:54. > :18:55.The decline in support from Republican women is one
:18:56. > :18:59.He doesn't like women who aren't supermodels.
:19:00. > :19:02.He does not like Muslims. He does not like immigrants.
:19:03. > :19:05.He does not like POWs, like John McCain.
:19:06. > :19:08.These are people that I respect and care about.
:19:09. > :19:13.Are you going to sit this election out?
:19:14. > :19:24.No Republican has ever become president without winning Ohio.
:19:25. > :19:26.Donald Trump is trailing here in the polls.
:19:27. > :19:31.He will struggle to go all the way to the White House, if he cannot get
:19:32. > :19:45.mainstream conservatives to support him.
:19:46. > :19:50.The latest there on the US presidential campaign trail.
:19:51. > :19:53.Autism is often seen as a condition that affects boys.
:19:54. > :19:55.But it is becoming widely recognised that it has been significantly
:19:56. > :19:59.Campaigners are now calling for health professionals
:20:00. > :20:02.to have a better understanding of autism because they fear women
:20:03. > :20:04.are not getting the help they need. The BBC's Graham Satchell reports.
:20:05. > :20:07.Millie is 14 and was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome two years ago.
:20:08. > :20:10.She finds it hard to socialise, to make eye contact,
:20:11. > :20:16.I find it really difficult to make friends, because I find people very,
:20:17. > :20:19.very difficult to understand a lot, in the way that they feel
:20:20. > :20:26.This leads me to feel embarrassed and I feel like I should get
:20:27. > :20:30.out of everyone's way, for everyone's convenience.
:20:31. > :20:33.Autism has been seen as a condition that mainly affects boys and men.
:20:34. > :20:36.Now evident suggests autism in girls and women is being
:20:37. > :20:46.Like many women with autism, she says she mask the symptoms.
:20:47. > :20:49.Copying, rather than fully understanding, social norms.
:20:50. > :20:52.When you meet me, I don't come across necessarily, on first
:20:53. > :20:59.I will come in to work perfectly, get through the day perfectly,
:21:00. > :21:02.and then I'll go home to a quiet room.
:21:03. > :21:05.I will be non-verbal, so if I want to be able
:21:06. > :21:13.it will me take about four hours to reset.
:21:14. > :21:16.The anxiety of coping with day to day life and to a series
:21:17. > :21:18.of what Emily called meltdowns and shutdowns, until she was finally
:21:19. > :21:23.It was basically an instant turning point to get my diagnosis.
:21:24. > :21:26.I'm a radically different person, because I understand who I am
:21:27. > :21:28.and how my way of relating to the world might differ,
:21:29. > :21:36.so I can make that something that is successful.
:21:37. > :21:40.Health professionals are starting to realise that autism in girls
:21:41. > :21:42.and women may be more common than had been thought.
:21:43. > :21:45.In Scotland, guidance has just changed.
:21:46. > :21:48.It now recognises the more nuanced ways girls and women may show
:21:49. > :21:55.A teenage girl with autism might, for example, be integrated
:21:56. > :22:00.into a peer group and often talking about how they are, in a way,
:22:01. > :22:04.They're trying to fit in with the group and they are
:22:05. > :22:09.following the same sort of interests that the peer group have got,
:22:10. > :22:12.but perhaps in a more bizarre and unusual way.
:22:13. > :22:15.When you get into the details, you start to see how this
:22:16. > :22:18.problem is not camouflaged, but still subtly present.
:22:19. > :22:20.Back in Norfolk, Millie is helping her dad in the garden.
:22:21. > :22:23.For her family, the diagnosis was, at first, a shock.
:22:24. > :22:29.But that was quickly followed by an acceptance.
:22:30. > :22:36.There's a lot of really good points to the diagnosis.
:22:37. > :22:40.Your child, because they look at the world in a completely
:22:41. > :22:44.different way, they can pick up some things you can't.
:22:45. > :22:49.She is. She's amazing.
:22:50. > :22:56.My concern, more than anything else, is that when Millie is older,
:22:57. > :22:58.that people are not going to see what I see.
:22:59. > :23:01.Millie certainly faces challenges ahead, but she is now
:23:02. > :23:04.The call today from the National Autistic Society
:23:05. > :23:07.is for the diagnosis of girls and women to improve so many more
:23:08. > :23:14.With summer vacation winding down, many children
:23:15. > :23:19.That includes British twins, Rosie and Ruby Formosa.
:23:20. > :23:22.But the first day of school holds even more significance for them.
:23:23. > :23:25.The girls were conjoined at birth and given a slim chance of survival,
:23:26. > :23:29.but thanks to an emergency operation four years ago, they are healthy -
:23:30. > :23:32.and trying on their first school uniforms.
:23:33. > :23:45.Like lots of children starting school, Rosie and Ruby are excited
:23:46. > :23:52.And it marks a huge milestone in their lives.
:23:53. > :23:54.The girls were born in 2012, joined at the abdomen,
:23:55. > :24:03.About four hours after they were born, they went
:24:04. > :24:13.I was kept at UCH because I just had a C-section, which wasn't very nice.
:24:14. > :24:16.I was in a room with other women that had their babies
:24:17. > :24:21.We walked to the theatre with the nurses and the doctors
:24:22. > :24:33.At that point, I could never seen this day coming.
:24:34. > :24:35.But it has, and what's more - they're thriving.
:24:36. > :24:37.I always knew they were going to be strong,
:24:38. > :24:50.I sometimes forget how special they are.
:24:51. > :24:52.Like when they're being naughty and arguing!
:24:53. > :24:54.Then, I sit down and think and remember what they've been
:24:55. > :24:59.It's just overwhelming. It really is.
:25:00. > :25:08.The girls know they were once joined together and Angela's kept
:25:09. > :25:10.all the doctors notes, so they can learn more
:25:11. > :25:12.about the incredible surgery when they are older.
:25:13. > :25:16.I'm really excited for them, because they're excited.
:25:17. > :25:18.It's just another milestone that we've reached.
:25:19. > :25:22.I just want them to enjoy their childhood and try to have fun
:25:23. > :25:25.and be little girls, not to worry about going into hospital.
:25:26. > :25:31.We will deal with that when it comes.
:25:32. > :25:50.The European Commission has ordered the board's most profitable company,
:25:51. > :25:54.Apple, to pay almost $15 billion in back taxes to Ireland. Both Apple
:25:55. > :25:56.and Ireland say they will appeal. Well, that is all
:25:57. > :25:58.from the programme. But for now from me, Jane O'Brien,
:25:59. > :26:14.and the rest of the team, goodbye. As we near the end of August it
:26:15. > :26:17.seems like the summer is making up for lost time. Temperatures were
:26:18. > :26:18.into the mid-20s on