:00:00. > :00:07.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK
:00:08. > :00:11.I'm Alpa Patel. The headlines -
:00:12. > :00:14.The man who tried to assassinate President Reagan three
:00:15. > :00:16.and a half decades ago, has been released from
:00:17. > :00:23.John Hinckley's expected to return home to his elderly mother.
:00:24. > :00:25.Dozens of people are killed and wounded in airstrikes in Syria,
:00:26. > :00:28.less than two days before a ceasefire is due
:00:29. > :00:33.Hillary Clinton apologises after describing half
:00:34. > :00:39.of Donald Trump's supporters as a "basket of deplorables".
:00:40. > :00:44.And we have premier league drama as Manchester City beats rivals
:00:45. > :01:06.We start with breaking news from the United States.
:01:07. > :01:10.The man who tried to assassinate the US President Ronald Reagan
:01:11. > :01:12.35 years ago has been released from a
:01:13. > :01:17.John Hinckley Junior was found not guilty
:01:18. > :01:21.by reason of insanity following the shooting in 1981.
:01:22. > :01:25.In July, a federal judge ruled that he is not a danger
:01:26. > :01:30.He will be permitted to live full-time at his mother's
:01:31. > :01:31.home in Williamsburg, Virginia under supervision.
:01:32. > :01:36.Our correspondent Peter Bowes has more.
:01:37. > :01:42.This news has been emerging over the past few hours.
:01:43. > :01:48.Has there been any reaction? The only reaction we have hard and this
:01:49. > :01:52.echoes what people have been saying locally to where he will spend the
:01:53. > :01:56.rest of his life, living with his elderly mother at her home in
:01:57. > :02:01.Virginia, local people have been expressing concern that this man who
:02:02. > :02:05.attempted to assassinate President Reagan all of those years ago will
:02:06. > :02:10.be living in their neighbourhood. The authorities and the judge who
:02:11. > :02:14.released a statement a couple of months ago, giving the go-ahead for
:02:15. > :02:18.his release, has said he has gone through this long process of
:02:19. > :02:24.rehabilitation and they are convinced he is no longer a danger
:02:25. > :02:29.to other people and to himself. There are strict conditions of his
:02:30. > :02:34.release out of their? What are they? He has to have no contact with the
:02:35. > :02:39.press and that applies to his family as well. They can't give interviews.
:02:40. > :02:45.He can't have any contact with any of his victims. He is not allowed to
:02:46. > :02:51.attempt to contact the actress Jodie Foster and that goes back to the
:02:52. > :02:56.reasoning we had at the time for this attack on the president. He was
:02:57. > :03:02.apparently obsessed with Jodie Foster and the film, taxi driver.
:03:03. > :03:08.This was an attempt to impress her. He was a very disturbed young man at
:03:09. > :03:13.the age of 25. He can't attempt to contact her. There are restrictions
:03:14. > :03:18.of his travel. He can't travel more than 25 miles from his home. He has
:03:19. > :03:23.to carry a GPS enabled mobile phone on him. He has to work for three
:03:24. > :03:27.days a week and we are told he has been offered a job by a local
:03:28. > :03:31.church. He has been making visits to his mother 's house, some lasting
:03:32. > :03:37.for several days, over the last few months. He has been beginning this
:03:38. > :03:43.process of rehabilitation. Tell us more about the assassination
:03:44. > :03:47.attempt itself. It not only injured President Reagan but also those
:03:48. > :03:51.around him. Three other people were injured, a
:03:52. > :03:56.police officer, a Secret Service officer and James Brodie, the press
:03:57. > :04:00.secretary at the time. He was seriously injured. He was shot in
:04:01. > :04:06.the head, suffered brain damage and spent the rest of his life in a
:04:07. > :04:11.wheelchair. He did to an extent and he managed to campaign strongly
:04:12. > :04:18.campaign for changes to the gun laws. It resulted in the Brady Bill,
:04:19. > :04:19.the Brady role which imposed restrictions on people wanting to
:04:20. > :04:22.buy handguns. Thank you very much. Joining us now is Allan Lichtman,
:04:23. > :04:37.a political historian Thank you for being with us. You
:04:38. > :04:42.followed this story for many years for step what is the impact on the
:04:43. > :04:51.Reagan presidency? The impact was enormous. This was a
:04:52. > :04:57.terrible tragedy. Ironically, it saved the Reagan presidency and
:04:58. > :05:02.saved the Reagan legacy. He became a model alert after this. He handed
:05:03. > :05:09.that with grace. He was the death but when a car to the hospital he
:05:10. > :05:13.said my doctors are Republicans. I forgot to duck. His approval ratings
:05:14. > :05:19.shot up to 68% and he was able to put into effect the policies that
:05:20. > :05:25.have become known as Reaganomics. By the end of the year, the economy was
:05:26. > :05:30.so bad, his approval rating dipped below 50%. But for those critical
:05:31. > :05:33.few months after this attempt, Ronald Reagan put his stamp on
:05:34. > :05:37.America. John Hinckley was found not guilty
:05:38. > :05:40.by reason of insanity but not everyone agreed with that sentence
:05:41. > :05:46.did they? Someone said the death penalty.
:05:47. > :05:51.There was a widespread reaction against this idea that this person
:05:52. > :05:55.who came so close to assassinating a president should not be placed in
:05:56. > :05:59.prison but should be placed in a psychiatric hospital. This also led
:06:00. > :06:04.to some changes but that the federal level and the state level, they
:06:05. > :06:10.tightened that the requirement for an insanity defence. It had been
:06:11. > :06:15.rarely used even before and in that case very rarely successful but
:06:16. > :06:19.nonetheless, there were changes in the laws and changes in public
:06:20. > :06:24.attitudes. Do you think there's attempted
:06:25. > :06:27.assassination continues to have reverberations in the politics that
:06:28. > :06:35.use see today? Absolutely correct. Obviously, James
:06:36. > :06:39.Brady who was so injured in this attack led the movement for gun
:06:40. > :06:47.control. That bore fruit is not immediately put in the 1990s with
:06:48. > :06:54.the Brady Bill. And also the assault weapons ban. The assault weapons ban
:06:55. > :07:00.has since not been renewed and the Congress has been unable to distort
:07:01. > :07:04.it or to extend the Brady Bill to reasonable background checks at gun
:07:05. > :07:10.shows not just that licensed gun dealers. The overwhelming majority
:07:11. > :07:15.of American people want these but that gun control debate has been
:07:16. > :07:21.controlled by the National Rifle Association. A small, determined,
:07:22. > :07:25.wealthy, politically connected group has thwarted the will of the
:07:26. > :07:28.majority in America. Not the massacre of children at Sandy Hook
:07:29. > :07:33.or any other mass murders. Some of them committed with assault weapons
:07:34. > :07:35.has moved people towards gun control.
:07:36. > :07:38.Thank you very much for your time. The Syrian government
:07:39. > :07:40.has in the last hour approved the ceasefire deal
:07:41. > :07:42.due to start on Monday and which should allow
:07:43. > :07:44.humanitarian aid to the northern But on the ground
:07:45. > :07:47.the violence continues, at least 25 people have
:07:48. > :07:49.been killed in an airstrike on a vegetable market
:07:50. > :07:52.in the rebel-held city of Idlib. The ceasefire deal, hammered
:07:53. > :07:53.out between Washington Under the plan a "cessation
:07:54. > :07:58.of hostilities" will begin at sunset on Monday,
:07:59. > :08:02.the start of the Muslim festival Our diplomatic correspondent
:08:03. > :08:07.James Landale has more The hours before a ceasefire
:08:08. > :08:16.can often be deadly. Today in Eastern Alepo,
:08:17. > :08:20.government forces sought to consolidate their position
:08:21. > :08:23.in a city left A city where, tomorrow
:08:24. > :08:29.night, these guns And that is because of
:08:30. > :08:32.an agreement announced by the Americans and Russians in
:08:33. > :08:35.the early hours of this morning in A deal that they hope
:08:36. > :08:38.could stop the fighting. If this arrangement
:08:39. > :08:43.holds, then we will see Under the deal, a nationwide
:08:44. > :08:46.ceasefire would begin tomorrow Humanitarian aid would be allowed
:08:47. > :08:49.into besieged areas. The Syrian air force
:08:50. > :08:50.would stop attacking opposition groups
:08:51. > :08:51.in designated areas and if that
:08:52. > :08:54.happens, then Russia the United States would for the first time,
:08:55. > :08:57.take joint military action against But for that to happen,
:08:58. > :09:05.this has to stop. Today, some 25 people were said
:09:06. > :09:09.to have died in an air strike in the rebel
:09:10. > :09:11.held town here. Russians succeed in getting their
:09:12. > :09:16.allies to end this kind of bombing. This evening, reports
:09:17. > :09:19.suggested the Syrian TRANSLATION: The Syrian Government
:09:20. > :09:27.has been informed by us about these arrangements, and it is
:09:28. > :09:29.ready to fulfill them. It supports the initiative
:09:30. > :09:32.on which we agreed with the United States, so we will do everything
:09:33. > :09:35.which depends on us. But it is understandable
:09:36. > :09:36.that not everything Much depends on the
:09:37. > :09:42.opposition groups, too. They gave a cautious welcome
:09:43. > :09:45.to the deal but they will have to break from the
:09:46. > :09:48.Al-Qaeda linked factions who have The key to bringing
:09:49. > :09:54.about a disentanglement between the moderate groups
:09:55. > :09:59.and the extremists is to force Assad to stop bombing and force it
:10:00. > :10:06.away from starving populations. This is not the first
:10:07. > :10:09.ceasefire agreed in February there fell
:10:10. > :10:14.apart within weeks. Deals negotiated in Geneva
:10:15. > :10:16.do not always survive
:10:17. > :10:40.the reality on the ground. Let's get more on this. Thank you
:10:41. > :10:43.for your time. There has been reports of violence across the
:10:44. > :10:49.country, air strikes in particular in Aleppo. What is your feeling on
:10:50. > :10:55.disk as Mike will we see an escalation in violence in the run-up
:10:56. > :11:01.to this pause? The next 48 hours will be bloodier than usual. Fewer
:11:02. > :11:05.Madness. Both sides are trying to against city jig advantage. A few
:11:06. > :11:17.lessons have learned. They have been fighting for five years. Before
:11:18. > :11:23.Monday, we will see an escalation in fighting. We have reports of fierce
:11:24. > :11:28.fighting right across Syria. In Aleppo, in the south and other
:11:29. > :11:34.places. Some rebel groups are saying they haven't seen the text of this
:11:35. > :11:39.truth. Do you think it is manageable? Do you think it will be
:11:40. > :11:47.able to be put in place by Monday? I hope so. I think the odds are
:11:48. > :11:52.against an effective ceasefire. For a variety of reasons. We have to
:11:53. > :11:55.wait and see if Russia can re-exercise is influence on the
:11:56. > :12:00.Assad government. The Syrian government says it accepts the
:12:01. > :12:10.ceasefire. The government is gambling on the fact the Americans
:12:11. > :12:16.can't... One of the basic elements in this particular deal between the
:12:17. > :12:21.Americans and Russians is the Americans will be able to convince
:12:22. > :12:27.the moderate armed rebels to cut the umbilical cord with the Al-Qaeda
:12:28. > :12:33.affiliation. There is an umbilical cord. The most affluent is one of
:12:34. > :12:43.the most effective armed groups against Assad. If they do separate,
:12:44. > :12:49.they will be left the mercy of the Assad regime. There are many ifs and
:12:50. > :13:00.question marks there are many unknown variables. John Kerry kept
:13:01. > :13:08.saying, we hope the combat is with play by the laws of the game. We
:13:09. > :13:16.know in the past five years and a half we have gone past all hope in
:13:17. > :13:18.Syria. Thank you very much for your time. Apologies for the dodgy line.
:13:19. > :13:21.Hillary Clinton says she regrets describing half the supporters
:13:22. > :13:23.of her Republican rival, Donald Trump, as belonging
:13:24. > :13:31.In a statement, the US Democratic presidential
:13:32. > :13:33.nominee said many were hard-working Americans who felt let down
:13:34. > :13:36.But she said she would continue to condemn bigotry
:13:37. > :13:40.Mr Trump's campaign manager had accused Mrs Clinton of insulting
:13:41. > :13:44.millions of Americans when she said that many of those backing her rival
:13:45. > :13:45.were racist, sexist, xenophobic and Islamophobic.
:13:46. > :13:48.British business has grown 'too fat and lazy' to fully
:13:49. > :13:50.exploit new markets abroad, according to the minister in charge
:13:51. > :13:52.of building new international economic links as Britain prepares
:13:53. > :13:55.Liam Fox's remarks have drawn heavy criticism.
:13:56. > :13:58.He also said some business executives would rather play golf
:13:59. > :14:06.Here's our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth.
:14:07. > :14:10.Two months ago, he was given the job of promoting UK business across
:14:11. > :14:15.A Brexit backer, now in charge of negotiating trade deals.
:14:16. > :14:18.But at a Conservative drinks reception in Parliament,
:14:19. > :14:23.Liam Fox was recorded by a newspaper saying this -
:14:24. > :14:27.This country is not the free trading nation that it once was.
:14:28. > :14:32.We have become too lazy and too fat on our successes in previous
:14:33. > :14:37.Business, he said, should consider exporting an opportunity.
:14:38. > :14:42.Companies who could be contributing to our national prosperity
:14:43. > :14:45.but choose not to because it might be too difficult or
:14:46. > :14:48.too time-consuming, or that they can't play golf
:14:49. > :14:52.We've got be saying to them, if you want to share
:14:53. > :14:55.in the prosperity of our country you have a duty to contribute
:14:56. > :15:02.Himself no stranger to the golf course, his wing at UK business
:15:03. > :15:06.raised important points for some but also attracted anger.
:15:07. > :15:09.His comments about British business leaders sloping off to the golf
:15:10. > :15:14.course on a Friday afternoon are unhelpful and quite frankly,
:15:15. > :15:17.British business leaders work hard in developing their
:15:18. > :15:21.businesses, and innovating, and indeed trying to export.
:15:22. > :15:25.In his speech, Liam Fox did say he had never felt more confident
:15:26. > :15:27.or optimistic about the country's future.
:15:28. > :15:30.And in a statement today, a spokesman said Mr Fox,
:15:31. > :15:33.whose new department for International Trade is based
:15:34. > :15:36.here, was committed to supporting UK business
:15:37. > :15:39.so they could take advantage of the opportunities
:15:40. > :15:44.Nonetheless, his comments, which Downing Street said
:15:45. > :15:49.were his private opinions, are for some an unwelcome message
:15:50. > :15:56.to the world from the man whose job is to boost trade.
:15:57. > :16:03.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:
:16:04. > :17:13.A huge fire at a factory in Bangladesh kills at least 25 people.
:17:14. > :17:18.This is BBC World News Today. The latest headlines -
:17:19. > :17:20.The man who tried to assassinate President Reagan three
:17:21. > :17:22.and a half decades ago, has been released from
:17:23. > :17:29.John Hinckley's expected to return home to his elderly mother.
:17:30. > :17:32.Airstrikes on rebel held towns in Syria continue.
:17:33. > :17:35.Dozens of people are killed or wounded just two days ahead
:17:36. > :17:38.of the start of a US-Russia brokered ceasefire which is
:17:39. > :17:46.At least 25 people have been killed in Bangladesh in a huge fire
:17:47. > :17:49.was triggered by an explosion in a boiler room at
:17:50. > :17:53.It happened in a four-storey building in Tongi,
:17:54. > :17:59.a northern suburb of the capital Dhaka.
:18:00. > :18:03.Police said as many as 150 people were working
:18:04. > :18:08.The BBC's Akbar Hossain has been to the scene of the fire.
:18:09. > :18:11.He says the explosion destroyed the building within seconds.
:18:12. > :18:16.This factory is in a town located some 30 miles north of the capital.
:18:17. > :18:19.You can see the building collapsed immediately
:18:20. > :18:25.The boiler explosion took place in the early
:18:26. > :18:28.morning when the factory workers were working inside.
:18:29. > :18:31.It is not clear yet how many people are inside the
:18:32. > :18:37.But some sources said more than 100 factory workers were inside
:18:38. > :18:40.It was such a powerful explosion which
:18:41. > :18:43.Some local people thought it was, the vibrating
:18:44. > :18:45.was so powerful they thought it was a powerful earthquake.
:18:46. > :18:47.Immediately, they realised that a boiler
:18:48. > :18:49.explosion took place and the
:18:50. > :18:53.Many people are believed to be still trapped inside.
:18:54. > :18:57.I have talked to the relatives who are still searching for their near
:18:58. > :19:03.Some 100 firefighters have joined the rescue operation.
:19:04. > :19:06.Police also said after six hours, they have
:19:07. > :19:09.somehow successfully managed to control
:19:10. > :19:10.the fire but you can still
:19:11. > :19:13.see the flames going high up from the building and some
:19:14. > :19:18.It will take a few more hours to tackle the whole situation
:19:19. > :19:24.These factory workers, many people have
:19:25. > :19:32.been admitted to local hospitals and are being treated.
:19:33. > :19:34.Well, I spoke to MK Aaref, who is from the NGO SAFE
:19:35. > :19:39.It campaigns for better structural and fire safety
:19:40. > :19:42.He says the new regulations are focussed on the country's top
:19:43. > :19:53.revenue earning industry the textile sector.
:19:54. > :20:03.We focus on the biggest export industry which is the garment
:20:04. > :20:07.industry. Today's accident was, I am assuming it is the packaging
:20:08. > :20:12.industry, that is overlooked. The safety precautions in the garment
:20:13. > :20:18.industry was spearheaded by the European Union and the USA. Because
:20:19. > :20:22.of the consumer demand for safety things have improved drastically, I
:20:23. > :20:30.have to admit. Things have happened on the positive sense in the last
:20:31. > :20:32.three years for the better. The textile industries haven't been on
:20:33. > :20:38.board yet. There are two things going on. There is enough flaws in
:20:39. > :20:44.the book that ensure the safety of the factories but there isn't enough
:20:45. > :20:52.manpower to enforce, inspect and to make sure all the factories are in
:20:53. > :20:56.compliance. The second thing is, there is a lack of full political
:20:57. > :21:01.will, you might say, to enforce these laws to the book. The
:21:02. > :21:07.industrial sector and the private sector is quite strong over here.
:21:08. > :21:11.They do get away with a lot of lapses. In terms of maintenance it
:21:12. > :21:17.isn't a tradition we are used to yet. We build something, the fact
:21:18. > :21:19.these things have to be maintained and inspected, that is something we
:21:20. > :21:24.are just learning for the last couple of years. That is one sector
:21:25. > :21:29.that needs to be worked on and has to be enforced.
:21:30. > :21:42.Thank you. Day three of the Paralympic games as well and truly
:21:43. > :21:46.underway in real. China said Tip of the medal table with Great Britain
:21:47. > :22:00.second on 29. Para triathlon made its debut. Andrew Lewis won the
:22:01. > :22:04.inaugural event. The 33-year-old means he has a hat-trick of major
:22:05. > :22:09.titles. He's ready world and champion.
:22:10. > :22:14.Brazilian poster boy will be in action in the next hour. He is
:22:15. > :22:23.competing in nine events in what is his third Olympics. He will be
:22:24. > :22:29.racing in the butterfly final. Also the next hour, phenomenal athletes,
:22:30. > :22:34.Dame Sarah Storey goes in the velodrome. She won 12 gold medal on
:22:35. > :22:37.the opening day of the games. She was a swimmer before she became a
:22:38. > :22:45.cyclist with five of her tally coming of the pool. She goes in the
:22:46. > :22:50.time trial final. The football, in the Manchester derby, it was city
:22:51. > :22:54.who took the points against United winning 2-1. Manchester City sit top
:22:55. > :22:59.of the Premier League table maintaining their 100% winning
:23:00. > :23:07.start. It is the first Manchester derby for Jersey mourinho and Pep
:23:08. > :23:15.Guardiola. The Portuguese manager admitted his side didn't make it. We
:23:16. > :23:20.were below the level. To play these matches you have to be completely
:23:21. > :23:26.ready to do it in terms of the speed of your sinking, the
:23:27. > :23:31.decision-making. We had a few players who were not at that level.
:23:32. > :23:39.We lost easy bowls, we left them press us. We made mistakes. We paid
:23:40. > :23:45.for those mistakes. We are happy for the Victor D. I
:23:46. > :23:51.think the spectators around the world enjoy it because the game was
:23:52. > :23:56.open until the end. We were better. They pushed a lot in the second half
:23:57. > :24:08.and it was more difficult. But when they opened the game we had them
:24:09. > :24:10.counterattacks. For us, when we go to old Trafford, won the best
:24:11. > :24:15.stadiums in the world and the game it is good.
:24:16. > :24:19.Liverpool were impressive in their first home game of the season
:24:20. > :24:26.beating reigning champions Leicester at Anfield, 4-1. Adam Lallana's
:24:27. > :24:29.goal, the pick of the bunch. We had to come here early to watch is
:24:30. > :24:34.because it is so impressive. It is so different to the stand before. We
:24:35. > :24:45.came here on Thursday first training. Tonight, we wanted to be
:24:46. > :24:56.the reason people are enjoying it. It was a very tough game against a
:24:57. > :25:01.tough opponent. It was a good game. Elsewhere, a late penalty helped
:25:02. > :25:04.Arsenal to a 2- Win against Southampton. Tottenham were
:25:05. > :25:08.comfortable winners at Stoke, Watford came from behind to beat
:25:09. > :25:12.West Ham 4-2. It has been derby day in Scotland as
:25:13. > :25:16.well as Rangers face Celtic in the league for the first time in four
:25:17. > :25:20.years following their promotion to the Scottish Premiership. They were
:25:21. > :25:25.beaten 5-1 at Celtic Park as the hosts made its four out of four this
:25:26. > :25:32.season. Hearts were 3- winners over Hamilton and move second. Aberdeen
:25:33. > :25:34.drew 1-1 with Inverness. That is all the sports for now.
:25:35. > :25:37.Just before we go, how's this for a bit of bad parking?
:25:38. > :25:41.The man who tried to assassinate the US President Ronald Reagan
:25:42. > :25:44.35 years ago has been released from a psychiatric hospital.
:25:45. > :25:47.John Hinckley Junior was found not guilty by reason of insanity
:25:48. > :25:52.In July, a federal judge ruled that he is not a danger
:25:53. > :26:12.From me and the rest of the team, goodbye.
:26:13. > :26:13.The West has fed bestial sunshine but