0:00:05 > 0:00:06This is BBC World News Today.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08I'm Kasia Madera.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Our top stories: Theresa May spells out what she calls
0:00:11 > 0:00:14the hard facts of Brexit.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16In a major policy speech, the British Prime Minister
0:00:16 > 0:00:23claims the UK and the EU were now close to a deal on the transition.
0:00:23 > 0:00:30We both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation and neither of
0:00:30 > 0:00:31us can have exactly what we want.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Italy goes to the polls on Sunday with the familiar face
0:00:34 > 0:00:36of Silvio Berlusconi back on the election trail.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Severe weather continues to bring chaos
0:00:37 > 0:00:39to large parts of Europe.
0:00:39 > 0:00:47At least 59 people have died in sub-zero temperatures.
0:00:47 > 0:00:54She's in a lot of pain and it looks as if she's going to give birth or
0:00:54 > 0:00:56something but she's not pregnant.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And a dramatic delivery of a baby for a Welsh couple
0:00:58 > 0:01:06but they didn't even know that mum was pregnant.
0:01:08 > 0:01:15Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18UK Prime Minister Theresa May has outlined her vision
0:01:18 > 0:01:22of Britain's future relationship with the European Union.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26She reiterated that the UK would NOT be part of the EU's single
0:01:26 > 0:01:30market or customs union and said both sides would have
0:01:30 > 0:01:34to accept hard facts and that no one would get
0:01:34 > 0:01:36everything they wanted.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Mrs May also warned that the UK would have to pay money into SOME EU
0:01:40 > 0:01:43agencies to maintain access to them.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg was watching the speech.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Roll up, roll up.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54A hot ticket for a certain kind of audience.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Ministers and diplomats are rising for a speech.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Can you unite the party?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01That would affect us all.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07And it matters to her survival, too.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11With controversy never far away.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13The first message, no more promises after Brexit,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17we can have it all, to trade just as we do now or be
0:02:17 > 0:02:21completely free from the European courts.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24I want to be straight with people, because the reality is that
0:02:24 > 0:02:29we all need to face up to some hard facts.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30We are leaving the single market.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34But it's going to be different.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Access to each other's markets will be less than it is now,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41so we need to strike a new balance, but we will not accept the rights of
0:02:41 > 0:02:47Canada and the obligations of Norway.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Even after we have left the jurisdiction
0:02:49 > 0:02:53of the European Court of Justice, EU law and the decisions
0:02:53 > 0:02:56of the ECJ will continue to affect us.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Out of the single market and the customs union,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03she confirmed, yet no new answer to one of the hardest parts.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07We have been clear all along that we don't want to go back to a
0:03:07 > 0:03:09hard border in Ireland.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11We've ruled out any physical infrastructure of a
0:03:11 > 0:03:15border or any related checks and controls.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18But it's not good enough to say we won't introduce a hard
0:03:18 > 0:03:22border if the EU forces Ireland to do it, that is down to them.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27We chose to leave and we have a responsibility to find a solution.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29We cannot do it alone.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It is for all of us to work together.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35More details on how she wants much of the
0:03:35 > 0:03:38economy to stay closer to the EU, but the Prime Minister
0:03:38 > 0:03:42wants the right to pick and choose when and how.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46The commission has suggested that the only option available to
0:03:46 > 0:03:49the UK is an off-the-shelf model.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51We both need to face the fact that this
0:03:51 > 0:03:56is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Fact is, every free trade agreement has
0:04:00 > 0:04:04varying market access depending on the respective interest of the
0:04:04 > 0:04:06countries involved.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08If this is cherry picking, then every trade
0:04:08 > 0:04:12arrangement is cherry picking.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Last, in answer to claims her plans are
0:04:14 > 0:04:17too vague and unreal.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21My message to our friends in Europe is clear.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23We know what we want.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25We understand your principles.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28We have a shared interest in getting this right.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32So let's get on with it.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Thank you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37APPLAUSE.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Do you accept now that we cannot have it all as we leave?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Secondly, you have outlined today you want to
0:04:44 > 0:04:47pick and mix even though the EU is repeatedly
0:04:47 > 0:04:48rejecting that approach.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52What is it do you think you can say to your EU leaders that will
0:04:52 > 0:04:54actually change their minds?
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I'm confident as we sit down together we
0:04:58 > 0:05:00will be able to show that mutual interest,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04that mutual benefit, from the proposals I have put forward.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07After weeks of internal Tory wrangling the Prime Minister has
0:05:07 > 0:05:11made gathered Tory grandees contempt.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14This is about finding a way through that will work
0:05:14 > 0:05:16for everybody.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Why have you spent so long saying we could have everything?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21You said we could have the same benefits?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I said that is the aspiration.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27What were aiming at here, and what the PM said clearly,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30is that we want to have a tariff free arrangement.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33We want to have mutual recognition.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34All those things, not just in our interest,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38they are in Europe's interest and that is why we will get them.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40What happens the European Union says no?
0:05:40 > 0:05:45I think the invitation that was made to the speech of the PM was to apply
0:05:45 > 0:05:52a cool hand to some very important, mutual problems, but
0:05:52 > 0:05:53also opportunities.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56An outbreak of Tory unity?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59The Foreign Secretary was grounded by snow but gave a thumbs
0:05:59 > 0:06:04up and Brexiteers and Remainers followed suit, for now.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Others, like the Bank of England governor, less
0:06:09 > 0:06:11keen to give their verdict.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14The opposition, unimpressed.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17There is yet more confusion on the road to
0:06:17 > 0:06:18complications.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21What we need is a set of objections which means we can --
0:06:21 > 0:06:26objectives which means we can protect jobs in this country.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29They want more detail and realism.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31That could make a difference to the next
0:06:31 > 0:06:33steps of this lengthy tangle.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36But there are plenty of audiences making
0:06:36 > 0:06:44demands of Theresa May, who will still demand yet more.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59The reaction here in Brussels has been wary. Michel Barnier took the
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Twitter to thank the Prime Minister for her clarity and vivid
0:07:02 > 0:07:06confirmation that the UK would be leaving the single market and the
0:07:06 > 0:07:10customs union meant it was heading for a free trade agreement with the
0:07:10 > 0:07:14EU. Privately EU diplomats have praised the Prime Minister is more
0:07:14 > 0:07:17realistic tone, admitting that both sides cannot have exactly what they
0:07:17 > 0:07:20want but they said they could not find anything new in the speech and
0:07:20 > 0:07:28limited the absence of a workable solution to the Irish problem. A
0:07:28 > 0:07:30leader here in the European Parliament said the UK Parliament
0:07:30 > 0:07:34was still burying its head in the sand so the night we have working
0:07:34 > 0:07:39groups from all the 27 EU member states who are poring over the
0:07:39 > 0:07:44detail of the election speech. One diplomat said to me that he hoped he
0:07:44 > 0:07:54would find coded messages to the EU in Mac Theresa May's speech. He said
0:07:54 > 0:08:05something similar happened in her last Brexit speech in autumn.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Italians go to the polls this Sunday in a general election.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Italy has been run by a caretaker cabinet since December 2016,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Numerous parties are running - but there are three main groupings.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22On the centre-right Forza Italia is headed
0:08:22 > 0:08:24by a familiar face - former Prime Minister
0:08:24 > 0:08:25Silvio Berlusconi.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28He can't become PM until 2019 because of a tax fraud conviction.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31But, depending on results, he could very much be
0:08:31 > 0:08:35a kingmaker if it came down to forming a coalition.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39But his eurosceptic coalition ally, League leader Matteo Salvini
0:08:39 > 0:08:41has ambitions for the role.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45The 5 Star Movement is led by 31-year old Luigi Di Maio.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It is one of Europe's biggest populist movements.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51And then on the centre-left, there's the governing
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Democratic Party led by the former Prime Minister I mentioned,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Matteo Rentzi.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59We are now joined by our correspondent
0:08:59 > 0:09:02James Reynolds live in Rome.
0:09:04 > 0:09:10It is a very difficult call, isn't it? Especially given the way the
0:09:10 > 0:09:15opinion polls work in Italy. When is it not a difficult call in
0:09:15 > 0:09:21Italy? Almost never. It has made all the more difficult by the fact that
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Italian law says that the two weeks before the election you cannot have
0:09:25 > 0:09:28opinion polls so we are going to talk about opinion polls but they
0:09:28 > 0:09:34may be out of date. Those last polls taken two weeks ago suggested that
0:09:34 > 0:09:37centre right coalition organised by Silvio Berlusconi may be the ones
0:09:37 > 0:09:40closest to the finishing line but they may fall short of that line.
0:09:40 > 0:09:46Those polls also suggested that the 5-star movement may be the biggest
0:09:46 > 0:09:49single political movement after the election but they have struggled to
0:09:49 > 0:09:55form alliances. Essentially there are two things going on in Italy.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Italians themselves but on Sunday and then the Italian politicians who
0:09:59 > 0:10:03have been elected will discuss amongst themselves who should take
0:10:03 > 0:10:07power.Let's face it, when those discussions take place, there is no
0:10:07 > 0:10:14one better with more experience than sylvian Berlusconi.It was
0:10:14 > 0:10:18fascinating to watch him at one of his final event in wrong here on
0:10:18 > 0:10:21organising and convening his coalition partners as if he had been
0:10:21 > 0:10:24doing this for years, as if he were the ones pulling the strings. He
0:10:24 > 0:10:29cannot be King. The law says anyone with a major connection cannot take
0:10:29 > 0:10:35part in public office but he can be the king maker. That will depend on
0:10:35 > 0:10:39the numbers that come out of Sunday. If that centre-right coalition does
0:10:39 > 0:10:41well, it may be that he looks to try and build a government without
0:10:41 > 0:10:47coalition. It may be that his party tries to break away to form a grand
0:10:47 > 0:10:52coalition with the centre-left or maybe 5-star get close. There are so
0:10:52 > 0:10:55many maybes because this is how politics and Italy usually works.In
0:10:55 > 0:11:00terms of the issues that the campaigning is going on, we are
0:11:00 > 0:11:04looking at live pictures now of some of the campaigning. This is the
0:11:04 > 0:11:095-star movement. What is the main theme going through? Immigration
0:11:09 > 0:11:14must be one of those themes?You picked one, I will pick the other,
0:11:14 > 0:11:21unemployment. Migration, that has become one of the key issues of this
0:11:21 > 0:11:25campaign. Recently, more than 600,000 migrants have landed on this
0:11:25 > 0:11:28country's shores from the Mediterranean. Not all of them have
0:11:28 > 0:11:31stayed but the fact that they have landed has changed the way in which
0:11:31 > 0:11:35this country's debate happens. The centre-right says anyone who has
0:11:35 > 0:11:38come here illegally should be deported. It appears they want
0:11:38 > 0:11:44strength from that. Unemployment, youth unemployment in Italy
0:11:44 > 0:11:50routinely is 30 to 40%. There is a vast pool of people who feel that
0:11:50 > 0:11:54Italy is not listening to them, those younger people. It may be that
0:11:54 > 0:11:58the 5-star movement which calls itself an antiestablishment movement
0:11:58 > 0:12:04is their natural home.We're looking at the 5-star movement, the last
0:12:04 > 0:12:07moments of campaigning going ahead. I suspect you're going to have a
0:12:07 > 0:12:15long night on Sunday.
0:12:15 > 0:12:22Turkish authorities have confirmed 31 soldiers have been killed. It has
0:12:22 > 0:12:24been one of the bloodiest days in this offensive which is targeting
0:12:24 > 0:12:34tradition fighters. Jackie considers the US militia a terrorist group.
0:12:34 > 0:12:43The BBC has managed to film, British side of the conflict.
0:12:43 > 0:12:52Night time in north-eastern Syria. Turkish jets are pounding the target
0:12:52 > 0:13:00at a checkpoint. The world of survivors emerge out of the dark and
0:13:00 > 0:13:06I picked up by and announces. They have been part of a large convoy of
0:13:06 > 0:13:12vehicles bringing food and fuel for the people of the city. There were
0:13:12 > 0:13:18casualties including teenagers but most people had managed to run the
0:13:18 > 0:13:28safety just in time.We came here as a peaceful solidarity convoy, we had
0:13:28 > 0:13:31no weapons, nothing, but the forces of Turkish President rained shells
0:13:31 > 0:13:37on us. We don't want them here or anywhere in Syria.This, the
0:13:37 > 0:13:43remnants of the convoy. Since Turkey began its offensive against Kurdish
0:13:43 > 0:13:47fighters in the area in January, human rights groups say more than 90
0:13:47 > 0:13:49civilians have been killed and hundreds injured in feeding
0:13:49 > 0:13:57children. They describe it as indiscriminate attacks. The Kurdish
0:13:57 > 0:14:02areas marked in yellow line along much of the border with Turkey. The
0:14:02 > 0:14:07pocket in the far north-west of Turkey is the current focus of the
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Turkish offensive but there may also be a move on the key city of mandate
0:14:12 > 0:14:16to ensure fighters are driven well away from the Turkish border. The
0:14:16 > 0:14:22Turkish government says it is targeting a Kurdish group known as
0:14:22 > 0:14:27the white PG because it poses a strategic threat as it is linked to
0:14:27 > 0:14:32insurgents, also Kurdish, who are based inside Turkey. But already,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36the fighting has forced families to leave their homes and find shelter
0:14:36 > 0:14:43anywhere where it is safer. It is estimated 50,000 people have been
0:14:43 > 0:14:48displaced after their towns and villages came under attack. It could
0:14:48 > 0:14:52be a long time before they can return home. There is no end date
0:14:52 > 0:14:57for the Turkish offensive which aims to completely uproot the fighters
0:14:57 > 0:14:59from the border region.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Let's take a look at some of the other
0:15:07 > 0:15:07stories making the news.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09The United Nations says 24 hospitals and clinics
0:15:09 > 0:15:12are now known to have been hit in the Syrian military's bombardment
0:15:12 > 0:15:15of a rebel-held enclave on the edge of Damascus.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18The UN said that despite appeals for restraint, a high number
0:15:18 > 0:15:21of civilians were being killed and injured every day
0:15:21 > 0:15:25in the Eastern Ghouta region.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Protests have been taking place across Slovakia over
0:15:27 > 0:15:30the killing of an investigative journalist and his fiancee.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Jan Kuciac's work alleged links between the Italian
0:15:34 > 0:15:36mafia and figures close to the prime minister.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Tens of thousands of people took to the streets
0:15:39 > 0:15:42of the capital Bratislava alone.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin should be regulated
0:15:45 > 0:15:48to crack down on illegal activities and protect the financial system,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51according to the governor of the Bank of England.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Mark Carney said that virtual currencies don't yet pose a risk,
0:15:54 > 0:16:00but should still be held to the same standards as the rest of the system.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will invite more
0:16:04 > 0:16:08than 2,500 members of the public to the grounds
0:16:08 > 0:16:10of Windsor Castle for their wedding.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13They'll be able to watch the couple arrive and depart.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Charity workers and school children will be among
0:16:15 > 0:16:21those invited to attend.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24There's no immediate end in sight to the deep freeze
0:16:24 > 0:16:26sweeping across Europe.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards will continue well into the weekend.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33In parts of Eastern Croatia, temperatures have plummeted
0:16:33 > 0:16:35to -23 degrees.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40The coastal Adriatic towns of Pula and Split are covered in snow.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Though Thursday marked the first day of the meteorological spring,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47this morning was actually the coldest this winter.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Italy, too, remains stuck in sub-zero temperatures,
0:16:50 > 0:16:54with snow blanketing the cities of Bologna, Venice and Florence.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58The ice has left a number of major roads blocked and caused disruption
0:16:58 > 0:17:00to train and air travel.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Forecasters have warned that conditions there aren't likely
0:17:03 > 0:17:09to improve immediately.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13TRANSLATION:There is still snow, and we risk ice on the sidewalks.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14We are on full alert
0:17:14 > 0:17:17for the formation of ice on the roads overnight.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20So we will have all 34 of our salt spreaders at work.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23We have spread 260 tonnes of salt,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26and we have another 600 tonnes available.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28So we are prepared to face even more snowfalls,
0:17:28 > 0:17:32although we would rather do without them.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35In the UK, Storm Emma has collided with the Siberian cold
0:17:35 > 0:17:39snap, resulting in disruption across much of the country.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Wales is one of the worst affected areas.
0:17:42 > 0:17:48The BBC's Sian Lloyd is in the Vale of Glamorgan:
0:17:52 > 0:17:56We can see that area, one of two areas where have a meter of snow was
0:17:56 > 0:18:04measured?Absolutely. Last night that half a metre of snow measured.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08It was the highest on record anywhere in the UK yesterday evening
0:18:08 > 0:18:13and as you can see, it has led to huge problems here in the Vale of
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Glamorgan with snowdrifts. This is actually a car behind me and three
0:18:18 > 0:18:22people were rescued from the vehicle that was stranded in a similar
0:18:22 > 0:18:26fashion. They were stuck inside in a dress like this one close to where I
0:18:26 > 0:18:32am now the 12 hours. They put out an SOS and local people were eventually
0:18:32 > 0:18:37able to help. This road is normally one that is used very often to get
0:18:37 > 0:18:43to the airport here on the outskirts of Cardiff. It is impossible as you
0:18:43 > 0:18:49can see here this evening. We managed to do out one car with a
0:18:49 > 0:18:52four I4 but there is an operation going on further down the lane now
0:18:52 > 0:18:58for a vehicle that has been stuck for a long time. Right across Wales,
0:18:58 > 0:19:02the roads have been treacherous and have been many road closures. The
0:19:02 > 0:19:06warning again here is for people to stay inside, stay in the warmth
0:19:06 > 0:19:12unless they actually have to travel, if it is essential because we have
0:19:12 > 0:19:17seen many of the major routes here also closed in Wales today and
0:19:17 > 0:19:22virtually all the schools in Wales has been closed for a second day.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25There has been huge disruption on public transportation as well. We
0:19:25 > 0:19:29have seen many of the transport operators in South Wales
0:19:29 > 0:19:32particularly cancel all services. This was an area that was covered by
0:19:32 > 0:19:38the red warning into the early hours which is a warning of extreme
0:19:38 > 0:19:42weather and risk to life. But did subside but we have a warning
0:19:42 > 0:19:49tonight for ice and it is bitterly cold here.Just briefly if you
0:19:49 > 0:19:52would, we are continuing with these warnings, the build-up is terrible,
0:19:52 > 0:19:59when is the end inside?That is the big question. People are still
0:19:59 > 0:20:06bracing themselves for more bad weather here certainly this evening.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Living in around the south of the country. We know there is more sleet
0:20:10 > 0:20:15and snow forecast here for this evening. There has been some are
0:20:15 > 0:20:20forecast that it could get a little better over the weekend but we
0:20:20 > 0:20:23really cannot say at this stage because people are much dark in
0:20:23 > 0:20:27here.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37In the US, more than 2,000 people have been
0:20:37 > 0:20:39paying their last respects to the world-famous evangelist
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Billy Graham, who died last week at the age of 99.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44President Donald Trump and his deputy Mike Pence attended
0:20:44 > 0:20:45the funeral in Charlotte, North Carolina.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48He was eulogised by his son Franklin and is being buried
0:20:48 > 0:20:49beside his wife, Ruth.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Billy Graham was one of the world's most influential
0:20:51 > 0:20:54preachers, and is credited with delivering his sermons
0:20:54 > 0:20:58to more individuals than anyone else in history.
0:20:58 > 0:21:05He was also a spiritual confidant to a host of American presidents.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18The house of American civil right activist Rosa Parks, has just
0:21:18 > 0:21:20returned to the US this week.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Since 2016 it has been on a journey, via Berlin Germany.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28The house travelled more than 8,000 miles back and forth
0:21:28 > 0:21:30across the Atlantic.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32This container has precious cargo on board.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36I just found out what I was hauling in this container here.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Rosa Parks' house, very emotional moment for me.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Beautiful day to be an American, I guess.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46But this isn't where the story begins.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51It's 2016, and Rosa Parks' house is in ruins.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54But a rescue is under way.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56An artist has promised to preserve it
0:21:56 > 0:22:00whilst it's found a permanent home.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03A lot of people did think that that house was
0:22:03 > 0:22:06not worth saving, because there are so many in the Detroit
0:22:06 > 0:22:08that looks just like that house.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11It's sort of goes without saying that she is a
0:22:11 > 0:22:13national icon, and what she did was so important for
0:22:13 > 0:22:16so many millions of people even if they don't know it.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19And so it was taken into pieces, loaded into a
0:22:19 > 0:22:22container, shipped across the Atlantic,
0:22:22 > 0:22:27to Ryan Mendoza's home in Germany.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28This is it!
0:22:28 > 0:22:31When in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give
0:22:31 > 0:22:34up her seat on a bus in Alabama to the white man,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38she became a heroine of the civil rights movement.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Yet she was persecuted for it.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Jobless and penniless,
0:22:42 > 0:22:47she left the segregated South and headed north to Detroit,
0:22:47 > 0:22:51like so many African-Americans before her.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Her family says the house symbolises her struggle.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00The house represents that, look, you may not have $5,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04but you can still be ethical, you can still be honest,
0:23:04 > 0:23:10you can still do things for your fellow man.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13In Berlin, Ryan Mendoza, with a little help from
0:23:13 > 0:23:17his son, rebuilt the house in his front yard.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20And finally, the house got some attention.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Hundreds of people came to see it,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26from schoolchildren to Germany's Deputy Prime Minister.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32I think that it's the perfect moment for America to come to terms
0:23:32 > 0:23:36with the fact that this house is, in its utter simplicity,
0:23:36 > 0:23:38enormously valuable.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Perhaps what this house represents most of all is defiance.
0:23:42 > 0:23:49Rickety and decrepit it may be, yet here it is, still standing.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Zoe Conway, BBC News.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Gareth Williams from Pontypool in South Wales phoned the emergency
0:24:04 > 0:24:07services when his partner Rhiannon began suffering from stomach pains,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10and seemed to have, in his own words, "something coming
0:24:10 > 0:24:11out of her".
0:24:11 > 0:24:13The recently engaged couple didn't realise their family
0:24:13 > 0:24:15was in for a big surprise.
0:25:58 > 0:26:06How can with a? Congratulations to them. Banks are watching.