joined europe we turned oui’ when britain joined europe we turned ourface when britain joined europe we turned our face away from the commonwealth and looked to europe. we need to make sure they realise the commonwealth matters to us in global conflicts, commonwealth countries have stood with us and we have important trade links with australia, new zealand, canada all ready and we need to maximise those as global britain grows. the commonwealth is 52 odd countries. parts of south asia, and australia and new zealand, and canada, you will be aware during the brexit campaign one thing some people said was if i have family in india or pakistan, they are finding it harder to get here to control immigration we cannot control easy migrants, we suppress from elsewhere. is it possible further down—the—line this could lead to come when a privileged status for eu citizens no longer exists, a more relaxed approach to migration? the prime minister has been clear we will have an immigration system that works britain, we can set our own priorities outside eu. i personally would be relaxed about

britain was now out of west florida. with spain now brewing the gulf of mexico and with britain no longer a threat the french enabled commander who had just arrived on scene asked the spanish navy to protect the french's sugar colonies will he took the entire fleet up to the chesapeake. now washington learnt that they were heading to the chesapeake so they raced south from the to meet him in a circle cornwallis at yorktown. -- was a fighting admiral who is blood by his sailor. who is him, he stands 6-foot four and 6-foot 5 inches underneath the battle. and yes, since you asked, he was an ancestor of the astrophysicist, neil degrasse tyson. when they met george washington, who who by the way was shorter than degrasse by 2 inches. they exclaimed that the fleet was landing troops around yorktown. when the british fleet under thomas appear they quickly went from the chesapeake bay from upgrades and prevented him from resupplying or evacuating on wallace. and that sealed the fate of the british yorktown. the story of yorktown

britain was out of west florida now. with spain ruling the gulf of mexico and with britain no longer a threat, the french involve commander who had just arrived on scene asked the spanish navy to protect the french sugar colonies while he took the entire fleet up to the chesapeake. now, washington and rogues learned they were headed to the chesapeake and raced south to new york to meet him and circle con wallace at yorktown. it was said of him, the grass stands 6-4 on days of paddle. and yes, since you asked, he was an ancestor of the rock star astrophycisist neal degrass. he embraced him when he met him and explained [foreign phrase]. the troops were landed around yorktown when the british footnote fle-- fleet appeared. it prevented him from resupplying or evacuating corn wa wallace and that sealed the fate of the british at yorktown. the story of yorktown is very well known. after they had led the troops on a quick march from new york to yorktown they surrounded corn wall ace. the siege began on october 9th, 1781. the

and global britain, that is, when they arrived here. do you think it will help on the process begins of trying to get trade deals with those commonwealth countries like australia and new zealand? what i hope this letter will do, andi zealand? what i hope this letter will do, and i discussed it in detail with the home secretary, what i hope it will lead to some of those small steps like checking —— changing signs could take place in the early part of the year. we have got the first—ever commonwealth trade ministers meeting taking place in london in march. i think that it's just small steps like that which we can take to show how important the common —— commonwealth is to us. commonwealth countries believe that in the mid—1970s when britain joined believe that in the mid—1970s when britainjoined europe, we turned our face away from the commonwealth and looked to europe. we need to make sure they realise that the commonwealth matters to us. in all oui’ commonwealth matters to us. in all our global conflicts, commonwealth co

you worry that if britain is seen to get a deal that works for britain, that actually makes the british economy successful that it will encourage others in europe to follow britain to the exit door. you're deeply insecure about the fragility and vulnerability of the european union. the problem of the future of the european union is not so much linked to brexit negotiations. the problem of the future of the european union is linked to the courage and willingness of the european leaders for the moment to go forward, like i describe in this book, with the unity and integration of the european union. creating a defence community, creating an economic governance for the single currency, creating an external border and coastguard. so the future of the european union is depending on that. not so much on i think on a fair partnership with the uk. you've been writing books about the need for a federal europe for a long time. you wrote united states of europe in 2006. as prime minister. you wrote another book in 2009 called how europe can save the world, emerging from crisis. you have written the

they wanted a rematch with great britain. it ended in 1763 in france was in canada and spain was in florida. france and spain were already aligned by the military ties that was with the family alliance and both nations wanted revenge against britain. france wanted to regain its position at the center of the balance of power in europe and spain wanted to drive the british from the gulf of mexico. both predicted it would happen before the americans themselves knew that it would. in 1767, the foreign minister said only the future american revolution can find them in a state of weakness and so they knew that this was the american colonies wa that was certain to happen in the future so they can send spies and observers to see when that would happen but it wouldn't take place for another eight years. when the fighting began in 1775 they were supplied by gun factories that turned out hundreds per year. they could produce one gun per month so we needed them for france and spain. if they had provided the farms, using as a means of con

jenny jones, great britain bronze medallist. great britain are in the olympic final. the youngest ever to win a medal in olympic curling. next year in south korea, the british are aiming for even more. who will be winning the medals for team gb when the olympic games take place next year? we will tell you how some of the familiar faces have been faring as well as some new names to look our for as well. we will start with lizzie yarnold, who followed on from amy williams in 2010 with an olympic title. she has gone on to win world, european and world cup titles. she has also taken a year off. lizzie yarnold is the olympic champion! the mad thing about skeleton is you're legging it as fast as you can and jumping on the sled and hoping it goes right. sometimes it is scary. you're careering into corners at 90 mph, so it is almost gone before you can think about it. i remember in sochi just before the race was about to start. i was petrified because as soon as i started the run there was nothing more i can do. ijust wanted to squeeze every hundredth of a second out of the r

and they offered not to enter into the work britain when hand over gibraltar. but britain refused. now, -- one of his tirades called gibraltar this pile of rocks. but for the british, this was a strategic asset. they would not give it up and so france went to war against britain on the side of france. it is no exaggeration to say that britain sacrificed america for gibraltar. this pile of rocks. now spain would not actually allied with the americans during the war. but they did agree that the terms of the peace can only happen with britain's recognition of the sovereignty of the united states. the entry of spain into the war alongside france, fundamentally changed the nature of the war. from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the british navy in the british army were now spread ever thinner around the world. the combined navies of france and spain numbered 100 to 24 ships against britain's 95 ships and they were overwhelmed. so instead of only attacking the americans in america, britain now had to shield england from the threat of invasion by france and spain.

yes, it may hurt britain. we ought to stop talking about beggar thy neighbour protectionism and start looking for the win—win. and the point i was making about wolfgang schauble, and i think the same can be said for angela merkel, and michel barnier, is that there is a shifting mood in brussels which recognises, actually, there's a scope for win—win here. we need to go, britain needs to go into it, with a spirit of generosity too. neither you nor i knows quite where the negotiations will go over the next two years, but one thing you can shape is your vision of what a post brexit economy should look like whether or not you get this complicated trade deal, which you claim could be done within the next two years. wasn't it very interesting when the british chancellor said, you know what we may well do over the next few years as a result of brexit, we may completely transform our economy. we may become a sort of singapore of the north sea. heavily deregulated, with low tax, low public expenditure, a completely

when i am attacking him i am attacking not britain, i am attacking not britain, i am attacking somebody who wants to destroy the european union. europe is on its way to becoming an adversary, is that the way you feel about the uk? absolutely not, what i hope is we can find a fair partnership with people like mr farage, at the heart of the brexit campaign and looking to destroy the european union, that's my problem and that is what i will fight. the thing is, it's notjust about britain. win you said of the brexit campaign, you described it as the latest high mass of tribalism in europe. it isn't just latest high mass of tribalism in europe. it isn'tjust actually in britain where people are expressing great scepticism about the european union, great scepticism about immigration and its effect on europe. you could look at le pen in france and geert wilders in the netherlands. the gap poland, look at hungary, so many nations across the european union —— look at.” hungary, so many nations across the european union -- look at. i don't deny these people exist and i don't agree with these

but britain refused. now in one of his usual tirades, he called gibraltar is pile of rocks, but for the british this was a strategic asset and they would not give it up, and so france went to war against britain on the side of france. it is no exaggeration to say that britain sacrificed america for gibraltar, this pile of rocks. spain was not actually allied with the americans during this war, but they did agree that the terms of the peace could only happen with britain's recognition of the sovereignty of the united states. the entry of spain into the war alongside france fundamentally changed the nature of the war, from a regional clash in north america to a global conflict. the british navy and the british army were now spread ever thinner around the world. the combined navies of france and spain numbered 124 ships aligned against britain's 95 95 ships, and they were overwhelm overwhelmed. so instead of only attacking the americans in america, britain now had to shield england from the threat of invasio

you worry that if britain is seen to get a deal that works for britain, that actually makes the british economy successful... no. ..that it will encourage others in europe to follow britain to the exit door. you're deeply insecure about the fragility and vulnerability of the european union. the problem of the future of the european union is not so much linked to brexit negotiations. the problem of the future of the european union is linked to the courage and willingness of the european leaders for the moment to go forward, like i describe in this book, with the unity and integration of the european union. creating a defence community, creating an economic governance for the single currency, creating an external border and coastguard. so the future of the european union is depending on that. not so much on, i think, on a fair partnership with the uk. you've been writing books about the need for a federal europe for an awful long time. you wrote the united states of europe in 2006. as prime minister. you wrote another book in 2009 called how europe can save the world: emerging from crisis

jenny jones, great britain bronze medallist. great britain are in the olympic final. the youngest ever to win a medal in olympic curling. next year in south korea, the british are aiming for even more. but who will be winning the medals for team gb when the olympic games take place next year? over the next half hour, we will tell you how some of the familiar faces have been faring as well as some new names. as well as some names you'll know. we will start with lizzie yarnold, who followed up amy williams in 2010 with an olympic title. since sochi, she has gone on to win world, european and world cup titles. she has also taken a year off. she is the olympic champion. oh my goodness! the mad thing about skeleton is your legging it as fast as you can and jumping on the sled and hoping it goes right. sometimes it is scary. i remember in sochi just before the race was about to start i was petrified because as soon as i started the run there was nothing more i can do. ijust wanted to squeeze every hundredth of a second out of the run to secure a gold medal. i came through t

with britain now looking towards a future outside the eu, for some, the answer is clear, britain will seek renewed ties with the commonwealth. there have even been calls in parliament to bring the royal yacht britannia back into service, the yacht that once brought the queen to official visits in the colonies. these gentlemen served her majesty as policemen in what is today zambia until the 1960's a british protectorate. they meet up once a year in london. len norman was the last british police officer to leave zambia in the late 1980's. in his eyes, he and his compatriots helped the country to develop. >> nothing to be ashamed of, i am very proud of my service both in northern rhodesia and then afterwards in zambia, and i am very proud of what we have done. >> what many here prefer to forget, these countries did not choose british colonial rule. it was imposed on them. nevertheless, many here see the independence of zambia as britain's generous gift. >> there is no giving of independence. let's not be under any shadow of doubt that independence was a gift from the british. people fou

the european union could facture in brexit negotiations with britain, according to the eu president. labour's lord dubs delivers a 50,000 signature petition to downing street, urging theresa may to allow more unaccompanied child refugees into britain. also in the next hour: a further 240 pilot whales become stranded on a new zealand beach. conservationists say it's the country's worst beaching for 100 years — more than 300 whales have died in recent days. the 150—year—old family wedding dress that disappeared at the dry cleaners finally shows up, after an appeal went viral on social media. wales ta ke wales take on early lead in the six nations. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump says he may bring forward a new immigration executive order to enforce america's homeland security. but there's still no clarity on what he's planning. the administration will continue to argue for the temporary ban on migrants from seven countries that's been blocked by federaljudges. earlier i spoke to dr larry sabato, professor of politics at the university of virginia, and aske

jenny jones, great britain, bronze medallist. great britain are in the olympic final! the youngest ever rink to win a medal in olympic curling. next year in south korea, the brits are aiming for even more. who will be winning the medals for team gb when the olympic games take place next year? we will tell you how some of the familiar faces have been faring as well as some new names to look our for as well. we will start with lizzy yarnold, who followed on from amy williams in 2010 with an olympic title. she has gone on to win world, european and world cup titles. she has also taken a year off. lizzy yarnold is the olympic champion! the mad thing about skeleton is you're legging it as fast as you can and jumping on the sled, and hoping it goes right. sometimes it is scary. you're careering into corners at 90mph, so it is almost gone before you can think about it. i remember in sochi just before the race was about to start. i was petrified because as soon as i started the run there was nothing more i can do. ijust wanted to squeeze every hundredth of a second out of the

looking at the layout, britain is in the process of leaving. is there a danger to the stability of the eu itself? it depends on the negotiations and the outcome of the negotiations. whether the united kingdom will in the end be better off than it is now as a full member off than it is now as a full member of the european union. this will have a ripple effect to other countries. i think both sides of the channel will start in the very tough negotiations at this point. i think europeans have no interest at all to give the signal to now full members of the european union so that there is still a balance and benefit exceeding the cost. that sucks the life out of the show. let's go to rico hizon. the chinese economy comes back from holiday. they don't like. everyone he was caught offguard by the latest move by the central bank. chinese and regional equities are slumping to their steepest losses in two weeks. and at this point there is still no official word from the people's bank official word from the people's bank of china why there is no movement

the european union could facture in brexit negotiations with britain, according to the eu president. labour's lord dubs delivers a 50,000 signature petition to downing street, urging theresa may to allow more unaccompanied child refugees into britain. also in the next hour: a further 240 pilot whales become stranded on a new zealand beach. conservationists say it's the country's worst beaching for 100 years — more than 300 whales have died in recent days. the 150—year—old family wedding dress that disappeared at the dry cleaners finally shows up — after an appeal went viral on social media. and wales take an early lead in the six nations at cardiff's principality stadium. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump says he may rewrite the executive order that attempted to ban people from seven mainly muslim countries from travelling to america. the president's initial executive order was overturned by the courts on the grounds it was considered unconstitutional. our correspondent, danjohnson, has this report. 0nce once in court. but speaking on air force one, presid

he is only saying it will be wrong for britain to pull out. he does not seem to be talking about increasing the number of troops over there, but the story refers to a senior us commander in afghanistan saying thousands more soldiers would be needed to break the stalemate against the taliban. you wonder whether this speech by the defence secretary is some sort of softening exercise to prepare britain for the possibility that more troops would have to go back into afghanistan 16 years after it all started. it would surprise and horrify a lot of people. it seems strange to be saying it because the numbers do not fit together. we are looking about three or 4 million leaving afghanistan if things go wrong and that could be prevented by the 500 troops we have there now? at one point we had 10,000. we have a 20th of the number. 500 does not seem 20th of the number. 500 does not seem like very many to be keeping things together. i think it feels very much like a suggestion there will be more troops being sent there. particularly 500 who are only there

as those eu leaders gather in malta, its prime minister calls for a "fair deal" for britain, but warns it will pay a price for leaving. plus, small talk, big money. snapchat files for a stock market flotation that could be the biggest tech ipo since facebook. international monitors say there've been many thousands of explosions in eastern ukraine over the past few days as fighting intensifies between government forces and russian—backed separatists. at a special meeting of the united nations, the new american ambassador blamed russia for the violence and said sanctions imposed after russia's annexation of crimea three years ago would remain in place. the russian ambassador blamed the ukrainian government for the fighting. bill hayton reports. inside rebel—held eastern ukraine, another bit of violenceseparatist government blamed blamed the death of this driver of a car on artillery fire from government forces. monitors from the organisation of security in europe said the fighting which restarted injanuary decay much worse this week. we have seen dangerous intensification of the conf

britain's beautiful green belt. and not many people are arguing we should be building on field like this. but let's just take a little walk — about 200 metres up this track. well, you get here, still green belt, but very different. and it's these type of areas that housing developers say could be used for building new homes. campaigners argue start unravelling the green belt, and valuable countryside will be lost. how do you respond to the critics who say that really weird too precious about the green belt and that frankly, a lot of green belt isn't that green? well, look, it's the countryside near where people live, we are an incredibly crowded country, we have stopped towns merging into each other and this is a hugely important resource for people and for nature and for the whole country, really. pressure on the green belt is growing. in 2012 there were proposals to build 81,000 homes on green belt land in england. by 2016 that figure had risen to 275,000. this year the rise is even steeper, 360,000 applications

britain faces a level of terror threat not seen since the ira bombings of the 1970s, according to the independent reviewer of terrorism laws. in a further sign of worsening relations between donald trump and the media, the us president has announced he won't attend this year's white house correspondents‘ dinner. mo farah has reiterated that he is a clean athlete after a leaked report by the us anti—doping agency suggested that his coach alberto salazar may have broken drugs rules. also in the next hour: preparations are almost complete as hollywood prepares for the biggest night in film, the oscars. la la land is expected to the big winner, with m nominations, including best picture and best director. and a chance to catch the highlights from westminster at 2:30pm. good afternoon. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to deliver a rallying call to his party after last week's defeat in the copeland by—election. he'll say that, despite the scale of the task, "now is not the time to retreat, run away or give up". mr corbyn was giving a keynote speech to the scottish labour party in

where does this leave britain? you could say that, in voting for brexit, the british have decided they will, at some point and whatever the difficulties ahead, leave a union which is failing and which many of the ordinary citizens know it's failing even in countries very strongly in favour of the eu. it's a complicated because to the extent the eu does fail, and i agree that one of the ironies is there are no forces that are bringing it closer together again, no forces that are bringing it closertogetheragain, one no forces that are bringing it closer together again, one of the reasons will be brexit. in other words, this big building block that is british membership... and that's an obvious challenge to the eu as an organisation. it's a self—fulfilling prophecy in a way. the irony i still can't get over is that even though the remain campaign was lansing —— lousy at getting the point across, britain, of all the lousy at getting the point across, britain, of allthe eq member states, had a charmed existence as

labour will be campaigning across britain for investment in decent jobs, be campaigning across britain for investment in decentjobs, homes, education for all, support for the national health service, social care and fair taxation. if we stand together, i'm confident we can turn back the tory tide and reconnect labour with our working class voters and values. what jeremy corbyn hasn't been able to do is to shake off questions about the sustainability of his leadership. is there any appetite now after copeland for anyone else to take it on, what would the third challenge? you are right that those questions are still being asked. we've heard them today from some in the party and over the last few days including, crucially, from labour's union backers, asking questions about the viability, if you like, of jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. all of that said, i get the impression that there is absolutely no appetite amongst his critics for a leadership challenge. like you say, just a few months ago, five months also, since the last leadership challenge, the second leadership election in as many y

labour will be campaigning across britain for investment in decent jobs, campaigning across britain for investment in decentjobs, homes, education for all, support for the national health service, social care and fair taxation. if we stand together, i am confident we can turn back the tory tide and reconnect vote rs back the tory tide and reconnect voters with labour values. what jeremy corbyn has not been able to do is to shake off the sustainability of the leadership. is there appetite now for anyone else to ta ke there appetite now for anyone else to take him on in what would be a third challenge? you are right that those questions are still being asked. we heard them today from some in the party and over the last few days, including crucially from a labour's union backers, asking questions about the viability if you like, ofjeremy corbyn's leadership. all of that said, i get the impression there is absolutely no appetite amongst his critics for a leadership challenge. like you say, just a few months ago just five months since the last leadership challenge, the second leadership elec

but britain's head of state still has a busy programme of her own. among the many engagements in prospect for her this year, there is one significant and very personal anniversary to look forward to. in november, she and the duke of edinburgh will reach the 70th anniversary of their wedding in 19117. and something else to anticipate, the prospect of that state visit by president donald] trump. how will be queen handle that? well, just like the other 109 state visits she has hosted during a record—breaking reign that began 65 years ago today. and we have a full hour of news coming up but first time for a look at the weather. the weather is pretty horrible in some parts of the country. heavy rain and strong wind as well on the west coast of scotland and in northern ireland. gusts of wind approaching 70 miles an hour here and all down to this massive area of low pressure. at the centre of that it is way out in the north atlantic, this is the weather front it is sending across us. look at the weather we have across northern parts of the uk. snow and ga

that is one that has a good deal for britain as well. that will not happen if we keep having a zero—sum politics and this trade—off saying, if we have a deal that works for the rest of the eu, it won't work for britain, and vice versa. who is saying that? some political voices. who? we have had threats from theresa may saying, if we don't get that deal, we will turn ourselves into a bargain basement tax haven. no. that is your party's phrase. what she is saying is, if we did come out on wto rules, we would need to also consider our economic model. there are plenty of choices between being what we are now, and singapore which isn't that much ofa bargain. philip hammond has pushed the same line. they are grown—ups, they know the messages they are sending. they are damaging, when we should be building bridges rather than blowing them up. except if you hear what is coming out of europe, listening to a baltic states minister this morning on another channel, he was much more conciliatory poland is beginning to say the same. even michel b

far from britain's shores, the battle for mosul intensifies. but as iraqi forces close in on so—called islamic state, so the risk increases that british and otherjihadists will try to come back to europe, brutalised and bent on revenge. a new terror watchdog has warned of the intensity of current plots. the sad fact is that the threat in this country, represented by what we now know it as daesh or so—called islamic state, is high, is continuing and is not going to abate. max hill says the terror threat today is at least as great as it was to london during the ira bombing campaign in the 1970s. yet the situation is not the same. the uk terror threat has prompted a major rethink on how britain's cities are protected. the police have been up guns and surveillance increased. but the threat from is today differs from that of the ira in several ways. the jihadists give no warning. they aim for maximum civilian casualties, and they are prepared to take their own lives. i think the nature of the threat and the tempo the public have seen is very dif

mo farah takes gold for great britain. he's the coach and mastermind behind britain's mo farah and his four olympic golds. nut alberto salazar and his nike oregon project has been under but alberto salazar and his nike oregon project has been under investigation by the us anti—doping agency, or usada, since a bbc panorama programme in 2015 revealed claims of doping and unethical practices. high profile us athletes kara goucher and her husband adam made a series of allegations against their former coach. he is sort of a win—at—all—costs person. it's hurting the sport. today the first glipmse of usada's findings, an intermim report by the agency, has been leaked by the russian hacking group fancy bears and passed to the sunday times. the report alleges salazar used banned or unethical methods to boost performance, including: the report states: usada said: usada continues to investigate but serious questions now for uk athletics who were, according to this leaked report, warned about salazar and his methods by one of

united states and britain and the european union. half of our exports go to the european union. britain is an international financial center and will remain so. but i wanted to remain a european financial center going forward. there's a set of decisions and get those wrong and the economy will suffer. get them right and the economy will be strong. if the economy is about people's living standards and about people feeling they are getting something out, then you're getting to what is widely said to be the problem, which is people feel alienated from the system. they don't think the system is stacked in their favor. i don't think having a weak gdp and higher unemployment is an answer to those questions. charlie: when you were chancellor of the exchequer, you had a union leader come in crazy. george: i don't think i can remember the exact location, but that has happened. that's on the banner on the building -- charlie: but the emphasis is on jobs. george: if you can bring the jobs, great. the u.s. has very low unemployment, but the u.s.

farfrom far from britain's shores, farfrom britain's shores, the battle for mosul intensifies. but as iraqi forces close in on so—called islamic state, so the risk increases that british and otherjihadists will try to come back to europe, brutalised and bent on revenge. a new terror watchdog - brutalised and bent on revenge. a new terror watchdeg - warned brutalised and bent on revenge. a nev intensitvztchdeg - warned brutalised and bent on revenge. a nev intensit§% warr the = the sad fact is that the threat in this country, represented by what we now know it as daesh or so—called islamic state, is high, is continuing and is not going to abate. max hill says the terror threat today is at least as great as it was to london during the ira bombing campaign in the 1970s. yet the situation is not the same. the uk terror threat has prompted a major rethink on how britain's cities are protected. the police have been up guns and surveillance increased. but the threat from is today differs from that of the ira in several ways. the jihadi today differs from that of the ira in severa

and britain had high expectations for 2020. but not in the eyes of uk sport, who distribute a pot of £345 million to 32 olympic and pa ralympic associations. i just feel there‘s something ugly about the decision. we‘ve seen some sports that have got massive increases. and we as the only disability sport affected, we‘ve lost all of our funding, with massive implications. the sports appealing believe money should be reallocated more fairly. they will learn their fate by the end of february. david 0rnstein, bbc news, milton keynes. badminton has said it faces a financial crisis despite winning a bronze medal in rio, exceeding their target. gail emms won a badminton medal in athens in 2004. uk sport has this pool of lottery money and it is divided up into the different sports but unfortunately in our case, it doesn‘t go on your past performances. so rio gets swept under the carpet, so even though we did make the targets and exceed them with chris and marcus‘ fantastic bronze medal, that means nothing. you have to put you

they've been called britain's lost children. clifford walsh was nine when he arrived here at fremantle, near perth, one of thousands in care or from poor families, promised a better life in the sunshine. or from poor families, promised he ended up at bindoon, run by the catholic christian brothers, where barefoot children built their own accommodation and were beaten and sexually abused. built their own accommodation we were 60 miles from perth. we had no parents. we had no relatives. there was nowhere we could go. these brothers, these paedophiles must have felt they were in heaven. australia, britain, the christian brothers have all apologised. the christian brothers but from tomorrow, the uk's public inquiry will begin examining the scale of the abuse, which has brought david hill back to britain to tilbury docks, from where he left 58 years ago. he's a successful public figure in australia, who grew up at the fairbridge farm school and interviewed its former children, who've only relatively recently disclosed sexual abuse. i

but britain's head of state still has a busy programme of her own. among the many engagements in prospect for her this year, there is one significant and very personal anniversary to look forward to. in november, she and the duke of edinburgh will reach the 70th anniversary of their wedding in 1947. and something else to anticipate, the prospect of that state visit by president donaldj trump. how will the queen handle that? well, just like the other 109 state visits she's hosted during a record—breaking reign that began 65 years ago today. nicholas witchell, bbc news. one of the most popular and influential british artists of the 20th century returns to tate britain for an exhibition covering six decades of his life. david hockney‘s most famous works, celebrating his achievements in painting, drawing, print and photography, will be on display. our correspondent david sillito reports. it's a vibrant world of colour. sun soaked californian pools, through two great yorkshire skies. those glasses, the mop of blonde hair. david hockney is instantly re

britain won it with kyle edmund next week. o nto football won it with kyle edmund next week. onto football no... onto football now... parliament will next week debate how english football is governed as mps try to improve the way the sport is run. the culture, media and sport committee will bring a motion of ‘no confidence' in the football association's ability to restructure itself. the fa have responded saying they're committed to working with the government. here's our sports news correspondent richard conway with more. well, this is the culture, media and sport, select committee, a body of mps who quite frankly have had their patients weren't slightly thin by the football association in recent yea rs. the football association in recent years. they have had two report into the governance of football and as they see at the fa needs to reform, look at how it governs itself, and it needs to look at the make up of its board. rethink the powerfrom the football league, the premier league, is too entrenched. that there is not en

victory would have delivered britain's first simultaneous twin world champions, with jamie mcdonnell already in possession of the wba bantamweight belt. to rugby league, and the transatlantic adventure of toronto wolfpack started with a muddy success, as they reached the fourth round of the challenge cup. the full time pros of the wolfpack, recruited from three continents, were in west yorkshire to face amateur side siddal. and this try by adam sidlow made a little bit of history with the winning try as the canadian side won by “pg. london 2012 silver medallist michaeljamieson has retired from swimming. jamieson‘s silver medal in the 200m breaststroke was the best british performance in the pool in the home olympics. he struggled with depression after injuries and was disappointed with his silver two years later at the glasgow commonwealth games. he's now heading to guatamala to learn about yoga and meditation. there was a hairy moment for great britain's men's four bobsleigh team at the world championships in germany. the team crashed out in their second run. they ended up going

britain is moving in the right direction. uk investment in africa has more than doubled between 2005 to 2014. from £20.8 billion to £42.5 billion. but this movement is far too slow. if theresa may doesn't recognise the future of africa in a post—brexit world, it will only harm the british economy. the widely respected head of the american organisation human rights watch, ken roth, expressed his surprise this week at the appointment of the new deputy head of the cia. as you might have noticed, we follow trump's moves closely on this programme, and at the risk of breaking bbc rules on bias, we can say we were pretty shocked as well. mr roth was concerned that the new deputy had previously been connected to running a cia black site for torture. we were more concerned at the double identity of those closest to us here at the programme. emily has issued a kind of denial, but whatever the truth of the allegations, we here at newsnight fully support emily in her life choices. before we go, you may have read in the papers about t

we sentin archaeological sites in britain. we sent ina archaeological sites in britain. we sent in a trip that explorer to investigate. —— in an intrepid explorer. with thousands of acres of lush farmland you could be forgiven for thinking that all you will find an the world this week and potato. but just a few feet below the soil there are epic stories of the black death, extreme violence and heroic journeys. they are all very few dig deep and off. i would take a journey backin deep and off. i would take a journey back in time through this place. this place which has provided some of the most significant archaeological finds. it is a productive landscape. one that was productive landscape. one that was productive in prehistoric times as it is today. that activity has left its mark on almost every single generation. the most famous of the wolds archaeological sites is the deserted mediaeval village near malton. and here there is still a lot to see. four 700 years there was an active community here and this is what remains of saint martin's, the church and what would

europe a global britain that stands tall will remain a britain that stands a good ally. we show how britain will continue to play a leading role long after we have left you -- the e.u. through the new an equal partnership we want to build with the e.u. first on migration. the discussion focused on particular in the routes from libya across the central mediterranean. we need a compounds of and coordinated approach. that is what this council agreed. this includes working hard in support of an inclusive clinical settlement to stabilize libya, which will counterterrorism and slow immigration flows. build the capacity of the libyans to return migrants to their own shores, treat them with dignity, and help them return home. libya,s looking beyond helping create more opportunities in migrants' home countries. and it means that are distinguish between economic migrants and refugees. simply returning those who have no right to remain. deterrentnding a message to those thinking about making the perilous journey. britain is already playing a leading role in the region. at this summ

and one of britain's best, andrew triggs hodge hangs up his oars after winning three olympic gold medals. what must claudio ranieri be thinking this evening. leicester city beat liverpool 3—1 tonight, their first match since the title winning manager was sacked on thursday. it moves leicester out of the relegation zone, but will leave many wondering how it is only now, immediately after his departure, that the team were able to produce a league performance worthy of champions. andy swiss is live outside the king power tonight. what a turbulent few days it has been here after that sacking of claudio ranieri. the team came here briefly with the form in freefall. they had lost their last five premier league matches. hadn‘t recorded a premier league win in the whole of 2017. and even scored a goal in the league in the whole of 2017. the fans were furious. there were furious with the players and the board. the leicester city story has had as many ups and downs asa story has had as many ups and downs as a shakespeare play. fans came to say goodbye to claudio ramdin aryan —— claudio ran

alan edwards is one of britain's leading pr executives. he worked closely with beckham for over a decade. i think it's really an ebb and a flow. david's had wonderful publicity for a very long time, and i guess this is a moment, it's the laws of the universe. but i'm sure he'll sail through it. to undo any damage. amol rajan, bbc news. cameroon‘s football team have returned home to a hero's welcome after winning the africa cup of nations. they were met by crowds right from the plane. with their captain, benjamin moukandjo, holding the trophy as they paraded through the streets of the capital yaounde. as you can see they were embraced by some very happy supporters. final preparations are being made for the largest—ever exhibition of art by david hockney, one of britain's most influential artists. it opens to the public at tate britain in london this week and it features more than 250 pieces, including paintings, drawings, photos and videos, tracing his work from his student days in the 1960s. david hockney has been talking to our arts e

keep britain tidy the least we can love from wales, which has a 60% recycling rate. the government has set ambitious targets, and every house has food waste collector. that's incredibly important, as we waste 7 million tonnes of food in the uk every year. neither the weather, john hammond joins us. spring starts this week by some definitions, but would know it out there at the moment. frost in some places, a right of mixture weather—wise, some of us have had pouring rain. for others, like spring in the sunshine, but for a few, that winter has not finished yet. this is the scene across midlothian, some heavy snow around. these clusters are clouds crossing the country, not easy, as you would imagine. some gaps in the cloud, so some clear sky. sunshine by night, that means frost in some places, larue spot. further showers coming from the west, is that the mission means ice around tonight. warnings from the met office, a cold one. these numbers are representative of towns and cities, i had we are below freezing in some spots. a sloppy start to the day, some freezing fo

as giving report into the way that britain's train system is organised. mps say that it lets ten passengers and is not fit for purpose. the race to become the new french president heats up. now time for a full round—up of the sport. defending champions england survived a scare in their opening six nations match but managed to beat france 19—16 at twickenham. they overcame a disjointed first half and a resurgent france to come from behind. ben te'o scored the crucial try with ten minutes to go. it's england's 15th win in a row, which is a national record. scotland won their opening match of a six nations championship for only the second time in history after surviving a thrilling comeback from pre—tournament favourites ireland. scotland put three tries past ireland in the first half — fullback stuart hogg touched down with two of them. but ireland came fighting back in the second half — this converted try from paddyjackson gave them a one—point lead. but two late penalties from scotland captain greig laidlaw ensured his side got the win — 27�

sir michael fallon says britain must maintain a military presence in afghanistan to avoid millions of afghans migrating to europe. meanwhile, the mirror is leading with the story that former boxer michael watson has vowed to find the people who attacked him as they tried to steal his car. let's start with the telegraph, and this morning from the defence secretary sir michael fallon, uk troops to prevent afghan knock down because europe faces a new exodus if britain pulls out of a war—torn country, plus echoes of what's happened in syria with hundreds of thousands of people trying to make their way to safety in europe. yes, their way to safety in europe. yes, the defence secretary is using the migration argument to make the case for britain to remain in afghanistan where we still have 500 troops, most people have probably forgotten that because clearly it's gone much quieter there since britain ended full combat operations, those troops arejust ina full combat operations, those troops arejust in a training full combat operations, those troops are just in a training capacity. full com

great britain will face second seeds croatia in the fed cup promotion play—off tomorrow. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c having won all three ties under new captain anne keothavong. turkey were the latest team to be defeated withjohanna konta and heather watson earning singles victories before laura robson and jocelyn rae won the doubles. right now i'm very happy. that was not easy. to come through that and to have the opportunity to go to the play—off tomorrow, i'm very happy indeed. barry hawkins is into the final of snooker‘s world grand prix in preston. he eased past liang wenbo of china 6—1 — finishing in style with a break of 127. he'll now face either marco fu or ryan day on sunday. that's all from sportsday.

he wants to come to britain and was being helped by the charity safe passage. but the government scheme to assist unaccompanied child refugees in europe with no family in the uk, which has taken 200 so far, will now only take 150 more. he could be stuck. if i am stuck here, it's really hard to me to achieve my aims, to achieve my goals, because here there is no perfect school or perfect college for the refugees. newsreel: 200 girls and boys wave a greeting to england. it was the kindertransport that saved thousands ofjewish children from the nazis that inspired those who persuaded the government last year to take in more of today's child refugees crossing europe. it's a comparison ministers think is unfair. well, i'm a refugee and i came to england at the age of six. among those saved in the ‘30s was lord dubs, who led the push to get the law passed. this afternoon he told me the government had broken its promises. when there is something that calls on humanitarian action, and when as i believe the majority of british people support that humanitarian action,

they've been called "britain's lost children." clifford walsh was nine when he arrived here at fremantle, near perth, one of thousands in care orfrom poorfamilies, promised a better life in the sunshine. he ended up at bindoon, run by the catholic christian brothers, where barefoot children built their own accommodation and were beaten and sexually abused. we were 60 miles from perth. we had no parents. we had no relatives. there was nowhere we could go. these brothers, these paedophiles, must have felt they were in hog heaven. australia, britain, the christian brothers, have all apologised. but from tomorrow, the uk's public inquiry will begin examining the scale of the abuse, which has brought david hill back to britain, to tilbury docks, from where he left 58 years ago. he's a successful public figure in australia, who grew up at the fairbridge farm school, and interviewed its former children, who've only relatively recently disclosed sexual abuse. i've put the figure at over 60% of the kids that went to fairbridge were sexuall