Getting re elected or not getting re elected. We have nothing to lose. The only thing we have to gain at this point is our safety. Billy graham, one of the most prominent christian preachers of the past century, has died at the age of 99. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Two victims of the black cab rapist john worboys have won a Landmark Legal case against the metropolitan police after officers failed to take action when they reported him. The women were sexually assaulted by worboys in 2003 and 2007 and said their treatment by police, who didnt believe them, caused them mental harm. The ruling by the Supreme Court means police could now face legal action if they fail to properly investigate cases. Our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman has been speaking to one of the women. If theyd have done theirjob in 2003 there would be one victim. Which, i can deal with one victim, what i cant deal with is 105 victims because i wasnt believed. This woman, known for legal reasons as dsd, was the first to report being attacked byjohn worboys back in 2003. Why do you think the police simply didnt believe you . I would like to throw that one back at the police, because all of the evidence was there. There was witnesses there. Everything was there. Why didnt you believe me . Why have you put me through this for 15 years . You get to the point where you think, you are going mad. From that first report it took a further six years for police to bring john worboys to justice. During that time he continued to cruise the streets, looking for women to dupe, drug, sexually assault. The police cant be sued for negligence, so dsd and another ofjohn worboys victims claimed Police Failures to investigate breached article three of the human rights act, and amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment. The metropolitan police, with the backing of two home secretaries, fought them to the Supreme Court. But todayjudges ruled in the womens favour. We have heard that failures in the investigation of the crimes provided they are sufficiently serious will give rise to liability on the part of the police. Todays landmark ruling has huge implications for both the victims of Violent Crime and the police to investigate it. If they seriously fail in an investigation they can face human rights actions by the victim and have to pay out compensation. This is the highest court in the land telling the police that in the most serious of cases they have to do theirjob properly. The police unreservedly apologised to the victims they failed, but suggested that todays ruling could mean resources being taken from less serious cases. The court referred to it as those cases involving serious violence. And its clear thatjohn worboys case fits in that criteria. We now need to look at all of those cases, look at how we balance the challenge of resourcing those against the many other demands we face. Domestic violence is a crime todays judgment cant make up for the Police Errors in investigating john worboys, but it will put real pressure on them to ensure that such mistakes dont happen again. Clive coleman, bbc news. Lets talk to professorjoanne conaghan, head of law school at the university of bristol, whos been following this case since 2014. A very good evening to you. Good evening. Why is this such an important ruling . A goalfor a number of reasons. Firstly, it is the First Time Police have been held accountable in law to individual victims of crime for failing to properly investigate previously under the common law of negligence. The court had previously taken the view that courts tonne police should not be liable and as a result victims have tried to explore other avenues such as the human rights avenue, that has been successfully upheld today. It is an incredible victory. What are the implications for Police Forces policing . victory. What are the implications for Police Forces policing . I think the implications for policing are good. This was a very, very serious set of failings has to be a measure of accountability. If not, the public lose all confidence in the police, and the Police Need Public confidence in order to do theirjob properly. When it comes investigating sexual crimes, police come from a very low base. Some of us come from a very low base. Some of us remember the famous documentary a feud decades ago about the Thames Valley police, their investigation of rape, where they treated rape victims really terribly. We have come a long way since then but the problem as there is a lot of policies in place which are naturally be implemented in practice. There are people within the police force who want to see them implemented, ithink the police force who want to see them implemented, i think this will empower them to bring about change from within. For the police, i think this is a good decision, as well as for the victims, obviously. Is the logical conclusion of this ruling that Police Forces need the threat of legal action to properly investigate cases . That is worrying, isnt it . There have been so many reviews, reports and recommendations, mostly set by a of governments investigating why police have failed in the context of rape investigations in particular. These recommendations have produced policies and the problem has been that the policies have not been implemented, or the implementation is patchy, so you get situations where some Police Forces in some regions are giving an awful lot better than others in terms of how they treat complainant s of rape and other sexual crimes. It is about getting even less across the system, and at the same time the measure of accountability that will increase public confidence. Wilber s have retrospective implications, will it apply to pass cases . There are very tight time limits on your ability to bring these claims. They are not like negligence claims which are about compensation for loss, these are vindicating your human rights and it is slightly different, more ofa and it is slightly different, more of a symbolic gesture. For that reason the damages are low, and the time limits will make that difficult. Professorjoanne conaghan, we will have to leave it there. Thank you for your time. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 1i0pm in the papers. The government has published its latest proposals for how britains relationship with the eu will work in the period immediately after brexit. The document says ministers want to have a transition period of around two years, during which time we will abide by eu laws. But theres no mention of changes to immigration. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. No, not bat red bus campaigners who wa nt no, not bat red bus campaigners who want brexit to get stuck brought their own bus to westminster. Under pressure, it is a big week for the Prime Minister to show shes making progress with her plans. Prime minister. We want to ensure this is a country that can negotiate free trade deals around the world. We want to ensure that we have a good trade agreement with the European Union and that is what we will start to negotiate. We want to make sure we have a good Security Partnership with the eu. It isnt clear from todays exchanges this government is not on the road to brexit, it on the road to nowhere. For all the arguing, what matters to the government right now is this, the guidelines with the implementation phase, or transition. That is the period of time after weve left the European Union when broadly not very much will change for quite some time. The uk thinks itll take about two years to make all the changes, but brexiteers are nervous about this phrase, that the time frame could be shaped simply by how long itll take to prepare and implement the new processes and systems. Basically, it would be the eu status quo, the rights and obligations of the uk will continue. But a joint committee should be set up so the uk still has a say over changes to any rules, and on some specific areas like fishing. There is no mention in todays text about immigration. The core argument in a referendum. Number ten says the Prime Minister will still insist that the system changes as soon as we leave the European Union. But a government source told me to expect the uk to back down on that in the face of resistance from brussels. How bullish are ministers . 0ur starting point has been, as the Prime Minister has set out, that we would allow people to work and live in the uk during the implementation phase, same as before, but we will need to have a conversation about how they will continue on after that. They are not million miles apart in the talks about this. But however friendly the greeting was with the dutch Prime Minister today, ends to be tied up is a lot of discussions need to be had. The discussion at this moment is about two years. The discussion then will be, if things move smoothly, then after the two years would allow for a short extension. That debate continues. The brexit secretary at his cabinet colleagues still have convincing to do in the european capitals, like in athens today, at home with their party, and, of course, most importantly with you. Bbc news, westminster. Joining me now isjohn longworth, former director general of the british chambers of commerce and co chairman of leave means leave, a pro Brexit Campaign group for a clean brexit. A very good evening to you. Thanks for coming in. What is your perspective on this document, with the possibility of a transition period going beyond 2020 . the possibility of a transition period going beyond 2020 . If the document is accurate, and the government have poured cold water on that to some degree, it would be very worrisome, particularly since a long transition period is entirely unnecessary and very dangerous for the uk, it would prevent us from crystallising the real benefits of brexit. It is there to smooth the transition . Entirely unnecessary. What the government needs to do in order to give Business Confidence and smooth the transition period, smooth the transition to Brexit Britain, is to set out what to post Brexit Britain will apply, set out very clearly what the government policy will be to make us richer than we would otherwise have been, to say we will trade the world on World Trade Organisation rules and offer the European Union a canada style deal which the eu has said they are quite prepared to accept, which would make a transition period entirely unnecessary. It is entirely in the uk government plasma cans to give Business Confidence and clarity and to make it that we can leave the eu in march 2019 without the need for a transition. In terms of Business Confidence and clarity there is a lot of uncertainty. With your business hat on, how frustrated is the Business Community by the lack of clarity . think the Business Community on both sides of the debate is restricted. There are many businesses that support brexit, there are businesses that were remainers that now want to just get on with it. And there are businesses that still want to hang on to as much of what we have at the moment as possible, which i think there was a mistake. Nonetheless, on all sides what we need more than anything is clarity and certainty to make investment decisions. At this point in time, it is almost the last point in time, it is almost the last point at which there can be provided because businesses tend to plan at least 12 months in advance. Therefore it is very important the government does what i said a moment ago, to set out exactly what the policies for the uk in economic terms will be post brexit and to put forward to the European Union a deal that can be agreed within these 12 months. Given the government is not doing that at the moment, what preparations are businesses making . Are they making contingency plans, putting aside extra money for higher tariffs, for example . All the money we have says businesses are making preparations, many have decided what they will do given various scenarios post brexit. Investment decisions are being held back to some degree, but one of the overriding factors we should recognise is the british economy is doing very well. It is a good position for the uk to be and all the predictions of what would happen after the referendum has not come true. John longworth, we have to leave it there, but good to talk to leave it there, but good to talk to you. The headlines. The Supreme Court rules in favour of victims of the serial six attackerjohn warboys. Its called the Police Investigation seriously defective. The serial sex taggart. A brexit transition document suggests ministers want the period up to brexit to last longer than 21 month by brussels. The un says the situation in Eastern Ghouta in syria is beyond imagination. Hundreds have been killed in air strikes on sunday. Here isjohn here is john from here isjohn from the bbc Sports Centre with a full round up. Manchester united have kicked off their Champions League game against sevilla without record signing paul pogba. He missed the fa cup tie on sunday due to illness but he has been brought on as a substitute for the injured ander herrera. Sevilla at the better of the early exchanges. This long range effort pulled david de gea interaction. Jose mourinho was forced into a rethink as ferreira was forced to come off after 17 minutes, meaning pogba was introduced probably a little earlier than planned. It has been quite an open game so far. Rob miller lukaku been quite an open game so far. Rob miller lu ka ku with been quite an open game so far. Rob miller lukaku with a good effort for manchester united. It remains goalless investor in spain romelu lukaku. The fa has confirmed it wont be taking any disciplinary action against Roberto Firmino after he was accused of using discriminatory language against evertons mason holgate. Holgate had claimed the brazilian used a discriminatory term towards him during the fa cup third round match between the sides. Despite using a linguistic expert, not enough evidence was found to support the allegation. The Winter Olympics next, and in just a few hours time the british mens curling team willl be competing to keep their medal hopes alive. Theyre in a play off against switzerland to see if they can reach the last four. They missed the chance to qualify outright as did they were beaten by the united states. That game will be just after midnight tonight. Gb already beat their opponents tonight in their opening qualifying match. Even the head past the womens team into the semifinals. They hope to improve on their bronze medal in sochi four years ago. Delighted. We knew it would be a tough end against canada but we came out and played a great game. To book a spot in the semifinal was our first goal, delighted. How about the jump first goal, delighted. How about the jump in the air when you played that brilliant shot . I cant remember it. When you are in the zone, you forget the small things. I am glad i landed safe on my feet i think we all are, her expertise will be needed. Castleford tigers have terminated the contract of zak hardaker after the player tested positive for cocaine in the lead up to 0ctobers Super League Grand final. He was provisionally suspended prior to the defeat to leeds rhinos. The club has said they will comment further when uk anti doping conclude that case. He onlyjoined the club injune that case. He onlyjoined the club in june last year on that case. He onlyjoined the club injune last year on a year deal. Onafourand injune last year on a year deal. On a four and a half year deal. Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has named an unchanged starting line up for saturdays six nations encounter with england at murrayfield. He keeps faith with the side that beat france but has made three changes to his replacements. Britains Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the abu dhabi tour during stage one after falling onto the same shoulder he broke in last years tour de france. Cavendish was concussed and sustained whiplash, and had to withdraw after five kilometres. Tony bellew and david haye have come face to face again today, ahead of their heavyweight rematch in may. The fight will take place a year after bellew defeated haye with 11th round stoppage. The original december date was postponed because of an injury to haye. Where there was love after theirfight, their was still some Mutual Respect between the boxers, before the insults came. He isa he is a fantastic athlete, when you can push your body to do the things that he can do, which i am sure are off the Richter Scale for what he can do, physically. He will sustain injuries. Ijust hope they wrap him up injuries. Ijust hope they wrap him up in cotton wool, bubble wrap and everything for this camp. Ancic him Nursery Rhymes every night. Ijust need him to turn up, mate, im a of that. I have a lot riding on it, simple as that. Everything happens for reasons, i have had a lot of work with my coach and working in certain punch combinations. I believe i will be better and i cannot wait for people to see it. This time around i feel i have done a lot more in terms of what needs to be done. In terms of my mindset, trying to focus energies on animosity but on training, focus, positivity, i believe it gets the best out of me. Expect plenty more torque from both of them before may the 5th. Still goalless between man united and sevilla. I will have all the goals in sportsday at 10 30pm. Survivors of the Florida School shooting that left 17 people dead having been marching with thousands of other students to the state capital, calling for new laws on gun control. Its the first organised protest by a youth led anti gun movement which was set up following the attack last week. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. A school trip like no other. These students from Marjorie Stoneman douglas havent come to the Florida State capital to listen. They have come to speak and demand change after 17 of their classmates and teachers were killed last week. And theyre determined to be heard. No one needs these weapons that are taking childrens lives, and they should just ban them because all they are used for is destruction. And theyre just not needed. You should go to School Feeling safe and be confident that you are there for an education and a bright future. Youre not here to worry about getting shot. These youngsters will be heard politely and given a warm reception by florida lawmakers. But last night those same people voted against even reopening a debate on semiautomatic weapons. The battle for gun control is going to be an uphill struggle. Youre not up here to give suggestions, you are up here to demand. But that decision not even to debate guns in the state assembly has infuriated pupils, teachers and Community Leaders alike. I buried personally in the last four days three kids from my congregation. I watched a father want to climb into the mausoleum with his son. I watched a mother curled up in a ball who refused to come out to be with herfamily for the funeral. And they have the gall to not even discuss the issue. We are very upset. But from the white house there are small but significant signs of movement. The president apparently in favour of raising to 21 the age at which people can buy weapons. And he tweeted this. Whether we are republican or democrat, who must now focus on strengthening background checks. And he announced yesterday that he wanted to ban bump stocks, the device used in las vegas that turns a semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. These students have captured public attention with their demand for change. But those who have wearily trod this path before will tell you that winning support is a very different thing to winning reform. Jon sopel, bbc news, tallahassee. Joining me now from conneticut is saul cornell, professor of American History at ford ham university. Just talkers to the history of the Second Amendment, which enshrines the right to bear arms. How did it come about . The Second Amendment is pa rt come about . The Second Amendment is part of 18th century anglo American History. It actually derives from the english background, where you had a fear of standing armies and you had the idea of the militia as a pa rt you had the idea of the militia as a part of this reform movements, and so americans took that idea and implemented the militia, and americans are living on the edge of the British Empire in the 18th century, dealing with hostile indians who are not very happy about having their land taken. They have geopolitical rivals in spain and france. The militia is absolutely essential. You dont have to use horses, you dont have an army. The militia becomes not just horses, you dont have an army. The militia becomes notjust important for its military function but it becomes everything from the boy scouts and the rotary club all rolled into one, it becomes an essential Building Block of local communities. Guns have presumably evolved since the 18th century, have the gun laws . We have always had gun laws, there is nothing new about regulating firearms. America carried forward a number of traditions from england and a number of regulations, for instance prohibitions on travelling in populous areas goes back to the 14th century on the statute of northampton. America has a lwa ys statute of northampton. America has always had gun laws, they got more robust and stronger after the Second Amendment, but it is only in the last 25 to 30 years we have had this radical gun rights ideology which is essentially hijacked the Second Amendment, weaponised it and turned it into a Bumper Sticker and a slogan so you just hear people spoke the words Second Amendment and it is meant to close down discussion. The Second Amendment does not bar gun legislation, it compels it. We would not have had a militia unless the government passed a variety of laws which arms the militia, kept track of who was in it, required people to report to muster. The mythology around the Second Amendment and the hysterical eye geology are very different. What is the difference between federal gun laws and gun laws made by individual states . Presumably they can be much more lenient or much stronger . America has this federal system where certain responsibilities are part of the federal governments responsibility and the more day to day things belong to the state. Essentially if you are talking about, sand the selling of guns it is a federal area of concern and something of the federal government has control over. When youre talking about how guns are used as a matter of day to day reality, things like when you can carry one, whether you need to store it in carry one, whether you need to store itina carry one, whether you need to store it in a particular manner, these have been left to the states because gun laws that would make sense for the blocks of new york would probably not be appropriate for alaska. I think what we need as a country is to recognise that guns travel across state borders, so we need to regulate that aspect of guns nationally, but whether or not you need to take a gun with you when you walk to your garage and there are grizzly bears if you are in alaska, thatis grizzly bears if you are in alaska, that is very different than if you are living in boston, new york, chicago, new orleans miami. There will always be some variety because gun cultures are very different. New england has always had very tight laws and low rates of gun violence. The south, areas where slavery was an important part of the heritage, has always had very high levels. Professor saul cornell, we have to leave it there. Good to talk to you, thank you. Thank you so much for having me. The labour party has denounced newspaper claims that Jeremy Corbyn had been either a collaborator or agent of the communist regime in czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Tonight a spokesman for the party dismissed the allegations as absurd. Well, our political correspondent, ben wright, has been following development on this story. This story has persisted for about six days now and reminds me a bit of a game whack a mole, you keep trying to smash the mole and keeps popping up. Jeremy corbyn and the labour party have been trying to kill off this story since it first emerged in the sun. It was picked by other newspapers. The claim was that in the 80s whenJeremy Corbyn was a backbench labour mp he met a number of times somebody working as a spy for the then communist czechoslovakian government london. Jeremy corbyn and the labour party has said all the way through that even though he may have met a diplomat from the Czech Embassy once or twice, they categorically deny it was anything more than that. He was certainly never an informer, agent or spy. Today the Single Source at the heart of this story, the former czech spy in question, was interviewed in bratislava by the bbc, and this is a bit of their exchange. You are asserting thatJeremy Corbyn was at least an informer for the stb, and you presume he was paid for that . He was very, very good source. Good but there is a difference between being a very good source and being an active informer. I am telling you, he was very good source. Source. So he did not really add anything at all to the allegations. Labour are confident that they are now finishing this story. The archives in prague, the old secret service archives, do not say anything at all about mr corbyn being an informer at all, nor do the stasi files in germany. It feels like this story might be petering out for now. Ben wright, good to talk to you. Now ben wright, good to talk to you. Now ben rich as the weather. More sunshine over the next few days, but towards the weekend things will feel a good deal colder. Pretty chilly tonight where we have clear spells, could be fog patches across parts of east anglia, north east england, maybe south east scotland. Should not be too widespread. Temperatures in the towns and cities hovering around freezing, getting below in the countryside. A decent start tomorrow morning, spells of sunshine around once any early mist and fog has cleared. We will see cloud bubbling in the sky, it will be sunny spells rather than clear blue skies to the afternoon. Generally more cloud into Northern Ireland and scotland, a strengthening wind. As temperatures typically around four to 7 degrees. Looking further ahead, we will stick with the chilly feel. Turning colder if anything into the weekend. An easterly wind making it feel better, but still some sunshine. This is bbc news, our latest headlines. Victims of the black cab rapist john worboys win a landmark case against police, after the Supreme Court rules Scotland Yard was liable forfailures in its investigation. A brexit negotiation document suggests the length of the transition period could be extended, as more than 60 tory mps call on ministers to insist on a clean break with the eu. Hund redshavedied ifigove mment ai r students from the Florida School that saw a mass shooting march in the state capital demanding stricter gun controls. Well, as weve been hearing, billy graham, the american evangelist who travelled the world to bring the christian message to millions of people, has died at the age of 99. Buckingham palace says the queen will be sending a private message of condolence to his family. Well, we can speak now to terry whalin, whos a biographer of billy graham. He joins us live via webcam from colorado. A very good evening to you. Good evening, really great to see you today. Good, thank you. Evening, really great to see you today. Good name 1 you. G evening, really great to see you today. Good namezyou. Q to graham. His name, wasknafifi whether et£ he fr . He a you know i think mr graham chord . You know i think mr graham struck such a chord with people around the world because of his simple, straightforward message about how each of us need to have personal faith about how each of us need to have personalfaith in about how each of us need to have personal faith in jesus about how each of us need to have personal faith injesus christ. About how each of us need to have personal faith in jesus christ. So it was a simple message, was it also to do with the way he conveyed it . Because what did he do that hadnt been done before . U nfortu nately we ca n unfortunately we can see you but we cant hear you, we are having problems with sound, but we will get back to you when we can. Thereve been impassioned pleas for tighter restrictions on guns sales from students who survived last weeks shooting at a florida high school. Theyve been holding a rally in the state capital, tallahassee, and similar demonstrations have been taking place across well, Barbara Plett usher is in tallahassee. Barbara, clearly a lot of passion surrounds the subject. Do you sense there is any change in what legislators are prepared to do or not do on this issue . Legislators havent been able to do anything on this issue for quite a long time because it is a deeply partisan divide. The democrats pushed for a tighter gun control and the republicans pushed back, and they control washington, and they actually control this legislator as well. So with that context, yes, there is some movement, there is some talk about limited steps to make it more difficult to get access toa gun, make it more difficult to get access to a gun, especially to get access to a gun, especially to get access to the type of gun that the gunmen used to carry out the attack on the school. More broadly than that, what we are school. More broadly than that, what we a re interested school. More broadly than that, what we are interested to see is that it feels like this new movement is beginning to gain ground, and it has been really resonating amongst people who are frustrated and angry about Mass Shootings. Whether or not capturing the moment like that will mean there will be real change over time is the question now that we are asking ourselves, so we have to see how it develops, and especially how it develops not just it develops nationally, notjust here in florida. Thats before, and is grief, it to peter out. To pete of it. I to to pete ofit. 22 to do o pete ofit. To do with te ofit. W,,. ,,, 7. We, w of things. This is the second 57 § mass of things. This is the second rafi mass shooting in a school in biggest mass shooting in a school in American History, and it is the first time that students of this age have been targeted, who are able to speak out about their experiences. So the last really big one was in Sandy Hook Elementary School were small children were targeted. These children are able to speak about their experiences. They are very savvy, media savvy, they have grown up savvy, media savvy, they have grown up with social media so they know how to use it, they know how to express themselves, and they are also the first generation that has really grown up with Mass Shootings as part of their life. It has almost become common, they have drills at school. They dont see it as a one off, an aberration we all stand backin one off, an aberration we all stand back in horror and they do anything about it, they see it as something epidemic, almost systemic, and therefore they think there should be a solution to it. So all of those things coming together and also Mass Shootings have increased and have been pretty bad in the last couple of years. Been pretty bad in the last couple of yea rs. We been pretty bad in the last couple of years. We have had three big ones in the last four or five months, so there is a sort of sense in the public that even if you dont support much tighter gun controls, you do want the government to do something about it, you Want Congress and the president to take some sort of action, they think they stu d e nts some sort of action, they think they students for all of those reasons are tapping into that feeling. Thank you, barbara. Back to the news that the christian Evangelist Billy Graham has died at the age of 99. If you were with us a few moments ago, we we re you were with us a few moments ago, we were speaking to his biographer, and we had problems with the sound but he is back with us now. You were saying that his secret was his simple message, but i was asking you about what he did differently in the way he conveyed that message . Yeah, the way he did differently, i would think, is that he really, really focused on the simple message of the bible, and really looking at a catch in thejewel, bible, and really looking at a catch in the jewel, how each individual person needed to come to that individual faith person needed to come to that individualfaith in person needed to come to that individual faith in christ. Person needed to come to that individualfaith in christ. He person needed to come to that individual faith in christ. He also used first radio and then television very effectively, tell us a bit more about that. He did. He ultimately was on the radio. He used every form of media, so he is still in hundreds of media, so he is still in hundreds of newspapers here in the us and around the world as well as his magazine, that is what i was involved in. I worked for mr graham about 2k years ago as an editor of his magazine. Back then, we were doing 1. 8 million copies of the magazine every month. What sort of person was he, what was he like to work with . We did not see mr graham very often, he lived in North Carolina and our office was in minneapolis, but when we did see him come you could just tell whenever you did interact with him that he was a very kind, humble, sincere person. Normal, iguess, is the was a very kind, humble, sincere person. Normal, i guess, is the way i would say. You couldnt really kick him out of a crowd. He had a baseball cap and sunglasses on, which most of these people do to lower their profile in a crowd. He was influential, a counsellor to many us president s but also Winston Churchill, i think . Absolutely. As a matter of fact back when he was having his meetings in haringey, they were filling that stadium night after night, and it did catch the attention of Winston Churchill, when he was the Prime Minister at ten downing st. He invited billy graham to his office, and was wondering what was the magic that was really capturing people and roaring them to go to that stadium night after night . And mrgraham go to that stadium night after night . And mr graham used that time with Winston Churchill to have a really into that, personal conversation with Winston Churchill about his own faith, and where he was with his relationship with jesus. That is really where billy graham was. Every time you would meet him, he would turn the situation from being something about this to being about you. Tell us about his origins, and also what you think his legacy will be. You know, billy graham grew up on a dairy farm in charlotte, North Carolina. There has got to be some great characterisations that are built into your life when your father wa kes you into your life when your father wakes you up as a kid at 3 30am to go milky cals. That is where he grew up go milky cals. That is where he grew up as go milky cals. That is where he grew upasa go milky cals. That is where he grew up as a kid in the segregated south. But i think the legacy that billy graham has is a life well lived, a life of integrity. Nobody has preached the gospel message about how to have a personal relationship with jesus face to face. He how to have a personal relationship withjesus face to face. He has done it more than anybody else on the planet. So i think that is really his legacy, and those people that have come to faith by listening to him, they continue to have vast influence in our world all around the globe. Good to talk to you, thanks for bearing with us with the sound. Thank you, it is my pleasure. The United Nations has described the situation in Eastern Ghouta in syria as hell on earth after the government stepped up its bombardment of the region. It says that nearly 350 civilians have been killed, and nearly 900 injured injust over two weeks, mostly in air strikes hitting residential areas. This report, by our middle east editorjeremy bowen, contains some scenes you may find distressing. The syrians deny targeting civilians in Eastern Ghouta. Explosions. These, they say, are precision strikes against artillery that has hit central damascus. Screaming. But the evidence from inside the enclave is that civilians are getting hurt and dying. The suffering of civilians could have a political effect. Putting pressure on the rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta to make a deal. The lives of their children against strategic front line territory near central damascus that the regime wants to get back. This activist says helicopters are hovering over us here in Eastern Ghouta. God help us, we are being exterminated. I was able to cross from government controlled damascus to Eastern Ghouta several times at the beginning of the war. Even then it was very badly damaged by regime bombing. Morale among the rebels was high and dozens of young men were joining what they believed was a revolution. What do you think will happen to assad . Killed. Must be killed. When the war started the regime was under severe pressure. It lost control of a crescent of suburbs around damascus. Eastern ghouta is the last of them that has not surrendered. In 2013 Eastern Ghouta was hit by a chemical attack that killed hundreds. The americans threatened a military strike against the regime and then decided against it. It was a turning point in the war after that the regime lost its fear of western intervention. In september 2015 russia intervened, decisively, on assads side. Now he is more secure and he is emboldened, more so than at any time since the war started. And the russians are becoming the dominant foreign power in the middle east. In Northern Syria the president has just sent militia men to join the fight against the turkish incursion. He would not have the confidence to move against nato power without the russians. And it suggests he will not listen to foreign condemnation of the attack on Eastern Ghouta. Jeremie bowen bbc news. Joining me now from new york is ciaran donnelly, head of International Programmes at the International Rescue committee. Good evening, rebecca. What is the International Rescue committee doing in this region . We are working across you with over 1000 staff across you with over 1000 staff across the country providing humanitarian relief. In eastern pooter in particular we are supporting five medical communities, one of which was hit by an attack yesterday to provide Critical Health services to the population. 0ur ability to get in and provide support is extremely limited. You said one of your sentence was hit. What happened . Said one of your sentence was hit. What happened . Details are difficult. Getting communications out is challenging from the folks on the ground. We understand there was an aerial bombardment, one of medicalfacilities an aerial bombardment, one of medical facilities supported materially and financially by the irc was struck. 0ne staff member of that facility was killed, six patients were also killed in that attack. That facility had already treated 50 patients who had been injured in the course of the bombing already that they and was preparing. 0ne already that they and was preparing. One of several facilities that have been destroyed and attacked over the course of the last couple of days. Very sorry to hear that. When people come to your facilities what can you do to help them . Have you got enough supplies, for example . We can provide them with very minimal levels of care, a range of medical services but supplies are very difficult and are running short. We are receiving reports that doctors are reusing syringes, families are resorting to using expired medication, facilities are running loaf on tylenol for example. And are you negotiating behind the scenes with the Syrian Government to try to get more aid and supplies through to people in eastern pooter . As an independent ngo, we are not directly in contact with the Syrian Government. But we ask that theyve put every effort. The reality is first we need the attacks to stop, and then we need the space to allow humanitarian actors in to provide the assistance, and first and foremost we need to stop the targeting of civilians and health facilities. You paint a very bleak picture. How fearful are you of what the next few days might bring . The siege has intensified, it has exonerated rapidly in the last few days to a point where some commentators are speculating that this is the final assault on eastern pooter. There are many parallels to the situation in aleppo from a little over a year ago, and as we know under the eyes of the international community, in the fall of aleppo there were many hundreds of aleppo there were many hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties. That is our worst case scenario. I understand the Un Security Council and others, we would urge anyone on the International Scene with influence on the ground to support those efforts. Ciaran donnelly from the irc, thank you talking to us. The headlines on bbc news the Supreme Court rules in favour of victims of the serial sex attackerjohn worboys , calling the Police Investigation seriously defective. A brexit negotiation document suggests ministers want the transition period after brexit, to last longer than the 21 months suggested by brussels. The un says the situation in eastern gouta in syria is beyond imagination, hundreds have been killed in pro regime air strikes since sunday. The uk has seen the strongest six months of productivity growth since the recession of 2008, according to the latest figures from the 0ns. There was also a better than expected rise in wages in the first three months of the year but unemployment edged up for the first time in two years. Bring on the robots. More efficient, and helping this firm in hastings make Electrical Equipment more quickly. And the quicker you make things the more you make every hour, and the more wealth you create, that is productivity. Since the financial crisis our productivity performance has been pretty poor, but over the last six months there has been a jump into positive territory. The strongest since before 2008. Global growth is helping firms. We are seeing a huge opportunity for us in the Chinese Market which we have been working on for the past two years. That is starting to come to fruition now. That is why we have found that it is time to reward the staff, reward them in terms of bringing in machinery like the robot behind me, that will help them and us increase productivity. And where productivity goes, wages tend to follow, up over the last three months to 2. 5 from 2. 3 . Still below the rise in prices, but that Living Standards squeeze is easy. We have just had a pay rise. We havent had it long enough yet to decide whether it makes a difference. Im sure it will. But it is still early stages. Despite having a pay rise, when you look at how things are increasing, when you have a look at your utilities, things like that, the difference is quite noticeable. Quite a noticeable difference for the government, as well, the public finances are £7 billion better off than they were last year. Better growth means higher tax revenues and less borrowing. A lot of important figures about the economy today. Three better, one a worry. Productivity is up, government borrowing is better than expected, and incomes are up. That one worry, unemployment, which has risen for the first time in two years. Its very hard to predict whether a deployment is going to carry on rising. You cannot read too much into one months figures. The rate is still quite high but all depend on the outlook of the economy over the next few months. And it is that is that outlook that really matters for our incomes and jobs. Brexit uncertainty is still weighing on the economy, Government Debt are still high, but today it was the better economic figures that won out. Well, we can speak now to charles read, whos the 0nline Business Editor for the economist. Thank you for coming in to talk to us. So we have got a rise in productivity, wages and employment. Also a rise in unemployment. So does that add up to three Better Things and one worry . Well,. Ive stumped you there the last one doesnt sound as good. The first three are better. However, the rise in unemployment belies a slightly better trend, and this is more people out there looking forjobs who were not looking forjobs before. So more people are trying to participate in the workforce. The u nfortu nate participate in the workforce. The unfortunate thing is those extra people trying to participate in the workforce cant find jobs. So the government has to do, i think, is to help people find jobs. So this is why we have this situation where we have a rise in unemployment but also a rise in people in implement . Correct. So the rise in employment isa correct. So the rise in employment is a continued trend from previous courses, in fact slightly more extra people managed to find jobs in the last quarter than they did in the previous quarters. If you look at the Employment Statistics in detail, it suggests why, that there is still a very Strong Demand for employment in certain parts of the country, particularly london and the south east. 0utside particularly london and the south east. Outside of london and the south east, in the north, scotla nd the south east, in the north, scotland and wales, there has been a fall in employment, which suggests it is not necessarily at places in the country where jobs are available. In order to fix this problem that i think the government has to work harder to train people, firstly to train people to give them the right skills that employers are looking for, there has to be extra investment in transport. And also a big effort to fix the south easts housing market, warehousing was very high and the stops a lot of people moving to london where there are morejobs. Moving to london where there are more jobs. What about the productivity figures . What do though they tell a scratch amuck the question is why did productivity rise . 0ne question is why did productivity rise . One reason is that unemployment has reached the lowest level since the mid 19 70s. Where employers are finding it harder to find workers with the right skills and experience they need, and so instead they are having to use existing workers more efficiently. Thatin existing workers more efficiently. That in some ways is good news if you are one of the people in employment, because if productivity is high at means your employer can pay yu is high at means your employer can pay you more money per hour because you are producing more output per hour. However for those people outside thejobs market, or cant find a job with their skills and experience, that doesnt really help them. We have to leave it there, thank you. A polish man accused of kidnapping a british model in italy last year has appeared in court in milan. Lukash herba told the court that 20 year old chloe ayling from surrey worked with him to fake her own abduction a charge she denies. James reynolds reports from milan. Lukash herba, today accused in court, is accused of kidnapping chloe ayling. But mr herba insists it was all staged. He told the court that chloe ayling plotted with him and even helped write her own ransom note. She says that none of this is true. Last summer, chloe ayling re enacted her experiences for the police. She says that Lucas Herbert called her to this lucas tamme one called her to milan with promise of work as a model. She was then taken to a remote farmhouse where she says she was held. My hands were, the ha ndcuffs was held. My hands were, the handcuffs were like around here. And the same, handcuffs around here and my feet were there. So thats where i spent the first day and night and. This court is not expected to bring chloe ayling back to italy to testify, and that means there will be no confrontation between her and the man who accuses her of staging her own abduction. Being kidnapped and not being believed in your own country, and even mocked. I rememberseeing country, and even mocked. I remember seeing photographs of other models posing inside big handbags. That must eat, thats atrocious. Models posing inside big handbags. That must eat, thats atrociousm found guilty, lukas herba faces up to 25 years in prison. His trial continues next week. Time for a look at the weather now with ben roach has the forecast and it is getting colder, isnt it . It sure is, you have been listening cold as the big theme, a real change in the feel of the weather, although for many it will look pretty similar to how it looks today first of them will continue to be sunshine through the coming days at times, because High Pressure dominates the scene but it is on the southern flank of this area of High Pressure were bringing in the easterly winds and the colder air. Things turning pretty chilly out there through the rest of the night. You can see the way the blue colours spread, a patchy frost, temperatures hovering around freezing or a couple of degrees below. Any missed should clear fairly quickly fuzzed up then we are looking at a day of sunny spells and patchy cloud. Perhaps the odd spot of rain. The move into friday, similar looking weather. Good spells of sunshine. The breeze picking up a bit to the south. While temperatures will look similar, that chilly feel will exert an influence to the south. Then we get to the weekend, High Pressure across scandinavia. Look at these tight lines, the isobars, the winds also coming all the way from siberia. During saturday, some solicitors to be had, and some areas of cloud, similar looking day really. The temperature is around three, four, maybe 7 degrees down towards the south. As we move out of saturday into sunday, particularly the start of next week, this is when the cold really starts to bite. These are the maximum temperatures, and add on the strength of the easterly wind and it will feel bitterly cold. It is that area of High Pressure that will stick through next week. Easterly winds bringing cold air in our direction. And noticejust hints of the potential at least for some snow showers at times. You can see all the blue colours, that is the air we will be bringing in our direction. Things will feel very chilly, temperatures even in the middle of the day struggling to get above freezing. The summary for next week, cold widespread frost by night but some of that lingering through the day. A bitterly cold wind, the chance of snow. We will have to firm up chance of snow. We will have to firm up on the details on that one. Hello, im ros atkins, this is 0utside source. Hundreds of High School Students have marched in the state capital to demand stricter gun controls. That is in florida. We are advocating for a change because of this capitals failure to doa because of this capitals failure to do a primaryjob by keeping us safe. Some of these theatres too soon to talk about gun control. No, it is not too soon. There is no better time than now to talk about gun control. The death toll in Eastern Ghouta in syria is since is now over 300 since sunday. The un is calling it hell on earth. We will talk to the bbcsjeremy bowen atlanta. There are problems that face us tonight that will never be sold. Solved. Billy graham, the most influential preacher