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Repairs take place at the palace of westminster. A prisoner is stabbed to death at wormwood scrubs prison in west london. And once in a super blue blood moon skywatchers across the globe are getting a glimpse of a rare celestial event as three lunar phenomena coincide. And its footballs transfer deadline day well have full details of all the big name deals in sport. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister on her visit to china has forecast a golden era in trade relations while being dogged by rows over brexit and personal attacks back home. Theresa may says she has won assurance that beijing will further open up its markets to the uk but has also been forced to insist that shes not a quitter following days of criticism of her leadership from her own party. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg is travelling with the Prime Minister. Even the most carefully planned entrance can go a touch awry. A bit of pushing and shoving not the political kind this time. Asias red carpets, though, hardly provide a rest theresa may is here to do business. But the tories are trading in her future at home. She, envious perhaps of that kind of discipline, is trying, well, as she might say, to get on with the job. Although i may be visiting in winter, i have had the warmest of welcomes, for which i am very grateful. But to get things done, leaders have to be able to lead. The Prime Minister says she will fight on, but concedes something has to shift. Prime minister, on the journey here you acknowledged that you and your government have to do more to be convincing what is it that you plan to do differently, and will you stand up to your critics . I think that there are many people in the United Kingdom who want to ensure that they and their families can achieve the british dream, of ensuring that each generation has a Better Future than the past. And yes, we do need to do more, and we do need to ensure that we are talking about what we have already achieved. But her chinese counterpart provided cheer. Dangling the prospect of a future trade deal after brexit, with the start of formal conversations to scope it out. She isnt a naturalfan of chinese opera, perhaps, or the diplomatic schmooze. There were some tricky moments today. Conversations turned to human rights, north korea and the brute force of chinas steel industry. But these very excited students could be joined by many others. Deals for universities, Exchange Programmes and others were announced. Have a nice day in china. Thank you. Well done to you nice to see you thank you, hello and this group used their hi tech skills to make a model of no 10, helpfully pointing out it had an emergency button, if ever there was a need for a swift escape. And there is an emergency button. It even has an emergency. Look there very good the Prime Minister made very deliberate stops here, though. One to the banks of the Yangtze River to share her partys new found focus on all things green. And she hopes by the end of the week to have guaranteed british beef is on its way back to chinas table after 20 years. And there will have been handshakes on at least £9 billion of deals. China and britain, not best friends perhaps, but serious colleagues. This place reeks of power a commodity theresa may has been grappling to hold onto in recent days. Its clear the Prime Minister is in no mood to quit. But she does seem to acknowledge she has to up her game at home and abroad to be sure of staying on. The historic bling, the flags, the ceremony delicately choreographed but easily dismantled. The Prime Minister travels with the trappings of office, but shes vulnerable not accompanied by reliable, Long Term Support from her own side. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, beijing. With me now is anne mcelvoy, Senior Editor at the economist. Thanks so much for coming in. Theresa may has said she is not a quitter, will that be enough to silence the critics . She had to Say Something. I think what is happening, if we look back over the last few days, there have been found in many noises. Not, as it happens, from any of the big these who could probably unseat theresa may, but sometimes if you get a collection of small to medium size, that can cause you a big problem. To say she is sure, but it is not a sufficient condition for getting over this bump. What she needs to do is have more clarity about what it means for the tory party and the country to be led by theresa may. She is giving that visited china, vital business that the government needs to do, but whether it is brexit or her own domestic agenda, what she stands for is shrouded in vagueness. Ode to reassert authority she needs more ideas, or is it the way she presents them, you described it as bumpy, is she in this situation because of bad luck . She is in the situation because anybody who was Prime Minister at the moment, having to deal on a brexit that the eu is being really difficult about delivering, would have a problem. It is a good question whether she needs more ideas, some people say so but i do not think so. If you look back to the conference speech, apart from the conference speech, apart from the unfortunate coughing, if you read what was in it she had a string of thing she wanted to address, that we re of thing she wanted to address, that were important to her. There was housing and other more social things and her focus on the just about managings as they are called in political jargon managings as they are called in politicaljargon in terms of the income structure. If everyone is being charitable, i try to be fair minded about theresa may, lots of people knock because of her impossible position on brexit, but it she could say this is what i will pin my colours to at home, what is more important to theresa may than something else, then we would be getting somewhere. I am afraid it goes a bit on brexit. Iam not goes a bit on brexit. I am not even sure what kind of brexit, if she was offered the choice, she would have. Brexit, if she was offered the choice, she would havelj brexit, if she was offered the choice, she would have. I appreciate you do not have intimate knowledge of the workings of her mind, but do you think she has a plan for how long she will carry on, always her plan to carry on for as long as you can . As soon as she says she will go ata can . As soon as she says she will go at a certain time, she is not strong. You remember howjohn major had to fight to hang on and he brought in a majority, he had not entered into a minority. That only happened over time. She is in a structure of politics at westminster where she is weak. If you ask my opinion i would think there is a very high chance that she is thinking if she can get some sort of trade deal that looks halfway respectable, it will be contentious, but if she can say she can achieve it, then she would be in a better position to say she would go in the autumn of this year or the early months of next year. If she does not wa nt months of next year. If she does not want a hard brexit, she has to give them the chance to gather their forces. We all know borisjohnson would be out that the hard brexit is to try to replace her and possibly michael gove, it is less clear what the winning proposition would be on the winning proposition would be on the madrid side. And i would guess, and to that extent i think i do know her mind, she would rather have the option. She has to be quite careful if she wants to control the timing. Always good to hear your insides, anne mcelvoy. Many thanks. And well find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrows front pages at 10 1i0pm this evening in the papers. Our guestsjoining me tonight is the editor of politico london playbook, jack blanchard, and the whitehall correspondent at the sun, lynn davidson. The governments agreed to release leaked documents which suggest that leaving the European Union would result in slower economic growth. Ministers had previously refused to disclose the findings. Insisting that the research was incomplete. But theyve now made a u turn following pressure from the labour party. Mps and peers are set to leave the palace of westminster during a proposed multi billion pound refurbishment after the commons approved a motion calling for a full and timely deca nt by 236 votes to 220, a majority of 16. During a debate on the restoration and renewal plans, the leader of the commons, Andrea Leadsom, said mps and peers would not leave the houses of parliament until 2025 at the earliest. With me now is our Political Correspondent eleanor garnier. Eleanor, give us more details esther mcvey a re eleanor, give us more details esther mcvey are leaving but not leaving yet . Not leaving quite yet. If the move would not even start until around 2025, of course we will have had another election by then and with a new government and a new parliament, could they change their minds on this whole thing . This big decision on what to do about the state of the palace of westminster has gone on for some time, there have been calls for a decision to make them quickly. The state of the palace is so serious that some believe if we do not get a decision from Parliament Soon then things could get extremely serious. We heard from the leader of the house, Andrea Leadsom, that there have been around 60 incidents in the last ten yea rs around 60 incidents in the last ten years that could have led to a serious fire, and we are told to mps, staff and others in westminster, about just what mps, staff and others in westminster, aboutjust what it is like working over there, they will tell you about the mice, as best as, the extremely outdated wiring system. If you go down into the tunnels under the palace of westminster, you will see the antiquated plumbing and wiring and all the different types of systems that need to be updated to bring the palace into the 21st century. And if you look at the outside of the building you can see areas that are crumbling, giving way, that need to be repaired. But the whole debate has been about whether mps should com pletely has been about whether mps should completely deca nt, whether you should set up a new parliament in whitehall or whether mps and peers should stay year working partially severed some of the repairs could be done around them. The criticism of that was that the repairs could take a lot longer and it will cost a lot more money. Some politicians are worried that if they moved out, so for a full decant, they would never get back in again because of the emphasis on preserving the palace of westminster. Today, though, Andrea Leadsom said she would put it in legislation to guarantee that if mps all beef, they will be guaranteed to come back here and work again. Mps have agreed that the best way forward is for the full decant, but the fact that nothing will really happen until 2025 and that the lords will have to vote on this means we are not quite there yet. Thank you, oui are not quite there yet. Thank you, our gut are not quite there yet. Thank you, ourgut are not quite there yet. Thank you, our gut eleanor garnier, our Political Correspondent. The bbcs former china editor Carrie Gracie has accused the bbc of acting illegally by paying its women staff unequally and says the bbc must start telling the truth about it. She was giving evidence to mps following the row at the corporation about unequal pay. The bbc admitted it had inadvertently underpaid her for years and insists that it is committed to equal pay for all its women employees. Vicky young reports. Bbc news making the news with a row about the pay of some of its best known stars. Carrie gracie has accused bbc bosses of unfairness and inequality. They insist there is no evidence of gender bias. But female journalists have gone public with their complaints. Today, some turned up their complaints. Today, some turned up at the commons to support Carrie Gracie. She says she was promised equal pay when she accepted the post of china editor. We knew there was inequality. We didnt know the details because the bbc is extremely secretive on pay. But we knew we were underpaid. And i was to at this point where i knew i would get the china job, every last ounce of my skill and stamina, i knew i would do that at least as well as any man. Carrie gracie described her shock at learning that two Mail International editors were being paid at least 50 more than her. She said the bbc was offering backpay of a £20,000. dont want that money, that is not what it is about for me. I feel my salary is a good salary, it is public money, that is not what it is about. They are still not giving me equality. As part of a grievance procedure she said the bbc explains her lower pay. They said that in the three previous yea rs, they said that in the three previous years, 2014 to 2016, i was in development. Laughter and she spoke of the strain of being in conflict with her employer. The delays and the obfuscation and the belittling of your work, because thatis the belittling of your work, because that is what has to happen. If they are not willing to concede, they will have to crush your self esteem about your work. Then it was the turn of the bbcs Top Management Team to explain their decisions. First, did they want to apologise . The blurb i am sorry it went to a grievance and i said friends at the beginning that i would very much like to resolve the case of Carrie Gracie with her, and im sorry it has taken so long and sorry we are in this position, yes. Lord hall insisted he valued Carrie Gracies work to that of her male peers, but. The idea that every single editor at home and abroad should be paid exactly the same, i dont agree with. It should not be a matter of gender, completely agree, outrage as if it was. But you have balances between different editors and we need to be very up front as to what the pecking order is. The bbc promises Greater Transparency over pay and admits that past decisions have not been consistent. As a large, publicly funded organisation, staff and managers agreed that the corporation has to set an example on pay. That means winning back the trust of staff and resolving past grievances. With me now is the employment lawyer gillian howard. Thanks so much for coming in. We have obviously heard today from high profile figures, Carrie Gracie and lord hall. What i wanted was how much you think what is going on at the bbc is going on in other organisations and firms around the uk . It is, it is endemic. It is particularly bad in the finance industry, banking and insurance worlds. Earnings can be very high and unfortunately for women they hit and unfortunately for women they hit a Glass Ceiling both in terms of promotion, in terms of grade and in terms of pay. In the banking world, where bonuses can be extremely lucrative, the men get the rich pickings and the women get the crumbs. What is the root of the problems . Is it winning undervaluing themselves oracle or an unconscious bias . I think it is a conscious buyers and unfortunately i think it is greed. I am afraid the men want the bestjobs, they want the best pay, they want the bigger bonuses. You are right, women have in the past and probably currently still do undervalued themselves and employers take advantage. Women have a lwa ys employers take advantage. Women have always been prepared to work for less money than men, employers know that and take advantage. The bbc says it is in listening mode and will consult its employees. Would that be a case, do you think, in other institutions . I act for a number of corporate clients who are very good employers, who when it is pointed out that they have made a mistake or there are errors or inequality they put it right. Lots of employers want to put things right. I think the example in the bbc will be a big wake up call for quite a number of employers. Do you think in the current climate, with many more women becoming aware of pay disparity, we could see more cases in court . Certainly, it will really be a trigger for a lot of women who were in the past have been a little shy or unconfident about their claims, coming forward. I think it is particularly important for unions to back female members and back their claims. Tribunal claims are expensive, lengthy, complex and technical. They need the support of their trade unions. Is it possible for a woman on her own, without that support, to take on an employer . It is, but they have to be extremely well funded and very confident. Doing it on your own is not easy. You have had lots of experience of this, looking forward, do you think we will experience a sea change . Are things changing or will it recede when it comes down . things changing or will it recede when it comes down . I think this bbc experience will make a sea change, i think lots of employers will look at their pay scale, pay rates, gender inequality in pay, promotion, grading etc, and i think they will make a big change. I think this is a very, very important move. I think Carrie Gracie has been amazing, i think the bbc women have been amazing. They will really affect a change and i am very, very optimistic. Gillian howerd, thank you forjoining us. The headlines. Theresa may say she is not a quitter. Speaking at the start of a three day trade mission to china, the pm insists there is a long term job to be done. Carrie gracie, who stood down as the bbcs china editor and process protest about pay inequality, tells mps her case is an example of a bigger problem at the corporation. Mps and peers are set to leave the palace of westminster during a proposed multi billion pound refurbishment after the commons voted for the move. A busy day in sport, for a full random from the bbc sports centre, here is holy. Here is holly. All the evenings premier League Scores on the way but well begin with transfer deadline day. The big move today was to arsenal Pierre Emerick aubameyang joining the club from Borussia Dortmund for a Club Record Fee of around £56 million. The gunners had two bids for aubameyang rejected by dortmund before agreeing a fee that eclipses the £46. 5 million they paid for Alexandre Lacazette injuly. Arsenal said the 28 year old the 2015 african footballer of the year had joined on a long term contract. Meanwhile, Olivier Giroud has bid farwell to the emirates hes off to chelsea on a deal said to be worth around £18 million. The France International leaves arsenal having scored 105 goals in 253 games since signing from montpellierfor a reported £12 million injune 2012. This guy is staying put, though mesut ozil has signed a new three and a half Year Contract making him the most expensive player in the clubs history earning £350,000 a week before tax. Manchester city have walked away from a proposed deal for Leicester Citys riyad mahrez after refusing to sanction a transfer package that would have cost £95 million. City do not view themselves as having made an offer after Leicester City came to them with a proposal that would have also included a player. Mahrez handed in a transfer request on tuesday. The Algerian International was player of the year as they won the premier league back in 2016. Everton have agreed a deal to sign Eliaquim Mangala on loan from Manchester City until the end of the season. Its not confirmed as gone through yet but should it happen he would become the third january acquisition for sam allardyce. And for all the latest deals happening on transfer deadline day head over to the bbc sport website or use the bbc sport app. In the meantime, though, the show must go on seven premier league games in action tonight, and Alexis Sanchez makes and Alexis Sanchez makes his debut for Manchester United as they take on west brom this evening. Not the best start. 11 seconds into their game against tottenham, Christian Eriksen scored what is believed to be the third quickest goal in premier League History to put them 1 0 up. Manchester citys record signing makes his debut tonight for their game against west brom. They are currently 1 0 up. Everton1 0 up against leicester, theo walcott scoring. Scotland have named their side to face wales in the opening match of the six nations on saturday. Newcastle falcons chris harris will make his debut in all head coach Gregor Townsend has made six changes to the team who beat australia in november. Ali price remains at scrum half though ahead of former captain greig laidlaw, whos only recently returned to fitness after fracturing his ankle. We ta ke we take ourjobs as selectors very seriously, and we know we have responsibility to put the team we believe will help win out there. But also to the players, to make sure we ta ke also to the players, to make sure we take ourtime on also to the players, to make sure we take our time on those discussions. I think it was always going to be very tight for greg. He has done really well to be in our squad, to come back from injury. Wasps have announced that back row James Haskell will be leaving the club when his contract expires at the end of the season the England International started his career with the club, helping them win a european title back in 2007. The 32 year old has made 190 appearances for the club over two spells and is yet to decide on his next move. Grid girls will no longer be used by formula 1 from the start of the 2018 season. F1 managing director of motorsports ross braun told bbc radio five live in december that the use of female promotional models was under review. The sport announced the move ahead of the new campaign, which begins in march. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in sportsday at 10 30pm. See you then. Looking forward to it, holly. A prisoner has been stabbed to death at wormwood scrubs in west london. Lets speak to our correspondent richard galpin. What more can you tell us . We are mostly hearing from the police so far, they were called out at about 3 20pm after a man was found with multiple knife injuries. The police got there, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they have not arrested anybody so far but their inquiries are continuing. Of course there will be a postmortem and the mans family has now been informed. This incident comes literally weeks after reports by risen inspectors saying that wormwood scrubs jail was not safe enough, that there had been high levels of often Serious Violence and they were very critical, saying the outside areas were squalid, prisoners were locked up for very long periods of time, and they say in that report there had been a big increase in violence in the prison in 2017, more than 90 assaults on staff in the First Six Months of 2017. Richard, thank you. The man accused of crashing a van into muslim worshippers outside a mosque in north london has said the driver was not caught on cctv because he is an illusionist. Darren osborne, whos 48, denies murder and attempted murder, saying a man called dave was driving. He told Woolwich Crown court he could not explain why that man was never seen, arguing that perhaps he could make himself vanish. Shares in the outsourcing Company Capita have fallen dramatically after it warned that profits for the coming year will be much lower than previously forecast. The company has outlined plans for a Major Overhaul of its business, and suspended plans to pay dividends to shareholders. Formula 1 has confirmed it will end the long standing practice of using grid girls. It mirrors the professional darts corporations decision to end the long established practice of women escorting male players to the stage. Beverley turner is well versed in the world of motor racing, having spent time on the formula 1 grid as a reporter. Shejoins me now in the studio. Thanks so much for coming in. Briefly explain exactly what it is that grid girls did . Did, the past tense, which gives us reason to celebrate today. They stand on the grid and they will maybe hold a drivers name or number, and they hold an umbrella over the drivers, because it can be very hard. And they are generally wearing very skimpy clothes. They are a certain look. They are very beautiful, no doubt, but they are really there just to be the kind of sprinkling of pretty girlness and is very macho, testosterone driven sport. I think they give out a very powerful message about what it means to be a woman. There is so much we are talking about at the moment, against the backdrop which started with donald trump, weinstein and Carrie Gracies story. It all interlinked and the grid girls played a very Important Role in determining what we are culturally conditioned to believe women should do. You are clearly pleased about their demise, what do you think the fans will think . I dont think they will be that bothered. In social media today there are clearly a lot of middle aged men who have been very concerned about the long term Career Prospects of grid girls for a very long time, they are clearly now able to express this anxiety about what the poor girls will do. There is talk of setting up a retirement home from them. The fans who want to see formula 1 do not necessarily want to see the grid girls, i do not think thatis see the grid girls, i do not think that is why they tune in. We should be under no illusion, they tune in to see the likes of Lewis Hamilton do something incredibly skilful and the thermal engineering of the cars. Had there been complaints about grid girls from people working within formula 1 . I was complaining about 15 years ago when i wrote a book about it. I was very much a lone voice in that, i think. It is interesting seeing today with what has happened with bbc pay and how the women have come together and there is strength in those numbers, i hadnt seen that many women coming out in necessarily saying publicly they wanted to get rid of the grid girls, i have been quite a soul voice. That formula 1 is no longer owned by bernie ecclestone, that is a significant development, so the American Company that owns it has seen quite bright quite rightly that the brands they represent do not want to treat women as fodder. We have seen this in darts and formula 1, might other sports follow suit . Eddie howe owners in charge of promoting anthonyjoshua suit . Eddie howe owners in charge of promoting Anthony Joshua s suit . Eddie howe owners in charge of promoting anthonyjoshua s fight, the biggest fight in the world, you says he has no intention to get rid of the girls in boxing matches, as if that is something to be proud of. But they had to seriously consider what statement that makes about women in sport. The sports which do not use women and is very pejorative way have good female sports people as well, it is not a coincidence that boxing for women is not as high profile as boxing for men, motorsport of the women is very low profile. But looking at football, which does not use women in this way, women have done very well in their own right doing something active and inspiring and brilliant rather than just looking great. Beverley turner, thank you so much. Nick miller has the latest weather. Much colder air has spread south across the uk. Wintry showers of rain, sleet and snow, this batch working south across england and wheels overnight. Perhaps now even on lower levels here. The major threat from these, and showers continuing elsewhere, will be nice on untreated surfaces going into the morning as temperatures dropped close to freezing. Will be ice. Another blustery day tomorrow. North westerly wind. Showers towards northern scotland, northern ireland, parts of wales, West Midlands and into the south west. Rain, sleet and hailstones. Some good sunny spells elsewhere. Those temperatures still well down into single figures. A bit ofa well down into single figures. A bit of a frost settling in first day into friday morning. Friday, strongest winds with mostly rain showers in the north sea coast. On friday, we will have a fine day with some sunshine around. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines. Theresa may says shes not a quitter. Speaking at the start of a three day trade mission to china, the pm insists theres a long term job to be done. Carrie gracie who stood down as the bbcs china editor in protest about pay inequality tells mps her case is an example of a bigger problem at the corporation. Mps and peers are set to leave the palace of westminster during a proposed multi billion pound refurbishment after the commons voted for the move. An inmate has been stabbed to death at wormwood scrubs prison in west london. Police were called to the jail this afternoon and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Skywatchers are getting a glimpse of a rare lunar spectacle tonight. The event, known as a super blue blood moon, last happened 152 years ago. President trump has urged americans to come together in his first state of the union address, saying Political Parties should Work Together on immigration and rebuilding infrastructure. He told a joint session of congress the economy was booming, and that all citizens should seize a new american moment. This, in fact, is our new american moment. There has never been a better time to start living the american dream. So, to every citizen watching at home tonight, no matter where youve been or where youve come from, this is your time. If you work hard, if you believe in yourself, if you believe in america, then you can dream anything. You can be anything. And together, we can achieve absolutely anything. Applause. Since the election, we have created 2. 4 million newjobs. Including. Including 200,000 newjobs in manufacturing alone. Under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. Under our plan, we focus on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children. Daniel lippman is co author of the us daily newsletter politico playbook and joins us via webcam. Thanks forjoining us. What has been the reaction they are to the speech . Generally, it was pretty good. This was not a doom and gloom speech that characterised his inauguration speech when he talked about american carnage. In the congress, democrats applauded him on multiple occasions. The issue is as long as he has those types of speeches, everything goes well. But when he gets back to the white house and gets back to his fallen, he tweets lots of things that stalks controversies. He has a good night one night, but most of his presidency has not been marked by that decorum. What we heard was a very different tone from the president. As you say, none of the divisive rhetoric that perhaps we have heard from him in the past. You dont think, though, he is deciding to present a different face to the nation . That is always everything people are waiting for. When he first announced his presidency, you know, he called mexicans rate this and murderers. People thought he would pivot andy moore president ial. And he would be more president ial. He is a 70 something year old guy. He will not change on a dime. His own kids know that. It is hard for them to tame their father. That is not in the offing. But he will have to work with democrats more to get his big ticket items, like infrastructure, passed through congress. He cantjust work with his own party. You mentioned the democrats. There was an apparent overture to them. He talked about extending an open hand to them. Will they take it . I think some of them will. But their own Democratic Base, liberals in blue states like massachusetts and california, they are very anti trump. If democrats moved too far to the centre, the Democratic Base will rebel. You cant be seen as too close to trump or that prevents you from cooperating with him in the first place. And so that is a real challenge for democrats trying to Work Together to protect those dreamers. They are trumps natural allies on infrastructure. Conservative republicans do not support the Government Spending so much money on rebuilding roads and bridges. Daniel, many thanks for your thoughts. The head of europol fears the uks departure from it after brexit will see a loss of valuable british influence in the fight against cross border crime and international terrorism. Rob wainwright has issued his warning as uk negotiators prepare to start talks with the eu on how british Law Enforcement agencies will work with their european counterparts after brexit. The government says it is optimistic an ambitious new security treaty can be agreed. With 14 months to go until brexit, our home editor mark easton takes a closer look at the potential impact on security his report contains some flashing images. After the Manchester Arena bombing last year, hundreds of messages were sent to europol hq in the hague. Britains liaison team there contacted counterparts across europe, trawling eu databases, tracking possible accomplices. As a trusted europol member, the information was available immediately. For almost nine years, europol has been headed by a brit, but he leaves in a few weeks, warning that a brexit europol will be less concerned about uks security priorities. There will be a loss of british influence and i think its a shame for the uk. I think its actually a shame for our European Partners as well. We will find other ways of influencing it perhaps in more informal ways, but they will be less direct, less pronounced and probably less successful than they are now of course. Officers at the Uks National Crime agency are accessing europol databases every day and fear moving from member status now to what is called operational status will make it harder to keep british citizens safe. At the minute we have got a really Good Relationship with our eu partners, everyone works on the same platforms, everyone works to the same rules. Any lessening of the relationship which would effect Operational Impact and responsiveness and our ability to protect the public is concerning. Operation captura has tracked down dozens of british criminal fugitives on the continent and brought them to justice. It has relied on access to eu quicktime information and the european arrest warrant. The government says such operations should be no less effective after brexit. We can make this simple by simply saying lets go straight to the security treaty that allows us to preserve these capabilities because we value them, because they work, and a large part of why they work is because of the british contribution. In leaving the eu, britain will give up its place in the europol boardroom where representatives from eu states discuss how to protect their citizens from the growing threats of cross border crime and international terrorism. We dontjust lose our seat in europol, deciding on the priorities of this organisation. The union flag will be removed from boardroom tables at a whole range of eu bodies which decide on the data rules and the protocols which must be met to be involved in intelligence sharing. Uk Law Enforcement officers are able to exchange information. The government, however, is optimistic that it is in everyones interest to agree a deal that preserve the status quo. I dont necessarily accept that assumption that we will not be able to influence the rules, we influence rules at the moment. We are going into this negotiation saying what we have got works, and part of why it works is because of the british influence and our contribution. The shared threat from terrorism and cross border crime means its likely a key player like the uk will be able to negotiate some sort of special deal with the eu after brexit, but it will be hard for british Law Enforcement officials to maintain their agility and their influence. The entire remaining board of usa gymnastics has resigned following unrelenting outrage from the Sexual Abuse Scandal by its long time doctor larry nassar. Nassar was sentenced to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting young female athletes under his care. Joining me is our correspondent nada tawfik. This resignation was not a surprise, was it . No. The Us Olympic Committee had basically giving usa gymnastics and ultimatum. They said they had until this wednesday for the rest of the board to resign because remember, the chairman, vice chairman and treasurer had already resigned earlier from all of this outcry over how they handled the case with doctor larry nassar. The Committee Said that if they did not resign, they would pull the sports governing authority. We really expected this resignation to ta ke really expected this resignation to take place, at again it shows the continued fallout from this really shocking mass Sexual Assault case that we have seen really gripping the nation and the worlds attention. Can usa gymnastics recover from this . You have had the sports top olympians, gold medel winners, saying that usa gymnastics did not properly report and investigate these cases of assault against these young gymnasts, many of them did not even know the time because they were so young and never had sexual account is encounters that they were being assaulted. They wa nt that they were being assaulted. They want the entire governing body to be reworked and have new leadership. And it will be a long road for them to begin the trust of not me americans and these young gymnasts but also the us of the committee and of congress who have now made it so that there is legislation that any abuse, any allegation of sexual abuse, any allegation of sexual abuse needs to be reported immediately to Law Enforcement. So certainly it will be a long road but i think this is seen as a positive step by those women who have called for the stardom. Meanwhile, more victims set to confront larry nassar in court this week. Is that right . Yes, we have the last of Larry Nassars sentencing hearings. This is the second set of charges he pleaded guilty to in that plea agreement. It revolves around young women who the assaulted at a gymnastics club. And so he is facing 65 women who in the sentencing hearing are going to confront him. We have heard from a 17 year old gymnast is said that larry nassar assaulted her when she was nine yells all done 12 years old, before she even had braces and was still playing with dolls, she said. We will hear the rest of the stories from these brave young women coming forward. He could get 25 40 years forward. He could get 25 40 years for each county is charged on but of course he is already spending the rest of his life in prison for the past sentence for 175 years for Sexual Assault. Ok, thanks so much. Ajudge has strongly criticised the police and the Crown Prosecution Service for wholesale failures after a Human Trafficking trial collapsed last week when material from mobile phones, that was disclosed late, cast doubt on the case. Until its collapse, one of the accused had been locked up on remand for over a year and even gave birth in prison. The case is to be referred to the director of public prosecutions, which come in the wake of a number of rape cases that were abandoned due to disclosure issues. Clive coleman reports. I was scared, i was in shock. Cristina bosoancas story shows the devastating effect that failure to disclose evidence can have. After 13 tough months in prison, she can finally relax with the son she bore there. It was difficult when i saw them going to the visits of. The prosecution case was based on the evidence of a woman who claimed Cristina Bosoanca trafficked her into the country to work as a prostitute. She also alleged she was raped by a client and became pregnant as a result. Christinas lawyers repeatedly told the police that there were phone messages which undermined the womans story. At the beginning, i asked for my phone, i asked for the pictures, i asked for everything. But they were like, they dont care. It was only on the second day of the trial that 65,000 phone messages were disclosed to cristinas team. They fundamentally undermined the womans account and medical evidence, served late, also proved the woman was pregnant before coming to the uk. The case collapsed on friday, the judge demanding police and prosecutors come to court today to explain. In court, thejudge said there had been a wholesale failure of disclosure, and serious and repeated errors by both the police and the Crown Prosecution Service. Under oath, a senior crown prosecutor apologised and said a full review was taking place and a report would be sent to the director of public prosecutions. This is not an isolated case and whatever the findings are in this case they are symptomatic of a problem that has been developing over the last 6 8 years. The government brought in a series of cuts which have resulted in underfunding and under resourcing of the metropolitan police, the cps, the criminal Justice System as a whole. What do you think of british justice, having been through the process that youve been through . I really dont know. I dont want to Say Something rude. If they think someone needs to be punished for something, they need to be sure. Cristinas experience shows disclosure failures go beyond recent highly publicised rape cases and there are likely to be more examples, each one affecting the lives of those charged, and their families. Joining me now from our studio in cardiff is dr dennis eady, case consultant at Cardiff Law School innocence project, which looks at cases of long term prisoners maintaining their innocence of serious crimes for which they have been convicted. Thanks so much forjoining us. We have seen the collapse of a number of cases. This one that Clive Coleman was reporting on was just one. What is going wrong . Disclosure has always been a very complex and difficult issue because major investigations create a whole raft of information. Clearly, there is no excuse for this latest disclosure. Weve certainly come across a number of cases which we look at post trial where information has been disclosed very late. And of course the trial was not always stopped at that point. So we have the problem of information which the defence find they cant use, which can be important. But the disclosure regimen this country is founded on a fundamental conflict of interest, because since the act in 1996 which set up the current scheme, the responsibility for disclosure otherwise with police and the prosecution. In some sense, that makes sense. In another sense, it is problematic because what we are asking the prosecution and police to do is look through all the material and find stuff which undermines their own case. Now, im sure much people do most people do it with integrity but fundamentally it is a conflict of interest. Perhaps we should look at an independent way of doing that. Interesting. What is your experience when you have put in a request for disclosure . If you think pre trial disclosures problematic, post trial disclosure is almost impossible. We, with a number of colleagues, have been campaigning to set up an open Justice Charter to set up a situation where we could get access to exhibits which might need scientific testing post trial. If we can get access to the police investigation. Because miscarriage of justice of investigation. Because miscarriage ofjustice of course will begin at the beginning of the investigation. Those materials are really disclosed. We would also like to see prisoners given access to journalists, which technically they have, but there is resistance to that. Trial transcripts, what is actually said that the trial, are destroyed routinely after five yea rs. Destroyed routinely after five years. Even destroyed routinely after five yea rs. Even if destroyed routinely after five years. Even if someone is on a life sentence. So we now have a certain situation where even a judges summing up of a trial is destroyed and we have no record of a trial. That is a situation which, in the United States, and then selling all fan of United States justice, but at least in the United States in last 40 or 50 years, people convicted of major crimes have had the right to see a transcript of the trial. Most american royals would not consider taking on an appeal without the transcript. In this country, we actually destroy material. Doctor, im afraid we have to leave it there, but thanks so much. A rare lunar event being called the super blue blood moon has dazzled skywatchers around the world. These are the stunning pictures from london earlier this evening where budding astrologists lined waterloo bridge. For australia, asia and some parts of the us and eastern europe, there was a Lunar Eclipse, as the earth passed between the sun and the moon. It has fascinated lots of us. Including five year old olivia park from surrey, who has a question. Hello, bbc. I see the blue blood moon and it is as big as anything. It is the biggest, biggest, biggest. Anyway, why is it called it is the biggest, biggest, biggest. Anyway we y is it called it is the biggest, biggest, biggest. Anyway we have called it is the biggest, biggest, biggest. Anyway we have an lled e it is the biggest, biggest, biggest. Anyway we ha expert. [15 dr rebecca smethurst, astrophysicist and Research Fellow at the university of nottingham. Why is this mood called that . It refers to the Lunar Eclipse that you spoke about. The idea that the earth passes between the sun and the moon. That can block out the moon with the earths shadow but when the moon passes through the earths sunset shadow, you get this scattered light through the earths atmosphere just like during sunset. Soul, is a blue moon separate from this blue blood moon . I am confused about all the different moons. The blue moon is unfortunately not actually blue. It refers to the phrase, once in a blue men. Once ina blue phrase, once in a blue men. Once in a blue moon. We had one very early in january and now we have in a blue moon. We had one very early injanuary and now we have one right at the end as well. The super pa rt right at the end as well. The super part of super blue blood moon is the fa ct part of super blue blood moon is the fact it is very big in the sky, and the moon is closest to the earth in its orbit. It is oval shaped. Sometimes it is closer and sometimes further away from the earth. Right now, it is very close and it looks about 7 bigger in the sky, to give you the statistic. And brighter as well. It looks bigger and brighter. But you actually saying it isnt really . No, it is actually bigger than brighter because it is so much closer. It is difficult for the human eye to pick out, especially when the moon is quite high. The best time, if you want to see that, is either at moon rise or moon set. When you have something in the foregoing to compare it to, say, building. In the foreground. Foregoing to compare it to, say, building. In the foreground. When might we see this blood moon in the uk . Unfortunately, in the uk, we will not see that. It occurred between about 11am and 4pm gmt today. Those in australia, asia and the americas got quite a good view. But unfortunately the uk was pointing towards the sun at that time so we were not able to see it. Nonetheless, i get the impression from your enthusiasm that this has been a rather exciting evening for skywatchers. Definitely. None of these moons other rare. But the fact that they all occurred at the same thing today was really spectacular. A cosmic or incidents that we had this front row seat for which is something special. Cosmic or incidents. Thank you for your time and explaining everything so what could be better but to look at the weather now . Westjoin nick with a forecast. It is incredible that we have this celestial event but this skies are clear that to be able to see it across parts of the uk. Getting those two things to come together quite amazing. But some of us have been lucky enough to have close pals this evening and to see that super blue blood moon across the uk. Others have had snow showers and some wintry showers at the others evening. A lot of rain showers edging into north west england. This comp of rain, sleet and browse a bit of snow in showers moving south across parts of england and will then next few hours, leaving things i say behind them at the end of the night temperatures dip away. Just about anywhere in into the morning, ice on untreated surfaces, a frost, temperatures laura at the start of the day, if it wasnt so windy. A brisk and called data start in some areas with further showers running to northern scotland. Inland, sleet and snow on the coast. A scattering of showers in wales and parts of the midlands, some drifting in to the south east of england. Aside from this, many places that driver sparkling sunshine in the morning. Showers mostly in northern scotland with sleet and snow on the hills. Mostly rain and sleet and hailstones. Mostly rain and sleet and hailstones. And a brisk and chilly wind. Out of that went in some sunshine, it is quite a pleasant day if you stay out of the wind. It might make it feel colder than four monitor suggests. Might make it feel colder than four monitorsuggests. Overnight might make it feel colder than four monitor suggests. Overnight into friday, the windies a bit, widespread frost going into friday morning. Still the risk of icy patches especially in parts of scotland. Blustery with rain showers in the coastal counties on friday but elsewhere a lot of sunshine, lighter winds and a pleasant winters day on friday. Even though those temperatures are stuck in single figures. Then there is a complication for the weekend. The atla ntic complication for the weekend. The atlantic weather system coming in india called dear. Coleraine pushing east but also some sleet and is now possible. A lot of uncertainty about the detail about just how possible. A lot of uncertainty about the detail aboutjust how fathers weather system will move east. Some sleet and snow possible for parts of scotla nd sleet and snow possible for parts of scotland and northern england. There could be some in other places as well. Beginning at going into sunday. There is a raw, called north easterly wind in some parts. Quieter weather day on sunday. Met Office Weather warnings in force for snow and ice. Keep up to date with those online. Regular weather updates even bbc news. Here on bbc news. Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. We are going to go straight to washington. President trump gave his first state of the union address. We will hear some of the main clips from bath and fact checked some of the main claims. Theresa may has started her state visit to china. We will look at the trade relationship both countries are trying to create. The world has been enjoying a superb blue blood moon, a triple lunar spectacle. We will see it in los angeles and just north of london. The bbcs from china editor Carrie Gracie has answered questions about pay and equality, questions posed by members of parliament. The bbc director general also faced questions