Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Ten 20170123 : compareme

Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Ten 20170123

We do not comment on the operational details for National Security reasons. A series of failures led to a prisoners suicide. His family say the prison authorities had been warned. Doctors in sheffield are pioneering the use of a small mri brain scanner, designed for use on premature babies. And nicola adams, the double Olympic Boxing champion, talks to us about turning professional. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, Bernie Ecclestones ao year reign formula one boss is over, as he is replaced by the sports new owners. Good evening. President trump has opened his first full week in office by signing an order formally withdrawing the us from a major free trade deal with pacific rim countries. The tra ns Pacific Partnership deal was negotiated by the Obama Administration but it was never ratified by congress. During the day, mr trump met Business Leaders and warned that he will penalise American Companies that move jobs overseas. The white house confirmed trade would feature prominently in the president s talks with theresa may later this week, as our North America Editorjon Sopel reports. We have been talking about this for a long time. The power of the pen. These Executive Orders are being fined by the president as he starts his first week in the job. From now on america will have nothing more to do with the pacific trade deal. Another order set into plans to renegotiate the agreement with mexico and canada, or complex undertaking that there is to be a freeze on recruitment to federal jobs. One other Executive Order particularly eye catching which was signed today is that aid agencies are in receipt of Us Government funds, will now no longer be able to offer abortions or advice on abortions in their field work around the world. This has been a political football going back for decades with democrats resending it, Republicans Reimposing it. It is an important indication of where donald trump stands on the issue and what may be future Social Policy for america as well. I wanted to sit next to him, coming back. This is the realfocus. The president must deliver on the economy if he intends to wield both a carrot and a stick. First the stick. A company that wants to fire all of its people in the United States and build some Factory Someplace Else and then thinks that product will flow across the board into the United States, that is not going to happen. Youre going to have to pay a substantial border tax. And finally the carrot. What we are doing is were going to be cutting taxes massively for both the middle class and for companies. Cutting taxes massively for both the middleclass and for companies. That is massively. At his first full press briefing, the focus of his spokesman was still on jobs and trade. Will there be a detailed discussion when theresa may comes on friday over what a trade deal may look like . We are here on working day one. We are excited that theresa may is coming and i am sure they will be a discussion on trade. The degree to which i do not know yet. Im sure we will have an opportunity to brief you out. I do not believe we will have plans on a joint press conference. That is something well be working on and we will keep you updated. After a finger wagging lecture delivered to the press at the weekend when he may not have been entirely truthful himself, question. Is it always your intention to tell the truth and never knowingly Say Something which is not factual . Yes. It is an honour to do this. I believe we have to be honest with the american people. Sometimes we can disagree with the facts. A short time ago the president met union leaders. Look behind him. It seems mr spicer, after a heap of criticism at the weekend that was getting a vote of confidence from the council to the president that will be a roller coaster ride. Our north america editor jon sopel is in washington. Lets talk about this range of Executive Orders you are telling us about. What do they tell us really about. What do they tell us really about the Donald Trump Style of government in the early days . They give this a very clear indication on the direction of travel, what he wa nts to the direction of travel, what he wants to achieve. These are things he set out during the president ial campaign. It should not be mistaken for ta blets campaign. It should not be mistaken for tablets of stone. He announced obamacare on friday night if you read the papers from you think it has already been abolished. They have not worked out what they will replace it with. This is a statement of intent. If you look at the trade deal with canada and mexico, to change that requires congressional approval. There are a lot of free trade supporters in the Republican Party and congress who will be wary about changing it. They will not wa nt to about changing it. They will not want to go too fast. Donald trump has not delivered massive change yet. It is so important as a statement, as a down payment if you like, and what the policy will be. The big changes he is promising have not been delivered yet. Thank you very much. Theresa may has again refused to say whether or not an unarmed Trident Missile veered off course during a test last year. The defence secretary, sir Michael Fallon, told mps that the system was successfully tested lastjune but he would not provide any other details for reasons of National Security. Labour mps have Accused Ministers of a cover up and say the Prime Minister should clarify how much she knew when she urged mps to renew the system in a vote last year. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has the latest. Set Condition Iso for weapons system readiness test. Pressing the nuclear button. Action stations. A process that is practised and practised. The hope it never happens for real. Butjust before theresa may took charge, a test like this of a missile maintained in the us didnt go according to plan. Yesterday, theresa may refused to say if she knew. Prime minister, did you know . There were tests that take place all the time regularly for our nuclear deterrents. What we were talking about in that. Ok, im not going to get an answer to this. It matters because the trial appears to have gone wrong with just weeks before her new government asked mps to approve billions of pounds to keep the weapons. We are launching the strategy here. Having failed to answer yesterday, today on a cabinet visit, the Prime Minister had to admit she did know. I am regularly briefed on National Security issues. I was briefed on the successful certification of Hms Vengeance and her crew. We dont comment on the operational details. Details for National Security reasons. This Spectacular Misfire in the late 80s of an american Trident Missile is rare. The vast majority of tests have been successful. Order. Urgent question. And it is not clear what went wrong with this weapons trial. But labour has found a lot wrong with the governments handling of the facts. At the heart of this issue is a worrying lack of transparency and a Prime Minister who has chosen to cover up a serious incident rather than coming clean with the british public. This house, and more importantly the british public, deserve better. The details of the demonstration and shakedown operation i am not going to discuss publicly on the floor of this house. We simply want to know was this test successful or not . Should we believe the white house official who, while we have been sitting here debating, has confirmed to cnn that the missile did auto Self Destruct off the coast of florida . Once stories get out there that a missile may have failed, isnt it better to be quite frank about it . There are always some things that government wants to keep from mps and the rest of us, but this time, theresa mays hope of Staying Quiet seems to have backfired. The most straightforward questions, like who knew what, can be the trickiest of all. The political arguments over whether wed need Nuclear Weapons are controversial enough. A fight over whether they work is a Battle Ministers would rather not have. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is at the Ministry Of Defence. Do we have a better idea tonight of what exactly happened in this test . Sir Michael Fallon is still sticking to that script, refusing to confirm oi to that script, refusing to confirm or deny whether something did go wrong with that test lastjune, citing operational National Security reasons. The problem with that is that the Ministry Of Defence in the past has publicised successful test launches. Why not this time . Was it because it was an inconvenient fact ahead of the commons vote . The bigger problem is that while Michael Fallon was snowballing mps in the house of commons, on the other side of the atlantic, an unnamed us Defence Defence official was telling pentagon reporters something did go wrong with the test and it was aborted, the missile destroyed mid flight. It is important to say the americans with no. They are the ones who build, maintain and leases missiles to the uk. They would have that test data and know if something went wrong. They are in a bizarre position tonight. We have got the uk government saying they will not comment further on what is britains independent nuclear deterrent. On the other side of the atlantic, the americans appear to be confirming that something went wrong. Thank you very much for the latest from the Ministry Of Defence. An investigation into the death of an inmate at Chelmsford Prison has found a series of failures contributed to his suicide. Dean saunders, who was 25, killed himself last january. The investigation found he should have been in hospital, rather than in prison, and that staff had ignored significant risk factors. Our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has the story. Dean saunders had no previous history of mental illness. But, in december 2015, the young dad suddenly became paranoid and delusional, convinced he had to kill himself. The hand with the knife was free and, this time, hed come down to actually put it in his. To put it in his heart. Mark, deans father, put his life on the line. On the kitchen floor, he struggled to get the knife from his son. He was stabbed several times and at one point he held the knife in his own stomach. At that time, i thought, i cant let him have this knife. And i put my hand over the top of his, so he couldnt pull it out. He tried. As he pulled it out, i held it in. I could not let him have that knife. Dean was charged with Attempted Murder and remanded in custody at Chelmsford Prison, initially on constant watch. Within days, a crucial meeting took place. Three members of staff, none of whom were medically trained, none of whom had read deans notes, decided to reduce his observations from constant watch to every half hour. His family pleaded with the prison not to do it. They were ignored. Last january, dean did kill himself. Todays report found numerous problems in his care, including a failure to properly appreciate his risk of suicide. I cant handle knowing that he died on his own, away from family that was so important to him. And they had done nothing at all. Nothing. The private Company Providing health care in Chelmsford Prison have been criticised following suicides at otherjails, too. Care uk said they will end their contract in chelmsford early if they cant Beat Prisoners needs with current resources. Cant meet. At least 113 prisoners killed themselves in england and wales in 2016 a record number. There is a proliferation of official reports, reviews, Inquest Findings that all point to the crisis in our prisons, in particular the way in which people with Mental Ill Health are treated. Ministers say they are investing millions to make prison safer, but, for deans family, its all too late. We openly talk about dean to teddy. We say daddy this, daddy that. I kind of promised dean there will never be a day that will pass that teddy wont know how much you love him. From the incident, what happened in our kitchen, thats when they took him away, the next time i saw him was in the mortuary. I didnt get to tell him i loved him. Him that i understand my injuries were because he was ill, and i understood. I never got that chance. Michael buchanan, bbc news, essex. Negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in syria are under way in kazakhstan. Its the first time talks have been convened by russia, turkey and iran, rather than by the united nations. Its also the first time representatives of syrias armed rebel groups have led the Opposition Side at the negotiating table. Our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in the capital, astana. Can you report any progress on this first day . Not surprising that after almost six years of a brutal war, that the warring sides are here trading angry accusations, but something new is unfolding now. For the first time in the past six years you had rebel fighters, syrian generals sitting at the same table in public and they did not walk out. They agreed the biggest priority is to cement a shaky ceasefire across syria. What is more crucial is what is happening on the battlefield. In the past year russia has emerged as the past year russia has emerged as the most important Military Player and turned the tide of the war in President Assads favour and teamed up President Assads favour and teamed up with turkey, a main rebel back to try to bring this war to an end. It does not mean it will be easier, the toughest problems have to be sorted. Most of all the role President Assad in any future political transition. Step by step they are beginning to wrestle with some of the outstanding issues of the conflict. Maybe there issues of the conflict. Maybe there is hope that syria can at least start moving away from war, but it will take a long time before it is actually under peace. Most of all because there are many Military Players in the groups determined to continue the fight, including so called islamic state. The inquest into the deaths of 30 british people, shot dead in tunisia two years ago, has begun Hearing Evidence from survivors of the attack. One tourist described how he saw the gunman, Seifeddine Rezgui, shoot a man who was lying on a sun lounger. Our correspondent, daniela relph, reports. The shocking details of their death, today the court began to hear about each individual killed. John and Janet Stocker were amongst the first people to be shot dead. Theirfamily was in court as the couple were described as having died together doing what they enjoyed most, being side by side. Trudyjones from south wales was also killed on the beach, she was described as someone who put everyones happiness before her own. The court was shown a map which illustrated the position of the sun loungers. Trudy jones was sunbathing on the front row. John stocker had been alongside her. Next to him his wife janet. They were the gunmans first targets as he murdered tourist after tourist. This image shows the killer Seifeddine Rezgui on the beach. And people fleeing from here in fear when they realised what was happening. The court also saw this 3d animation of the resort, the blue skies and the sand and the pictures of those murdered. Each person shown where they were shot. One eyewitness account summed up the horror of that day. Simon greaves described the gunman to the court. The question of Tourist Safety is a recurrent one here, and today an eyewitness said that the Police Response during the attack was poor as was security generally around the hotel. Today was about just three victims, but there are many more harrowing stories to be told. Daniela relph, bbc news. Bernie ecclestone is no longer in charge of formula one after the us Company Liberty media completed its takeover today. The 86 year old has been fis Chief Executive for a0 years, but the new owners have replaced him with the american, chase carey. Mr ecclestone has been given a role as chairman emeritus. He sai

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