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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Ten 20170710

Shock exit for nadal after a thrilling five set, five hour match. And later we will have sportsday on the Bbc News Channel with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard have returned to the courts to present evidence of Experimental Nuclear men in america which they say could help them. Great ormond street, who are treating the boy, says the experiments have not beenjustified. But the parents have accused the judge hearing the case have accused him of lying. Fergus walsh reports. Save charlie gard vocal, passionate and determined. Charlie gards parents have considerable support. It includes the pope and donald trump. Let us pray. And now this pro life evangelical preacher who was once jailed for anti abortion protests in the United States and has been praying by charlies bedside. If a court, if a judge, if a Hospital Official can come and tell a parent that they dont have the right or the authority to provide the kind of medical care that their child needs, then parental rights are under attack and Around The World the fabric of our society unravels. Under uk law where parents and doctors cannot agree a judge must decide what treatment is appropriate. Charlie is so weak he cannot move, has serious brain damage and may be in pain. Four different courts ruled he should be allowed to die with dignity, but today the case went back to the high court after hospitals in italy and the United States said there was fresh evidence an experimental therapy might help him. The judge said there was not a person alive who did not want charlie to get better and he would be delighted to change his ruling, but it had to be on the basis of clear evidence. He said he had to consider the hospitals view that every day that passed inflicted more suffering on charlie. Charlie has a rare inherited condition, mitochondrial depletion syndrome. Mitochondria are found in nearly every cell and provide energy to the body. But charlies do not function so his muscles and organs are wasting. Nucleoside therapy is a powder given in food which aims to boost Mitochondrial Function and takes 2 3 months to have an effect. Charlies parents claim there was new evidence that treatment could have a 10 chance of success. So far 18 patients have been treated but crucially none has charlies Genetic Mutation or his severe brain damage. There are a lot of unknowns here and i think the doctors and nurses who are looking after him, colleagues, they really will have considered all these processes because that is what they do, that is their dayjob. In fact they are some of the most expert people in the world in this area. Charlies parents, chris and connie, left saying they hoped to persuade the judge to allow them to take their son abroad when the hearing resumes on thursday, a case which is attracting Huge International attention. Mum and dad say that if charlie is still fighting, they are still fighting. Charlies parents wish to thank the millions of supporters of baby charlie from Around The World. Meanwhile, charlie continues to receive round the clock care at Great Ormond Street hospital. Fergus is here with me now. A terribly difficult case, but what will it take for the judge to be persuaded to change his mind . Hard fa cts , persuaded to change his mind . Hard facts, what thejudge persuaded to change his mind . Hard facts, what the judge called dramatic new evidence, that there are signs of this experimental treatment could benefit cuts charlie, not just the treatment could benefit cuts charlie, notjust the claims we heard today. The judge said charlie, notjust the claims we heard today. Thejudge said he charlie, notjust the claims we heard today. The judge said he would not allow the lawyers to rake over old facts. In court i sensed great frustration on both sides. The lawyer for the Great Ormond Street said there was no new evidence, we have heard it all before. Both pa rents have heard it all before. Both parents cried out, when are you going to stop lying . The parents and the hospital cannot agree on anything any more, there has been a total breakdown on their relationship, especially whether charlie has irreversible brain damage. The past few months, a sign of Brain Development not happening. The pa rents say development not happening. The parents say this is not true. The judge said, i want somebody to take the tape measure and measure his head and report back on thursday. It isa sign head and report back on thursday. It is a sign of how acrimonious this has all become. It is a sign of how acrimonious this has all become. A conservative mp, who used racist language at a Public Meeting on brexit, has been suspended from the parliamentary party. The Prime Minister said the comment by Anne Marie Morris was completely unacceptable and she was having the whip withdrawn. It comes after the Prime Ministers offer, to Opposition Parties to work with the government on major issues, was rebuffed by labour, who said her party had completely run out of ideas. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. The Prime Minister trying to stride out in front. A visit from an old friend, by chance the australian Prime Minister. An offer to political enemies, asking the opposition to contribute. But then this. Then we get to the real part, the real end in the woodpile. An mp caught on tape using offensive language. It emerged while theresa may was on her feet in the house of commons. Mps wise to what was going on were quick to press her, asking if in theory if there had been racism, should the culprits face action . Does she agree that where that happens organisations should ta ke that happens organisations should take decisive and swift action. That happens organisations should take decisive and Swift Actionm is for all of us to use appropriate language all the time. We are told she decided immediately to suspend herfrom she decided immediately to suspend her from the tory party, that it is not yet clear for how long. She has apologised unreservedly. It is the worst word, the most deeply offensive and horrible word anybody can use. Offensive and horrible word anybody can use. I apologise on her behalf because she should never have used that expression and that word, nobody should, it is a horrible word. So for now theresa may loses even one more from her tiny commons advantage. With no majority to call her own theresa may is now calling on the opposition to help her out. The government is apparently now asking other parties for their policy ideas and so if the Prime Minister would like it, policy ideas and so if the Prime Ministerwould like it, i policy ideas and so if the Prime Ministerwould like it, lam policy ideas and so if the Prime Minister would like it, i am very happy to furnish her with a copy of out happy to furnish her with a copy of our election manifesto. But in her own party tories want to see not just reaching out to the others, but listening to her own side. You want the opposition to contribute as well as to criticise. What do you say to your own critics, including in your own party, who say it is you that needs to change . The government has gotan needs to change . The government has got an ambitious agenda which is there to address the big challenges that the country faces. 0ne there to address the big challenges that the country faces. One of those is getting the brexit negotiations right, but there are other challenges we face of the country. The public will rightly want us to get the broadest possible consensus in looking at those issues. She has a lot of convincing to do. For this Prime Minister, her authority cracked by the election, there are no easy days. Cracked by the election, there are no easy days. A man whos confessed to being an ira bomb maker has told bbc news that he accepts collective responsibility for all of the groups actions in england, including one of the deadliest acts of the troubles, the birmingham pub bombings. Mick hayes, whos never spoken openly about his role, says he was an active volunteer on the November Night In 197a in which 21 people were killed. The ira has never officially admitted carrying out the attack. Today, an apology from mr hayes was dismissed by relatives as insulting. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris buckler, reports. The bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. Placed inside pubs to cause destruction. Explosions that led to 21 deaths. In the same year, 197a, mick hayes took part in this funeral for a Hunger Striker in london. He was a well known republican, an admitted ira bomb maker, who was convicted of paramilitary offences in the republic of ireland. And now, four decades after the murders in birmingham, Mick Hayes Has emerged again to admit he was part of the group that bombed the city. I was a participant in the iras activities in birmingham. How clear can i make it . Did you plant the bombs . I was a participant in the iras campaign in england. But youre not answering the question. Did you plant the bombs . Im giving you the only answer i can give you. Mick hayes has, in the past, been questioned and named as a suspect in the bombings, but hes never been charged. Even now, he wont say what role he played in the ira attack, but he says he takes collective responsibility for it. And i apologise, not only for myself. I apologise for all republicans, who had no intention of hurting anybody and sympathise with you. And the relatives, again, the relatives will say that you have blood on your hands. I know theyll say that, and from their point of view, i can justify that. I dont i dont shirk my responsibility in that direction. A group of men were charged and found guilty of the bombing, but it was a famous miscarriage of justice. And the convictions of the men who became known as the Birmingham Six were eventually overturned. For 16 and a half years, we have been used as political scapegoats West Midlands police said tonight that the investigation into the 21 murders remains open. One of those who died was maxine hambleton. Her sisterjulie was among a group of relatives who watched the interview with mick hayes this afternoon. His words and apology caused nothing but anger. Hes a coward, short and simple. He reckons that hed rather die than be an informer. But hes more than happy to take collective responsibility for the murder of 21 innocents in birmingham. Mick hayes avoided many questions, but he claims mistakes led the ira to give Bomb Warnings too late, and that he personally defused a third bomb left in Birmingham City centre that night. The explosions, they were horrific. They were terrible. It shocked the ira. When they found out what had happened, we defused the third one, in the hagley road. Who defused it . Idid. Many in modern day birmingham will question why Mick Hayes Has come forward now, particularly as no one has ever been held legally responsible for murdering the 21 people who died on a night out in this city. Chris buckler, bbc news. The full documentary who bombed birmingham . Is on tonight after the news on bbc northern ireland, and at 11. 30 on the news channel. The metropolitan police now say they believe around 255 people managed to escape the fire at Grenfell Tower last month. The official estimate of the dead and missing remains at approximately 80. Our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is at scotland yard. Its the first time weve had such a figure. Theres been a lot of dispute about how many were there that night . There has. In the days after the fire local people estimated that between 500 and 600 people were resident at Grenfell Tower. Today the police say they believe the true figure is much lower, 350, and they say about 1a of those people were out on the night of the fire. They also say their new figure, 255 people escaping the fire, and 80 or 81 having been killed or still being missing, do add up. There is a big investigation continuing, officers working inside the tower in a place where temperatures reached 1000 degrees, looking for human remains. Also a big investigation of the 60 01 so also a big investigation of the 60 or so companies who were involved in running and refurbishing the tower. They say they are intent on getting to the bottom of it. Stuart cundy, the commander in charge, says you cannot listen to the families and not want to hold people to account for a fire that should not have happened. In whats become britains longest running extradition case. A scottish man has lost his legal battle against being sent to the us. Philip harkins, whos 38, denies shooting a man dead during a robbery in florida in 1999. He has been fighting extradition since 2003. Now the European Court of human rights has ruled that his rights would not be breached, if he were jailed for life without parole in florida. The high court has ruled that Government Arms Sales to saudi arabia are lawful and shouldnt be halted. It follows a case brought by a pressure group, campaign against the arms trade. It argued that the uk had broken International Humanitarian law by selling weapons that had been used to kill civilians in yemen, where the saudis have conducted air strikes against rebels. The ever the issue of low pay and the quality of our working lives will be addressed tomorrow in a report published by the government. Its expected to say the ambition should be for all work to be Fair And Decent and providejob satisfaction, including for those on the lowest incomes. Our special correspondent, allan little, has been looking at the some of the challenges facing low paid workers in london. This is anibal yepez, he is 60. He and his wife share this house in north london with six others they barely know. He gets up at a 30am every morning to go to the first of his three cleaning jobs. Saturday i start at five oclock and finish at two oclock. Sunday i start at ten oclock and finish at six oclock. So you work seven days a week . Seven days a week. The salary is a poor, poor salary. 0 how much . 0 £7. 50 an hour. I am on 900. £900 a month . Yes, 900. But i have to pay 500 for this room, the rent, and transport and food. The life is so, so hard. Sam wadicor is 26, he is a Mental Health support worker. Most of his wage goes on rent. He cycles around london because he can no longer afford the bus fares. I dont feel that i earn a fair wage for the work that i do. You are constantly told that having any sort of luxury in life is sort of bad and you need to knuckle down and work harder and it will all come to you. That is what i find most difficult about it. It is notjust not having enough money each month to maybe go out to the pub once a week, it is being told that is a luxury you shouldnt be able to afford. It used to be thought that work was the surest way out of poverty. That old truth has been demolished in the decade since the financial crash. In 2008, more than half those living in poverty here in london were unemployed. Now most are in work and they live alongside very conspicuous wealth. Every day they see a world that they seem to be locked out of. What does that do to their sense that they have a proper stake in society . Their sense that shared citizenship has any real meaning . The most dangerous feeling we have seen in recent years is that actually our democracy may not be worth fighting for, may not be worth supporting. Rule of law is a fiction, Educational Equality is believed to be a fiction. And we have to fight to rebuild that because the belief in the continued openness in our society requires a belief that everyone is part of it in equality of citizenship. I think that we are dealing with a threat to the whole liberal democratic model. This woman in her 20s was too anxious about her job to reveal her identity. She works in a west end theatre. She is getting steadily poor. It is a bit crazy that the thought of not being able to pay my rent can cause such a bad thing for me emotionally. I lost a lot of weight. I was upset a lot of the time and i was actually put on antidepressants for how bad my anxiety got. Bills were going up, travel is going up, everything is going up and even food. And my wage isnt going up. So obviously where you are looking at the bigger picture, where i used to be able to save a little bit of money i cant any more. Even in a period of economic recovery the working poor know the big truths of their own lives, that wealth is not trickling down to them. 0ur age of rising inequality is also an age of rising popular anger. Allan little, bbc news. The new silk road stretching from china to the uk and beyond is the chinese president s project of the century. He plans to spend nearly £1 trillion on road, rail and infrastructure that will cross 60 countries. China claims its a win win for all. But critics say this bid for Strategic Influence could leave the countries in chinas path with costly debt for years to come. To understand chinas ambitions, the bbcs china editor, carrie gracie, has been travelling the length of the new silk road. Herjourney begins in eastern china, where the new rail route to the uk starts and finishes. They call them the ships of the desert. For centuries the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the west. Now china wants to recreate the silk road. This time by tra

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