tonight at 10... the prime minister says she is not a quitter, as she's forced to defend attacks on her leadership. on a trade visit to china, theresa may admitted that the government does need to do more to get its message across. i think there are many people in the united kingdom who want ensure that they and their families can achieve british dream, of ensuring that each generation has a better future than the past. as the prime minister announces a series of new trade agreements with china, we'll be asking if she can overcome her difficulties at home. also tonight... this woman gave birth injail this woman gave birth in jail before her trial collapsed. police and prosecutors are criticised over a late disclosure of evidence. the bbc‘s former china editor carrie gracie tells mps she's very angry at the way the bbc has treated some of the women it employs. is this an act of terrorism? we have a special report on the 16—year—old palestinian girl on trial next week

in an israeli military court. and the rare super blue blood moon that has been wowing people around the world. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: as that clock ticks on transfer deadline day, the premier league witnessed its fastest goal this season, as tottenham took an early lead against manchester united. good evening. theresa may has defended her leadership at the start of a three—day trade visit to china. she insisted to reporters that she "wasn't a quitter", following days of criticism from within her own party. speaking in beijing, the prime ministerforecast a golden era in trade relations between the two countries, but admitted that her government had to do more to advance its domestic agenda. 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. asia's red—carpets, though, hardly provide a rest. theresa may's 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 is not 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 china's steel industry. but these are very excited students could be joined by many others. deals for universities, exchange programmes and others were announced. have a nice stay in china. thank you, thank you, well done to you. nice to see you!

thank you, hello. and this group used their high—tech skills to make a model of number ten, helpfully pointing out it had an emergency button, if ever there was a need for a swift escape. there is an emergency button, put there, call the police. right, very good. the prime minister made very deliberate stops here, though, one to the banks of the yangtze river, to share her party's new—found focus on all things green. and she hopes by the end of the week to have guaranteed british beef‘s on its way back to china's 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. it's 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 she's vulnerable — not accompanied by reliable long—term support from her own side. laura is in beijing tonight. an important trade mission for the prime minister, how much are questions about her leadership overshadowing it all? there is certainly no escape from it at all. they say it is lonely at the top, maybe there's nothing as lonely as a foreign leader thousands of miles from home whilst all sorts of shenanigans going on in their party, not just while they are out shenanigans going on in their party, notjust while they are out of sight but also while they are asleep in a

completely different time zone and somehow very cut off from what is going on. theresa may has made it clear she wants people to know she gets set, she understands that things haven't been perfect but more than anything else, i think she wa nts to than anything else, i think she wants to try and show she is cracking on. number ten believe and believe very much they have had good progress so far in those important talks on trade this week. they are pushing on to see president li today, one of the most important politicians of the world and have made it clear on this trip that theresa may is in the mood to push back at some of the european union's latest proposals on that transition period, believing what they are asking for, in terms of residency rights after we leave the eu, is basically not on. there is no sense theresa may is somehow trying to retreat, on the contrary, she is trying to pull the levers, get on with things, show on this trip that every minute she is busy and it is packed full of events. but the difficulty in all of that is she can

look busy, she can look like she's doing everything, but there is a danger she looks like she's going through the motions and somehow she doesn't really understand the extent of the despair some parts of her party feel while she is thousands of miles away. on this trip she is trying to carve out britain's place in the world but there is no question her immediate priority is still carving out and preserving her own place in the party. our political editor laura kuenssberg in beijing, thank you. the police and the crown prosecution service have been heavily criticised for the second time in a week after the collapse of a trial. this one concerned people trafficking. one of the women accused of being involved had been locked up in custody for more than a year and had even given birth in prison. the trial collapsed when thousands of mobile phone messages, that were disclosed late, cast doubt on the case. it comes after a number of rape cases were also abandoned because of disclosure issues. clive coleman reports. i was scared, i was in shock...

cristina bosoanca's 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. they were bullying me. it was difficult when i saw them going to the visits of... the prosecution case was based on the evidence of a female complainant 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. christina's lawyers repeatedly told the police that there were phoned messages which undermined the woman's story. at the beginning, i asked for the phone, i asked for the pictures, cctv, i asked for everything. but they were like, they don't care.

it was only on the second day of the trial that 65,000 phone messages were disclosed to cristina's team. they fundamentally undermined the claimant's account and medical evidence also proved the woman was pregnant before coming to the uk. the case collapsed on friday, thejudge 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 it apologised and said a full review was taking place and a report would been 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 for the metropolitan police, the cps, and the criminal justice system as a whole. what do you think of british justice, having been through the process that you've been through? i really don't know. i don't want to say something rude. if they think someone needs to be punished for something, they need to be sure. cristina's experience shows disclosure failures go beyond recent highly publicised rape cases, there are likely to be more examples, each one affecting the lives of those charged, and their families. clive coleman, bbc news. nearly £1 billion has been wiped off the value of the out—sourcing company, capita, which provides services to both the public and private sectors, after it issued a profits warning for the coming year. the company, which employs 50,000 people in the uk, has also

announced a drastic overhaul of the business. our business editor simon jack is here. simon, are we looking at another carillion here? some things feel eerily similar, don't they? for example, big profit warning, crash in the share price, nearly 50% today, 80% over the last year. big public outsourcing contracts that it has, then it looks and feels the same. but there are major differences. it doesn't have those very risky construction contracts which can go wrong and today some of the measures that the company took, while painfulfor shareholders, is precisely what carillion should have done two or three years ago. they have cut the dividend while they still have plenty of money in the bank, £1 billion, they are raising £700 million in new equity capital, which means you don't have to pay it back and they are going to go through all those contracts won by one. so very painful, looks a bit scary but a very different animal, i would say,

to carillion. one thing i would say it is given the fact that government got the continuing to award contracts got the continuing to award co ntra cts to got the continuing to award contracts to carillion after a profit warning, will they be able to get public—sector contracts just as easily? i think those conversations will be a lot more tricky post carillion than they were before but i would say a different beast for now. jack, thank you. (z; : : 2.2131- f .. , » f — f f less than her male counterparts had been "an insult". the director general, lord hall, who also appeared, said it was "wrong" that she had been underpaid. our media editor amol rajan reports. a united front. several of the most high—profile female presenters on bbc news were in westminster today to support their colleague, carrie gracie. reporter: do the bbc need to do more on equal pay for women? that's why we're here to support carrie.

thank you. i was appointed china editor... she resigned her post as china editor in protest at unequal pay. in blistering testimony to a select committee of mps, she accused the bbc of institutionalised discrimination when it had paid her less than other international editors. we knew there was inequality. we didn't know the details, because the bbc is extremely secretive on pay, but we knew we were underpaid. i was determined at this point, where i knew i would give the china job every last ounce of my skill and stamina, i knew i would do that job at least as well as any man. the corporation's dealing with her grievance was, she said, insultingly shambolic. and she added that she'd be declining nearly £100,000 in back pay. i have said i don't want that money. that's not what it's about for me. i feel my salary‘s a good salary, its public money. that's not what it was about. they are still not

giving me a quality. —— equality. and in a concerted attack against bbc management, she said that for years it had £1.29;ng .: §gs~§~g¢zz ‘ggs ngfsgfsfg—rf ., . . . — ~~ anyway... then i thought, "no, i have to fight." gracie's grilling went on for two and a half hours. when said management emerged in the afternoon, he went on to explain for the first conversations happening today.

carrie gracie spoke powerfully about the wider implications of her own case and also the accumulated failures of the past. but the bbc management wanted to focus on the future. they want to shift this story from the injustices faced by carrie gracie, to their new framework for greater transparency. the trouble is, many staff here have other ideas. the bbc has a clear plan and is largely ahead of the industry on gender inequality. though carrie gracie's case remains far from resolved, or unique. amol rajan, bbc news. president trump has used his first state of the union address to call on republicans and democrats to work together to rebuild american industries and to fix the country's immigration system. he said he'd advanced his mission to "make america great again" with record tax cuts, a booming stock market

and a fall in unemployment. but democrats say he has left the nation fractured. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports. applause the pugilist president last night wearing a different guise. forget the street fighter, donald trump had come to congress as father of the nation — there to bind wounds, a message of unity, wanting to help everyone. 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 you've been or where you've 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 republicans loved it.

he did a victory lap on the growth of the economy. he called for measures to rebuild america's infrastructure. and in washington's highly polarised politics, he called for a new spirit of co—operation. i want our youth to grow up, to achieve great things. i want our poor to have their chance to rise. so tonight i am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties, democrats and republicans, to protect our citizens of every background, colour, religion and creed. but though he appealed for the parties to work together on immigration, there was little of substance that would win over democrats, who sat stony—faced through much of the speech. hundreds of miles north, in massachusetts, a young ambitious congressman was giving the democratic party's response. joseph kennedy iii, grandson of bobby, great nephew of presidentjohn f kennedy. bullies may land a punch,

they may leave a mark, but they have never, not once — in the history of our united states — managed to match the strength and spirit of a people united in defence of their future. joe kennedy is seeking to broaden the democratic party's appeal, to bring in more young people and minorities. donald trump is trying to widen the base of his support. what both republicans and democrats are engaged in is a battle for november's midterm elections, which could fundamentally alter the trajectory of this presidency. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. is a slap an act of terrorism? next week, a 16—year—old palestinian girl will go on trial in an israeli military court for a range of security offences after she was filmed slapping an israeli soldier. the video of the palestinian teenager, ahed tamimi, which was filmed by her mother, went viral and they

were both arrested. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports from their home village nebi saleh, on the israeli—occupied west bank. any peace in nebi saleh on a cold winter day is an illusion. it's a small palestinian village on the west bank, a sharp thorn in the side of its occupier, israel. the people here refuse to give in to israel's overwhelming power. for some israelis, that makes them terrorists. an israeli soldier shot mohammed tamimi, 15 years old, in the face with a rubber coated metal bullet. surgeons took the bullet out of mohammed's brain, along with part of his skull. the tamimifamily lead the protests in the village, many of them have been imprisoned by israel for security offences.

mohammed was jailed for three months last year. he was rushed to hospital after he was shot during a demonstration in nebi saleh, on the 15th december. the village was protesting against president trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. ahed tamimi, his cousin, a seasoned activist at 16 years old, told two israeli soldiers to get off her family's property, she'd just heard, wrongly, that mohammed had died. after one soldier swatted her away, she slapped him. once the video had gone viral, ahed with arrested with her mother nariman, who did the filming. they're charged with security offences and face jail. ahed's father, bassem tamimi, an activist who's also served time in prison, has been taking to her to

demonstrations since she was small. lots of people would say that if you slap a soldier, in any country, you'll get into trouble. so it's no surprise that the israelis have put her on trial. she can't accept a hard man to come to her field. this is the occupier law, and we are resisting. that's our duty and responsibility. we can't give our enemy a rose when he come to kill us. so this is where it happened, in the driveway of the tamimi's house. the incident says a lot about the conflict. the imbalance of force, the way it's invaded the lives of yet another generation and the bleakness of a future with no prospect of peace. very close to nebi saleh is a jewish settlement, illegal under international law.

last summer, a palestinian from another village killed three members of a family there. this area is always tense and the army's mainjob is to guard the settlers. like all west bank palestinians, ahed tamimi is being tried in a military court, which usually convicts. more than 300 palestinians, under 18, are serving time as security prisoners. some israelis are horrified by the imprisonment of children, but most feel that she should be punished and perhaps herfamily too. if i was there, she would finish in the hospital, for sure. nobody could stop me. i would kick, kick herface. believe me. she's a 16—year—old girl. no, i don't look at it like this because today, as a 16—year—old girl, she punched a soldier, tomorrow she will stick a knife in his throat. they say they're taking part in peaceful protest.

you see me smiling. if this is peaceful protest, i don't want to imagine what is not a peaceful protest. a slap isn't terrorism. no, a slap is terrorism. believe me. a slap is terrorism. no peace process exists any more and reviving one looks less and less likely. the future of the next generation is going to be difficult. incidents like this show the level of tension and anger that's just below the surface. palestinian lives are dominated by the occupation, but keeping a people under military rule for 50 years has also had a profound effect on israel. without change for the better, the risk is that the west bank will slide into more serious violence. jeremy bowen, bbc news, nebi saleh. a long—running public inquiry in northern ireland has found

that the deaths of four children at a belfast hospital were avoidable. the inquiry investigated the deaths of five children between 1996 and 2003 and took 1a years to complete. the chairman made damning criticisms of hospital staff, managers and officials, saying families had been deliberately misled. the international development minister, lord bates, stunned colleagues in the house of lords this afternoon by resigning because he was late to the chamber to answer questions. i'm thoroughly ashamed for not being in my place and will be offering my resignation to the prime minister. tonight downing street announced they had rejected his resignation saying it was "unnecessary".

lord bates will now continue in his role. will see a loss of valuable british influence in the fight against crime the head of europol fears the uk's departure from the european union will see a loss of valuable british influence in the fight against crime and international terrorism. the government says it is optimistic that an ambitious new security treaty can be agreed. with14 months to go until brexit, our home editor, mark easton, takes a closer look at the potential impact brexit could have 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. britain's 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 post—brexit europol will be less concerned about uk security priorities. there will be a loss of british influence, and i think it's a shame for the uk. i think it's actually a shame for our european partners as well. we'll find other ways perhaps of influencing, even more informal ways, but they will be less

direct, less pronounced and probably less successful than they are now of course. so, we need to fetch his fingerprints... officers at the uk's national crime agency are accessing europol databases every day and fear moving from ‘member status‘ to what‘s called ‘operational status‘ will make it harder to keep british citizens safe. thank you, bye. at the minute, we‘ve got a really good relationship with eu partners, everyone works on the same platforms, everyone works to the same rules. any lessening of the relationship which would affect operational impact and responsiveness and our ability to protect the public would be the concern. operation captura has tracked down dozens of british criminal fugitives on the continent and brought them to justice. it‘s relied on access to eu quick time 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, let‘s go straight to a 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 don‘t just lose our seat here at 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‘s in everyone‘s interest to agree a deal that preserves the status quo. i don‘t necessarily accept that assumption that we will not be able to influence the rules. we influence the rules

at the moment. we‘re going into this negotiation saying what we‘ve got works, part of why it works is because of the british influence and our contribution. the shared threat from terrorism and cross—border crime means it is 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. mark easton, bbc news. football now, and the january transfer window closes in england in just over half an hour. spending has been record breaking. the most expensive signing so far today is pierre—emerick aubameyang, who is moving from borussia dortmund to arsenal for £56 million. the club described him as "one of the world‘s most highly—rated strikers." if it‘s not too cloudy where you are, you may have been lucky to catch a glimpse of a rare lunar event tonight. it‘s called the super

blue blood moon. this is a live shot of it in the skies over central london now. the sight has dazzled skywatchers around the world. it‘s when there‘s a second full moon in the same month and when it‘s closest to the earth in orbit, making it look much brighter and bigger. they‘ve coincided with a lunar eclipse, which has given it a reddish glow in some parts of the world. hull won its bid to be 2017 uk city of culture with a promise to show "a city coming out of the shadows." a year later, many areas of the city have indeed been regenerated. hull has been supported by an army of volunteers and it‘s managed to attract top talent from across the uk. among them, the award—winning playwright james graham, who studied in the city. his latest work, the culture, has opened in hull. he‘s been talking about that and hull‘s cultural legacy with our arts editor, will gompertz. hull is reflecting on its year in the limelight, which saw the turner prize come

to its refurbished art gallery, new public spaces created and music on the streets. a lot of people visited, including banksy. and james graham, one of the country‘s leading playwrights, who has written a farce, that looks back on hull‘s year as city of culture and its organisers‘ obsession with monitoring and evaluation. what a pleasure it is to meet someone so senior in the civil service, who embraces systems thinking and statistical analysis when it comes to the quantifiable impact of art. it‘s kind of my thing. what do you think the legacy of the city of culture in hull‘s going to be? the main legacy will be the audience, developing an audience and breaking down some of those psychological barriers that says culture is a different thing. this is outrageous. it's a joke! the hull sense of humour, it has to be funny. culture, that's what my data says. it‘s about breaking down this idea that it has to be elitist and hull