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The head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is to

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step down. Rowan Williams says he hopes the next Archbishop will have

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the constitution of an ox and the hide of a rhinoceros. A potential

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successor doesn't seem too keen. Do you fancy his job? You can't be

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serious. We'll be looking at the challenges

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ahead for the Anglican Church. Also tonight:

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After an American soldier killed 16 Afghan villagers, the country's

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president accuses the US of not cooperating with his investigation.

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This form of activity, this behaviour cannot be tolerated.

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The behind the scenes negotiations ahead of the Budget. Could they

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bring a cut in the 50p top rate of tax?

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Sachin Tendulkar bats his way into the history books with his 100th

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international century. And falling sales and the rise of

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apps hits British computer games I will have a round-up of all the

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day's sport, including Likud tomorrow's Six Nations showdown, as

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Wales go for the Grand Slam against Good evening.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, is to step down at the

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end of the year. As global head of the 80 million-strong Anglican

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Church, he hinted at the strain of the job by saying he hoped his

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successor would have the constitution of an ox and the hide

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of a rhinoceros. He's battled with issues that have threatened to

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split the Church - gay bishops and same sex marriages. He will leave

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his post before a vote on another divisive issue, the consecration of

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women bishops. Our religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott

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reports. Even as he demanded to be let into

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Canterbury Cathedral for his enthronement, Rowan Williams was a

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reluctant leader of a church that he knew was bitterly divided.

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is why the Christian will engage with passion in the world of our

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society and politics. Let us create our newly enthroned Archbishop with

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great gladness. During almost all of his leadership of the worldwide

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Anglican Communion, the issue of homosexuality has threatened it

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with disintegration. The danger came to a head at the once a decade

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meeting of the world's Anglicans at the Lambeth Conference. The Church

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stayed intact, but the pressure on Dr Williams remained enormous.

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have said that I do not particularly want to be President

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of the next Lambeth Conference. I have done that particular job for

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the Church. The next one will be in 2018. Between now and then, we

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think about it. The Church recognised in Dr Williams the

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presence and bearing of a holy man. He described himself as a hairy

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leftie, but he was also a poet and prolific author who had been

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Professor of Divinity by the age of 36 and a bishop by 40. I pay

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tribute to the service he has given to the country and the church and I

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single out the work he has done in Africa, Sudan and elsewhere, to try

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to ensure peace, stability and prosperity. He is a very thoughtful

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and wise man. But Africans, who regarded active homosexuality as a

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sin, formed a rebellious alliance with in the communion. Despite Dr

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Williams' popularity with the rank and file there, some

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traditionalists claim that he prolonged discussions, knowing

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Anglican beliefs about sexuality were being undermined.

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Archbishop of Canterbury was seen as indecisive, to an extent, by a

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number of key leaders in Africa and elsewhere. And the very fact that

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he wanted to keep people discussing was seen as him taking sides,

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siding with those who wanted to innovate, particularly in the area

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of sexuality. The ordination of women as bishops in the Church of

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England could be among Dr Williams' achievements. A crucial vote takes

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place in July. Dr Williams was sometimes accused of being Wally in

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his language and his thinking. do not simply have a stand-off

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between two rival legal systems. There was uproar when he said that

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Muslim law would inevitably become more commonly used in the UK. He

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later accepted he had spoken clumsily. Who might follow Dr

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Williams into Lambeth Palace? The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu,

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the Church's most -- second most important cleric, was asked whether

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he was a contender. REPORTER: Do you fancy his job?

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can't be serious. Any successor would take on a church still in

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grave danger of division. Finding the right person will not be easy.

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And we can speak to Robert at Lambeth Palace. Once the Archbishop

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has gone, how hard will it be for the Anglican Church to hold

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together over some of these more divisive issues? It will not be

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easy. For instance, women bishops is not a done deal. Rowan Williams

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cares about how they brought in. That is why I am surprised he has

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announced his discussion -- his resignation now, when his prestige

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and authority could have made a difference to the outcome. The same

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goes for an agreement he had to draft to keep the Anglican

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Communion together. The Church faces a divisive debate over gay

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marriage. And a group of evangelicals said they were

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prepared to bring in their own bishops to look after them if they

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did not like those on offer from the church here. So there are

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potential challengers in the pipeline for his successor. He has

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often been accused of using something described as carefully

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judged lack of clarity to deal with problems like this. It could be

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that his successor does not have that Mac and will not have the

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experience, prestige and authority to be able to make his word go.

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The Afghan president has accused the United States of failing to

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cooperate with an investigation into the killing of 16 villagers.

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Hamid Karzai spoke after he met relatives of those who died. The

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American soldier accused of the murders has now been taken to a

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maximum security detention centre in a military base in the US.

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Quentin Somerville reports from Kabul.

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The blood of Afghans, spilt inside their own homes. They were killed

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mostly by a single shot to the head. The gunman was an American soldier,

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it is believed. He gathered them together, including the children,

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and burnt to their bodies. They started with a prayer. The

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villagers had come to the presidential palace. 11 people were

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killed in one home, raged this village elder. They were acting

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like animals, smashing down doors. President Karzai listened and

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appeared to agree that this was not the work of a single attacker.

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believe it is not possible for one person to do that. In his family,

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in four rooms people were killed, children and women were killed. And

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then they were all brought together in one room and then put on fire.

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The Afghan investigation team did not receive the co-operation that

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they expected from the United States. The international mission

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in Afghanistan has always known that the Afghan people would only

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tolerate its presence for so long. But two events in quick succession,

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the accidental burning of the Koran, and the killings in Kandahar, have

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poisoned the relationship. There is now more pressure than ever full

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international troops to draw back and hand more responsibility for

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the fight to Afghans. The reminders day of Britain's continuing

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sacrifice for Afghanistan. Warminster or in Wiltshire came to

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a standstill as locals paid their respects to the six soldiers killed

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in Helmand last week. Five were from the 3rd Battalion, the

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Yorkshire Regiment. These men are heading for combat in Afghanistan.

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They will not be the last, but the end is in sight, says Britain's

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ambassador to Kabul. The plan is for us to get combat troops off the

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battlefield. And to replace them with Afghans, if there is still

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fighting to be done. That is the plan. Within 18 months, there will

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not be any British, American or any other troops in the villages.

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Meanwhile, in America, the lawyer of the suspected killer spoke for

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the first time. We have a soldier who has an exemplary record, a

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decorated soldier who was injured in Iraq, to his brain and to his

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body. Despite that, he was sent back. The Army Staff Sergeant, name

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still unknown, is heading to this maximum-security military prison.

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It is a long way from Afghanistan but the fate of the soldier will

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not be far from the minds of the Afghan people.

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Belgium has held a national day of mourning to remember the victims of

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Tuesday night's coach crash in Switzerland. 28 people, including

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22 children, died when their bus hit the wall of a tunnel. Today it

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emerged that a British boy, 11- year-old Sebastian Bowles, was

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among the dead. The Prime Minister has held talks

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with the Prime Minister, George Osborne, and his Liberal Democrat

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coalition partners, to seek agreement on next week's Budget. It

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has been suggested George Osborne is arguing for a cut in the 50

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pence top tax rate to promote enterprise. Labour has said tax

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cuts for the richest in Britain would be the wrong priority. Hugh

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Pym examines the arguments. 50 pence in the pound, the top rate

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of income tax, its future is now the dominant issue ahead of next

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week's Budget, with strongly argued views on both sides. David Cameron,

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back from the US and promoting tourism in his constituency, held a

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phone conversation today with the Chancellor and the two leading

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Democrats in the government, they thrashed out precisely what to do

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about the 50p rate. -- the Liberal Democrats in the Government. There

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has been a lot for the Chancellor to think about over this issue.

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There is the question of how much extra revenue for top rate of tax

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brings in. He has asked HMRC to report back combat one. And then

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there is the political message which will go out with any

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announcement he chooses to make on the future of the 50p rate. The

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coalition has continued with a policy adopted by the previous

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Government. The 50p tax rate was introduced in 20th April 10 as a

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temporary measure. It applies to earnings of over �150,000 a year.

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It is paid by around 320,000 people. The Treasury estimated it would

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bring in an extra �2.8 billion this coming year. But financial experts

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are sceptical. They argue the Revenue has a lot less because

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wealthy people find ways to avoid the top rate, and business leaders

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claimed it damages enterprise. think the 50p tax rate should be

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scrapped because in practice it is self-defeating. People will change

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their behaviour in order to get around it, or they will not start

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the business as they might have started because they are

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discouraged from turning in those categories. At a time of rising

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fuel prices, tax credits being cut, family budgets under real pressure,

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people would think that making a priority, cutting taxes only for

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those earning above �150,000 would be totally out of touch, the wrong

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priority. The so-called quad will meet face-to-face on Monday. Nick

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Clegg and Danny Alexander for the Lib Dems have been pressing for tax

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hikes on the rich in return for scrapping the 50p rate, which is

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what the Prime Minister and Chancellor want. 50p is in the

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balance. What happens to it could be one of the defining issues of

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next week's Budget. The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, has

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promised to guarantee jobs for young people who are out of work

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for more than a year, funded by a tax on bankers' bonuses. He said

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the announcement would form the first line of the party's budget if

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it was in power. But it hit a snag when the deputy leader of the party

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did not know how much the policy would cost, or how much the bankers

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Ed Miliband led the Shadow Cabinet to his party's youth conference,

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but he has to convince sceptical voters he can lead the country out

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of debt and economic downturn. So he set out what he called a bold

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and radical plan to tackling one of Britain's pressing problems - youth

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unemployment. Under Labour, a job is guaranteed,

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paying at least the minimum wage for at least six months with real

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training. Labour's real jobs guarantee.

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He went out of his way to say he could be trusted to keep a tight

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hold on the nation's purse strings. This job scheme would be fully

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costed, paid for by a tax on bankers bonusespm. We have got to

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measure success on the difference we make. It was in this building,

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just before the last general election, that Ed Miliband's old

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boss, Gordon Brown, came to invite sceptical voters to take a second

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look at him and his party. Ed Miliband is doing much the same

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thing today because he knows his own polling is suggesting that

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Labour still has to make a greater impact with voters on the crucial

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issue that can decide elections, the economy.

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But perhaps the first step in in route back to economic credibility

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is to ensure your deputy is briefed. The bankers bonus tax is going to

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raise how much money? I haven't got quite the - I know we have worked

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out that figure. What's the cost of the real jobs guarantee?

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Mm, I haven't got that actual figure to hand.

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There was a measured reaction to Labour's plan for jobs at this

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local construction company. I am more worried about the actual

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scheme and that is going on today than these proposed schemes that

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the Labour Party is giving. We want a long-term commitment.

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This idea you can train, and you can deliver in six months is not

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good. . To lay the foundations of success,

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Ed Miliband knows he will have to work harder to regain the ground

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Labour has lost on economic Coming up on tonight's programme:

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He is going to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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A spectacular win for champion jockey Tony McCoy and Synchronised

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It was called the "scoop of the century" as 250,000 US diplomatic

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cables released by the website, WikiLeaks. The BBC has spoken to

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key members of the American Government about the leaks which

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reveal how Iran's nuclear ambitions are not a recent concern for the US,

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they've been a key factor in US foreign policy for years. Richard

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28th November 2010, the day jewel Assange and his WikiLeaks website

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shared US secrets with the world. The whistle-blowing website

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released another pile of documentspm. The man accused of the

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leak is Bradley Manning. At the time, Robert Gates was the US

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secretary of defence. Is it embarrassing to you personally that

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it came out of your department? Well, of course, and it was hard

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for me to look Secretary Clinton in the eye when she said "how did this

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happen?" It came out of the military installation.

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Read the cable in detail and some issues never go away, like what to

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do about the Iranian nuclear programme.

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The cables show from as far back as 2008, some of Iran's neighbours

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were encouraging the US to muse military power -- use military

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power. How were you being urged to attack

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your own? People were aggressive and pushing it.

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Who was it and what were they saying? Well, I am not going to go

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there. Cables show the US desperate for

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any intelligence. They created a network of Iran watchers whose job

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was to gather any information they could. The cables show a person in

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London was a prolific source. I had a very reliable source in

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Iraq. He gave me a lot of information about the Iranian

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agents in Iraq. I met an American diplomat. We talked about it.

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And we tracked down one of those in the State Department who received

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intelligence from the Iran watchers. There is no question that since

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this process of the Iran watchers has been stagsalised it improved

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the understanding of Iran within the US Government.

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But what is clear, is the debate about Iran's nuclear programme was

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always alive in the White House. Michael Haden was the director of

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the CIA. I had three American presidents

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saying Iran getting a weapon is unacceptable. As a native speaker,

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I think I know what unacceptable is. The cable reveal America's secret

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concerns and a succession of US Administrations have been haunted

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You can see more on that story in WikiLeaks: The Secret Life of a

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Superpower next Wednesday at 9pm on He is a global cricket hero to

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millions and now the Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has become the

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first player to score 100 centuries in Tests and one-day internationals.

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It came against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup and as Andrew North

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reports from Delhi, it has been a long road since his first century

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against England more than 20 years There is only one Sachin Tendulkar

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in cricket mad India. In towns and villages across the

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country, they worship him. This was the moment Sachin

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Tendulkar assured his God-like status as he hit the milestone of

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100 centuries. There was more relief than elation though. It has

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been an agonising wait, a year since he hit the last one.

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After scoring 90, 100s, you are made to realise the value. It is

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not easy to get 100. It was a testing period for me because it

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was tough. It was really class. It was

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marvellous. It was fantastic. And there it is.

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The man they call the little master showed his talents early. Hitting

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his first century when he was just 17 against England, among these

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heaping on the praise. Sachen has been the player which

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which all others are measured in the last 10 or 15 years and for him

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to go on and get 100, 100s, it is an amazing achievement and unlikely

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to be achieved again. Where does Sachin Tendulkar stand

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among the greats of the game? Unquestionably the best batsman was

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Sir Donald Bradman, no one has come close to his average of 99.9 runs,

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but in inia no one compares with Sachin Tendulkar. In Mumbai,

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youngsters come to this park every day, hoping to emulate their hero.

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Some believe Sachin Tendulkar's record of 100 centuries will never

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The Hollywood actor George Clooney has been arrested outside the

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Sudanese embassy in Washington. He was taking part in a protest to

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accuse the Sudanese president of provoking a humanitarian crisis

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firstly by blocking the delivery of food and aid. The second thing we

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are here to ask, it is a simple thing, is for the Government in

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Khartoum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women and

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children. Tonight, Britain's computer games

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industry has been hosting its annual BAFTA Awards, a chance to

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celebrate the high achievers in a field where British talent has

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traditionally excelled, but behind the scenes falling sales and the

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rise of apps are raising fears that for many UK firms it could soon be

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a case of game over? Rory Cellan- A big night for one of Britain's

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success stories, but as guests arrive for the BAFTA video games

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award, sponored by a retail chain threatened with collapse, the

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industry has a fight on its hands. Here is one team competing for a

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BAFTA. I Am Player is a social game, mostly played through Facebook. It

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turns you into a premiership footballer and there is lots of

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video shot from your point of view. The game earns money through

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advertising and selling virtual goods like boots and energy drinks.

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It is one of a new breed. That is shocking. See you on

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Saturday, yeah? Social games didn't exist four years ago and now 300

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million people play social games every month and it continues to

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grow. We have got this this explosive growth there and on

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smartphones. If five months, over two million

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people signed up to play this online social game. Keep the ball.

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So one small British company thinks it found the formula for success,

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but the games industry is in a state with plunging sales and

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doubts over its future direction. Batman: Arkham City is another

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British made hit, but with sales of traditional expensive console games

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like this falling, there is a mood of uncertainty.

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They don't know what types of games people are going to be buying and

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where they are going to be buying them from. It is terrifying and

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exciting and I think we're going through this period of flux and we

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are not sure we will come out of it. Some will succeed, some will fail.

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The new boss at the organisation representing the industry is

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pressing hard for tax relief for games firms.

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Ted UK always had -- the UK always had a fantastic tradition of

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producing quality games. We need to make sure we are creating the right

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business environment to continue that fantastic heritage.

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The big winners tonight did include some traditional blockbuster games,

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but this industry is changing rapidly and only the anymorelest

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players -- nimblest players will The Cheltenham Gold Cup has been

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won by Synchronised ridden by Tony McCoy. There were high hopes for

:24:29.:24:32.

Kauto Star which has won the race twice before, but his jockey pulled

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him up before the end of the race and the 12-year-old horse is almost

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certain to retire. Joe Wilson was watching. And they are away.

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There is a sweet agony to watch at Cheltenham, even for lovers of

:24:48.:24:54.

horse racing, there has been soul searching. They enjoy a sport that

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has risks to the animal. It doesn't put me off because it is

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part of the scene really. Like with most sports, there is a

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risk. With motor racing, there is a risk.

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Most have come to watch the great Kauto Star, defying the years to

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battle for a third Gold Cup. Well, his race was over before half-way.

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At the back of the field, Ruby Walsh decided the horse wasn't

:25:18.:25:21.

moving properly and pulled him out. This was the reaction from those

:25:21.:25:28.

watching. APPLAUSE

:25:28.:25:30.

The vet soon reported that Kauto Star was fine.

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The race was left to the others and the brown silks defending champion,

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Long Run struggling to retain his title, but between the last fence

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and the finishing line and it was Synchronised, guided by AP McCoy.

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Tony McCoy comes storming up the hill to win the Gold Cup.

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Any victory for Tony McCoy is greeted by huge warmth here at

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Cheltenham. It is an acknowledgement of this jockey's

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enormous contribution to the sport. Moments after vibg after victory

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Tony McCoy was full of praise for Ruby Walsh.

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Ruby was thinking about his horse more than anyone else.

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