10/04/2012 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at ten - after a long legal battle, five terror suspects CAN be

extradited to the US. Among them, the hardline cleric Abu Hamza, and

if convicted, they could face life imprisonment and solitary

confinement. Their cases were considered by the European Court of

Human Rights and the Government has welcomed the outcome. The courts

ruled an extradition would not be a violation of their human rights and

we will work to ensure we can handle over these individuals to

the United States as soon as possible.

We'll be asking why the process has taken several years, with the

possibility of another appeal. Also tonight:

In Syria, the violence continues despite a UN peace plan and new

appeals for a ceasefire. Let me again appealed to the Syrian

government and the Syrian parties to cease violence in accordance

with the plan. Leading charities warn that

limiting tax relief on donations will have a serious effect on their

work. New allegations that this British

businessman was murdered by the wife of one of China's top

And a century after the Titanic set sail from Southampton, a service to

In sport, Ewood Park drama, goals and red card heartbreak make for a

thriller between Blackburn and Good evening.

Five suspected terrorists, including the hardline preacher Abu

Hamza, have lost their long legal battle against extradition to the

United States. The European Court of Human Rights rejected their

claims that if convicted they could face inhumane punishment in

America's high-security jails. They have three months to appeal. David

Cameron has welcomed the ruling, as our correspondent June Kelly

Just do it. Anything will help. typical Abu Hamza tirade. He is

urging his followers to kill. He has already been convicted in the

British courts of inciting murder. Now he is one of five terror

suspects facing American justice. Europe has cleared the way for them

to be put on a plane, acknowledging they could face life in prison. In

a statement, the European Court Obviously this now permits the

extradition of Abu Hamza and others to the United States. The courts

ruled that extradition would not be a violation of this human rights

and we will be working to ensure we can hand over these individuals to

the United States as soon as possible. Abu Hamza one spoke about

the UK's desire to get rid of him. As a human being I am worried, but

as a preacher I know you can't deport me. You'll have to put me

somewhere else which is God's kingdom. As for the charges Abu

Hamza is facing, he is said to have been involved in a plot to kidnap

Westerners in Yemen. Four Britons died. Inside the US, he is accused

of conspiring to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. For years

his power base was Finsbury Park Mosque in north London. In the late

90s, this man worked as an informant inside the mosque,

gathering intelligence for the police and MI5. I would describe

Abu Hamza as a terrorist in chief. Very dangerous person. But pre-

9/11, that wasn't how the British authorities viewed him. He was seen

at the time as a clown, a big mouth. With Abu Hamza in charge, Finsbury

Park Mosque became a breeding ground for extremists and some who

fell under have it -- his influence here went on to commit acts of

terrorism. Hussain Osman was one of the 21/7 terraced sale who tried to

cause corner -- carnage and the London transport system. The four

others facing extradition with Abu Hamza are wanted on a range of

charges, including the bombing of two US embassies. One is accused of

over 269 counts of murder. Another of the four is BABA Ahmed, I

recently interviewed in prison by the BBC. He is accused of running a

website said to have been used to help finance terrorism. First in

Chechnya and then in Afghanistan. His family say he should stand

trial in Britain. British justice appears to have been sub-contracted

to the US. This should be immediately rectified by putting

him on trial in the UK. BABA Ahmed is one of those who could end up

here, America's modern-day Alcatraz. A supermax prison in Colorado

called ADX Florence. Abu Hamza will not be sent here because of his

disabilities. He has lost both arms and is blind in one eye. For the

United States, today is a landmark in a legal marathon which has cost

millions. Our extradition partners around the world can rest assured

that the defendants who are extradited will receive fair and

just proceedings in criminal cases in the United States. Also facing

possible extradition is a 6th man, Haroon Aswat. The European decision

on him has been adjourned because of the state of his melt -- mental

health. Our home editor, Mark Easton, is

with me tonight. A very long process so far and still not a

guaranteed end. Absolutely. Years and years of legal argument and we

are still not quite there. One more avenue. They can make an appeal to

the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Many have

tried to go to the Grand Chamber, but few succeed. Were they to do so,

these five, who knows how long that would take. If they don't, three

months to appeal and that the end of that three months, the

expectation is they will be on an aeroplane and sent out to the

States. But you're right, this goes back in some cases to the late 90s.

The reason it has taken so long, I think, is because we are witnessing

what happens when the Americans pursue their global war on terror,

their determination to bring people to justice in America. In doing

that through the extradition process, they are finding different

jurisdictions, different cultures, politics, rubbing up against each

other, all the processes of appeals and legal arguments that go with

that. So we have Egyptian and Saudi nationals in English jails, pursued

by the American authorities and the future of their case decided in a

French court. These are the consequences of a search by the

Americans for global justice. Although this case may be close to

completion, I think there will be many more cases that begin to test

some of those ideas further. Thank you.

In Syria, opposition groups say 1,000 people have been killed by

government forces in the past eight days. There was more violence today,

damaging hopes for a peace plan brokered by Kofi Annan, the former

UN Secretary-General. That plan was due to be implemented today. The

worst of the unrest has been in the cities of Homs, Aleppo and Damascus.

The latest violence happened as Mr Annan was visiting Syria's border

with Turkey, where tens of thousands of people have fled to

escape the attacks. Mr Annan spoke to refugees at the Yaladack refugee

camp. From there, the BBC's Fergal If peace is about to dawn, there's

This is the voice of the cameraman filming the violence. This is Homs,

he says, it is being destroyed by a random shelling today, April 10th.

In Homs and in other embattled towns, the destruction seems if

anything to be escalating. And with time running out on his peace

mission, Kofi Annan came to visit the refugees of serious violence.

Here there was a welcome. Most of these victims have fled from the

north of the country, with stories of killing and torture. All day,

the cavalcade moved from camp to camp. Some of the refugees we met

clung to the hope his mission might still work. Maybe something will

happen in Syria, this woman told us, and we can go back to our families

and children. Kofi Annan has been asked for solutions he can't

deliver. For some it is a question of achieving a ceasefire and being

able to go home, but a growing number of voices here are demanding

that the opposition be armed and achieve a military victory. The

mood of militancy is growing. These men told us they were from the Free

Syrian Army and had little faith in Kofi Annan's mission. TRANSLATION:

We want NATO to come to Syria and give weapons to the Free Syrian

Army and we want the liberated zone so we can live in our country.

the clock ticks on the UN's deadline and Kofi Annan's deadline

-- mission looks increasingly forlorn. Let me appeal to the

Syrian government and Syrian parties to cease violence in

accordance with the plan and I believe there should be no

preconditions for stopping violence. But in Moscow, where he met his

Russian counterpart, Syria's foreign minister claimed his side

was abiding by the agreement. TRANSLATION: We have withdrawn some

military units from some provinces, we have allowed more media channels

to enter Syria and we have reached agreement to allow humanitarian aid

inside. Nobody in the camps believes a word of that. After Mr

Anand, there were visitors with a very different message to his hope

for persuasion. This is a war. Diplomacy with Assad has failed and

it will continue to fail so long as Assad thinks he can defeat the

opposition in Syria militarily. rhetoric won't bring military

intervention closer. But it echoes a mood that rejects any compromise

with the regime. Cancer Research UK has warned of a

serious impact on the work of charities if the Government limits

the tax relief on charitable donations. Ministers say they're

concerned that some wealthy people are reducing their tax bills by

abusing the system. But charities say that portraying philanthropists

as tax dodgers could lead to drop in big donations, as our chief

economics correspondent Hugh Pym Major charities claim they will be

among the losers as a result of the Chancellor's crackdown on use of

tax reliefs by the wealthy. They say donations will suffer because

of Mr Osborne's Budget announcement. We have capped benefits, now it is

right to cap tax reliefs, too. a few weeks on there are warnings

that vital research work like this could be affected. Some leading

charities, including this Cancer Research Organisation, are now

concerned because they think the Chancellor's new rules could hit

their income. Wealthy donors could be deterred because of the

restrictions on the amount of tax relief they will be able to claim.

This charity says some of its donors have already warned they are

reconsidering how much they give. We are building a very important

new medical research facility right now in London for which we are

entirely reliant on the generosity of wealthy philanthropists who are

affected by this measure. Some of whom have already called me to say

they are expecting to reduce their donations in the future.

Chancellor wants to limit the percentage of income which can be

deployed to reduce tax bills. Someone with income of �600,000 a

year is currently not restricted on tax relief on charity donations.

From next year, they will be able to get tax relief on no more than

150,000 of donations under the new rules. One leading philanthropist

who has given away tens of millions told us the Government's plan is

unfair to genuine donors. Frankly, I was shocked and horrified because

there was absolutely no warning that anything like this was coming

and from the point of view of discouraging philanthropists, I

doubt if they could have done anything more effective. Mr Osborne

said today he was shocked to discover some of the wealthiest

people in the country were paying virtually no income tax because of

the use of a whole range of tax reliefs. He said he wanted to make

sure philanthropy was encouraged and there would be consultation

with charities. But with this website set up to oppose the plans,

a campaign bandwagon run by the Charities is up and running. They

argue even if a way around Mr Osborne's Rules has agreed with the

Treasury, the uncertainty and delay will still hit donations which

would otherwise be heading towards The mystery surrounding the death

of a British businessman in China has deepened with the news of the

Chinese authorities treating his death as murder, and implicated the

wife of a prominent politician. The body of Neil Heywood was found in a

hotel last year. Today, the wife of Bo Xilai, was placed under

investigation. Bo Xilai himself has also been suspended from the party.

Chongqing is a city of intrigue. Neil Heywood died in a hotel room

here last year. The businessman was a close family friend of one of

China's top politicians, Bo Xilai. Now, in an extraordinary twist, the

Chinese authorities suspect his wife, Gu Kalai, was involved in

Neil Heywood's murder. The British government pushed authorities to

reopen the case. Chinese officials officially said the businessman's

death was accidental after excessive drinking. It is the death

that needs to be investigated on its own merits without political

considerations and so I hope they will go about it in that way.

investigation goes to the very heart of power in China. Neil

Heywood was prized for his contact with Bo Xilai. Bo Xilai had been

tipped for the top of Chinese politics but he is also under

investigation after his police chief apparently tried to defect to

the Americans earlier this year. This makes for China's biggest

political scandal in 20 years, coming as the country prepares for

a once in a decade leadership change. The us is a political

decision by the central leadership to hang Bo Xilai out to dry with

his family because the whole affair, the whole scandal that was growing

up around him, risked becoming very destabilising during this year of

leadership change in China. Chinese authorities say they have

set up a team to investigate his death again. What happened in this

city continues to make waves across the country.

Coming up - what next in the Republican presidential race now

that Rick Santorum has left the stage?

Despite loud warnings from the international community, North

launch could take place as early as Thursday. The regime has dismissed

concerns the satellite launch is a cover for developing missile

technology but the Americans are warning any launch will be a clear

violation of UN resolutions. Our correspondent is in North Korea.

Vast empty streets. Not the shopfront or advert anywhere.

Welcome to the world's last Stalinist state preparing a party

for its dead but eternal president, King ill some. Even the walls are

being washed. It is like travelling back in time. Today we were whisked

past grim-looking villages and people toiling by hound in fields

to be shown this. 1000 hector fruit farm, perfect rows. It is the way

Korea wants to be seen. Ordered, efficient, a modern socialist

miracle. This woman says she is very happy working here, and it is

thanks to the leaders, the Kim family, who have ruled North Korea

since it was founded. Everybody keeps saying how wise and

benevolent the ruling family are. It is down to the leader's wise

guidance and his investments, but there was always the impression

nothing is quite as it seems. The workers didn't look to be doing

much, and right in the middle she is putting the box back on the line

- cartons of Jews going round and round. Doubts also linger over the

centrepiece of the planned celebrations, a rocket that will

put a satellite in space. America says it will be a test of missile

technology that one day might threaten US cities. North Korea

says it is misunderstood, that's why it showed us another brand new

farm breeding turtles, an expensive delicacy. It cost millions so I

asked when it would make a profit. It is hard to explain to you

capitalists, the manager said. To us, profit doesn't matter. Not far

away, more bare fields. A theme park under construction, and lines

of shabby huts. A contradiction of a country that struggles to feed

its people, yet its leaders dream grandiose dreams.

In the American presidential race, the Fide for the Republican

nomination has been transformed by Rick Santorum's decision to drop

out of the contest, but he has not indicated whether he will be

endorsing Mitt Romney, and he said his own campaign against the

policies of President Obama would continue. We will continue to fight

to make sure we defeat President Obama, that we win the house back,

and we take the United States Senate, and we stand for the values

that make us Americans, that make us the greatest country in the

history of the world. Rick Santorum in his announcement a short while

ago. Let's speak to our correspondent in Washington. Is

that it for the Republican race? Is it settled? The short answer is yes.

Tonight we are at the point where we can say unequivocally that Mitt

Romney will be the Republican challenger to Barack Obama and that

is because Rick Santorum is the only one who at this stage could

claim to be a viable alternative. He has dropped out in part because

because he sensed he would lose in Pennsylvania. The Obama campaign

have expected Mitt Romney to be confirmed, and they have put out a

statement signalling their lines of attack. They have said Mitt Romney

is trying to buy the election with the help of special interest, and

secondly a personal attack on Mitt Romney - the Obama campaign says

the more the American people seat of Mitt Romney, the less they like

him. The Prime Minister at a delegation

of British business people have been in Tokyo hoping to generate

millions of pounds of Trade for UK companies. It coincided with the

announcement from the sound that it will be creating hundreds of jobs.

-- from Nissan. The Prime Minister is on tour

selling Britain to the world. His mission is to secured trade deals

across South Asia, first stop Japan. He says it is an opportunity that

has been underplayed and must be renewed. A chance to pay his

respects to the Emperor, but also a chance to forge new relationships.

Not just to secure more investment at home, but investments -- exports

over here. It is an opportunity to ways we can rebalance the economy

and make sure we get it moving. came to the headquarters of Nissan

to thank them for choosing the Sunderland plant to make their new

car. I have seen the new hatchback but I will not tell anyone what it

looks like. I know it is a secret. But he left on the deal could

create 200 new jobs, and there could be more jobs from the New

Deal in Japanese investment in Britain's infrastructure. Crucially,

he also agreed a deal to boost Britain's defence industry. Fide

defence contractors will be travelling to with David Cameron

and they will get access to the previously closed markets in Japan.

There is no doubt to break into Japan it is difficult. We

manufacture helicopters and we have had an arrangement here for a

number of years but it is tough market. With this arrangement, we

hope we can jointly develop and manufacture more of our products in

Japan. In the wake of the Fukushima crisis, David Cameron also agreed

to share expertise in de commissioning power plants. He will

leave from Malaysia and ultimately Burma, where he will meet the

opposition leader. The bottom line for this tour is putting the Great

back into Britain's economy. Japan's economy is the third

largest in the world. David Cameron comes here after weeks of trouble

at home but he insists he has focused on fixing the economy, and

that, he says, means drumming up business in places like this.

A century ago, the Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden

voyage heading for New York. Today, people gathered to remember the

1500 victims, many of whom were from the Southampton area.

Across rooftops through city streets, a sound which was last

heard here when a notion giant -- ocean giant announced her departure.

It began with excitement, Titanic towering over the quayside cranes,

500 locally recruited crew members clamouring up the gangways. Today,

their descendants gather to give thanks for those who survived and

remember the last. He was in charge of lifeboat five. We believe he

saved somebody's life as well. happened that night to him and so

many others, I have a connection, and I just want to be there for him

really. News of the disaster brought frustration and despair to

the streets around the port. Day and night, the crowds pressed

around the casualty list. The whole thing gets to you, and you remember

the things you're grand mother told you. It comes back to me as if I

was there. On the dockside, there was time to reflect on the past as

the City looked to the future. Hundreds of local children carrying

their own titanic narrative towards a new museum dedicated to

Southampton's maritime heritage. The loss of the Titanic caused such

distress that it was barely spoken of for nearly 40 years. This museum

is intended to stimulate interest, but also to encourage the families

of the crew members to tell their own stories. Away from Southampton,

the cruise ship Balmoral paused to allow the evacuation of a BBC