27/01/2013 BBC Weekend News

At least 230 people are killed in a nightclub fire in Brazil. Reports

say the blaze broke out after fireworks went off on stage. Many

of the victims were university students. Nick Clegg warns David

Cameron his plans for an EU referendum could harm growth and

cost jobs. More deaths in Egypt, as thousands attend the funerals of

protestors in Port Said. A state of emergency has been declared. An

open wound for Andy Murray has blisters blight his final against

Novak Djokovic in Australia. And Liverpool are humbled in the FA

Cup as Oldham continue a weekend of Good evening. Brazil's President

has spoken of a tragedy for her entire country after visiting the

survivors of a deadly nightclub fire. Police say 22 people died

when flame -- 332 people died when flames engulfed the club. A

firework set on stage may have been to blame.

Stripped to the waist, hacking at walls - those that had escaped

fought to free their friends. The fire had ripped through the

nightclub in seconds. The result of a stage show gone wrong. In smoky

darkness people worked side by side. The club was popular with students.

The dead and injured were laid out on the streets.

This small city's emergency services appeared overwhelmed.

city has six big universities and we're in the middle of the summer

vacations here in Brazil. The city was packed with students not only

from Santa Maria, but also from the whole region. There was a big party

going on last night in this nightclub. More than 500 people

were inside. This morning, the sheer scale of

the disaster was revealed. The dead were loaded on to a police lorry.

The sports hall has become a morgue. The hospitals are full of the

injured, as relatives wait for news from doctors. TRANSLATION: There

are a lot of people scattered around the hospital who have not

yet been identified. It is not a big number, but the people waiting

outside for news are desperate. Exactly how and why so many died is

still unclear. Some eyewitnesses say panic caused a stampede towards

the only open exit. For now, as the dead and the injured continue to be

counted, Brazil mourns its loss. Let's go live now to our

correspondent, who joins us from Sao Paulo. Just looking at the

number of people who died in this fire, there must be many questions

to be answered. Yes, there is a profound sense of shock and sadness

in Brazil tonight. You have to go back to the early 1960s to find a

tragedy on a similar scale. The President went to visit the

families of the victims and was visibly distressed. Her message to

Brazilians was, we're all in this together. Lots of questions. What

was the incident which started the fire in the first place? Why were

the exits in this club so inadequate? Some reports in some of

the Brazilian media that the fire safety license of the club expired

last year. After Brazilians have shown solidarity with the families,

they will want very many questions answered and want to ensure this

incident is never repeated again. Thank you.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has accused the

Conservatives of tying the country up in knots by planning an in-out

referendum on EU membership. He said he thought a referendum would

not be in the national interest and risked damaging, what he called,

the UK's fragile recovery. Tough words at the top of the

coalition. The Deputy Prime Minister says the Prime Minister

could be damaging a fragile economy and acting against a national

interest, by backing a referendum on EU membership if he wins the

next election. Where I do differ from David Cameron is the idea it

is good for our economy and good for growth and jobs, when we have

these economic problems we just talked about, to then spend years

and years flying from one European capital to the next fiddling around

with Britain's membership of the European Union. The Lib Dems say

any uncertainty over EU membership could make foreign businesses think

twice about investing in Britain. The Conservative coalition partners

say they are not banging on about Europe at the expense of the

economy. There are other issues. Helping the most vulnerable in

society, so many things we need to focus time on and are. That doesn't

mean you can just sort of, or should just innor a big, central

issue which affects everything we do in our daily lives. Usually if

senior ministers believe the Prime Minister is not acting in the

national interest, you would expect to hear talk of resignations and

revolts, but in fact Nick Clegg has been very careful not to rule out a

further coalition between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives after

the next election, despite their public differences on Europe. And

tomorrow, the coalition partners will say they shame the same

direction of travel when they announce their intention to extend

high-speed rail from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds. There are ve

is likely to be friction over what to cut in order to fund other long-

term projects. Labour say both parties are on the wrong track.

What Labour are saying is we need to reduce the deficit, but at a

slower pace compared to what this Government have tried to do. The

reality is that the deficit is increasing under this Government.

Disagreements in the coalition over Europe are obvious. Now some

Conservatives and Lib Dems say they should air their differences on

other domestic policies too. It is that that could make any future

coalition far more difficult. Police in Scotland have named the

climber who died on Ben Nevis yesterday. He was Ben St Joseph,

who was 22 and from Essex. It is understood that he was climbing

alone on a part of the mountain known as Tower Ridge when he fell

about 100 metres into a gully. A canoeist pulled from a swollen

riveer in the Yorkshire Dales has died. 82 flood warnings are in

place tonight, as heavy rain combines with melting snow.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested after handing himself into police

following an incident in Bristol in which two cyclists were killed.

Police were called to the collision between the cyclists, a man and a

woman and a car this afternoon. The driver left the vehicle and fled

the scene. A state of emergency has been

declared in three Egyptian cities after a wave of political violence

which claimed the lives of more than 40 people over the weekend.

The announcement came after thousands took to the streets for

the funerals of those killed in yesterday's clashes. Those

disturbances were sparked by death sentences handed to football fans

involved in a riot last year. Egyptians appear to have been taken

aback by the uncompromising term of President Morsi's TV address. He

called the violence of the last three days a counter revolution and

said the time had come for decisiveness. TRANSLATION: I've

decided the following, first, I am declaring a state of emergency in

the provinces of Port Said Suez for 30 days. As of midnight tonight.

Secondly, I am imposing a curfew in these three provinces. This is the

latest reason he took the action - a day of mourning in Port Said

which turned into another day of protest. Tens of thousands of

people took to the streets, carrying the coffins of the

protestors who died in clashs the day before. In Cairo, at the

funeral of one of the police officers who was killed, there was

more anger. It was directed at Egypt's interior minister, who was

forced to leave by police colleagues of the man who was about

to be buried. All this - the fallout from events

on Saturday, when families and supporters of 21 people sentenced

to death for their part in a football riot rampaged through Port

Said. It follows on from violence on the second anniversary of the

revolution, just a few days ago. Sporadic clashes are still

happening. This is a small protest in the

centre of Cairo. Rocks are being thrown here. This time it is

opposition protestors protesting against Mohamed Morsi. And the

revolution two years ago has given people the courage to come out on

to the streets when they have a grievance, but so often has led to

violence in Egypt. President Morsi says if there is more of this, more

demonstrations like these in Port Said, where hundreds were injured

today, he could take further, tougher security measures.

At least one person has died and two others are missing after

flooding in Queensland. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated

from their homes after torrential rains and storms caused by a

tropical cyclone. Tens of thousands of homes have been left without

power. French-led forces in Mali are closing in on Timbuktu in their

offensive against Islamists. The rebels are withdrawing north in the

face of French air strikes which have destroyed many of their

vehicles, weapons and bases. The French military offensive is

sweeping through northern Mali. Desert city was taken this weekend.

The population was hugely relieved whin French and Malian troops

arrived. -- when French and Malian troops

arrived. The Islamists took the north of the

country last year. If only for public relation purposes, France

does not want to be accused of neo- colonialism. The French make sure

the Malllyians are around. -- Malians are around.

They've had to rely on a former colonial power to launch a response

to the Islamists. That is embarrassing. For most of the

leaders gathered here, the alternative, a radical haven in the

heart of Africa, would have been worse. Across Mali some 400,000

people have been made homeless by the war. Most fleeing the Islamists.

Food and water are running low in many places and prices are rising

fast. French officials say their advance on the city of Timbuktu has

already begun. A place that to most of the outside

world was almost mythical, the ends of the Earth - Timbuktu has become

a very real military objective. The French are winning the

conventional war, but securing each It has been a busy day for our

sports deskment let's go live to Olly -- desk. Let's go live to Olly.

League One strugglers Oldham knocked out Liverpool. Spurs were

beaten at Leeds. Chelsea could only draw at Brentford.

Pushing the limits at Boundary Park. Oldham are a struggling League One

side, transformed by the FA Cup. They approached Liverpool without

fear. Smith put them a goal up three minutes in. The Reds

reasserted themselves and 15 minutes later Suarez calmed things

down. Perhaps they were too kind. Jones lost concentration and Smith

scored again. Rather than shrink back, Oldham

surged further forward. Wabara's header increased their

confidence. Across the Pennines and another

upset. Not so long ago Leeds were a Premier League force. They were

reliving past glories against Spurs. Varney put them one up. The

championship side got in again. Dempsey scored for Spurs. Leeds

marched defiantly on. Chelsea and Brentford are just five miles apart

but inhabit different footballing universes. Trotta gave the Bees a

deserved first-half lead. It took a moment of international class for

the Blues to bite back. Oscar provided it. Skill itself is not

enough though. Brentford had ability and application. Foran put

them back ahead from the spot. A man who has been seen as part of

their problems became the solution. Torres ensured the neighbours will

Here's the draw for the fifth round. Oldham will see if they can do the

Merseyside double. After beating Liverpool, they've got Everton next.

Non-League Luton will be at home against Millwall. Leeds will travel

to Manchester City. Manchester United will face Reading.

Middlesbrough will play the winner of that Brentford-Chelsea replay.

There was also a shock in the Scottish League Cup. St Mirren are

in to the final, after beating Celtic at Hampden Park. Steve

Thompson scored their third goal, in a 3-2 win for the Buddies. St

Mirren will play Hearts in the final back at Hampden in March.

Andy Murray says he will take plenty of positives from the past

two weeks in Melbourne, despite his four-set defeat to Novak Djokovic

in today's final. The Serb becoming the first man in the Open era to

win three Australian Open titles in a row. Our correspondent Andy Swiss

was at the match. There is only one Andy Murray!

fan club was out in force, Melbourne was awash with blue and

white, just months after a roaring Andy Murray to his first Grand Slam,

could they do it again. His challenge was a familiar one, to

beat Novak Djokovic. A repeat of the US Open final and another epic

beckoned as they pushed themselves to the limit.

COMMENTATOR: That is unbelievable. The first set went to a tie-break.

Andy Murray took it and seemingly took control. Novak Djokovic was a

picture of frustration. But a second tie-break proved a turning

point. Distracted by a falling further, Andy Murray double-faulted.

Suddenly, he was struggling, blighted by a blister and his

opponents brilliance. The world number one was now living up to his

billing. Novak Djokovic duly reeled off the next two and after 3 1/2

hours, it was all over. A forced Australian title for the Serbian,

but only after another enthralling contest. What a victory for Novak

Djokovic, what heartache for Andy Murray. He battled every inch of

the way, but this time it wasn't quite enough.

I know that no one has ever won a Grand Slam, the immediate one after

winning the first one. It's not the easiest thing to do. I got

extremely close. I have to try to look at the positives of the last

few months and I am going in the right direction. Not this time for

Andy Murray, but on this form, his chance will surely come again.

England's cricketers have ended the one-day series against India on a

high. Man of the match for England in Dharamsala was Ian Bell, who hit

an unbeaten 113, as they chased down their target with plenty to

spare. The seven-wicket win came too late for England to save the