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The last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay speaks | :00:07. | :00:08. | |
Shaker Aamer says he was tortured by US military personnel - | :00:09. | :00:15. | |
and claims a British official was present. | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
I felt my head, boom, boom, boom against the wall. All I remember, my | :00:21. | :00:31. | |
head just keeps banging the wall, back and forth, back and forth. | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
He was held after being captured in Afghanistan - | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
and denies he was ever a member of the Taliban or Al Qaida. | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
France goes to the polls - with the Far Right National Front | :00:40. | :00:42. | |
Two days to lift off - British astronaut Tim Peake prepares | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
for his mission to the International Space Station. | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
And Arsenal go to the top of the Premier League - | :00:53. | :00:54. | |
leaving Aston Villa - rooted to the bottom. | :00:55. | :01:12. | |
The last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay - | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
Shaker Aamer - has been speaking to the BBC about his fourteen years | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
as a prisoner and his joy at being reunited with his family. | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
He was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 - and allowed to return | :01:26. | :01:27. | |
He denies ever being a member of the Taliban or al Qaeda | :01:28. | :01:34. | |
and alleges that a British agent witnessed him being | :01:35. | :01:36. | |
Our Home Editor Mark Easton reports. | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
For the first time, we can see and hear the man from Britain | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
who the Americans kept locked up in Guantanamo | :01:52. | :01:54. | |
Bay for 14 years without charge or trial. | :01:55. | :01:55. | |
Released and sent back to the UK two months ago, | :01:56. | :01:58. | |
Shaker Aamer has been telling his story to the BBC. | :01:59. | :02:00. | |
Allegations of extreme violence and mistreatment by US soldiers that | :02:01. | :02:07. | |
began, he says, at the American airbase at Bagram, in Kabul, | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
He'd been in the country with his family doing | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
charity work, he says, when he was abducted and handed over | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
His most explosive allegation, though, is that a British agent | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
witnessed American interrogators repeatedly banging his head | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
against a wall, despite UK denials they had any knowledge of torture. | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
And all I remember, that my head keeps | :02:29. | :02:37. | |
Are you adamant that there was an English officer, | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
intelligence officer, agent, in that room when your head | :02:45. | :02:46. | |
I would say 80, 90%, I have no doubt he's an Englishman. | :02:47. | :03:03. | |
Because the way he spoke, the way he's very careful, | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
the way he was sitting far away, looking at me, | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
And because the day before I met John Hall, who already told me | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
The UK security services have always denied claims | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
To underline the point, the Foreign Office has issued | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
a statement to save the UK Government | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
doesn't participate in, encourage or solicit or condone | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
In all his time in Guantanamo, Shaker Aamer was never | :03:29. | :03:41. | |
charged with any wrongdoing, and never faced trial. | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
Indeed, he claims, while there he wanted to make a video appealing | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
to Islamic State executioner, Jihadi John, to save the life | :03:47. | :03:48. | |
Since his return he's denounced the murder | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
of Fusilier Lee Rigby and said terrorists who were angry | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
with Britain should get the hell out. | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
Both Labour and Conservative Foreign Secretaries | :04:02. | :04:04. | |
raised his case with the Americans over many years and he continues | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
None of the allegations is true they've been saying about me. | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
They said you were and Al-Qaeda operative. | :04:13. | :04:14. | |
Prove anything that you said is true, prove it, prove it | :04:15. | :04:23. | |
Finally back in the UK, Shaker Aamer met his four | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
children, including a 14-year-old son he'd never seen, | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
They look at me and, trying to know, who is this person? | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
Through their eyes I feel like they are looking at a stranger. | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
He's a stranger, too, to the British public. | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
Many will inevitably view Shaker Aamer with suspicion, | :04:46. | :04:47. | |
but he says he'll devote his freedom to | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
campaigning for the final closure of Guantanamo Bay. | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
And you can watch the full interview with Shaker Amer | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
And you can watch the full interview with Shaker Aamer | :05:02. | :05:04. | |
on the Victoria Derbyshire programme tomorrow morning from 9.15 | :05:05. | :05:06. | |
Votes are being cast in France in a second round of regional | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
elections, after last week's first round saw a strong performance | :05:11. | :05:12. | |
The party led by Marine le Pen is hoping to gain control | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
for the first time of at least one French region. | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
Lucy Williamson's report from Paris contains some flash photography. | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
For Marine Le Pen, popularity has always been a double-edged sword | :05:27. | :05:28. | |
and this second round of voting the toughest test. | :05:29. | :05:36. | |
Often triggering a backlash from the supporters of this man, | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
President Hollande's Socialist party has pulled out of some races | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
Staff at this polling station in Paris said turnout was much | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
higher than in the first round, a sign of the deep divisions opening | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
Former governments didn't really reach their expectations. | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
People today are looking for more extreme solutions. | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
TRANSLATION: Marine Le Pen is going to win, I've been saying | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
Maybe it'll make all those politicians stop and think. | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
This election isn't only about regional power, | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
With a presidential poll here just 18 months away, it's a chance to see | :06:20. | :06:27. | |
it's a chance to see what place the far right now occupies | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
In the first round of voting, the National Front were ahead | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
in almost half of France's 13 regions. | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
Winning even one would be a major coup. | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
Their chances are seen as strongest in the north. | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
Everybody says we want change, we want to see new people, | :06:45. | :06:51. | |
we want to see different people, because the other one, | :06:52. | :06:53. | |
If you look at what is new in the French political life, | :06:54. | :07:05. | |
The Paris attacks also helped boost support for the FN. | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
Others say it's their Nationalist policies they are afraid of. | :07:10. | :07:11. | |
One month on from the attacks, France confronts its many | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
The Energy and Climate Change Secretary Secretary Amber Rudd has | :07:15. | :07:23. | |
been defending the government's decision to cut some subsidies | :07:24. | :07:25. | |
She called last night's international agreement reached | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
in Paris "an extraordinary achievement" - but admitted | :07:29. | :07:30. | |
that the deal was "not perfect" - because parts of it are voluntary. | :07:31. | :07:33. | |
Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher has more details. | :07:34. | :08:11. | |
There is to be a review of progress every five years, so commitments can | :08:12. | :08:19. | |
be made tougher. The long-term aim for in house gases is that emissions | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
should peak as soon as possible, then the cut as soon as possible to | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
a point where no more are omitted than nature can suck up. There | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
should be the equivalent of ?65 billion a year to hop poorer | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
countries as they adapt to climate change and get clean technology. | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
It's less than someone did. Critics say the deal contains two little | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
that is legally binding, including the commitment individual countries | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
have made on how they will cut emissions. Amber Rudd, energy | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
Secretary, defended the process. Do you want gunboat diplomacy? What we | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
have is the political will, the countries have agreed to do this, | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
they have to come forward with the proposals. What you saw at the | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
conference over the past few weeks will support from several sired two, | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
NGOs and from businesses, who will help to pay for this. The government | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
said it would shut written's remaining coal-fired power stations | :09:15. | :09:18. | |
by 2025, meaning more gas plants. It has been criticised for curbing | :09:19. | :09:24. | |
subsidies for renewable energy and some believe the Paris deal will | :09:25. | :09:27. | |
have to mean a fundamental rethink. The current policies fall far short | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
of what we would need to do to match our commitments in Paris, week after | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
not go ahead with the new gas-fired power stations, no development of | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
shale gas and look to close down the oil and gas industry in the UK as | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
soon as possible. All the pledges countries have made so far won't | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
reach the targets the agreement set out. It means more tough | :09:48. | :09:48. | |
negotiations ahead. Downing Street insists | :09:49. | :09:51. | |
the Prime Minister will continue to push for EU migrants to have | :09:52. | :09:53. | |
to wait four years before they can claim in-work benefits, | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
when he attends a European David Cameron is facing criticism | :09:58. | :09:59. | |
of his plans from both the right and the left - as our Political | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
Correspondent Carole Walker reports. The Prime Minister has been touring | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
European capitals ahead of this week's crucial summit | :10:10. | :10:11. | |
to discuss his demands. Last week, Poland's prime minister | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
was just the latest to object to his plan to limit | :10:15. | :10:16. | |
benefits to EU migrants, saying they did not see eye | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
to eye on the issue. But Eurosceptics in his party say | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
Mr Cameron should be asking for much more, the return of significant | :10:23. | :10:25. | |
powers from Brussels to Britain. If he doesn't come back with some | :10:26. | :10:33. | |
increase in powers to govern ourselves, I fear I would, | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
for the first time in my life, I voted to stay in in 1975, | :10:40. | :10:41. | |
but I would vote to leave in those The Prime Minister set | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
out his negotiating position in a letter last month | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
to the president of the European Council, | :10:52. | :10:53. | |
Donald Tusk. He wants more competitiveness, | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
more protection from countries outside the Eurozone, | :11:04. | :11:05. | |
an opt out from the commitment to ever closer union | :11:06. | :11:07. | |
and restrictions on benefits for EU migrants, including | :11:08. | :11:09. | |
the four-year delay before they can Downing Street insists | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
that there is no change in the Prime Minister's | :11:13. | :11:15. | |
position, that when he talks to other EU leaders | :11:16. | :11:17. | |
over dinner at this week's Summit, he will press | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
for the four-year limit on benefits But as he has said before, | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
he is open to different ways of dealing with public concerns | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
about the scale of migration One pro-European campaigner | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
said he could get around the problem by imposing the same | :11:34. | :11:43. | |
limits on British citizens. Most other European countries | :11:44. | :11:45. | |
have a system where you contribute, so there is a contributory | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
system to benefits. That was the original idea | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
of the Labour government in 1945, This week's Summit will be critical | :11:53. | :11:55. | |
for the Prime Minister if he is to keep his programme | :11:56. | :12:02. | |
of negotiations on track. No one is expecting agreement this | :12:03. | :12:12. | |
week, but David Cameron will be hoping for significant progress | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
towards a deal which he can put In two days' time - | :12:16. | :12:17. | |
the British astronaut Tim Peake will blast off from a base | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
in Kazakhstan, bound At the launch site, final | :12:22. | :12:23. | |
preparations are underway - and Tim Peake's parents have been | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
speaking about their son's mission. This report from our | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh As dawn breaks, a Russian-built | :12:33. | :12:33. | |
rocket emerges into the new day. It's the only vehicle that can be | :12:34. | :12:45. | |
used to get to the Space Station. Here is the Soyuz | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
rocket, making its way You can see the boosters | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
and then the main engine, the second stage, which will give | :12:56. | :13:03. | |
it its final push, and behind that is | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
the spacecraft in white. This is where the astronauts | :13:08. | :13:12. | |
will sit, and it's only this part that will reach the | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
International Space Station. This week, Tim Peake and his fellow | :13:16. | :13:18. | |
crew members took a look They wore caps so that they wouldn't | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
leave any hair that would float around the capsule once | :13:23. | :13:30. | |
they're in zero gravity. and bathed in the soft winter | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
sunlight, among the crowds, Tim Peake's parents, | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
who had made the long journey from his | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
hometown in Chichester. Tim says he is not worried, | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
but as his mum, how do you feel? We've had a lot of help and support | :13:51. | :13:53. | |
from the European Space Agency, and they have taken us | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
through every step, so I feel confident that we know | :13:59. | :14:00. | |
what is happening, and I'm excited. He's happy, they are | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
all together Immensely proud, and a bit overawed | :14:05. | :14:13. | |
when you get here and see the scale Then, the rocket is pointed | :14:14. | :14:22. | |
towards the skies. Tim has trained for this mission | :14:23. | :14:31. | |
for the last few years, and he's joining an international | :14:32. | :14:33. | |
crew, doing fantastically important science, but even more, we hope, | :14:34. | :14:37. | |
inspiring the next generation of young people to be excited | :14:38. | :14:39. | |
about the possibilities Engineers are now readying | :14:40. | :14:41. | |
the rocket for launch, when the union flag will be | :14:42. | :14:51. | |
on the International Space Station I'm at the headquarters of the | :14:52. | :15:03. | |
Russian space agency here. Their engineers are making their final | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
preparations for Tim Peake's historic mission. There's still a | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
lot of work to do to get the rocket ready for refuelling and also | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
preparations. But they are on schedule for launch in two days' | :15:20. | :15:20. | |
time. With all the sport - | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
here's Karthi Gnanasegaram Arsene Wenger described it as a | :15:25. | :15:36. | |
perfect week as his side went top of the Premier League table after | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
reaching the last 16 of the Champions League midweek. Arsenal | :15:41. | :15:43. | |
2-0 winners over Aston Villa who remain stuck at the bottom. UCAS or | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
in 15th place after beating Tottenham this evening while a late | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
equaliser gave Liverpool a 2-2 draw with West Brom, Patrick Geary | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
reports. For Arsenal, the summit was in sight, beat Aston Villa and they | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
would climb top. It took a few minutes for Theo Walcott to find a | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
suitable path. When he hit an obstacle he pleaded the case for the | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
prosecution, the referee delivered his verdict. Penalty. Over to | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
Olivier Giroud for sentencing. His fourth in five days. Villa already | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
have the look of the condemned, short on points and hope, short on | :16:19. | :16:26. | |
defenders here. Effortlessly by past by Arsenal. Arsenal's challenge was | :16:27. | :16:33. | |
to stay at their peak. At Tottenham they were studying the table, the | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
top four in reach for them. The first half-hour was best spent | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
looking at your phone, but Spurs can light up with a flick, that flick | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
Eric Dier. They began to find the necessary urgency, Newcastle, if not | :16:50. | :16:52. | |
the accuracy. RBC said got his angles wrong. They kept asking | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
questions, causing enough problems to equalise. -- Cisse. They weren't | :16:58. | :17:07. | |
done, Spurs hadn't been beaten since the opening day but Newcastle | :17:08. | :17:09. | |
created the slightest of openings and the biggest of goals. The | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
Premier League's season of surprises springs another one. | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
Celtic have a four point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
after a 3-0 win over Saint Johnstone. Nadir Ciftci scored | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
twice. Celtic have only lost one game so far this season. Anthony | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
Joshua has become the British heavyweight boxing champion after | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
knocking out Dillian Whyte in the seventh round at the O2 Arena in | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
London. Josh made it 15 straight knockouts with a victory over | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
Dillian Whyte last night. He turned professional after winning | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
superheavyweight gold at the London Olympics. Saracens have maintained | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
their unbeaten start to the European Champions Cup campaign. They beat | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
their opponents 25-10. Saracens ran in six tries, this giving them the | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
bonus point. Owen Farrell kicked 13 points. Wasps nine, Bath 15 at the | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
moment at half-time in their European Champions Cup game. Chris | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
and Gaby have become the first British pair to win the mixed | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
doubles title at the world admittance super series in Dubai. -- | :18:25. | :18:25. |