04/11/2011 BBC News at Ten

The G20 summit ends with plans and pledges but no detail, while Greece

holds its breath for a knife edge vote. A confidence vote is being

held in the Greek parliament right now which could topple the

government of George Papandreou. TRANSLATION: We need calm. We are

going through a crisis but we must not allow that to injure our

democracy. I want you to give me a vote of confidence.

World leaders agree to boost the resources of the IMF but there are

no firm decisions on the Eurozone crisis. The world has shown it is

ready to act but I am not going to pretend all of the problems in the

eurozone have been fixed. They have not.

We'll be looking at what the G20 has actually achieved and we're

live in Athens to follow events there.

Also tonight: The head of the UK Border Force is

suspended after allegations passport checks were scaled down.

New evidence suggests the violent crackdown in Syria is continuing

despite government promises to end And the Olympic posters by leading

British artists. When my name came up, it was such a challenge and a

lot of people said they did not think I would be able to do it.

I will have all of the sport in the next hour, as an appeal is launched

against Wayne Rooney's three-match ban which currently threatens to

rule him out of the entire group Good evening. The Greek government

is hanging on a knife edge tonight. Politicians are voting now on a

motion of confidence which could topple the government of George

Papandreou. Even though his idea of a referendum on the European bail

out deal was officially abandoned today, Greece continued to cast a

long shadow over the G20 in Cannes. Leaders left the summit tonight

with plans and pledges of action but no detail. We'll bring you more

on that in a moment, but first let's cross to our Europe editor,

Gavin Hewitt, in Athens. What did Mr Papandreou have to say? It was a

highly personal speech. He said the opportunity of a new debt deal must

not go to waste. He also said snap elections would be a catastrophe,

would endanger the deal. He called for a wider coalition. He said he

was ready to discuss who would lead this new government. He did not

mention the word resignation. All of this followed a day when he came

under increasing pressure. Outside the Greek parliament,

evening protesters, waiting to know whether an era is ending. Whether

the Prime Minister, George Papandreou, will survive a vote of

confidence. MPs arriving know that the stakes are high. If the Prime

Minister falls, will political turmoil followed, delaying reforms

and further damaging the eurozone? George Papandreou gambled by

proposing a referendum on the EU's bail out package. After markets

plummeted, he performed a giant U- turn and scrapped the poll. Tonight,

he gave this dramatic speech to parliament.

TRANSLATION: I have spoken about the need for national unity, the

need for national corporation. I have said it before and I will say

it again, I do not care if I am not elected Prime Minister again. I

want you to give me a vote of confidence for the good of the

country. Not just in Parliament, but across

the country, there is one overriding question. Should he stay

as Prime Minister? Mr Papandreou, I think he is going. I have the worst

opinion of him. Not only me, all of the Greek people, all of Europe,

all of the world. The expectation was that tonight's vote would be

close, with some MPs even from his party's saying that whatever the

outcome he should make way for somebody new. If George Papandreou

loses the vote here, most probably Greece is heading for elections

with all the uncertainty that that would involve. If he wins, the big

question is whether he will try to engineers staying in power. In a

day of high drama, it was apparent that as MPs arrived for the vote,

some within his own party were openly pushing for a government of

national unity without George Papandreou as leader. Do you think

he can remain as Prime Minister? think he has to go on, to move to a

new government, a coalition government. So we have to find

someone that is accepted from the opposition. I cannot even tell you

who that could be. Earlier, opposition MPs had made it clear

that a precondition for any talks was that George Papandreou's step

aside. Greece must head for another government. The broader the

coalition the better. But right now, the immediate need is to have this

Prime Minister walk away. He is dangerous. On the streets, they

wait for the vote. The expectation is that George Papandreou's days

are numbered. A leader embraced austerity in exchange for rescue

loans but got no thanks for it. We are hearing their George

Papandreou will go to see the President tomorrow with a view to

forming, or discussing the formation of a government of

national unity. Of course, a big issue is, who will lead it, and

does George Papandreou imagine he may well have a chance to remain as

Prime Minister? And a number of questions remain. Would the new

government be stronger than previous ones? Would it be able to

survive? And crucially, would it be able to persuade the Greek people

to accept austerity in exchange for a further bail out?

It was billed as the meeting for world leaders to save the euro.

After two days of negotiations at the G20 summit in Cannes, have they

done it? Well, there was some agreement but no detail or precise

numbers. A decision was taken to boost the resources of the

International Monetary Fund but by exactly how much has been deferred

until next year. From Cannes, Nick Robinson.

It was not meant to be like this, and doesn't President Sarkis --

Sarkozy know it? The summit that he chaired has not done what he wanted

and has not done what they wanted. The Prime Minister and President

Obama said there were six weeks to save the euro. Those six weeks are

up. Listen to this. They should, he went on, put pressure on Germany.

Chancellor Merkel was unmoved, as were the Chinese, who have resisted

pressure to pay for what the Europeans will not pay for

themselves. The French president is not ready to admit defeat. He

insists that the struggle for the euro goes on.

TRANSLATION: We will fight to defend Europe and the Euro. It is

not any amount of speculation or anyone you like who will have the

last word on this issue. Europe is the best construction for the

service of peace in the world. Everyone in Cannes has been forced

to watch, wait and worry about events in Athens. Greece has been

told in effect there is to be no new deal, no choice but to stay in

or get out, no point in a referendum. No wonder they are

calling it the Greek tragedy. Italy's Silvio Berlusconi could

soon be waving goodbye to power as his country's finances are in chaos.

He has been forced to accept that the IMF will now look at Italy's

books, but has turned down their offer of cash. What the summit did

not agree is who will pay what into Europe's bail out fund, or who

would pay how much to the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, to

ensure that no other country can go the way of Greece. For those

outside the eurozone, it is all rather frustrating and all rather

puzzling. I am not sure whether it was Sarkozy, ormer call or Barroso,

or somebody, they joke with me that I had got a crash course in

European politics over the last several days. Crash course might be

an unfortunate choice of words. David Cameron is warning that every

day that this crisis goes on is bad for the British economy, but

claimed that the G20 had made important, workmanlike progress.

Isn't it more stark then you are saying? There is no deal on the

eurozone and no deal on IMF financing. All of the details have

yet to be done. The problem is not that there is not a deal, but that

not all of the detail, the specifics and the action have been

put in place. What they cannot do is to string is out endlessly with

another round of conversations, discussions and negotiations. The

world cannot wait. President Sarkozy had hoped for so much from

his summit in Cannes but when it comes to the eurozone the word,

still, seems to be can't. So as we've heard, the G20 have

agreed to boost the resources of the International Monetary Fund if

needed, although no numbers were forthcoming. The IMF has also been

asked to monitor the Italian government's economic reforms.

Stephanie Flanders has been speaking to the head of the IMF,

Christine Lagarde. What a washout. You have to ask, is

the world any safer now than it was three days ago before the leaders

arrived here in Cannes? This summit started with France and Germany

telling Greece it could not hold the eurozone to ransom. But too

many here, it felt like the eurozone was doing the same to the

global economy, asking the G20 to contribute to a firewall that the

Europeans could not build themselves. And the answer this

afternoon came back, no, at least not yet.

I asked the IMF's managing director whether she was disappointed.

the moment I have sufficient resources to face requests. But if

there was a crisis, if there was escalating demands, then the

members of the IMF present in the room today said they will put what

it takes to make sure that you can continue to play your systemic role.

Even a few hours ago people, certainly on the French side and

other countries, were saying we're going to see numbers in that

communique, we will see an increase. Is it not the case that the rest of

the World said, no, this is Europe's job and we are not

coughing up more money? Everybody understands it is Europe's job. The

European sitting at the table heard it. They actually said it was their

job to face the crisis. Italy has asked for her help but there is no

money attached to that either. coming to Italy. I might be coming

to Italy, actually! Because I am invited, you see.

We will go quarterly. We will check that what Italy has promised, Italy

is delivering. And if it is not delivering, I will say so.

problem for Italy was that its cost of borrowing was rising in the

markets. It has leapt up today on hearing this news so it does not

seem to be going well so far. let's see how things pan out. If

you look at the way markets assess risk, it is very bizarre.

taboos have been broken - Europe's leaders have formally drawn a link

between Italy and the IMF, and they have openly contemplated the

possibility of a country leaving the euro. Now they have to hope

they have not tempted fate. Stephanie Flanders is in Cannes for

us this evening. Stephanie, what's your assessment of how successful

or otherwise this G20 summit has been? It is pretty hard to say it

is a success. For once, they even have the expectation management

wrong. Usually in these summits late last night, or even early this

morning, they will say, we are not sure we will get all that we want,

the negotiation is down to the wire, and then at lunchtime the

communique comes out with big numbers in it. Then it takes a day

or so to find the holes in it. There was almost no attempt to make

that claim here. We knew, and they knew, that they tried to get more

into this agreement and they had not got to support from around the

table that they wanted. You could say that was a failure, but you

could also say it is a reflection of reality. If this was easy to fix,

they would have fixed it a long time ago. There is a reason why the

situation in Greece is so unstable, so hard to predict, because they

are going through something difficult. There is a reason why

the French, Germans and others were unable to put the details on a

rescue plan last week. They were not able to reach more agreement on

the as difficult areas this week. If they could not do it in front of

the world, frankly the rest of the world felt they were not in the

The Ministry of Defence has named the soldier shot dead in

Afghanistan yesterday. He was 21- year-old private Matthew Haseldin

from 2nd Battalion and Mercian Regiment. He was killed on patrol

in Helmand province. His parents just a few months and that they

were very proud of him. A major accident has close part of

the M5 motorway in Somerset tonight. There are reports of multiple

serious injuries and possible fatalities. The motorway cat in

both directions at junction 25 near Bridgwater. -- the motorway is cat.

Emergency workers and fire crews are at the scene.

The Home Office has suspended the head of the UK border force after

allegations that staff were told to scale down some identity checks.

Staff there are responsible for checking passports and carrying out

immigration rates. Home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is here.

What can you tell us about this? understand that yesterday officials

at the Home Office became aware that the end of the UK border force,

responsible for making sure undesirables do not get into

Britain, had admitted scaling down or opening up the borders in a way

that ministers would not have agreed with, and indeed did not

agree with. That caused a flurry of movement within the Home Office and

the UKBA, but the result was that Brodie Clark, the head of the

Borders agency, has been suspended. Another man, head of operations at

Heathrow, has been suspended, and a number of other people. What we

understand may have been going on, the Home Office does not know for

certain, is that staff were told, perhaps when it was busy, not to

check biometric passport by running them through the scanner. The

biometric passport as a picture of your face inside it, and it can be

used to compare with the printed version inside your passport to

tell of the passport is fake. Therefore, it is a good check, and

what the Home Office's does not know when this was scaled down, why

and what the security implications might be. So it is a pretty serious

security incident for the Home Office during the summer. They have

ordered two investigations, one to find out what the risks were and a

wider investigation into the UK Border Agency. Finally, the Home

Secretary's reaction it is said to the incredulity and fury.

Coming up on the programme: Revered and feared, Sir Alex Ferguson

clocked up 25 years as Manchester The Syrian government has been

accused of continuing a deadly crack down on anti-government

protesters. Despite signing up to a deal earlier this week to end the

violence, an agreement involving the withdrawal of the army, the

release of political prisoners and the beginning of a national

dialogue, but since then it is claimed security forces have killed

at least 19 people and wounded dozens of others. With the latest

of the violence, here is world The city of Homs today. Civilians,

unarmed, being shot down in the street. Nothing has changed, even

though the Syrian government has promised to pull its troops out of

places like this. The tanks are still there, and their targets are

the same, ordinary people. Pictures like these are being carefully

gathered and scrutinised by the London-based Supporters of the

protesters. The people here in his west London office or have family

links with the city of Homs. They have shelled the area like never

before. I had my friends over the microphone for me to hear, and all

you could hear was chalet and mosques calling for help. The

shelling is unbelievable. The cause of the two days ago that the Arab

League reached an agreement with the Syrian regime. -- it was only

two days ago. The army would pull out of rebellious towns and cities.

So how come nothing seems to have changed in spite of the agreement?

Basically, it is because the ruling family is split down the middle.

President Bashar al-Assad, mild mannered and instinctively in

favour of making concessions, used to be an eye specialist in north

London, not exactly the usual background for a dictator. But he

has never been able to run Syria his way. It is is much tougher

younger brother, a career soldier, who sends in the troops and orders

But that simply is not working. In Homs today, the crowds were larger

than ever, carrying placards with the single word liar on them.

Soldiers are going over to the demonstrators' side, and a

spokesman for the so-called Syrian Free Army gave this disturbing

warning. TRANSLATION: If the regime reaches the conditions set by the

Arab League, we will be obliged to protect the protesters and topple

the regime by force, whatever the If the government does not followed

its forces and does not stop shooting civilians, as promised,

Syria will take another and much bigger step towards open civil war.

The Scottish Conservatives have elected Ruth Davidson as their new

leader. The 32-year-old is a former BBC journalist he was elected to

the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow in May. She is the first openly gay

politician to lead a political party in the UK.

He is one of the most revered and theatre managers in British

football, and this weekend Sir Alex Ferguson clocks up 25 years in

charge of Manchester United after an inglorious start with a 2-0

defeat at Oxford, he has done on to win the European Cup twice and a

host of domestic silverware. -- born on. Andy Swiss reports on the

first quarter century of his reign November 1986, a time when this was

number one, Margaret Thatcher had just opened the M25, and a

struggling football team chose a new boss. How are you looking

forward to your new game? I am excited. Much has changed, but he

hasn't. For a quarter of a century, Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester

United have been inseparable. 37 trophies, 12 league titles and one

rather proud manager. You do not think it is going to happen, it is

a bit of a fairy-tale, to last so long, and I appreciate that. Can I

ask how much longer you would like to continue for? I will continue as

long as I feel healthy enough to do it. In the fickle world of football,

25 years at one club is pretty mind-boggling. On average, a

manager gets the sack after just one and a half years in England.

The other Premier League clubs have been through 235 managers in Sir

Alex began here, some staying power. But it was not easy at first. He

had to wait seven years for a league title. Bruce, yes! Neatly,

his captain then is his opposing manager tomorrow. He is, without

question, the best manager that there has ever been. I think, to

play for him, you have to be a certain type. If you cannot stand

up to him, then he knows that you are not strong enough to play for

Manchester United. His famous discipline has been key, his

rollickings nicknamed the hairdryer treatment. No star was safe, David

Beckham left after Sir Alex Ferguson kicked a bullet in his

face. As a young kid, walking into his office, being scared of him,

being in or are they manager like him, wanting to play it under in.

The gave me the chance to play for my dream club. A has been some

journey from Sir Alex from bright young thing to another statesman,

proof that winning never goes out London 2012 is now just around the

corner, and a series of Olympic and Arabic posters have been unveiled,

designed by leading British artists including Tracey Emin and Chris

Ofili. -- Olympic and Paralympic. But what will people make of them?

Will Gompertz's report contains flash photography.

And here they are, the posters that will promote the London 2012

Olympic and Paralympic Games to the world. Britain might have a global

reputation for its advertising and graphic design agencies, but it was

to arm of the country's elite artists who got the job of

providing the visual images for the sporting extravaganza. -- it was 12.

Howard Hodgkin's' abstract painting suggests a swimmer performing a

turn, and this poster for the Olympics is by Tracey Emin. A lot

of people said I would not be able to do it for some strange reason.

The first one I did was of Nelson's Column, which was too obvious. I

made about six before I came up with this one, and this is two

birds speaking, kissing, love birds, sending a message. This is a bright,

energetic collection of posters which clearly captures the

celebratory nature of the games, but there is something slightly odd

about them, unique, and not one of these posters directly references

the UK or London, which is where the games are taking place.

Admittedly, this poster is an abstract representation of Big Ben,

but you wouldn't necessarily know it. Things were different in 1948,

when London last hosted the Games. Olympic assembles old and new were

overlaid on to the capital's famous landmark. So why no obvious

reference to location this time around? The artists were asked to

reflect the values of the Olympics and the Paralympic Games, and they

also had the option to think about London, but it is the games that

inspired them. Isn't that great? Artists have been associated with

previous Olympic posters. David Hockney produced this piece of the

1972 Games in Munich. Over the years, posters have become less

literal. In the beginning, the posters were needed to give

information about a place, a time and a date, but now, of course, or

that kind of information is relayed electronically, supposed has taken

a different sort of role, one where they are more like metaphors for

the game. The organisers hope people will be dazzled by their 12

posters, but they might find that there are some who are left a bit

puzzled. Back to our developing story this

evening, and the vote in the Greek parliament. The government there is

hanging on a knife edge with politicians voting on a motion of

confidence in Prime Minister Papandreou. Gavin Hewitt, what is

the latest? Well, Fiona, in fact the voting has not quite begun.

Some opposition leaders are still replying to the speech from George

Papandreou. He had promised to start power-sharing talks to set up

a new coalition without describing what his role might be in it. He

did say at one point that he did not care if he became Prime

Minister again, but one way or another, change is coming to Greece.