:00:06. > :00:11.Tonight at ten: A new European treaty on the cards, with or
:00:11. > :00:15.without British involvement. Germany and France decide a new
:00:15. > :00:24.treaty with tough new rules is the best way to avoid another debt
:00:24. > :00:28.crisis. Whatever has happened must never happen again, and for this
:00:28. > :00:30.reason we want a new treaty. It's a new challenge for David
:00:30. > :00:35.Cameron and the coalition, but the Prime Minister doesn't think a
:00:36. > :00:39.referendum will be needed. It is impossible for a British government
:00:39. > :00:42.to pass power from Britain to Brussels without asking the British
:00:42. > :00:44.people in a referendum first. We'll have all the reaction,
:00:45. > :00:46.including a relatively positive response from the financial markets.
:00:46. > :00:53.Also tonight: For mis-selling investment products to elderly
:00:53. > :00:58.people, HSBC gets a record fine. Thousands on the streets of Moscow,
:00:58. > :01:01.alleging fraud in yesterday's parliamentary elections.
:01:01. > :01:07.Matching the might of Beijing - how the budget for the London Olympic
:01:07. > :01:17.ceremonies has doubled. And Martin Boyce produces an indoor
:01:17. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:30.park with paper leaves to win this In Sportsday, I will have the news
:01:30. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:48.Good evening. Germany and France want a tough new European treaty in
:01:48. > :01:53.place by March to safeguard the future of the euro and to ease the
:01:53. > :01:56.debt crisis. What's more, they've made it clear that they'll do it
:01:56. > :01:59.with or without British involvement. Chancellor Merkel and President
:02:00. > :02:09.Sarkozy held talks in Paris today ahead of a crucial EU summit later
:02:10. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:15.this week. Our Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt sent this report from Paris.
:02:15. > :02:21.This was the start of a crucial week for the eurozone, with key
:02:21. > :02:25.summit. The curtain raiser was here in Paris with a meeting between the
:02:25. > :02:30.leaders of France and Germany, the two most powerful countries in the
:02:30. > :02:34.eurozone. They called for a new treaty that would make sure
:02:34. > :02:41.overspending never happened again. With automatic sanctions for
:02:41. > :02:48.countries who broke the rules. The two leaders wanted to stress their
:02:48. > :02:51.determination. TRANSLATION: We want to go on a march to re-establish
:02:52. > :02:55.our confidence in the eurozone. We have not got time, we are well
:02:55. > :03:02.aware of the seriousness of the situation and the responsibility on
:03:02. > :03:06.our shoulders. The German Chancellor said she hoped all
:03:06. > :03:11.states would agree to a treaty change but would accept it if it
:03:11. > :03:18.was just limited to the countries in the eurozone. We are open to
:03:18. > :03:22.changes to the treaty with just 17 members if necessary. We are
:03:22. > :03:26.determined to keep the euro as a stable currency. They hope that by
:03:26. > :03:29.signing up to a tough deal on spending limits, it will make it
:03:29. > :03:35.easier for the European Central Bank to help countries struggling
:03:35. > :03:39.to finance their debts. What has been agreed? The leaders will push
:03:39. > :03:44.for an urgent treaty change, although many details remain
:03:44. > :03:50.unclear. There will be strict budget limits, deficits will not be
:03:50. > :03:54.allowed to exceed 3% of GDP, and there will be automatic sanctions
:03:54. > :03:59.agreed for those who break the rules. In a country protective of
:03:59. > :04:05.its national pride, there is concern that these changes are
:04:05. > :04:09.eroding sovereignty. The opposition fears that the overside to budgets
:04:10. > :04:14.by a European Court would weaken the role of Parliament in France.
:04:14. > :04:21.Being in the euro, respecting some discipline, doesn't mean we lose
:04:21. > :04:26.any control on our own economy policy. If the treaty change
:04:26. > :04:33.involves all 27 members, it will need British support if the changes
:04:33. > :04:38.are significant they could trigger referenda elsewhere. The Prime
:04:38. > :04:42.Minister was asked today about holding a referendum in the UK.
:04:42. > :04:45.approach is simple - we have legislated now so it is impossible
:04:45. > :04:50.for a British government to pass power from Britain to Brussels
:04:50. > :04:55.without asking the British people in a referendum first. I am not
:04:55. > :05:00.intending to pass any powers from Britain to Brussels. Sir what
:05:00. > :05:04.happens next? European countries including Britain will be asked
:05:04. > :05:10.this Friday whether in principle they back treaty change. The big
:05:10. > :05:15.question is how long this whole process will take. What today's
:05:15. > :05:19.plans did not address was the fundamental issue of debt and low-
:05:19. > :05:22.growth. While the markets responded
:05:22. > :05:25.positively to the news from Paris easing pressure on Italy and Spain,
:05:25. > :05:28.there's more uncertainty tonight as one of the leading credit agencies
:05:28. > :05:33.is said to be warning that it could downgrade the ratings of some of
:05:33. > :05:35.the EU's biggest economies, including Germany. Our economics
:05:35. > :05:45.editor Stephanie Flanders asks whether today's longer-term plan is
:05:45. > :05:49.in danger of ignoring the immediate crisis. You might think it a bit
:05:49. > :05:53.strange, this blue-sky thinking about what the eurozone will like
:05:53. > :05:58.in the future, when the question in financial markets is whether it
:05:58. > :06:02.will survive the year, but there is a logic here. To have confidence in
:06:02. > :06:07.the year Road today, Germany and many in the markets need to have
:06:07. > :06:17.faith this crisis will not happen again. They also need to see budget
:06:17. > :06:18.
:06:18. > :06:23.cuts now from countries that have borrowed too much, like Italy.
:06:23. > :06:29.European markets were upbeat about the plan to save the euro today but
:06:29. > :06:33.that is because investors think the new budget rules will pave the way
:06:33. > :06:37.for parte two - Germany agreeing to stand behind eurozone government
:06:37. > :06:43.debt in future, and part three - the European Central Bank doing
:06:43. > :06:47.more now to support countries like Italy. We only had hints of those
:06:47. > :06:54.last two today, but many are convinced the European Central Bank
:06:54. > :06:59.will act if others do their part. On Friday, I think we will get
:06:59. > :07:06.something from the European Central Bank to support the banks - more
:07:06. > :07:10.liquidity - but probably a signal that governments need to deliver
:07:10. > :07:14.more on fiscal integration before it will open up its balance sheet
:07:14. > :07:19.in the way financial markets are desperate. There was one part of
:07:19. > :07:23.the press conference today that markets liked a lot, and caused the
:07:23. > :07:29.cost of borrowing for Italy to fall. That was when the leaders said
:07:29. > :07:35.there would be no more Greek style write-offs of government debt.
:07:35. > :07:39.big problem potentially in markets would have been in 2012 an Italian
:07:39. > :07:43.debt restructuring. The announcement today essentially
:07:43. > :07:48.reduces that risk because you have a very firm statement, almost a
:07:48. > :07:55.guarantee, from the French and Germans there will not be any
:07:55. > :08:00.further write-offs on debt in the eurozone. The eurozone had a good
:08:00. > :08:04.day, until the ratings agency put nearly all the eurozone countries
:08:04. > :08:08.on negative credit watch, meaning the strongest ones have a 50%
:08:08. > :08:13.chance of losing their triple A credit rating in the next 90 days.
:08:13. > :08:17.As far as the markets are concerned, the leaders have less time than
:08:17. > :08:19.that to fill out the holes in the plans.
:08:19. > :08:23.David Cameron said today he would take part in any treaty
:08:23. > :08:30.negotiations and defend British interests. Our deputy political
:08:30. > :08:33.editor James Landale is in Downing Street. James, really just to
:08:33. > :08:38.remind viewers what we have heard because France and Germany making
:08:39. > :08:44.it clear they will go ahead with or without British involvement. How
:08:44. > :08:49.much of a problem is that for David Cameron? The events of today are
:08:49. > :08:56.good news for him. Any deal that could save the euro will be good
:08:56. > :09:00.for his government, but there are political pressures. Some
:09:00. > :09:05.Conservative MPs want a referendum on the treaty, but David Cameron
:09:05. > :09:08.today has said that will not happen. The debate now is more about how
:09:08. > :09:15.the government can use the negotiations to try to get
:09:15. > :09:19.something back from Brussels. Many MPs fear that somehow a fiscal
:09:19. > :09:23.union of 17 eurozone countries will start organising together,
:09:23. > :09:29.sidelining the UK and taking decisions potentially against our
:09:29. > :09:34.national interest. For example a decision that some financial
:09:34. > :09:38.instruments must only be traded within the euro. They want greater
:09:38. > :09:42.protection for the city of London. Others want to go further and say
:09:42. > :09:46.now is the time to start repatriating powers from Brussels.
:09:46. > :09:52.Today David Cameron said he wanted to get something back that would
:09:52. > :09:55.enhance and protect our international interest.
:09:55. > :10:00.HSBC, one of Britain's biggest banks, says it's profoundly sorry
:10:00. > :10:03.for mis-selling financial products to elderly customers. The bank has
:10:03. > :10:06.been fined more than �10 million by the Financial Services Authority
:10:06. > :10:12.after selling unsuitable investment bonds to elderly people going into
:10:12. > :10:21.residential care. HSBC could pay nearly �30 million in compensation,
:10:21. > :10:24.as our chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym explains.
:10:24. > :10:30.The customers were elderly, they were given the wrong financial
:10:30. > :10:35.advice, and today HSBC said sorry. They were sold investment products
:10:35. > :10:39.to cover the cost of living in care homes, their money was tied up for
:10:39. > :10:44.five years, but some were unlikely to even live that long according to
:10:44. > :10:51.the regulator. We thought HSBC led down a particularly vulnerable
:10:51. > :10:55.group of customers, many were elderly, and they came to HSBC
:10:55. > :11:00.looking for advice and they were sold unsuitable product in many
:11:00. > :11:06.cases. This is the boss of NHFA, the company which provided
:11:06. > :11:11.misleading advice to elderly customers. Based in Oxfordshire, it
:11:11. > :11:15.was bought by HSBC in 2005, and eventually closed down earlier this
:11:15. > :11:24.year by the Bank, which has taken full responsibility for what went
:11:24. > :11:34.on. Nearly 2500 customers were advised to invest by the subsidiary.
:11:34. > :11:35.
:11:35. > :11:40.87% were mis-sold the product with an average investment of �115,000.
:11:40. > :11:45.Age UK was actively promoting NHFA as a place to get advice on
:11:45. > :11:51.investments and care fees. It was described as our chosen firm.
:11:51. > :11:56.the aged did work with the company, but when the two charities merged
:11:56. > :12:01.to become Age UK we decided this was not an area of business we
:12:01. > :12:04.wanted to beat in. A senior HSBC executive said he fully accepted
:12:05. > :12:08.suitable advice was not given to some customers, that it shouldn't
:12:08. > :12:14.have happened, and he was profoundly sorry. Bank sources
:12:14. > :12:19.added tonight but when they became aware of potential problems in NHFA
:12:19. > :12:25.in 2009, they alerted the Financial Services Authority and tightened up
:12:25. > :12:30.sales procedures. But the bank has been fined more than �10 million.
:12:30. > :12:34.It may also have to pay out as much as 30 million in compensation to
:12:34. > :12:37.the customers and their families. President Karzai of Afghanistan has
:12:37. > :12:42.said his country will need outside support for at least a decade, well
:12:42. > :12:46.beyond the departure of NATO forces in two years' time. Delegates from
:12:46. > :12:49.more than 90 countries attended the international conference in Bonn.
:12:49. > :12:54.Two of the most significant players, Pakistan and the Taleban, did not
:12:54. > :12:57.attend. Thousands of Russians gathered in
:12:57. > :12:59.the centre of Moscow today to protest at apparent irregularities
:12:59. > :13:05.during yesterday's parliamentary elections, and to call for Prime
:13:05. > :13:09.Minister Putin to resign. Official observers from the EU say the poll
:13:09. > :13:19.was conducted unfairly. The Americans say they, too, have
:13:19. > :13:21.
:13:21. > :13:24.serious concerns. Daniel Sandford sent this report. Less than a mile
:13:24. > :13:30.from the Kremlin on an upmarket Boulevard, riot police struggling
:13:30. > :13:36.to clear the biggest demonstration this city has seen since the 1990s.
:13:36. > :13:41.It was an almost spontaneous reaction to what the crowd believed
:13:41. > :13:46.was a fixed election. Russia without Putin, they shouted, their
:13:46. > :13:50.anger focused on the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, who has been in
:13:50. > :13:55.power for almost 12 years and who is now blamed for presiding over a
:13:55. > :14:01.bureaucracy tainted by rampant corruption. We look back and
:14:01. > :14:06.realise we have got nothing, no reform of the police or the army,
:14:06. > :14:11.no battle against corruption. It is obvious people who two years ago
:14:11. > :14:15.were fervent supporters of Vladimir Putin, they say now you have not
:14:15. > :14:19.done anything and that is why we don't support you. What made this
:14:19. > :14:24.demonstration remarkable was not just the size, also the protesters
:14:24. > :14:29.themselves. They were young middle- class people who feel that they
:14:29. > :14:34.have no future. But they can't see how to change it when they feel the
:14:34. > :14:39.elections are so unfair. This has been a bad month for Vladimir Putin.
:14:39. > :14:42.First he was booed in public, then he lost a third of his seats in
:14:42. > :14:46.parliament and now there has been the biggest demonstration in Moscow
:14:47. > :14:53.for more than a decade, but the opposition are not well-organised
:14:53. > :14:56.and it is unclear if they can Coming up on tonight's programme:
:14:56. > :15:06.A closer look at the indoor park with paper leaves which scooped
:15:06. > :15:08.this year's Turner Prize for modern The budget for the main ceremonies
:15:08. > :15:11.at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been doubled
:15:11. > :15:15.following the Prime Minister's intervention. Mr Cameron gave the
:15:15. > :15:20.go-ahead for an increase to �81 million after seeing the plans. The
:15:20. > :15:28.extra money comes from within the overall Games budget. Spending on
:15:28. > :15:32.security has also risen sharply as The opening of the Beijing Games,
:15:33. > :15:37.the most impressive and extravagant Olympic ceremony yet.
:15:37. > :15:41.We have been told that London wouldn't try to compete with this.
:15:41. > :15:46.In 2012 we would see the austerity version, but after a direct
:15:46. > :15:51.intervention from the Prime Minister, the budget for next
:15:51. > :15:55.year's ceremonies has been doubled. The total cost of London's Olympic
:15:55. > :16:00.and Paralympic ceremonies was due to be around �40 million. The
:16:00. > :16:03.Government is putting an extra �41 million to bring the total to over
:16:03. > :16:06.�81 million. It is the Government's responsibility to fund the
:16:06. > :16:09.construction of the Olympic venues. It is the job of the organising
:16:10. > :16:14.committee to pay for the shows that take place inside them. So there
:16:14. > :16:17.wasn't meant to be a penny of taxpayers money spent on the
:16:17. > :16:21.opening and closing ceremonies. The costs should have been covered by
:16:21. > :16:25.income from ticket sales and sponsorship.
:16:25. > :16:29.One of the main reasons London won the right to host the Games was its
:16:29. > :16:32.promise to keep them affordable. A key member of that winning team is
:16:32. > :16:37.unimpressed with today's announcement.
:16:37. > :16:40.It is unbelievable that they have doubled the budget on the opening
:16:40. > :16:44.ceremonies which only last for a few hours when they ought to be
:16:44. > :16:49.investing that money and the vast mo mo jort of people would say in
:16:49. > :16:52.our young athletes and in school sports which has been cut and is an
:16:52. > :16:55.an investment for life, not just for a few hours.
:16:55. > :17:00.The global television audience of an Olympic opening ceremony runs
:17:00. > :17:04.into the billions. The Government argues it would be foolish not to
:17:04. > :17:09.maximise the opportunity to advertise our country. The better
:17:09. > :17:17.the show, and yes, of course, the fireworks, the greater the return
:17:17. > :17:22.on the investment. This Is a moment next summer when the eyes of the
:17:22. > :17:25.world world will be looking. It is incumbent on us in Government to
:17:26. > :17:29.maximise that opportunity, to drive the maximum benefit for the economy
:17:29. > :17:34.and for tourism. The Government is paying an extra
:17:34. > :17:43.�271 million for venue security. The overall budget remains the same,
:17:43. > :17:48.Police investigating the murder of two women in Southport want to
:17:48. > :17:51.speak to a man who's believed to have fled the country. A post-
:17:51. > :17:53.mortem has confirmed that Angela Holgate and her mother Alice Huyton
:17:53. > :17:57.had been asphyxiated. Police are trying to find Mrs Holgate's lodger,
:17:57. > :18:04.Barry Morrow. He was spotted in France on Saturday evening and may
:18:04. > :18:07.At the Old Bailey, the Stephen Lawrence murder trial has been told
:18:07. > :18:11.that textile fibres from Stephen's clothing were found on a jacket at
:18:11. > :18:15.the home of one of the men on trial. The fibres were discovered in a
:18:15. > :18:19.cold case review in 2007, 14 years after the murder took place in
:18:19. > :18:27.South-East London. Gary Dobson and David Norris both deny murder. Tom
:18:27. > :18:31.18 years after the killing of Stephen Lawrence, the court today
:18:31. > :18:37.examined whether clothing fibres link the teenager with the two men
:18:37. > :18:44.in the dock. The jury heard a cold case review brought Gary Dobson's
:18:44. > :18:48.jacket back to a forensics lab in 2007. Scientists found 16 clothing
:18:48. > :18:52.fibres among samples taken from the jacket or the bag it was kept in.
:18:52. > :18:56.They found one piece of of dried blood with two blue threads running
:18:56. > :19:00.through it. These two fibres came, the court heard, from this jumper
:19:00. > :19:04.belonging to Stephen. More evidence was found. Rare
:19:04. > :19:09.fibres coloured red and pink, one stained with what appeared to be
:19:09. > :19:13.blood. Forensic scientists Roy Green said they matched the
:19:13. > :19:17.material of this polo shirt worn by Stephen that night. Summing up his
:19:17. > :19:21.conclusions, he said, the combination of blood, DNA and
:19:21. > :19:27.fibres provide extremely persuasive evidence to link the wearer of the
:19:27. > :19:30.grey jacket to the attack itself or to contact with the perpetrator
:19:30. > :19:34.afterwards. The jury heard that that conclusion
:19:34. > :19:38.could only stand if the evidence had not been contaminated over the
:19:38. > :19:42.years. The defence has claimed that mishandling of evidence bags has
:19:42. > :19:46.resulted in blood and fibres from Stephen's clothes getting mixed up
:19:46. > :19:50.with those belonging to the suspects.
:19:50. > :19:53.A defence bar barrister asked Mr Green to explain how fibres from
:19:53. > :20:02.under clothes could have escaped during the attack. The scientist's
:20:02. > :20:05.theory, Stephen's jacket was Major international talks to tackle
:20:05. > :20:07.global climate change have entered a second decisive week in South
:20:07. > :20:11.Africa. One of proposals being considered there is whether
:20:11. > :20:15.countries should be PAID to protect the forests which play a such an
:20:15. > :20:17.important part in absorbing greenhouse gases. The Congo Basin
:20:17. > :20:23.forms the world's second largest tropical rainforest, covering an
:20:23. > :20:33.area bigger than Spain. Andrew Harding has travelled to the Congo
:20:33. > :20:37.where the army has joined the fight In the green heart of Africa over
:20:37. > :20:42.one million square miles of rainforest. But will it survive?
:20:42. > :20:46.Con lease soldiers guard one corner of the jungle, but there are
:20:46. > :20:52.battling against loggers, farmers and a lethal assortment of militia
:20:52. > :20:55.groups. We lost 12 rangers this year
:20:55. > :21:01.protecting the park. REPORTER: Are you managing to win
:21:01. > :21:06.this battle? Yes, we have to. There is no other choice.
:21:06. > :21:11.For now, poverty, the lack of roads, and conflict kept huge chunks of
:21:11. > :21:19.the forest out of reach. But Africa's economy is booming and
:21:20. > :21:24.congo, like the press teen Amazon Jungle Decades ago is at risk.
:21:24. > :21:30.We cannot say don't build the road or don't create economic activity,
:21:30. > :21:35.what we can do is at least identify the most fragile place, the most
:21:35. > :21:39.biodiverse place that we should protect and try to arrange
:21:39. > :21:46.sustainable development. Like this, a project to make fuel
:21:46. > :21:52.efficient stoves. It could half the number of trees cut for charcoal.
:21:52. > :21:57.It is one part of a giant international plan to help protect
:21:57. > :22:02.congo's rainforests and our planet. The plan being debated this week
:22:02. > :22:05.could see billions of pounds being poured into congo. But it is
:22:05. > :22:14.complicated. There is no transparency. There is no control.
:22:14. > :22:16.We have lack of governance and it will be like we used to be in
:22:16. > :22:19.African country. Nothing will be done as we expect it.
:22:19. > :22:25.REPORTER: It will be chaos? Yes, of course.
:22:25. > :22:30.For now, the poorly funded army does what it can. Congo needs more
:22:30. > :22:35.outside help, but this is a tough place for anyone to operate.
:22:35. > :22:42.The idea is simple and compelling, pay congo and its soldiers to
:22:42. > :22:50.protect these vast forests and help prevent climate change, but it is
:22:50. > :22:56.proving slow, risky and chaotic. The motivation is there. The big
:22:56. > :23:06.money maybe coming. The fight to save the world's second greatest
:23:06. > :23:08.
:23:08. > :23:10.NASA has announced the discovery of the most Earth-like planet ever
:23:10. > :23:15.seen beyond our solar system. Scientists are conducting research
:23:15. > :23:19.into the presence of water on the planet known as Kepler 22b. It
:23:19. > :23:26.closely resembles Earth in its size and orbit and is 600 light years
:23:26. > :23:28.away. The winner of the Turner Prize, one
:23:28. > :23:32.of the art world's most prestigious awards, has been announced this
:23:32. > :23:35.evening at the Baltic Gallery in Gateshead. The annual exhibition
:23:35. > :23:42.and ceremony have been held outside London only once before in the
:23:42. > :23:47.Turner's 27 year history. Will Gompertz reveals this year's winner.
:23:47. > :23:50.It is that time of year again and the photographer, Mario Testino is
:23:50. > :24:00.about to deliver an early Christmas present.
:24:00. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:14.The winner for the 2011 Turner Prize, Martin Boyce.
:24:14. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:18.APPLAUSE Well, I didn't expect that.
:24:18. > :24:21.LAUGHTER But the Scottish born and based
:24:21. > :24:23.artist was soon into his stride and is delighted to have become part of
:24:23. > :24:26.the Turner Prize's history. It is something that is significant
:24:26. > :24:30.in the cultural popular consciousness. It exists, it
:24:30. > :24:33.solidified itself. It is interesting. A it is a great honour
:24:34. > :24:37.to be part of it. Martin Boyce didn't win for
:24:37. > :24:41.producing this sculpture, but it is part of his winning installation.
:24:41. > :24:45.No, he won for pro dution a -- producing a space, everything
:24:45. > :24:51.around me is part of the winning artwork from the paper leaves on
:24:51. > :24:58.the floor, to the ceiling above. To the painting on the wall, even the
:24:58. > :25:01.air vents and the bin are part of a theatrical environment designed to
:25:01. > :25:04.change the way you think and the way you feel.
:25:04. > :25:08.It is about passing through the space. It is about being in the
:25:08. > :25:13.space. It is about the space in between the sculptures as much as
:25:13. > :25:19.the sculptures themselves. I am interested in the idea of dusting a
:25:19. > :25:25.room with atmosphere. The collector, Charles Saatchi
:25:25. > :25:31.wrote being a collector is vulgar. Does the man who presented
:25:31. > :25:35.tonight's prize and enjoy the art in the show agree? I think it is
:25:35. > :25:40.vulgar in a lot of things, but not in my collecting because I do it
:25:40. > :25:50.from the bottom of my heart. I spend all the money I earn and I
:25:50. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:54.live with it and I enjoy it. It helped me in my profession. Over
:25:54. > :25:57.100,000 people have seen the show, more than doubling the number of
:25:57. > :26:06.visitors the gallery received during the same period last year.