06/12/2011 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at Ten: David Cameron threatens to veto a new European

treaty to rescue the single currency. Ahead of this of of this

bike's bike -- week's summit. Britain will be insisting on some

safeguards too and as long as we get those then that treaty can go

ahead. If we can't get those, it won't.

A pointed joke by the French about high tax Britain reveals the

underlining tensions as the summit approaches. We will be looking at

the pressures on Mr Cameron from European partners and from

Conservative colleagues. Also tonight:

Two suicide bombs in Afghanistan, aimed at Shia Muslims claim at

least 58 lives. Police in Moscow detain leading

opposition figures as protests continue against Prime Minister

Putin. With this Government, with these leaders, with these cheats,

these thieves, Russia has no future. The woodland near Huddersfield

where a woman was buried alive by her partner and survived.

And Westminster Abbey has welcomed a new addition to Poets Corner. In

sports Day: All the night's Champions League action including

Chelsea's make or break match Good evening. The Prime Minister is

threatening to veto any new treaty aimed at saving the single currency

if it doesn't protect British interests. In particular, he wants

to safeguard London's position as Europe's most important financial

centre. The new treaty, being put forward by Germany and France, is

due to be discussed at a crucial EU summit in Brussels later this week.

Our political editor, Nick Robinson, has the story.

He will be just one amongst 27 when the EU leaders meet to save the

euro, one representing a country not even in the euro. But today

David Cameron insisted he would veto a deal if it didn't protect

Britain's interests. What I am saying is that if and eurozone

countries do need to come together, do need to do more things together

f they choose to use the European treataway to do that Britain will

be insisting on safeguards too and as long as we get those then that

treaty can go ahead. If we can't get those, it won't.

The Prime Minister says he will only sign if all 27EU countries

agree to safeguard Britain's interests. To keep the single

market fair and open and to protect our financial services industry

from damaging new rules. If he doesn't sign, the 17 countries that

use the euro could sign a deal on their own, effectively forming a

new European club. That was the implied threat

yesterday coming from Germany's Chancellor, Merkel when she met

France's President Sarkozy in Paris, where the talk is of a superEurope

being formed by Europe's new supercouple. Some eurosceptics here

want Britain to go back to the future. It was the worst tempered

summit Mrs Thatcher or any of the other leaders... When she was Prime

Minister, Margaret Thatcher fought and fought get a British rebate.

is asking the community to have our own money back. Many Tories now say

that it's time her successor demanded not just our money back,

but powers, too. But the man who was Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor

says different times require a different approach. I think now is

the time to make it quite clear we are not going to be a pushover, but

clear that we do have perfectly reasonable demands on which we are

going to insist but we are not going to try and stop them dealing

with the immediate eurozone problems by diverting to these

things, that will come later. Prime Minister isn't short of

advice on thousand handle this summit, Britain's last Foreign

Secretary warns that tough talk could actually lead to less

influence. David Cameron faces a real trap from those in his own

party who are spoiling for a fight that would bring Britain out of the

European Union. The trap is that in the end the other countries will go

ahead on their own and not just decide economic policy for the

eurozone, they'll end up designing policy for the whole of the

European Union and that will put Britain in the second division, a

place it's tried to avoid for at least 40 years. Downing Street hope

that things have improved since the French President told the Prime

Minister we are sick of you criticising us, and telling us what

to do. Although today at the launch of tkpwaoble's -- Google's HQ Mr

Sarkozy jokes French people were leaving London because taxes were

going up. Because... He meant business-friendly and insisted it

was just a joke. But asked don't tell David Cameron, because I like

him. Friendships and understandings are

one thing, this is the week when national interests count and next

week parliaments get their say. How meaningful is Mr Cameron's

threat given the ability of the eurozone countries to go it alone.

Let's tourpb Nick. What's -- turn to Nick. What's your reading?

will be people throughout Europe saying it's unlikely that David

Cameron would be willing to veto a treaty, particularly if it was one

that would stablise the eurozone because after all, he said even

though Britain never joined the single currency it's primarily in

this country's interests that situation is sorted out and yet

Downing Street officials are saying tonight, and the Prime Minister in

his own words in the Times, is insisting that he is willing to say

no to a treaty of all 27 for a very particular reason, because those

countries who might think well forget that, let's go on our own,

let's just the 17 in the eurozone form a new set of rules, Mr Cameron

has another threat, if you try to do that, he says, we and others

will resist the idea of using the officials of the EU, the

institutions of the EU, the European Court as well in

Luxembourg, in order to support the eurozone. So don't think you can

get around us that way. It's all part of the shadow boxing, if you

like, ahead of the summit T won't be enough to satisfy British

British eurosceptics who say this is a once in a lifetime possibility

not to simply get safeguards, but to drag powers back from Brussels

and have a referendum on the whole thing. That's one thing that isn't

being promised tonight and David Cameron will not deliver.

Thank you. The deadliest bombing in the Afghan

capital in three years has claimed at least 50 lives. It was a suicide

bomb attack on Shia Muslims attending a shrine in Kabul. More

than 160 people were injured. President Karzai called it an

unprecedented sectarian attack and has now cancelled a visit to

Britain where he was due to arrive tonight. From Kabul, Quentin

Sommerville sent this report. Afghan Shias in Kabul beat

themselves in a traditional mourning ritual. Then this.

A massive explosion from a suicide bomber tears through the crowd.

It's chaos, hundreds are hurt, dozens dead. The dying and injured

are piled up in trucks. At a City Hospital they struggle to cope with

wave after wave of victims. And on the pavement outside a mother

mourns for her lost son. My heart is broken, she cries. Desperate and

in despair, more gathered for news of missing family and friends. This

is a day of mourning, said this man, it is an attack against humanity

and an attack against Islam. It was part of a co-ordinated assault

against Shias. A bomb also exploded in the northern city of Mazar-i-

Sharif, but the Kabul attack was much bigger, in the heart of the

city outside a shrine near the presidential Palace. The people

here are extremely angry. There's long been tensions between Afghan

Sunnis and Shias, but this kind of sectarian violence on this scale is

unprecedented. President Karzai was due to leave a

summit in Germany for Britain, instead, he will be returning to

Kabul. It's the first time that on such an important religious day in

Afghanistan terrorism of that horrible nature is taking place. We

all wish the best for those who are injured and quick recovery and

patience to the families of those who have lost their dear ones.

the injured were being treated, the Taliban issued a statement saying

they hadn't carried out the attack. The Government says they're lying.

These attacks turned this Muslim day of mourning into a day of

terrible loss, bringing a new kind of suffering to this already

fractured country. In Moscow police say they've

arrested 250 people during a second day of protests following the

recent parliamentary elections. Demonstrators, who defied the

official order to stay off the streets, claim the contest was

rigged in favour of the prime minister, Vladimir Putin. A leading

member of the opposition, Boris Nemtsov, was among those held and

later released. Our correspondent Daniel Sandford sent this report.

It does contain some flash photography.

Driving through the crowd on Moscow's main shopping streets, the

city's intimidating riot police. They were there to break up an

unauthorised demonstration. More than 1,000 people were protesting

once more against what they say was a fixed election and against the

Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin. Russia without Putin has become

their slogan. It's the second night in a row that

the anti-Putin protesters have come out on the streets. Last night it

was a legal demonstration. But tonight it hasn't been sanctioned

and they all risk arrest. On Twitter and Facebook they're

already calling it the Slavic spring even though the bit Irwin

ter is -- bitter winter is around the corner. The movement now has

some momentum and it's personal. Putin is a thief, they shouted.

Russia with this Government, with these leaders, with these cheats,

these thieves, Russia has no future. But just yards away there were

chants in favour of Vladimir Putin. One of the Kremlin funded youth

movement had also turned up. None of them was arrested. But several

opposition leaders were rounded up. Former deputy prime minister Boris

Nemstov was detained and later released and an influential anti-

corruption campaigner was given a prison sentence for disobeying

police at a demonstration. Vladimir Putin's official spokesman said

anyone who protested legally should be stopped and he has continued to

defend the election results despite the growing international criticism.

But the authorities are bracing themselves for further unrest in

the days ahead. This is a critical moment for Vladimir Putin. Will the

protests peter out or will the British Airways says it has

abandoned plans to create 400 jobs, blaming the Government decision to

press ahead with an 8% increase in air fuel duty. The Government says

that airlines must play their part in reducing the deficit. But Willie

Walsh says that it will do more harm than good.

The row between airlines and the Government has been ticking over

for a while. Today it gained a lot more momentum. The boss of BA has

accused ministers of harming economic growth by imposing a steep

increase in Air Passenger Duty. This is a huge opportunity lost as

a result of the actions of the Chancellor. It is making the UK and

competitive. It is making it impossible for us to compete on a

global scale and is damaging the UK economy. It is damaging job

creation and it is the wrong thing to do. The Treasury said the move

had been announced in the Budget in March and airlines had plenty of

time to prepare for it. The duty will go up by 8% next April, after

a freeze this year. BAE says it will scale back the planned

creation of 800 jobs down to 400, and it will postpone a plan to

bring an extra Boeing 747 into service. The announcement comes at

an awkward time for the Government, because it is on the same day that

ministers have been launching the latest phase of the growth strategy,

with more than �100 million for investment in manufacturing. The

Business Secretary Vince Cable was visiting a Birmingham-based company,

Bromford Industries. It makes components for the aerospace

industry. He was unveiling the Government plan to encourage more

investment in hi-tech UK suppliers. I put to him BA accusation that

other government policies might be damaging to growth. We have got to

raise revenue, as well as public spending. What the airlines are not

pointing out, of course we have passenger duty, but they do not pay

VAT on their flights, nor do they pay fuel duty. The head of the CBI

was also on the tour with the Secretary of State. He welcomed the

new manufacturing initiative, but came down on BA's side on Air

Passenger Duty. I think the Government has to be very careful

with its tax-raising measures. We know it needs to bring in tax, even

with the deficit-reduction cuts. It has got to balance the books. But

Air Passenger Duty is a tax on travel. It is paid for by the

travellers, it weakens the airline's ability to service the

economy and I hope the Chancellor will think again. With the latest

figures from the high street revealing a picture of subdued

spending and the run-up to Christmas, it is clear that the

Government will not find it easy to boost growth across the whole

economy. At Leeds Crown Court, a woman whose

partner is accused of burying her alive has described how she

struggled to get out of the cardboard box in which she had been

bound and gagged. Michelina Lewandowska was giving evidence at

the trial of two men accused of attempted murder.

Michelina Lewandowska lived here, with her son, Jacob, and his father,

Marcin Kasprzak, the man she accuses of firing a Taser at her

inside the house and trying to bury her alive. Speaking in court from

behind a screen to protect her The prosecution say this man,

Patryk Borys, her partner's friend was also there and helped carry

Michelina Lewandowska out of the house in a computer box, up these

steps and into a car. The jury heard how she was taken here. She

was taken inside the box, to be buried. When the men reached the

top of the hill, the court was told how they dug a hole using two

shovels and placed the box, with Michelina Lewandowska, into the

ground. The prosecution say they are then covered her with soil

before placing a branch on top. But she managed to escape using her

Michelina Lewandowska then said that she staggered onto the road

and managed to flag down a calf. The prosecution claimed what

happened inside this house was well planned, because her boyfriend

wanted to start a new life with their son. But both defendants deny

Drogba! And in early strike by troubled Chelsea in tonight's

Champions' League match. But was it 18 of British scientists has built

the clearest picture yet of an area of the South specific known as the

rim of fire. They used sonar technology to create images of the

ocean floor. They will observe the activity of underwater volcanoes

and the Toon Armys often led to Volcanoes erupting in the Pacific

Ocean. This was Tonga two years ago, one of the most volatile regions on

earth. Nearby, a tsunami sweeps ashore on Samoa, the result of an

earthquake, also two years ago. The seabed beneath the Pacific is often

violent and we don't know much about it. A British research team

went to investigate last summer, using the latest sonar technology

it built up an unprecedented picture of the seabed and the huge

forces at work. The research was in part of the so-called Pacific Ring

of Fire, the four points and volcanoes circling the ocean. The

focus was to the north of New Zealand. Here are the volcanoes

near Tonga, and here is Samoa, where that tsunami struck. The

plate moving westwards is colliding with the Indo-Australian plate. The

researchers wanted to know what happened when this long line of

underwater volcanoes approaches that fault line. Each of them is

several miles high. Ahead is one of the deepest chasms on the planet.

For the first time, they have captured had these huge mountains

are destroyed as they fall into the abyss. The chasm is nearly seven

miles deeper. Mount Everest would easily fit inside. The researchers

from the universities of Oxford and Durham say the next volcano doesn't

stand a chance. In its ultimate fate is to be carried down into

that trench that you can see here, carried deep down into the earth.

It cannot avoid that? It cannot avoid it. Once that one is gone,

there is another one in line and that will be next. A close-up image

of the volcano that is right on the edge, about to be destroyed.

Remember, this is a mountain several miles five. This is the

next one out, the one that is right on the lip, going down into the

trench. You can see the way it is getting sly step, the parallel

fractures cutting up this immense mountain like it was a loaf of

bread. This matters anywhere that tsunamis can strike. The great wave

that hit Japan last March was the result of an underwater earthquake.

The more they are understood, the better chance of early warning for

Britain's biggest banks could be forced to reveal what their tops

that are paid under proposals from the Treasury to curb big bonuses.

The plans would require the eight highest paid executives outside

board level at each bank to disclose their salaries. The

Treasury says it would allow shareholders to hold senior

management to account over pay and bonuses.

Chelsea and their am baffled manager face a vital match against

Valencia to qualify for the Champions' League. -- embattled

manager. They needed a win or goalless draw to qualify. I can

report to you it is almost like the old days at Stamford Bridge, with

Chelsea strolling to a 3-0 win, which means they do go through.

Their manager, Andre Villas-Boas, did it his way, leaving Frank

Lampard on the bench. If they had gone out at this stage, it would

have waved goodbye to weigh potential �80 million. For their

owner, the Champions' League means much more than that. Paul Roman

Abramovich, the European Champions' League is both inspiration and

frustration. His empire has never extended beyond England. Even a

draw against Valencia could have seen the end of another manager.

After all the agonising, success in football sometimes falls at your

feet. Didier Drogba or transformed the mood after three minutes. Be

under pressure manager, well, that is him. Still, with Andrei Villas-

Boas in charge, Chelsea have rarely looked secure. They needed Petr

Cech at his best. Calamitous defending came from the Spanish

side. You should never let an opponent come between you. Ramires,

2-0, suddenly it seemed like child's play. If Chelsea are

building towards a new era, bear in mind that their outstanding player

in this match is in sight of his 30th birthday. He is on his sixth

Chelsea manager, but he has done this one a very good favour.

Andre Villas-Boas has earned himself that money cannot buy, a

British poet Ted Hughes, who died in 1998, has been honoured with a

memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His name can now

be seen alongside writers such as Chaucer and Shakespeare. The

memorial stone was dedicated this evening by Nobel laureate Seamus

I don't know exactly what duties the poet laureate has. But I don't

think writing to order is one of them. The charismatic and deeply

thoughtful Ted Hughes, speaking shortly after being made the poet

laureate in 1984. He died 14 years later, at the age of 68. This

evening, at a service in Westminster Abbey, his outstanding

contribution to literature was marked with the unveiling of a

memorial stone bearing his name. You can come to Poets' Corner,

where the word is celebrated. Juliet Stevenson read his poem,

full moon and little freedom. cool, small evening, a dog bark and

the clink of a bucket, and you, listening. Seamus Heaney, his

friend and fellow poet, gave the address. What he created is a

phantasmagoria. An arc of animals and Ella mantels. An Al-Marwah

knack for all seasons and astrological science. He said that

Ted Hughes meant everything to him, describing his writing as high-

voltage. He has no doubt that his friend deserves his place among the

greats. He belongs in Poets' Corner, I think, not just as a poet

laureate, because of his achievements in English poetry. For

the power of his poetry. The power of his presence in culture. When

men got to the summit, words for sick them. The voice of Ted Hughes,

who believed his poetry should be heard, as well as seeing. As his

daughter, it is a marvellous thing to realise that he is being

remembered in such a permanent way in a place that, hopefully, will

carry him and the other poets forever. Here is a newly installed

memorial stone to Ted Hughes, around which is an extract from his