:00:04. > :00:12.Tonight at ten - hours away from a promised ceasefire by Syrian
:00:12. > :00:22.After another day of violence, the man leading the peace talks says
:00:22. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:27.there's hope at last. On Thursday the 12th at 6am, we should see a
:00:27. > :00:30.much improved situation on the ground. If But there's widespread
:00:30. > :00:37.scepticism about the Syrian motives - we report from the border with
:00:37. > :00:41.Turkey. The regime and the opposition believe this is a fight
:00:41. > :00:44.to the finish. That is the logic that has undermined the an
:00:44. > :00:46.admission from the start. And we'll be asking what happens next if
:00:46. > :00:50.President Assad fails to keep his word. Also tonight:
:00:50. > :00:57.The man who started this fire in last summer's riots is jailed for
:00:57. > :01:00.11-and-a-half years - the store's owners respond. He's done so much
:01:00. > :01:03.tremendous harm for everybody. We have to fight back and that is what
:01:03. > :01:05.we will do. Panic in Indonesia after two major
:01:05. > :01:07.earthquakes trigger a tsunami warning.
:01:07. > :01:11.The big energy companies agree to inform customers about their best
:01:11. > :01:21.deals. And an old man's wartime memories
:01:21. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:35.I'll be here with sport later. A very important night in the Premier
:01:35. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:49.League for the top and the bottom Good evening.
:01:49. > :01:52.The forces of the Assad regime have agreed to start a ceasefire in six
:01:52. > :01:56.hours' time. That's the assurance they've given the international
:01:56. > :01:59.envoy Kofi Annan. But the regime says it reserves its right to deal
:01:59. > :02:04.with what it calls 'terrorist threats' so there's widespread
:02:04. > :02:14.scepticism about President Assad's real motives. The BBC's Fergal
:02:14. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:19.Keane has sent this report from the Waiting for news from the country
:02:19. > :02:24.they fled. This is where new arrivals from Syria are processed
:02:24. > :02:28.before being sent on to other camps. We did not meet anybody who
:02:28. > :02:31.expressed optimism, but a few at least were willing to give the Kofi
:02:31. > :02:39.Annan mission the benefit of the doubt. Do you think there will be
:02:39. > :02:45.peace? I hope for that, he says, but they have talked before and it
:02:45. > :02:49.has come to nothing. I just hope for peace. From here you can see
:02:49. > :02:59.Syria. It is calm, but other parts of the border region have become
:02:59. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:11.Syrian forces have fired across the border, terrifying camp residents
:03:11. > :03:17.
:03:17. > :03:20.Inside Syria, the last days have seen furious fighting. In Homs,
:03:20. > :03:25.troops have pounded opposition districts with tank fire and
:03:25. > :03:34.mortars. No sign here of any military withdrawal. In parts of
:03:34. > :03:38.the city, there's little left to The activist filming this burning
:03:39. > :03:44.shopping-centre calls out, are you watching, Kofi Annan? Where is the
:03:44. > :03:47.international community? Such words and such images have a company Mr
:03:48. > :03:54.Anand throughout his mission, but he is still insisting on the
:03:54. > :04:00.possibility of a ceasefire. everyone respects by 6am on
:04:00. > :04:05.Thursday the 12th, 6am in the morning of Thursday the 12th, we
:04:05. > :04:10.should see much improved situations on the ground. As tanks were on the
:04:10. > :04:14.move in Homs, Kofi Annan could only hope and -- hope on the assurances
:04:14. > :04:18.he had been given. But this evening the government insisted it would
:04:18. > :04:23.stop fighting tomorrow, there were reserved the right to retaliate if
:04:23. > :04:29.attacked. I'm confident that my government is fully committed to
:04:29. > :04:32.Kofi Annan. But since the violence is mutual, I can only guarantee our
:04:32. > :04:39.side. I can't guarantee the violence stopping from the other
:04:39. > :04:42.groups. But the Free Syrian Army refuses to believe anything the
:04:42. > :04:48.government says. Will your forces stop shooting when the deadline
:04:48. > :04:52.expires tomorrow morning? TRANSLATION: I don't believe our
:04:52. > :04:57.forces will stop shooting because the other side won't stop. If the
:04:57. > :05:02.other side stops, the Syrian people would march on the President's
:05:02. > :05:05.Palace the same day. This means the regime will not stop. It is
:05:05. > :05:09.possible that the violence across the border might down down -- died
:05:09. > :05:12.down when the deadline comes. But there's no likelihood of a
:05:12. > :05:17.permanent cessation. Both the regime and the opposition now
:05:17. > :05:24.believe this is a fight to the finish. That is the logic that has
:05:25. > :05:27.undermined the Kofi Annan mission from the very start.
:05:27. > :05:32.With meat is our diplomatic correspondent, James Robbins.
:05:32. > :05:39.Reflecting on what we heard, they could be many people who expect the
:05:39. > :05:44.Assad regime to keep its words. the guns really do fall silent
:05:44. > :05:48.across Syria tomorrow morning, that will be a good moment, surely. It
:05:48. > :05:52.doesn't answer the question, how long might any ceasefire hold.
:05:52. > :05:55.There's a great deal of doubt about that. This is what the Syrian
:05:55. > :05:59.government said in their letter to Kofi Annan confirming they would
:05:59. > :06:04.take part. They said, we promise to stop all military fighting
:06:04. > :06:07.throughout Syrian territory as of 6am tomorrow while reserving the
:06:07. > :06:12.right to respond proportionately to any attacks carried out by armed
:06:12. > :06:18.terrorist groups. Well, one Western diplomat said if Assad keeps his
:06:18. > :06:22.troops just outside the cities, he has the ability to pound civilians
:06:22. > :06:27.once again at a moment of his choosing, if he can argue some
:06:27. > :06:31.positive batch provocation. The White House shares that scepticism.
:06:31. > :06:34.They point out serious troops have intensified their attacks on
:06:34. > :06:37.civilians in Paris an effort to destroy this revolt once and for
:06:37. > :06:42.all. The Free Syrian Army says it reserves the right to go on
:06:42. > :06:46.fighting if the regime doesn't stop. Where does that leave us? Two quick
:06:46. > :06:51.thoughts. President Assad has only been able to hold on to power for
:06:51. > :06:54.this bustier also by the use of overwhelming firepower. The logic
:06:54. > :06:58.of accepting the ceasefire and holding to the ceasefire is surely
:06:58. > :07:03.that he accepts the logical consequence, which must be that
:07:03. > :07:06.there might be a future Syria ruled by somebody not called Assad. The
:07:06. > :07:11.last thought, if the ceasefire doesn't hold, what does the outside
:07:11. > :07:16.world do? It is surely out of ideas and can then only really
:07:16. > :07:19.contemplate a collapse into all-out civil war. Thank you.
:07:19. > :07:23.A man who set fire to a furniture store in Croydon during last
:07:23. > :07:26.summer's unrest has been jailed for 11-and-a-half years. It's the
:07:26. > :07:29.longest sentence given so far to any rioter. Gordon Thompson
:07:29. > :07:39.admitted starting the fire in House of Reeves, which had stood on the
:07:39. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:45.site for 140 years, as Sangita It was this huge fire, deliberately
:07:45. > :07:50.started at Reeves of Croydon, that gave rise to some of the most
:07:50. > :07:54.memorable images from the worst night of the London riots. For 144
:07:54. > :07:59.years, this historic building have housed five generations of a family
:07:59. > :08:04.business. Today, the man who destroyed it, Gordon Thompson, a
:08:04. > :08:12.career criminal with 20th -- 20 previous convictions and a father
:08:12. > :08:15.of two, was sentenced to 11 1/2 years in prison. Father and son
:08:15. > :08:19.Maurice and Trevor Reeves showed me around where the building once did.
:08:19. > :08:23.What was left has been demolished. The cost to the business will
:08:23. > :08:28.eventually be covered by insurance, but the emotional burden still
:08:28. > :08:32.remains. It was like and losing a member of the family. This has been
:08:32. > :08:41.here all my memorable life. I played in here as a child, I lived
:08:41. > :08:45.above here. I worked here as an adult. Thomson's crime was caught
:08:45. > :08:49.on CCTV. You can see him at the top of the screen approaching the shop.
:08:49. > :08:54.There is something burning in his hand. He touches it to a sofa which
:08:55. > :08:58.catches fire. The shop was soon engulfed in flames. The fire so
:08:58. > :09:03.ferocious it set the buildings opposite alike. It was at this
:09:03. > :09:07.moment that shop assistant Monika Konczyk was forced to jump for her
:09:07. > :09:10.life from the flat into the safety of the arms of a fireman. When
:09:10. > :09:15.faced with the strength of the case against him, Thompson pleaded
:09:15. > :09:20.guilty. That meant many witnesses did not have to relive the
:09:20. > :09:24.distressing memories about what happened that night. The sentence
:09:24. > :09:30.given to Thompson for causing all of this damage is the longest to be
:09:30. > :09:35.handed out yet in relation to last summer's riots. It means he will be
:09:35. > :09:40.serving about five years in prison. The Reeve's family it is fair as
:09:40. > :09:44.long as it is enough time for him to be rehabilitated. -- Reeves. In
:09:44. > :09:48.the rubble, the Reeves have begun building back their business at a
:09:48. > :09:54.site across the road. Face-saver a hope today's sentence will be
:09:54. > :09:57.enough to deter others bent on wanton vandalism. -- they say they
:09:57. > :10:00.hope today's sentence. An American neighbourhood watch
:10:00. > :10:03.volunteer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in Florida is
:10:03. > :10:07.expected to be charged shortly. George Zimmerman has always said he
:10:07. > :10:10.shot Trayvon Martin in self-defence. The killing of the 17-year-old
:10:10. > :10:15.sparked protests across the country, with some claiming the murder had
:10:15. > :10:18.been racially motivated. The annual number of applications
:10:19. > :10:24.to take children into care in England has exceeded 10,000 for the
:10:24. > :10:27.first time. The Courts Advisory Service says the figure is 10% up
:10:27. > :10:30.on last year. It's thought the publicity surrounding the death of
:10:30. > :10:36.Baby Peter Connelly in north London has contributed to the sharp rise
:10:36. > :10:39.in new applications. Two powerful earthquakes in the
:10:39. > :10:42.Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami warning earlier today. There were
:10:42. > :10:45.scenes of panic in some coastal areas as people fled to higher
:10:45. > :10:50.ground, fearing a repeat of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 in which
:10:50. > :10:53.hundreds of thousands died. The epicentre of one of today's quakes
:10:53. > :10:58.was close to the region in Indonesia that was worst hit in
:10:58. > :11:00.2004. But this time the warnings were lifted and there have been no
:11:00. > :11:10.reports of serious injury or damage, as Rachel Harvey reports from
:11:10. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:17.The terror on their faces speaks volumes. They know all too well
:11:17. > :11:22.what an earthquake can do. In Aceh, the 2004 tsunami isn't ancient
:11:22. > :11:28.history. The memories are still fresh. Still painful. You don't
:11:29. > :11:32.forget the loss of more than 200,000 lives easily. And today the
:11:32. > :11:38.Earth issued another powerful reminder of this region's volatile
:11:38. > :11:43.foundations. The response, visceral fear. But this time, there was
:11:43. > :11:47.purpose within the panic. A mass movement to higher ground and the
:11:47. > :11:54.safety of a mosque, one of the few buildings to survive the tsunami
:11:54. > :11:59.seven years ago. Local knowledge learnt from bitter experience. The
:11:59. > :12:03.same reaction in Phuket on Thailand's West Coast. Locals
:12:03. > :12:09.guiding holidaymakers to safety. They heard the siren, followed the
:12:09. > :12:13.signs, they knew what to do. Lessons have been learned. Today's
:12:13. > :12:19.earthquake was hugely powerful, felt as far away as Bangkok and
:12:20. > :12:23.southern India. So why no tsunami this time? In 2004, the one
:12:23. > :12:28.tectonic plate slipped beneath another, displacing a huge volume
:12:28. > :12:32.of water. Today's earthquake was lateral, two plates and rubbing
:12:33. > :12:35.against each other violently, but less likely to spawn huge waves.
:12:35. > :12:39.Nevertheless, experts say the decision to issue an alert was
:12:39. > :12:43.justified. When they give the warning, they have no idea what
:12:44. > :12:48.kind of earthquake it is. We found this out quite recently. This is
:12:48. > :12:52.when you analyse the data arriving, you can find out what kind of
:12:52. > :12:57.earthquake it was, what the mechanism was. When they send their
:12:57. > :13:03.warnings out, they have no idea of that. No room for complacency and
:13:03. > :13:08.no sign of it in action. For just help for those who couldn't help
:13:08. > :13:18.themselves, increasingly urgent warnings, a desperate prayer and,
:13:18. > :13:19.
:13:19. > :13:24.David Cameron says he will look sympathetically at the case being
:13:24. > :13:27.made by some leading charities about the proposed cap on tax
:13:27. > :13:31.relief for charitable donations. He made the comments during a visit to
:13:31. > :13:38.Indonesia on the second day of his tour to Asia, where he welcomed
:13:38. > :13:42.news about an order for Airbus planes bringing jobs to Britain.
:13:42. > :13:45.A new country, a different President, another guard of honour.
:13:45. > :13:49.From David Cameron, the same message. He wants British business
:13:49. > :13:54.to get its hands on some of Indonesia's huge and growing
:13:54. > :13:59.markets, maybe even sell them some of our weapons. In the economy
:13:59. > :14:03.that's growing at an extraordinary 6% a year, is one, he said, that
:14:03. > :14:07.Britain cannot ignore. This is an economy of 240 million people, it
:14:07. > :14:11.is going to be a top 10 economy in the next few decades. Britain
:14:11. > :14:15.should be investing here, selling here. That is why I am pleased to
:14:15. > :14:19.get on a plane with a bunch of business people, go to the fastest
:14:19. > :14:23.growing part of the world and drum up British business, because it
:14:23. > :14:26.means jobs back at home. Some of the people travelling our defence
:14:26. > :14:31.contractors, how do you avoid getting caught out and some of
:14:32. > :14:35.these weapons being used by the wrong people at the wrong time.
:14:35. > :14:39.have strict controls in Britain and strict licensing system for who we
:14:39. > :14:42.are able to sell these things too. Britain has strong defence
:14:42. > :14:46.industries to employ thousands of people in our country. A country
:14:46. > :14:50.like Indonesia, that is now a democracy, a responsible player on
:14:50. > :14:54.the world stage, that has a right to defend itself, it is acceptable
:14:54. > :14:57.under the right conditions to sell them some of our goods. Mr Cameron
:14:57. > :15:02.left Britain with his government on the back foot, after a self-
:15:02. > :15:05.inflicted fuel shortage, coalition tensions over security and an
:15:05. > :15:09.unpopular budget that he is still being forced to defend, including
:15:09. > :15:12.plans to curb tax relief for big charitable donors. What do you say
:15:12. > :15:16.it to charities to say this is going to cause donations to dry up?
:15:16. > :15:21.Let's be clear about what we are proposing. Individuals should be
:15:21. > :15:25.able to have �50,000 worth of tax allowances, or a quarter of their
:15:25. > :15:29.salary, however high their salary is, going in tax allowances. But we
:15:29. > :15:33.have got to put to an end to the abuse that some people have been
:15:33. > :15:39.using tax allowances, to get their effective income-tax rate not at
:15:39. > :15:43.50p, or 40 p, sometimes as low as 20 p. There is abuse going on. We
:15:43. > :15:48.need to make sure that the rich pay their share of income tax.
:15:48. > :15:52.decision to cut the 50p top rate of income tax is what critics say has
:15:52. > :15:55.lost insomuch trust. Politics has got to be about doing the right
:15:55. > :16:03.thing for the long-term health of your country and economy. Having a
:16:03. > :16:08.top rate of tax that has a rate -- that make you a competitive cannot
:16:08. > :16:13.be acceptable. Do you say we are still in this together? Yes, we are
:16:13. > :16:16.in it together. What are you going to do to get the government back on
:16:16. > :16:19.track? These are difficult times and we have to focus on the long-
:16:19. > :16:22.term good for the country, and get behind hard-working people who want
:16:22. > :16:26.to do the right things for themselves and their families. That
:16:26. > :16:29.is what drives me, however thousands of miles away from
:16:29. > :16:35.Britain I am. I'll only have the thoughts of the British economy,
:16:35. > :16:45.British jobs and the British economy. David Cameron is clearly
:16:45. > :16:47.at ease and he insists that these straights boost exports, but they
:16:47. > :16:50.do not solve all of his problems at home.
:16:50. > :16:55.Coming up on tonight's programme, a glimpse of life in one of the
:16:55. > :16:59.world's most secretive states. we will be reporting from the heart
:16:59. > :17:08.of North Korea's space programme. Never before opened to the world
:17:08. > :17:11.The Big Six energy companies in Britain have agreed to write to
:17:11. > :17:15.their customers every year to let them know the best tariffs
:17:15. > :17:20.available, and how to get them. The move, agreed with the government,
:17:20. > :17:24.could save some households up to �100 a year, but some of the price
:17:24. > :17:34.comparisons website say it is a very limited gesture and customers
:17:34. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:39.should still shop around. Energy share, EnergySmart, there
:17:39. > :17:43.are more than 100 deals and parrot so how are you expected to choose?
:17:43. > :17:49.The government says suppliers will have to send out letters detailing
:17:49. > :17:53.which might be suitable for you. get more people switched on to the
:17:53. > :17:57.energy they use, I can announce today we have secured a landmark
:17:57. > :18:01.deal with the six big energy companies, who cover 99% of
:18:01. > :18:07.customers, to give customers a guaranteed offer of the best tariff
:18:07. > :18:10.for them. That matters, because according to the government, as
:18:10. > :18:16.many as 70% of customers are on the wrong tariff. It believes
:18:16. > :18:20.households could save up to �100 by shopping around. The problem is,
:18:20. > :18:24.three-quarters of us don't tend to switch. The companies say it is not
:18:25. > :18:31.their fault. Since last autumn's energy summit, they have been
:18:31. > :18:35.working with the government to make Tariffs and bills simper. --
:18:35. > :18:38.simpler. In reality, the announcement is not that different
:18:39. > :18:42.to what the industry has been doing. We have been reaching out to
:18:42. > :18:46.customers for a long while now, the challenge is trying to get that in
:18:46. > :18:51.a more consistent, consolidated form. We are trying to adopt a new
:18:51. > :18:55.norm to approach customers. We all want to cut electricity and gas
:18:55. > :18:59.bills, but receiving a letter is just the start. You then have to
:18:59. > :19:05.contact your energy company and agree upon a new tariff. And of
:19:05. > :19:09.course, you won't be told of another supplier -- if another
:19:09. > :19:12.supplier has a better deal. Consumer groups have welcomed the
:19:12. > :19:17.announcement but warned that customers will end up paying for
:19:17. > :19:23.the cost of this mast mail shot. And point out that many people will
:19:23. > :19:27.still not have best access to the best deals. The cheapest deals are
:19:27. > :19:31.for those online with direct debit facilities. If you do not have
:19:31. > :19:35.access, you will not get the cheapest deals. Labour fanned the
:19:35. > :19:40.flames today, dismissing the plan and saying the over 75 should be
:19:40. > :19:43.automatic offered the best tariffs. It will only work if more of a
:19:43. > :19:49.switch, and that is something which even Nick Clegg says he struggles
:19:49. > :19:52.to do. In North Korea, as we reported last
:19:52. > :19:56.night, the authorities are preparing to launch a rocket taking
:19:56. > :20:00.a satellite into space, possibly as early as tomorrow. The Americans
:20:00. > :20:06.say it would be a provocative act. They accused the regime of mounting
:20:06. > :20:10.a missile test in disguise. Our correspondent is the only British
:20:10. > :20:13.broadcaster in North Korea and he sent this report.
:20:13. > :20:20.The guards don't smile, but they have never had foreign journalists
:20:20. > :20:25.here before. And it is not imposing. This is mission control, by the
:20:25. > :20:29.front door, a cage full of pheasants. Pets, perhaps, or maybe
:20:29. > :20:35.lunch for North Korea's rocket scientists. This secretive regime,
:20:35. > :20:38.led by the Kim dynasty, is opening up for the first time. 16
:20:39. > :20:43.technicians man the satellite command centre. It is not quite
:20:43. > :20:51.NASA, but on the big screen, live pictures from the launch pad,
:20:51. > :20:56.showing North Korea's rocket being filled up. This is a satellite
:20:56. > :21:00.launch, not a ballistic missile. I hope you become the supporters in
:21:00. > :21:05.showing the transparency of our satellite launch. That is why we
:21:05. > :21:09.have been brought here. North Korea wants to allay fears it is about to
:21:09. > :21:14.test missile technology that could deliver a warhead as far as America.
:21:14. > :21:17.So, this is it, the heart of North Korea's space programme. Never
:21:17. > :21:24.before open to the world like this. From this relatively modest
:21:24. > :21:28.beginnings, North Korea says it has big ambitions. America warns a
:21:28. > :21:35.launch could lead to new un sanctions. The man in charge says
:21:35. > :21:41.it shouldn't lecture -- UN sanctions. We are adults. Are you
:21:41. > :21:48.saying the United States is treating North Korea like a child?
:21:48. > :21:54.America's message, don't do it. What I am saying is, do not
:21:54. > :22:00.interfere. Today, the North was pressing ahead with its own
:22:00. > :22:05.business. Kim Jong-un is not yet 30 years old. But he was named first
:22:05. > :22:10.secretary of the Workers' Party. His father and grandfather ruled
:22:10. > :22:17.this land before him. While that was happening, we were brought to
:22:17. > :22:24.see this. I'm not quite sure why. Though the Kim Milsom university
:22:24. > :22:29.does look impressive. -- the Kim Il-sung University. There is a lift
:22:29. > :22:34.to get to the diving pool. But the computers in the library don't
:22:35. > :22:40.connect to the internet. This student is two years older than his
:22:40. > :22:44.nation's new leader. He says he trusts and believes in Kim Jong-il.
:22:44. > :22:49.The young Kim is now in charge of the North's rocket programme, and
:22:49. > :22:58.its nuclear bombs. To many outside North Korea, they find it an
:22:58. > :23:01.Plaid Cymru has launched its local election campaign, saying Wales
:23:01. > :23:06.need strong and sustainable communities as a step towards
:23:06. > :23:09.independence. The party's new leader, Leanne Wood, launched the
:23:09. > :23:13.campaign at a factory in Carmarthenshire where she said the
:23:13. > :23:16.priority was on protecting public services from spending cuts. People
:23:16. > :23:21.are finding it really difficult at the moment and they are worried
:23:21. > :23:26.about their futures. I hope we can offer an alternative to the
:23:26. > :23:30.downward spiral that is being offered by British parties.
:23:30. > :23:35.The BBC has learned that several Formula 1 teams expect this month's
:23:35. > :23:38.Bahrain Grand Prix to be cancelled, unrest in the country meant the
:23:38. > :23:43.race was removed from last year's Formula 1 calendar but organisers
:23:43. > :23:48.had been expecting that next weekend's race would be going ahead.
:23:48. > :23:52.One of the last great figures of the French Resistance during the
:23:52. > :23:56.Second World War has died at the age of 97. Raymond Aubrac, whose
:23:57. > :24:01.real name was Raymond Samuel, led a band of fighters but was captured
:24:01. > :24:10.by the Nazis. He was freed in a daring operation led by his wife.
:24:10. > :24:14.He had spoken to the BBC just a few To many in France, they are almost
:24:15. > :24:20.sacred. The men and women of the French Resistance. Raymond Aubrac
:24:20. > :24:26.and his wife, Lucie, were amongst its most feted heroes. At the
:24:26. > :24:34.beginning, resistance was more a matter of graffiti than gunfire.
:24:34. > :24:43.had no means at all to do that. So we used charcoal, or chalk, to
:24:43. > :24:48.write on the walls. Then we started with tax, and later on with
:24:48. > :24:53.underground newspapers. There was hard fighting in the Paris
:24:53. > :25:00.streets... What began with newspapers and pouring sugar into
:25:00. > :25:04.petrol tanks then turned into armed revolt against the Germans. Raymond
:25:04. > :25:07.Aubrac was a military leader. was one of the leaders of what was
:25:07. > :25:12.called the Secret Army, in founding one of the main resistance groups
:25:12. > :25:18.in the south. He also set up an armed resistance group to fight the
:25:18. > :25:22.German occupation. The Nazi no longer swaggers... His exploits are
:25:22. > :25:27.among some of the resistance's most famous stories. He escaped from the
:25:27. > :25:33.butcher of Leon, the Gestapo chief, with the help of his pregnant wife.
:25:33. > :25:37.Late in life, Barbie himself claimed that Raymond Aubrac had
:25:37. > :25:41.betrayed the resistance. What ensued was a trial by academics
:25:41. > :25:45.that eventually cleared his name. President Sarkozy led tributes to
:25:45. > :25:51.Raymond Aubrac's brewery but perhaps not his politics. The
:25:51. > :25:54.Jewish engineer -- bravery. The Jewish engineer was born a
:25:54. > :25:59.socialist and it was his signature that sent a number of French
:25:59. > :26:03.traitors to the firing squad. The myth of the resistance hides a dark
:26:03. > :26:07.past. Raymond Aubrac, a man whose parents died in Auschwitz, had a
:26:07. > :26:11.record to be proud of. They may not have liberated France but he and