:00:05. > :00:09.Tonight at ten: On trial - the man who killed 77
:00:09. > :00:17.people in Norway last year. In court in Oslo, a defiant Anders
:00:17. > :00:23.Breivik admits his role, but denies criminal responsibility.
:00:23. > :00:26.TRANSLATION: I acknowledge the acts, but I do not plead guilty and I
:00:26. > :00:29.claim I was doing it in self- defence.
:00:29. > :00:36.The victims were targeted in two attacks - a car bomb and a gun
:00:36. > :00:41.assault at a summer camp. It is good to see him now when he is
:00:41. > :00:44.surrounded by police and in a safe place. The trial is expected to
:00:44. > :00:47.last ten weeks - we report from Oslo. Also tonight:
:00:47. > :00:51.The controversial plans to cap tax- free giving - now ministers say
:00:51. > :01:00.there are other options available. Inside Syria - four days after the
:01:00. > :01:04.ceasefire, we report on the evidence of continuing violence.
:01:04. > :01:08.The government is in control of this area, they have set up
:01:08. > :01:12.checkpoints and over the last hour, you can hear the sound of gunfire.
:01:12. > :01:14.More than half of England is now officially in drought - it's the
:01:14. > :01:24.worst since 1976. And after the latest goal dispute,
:01:24. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:31.a wave of new calls for the use of In sport, could Wigan upset Arsenal
:01:31. > :01:41.in tonight's big match affecting the top and the bottom of the
:01:41. > :01:50.
:01:51. > :01:55.Good evening. The man who killed 77 people in
:01:55. > :01:58.attacks in Norway last year has gone on trial in Oslo. Anders
:01:58. > :02:01.Breivik pleaded not guilty to murder, arguing that he'd acted in
:02:01. > :02:06.self-defence when he attacked a youth camp and set off a car bomb
:02:06. > :02:09.in the capital. The trial is expected to focus on the state of
:02:09. > :02:18.Breivik's mental health at the time of the attacks. From Oslo, our
:02:18. > :02:23.correspondent Matthew Price sent The mastermind of Norway's
:02:23. > :02:28.suffering was led in, his hands handcuffed. He seemed relaxed,
:02:28. > :02:37.eager. He always wanted this. The chance to present his views in
:02:37. > :02:41.public. He started with a salute to the far right. No remorse. And for
:02:41. > :02:49.the first time in court, we heard the voice of the killer.
:02:49. > :02:55.TRANSLATION: I acknowledge the acts, but I do not plead guilty. I will
:02:55. > :03:01.claim I was doing it in self- defence. He says the bomb in Oslo
:03:01. > :03:06.that killed eight and his massacre on the nearby island of place mack
:03:06. > :03:10.group were the opening shots in a walk, a war against
:03:10. > :03:15.multiculturalism, against political parties that support immigration.
:03:15. > :03:20.The prosecution named every one of his victims. It took them almost an
:03:20. > :03:27.hour. Slightly less time than it took Breivik to kill 69 people on
:03:27. > :03:33.the island. Among them, a boy Breivik shot three times, twice in
:03:33. > :03:42.the back of the head. And Margery ETA, 16 years old, a bullet through
:03:42. > :03:47.For the first time today, we saw tears from Anders Breivik. But not,
:03:47. > :03:54.it seems, for his victims. His emotion came as the court was shown
:03:54. > :04:00.a video that he had made to justify his one-man war. This ten-week
:04:00. > :04:03.trial inside a courtroom 250 is being very carefully managed. The
:04:03. > :04:08.most disturbing and sensitive evidence will be given only once
:04:08. > :04:11.the TV cameras have been switched off. Anders Breivik's appearances
:04:11. > :04:15.on camera will themselves be limited so as not to give him a
:04:15. > :04:21.platform for his views. He says that amounts to court room
:04:21. > :04:26.propaganda. The prosecution showed us the room he lived in in Oslo.
:04:26. > :04:32.The car he drove to get to the island, the uniform he was wearing
:04:32. > :04:42.there. His steady progress across the summer camp, each red dot
:04:42. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:12.another death. And this phone call Then, for just a few minutes,
:05:12. > :05:16.Breivik's lawyer spoke and defended his client's right to have his kit
:05:16. > :05:21.-- his say in court. TRANSLATION: It will be hard for the victims to
:05:21. > :05:27.hear him, but it is his right and it will be the most important
:05:27. > :05:34.evidence in deciding whether he is legally sane. Among the survivors
:05:34. > :05:42.in court was Ida. I think it is good to see him now when he is
:05:42. > :05:49.surrounded by police and in a safe place. It gives a little closure.
:05:49. > :05:55.Are you still afraid of him? No. He will be locked up no matter what
:05:55. > :06:02.for the rest of his life. But it will be a long, drawn-out process.
:06:02. > :06:06.Breivik takes the stand tomorrow. Matthew, we saw the defiance. You
:06:06. > :06:12.say he will have a limited platform, but of the authorities concerned
:06:12. > :06:17.that even with that, he can still cause more damage? I think they are
:06:17. > :06:21.concerned about that, yes, and that is why tomorrow the TV feed from
:06:21. > :06:26.the court after the initial opening proceedings will be switched off.
:06:26. > :06:31.They want to starve him of the oxygen of publicity he could gain
:06:32. > :06:37.in TV images, audio images. We will still be able to report his words,
:06:37. > :06:41.but he will not have a public forum to look directly into the camera
:06:41. > :06:47.and to speak what he believes. We still don't know whether the judge
:06:47. > :06:51.will allow him to deliver a 30 minute speech, which we are told he
:06:51. > :06:55.has prepared. But he will be cross- examined and it will take four or
:06:55. > :06:59.five days and because of that, he has quite a platform to get his
:06:59. > :07:02.views across. We know roughly what he will say, that he is a foot
:07:02. > :07:06.soldier in a war against multiculturalism, a water drive
:07:07. > :07:12.Islam from Europe and Norway, a war he believes will last many
:07:12. > :07:14.generations. It is a message that many will find exceedingly walked
:07:15. > :07:18.and there have been those in Norway that say this should never have
:07:18. > :07:25.come to trial since he admits carrying out the killings. As the
:07:25. > :07:30.defence said, they do want to see him in court so that the judges can
:07:30. > :07:34.decide whether he was sane or insane, criminally insane, when he
:07:34. > :07:38.carried out the acts he did. That will determine whether he spends
:07:38. > :07:42.the rest of his life behind bars in a prison or in a psychiatric ward.
:07:42. > :07:45.Thank you. David Cameron says there are a
:07:45. > :07:51.number of options to consider on changing the level of tax relief on
:07:51. > :07:53.charitable giving. Ministers say the current system has been abused
:07:53. > :07:56.by some wealthy individuals. But the proposals to cap the relief
:07:56. > :07:59.have been criticised by charities, who say that big donations will
:07:59. > :08:08.suffer. Downing Street has started a formal consultation, as our
:08:08. > :08:13.political editor Nick Robinson Who would have thought it could be
:08:13. > :08:16.so controversial to write a cheque for millions to a good cause?
:08:16. > :08:21.Charities claim a Treasury proposal to cap the tax relief on donations
:08:21. > :08:25.is already hurting. We have already done a huge amount of damage to
:08:25. > :08:29.charities, people are holding back on gifts, they are thinking of
:08:30. > :08:33.reconsidering the gifts they had in mind and we need is to stop. What
:08:33. > :08:39.is the problem? Currently if you are lucky enough to earn �4 million
:08:39. > :08:44.you could give it all to charity and pay no income tax. The plan
:08:44. > :08:49.from April 2013 is to cap tax relief so only �1 million could go
:08:49. > :08:54.to charity tax free. You would be taxed on the rest. More money for
:08:54. > :08:58.the Treasury, but potentially less for charity. But listen, that plan
:08:58. > :09:03.may be about to change. This was never going to be introduced until
:09:03. > :09:09.next year, plenty of time to get it right, time to consult and listen.
:09:09. > :09:12.The key principle is more for charities, yes, but allowing people
:09:12. > :09:17.to drive down their tax rate to 10% when they are some of the richest
:09:17. > :09:23.in the country, no. This is what the wealthy can pay for, the
:09:23. > :09:29.Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery was paid for by the
:09:29. > :09:32.supermarket family. Cancer research is often funded this way. Why, the
:09:32. > :09:37.critics ask, should the wealthy be taxed on the money they want to
:09:37. > :09:42.give to charity? Y, comes the reply, should they not be taxed on money
:09:42. > :09:48.they can give to an opera house or a donkey sanctuary and not paid to
:09:48. > :09:52.the Treasury to pay for schools and hospitals? Tonight, the former
:09:52. > :09:54.prime minister Tony Blair joined those praising wealthy donors to
:09:54. > :09:59.charities and warning the government to tread very carefully
:09:59. > :10:03.indeed. The Treasury has a battery of measures to take against people
:10:03. > :10:08.who are avoiding tax for abusing the tax system, but the
:10:08. > :10:11.philanthropic sector does a fantastic job. In the right
:10:11. > :10:15.circumstances, it can be a great partner for government, it can do
:10:15. > :10:21.things government will not do. If they have gone down this route, the
:10:21. > :10:25.most sensible thing is to go back. Sometimes it is best to do a U-turn.
:10:25. > :10:28.The government say they want more rich people to give away more money.
:10:29. > :10:33.They were always planning to consult on this, but to put it
:10:33. > :10:35.charitably, they are in a bit of a mess.
:10:35. > :10:37.UN human rights investigators say they've received reports of
:10:37. > :10:43.shelling and arrests by Syrian forces since the ceasefire last
:10:43. > :10:46.Thursday, as well as the executions of some soldiers by rebel forces.
:10:46. > :10:49.But the level of violence is said to be generally lower. Tens of
:10:49. > :10:53.thousands of civilians fled escalating fighting in the run-up
:10:53. > :10:55.to the truce last week. Access for foreign journalists is restricted,
:10:55. > :11:05.but our correspondent Ian Pannell and cameraman Darren Conway entered
:11:05. > :11:10.
:11:10. > :11:15.Idlib province in northern Syria They ask -- there's supposed to be
:11:15. > :11:20.a truce in Syria. In parts, it doesn't sound like it. At best,
:11:20. > :11:26.they can't hear feels uneasy and the ground remains highly dangerous.
:11:26. > :11:31.We moved with rebel fighters into a northern town firmly under the grip
:11:31. > :11:35.of President Assad's men. The Free Syrian Army remark -- relies on
:11:35. > :11:45.stealth and cunning, they know these routes well. Through
:11:45. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:49.abandoned flats that bear the scars But the rebels are vastly outgunned
:11:49. > :11:54.and were unable to resist the ferocious government offensive that
:11:54. > :11:58.swept through this region just days ago. The international community
:11:58. > :12:05.talks of ceasefires and peace plans, but the view from the ground is
:12:05. > :12:09.very different. TRANSLATION: They are buying time. The government
:12:09. > :12:14.lies to the people, it lies to the whole world so it is not surprising
:12:14. > :12:18.they like to Kofi Annan, too. They have not stopped shooting. Down
:12:18. > :12:22.below, you can clearly see not all government forces have withdrawn.
:12:22. > :12:27.Every few minutes, there are short bursts of gunfire. We don't know
:12:27. > :12:33.which side his shooting, but whoever is responsible, it leaves
:12:33. > :12:38.Kofi Annan's peace plan looking shaky. We're just overlooking the
:12:38. > :12:42.town, which is pretty much a ghost city, some traffic in the distance,
:12:42. > :12:46.but the government is in control of this area. We have seen a tank
:12:46. > :12:49.moving and checkpoints. Over the last hour, you can hear the sound
:12:49. > :12:54.of gunfire. This is a few days after the ceasefire was supposed to
:12:54. > :12:58.have taken place. We saw government road blocks in the road into town,
:12:58. > :13:04.stopping and checking vehicles. Looking for the men they called
:13:04. > :13:11.terrorists, the soldiers of the rebel army. Perhaps with good cause.
:13:11. > :13:15.The rebels have been beaten and bloodied, but not bowed. And the
:13:15. > :13:21.fighters move back in, bypassing main roads and cities. They call
:13:21. > :13:26.this a mission to protect their homes and families. This struggle
:13:26. > :13:31.is about their future. The girls of his family may be young, but they
:13:31. > :13:37.already know the language and the loss of Syria's revolution. Last
:13:37. > :13:41.week, this area was under attack. But today, women and girls dead to
:13:41. > :13:51.leave their homes once again. -- dead. Coming back onto the streets
:13:51. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:58.with a call for change that is It is a mistake to think all
:13:58. > :14:01.Syrians share their view. Some see these people as an Islamic threat,
:14:02. > :14:07.but if there's to be peace, it must be made in places like this. And
:14:07. > :14:16.after so much death, positions have only hardened. And fear is never
:14:16. > :14:22.far away. Even further this 19- year-old. President Assad's army is
:14:22. > :14:28.slaughtering us, he said. When Kofi Annan left last time, they attacked
:14:28. > :14:32.us, says this lady. She has no faith in the UN monitors. After the
:14:32. > :14:36.bloodshed of the last few weeks, the truth is that these people have
:14:37. > :14:46.simply come too far and lost too much to give up now. In the words
:14:47. > :14:49.
:14:49. > :14:53.of one, we will carry on protesting Flights in and out of Gatwick were
:14:53. > :14:57.suspended for more than an hour today after a plane travelling to
:14:57. > :15:05.the US was forced to make an emergency landing. Passengers,
:15:05. > :15:08.assembled here. The Virgin flight was bound for Florida when it was
:15:08. > :15:13.turned back. Firefighters said they received reports of a small fire on
:15:13. > :15:18.board. 15 passengers were taken to hospital with a variety of injuries,
:15:18. > :15:24.including suspected fractures. Another 17 counties have been
:15:24. > :15:30.declared drought zones, with some rivers reaching the lowest level on
:15:30. > :15:40.record. There are warnings that water shortages could last until
:15:40. > :15:47.Wetlands running short of water, even recent rain has not helped
:15:47. > :15:50.much. More rivers are running low. This is Dorset, a river important
:15:50. > :15:53.for trout and salmon. In Gloucestershire, stretches of the
:15:53. > :15:58.River led and are at the lowest levels recorded for this time of
:15:58. > :16:01.year. The Environment Agency says 17 more counties in England are in
:16:01. > :16:05.drought and it could last at least until the end of the year. We are
:16:05. > :16:08.heading towards one of the worst droughts on record, certainly if it
:16:08. > :16:14.continues to be quite warm and dry for the right of -- rest of the
:16:14. > :16:16.summer, we are in that situation. What worries us is if it continues
:16:16. > :16:21.beyond the worst we have seen historically. Agriculture is
:16:21. > :16:25.suffering as well. On this farm and the Cotswolds, the river providing
:16:25. > :16:31.water for livestock has dried up. It has to be pumped from a borehole
:16:31. > :16:36.instead. We are short of water here. We are getting towards being close
:16:36. > :16:40.to a desperate situation. At the moment there isn't enough grazing
:16:40. > :16:45.for some of the sheep. They are having to be moved on to the land.
:16:45. > :16:50.Here is an indication of how dry it has been. This is six weeks' work
:16:50. > :16:55.of rain, just half-an-inch. It should be four times that much. The
:16:55. > :16:57.drought began in June last year in parts of eastern England. By March
:16:57. > :17:03.it had spread further south and across the remainder of East Anglia,
:17:03. > :17:06.and then further north. Now, new areas have moved into drought,
:17:06. > :17:10.taking in all of the south-west and the Midlands. But water companies
:17:10. > :17:15.say why it is -- while it is an environmental concern, they have
:17:15. > :17:17.enough in reservoirs and do not plan hosepipe bans like those
:17:17. > :17:21.introduced for 20 million customers earlier this month. Our customers
:17:21. > :17:26.will not see any restrictions over the summer, at least we don't
:17:26. > :17:29.foresee any. We have sufficient water for drinking water purposes.
:17:29. > :17:34.Water companies are looking at how they can better share resources.
:17:34. > :17:36.Earlier this month, Severn Trent offered to sell water to a
:17:36. > :17:40.neighbouring supplier. Regulators and the industry believe that maybe
:17:40. > :17:44.one way to prepare for the possibility of a more prolonged
:17:44. > :17:46.drought. But there will be a cost. We don't have the level of
:17:46. > :17:51.infrastructure that would be sufficient to overcome drought
:17:51. > :17:57.conditions we have currently got. We would need to invest in more
:17:57. > :18:01.pumping, in more pipelines. As the drought spread, plans are already
:18:01. > :18:10.being made to cope with the effects of a third consecutive dry winter,
:18:10. > :18:14.if that happens later this year. Coming up: The goal that sparked
:18:14. > :18:19.renewed debate about the use of technology to verify referee
:18:19. > :18:23.decisions. As the stakes grow ever higher, calls for a means of
:18:23. > :18:33.distinguishing between goals that should stand and ones which should
:18:33. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:37.A man who plotted to blow up a passenger plane has become the
:18:37. > :18:41.first convicted terrorist in the UK to have his sentence cut for
:18:41. > :18:45.agreeing to give evidence against other suspects. Saajid Badat, from
:18:45. > :18:51.Gloucester, was an accomplice of Richard Reid, the man who tried to
:18:51. > :18:56.blow up a plane with a bomb hidden in his shoe.
:18:56. > :19:01.Three months after 9/11, once again aircraft with a terrorist chosen
:19:01. > :19:04.target. Saajid Badat planned to be a suicide bomber, blowing up a
:19:04. > :19:09.transatlantic plane. Then he decided he did not want to be what
:19:09. > :19:14.was described as a courier of death. His co-conspirator, Richard Reid,
:19:14. > :19:18.who became known as the shoe bomber, tried and failed to set off a
:19:18. > :19:22.device on a flight to the US. He is serving life in an American prison.
:19:22. > :19:27.Saajid Badat was jailed in the UK for his part in the plot. Now it
:19:27. > :19:32.has emerged he was released early, two years ago, after agreeing to
:19:32. > :19:37.become a supergrass. He did the deal at the end of 2009. Today,
:19:37. > :19:47.newly released court documents explain his apparent change of what
:19:47. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:08.Saajid Badat grew up in Gloucester. Those who know him are not
:20:08. > :20:13.surprised he appears to have turned against radical Islam. They
:20:13. > :20:18.brainwashed him. That is my opinion. Otherwise he would not have done it.
:20:18. > :20:23.He was strong in faith and he knew that Islam means peace. He knows
:20:23. > :20:28.that Islam will not lead anyone to do a Terrorism Act, or to kill
:20:28. > :20:33.innocent people. He will testify against a man accused of plotting
:20:33. > :20:36.to bomb the New York subway system. His changing position is welcomed
:20:37. > :20:44.by those here, experienced in encouraging people to reject a
:20:44. > :20:47.violent extremism. If he is assisting in further investigations,
:20:47. > :20:54.a change of heart, understanding what he has gone through, I think
:20:54. > :20:56.it is welcome, to tell the truth. Senior officers at Scotland Yard
:20:56. > :21:01.said that through Saajid Badat they have obtained significant evidence
:21:01. > :21:06.in relation to a number of counter- terrorism investigations. The 2009
:21:06. > :21:11.Court documents released today describe him off potential used to
:21:11. > :21:15.authorities in up to 18 trials. He is the first convicted UK terrorist
:21:15. > :21:24.to strike such a deal with police and prosecutors. Now he will be
:21:24. > :21:27.known as the extremist who turned In Afghanistan, President Karzai
:21:27. > :21:31.has criticised NATO for intelligence failings which allowed
:21:31. > :21:35.Taliban militants to carry out a sustained attack in the heart of
:21:35. > :21:45.Kabul. The assault lasted 18 hours and it seems British Special Forces
:21:45. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:52.were involved in tackling the The heart of Kabul this morning. A
:21:52. > :21:57.gun battle, raging between insurgents holed up in this
:21:57. > :22:03.building and Afghan security forces. The start of a new Taliban spring
:22:03. > :22:12.offensive, with the nearby British embassy one of their targets. Co-
:22:12. > :22:18.ordinated attacks, across Afghanistan. Soldiers, mounted a
:22:18. > :22:22.desperate effort to end the siege by scaling the building. The
:22:22. > :22:27.fighting lasted 18 hours, in what is almost a carbon copy of an
:22:28. > :22:32.attack last year on the US embassy. President Karzai said NATO
:22:32. > :22:37.intelligence failures are to blame for this embarrassing defeat. But
:22:37. > :22:41.Afghan troops were celebrating when they finally regained control.
:22:41. > :22:46.they come back again, we are still ready. We will be more ready to
:22:46. > :22:50.give them a strong answer, as we did yesterday. In one day, 24 hours,
:22:50. > :22:55.we killed all 36 of them, who came here to kill Afghans, to
:22:55. > :22:59.destabilise Afghanistan. We got inside the building afterwards. On
:22:59. > :23:04.every floor we saw the corpses of dead insurgents. Evidence of how
:23:04. > :23:07.fierce the battle had been. It was an Afghan led operation that
:23:07. > :23:11.brought the ataxia to an end. There is a general feeling that they did
:23:11. > :23:17.a lot better this time than in the past. But NATO back-up was still
:23:17. > :23:21.essential. We understand from Afghan security sources that
:23:21. > :23:26.British Special Forces will also here in this building and played a
:23:26. > :23:31.decisive role in bringing things to an end. Once the fighting was over,
:23:31. > :23:35.Americans were on the scene as well, gathering evidence. They say the
:23:35. > :23:40.attacks bear the hallmarks of the Pakistani based Haqqani network.
:23:40. > :23:49.What worries afghans is if insurgents can do this when NATO
:23:49. > :23:53.troops are still here, what will The Welsh Liberal Democrats have
:23:53. > :23:58.launched their local election campaign for next month's poll. The
:23:58. > :24:03.party hopes to maintain control of Swansea, Cardiff and Wrexham. It is
:24:03. > :24:07.defending 140 seats across Wales. Polling takes place on May 3rd.
:24:07. > :24:12.Football is lagging behind the times as one of the few sports not
:24:12. > :24:14.to use technology to verify referee decisions. That is the view of the
:24:14. > :24:18.Professional Footballers' Association following the latest
:24:18. > :24:27.controversial decision in Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final win against
:24:27. > :24:32.It is the goal that may finally forced football to act. When
:24:32. > :24:36.Chelsea's Juan Mata was adjudged to have scored from this strike, Spurs
:24:36. > :24:39.were furious. This is why. Replays clearly showing that the ball had
:24:39. > :24:44.not crossed the line. Yet another contentious call and some believe
:24:44. > :24:48.the time has come to help match officials get it right. It's not an
:24:48. > :24:54.infrequent occurrence. It is so critical to the overall outcome of
:24:54. > :25:02.a game that we think that help for the referee with making that
:25:02. > :25:06.decision is inevitable. Lampard! Brilliant! It was in! The issue of
:25:06. > :25:10.goal-line technology in football to avoid injustices like this is
:25:10. > :25:14.nothing new. The debate over Sir Geoff Hurst's legendary goal and
:25:14. > :25:17.the 1966 World Cup final continues to this day. Technology has been a
:25:18. > :25:21.line that football has not want to cross, with those that run the
:25:21. > :25:25.sport reluctant to meddle with the traditions of the game, including
:25:25. > :25:29.the element of human error. As the stakes grow ever higher, calls for
:25:29. > :25:35.a means of distinguishing between goals that should stand and goals
:25:35. > :25:38.that shouldn't are intensifying. is looking very odd. It is looking
:25:38. > :25:42.strange that football has been so perverse as to not introduce what
:25:42. > :25:45.other sports have introduced successfully. Hawk-Eye, a British
:25:45. > :25:49.developed camera based system has been used in tennis and is backed
:25:49. > :25:54.by the Premier League. It is one of two rival solutions likely to be
:25:54. > :25:57.approved by FIFA in July. The other is GoalRef, which uses sensors
:25:57. > :26:01.inside the ball and around the goal to show whether the shot has
:26:01. > :26:04.crossed the line. The use of five officials have also been trialled
:26:04. > :26:08.in the Champions' League. But the men in the middle think that
:26:08. > :26:14.technology is the way forward. would give a clear indication of
:26:14. > :26:18.goal or no goal. Every referee, at every level, who had the
:26:18. > :26:21.opportunity to have that in his armoury would say yes. It seems the
:26:21. > :26:25.tension between technology and tradition has reached a critical
:26:26. > :26:29.point. For some, change cannot come too soon. For others it will come