:00:11. > :00:18.Syria increasingly isolated, as diplomats are expelled by Britain
:00:18. > :00:25.and others. In Houla, the scene of last week's massacre, the UN says
:00:25. > :00:31.most of the victims were executed. Kofi Annan tells President are said
:00:31. > :00:36.all steps are needed to end the bloodshed. -- President Bashar al-
:00:36. > :00:41.Assad. The Syrian people do not want their future to be one of
:00:41. > :00:45.bloodshed. Tonight the new French President says military
:00:45. > :00:49.intervention can't be ruled out. There parents arrested after six
:00:49. > :00:56.children died in a house fire in Derby.
:00:56. > :01:00.How thousands of children now -- people are being misled into
:01:00. > :01:04.private dental treatment. Prince William speaks of missing
:01:04. > :01:09.his mother's presence at his wedding. Hopefully she will be
:01:09. > :01:14.proud, and I am very sad she will never get a chance to meet Kate.
:01:14. > :01:19.The highest point yet for the Olympic flame in the safest of
:01:20. > :01:29.hands. Ind Sport, so Rena Williams is out
:01:30. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:46.of the French Open in the first Good evening. Military intervention
:01:46. > :01:52.to end the crisis in Syria cannot be ruled out, according to the new
:01:52. > :01:56.French president Francois Hollande. He said tonight that it wasn't
:01:56. > :02:00.possible to allow the Assad regime to massacre its own people. The UN
:02:00. > :02:02.says that most of the victims of the attack on Houla were executed.
:02:02. > :02:12.During the day senior Syrian diplomats were expelled from
:02:12. > :02:18.
:02:18. > :02:22.several countries, including the UK and the USA. Syrian shelling of
:02:22. > :02:27.heavily populated areas of Houla was only part of the slaughter of
:02:27. > :02:34.civilians which has caused international outrage. The UN says
:02:34. > :02:40.most victims were murdered inside their homes by militias. Tonight,
:02:40. > :02:45.Francois Hollande is saying it is not possible to allow the Assad
:02:45. > :02:51.regime to massacre its own people and he is not ruling out military
:02:51. > :02:56.intervention. It is not excluded, provided it is carried out under
:02:56. > :03:01.international law, authorised by UN Security Council resolution. At the
:03:01. > :03:09.White House they are talking down suggestions abound intervention in
:03:09. > :03:13.Syria. We do not believe further militarisation at this point is the
:03:13. > :03:20.right course of action. We believe it would lead to greater chaos and
:03:20. > :03:25.carnage. One thing seems clear - Russia at the UN would veto any
:03:25. > :03:31.attempt to intervene in Syria, it would not repeat its stand aside
:03:31. > :03:36.abstention as in the case of Libya. Today saw the co-ordinated
:03:36. > :03:41.expulsion of Syrian diplomats. This was their ambassador in France, and
:03:41. > :03:46.the Syrian ambassador in Spain. Britain and the United States were
:03:46. > :03:50.among others Ordering Syrian officials home. They will go on
:03:50. > :03:56.trying to increase international pressure on the regime, this is
:03:56. > :04:04.part of that. Serious top diplomat and two others here in London have
:04:04. > :04:09.been given seven days to leave London. It is designed to spread a
:04:09. > :04:14.signal to President Bashar al-Assad that he must now get behind Kofi
:04:14. > :04:17.Annan's peace plan. In Damascus, Kofi Annan urged President Bashar
:04:17. > :04:21.al-Assad to stop the killing and start serious dialogue with the
:04:21. > :04:28.opposition, but the President denied having anything to do with
:04:28. > :04:34.the deaths, even having heavy weapons in the area. We are at
:04:34. > :04:42.tipping point. The Syrian people do not want the future, their future
:04:42. > :04:47.to be one of bloodshed and division. Yet the violence continues and the
:04:47. > :04:52.abusers are still with us today. The if the massacre at Houla is a
:04:52. > :04:57.tipping point, it could be to still greater violence. The regime has
:04:57. > :05:03.always calculated its survival depends on overwhelming force, not
:05:03. > :05:08.on dialogue. For the latest, James is with me in
:05:08. > :05:14.the studio. Let's talk about this intervention by Francois Hollande,
:05:14. > :05:18.how significant is it? I think it is significant because he clearly
:05:18. > :05:28.feels under a moral imperative. He is talking about the responsibility
:05:28. > :05:32.to protect civilians, and hears in a country in the vanguard on
:05:32. > :05:42.calling for intervention against Libya. He said it would require
:05:42. > :05:46.
:05:46. > :05:56.specific UN Council resolution. It regards Syria as part of its sphere
:05:56. > :06:01.of influence and his unwilling to counter such an idea in Russia. I
:06:01. > :06:05.have to say, what other countries frankly are also very sanguine
:06:05. > :06:10.about military intervention, here in Britain, but also in the United
:06:10. > :06:15.States where they feel Syria has far more substantial air defences
:06:15. > :06:22.than Libya it ever did and they also sensed there is no strong
:06:22. > :06:26.political will for another war. Following the deaths of six
:06:26. > :06:30.children in a fire at their home in Derby, the parents have been
:06:30. > :06:35.arrested on suspicion of murder. Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead
:06:35. > :06:42.were detained this morning. Police say the investigation still has a
:06:42. > :06:48.long way to go. They are investigating whether petrol was
:06:48. > :06:52.poured through the letterbox. This contains flash photography. The
:06:52. > :06:56.parents spoken the aftermath of the arson attack that destroyed their
:06:56. > :07:01.home and killed their children. They thanked the people who tried
:07:01. > :07:07.to help. The poor gentleman from the fire brigade who saw what we
:07:07. > :07:15.have seen, my heart goes out of them. Often finding the words was
:07:15. > :07:18.difficult. Do me a minute. weeks after sitting alongside the
:07:18. > :07:24.assistant chief constable of Derby police, they are now answering
:07:24. > :07:27.questions from his officers, having been arrested on suspicion of
:07:27. > :07:33.murdering their six children. Their children were asleep upstairs when
:07:33. > :07:37.the fire was started close to the front door. Officers have been
:07:37. > :07:42.searching through the house, but they have made clear today they are
:07:42. > :07:46.still looking for answers. appeal today is for people to have
:07:46. > :07:51.the confidence to come forward. Don't believe this investigation is
:07:51. > :07:56.over because we have arrested two people. It will take considerable
:07:56. > :08:01.time to bring this to a conclusion. Mick Philpott is very well-known in
:08:01. > :08:05.Derby. A father of 17 children who has appeared on television
:08:05. > :08:10.programmes, and has been involved in a long-running battle to get a
:08:10. > :08:15.bigger home for his family. This family are not the first to be
:08:15. > :08:20.arrested in connection with a fire that has shocked the community. The
:08:20. > :08:24.funerals are still to be held. people really feel it when children
:08:24. > :08:31.are lost so I think it will be hard to come to terms with, and people
:08:31. > :08:36.will be wanting to know what exactly happened. Neighbours and
:08:36. > :08:41.strangers alike have left flowers, toys and candles, in tribute to six
:08:41. > :08:47.children. Today they were gathered from the front of the family home
:08:47. > :08:51.as officers continued questioning the parents.
:08:51. > :08:55.The government's plans to hold more court hearings and secret have been
:08:55. > :09:01.revised following criticism from civil liberty groups. It is the
:09:01. > :09:09.latest in a series of changes in policy, and Ken Clarke admitted the
:09:09. > :09:14.coalition was going through a rough old time. They say it shows they
:09:14. > :09:18.are listening, taking their time to make sure they get the policy right.
:09:19. > :09:23.Others say it is one more U-turn after another by a government they
:09:23. > :09:27.can't stop changing its mind. Today the government scaled back plans to
:09:27. > :09:32.allow spies to give evidence in secret in civil courts, saying it
:09:32. > :09:37.can only happen when a judge thinks national security demands it and
:09:37. > :09:43.never in any inquest. Enough of a climbdown to keep the Lib Dems on
:09:43. > :09:46.side, they hope. This is a government that have reinstated the
:09:46. > :09:52.scheme for free books for children after abolishing it, which changed
:09:53. > :10:02.its mind over which jet fighters it needed, and now changing its policy
:10:03. > :10:03.
:10:03. > :10:08.over VAT on the pasty. We are going through a silly cliche phase were
:10:08. > :10:13.the government is accused of having a shambles and a U-turn, when there
:10:13. > :10:17.are political things going on in the political world. I like the
:10:17. > :10:27.process of going out, asking people, and modifying what you have done.
:10:27. > :10:33.In the U-turn, it will cost the government �70 million in lost
:10:33. > :10:40.revenue in 2013, money they will have to find elsewhere, but tax
:10:40. > :10:46.rises and spending cuts will amount to a massive �106 billion. In many
:10:46. > :10:51.ways, these latest U-turns are not important economically but they are
:10:51. > :10:56.politically. They allow critics to claim this is a government that
:10:56. > :11:00.lacks combatants and strategy. They also allow others to push for yet
:11:00. > :11:06.more change. In particular on the promise to limit tax relief on
:11:06. > :11:10.charitable donations, relief that in part pays far art galleries and
:11:10. > :11:16.cancer research. Many charities say the government must think again.
:11:16. > :11:23.The drop this charitable relief cap. It was only an idea Nick Clegg came
:11:23. > :11:29.up with to hit tycoons. It is not a very good tax change. Minister as
:11:29. > :11:34.saying not to expect a U-turn on at any time soon, at least not until
:11:34. > :11:40.after a summer consultation. It is could the Chancellor has made some
:11:40. > :11:43.changes now but the rise in taxes for pensioners, the lack of a plan
:11:43. > :11:52.for jobs and growth one-hour economy is in recession, these are
:11:52. > :11:58.the areas on which he should U-turn. Making a U-turn on the economy is
:11:58. > :12:02.one thing the people behind this door are determined not to do.
:12:03. > :12:09.The car company Jaguar Land Rover has announced record profits. The
:12:09. > :12:12.Midlands-based company, now owned by the Indian group Tata, saw
:12:12. > :12:17.record sales in the last year, they say it was driven by increased
:12:17. > :12:21.demand in China. Some dentists are misleading
:12:21. > :12:25.patients about their right to NHS treatment, according to the Office
:12:25. > :12:29.of Fair Trading. It says half-a- million people are paying for
:12:29. > :12:36.private treatment every year after being told wrongly they can't have
:12:36. > :12:39.the work done on the NHS. Too little information about prices
:12:39. > :12:45.and patients being duped into paying for expensive private
:12:45. > :12:50.treatment, that is the charge against dentists. Catherine wanted
:12:50. > :12:56.a simple NHS filling, but ended up out of pocket when her dentist put
:12:56. > :13:00.in a much more costly private version. He did the white filling
:13:00. > :13:10.without double-checking. The whole process was confusing, and then I
:13:10. > :13:16.
:13:16. > :13:22.was giving a -- asked to pay for over �100. In England, a scale and
:13:22. > :13:29.polish cost �17.50. As for root canal work, it is worth seven times
:13:29. > :13:34.more privately. Too often, people are not made aware of the price gap.
:13:34. > :13:37.This practice is displaying its NHS prices clearly, but a lot of
:13:37. > :13:42.dentists have not been and in England and Wales they don't even
:13:42. > :13:48.have to show the prices of private treatment. Soon it will be
:13:48. > :13:58.compulsory across the UK to display both NHS and private care costs
:13:58. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:01.prominently so you can compare. It is not just a lack of posters -
:14:01. > :14:07.half a million patients a year are paying over the odds for private
:14:07. > :14:10.care after being told wrongly There is not an NHS alternative. Patients
:14:10. > :14:15.should be getting clearer information about whether they are
:14:15. > :14:19.entitled to NHS treatment or not. They should be able to have clearer
:14:19. > :14:23.access to what the treatment will involved before it happens.
:14:23. > :14:27.Dentists say a minority of bad practitioners is scaring people
:14:27. > :14:32.into thinking they will be ripped off. If there are dentists
:14:32. > :14:36.misleading people, they should be ashamed of themselves. The vast
:14:37. > :14:42.majority of dentists are actually very good at communicating with
:14:42. > :14:46.patients and do things in the right way. Clearer information is part of
:14:46. > :14:49.the solution but the Office of Fair Trading is also calling for more
:14:49. > :14:59.dentists to be disciplined for the financial pain they inflict on
:14:59. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:03.Prince William has spoken of his sadness that his late mother, Diana,
:15:03. > :15:05.Princess of Wales was absent from his wedding last year. Prince
:15:05. > :15:15.William and Prince Harry have given interviews to an American
:15:15. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:22.broadcaster to mark the Queen's It was the day of William's wedding.
:15:22. > :15:28.All the people who mattered most to him were there, with one exception.
:15:28. > :15:32.He rarely speaks publicly about his mother. In an interview with US
:15:32. > :15:38.television he described what her absence meant to him that day.
:15:38. > :15:44.was very difficult. I had prepared myself beforehand so I was mentally
:15:44. > :15:48.prepared. I did not want a wobbling lip going on. It is the one time
:15:48. > :15:54.since she has died where I thought to myself, it would be fantastic if
:15:54. > :15:58.she were hit and has had she would be not to see it. She would have
:15:58. > :16:05.loved the day and hopefully she would have been very proud of us
:16:05. > :16:11.both. I am sad she were never get the chance to meet Kate. -- she
:16:11. > :16:17.well. Harry said it was hard not to have had their mother Burke on the
:16:17. > :16:23.day of the wedding and he talked about their mother. When we were
:16:23. > :16:29.young it was easy to take her for granted. It has only been over the
:16:29. > :16:35.last five, eight, 10 years that I have learned to understand and
:16:35. > :16:39.accept the huge deal that she is around the world, especially in the
:16:39. > :16:44.UK. The international fascination will be evident this jubilee
:16:44. > :16:50.weekend when millions were once again focus their attention on
:16:50. > :17:00.London. Coming up on tonight's programme: An earthquake in Italy,
:17:00. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:05.the second in two weeks, as more In the US, the result of today's
:17:05. > :17:08.primary contest in Texas is likely to give Mitt Romney the support he
:17:08. > :17:11.needs to win the Republican presidential nomination. He is all
:17:11. > :17:16.set to challenge Barack Obama for the White House in November. The
:17:16. > :17:26.current polls suggest it could be a close-run contest. But the
:17:26. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:32.Democratic campaign against Mr Mitt Romney has not been handed
:17:32. > :17:39.this job on a plate. It has been along and gruelling fight since
:17:39. > :17:44.this launch for the right to fight President Obama for the White House.
:17:44. > :17:50.This man is out of ideas. He is out of excuses. We're going to make
:17:50. > :17:55.sure we vote him out of office. Politics is in his blood. His dad
:17:55. > :18:00.was a car company boss, who became Governor of Michigan. He is a
:18:00. > :18:05.Mormon. He was a missionary in France and later became a bishop.
:18:05. > :18:11.He is a multi-billionaire who made his money at Bain Capital. He was a
:18:11. > :18:18.governor of Massachusetts. He made the play for the presidency four
:18:18. > :18:22.years ago. Now he is saying that Obama has wrecked the economy. The
:18:22. > :18:27.Democrats are saying he is over- privileged and out of touch. That
:18:27. > :18:32.could matter in states like Pennsylvania. The industrial
:18:32. > :18:36.heartland which has been hit hard by unemployment. Obama it is
:18:36. > :18:46.unpopular with the white working class. Local union leaders do not
:18:46. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:57.find him very appealing. He is the 1% doubly up against. Which you go
:18:57. > :19:03.for a drink with him? I do not think we will be drinking. I do not
:19:03. > :19:08.see a lot of similarities. As a Mormon, he does not drink any
:19:08. > :19:15.alcohol but it is the image that is a problem. I do not see him
:19:15. > :19:22.drinking beer but maybe a glass of champagne. The workers coming out
:19:22. > :19:30.of this zinc plant - the message of Mitt Romney is aimed at people like
:19:30. > :19:35.these. This man voted for Obama last time but now he wants a change.
:19:35. > :19:41.Mitt Romney says some things that has got my attention. He says a few
:19:41. > :19:47.things that I have to wonder about. When I vote in the ballot, I will
:19:47. > :19:52.be weighing all that. Others with doubts will weigh up their minds
:19:52. > :19:56.quicker. TEA Party activists had campaigned for someone more
:19:56. > :20:02.conservative. He may not be a leader in the mode of Ronald Reagan
:20:02. > :20:07.but he is an effective manager. He understands how the economy works.
:20:07. > :20:11.He will have to work hard to win states like this. Opinion polls are
:20:11. > :20:17.close and supporters believe he has a real chance of becoming the next
:20:17. > :20:22.President of America. A 93-year-old women who was attacked for weeks
:20:22. > :20:26.ago in her home has died. Emma Winnall was found in her bed with a
:20:26. > :20:33.fractured skull and a broken arm. Two people have been arrested but
:20:33. > :20:35.released on police bail. It is now a murder inquiry. Shares in the
:20:35. > :20:39.social networking site, Facebook, have continued to fall, following
:20:39. > :20:44.its launch earlier this month. They slid to just under $30, a new low,
:20:45. > :20:47.and more than 20% below the opening price. In northern Italy, at least
:20:47. > :20:51.15 people have died in an earthquake and thousands have been
:20:51. > :21:01.left homeless. It is the second quake to hit the region in the past
:21:01. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:12.This is the moment the earthquake struck, prompting panic among
:21:12. > :21:19.survivors made homeless by the last quake. Collapsed buildings further
:21:19. > :21:24.disintegrated in the series of aftershocks. We went in a panic to
:21:24. > :21:28.the square. There were bits of rubble falling. We came out alive
:21:29. > :21:32.and our first thought was to run to the school. Rescue workers
:21:32. > :21:39.converged on warehouses and factories, where several people
:21:39. > :21:43.died, trying to find more victims. At one point they think the search
:21:43. > :21:51.of has found something. Several towns near Bologna bore the brunt
:21:51. > :21:57.of this latest quake. It was felt as far away as Milan, Venice and
:21:57. > :22:02.Pisa. Thousands of people have had to abandon their homes. In one town,
:22:02. > :22:09.the elderly were evacuated from the nursing home and taken to a local
:22:09. > :22:11.park. This is one of the most productive areas of Italy, both
:22:11. > :22:17.industrially and Accra culturally. The Government has pledged to do
:22:17. > :22:19.all it can to bring life back to normal as soon as possible. It has
:22:19. > :22:22.been the last official day of campaigning in the Republic of
:22:22. > :22:26.Ireland before voters decide whether to back a European treaty,
:22:26. > :22:29.imposing strict new budget rules. Ireland, which received an EU bail
:22:29. > :22:34.out 18 months ago, is the first country to hold a referendum on the
:22:34. > :22:44.Fiscal Pact. The treaty must be ratified by 12 member states. Mark
:22:44. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:48.Simpson reports from Dublin. The face of Ireland in Europe is being
:22:48. > :22:53.tested. The new Fiscal Treaty is being put to the people. The Yes
:22:53. > :22:58.camp says it will restore stability to Ireland. The No camp says it
:22:58. > :23:04.will bring more austerity. Here is the man leading the charge. Gerry
:23:04. > :23:11.Adams is spearheading opposition to the treaty and his popularity is
:23:11. > :23:16.growing. It is a bad treaty. There is no economic merit in it and no
:23:16. > :23:21.stimulus in it to get people back to work. In the past five years,
:23:21. > :23:25.Ireland has gone from boom to bust to bail out. Some of those pushing
:23:25. > :23:31.for a No vote believe it is time for the country to return to its
:23:31. > :23:36.economic roots, with its own currency. Ireland must leave the
:23:36. > :23:41.euro in an orderly fashion. We must exit the eurozone if we are to have
:23:41. > :23:46.any chance of achieving economic recovery. The Fiscal Treaty is
:23:46. > :23:54.designed to prevent another debt crisis in the eurozone. It proposes
:23:54. > :23:59.strict budget deficit limits. It is about politics as well as economics.
:23:59. > :24:04.What essentially is involved in this treaty is giving Angela Merkel
:24:04. > :24:09.a piece of paper she can wave at the Bundestag saying if we lend
:24:09. > :24:15.more funds, we're not going to dissipate it all all waste it all.
:24:15. > :24:20.The Irish government is desperate for a Yes vote. You have played
:24:20. > :24:25.your part in the progress Ireland has made in the last 12 months. I
:24:25. > :24:30.thank you for that. I ask you to make a further contribution by
:24:30. > :24:35.coming out to vote Yes on Thursday. The message seems to be getting
:24:35. > :24:40.through. All the indications are that the Yes camp is well ahead.
:24:40. > :24:47.The final opinion polls suggest a clear vote in favour of the treaty
:24:47. > :24:54.- 60% to 40%. Across Ireland, they are preparing for the referendum on
:24:54. > :25:00.Thursday. Across Europe, they will be watching. The Olympic flame has
:25:00. > :25:05.travelled to the summit of Snowdon, carried by Sir Chris Bonington, he
:25:05. > :25:10.was greeted their by hundreds of people. It was day 11 of the torch
:25:10. > :25:18.relay, the last day in Wales. Our correspondent has been following
:25:18. > :25:23.the relay. It is a world away from the stresses of London 2012. This
:25:23. > :25:29.was the moment the torch reached the peak of its 70 day Jenny and
:25:29. > :25:33.burned bright in the mountain air. It could not have been in more
:25:33. > :25:41.experienced hands. Sir Chris Bonington has conquered Everest,
:25:41. > :25:48.scaled the either, but this was something special. -- either.
:25:48. > :25:53.quite emotional. I was climbing Snowdonia 60 years ago. I have been
:25:53. > :25:58.to the summit many times. Seeing so many people here, and the
:25:58. > :26:05.involvement of the people of Britain in the Olympics like this
:26:05. > :26:12.with in the relay, it means a lot to me. On every leg of its journey,
:26:12. > :26:18.the torch has drawn crowds, despite being 3500 ft above sea level,
:26:18. > :26:25.today was no exception. We ran up and we had to see the torch come to
:26:25. > :26:30.the highest spot in Wales. There is a train. I like to run. In its
:26:30. > :26:35.journey, the torch has reached some of the most remote communities, in