:00:06. > :00:10.A nurse who took the hoax call from two Australian DJs about the
:00:10. > :00:15.Duchess of Cambridge has been found dead. Jacintha Saldanha, a mother
:00:15. > :00:18.of two, had worked at the King Edward VII Hospital for four years.
:00:18. > :00:20.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have expressed their deep sadness -
:00:20. > :00:30.the Duchess was treated at the hospital this week for extreme
:00:30. > :00:34.morning sickness. We can confirm that Jacintha was recently the
:00:34. > :00:39.victim of a hoax call to the hospital. The hospital had been
:00:39. > :00:43.supporting her through this very difficult time. Jacintha was a
:00:43. > :00:47.first-class nurse, who cared diligently for hundreds of patients
:00:47. > :00:49.during her time with us. Australian DJs posing as the Queen
:00:49. > :00:52.and Prince Charles rang the hospital and managed to find out
:00:52. > :00:54.details of the Duchess's medical condition. Tonight, the Australian
:00:54. > :00:58.radio station issued a statement saying it was shocked and saddened
:00:58. > :01:00.at what could only be described as a tragedy. Also tonight... David
:01:00. > :01:08.Cameron backs gay marriage in churches and other religious
:01:08. > :01:10.buildings but says no-one will be forced to carry out the ceremonies.
:01:10. > :01:18.Protests again in Egypt as opposition parties refuse talks
:01:18. > :01:23.with the president after he granted himself absolute power. I am in
:01:23. > :01:27.Cairo, reporting on a nation more divided than at any time since the
:01:27. > :01:31.great uprising which toppled Hosni Mubarak nearly two years ago.
:01:31. > :01:34.Violence on the streets of Belfast, after a car is set on fire and
:01:34. > :01:37.police are attacked with bricks and bottles. And the mother who went
:01:37. > :01:47.into hiding with her son, now in court to try to stop him having
:01:47. > :02:10.
:02:10. > :02:13.radiotherapy for a life-threatening Good evening. A nurse who took a
:02:13. > :02:17.prank call from two Australian DJs about the Duchess of Cambridge has
:02:17. > :02:19.been found dead. The King Edward VII Hospital, where the Duchess was
:02:19. > :02:24.treated earlier this week for extreme morning sickness, said
:02:24. > :02:27.Jacintha Saldanha was an excellent and well-respected nurse. She
:02:27. > :02:32.answered the call from the DJs on Tuesday, which then led to details
:02:32. > :02:35.of the Duchess's condition being made public live on air. Tonight,
:02:35. > :02:39.the Duke and Duchess said they were deeply saddened to hear of her
:02:39. > :02:42.death. The Australian radio station where the DJs worked have taken
:02:42. > :02:51.them off the air. This report from our royal correspondent, Nicholas
:02:51. > :02:56.Witchell, contains flash photography. It was a prank call to
:02:56. > :03:01.a hospital three days ago which its makers thought would be funny. At
:03:01. > :03:08.9:30am today, police were called to a nurses' accommodation near the
:03:08. > :03:12.hospital, where they found a body. We can confirm that Jacintha was
:03:12. > :03:18.recently the victim of a hoax call to the hospital. The hospital had
:03:18. > :03:21.been supporting her through this very difficult time. Jacintha was a
:03:21. > :03:27.first-class nurse, who cared diligently for hundreds of patients
:03:27. > :03:32.during her time with us. Everyone is shocked by the loss of a much
:03:32. > :03:35.loved and valued colleague. In a statement from St James's Palace, a
:03:35. > :03:45.spokesman said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were deeply saddened
:03:45. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :04:01.to learn of the death of Jacintha The pranked call was made by two
:04:01. > :04:06.Australian radio presenters, called Mel Greig and Michael Christian.
:04:06. > :04:09.The station they have worked for, 2Day FM, has offered its deepest
:04:09. > :04:15.sympathies. The presenters will not be returning to the station until
:04:15. > :04:20.further notice. Jacintha Saldanha was on night duty last Monday night.
:04:20. > :04:25.The Duchess of Cambridge had been admitted a few hours earlier. At
:04:25. > :04:28.5:30am, the pranked call came through. She answered it and was
:04:28. > :04:33.taken in by the corner's impersonation of the Queen. She put
:04:33. > :04:38.the call through to a second nurse, who was monitoring the judges.
:04:38. > :04:41.According to the hospital, Jacintha Saldanha had not been disciplined
:04:41. > :04:45.or suspended as a result of what happened. She was married with two
:04:45. > :04:55.children. And Nick is outside the King Edward VII Hospital for us now.
:04:55. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:01.Desperately sad and a real shock... It is. Desperate is the word to use.
:05:01. > :05:05.I have spoken today to officials, who are so shocked and so saddened,
:05:05. > :05:10.and I'm sure that is how the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are
:05:10. > :05:12.feeling. It will be for an inquest to work out precisely what happened
:05:12. > :05:16.in the three days between the pranked call being received and
:05:16. > :05:20.this morning, when Jacintha Saldanha's body was discovered. The
:05:20. > :05:25.sequence of events, the cause of death, and any other circumstances
:05:25. > :05:29.which may be relevant, will all be being investigated. The hospital
:05:29. > :05:33.has said that Jacintha Saldanha was not reprimanded over what happened.
:05:33. > :05:37.St James's Palace has been at pains to say that it never made a
:05:37. > :05:41.complaint over the pack call, and indeed, they said they had offered
:05:41. > :05:48.heartfelt support to the nurses who were involved in that pack call.
:05:48. > :05:54.Tragically, it would seem, nobody was able to console Jacintha
:05:54. > :05:56.The Government is planning to introduce legislation allowing
:05:56. > :05:59.same-sex marriages to take place in churches, synagogues, mosques and
:05:59. > :06:02.other religious buildings in England and Wales. David Cameron
:06:02. > :06:05.said he was a massive supporter of the institution of marriage and he
:06:05. > :06:09.didn't want gay people to be excluded. But he also insisted that
:06:09. > :06:17.no church would be forced to hold a gay wedding. This report from Gary
:06:17. > :06:21.O'Donoghue. Giving same-sex couples the right to get married has been
:06:21. > :06:25.government policy for some time. But until now, ministers have said
:06:25. > :06:29.churches and other religious places of worship would not be allowed to
:06:29. > :06:34.hold the services. Now, David Cameron says individual religions
:06:34. > :06:37.will be able to opt in to conducting gay marriages. I am in
:06:37. > :06:40.favour of gay marriage, because I am a massive supporter of marriage
:06:40. > :06:45.and I do not want gay people to be excluded from that great
:06:45. > :06:49.institution. But let me be absolutely, 100% clear, if there is
:06:49. > :06:53.any church or synagogue or mosque which does not want to have a gay
:06:53. > :07:01.marriage, it will not, it absolutely must not, be forced to
:07:01. > :07:04.hold it. Supporters of gay marriage know that there is significant
:07:04. > :07:11.opposition within the Conservative Party, and today's announcements
:07:11. > :07:15.will harden its People have been saying to me, if this goes through,
:07:15. > :07:18.I will never vote Conservative again in my life. It is causing an
:07:18. > :07:24.enormous amount of disunity within the party. It is the wrong issue,
:07:24. > :07:27.brought forward at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. The Church
:07:27. > :07:33.of England believes marriage has to involve a man and woman. Like the
:07:33. > :07:38.Catholic Church, it is strongly opposed to changing the law. People
:07:38. > :07:41.at Lambeth palace have described the plan as divisive, but they have
:07:41. > :07:46.taken comfort from the fact that the whole Church will have to
:07:46. > :07:50.decide to opt in, not individual parishes. But not everybody shares
:07:50. > :07:54.their concerns. Britain's 20,000 Quakers have been demanding the
:07:54. > :07:58.right to marry gay couples for a number of years. They say it is a
:07:58. > :08:02.matter of religious freedom. want to be able to celebrate Quaker
:08:02. > :08:07.weddings in exactly the same way, whether the couple are different
:08:07. > :08:11.sex or same-sex. We want that to be fully recognised by the Lord.
:08:11. > :08:14.Government will publish a bill before Easter. Conservative MPs
:08:14. > :08:19.will be allowed to vote with their consciences when it comes before
:08:19. > :08:26.Parliament in the early summer. But with likely support from Labour and
:08:26. > :08:28.the Lib Dems, gay marriage could be In Egypt, thousands of opposition
:08:28. > :08:31.protesters are tonight holding rallies near the Presidential
:08:31. > :08:34.Palace in Cairo, after rejecting President Morsi's call for talks
:08:35. > :08:44.over the growing political crisis there. George Alagiah is in Cairo
:08:45. > :08:45.
:08:45. > :08:49.for us tonight. The President's opponents say President Morsi has
:08:49. > :08:52.granted himself sweeping powers. His supporters say he needs those
:08:53. > :09:02.powers in order to be able to meet his promises from earlier in the
:09:03. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:11.year. A moment of private grief on a day of public emotion. This was
:09:11. > :09:16.the funeral service for three men killed in clashes with opponents of
:09:16. > :09:25.a ruling party which draws its inspiration from Islamic principles.
:09:25. > :09:32.Despite the in mam's call for calm, once outside, political further and
:09:32. > :09:39.religious excitement make for a heady mixture. This lady feels her
:09:39. > :09:42.compatriots have forgotten the liberal ideals. Do you think they
:09:42. > :09:46.are wrong to oppose President Morsi? Everybody has the right to
:09:46. > :09:50.do that, but they do not have the right to kill innocent people. Why
:09:50. > :09:56.do they kill them? You can stand and shout and do what you like, but
:09:56. > :10:01.do not call him names and do not kill innocent people. The men may
:10:01. > :10:07.have been innocent, and now, they have achieved heroic status. What
:10:07. > :10:12.we're hearing is the language of martyrdom, supporters of an elected
:10:12. > :10:16.government, struck down by those who oppose it. It is yet another
:10:16. > :10:21.sign of just how polarised Egypt is becoming. At the heart of the
:10:21. > :10:25.current crisis is President Morsi, and his recent decree giving
:10:25. > :10:31.himself immunity from judicial scrutiny. He has used the powers to
:10:32. > :10:35.rush through a constitution and to call a referendum on it. Tonight,
:10:35. > :10:38.thousands of October -- opposition activists gathered outside the
:10:39. > :10:43.Presidential Palace. In scenes reminiscent of what happened when
:10:43. > :10:48.Hosni Mubarak was toppled, the soldiers and their tanks provide a
:10:48. > :10:53.photo opportunity, but no menace. Here, too, they have their heroes,
:10:53. > :10:57.and those they call martyrs. From all of them, the same accusation,
:10:57. > :11:01.that the revolution is being hijacked. You elect the President
:11:01. > :11:05.for a certain mandate. He has broken that mandate, he has put
:11:05. > :11:08.himself above the law. He has done everything to break down his
:11:08. > :11:14.legitimacy. And so a country which once united against the
:11:14. > :11:20.dictatorship is now divided over how best to replace it. That was
:11:20. > :11:23.George Alagiah, reporting from Cairo. In Syria, activists say
:11:23. > :11:28.government forces have reinforced their positions in suburbs of
:11:28. > :11:32.Damascus. There have been clashes around the city in recent days. The
:11:32. > :11:36.opposition says it is fearful of a ground attack on rebel-held areas.
:11:36. > :11:44.Jeremy Bowen is in Damascus, where fighting has intensified in recent
:11:44. > :11:53.weeks. He sent this report. The soundtrack of the Damascus daily is
:11:53. > :11:56.shelling. The regime has the heavy guns. They are the first thing you
:11:56. > :12:04.hear in the morning, and the last thing at night. The hub of the
:12:04. > :12:14.regime is the city centre. Armed rebels are don't in in the suburbs.
:12:14. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:19.-- are Durkin. Are dug in. The rebels who failed this, and any
:12:19. > :12:26.civilians who have not managed to escape, have been shelled steadily
:12:26. > :12:31.in the last few days. The shells keep the rebels back from this air
:12:31. > :12:36.base, which is a strategic strong point. The BBC was invited in to
:12:36. > :12:39.visit its detention centre, run by air force intelligence, Syria's
:12:39. > :12:48.most feared security service. We were not allowed to see the cell
:12:48. > :12:52.blocks. Human rights groups say torture happens here. They paraded
:12:52. > :12:55.six male prisoners. The men said they were not speaking under duress.
:12:55. > :13:00.The Governor, who would not be filmed, said any doubters were
:13:00. > :13:06.making the wrong assumptions about Syria's secular state. Syrian state
:13:06. > :13:13.TV was in the room to film us. None of the men had been in court yet.
:13:13. > :13:22.All had confessed to being in jihadist, Al-Qaeda-style groups.
:13:22. > :13:32.TRANSLATION: The group's main work is making mines and explosive
:13:32. > :13:36.
:13:36. > :13:40.devices. They produced an Algerian passport, of a man who said he was
:13:40. > :13:43.also a French citizen, living in Marseilles.
:13:44. > :13:49.TRANSLATION: I decided to do something for the children of Syria,
:13:49. > :13:55.for the families, for the powerless. I decided to join the jihad, rather
:13:55. > :14:00.than crying in front of my TV. would not answer when I have asked
:14:00. > :14:04.if he had been tortured. All the others said they had not. Two said
:14:05. > :14:09.they were part of a front which the Americans might soon name as a
:14:09. > :14:16.terrorist group. I cannot vouch for what they said. As the chocolates
:14:16. > :14:20.went round, or repeated how well they had been looked after. But a
:14:20. > :14:26.trip to this district in Damascus explains why the regime let us see
:14:26. > :14:35.alleged jihadists. Oh Whites, from the same sector as President Assad,
:14:35. > :14:40.live here in flats wrecked by a big car bomb. This lady's sister was
:14:40. > :14:46.one of 15 killed. She blames jihadist, and like all President
:14:46. > :14:50.Assad's supporters, she backed him. Foreign diplomats here say jihadist
:14:50. > :14:55.its do operate in Syria, as a small part of the armed rebellion. In
:14:55. > :14:59.this city, you can really feel the strain of the war. It is turning
:14:59. > :15:03.lives upside down, and ending them. It is impossible to say what is
:15:03. > :15:06.going through the mind of President Assad at the moment, but what is
:15:06. > :15:16.certain is that his regime is under more pressure now than at any time
:15:16. > :15:27.
:15:27. > :15:29.since the uprising against him George will be back on Monday for a
:15:29. > :15:34.week of special reports from the region.
:15:34. > :15:43.Coming up: the revolutionary spinal surgery that saved the life of a
:15:43. > :15:45.five-year-old girl and could one day allow her to walk.
:15:46. > :15:50.A mother who sparked a nationwide manhunt this week after going into
:15:50. > :15:53.hiding with her seven-year-old son has spent the day at the High Court,
:15:53. > :15:57.challenging the medical treatment doctors say he should receive.
:15:57. > :16:01.Sally Roberts's son had a life- threatening brain tumour. She is
:16:01. > :16:06.trying to stop him from having radiotherapy which she says could
:16:06. > :16:11.harm him. Leon robbers was described in court
:16:11. > :16:14.as a feisty, funny Boy, a seven- year-old who had a brain tumour
:16:14. > :16:19.removed in an operation, a child whose mother is questioning what
:16:19. > :16:24.treatment happens next. Sally Roberts arrived in court today to
:16:24. > :16:28.challenge doctors. They say her son should be treated with drugs,
:16:28. > :16:34.chemotherapy and also with radiation. She says her doctor told
:16:34. > :16:37.her that radiotherapy would fry her son's brain. Her son had an
:16:37. > :16:40.operation in October to remove his brain tumour. Chemotherapy and
:16:40. > :16:45.radiotherapy are recommended to follow, the standard treatment for
:16:45. > :16:48.a child with this cancer. But his mum launched legal action of a High
:16:48. > :16:54.Court, concerned that radiotherapy could damage his brain. She went
:16:54. > :17:00.missing on Monday, but they were found yesterday. Sally Roberts told
:17:00. > :17:03.the judge today she only wants the best for her son. Earlier, her
:17:03. > :17:12.parents spoke to the BBC, saying that they just want every option
:17:12. > :17:18.considered. We are not against the medical profession. We just want
:17:18. > :17:23.the best for our grandchild. And that it is exploring every avenue.
:17:23. > :17:26.We could be told, you are totally wrong. That is fine. The court
:17:26. > :17:34.heard there is a risk of brain damage from radiotherapy, but it
:17:34. > :17:38.could give more than an 80% chance of survival. The court has to
:17:38. > :17:42.decide what is in Neon's best interest, when up the extra chance
:17:42. > :17:48.of survival that radiotherapy could give him against the potential
:17:48. > :17:54.long-term damage to his brain. When children need treatment, parents
:17:54. > :17:58.have to decide, sharing the painful dilemmas with doctors. Nobody knows
:17:58. > :18:05.more about that child and their quality of life and the choices
:18:05. > :18:11.they would want to make than that family. What you bring as the
:18:11. > :18:15.clinician is an understanding, having seen the progression of this
:18:15. > :18:20.particular illness. It in Neon's case, his parents don't agree with
:18:20. > :18:23.each other, so the judges will decide tomorrow morning.
:18:23. > :18:27.Two police officers have been injured in Belfast tonight in
:18:27. > :18:30.another night of violence. The arrests started earlier in the week
:18:30. > :18:34.in response to a decision not to fly the Union flag every day over
:18:34. > :18:37.City Hall. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on a
:18:37. > :18:43.visit to the City that the violence from a small minority was
:18:43. > :18:48.unacceptable and had to stop. There has been trouble in the
:18:48. > :18:52.central Belfast again tonight. Tension has been simmering in parts
:18:52. > :18:58.of Northern Ireland all week, with more than 20 police officers
:18:58. > :19:03.injured. This clash was quickly brought under control, but it was
:19:03. > :19:06.another dangerous situation. It is not the image of Belfast that local
:19:06. > :19:11.politicians wanted on display on the day Hillary Clinton came to
:19:11. > :19:15.visit. But she has been here seven times before, and knows that the
:19:15. > :19:22.peace process is not perfect. She had a message for those causing
:19:22. > :19:28.trouble on the streets. You must not use violence as a means of
:19:28. > :19:32.expressing those strong feelings. The only path forward is a peaceful,
:19:33. > :19:37.democratic one. The last night in Londonderry, police found a rocket
:19:37. > :19:41.launcher, ready for use by dissident republicans. All week,
:19:42. > :19:46.loyalists have been on the streets, protesting about the decision by
:19:46. > :19:51.Belfast City Council to stop flying the Union flag every day. Death
:19:52. > :19:55.threats have been issued against the MP Naomi Long, because her
:19:55. > :19:59.party support to the flag decision. After meeting Hillary Clinton today,
:20:00. > :20:04.she spoke about the fear of being attacked. I will not let that
:20:04. > :20:07.threat deter me from serving constituents. I will not let it
:20:07. > :20:12.affect decisions my party takes. Despite appeals for calm tonight,
:20:12. > :20:15.the loyalist violence continues. But protesters claim the peace
:20:15. > :20:20.process has made Northern Ireland last British and sake the removal
:20:20. > :20:25.of the Union flag proves it. The trouble is happening in the heart
:20:25. > :20:31.of the city. This area is full of bars and restaurants. Normally on a
:20:31. > :20:35.Friday night, it is full of partygoers, but not tonight. The
:20:35. > :20:40.police have called in extra resources, and it looks like they
:20:40. > :20:44.will need them. UK manufacturing output fell more
:20:44. > :20:49.sharply than expected in October, raising fears that the economy
:20:49. > :20:53.could shrink again. Output was down 1.3% from September. It was the
:20:53. > :20:57.worst fall since June, when output was affected by extra public
:20:58. > :21:00.holidays for the Diamond Jubilee. Thousands of Palestinians have
:21:00. > :21:04.welcomed the exiled political leader of Hamas to the Gaza Strip
:21:04. > :21:08.as he made his first ever visit. Khaled Meshaal, who left the West
:21:08. > :21:12.Bank as a child and now leads the Islamic group from Qatar, broke
:21:12. > :21:16.down in tears and kissed the ground. It comes just over two weeks after
:21:16. > :21:20.a ceasefire that ended days of violence between Israel and Hamas
:21:20. > :21:27.and is being some -- seen by some as a sign of the militant group's
:21:27. > :21:36.growing unity and power. His face can be seen all over the
:21:36. > :21:41.Gaza Strip. But until today, he had never been here. This was an
:21:41. > :21:50.emotional arrival after decades in exile. Khaled Meshaal, back on
:21:50. > :21:55.Palestinian land. Gazans poured out onto the streets, hoping for a
:21:55. > :22:02.games. But no chances are being taken. Security is tight. Past
:22:02. > :22:06.Hamas leaders have been killed by Israel. I returned to Gaza, he said,
:22:06. > :22:11.because even if I have never been here before, it is in my heart.
:22:11. > :22:17.Tomorrow, a rally will be held to remember the many that died in last
:22:17. > :22:22.month's conflict with Israel. But governing Hamas also wants it to be
:22:22. > :22:27.seen as a sign of its growing political strength in the region.
:22:27. > :22:32.TRANSLATION: the visit of Khaled Meshaal is historic in every sense.
:22:32. > :22:36.It is the first time that Gaza greets these Hamas leaders. There
:22:36. > :22:40.are welcoming committees like this lining the Ritz for Khaled Meshaal
:22:40. > :22:44.as he is taken through Gaza. There is a sense that this visit is not
:22:44. > :22:50.only personally important to the Hamas leader, it is politically
:22:50. > :22:54.important to people here. There are hopes that this trip can help heal
:22:54. > :22:58.damaging divisions in the Palestinian nationalist movement.
:22:59. > :23:06.But it is also a reminder that after 25 years, Hamas is a force to
:23:06. > :23:09.be reckoned with and Gaza remains its stronghold.
:23:09. > :23:12.Surgeons in Birmingham have saved the life of a five-year-old girl
:23:12. > :23:16.with a rare spinal disorder which meant her body was being slowly
:23:16. > :23:20.crushed. Rosie Davies was born with part of her spine missing and has
:23:20. > :23:25.never been able to walk. But in only the second operation of its
:23:25. > :23:27.kind, a medical team used bone grafts to bridge the gap and are
:23:27. > :23:35.confident that she should be able to walk with the aid of artificial
:23:35. > :23:40.limbs. On move, Rosie is making a
:23:40. > :23:45.remarkable recovery, just two months since pioneering surgery to
:23:45. > :23:49.stop her body collapsing on itself. There was a cost - amputating her
:23:49. > :23:57.lower legs. But these had never functioned, and the bone was used
:23:57. > :24:01.as part of a unique repair which has saved her life. Before, she was
:24:01. > :24:07.basically a timebomb. We didn't know how long we had with her.
:24:07. > :24:12.Since having the operation, she has now had her life expectancy
:24:12. > :24:15.increased to that of a normal child. The for her operation, Rosie's
:24:15. > :24:19.organs were being gradually crushed by the unsupported weight of her
:24:19. > :24:24.upper body. It would eventually have killed her. She was born with
:24:24. > :24:29.five of her vertebrae missing. Doctors had never seen such a large
:24:29. > :24:34.gap before. To bridge the missing section, surgeons used her
:24:34. > :24:38.amputated lower leg bones. The permanently lock the repair into
:24:38. > :24:43.place, they inserted these metal struts which were reported to the
:24:43. > :24:50.vertebrae above and a poll this below. The design will allow her to
:24:50. > :24:55.grow. Doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital are delighted
:24:55. > :25:01.with Rosie's progress. Not only do her organs now have the room they
:25:01. > :25:06.need to function normally. But her stretched spinal cord has begun to
:25:06. > :25:11.provide feeling to her upper legs. Before the surgery, she had very
:25:11. > :25:17.little sensation in her upper legs. Immediately after the surgery, it
:25:17. > :25:22.was obvious that sensations were getting clearer. She felt better.
:25:22. > :25:27.She could tell us which legged was. Now she has pinpoint precision
:25:27. > :25:31.sensation. I am getting feeling in her legs is crucial for rosy for
:25:31. > :25:36.another reason, because it means that in the future, she may be able
:25:37. > :25:41.to be fitted with prosthetic limbs. Whether Rosie will be able to walk
:25:42. > :25:45.will not be known for some time. For the moment, her parents and