:00:07. > :00:12.Still no end to the hostage crisis in Algeria. While at least four
:00:12. > :00:15.Britons are known to be safe, ten are believed unaccounted for. Some
:00:15. > :00:24.of the hundreds of workers being held by Islamist militants have
:00:24. > :00:28.been freed but it's unclear exactly how many remain in danger. As much
:00:28. > :00:32.as we are glad to be out, our thoughts are with colleagues who
:00:32. > :00:35.are still there at the moment. The Prime Minister is in regular
:00:35. > :00:43.contact with his Algerian counterpart who explains why the
:00:43. > :00:46.rescue operation was launched without any warning. He said the
:00:46. > :00:54.tourists tried to flee, and that they judged an immediate threat to
:00:54. > :00:57.the lives of hostages and felt obliged to respond. -- terrorists.
:00:57. > :01:00.As the crisis heads towards its fourth day, we'll bring you the
:01:00. > :01:02.latest on the mission to release those still held captive.
:01:02. > :01:06.Also tonight: A day of heavy snowfall across the
:01:06. > :01:09.UK brings disruption to roads. Rail services are severely affected and
:01:09. > :01:12.hundreds of flights are cancelled. South Wales was issued with a red
:01:12. > :01:14.warning from the Met Office. The snow left thousands of homes
:01:14. > :01:21.without power. How China's former powerhouse
:01:21. > :01:26.economy is faltering, growing at its slowest rate for a decade.
:01:26. > :01:33.Through all seven of your tour de France victories, did you ever take
:01:33. > :01:36.banned substances? Yes. In Sportsday:
:01:36. > :01:46.Mauricio Pochettini faces an uncertain welcome at Southampton as
:01:46. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:02.the new manager, after Saints Good evening.
:02:02. > :02:06.Around ten Britons are still unaccounted for as the hostage
:02:06. > :02:09.crisis at a remote gas plant in Algeria continues. There is little
:02:09. > :02:13.hard and fast information emerging from what is a complex and
:02:13. > :02:16.confusing situation, but this is what we do know tonight. Three days
:02:16. > :02:21.since Islamist militants stormed the plant, hundreds of Algerian and
:02:21. > :02:24.foreign workers have now been freed. Four Britons are thought to be safe
:02:25. > :02:28.but one Briton is understood to have been killed. David Cameron has
:02:28. > :02:31.told MPs that Britain will do everything it can to hunt down
:02:31. > :02:41.those behind what he called the "brutal and savage" incident. James
:02:41. > :02:46.
:02:46. > :02:50.One of the survivors one of the survivors of the attack. Algerian
:02:50. > :02:54.state TV has been showing pictures of some who escaped the gas complex,
:02:54. > :02:59.including several from Britain, starting their journey home. They
:02:59. > :03:03.are still confused about details of first the hostage taking and then
:03:03. > :03:13.the Algerian military response. Very, very relieved to be out,
:03:13. > :03:17.obviously. We still don't know what has happened back on site. So as
:03:17. > :03:23.much as we are glad to be out, our thoughts are with colleagues that
:03:23. > :03:29.are still there at the moment. feel safe at the moment but I will
:03:29. > :03:34.not feel 100% happy until I am back in the UK and I see my family. My
:03:34. > :03:40.heart goes out to the guys that are still there. Hopefully they will
:03:40. > :03:42.come home safe. David Cameron briefed MPs this morning, saying
:03:42. > :03:47.Algeria's Prime Minister told him troops were still pursuing
:03:47. > :03:50.terrorists and the remaining hostages. He said the terrorists
:03:50. > :03:54.had tried to flee, and that they judge there to be an immediate
:03:54. > :03:58.threat to the lives of hostages and felt obliged to respond. Last night,
:03:59. > :04:03.the number of British citizens at risk was less than 30. Thankfully,
:04:03. > :04:07.we now know that number has been significantly reduced. What do we
:04:07. > :04:11.know about this hostage crisis, one of the most complex in recent
:04:11. > :04:15.years? The gas installation is located in remote desert in the
:04:15. > :04:18.east of the country, close to the Libyan border. It was attacked
:04:18. > :04:23.under cover of darkness in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
:04:23. > :04:27.The first targets were two buses on route to an airfield. Two workers
:04:27. > :04:31.were killed, including one Briton. Then the residential compound was
:04:31. > :04:36.seized and many hostages taken. The militants moved on to the nearby
:04:36. > :04:39.gas processing plant, seizing more of the workforce. On Thursday,
:04:39. > :04:43.Algerian security forces went in hard, apparently convinced the
:04:43. > :04:47.militants were planning to flee into the desert, taking their
:04:47. > :04:51.hostages with them. There is still great uncertainty, but Mark Grant
:04:51. > :04:55.is known to be among a number of Scots who have survived. So did
:04:55. > :05:01.Stephen McFaul from Belfast. He told his wife he had had explosives
:05:01. > :05:09.tied around his neck. She described the experience that he had as truly
:05:09. > :05:16.horrific. And it is clear from what she told me that, unfortunately,
:05:16. > :05:24.there are a number of the kidnapped victims who have not been as
:05:24. > :05:30.fortunate as Stephen. This is the man accused by Algeria of
:05:30. > :05:34.masterminding the attack. Mokhtar Belmokhtar was a senior Al-Qaeda
:05:34. > :05:38.commander and too much -- last year, but also specialises in kidnap for
:05:38. > :05:42.ransom and cigarette smuggling to finance operations. Both Japan and
:05:42. > :05:45.the United States are victims of this attack, Japan sharply critical
:05:45. > :05:51.of the Algerian military response. Hillary Clinton says utmost care
:05:51. > :05:56.must be taken to preserve life, but she is also talking tough. We will
:05:56. > :06:02.not rest until we do as much as we can, alone and in concert with our
:06:02. > :06:10.partners, to restore security to this vital region and to bring
:06:10. > :06:14.those who would terrorise and kill innocent people to justice. Amid a
:06:14. > :06:18.joyful reunions for some, the ordeal for others goes on. With
:06:18. > :06:22.militants threatening more attacks on energy facilities, security
:06:22. > :06:26.across North Africa is being urgently refused.
:06:26. > :06:30.We can speak to Nick Robinson in Downing Street. With this crisis
:06:30. > :06:35.heading towards its 4th day, this is going to be a tense night in
:06:35. > :06:38.Downing Street, waiting for news. Another night for the hostages,
:06:38. > :06:44.their families and friends, and another night for Downing Street
:06:44. > :06:47.where, unusually in a crisis of this sort, they feel almost as
:06:47. > :06:52.powerless as the families. There are no British forces in the area
:06:52. > :06:55.and, I am told, no plans to send British forces into the area. They
:06:55. > :06:59.are entirely dependent on the Algerian government and its
:06:59. > :07:02.military to release the remaining hostages. Not just that, but
:07:02. > :07:08.entirely dependent on the Algerian government for any news about the
:07:08. > :07:11.fate of the hostages. Except, that is, if anyone emerges and
:07:11. > :07:15.telephones. The reason the numbers are smaller than they were when I
:07:15. > :07:19.was speaking last night is because in the early hours of the morning
:07:19. > :07:25.and during today, one or two people emerged to call family and friends
:07:25. > :07:28.and to say, I am safe. Or else there were people who said, I have
:07:28. > :07:33.seen your son or husband. That is how this news is currently getting
:07:33. > :07:37.out, which is why the Prime Minister, although looking strained,
:07:37. > :07:42.I think, was a little relieved at that news. But what was most
:07:42. > :07:45.striking about today's statement in the House of Commons by the Prime
:07:45. > :07:49.Minister was not what he said about this crisis but what he said about
:07:49. > :07:54.North Africa as a whole. Bear in mind that for many people, and I
:07:54. > :07:57.include myself, we are talking about countries we barely know and
:07:57. > :08:03.cannot 0.2 on the map. And yet David Cameron today talked about
:08:03. > :08:08.Al-Qaeda, extremist terrorism, his words, in North Africa, in terms
:08:08. > :08:14.last used by Tony Blair about Iraq or Afghanistan, in other words, as
:08:14. > :08:17.a location for terrorist bases, as a potential source of real danger
:08:17. > :08:22.to Britain and to Europe. Long after this particular crisis is
:08:22. > :08:26.over, it is clear to me that we will still be talking about these
:08:26. > :08:31.countries. We will still be talking about North Africa. And we will be
:08:31. > :08:34.talking about possible British long-term military involvement.
:08:34. > :08:37.Heavy snow has caused severe disruption across the UK with the
:08:37. > :08:40.closure of roads, runways and thousands of schools. The Highways
:08:40. > :08:44.Agency warned drivers to avoid travelling tonight, while the RAC
:08:44. > :08:47.says reaching stranded motorists has been a "real challenge".
:08:47. > :08:56.Hundreds of flights at airports, including at Heathrow, have been
:08:56. > :09:03.cancelled and some rail services delayed, as Luisa Baldini reports.
:09:03. > :09:07.It was forecast, it did arrive, and it has lived up to its expectations.
:09:07. > :09:17.The first major UK-a wide snowfall of the winter swept up the Bristol
:09:17. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:39.Channel, over the Welsh mountains, Commuters who tuned to local radio
:09:39. > :09:47.found little to encourage them. Those who did venture out, whether
:09:47. > :09:52.on foot or on four wheels, must have wished they had not. This is
:09:52. > :10:01.the worst I have known it for quite a few years, to be honest.
:10:01. > :10:05.roads have been bad in places where the salt is not working. Through
:10:05. > :10:09.the day, the snowy tightened its grip on many airports. Over 400
:10:09. > :10:14.flights were cancelled at Heathrow, where runaways had to be
:10:14. > :10:17.temporarily closed. Overlooking Heathrow, we have been able to see
:10:17. > :10:23.snowploughs working continuously throughout the day. Heathrow
:10:23. > :10:27.Airport has invested �36 million in their snow contingency plans over
:10:27. > :10:31.the last three years, including more than doubling their fleet of
:10:31. > :10:38.snow clearing vehicles, so they can do as much as they can to keep the
:10:38. > :10:41.airfield running. But they have less control over the visibility.
:10:42. > :10:46.Visibility was so bad, air traffic control had to reduce the number of
:10:46. > :10:50.flights landing and taking off, which led to many cancellations. In
:10:50. > :10:55.Birmingham, travellers packed into departures and revise their plans.
:10:55. > :10:59.In Southampton, they had to wait until this afternoon to see flights
:10:59. > :11:04.resume. Safety is paramount and we have to make sure the runway is
:11:04. > :11:08.without any slush for ice on it, and the actual duration of the
:11:08. > :11:17.Synod today has been 11 hours and the best part of 10 centimetres. -
:11:17. > :11:22.Rail operators reported difficulties across England and
:11:22. > :11:27.Wales, delays and cancellations which extended into the Friday rush
:11:27. > :11:30.hour. There has been disruption and there is likely to be continued
:11:30. > :11:34.disruption for the rest of the evening, although we are keeping
:11:34. > :11:39.trains moving. For many, the weekend will offer some respite
:11:39. > :11:43.from travel worries, but then further snow is forecast, just as
:11:43. > :11:46.we turn our thoughts to a fresh working week.
:11:46. > :11:50.The worst affected area today has been South Wales, where the Met
:11:50. > :11:54.Office issued a red warning for snow for the first time in two
:11:54. > :11:57.years, meaning the snow presents a risk to life. Up to 12 inches of
:11:57. > :12:01.snow has fallen and thousands of homes are without electricity.
:12:01. > :12:11.Hywel Griffith is in Merthyr Tydfil for us tonight, How bad is it
:12:11. > :12:15.there? Well, it has finally stopped snowing but the winds mean there is
:12:15. > :12:19.still a risk of smoke drifting. The red warning from the Met Office
:12:19. > :12:23.finally expired about an hour ago, but several parts of the UK are
:12:23. > :12:27.under Amber and yellow warnings, meaning people still need to take
:12:27. > :12:34.care if they head out, particularly on the roads. Altogether, it has
:12:34. > :12:38.been a day to test people's resolve. Buried in a blizzard. Across the
:12:38. > :12:42.West Country and Wales, a blanket of snow faced those trying to start
:12:42. > :12:48.their day. In Bristol, commuting must have felt what an uphill
:12:48. > :12:51.struggle. With over 3000 schools closed in England, Scotland and
:12:51. > :12:55.Wales, including this one in Portishead, many parents were
:12:55. > :13:00.forced to change their plans at the last minute. Pupils with A-level
:13:00. > :13:05.and GCSE exams were encouraged to attend where possible. The severe
:13:05. > :13:08.weather added to the stress for these teenagers in Stroud. Lots of
:13:08. > :13:13.our friends will not be able to make it in, and they will have to
:13:13. > :13:17.resit in the summer, which is annoying. One family face them
:13:17. > :13:22.equally anxious morning, having woken to find that these cars had
:13:22. > :13:26.landed with the snow. We heard this almighty crash. My husband was
:13:26. > :13:31.outside looking to see if there was any further damage. And her vehicle
:13:31. > :13:36.had come right the way through and my husband had to rescue the driver
:13:36. > :13:39.out of the back passenger door. With sub-zero temperatures, losing
:13:39. > :13:44.the power supply was the last thing homeowners in Pembrokeshire wanted.
:13:44. > :13:48.Tonight, 1000 people are still without electricity. And in the
:13:48. > :13:53.hills of west Wales, concern for the livestock ahead of the lambing
:13:53. > :14:00.season. The Met Office's red alert for South Wales successfully
:14:00. > :14:04.convinced many people to stay at home and avoid unnecessary journeys.
:14:04. > :14:07.This road goes through the Red Zone, the main dual-carriageway that
:14:07. > :14:11.connects the heads of the South Wales valleys. Normally, this would
:14:12. > :14:17.be busy with commuters, but today there are just a few hardy souls
:14:17. > :14:22.venturing out. In Merthyr Tydfil, it took the grit and a fair bit of
:14:22. > :14:27.determination to help to get people to work. The few shops that manage
:14:27. > :14:32.to open were soon raided for supplies of milk and bread. Others
:14:32. > :14:38.closed early so that staff could try to find a way home. But in many
:14:38. > :14:44.parts of the country, that journey was a miserable one. Snowed turned
:14:45. > :14:50.to ice, and the road home became an obstacle course. There are a few
:14:50. > :15:00.who relish days like this. But most will hope the weekend will see
:15:00. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:05.The biggest risk now comes from some of the snow turning to ice,
:15:05. > :15:10.particularly as temperatures will drop below zero, and I am sorry but
:15:10. > :15:14.the forecast for this weekend is for yet more cold weather.
:15:14. > :15:17.A BBC team has found evidence of a massacre that took place this week
:15:17. > :15:22.in central Syria. Local people said at least 100 people were killed and
:15:22. > :15:25.burned in their homes. Some blamed government militia, others rebel
:15:25. > :15:29.forces. Lyse Doucet has just returned from the village of
:15:29. > :15:34.Haswiya, near the city of Homs, and sent this report. I should warn you
:15:34. > :15:39.it contains some very distressing images.
:15:39. > :15:45.The army took us in. The village of Haswiya is just around the corner
:15:45. > :15:51.from their base. As we enter the village, there is a powerful sense
:15:51. > :15:55.of shock. Police stormed into my house, this woman says, they
:15:55. > :16:01.slapped my face, I fell on the floor, they beat and stripped me
:16:01. > :16:06.and my daughters. Most of the killings took place in
:16:06. > :16:11.houses down this hills. The army tells us they have clear the area,
:16:11. > :16:15.taken away the bodies. But they say it is not safe for us to go further.
:16:15. > :16:25.We persuade them to let us take another route. And the horror
:16:25. > :16:33.
:16:33. > :16:37.There is blood on the cement and a body... Is straddling the doorway.
:16:37. > :16:43.One is brought in the yard. Impositions which suggest they were
:16:43. > :16:48.trying to flee. -- in positions. These people had been shot and
:16:48. > :16:54.burned. The bottle of fuel is still there. Further inside this compound,
:16:54. > :16:59.another grim discovery. A trail of blood from the kitchen. At least
:16:59. > :17:04.two people seem to have been killed here. Their bodies dragged away.
:17:04. > :17:13.The floor is still littered with bullet casings. And around the back,
:17:13. > :17:19.even more bodies. A woman, completely chart... In her
:17:19. > :17:24.bed. The soldier with a says hundreds of men came across these
:17:24. > :17:29.fields. He says they were from the Nusra Front, an Islamist group the
:17:29. > :17:34.BBC interviewed this week. They denied killing civilians. All sides
:17:34. > :17:39.do. Others in the village gave us the same account in front of the
:17:39. > :17:44.soldiers to surround us. One person manage to speak to us of camera,
:17:45. > :17:50.out of their earshot. She told us the army was there that day, that
:17:50. > :17:58.some had apologised, saying others were acting without orders.
:17:58. > :18:07.Activists say this was the work of pro-government militia known as
:18:07. > :18:11.shibiha. Some day we will know who did this. A war crime happened here.
:18:12. > :18:15.Coming up on tonight's programme: Could vicious rivalry be why
:18:15. > :18:25.Moscow's star of the Bolshoi Ballet is now in hospital, the victim of
:18:25. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:32.China's leaders have revealed that the country's economy is growing at
:18:32. > :18:40.its slowest rate for more than a decade. From more than 11% six
:18:40. > :18:47.years ago, annual growth has fallen below 8%. That is still a figure to
:18:47. > :18:50.be envied by most nations. But China is struggling to modernise
:18:50. > :18:57.its economy and develop new, high- tech industries.
:18:57. > :19:03.Through the grime, the sun barely shines, the tower blocks, shadows.
:19:03. > :19:07.This is industrial Wuhan on the banks of the Yangtze. Chairman Mao
:19:07. > :19:12.built its giant iron and steel works, one of the biggest in the
:19:12. > :19:18.world, which employs 80,000 people. As China boom, so did this business
:19:18. > :19:22.but now China is slowing and Wuhan is struggling to make a profit. The
:19:22. > :19:28.slowdown in the economy means there is too much steel and iron being
:19:28. > :19:32.produced. As a giant state-owned enterprise, Wuhan has been told to
:19:32. > :19:37.cut production but is not allowed to cut large numbers of jobs to
:19:37. > :19:41.save money. It is China's dilemma. Giant state firms still dominate
:19:41. > :19:46.parts of the economy. Many are inefficient but where will new jobs
:19:46. > :19:50.come from? TRANSLATION: It is light deep
:19:50. > :19:55.winter for the whole of the steel industry. It may last another five
:19:55. > :20:00.years. To get through, we need to reform and diversify. Despite the
:20:00. > :20:06.problems at its biggest employer, Wuhan is one of the fastest-growing
:20:06. > :20:09.parts of China. Construction, everywhere you turn. China's new
:20:09. > :20:15.leaders know the building spree cannot last for ever. The whole
:20:15. > :20:21.economy needs reform. So to replace the grimy old ways, they are
:20:21. > :20:26.encouraging spotless new industries. Innovation and high technology are
:20:26. > :20:32.what Wuhan now craves. Here they make screens for mobile phones.
:20:32. > :20:38.Hire skilled, higher-paying jobs, what China wants its future to look
:20:38. > :20:42.like -- high skilled. In the past, China is succeeded by producing on
:20:42. > :20:49.a massive scale. Low-quality but low cost. We are losing that
:20:49. > :20:53.advantage. In the coming tenure is, we have got to change. -- in the
:20:53. > :20:58.coming ten years. That means China's new consumers becoming a
:20:58. > :21:03.mainstay of the economy. Imports, not exports. That should be good
:21:03. > :21:11.news for Western brands looking for new markets. We are expecting
:21:11. > :21:19.Chinese imports of goods from the rest of the world will be two
:21:19. > :21:27.trillion dollars. Rising income should mean rising spending as
:21:27. > :21:29.China grows his middle classes. The Prime Minister is set to warn
:21:29. > :21:34.that the UK risks leaving the European Union unless there is
:21:34. > :21:37.reform in the EU. David Cameron was due to give a long-awaited speech
:21:37. > :21:40.on the UK's relationship with Europe today, setting out a
:21:40. > :21:44.positive vision for the future of the EU, but had to postpone it to
:21:44. > :21:49.respond to the Algerian hostage crisis. Vicki Young is in
:21:49. > :21:52.Westminster. The speech has been postponed but some extracts of what
:21:52. > :21:57.David Cameron was going to say have been released.
:21:57. > :22:02.Yes, and his argument was going to be that he wants the UK to play an
:22:02. > :22:08.active role in the EU but only if it changes its ways. He would look
:22:08. > :22:13.at prosperity, say the EU needs less regulation, but also the issue
:22:13. > :22:18.of unpopularity, not just in Britain. He think citizens feel
:22:18. > :22:21.that EU institutions are too remote, too expensive and not
:22:21. > :22:27.democratically accountable. His warning is that the danger is that
:22:27. > :22:31.Europe will fail and British people will drift towards the exit. No
:22:31. > :22:35.details on the referendum. Many Tories are pleased he is addressing
:22:35. > :22:38.the threat from UKIP but Labour are warning that these years of
:22:38. > :22:41.uncertainty are bad for Britain. The artistic director of the
:22:41. > :22:45.Bolshoi Ballet in Russia has suffered severe burns after a man
:22:45. > :22:49.threw acid in his face. Sergei Filin was attacked outside his home
:22:49. > :22:52.in Moscow late last night. His colleagues say there is little
:22:52. > :22:59.doubt the incident is linked to vicious rivalries within the ballet
:22:59. > :23:06.community, as Steven Rosenberg reports from Moscow.
:23:06. > :23:10.He was a big start at the Bolshoi Ballet. Sergei Filin graced the
:23:10. > :23:16.famous stage but 20 years, eventually becoming the Bolshoi
:23:16. > :23:22.Ballet's artistic director. Now he has become the target of horrific
:23:22. > :23:28.attack. Today, a Russian TV showed Sergei Filin in hospital. A man
:23:28. > :23:33.came up to me, he says. He threw something into my face. It was an
:23:33. > :23:38.acid attack. Doctors are fighting to save his eyesight. The incident
:23:38. > :23:43.happened late last night, as Sergei Filin was arriving home. Police
:23:43. > :23:48.have recovered the job that contains the acid. They are now
:23:48. > :23:56.hunting for the attacker. At the Bolshoi Ballet today, a deep sense
:23:56. > :24:05.of shock. It is impossible. I cannot believe. I don't understand
:24:05. > :24:09.how it is possible. It is...! why was he targeted? One theory put
:24:09. > :24:15.forward by the Bolshoi is that Sergei Filin had made enemies in
:24:15. > :24:20.his role as artistic director. puts this person to play this role.
:24:20. > :24:24.That means that some other girl cannot play this role. Every day he
:24:24. > :24:28.takes a decision which are not pleasant to everybody. It is normal
:24:28. > :24:32.in theatre world. But it is not normal that the reaction is light
:24:32. > :24:37.that. Today the Bolshoi Ballet revealed that Sergei Filin had
:24:37. > :24:42.recently expressed concern over growing intimidation. His car tyres
:24:42. > :24:45.had been slashed. He suffered a cyber attack. Now he has suffered a
:24:45. > :24:54.physical attack, which are sent shockwaves through the world of
:24:54. > :24:57.Russian culture. -- which have sent shockwaves.
:24:57. > :25:00.Archaeologists hunting for World War II Spitfires in Burma say they
:25:00. > :25:03.now believe there are no planes buried at the sites where they have
:25:03. > :25:07.been digging. The team says the evidence does not support the
:25:07. > :25:10.original claim that as many as 124 Spitfires were buried there at the
:25:10. > :25:13.end of the war. But the project leader insists they are looking in
:25:13. > :25:16.the wrong place and he remains convinced Spitfires are buried in
:25:16. > :25:18.Burma. Senior figures in the world of
:25:18. > :25:21.cycling have criticised Lance Armstrong's appearance on the Oprah
:25:21. > :25:24.Winfrey Show last night, where he confessed to using performance
:25:24. > :25:28.enhancing drugs after years of angry denials. In the interview he
:25:28. > :25:37.claimed that using drugs was part of the job, like having air in his
:25:37. > :25:42.tyres. Lance Armstrong, champion, icon,
:25:42. > :25:47.campaigner and now, in a confession televised around the world, liar.
:25:47. > :25:55.For more than a decade, he denied using banned drugs. Finally today,
:25:55. > :26:05.he told Oprah Winfrey the truth. This is too late. It is too late
:26:05. > :26:09.
:26:09. > :26:15.for probably most people. And that is my fault. You know, I view this
:26:15. > :26:19.situation as one big lie. That I repeated a lot of times. Armstrong
:26:19. > :26:24.turned the Tour de France into a one-man show, winning seven
:26:24. > :26:30.consecutive titles. We now know every one of them was achieved with
:26:30. > :26:35.the help of EPO, testosterone and blood doping. This is my body. And
:26:35. > :26:42.I can do whatever I want to it. Even as suspicions grew, he went on
:26:42. > :26:46.the attack, a bracingly denying and bullying those who doubted the
:26:47. > :26:55.Armstrong fairy-tales. Everybody wants to know what I am on. What am
:26:55. > :27:00.I on? I am on my bike. It is a major flaw. It is a guy who
:27:00. > :27:06.expected to get whatever he wanted and to control every outcome. And
:27:06. > :27:11.it is inexcusable. When I say there are people that will hear this that
:27:11. > :27:16.will never forgive me, I understand that. As ever with Lance Armstrong,
:27:16. > :27:20.this interview was a carefully calculated strategy, the first step
:27:20. > :27:24.on a personal journey to redemption, but while he finally admitted his
:27:24. > :27:29.guilt, he showed few genuine signs of remorse, refused to name names
:27:29. > :27:35.and left a lot of important questions unanswered. He has
:27:35. > :27:39.already been stripped of these, his prized yellow jerseys. But his
:27:39. > :27:44.confession now leaves him vulnerable to perjury charges and
:27:44. > :27:48.multi-million-dollar lawsuits. And what of cycling's governing body?
:27:48. > :27:53.They stand accused of failing to tackle the culture of doping and
:27:53. > :27:58.bungling the ongoing review into the Armstrong affair. Some BO
:27:58. > :28:01.believe that France should look beyond the crisis. -- some though.
:28:01. > :28:06.Every big expected him to tell the truth but we have to remember that
:28:06. > :28:12.is one man, it is not the whole sport -- everybody expected him.
:28:12. > :28:15.The huge majority of cyclists are clean. Thanks to Armstrong, many
:28:15. > :28:19.will find that hard to believe and until cycling shows it is prepared
:28:19. > :28:21.to tackle its toxic past, there will still be doubts about its