:00:12. > :00:17.Britain and America of using chemical weapons. The Assad regime
:00:17. > :00:21.say the Americans has probably used sarin gas against opposition
:00:21. > :00:24.fighters. The US intelligence community assesses with some degree
:00:24. > :00:30.of varying confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical
:00:30. > :00:33.weapons on a small scale in Syria. Specifically in chemical agent
:00:33. > :00:37.sarin. Syrian forces are also accused by Britain, which says it
:00:37. > :00:41.has limited but persuasive information of chemical weapons use.
:00:41. > :00:45.In the past America has warned that the use of chemical weapons would be
:00:45. > :00:50.a red line for possible intervention. We'll have the latest.
:00:50. > :00:55.Also tonight: The British economy avoids a triple-dip recession but
:00:55. > :01:03.manufacturing and construction are still shrinking. 1 million teenagers
:01:03. > :01:07.in England at risk of theseles are being urged to come forward for the
:01:07. > :01:17.MMR vaccine. And an intriguing glimpse of the short-list for this
:01:17. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:31.Godolphin empire's leading trainers is banned for 8 years ago for giving
:01:31. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:47.Good evening. Downing Street says the Government has limited but
:01:47. > :01:53.persuasive information that chemical weapons, including sarin gas, have
:01:53. > :01:58.been used in Syria. The claim has been echoed by the White House,
:01:58. > :02:04.which says US intelligence believes with varying degrees of confidence
:02:04. > :02:09.that Syrian forces have used chemical weapons on a small scale.
:02:10. > :02:15.This is the sort of scene that might just force America to take action, a
:02:15. > :02:20.Syrian doctor posted these pictures on YouTube saying it is evidence of
:02:20. > :02:23.the use of chemical weapons on rebels in Aleppo. Britain says there
:02:23. > :02:28.is limited but persuasive evidence that chemical weapons have been
:02:28. > :02:34.used. Now America is moving in that direction too. The US Defence
:02:34. > :02:37.Secretary spoke to reporters in Abu Dhabi. We still have some
:02:37. > :02:47.uncertainties about what was used, what kind of chemical was used,
:02:47. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:51.where it was used, who Juliesed it. -- Who used it. As I said in my
:02:51. > :02:54.statement, our intelligence people have a reasonable amount of
:02:54. > :03:04.confidence that some amount of chemical weapons was used. The White
:03:04. > :03:13.
:03:13. > :03:20.House has sent a letters to Senator Before taking action they need
:03:20. > :03:23.credible and corroborative facts to some degree of certainty. The
:03:23. > :03:25.consequences for President Assad would be serious. This was one of
:03:25. > :03:28.the last times he was seen in public, back in January. Long before
:03:28. > :03:33.then President Obama said he would be held responsible to chemical
:03:33. > :03:41.weapons were used. We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also
:03:41. > :03:47.to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start seeing
:03:47. > :03:50.a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilised.
:03:50. > :03:55.That would change my calculus. President Obama was speaking today
:03:55. > :04:05.at the opening of the George Bush library. He is keen to avoid what he
:04:05. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:08.would regard as his predecessor's rush to war in Iraq. The President
:04:08. > :04:12.of the United States said that if the Bashar al-Assad used chemical
:04:12. > :04:16.weapons it would be a game changer, that it would cross a red line. I
:04:16. > :04:21.think it is pretty obvious that red line has been crossed. All along
:04:21. > :04:24.President Obama has been extremely reluctant to take action in Syria.
:04:24. > :04:30.He regards it as difficult, complex and probably not in America's best
:04:30. > :04:35.interests, but he is now inch in that direction, with the sort of
:04:35. > :04:44.deliberate caution that can reassure some people but unfurious opponents
:04:44. > :04:49.and allies. -- infuriates opponents and allies. Jeremy, you've just
:04:49. > :04:53.returned from Syria. I left Damascus yesterday. The Syrians throughout
:04:53. > :04:57.when I've spoken to them in previous visits said they wouldn't use
:04:57. > :05:03.chemical weapons. They even deny having them sometimes. That doesn't
:05:03. > :05:08.mean they wouldn't use them if they felt they had to. I think as well of
:05:08. > :05:10.course as Mark was saying that shadow of Iraq and weapons of mass
:05:10. > :05:15.destruction hangs very heavy from the western perspective over all of
:05:15. > :05:18.this. But looking at the right across what's happening, I get the
:05:18. > :05:23.feeling that after a stalemate lasting about 18 months in this war,
:05:23. > :05:27.things are starting to change. I can't say in which direction rebels
:05:27. > :05:31.or the regime, but things are changing. It feels more fluid when
:05:31. > :05:36.you are there. There seems to be more movement now as well in terms
:05:36. > :05:41.of on the battlefield. There's been a big offensive south of Damascus by
:05:41. > :05:46.the regime's Army. They've captured a strategic area to the east of the
:05:46. > :05:51.capital. And today apparently, eating into the rebels' supply
:05:51. > :05:56.routes. And these chemical weapons accusations flow into all of that,
:05:56. > :06:06.because western countries are inexorably getting more involved,
:06:06. > :06:06.
:06:06. > :06:14.the British and Americans pushing for a relaxation of the European
:06:14. > :06:19.Unions arms embargo. In Lebanon and Iraq there has been serious violence
:06:19. > :06:23.today, exacerbated by what's going on in Syria. If you look at it, I
:06:23. > :06:27.reckon that this summing summer is really going to be critical. I think
:06:27. > :06:29.things are moving now, and moving fast. We don't know in which
:06:29. > :06:36.direction but I don't think stalemate is a word that will be
:06:36. > :06:40.used about this year. Jeremy, thank you.
:06:40. > :06:43.The economy grew in the first quarter of the year, avoiding a
:06:43. > :06:46.so-called triple-dip recession, but the manufacturing and construction
:06:46. > :06:51.sectors are still suffering. The economy is smaller than it was
:06:51. > :06:55.before the financial crisis struck five years ago. The Prime Minister
:06:55. > :06:59.says the latest figure shows it is healing, as Stephanie Flanders
:06:59. > :07:05.reports. After an awful winter, signs of
:07:05. > :07:10.growth. And not just in the garden. Our GDP national output is the sum
:07:10. > :07:15.total of everything produced in the UK. Today we found out it had grown
:07:15. > :07:19.by 0. 3% in the first three months of the year, just enough to reverse
:07:19. > :07:24.a fall in the previous quarter A year we've still only grown by 0.
:07:24. > :07:29.6%. These figures are an encouraging sign that the economy is healing and
:07:29. > :07:31.despite a tough economic situation we are making progress. But of
:07:31. > :07:39.course we've still got difficult decisions to take. There aren't easy
:07:39. > :07:41.answers. The growth came almost entirely from the services part of
:07:41. > :07:43.the economy, which includes hotels, transport and retailers like this
:07:43. > :07:48.garden centre in Chelmsford. They were hit by last month's cold
:07:48. > :07:53.weather but it doesn't seem to have done much damage overall. A Spend is
:07:53. > :07:57.down, foot-fall is up. We are having to drive the business hardary. When
:07:57. > :08:01.you are met with a downturn you have to scrutinise the business. The
:08:01. > :08:04.positive sign in front of the GDP number is a relief to the
:08:04. > :08:09.Chancellor, much bigger than nearly anyone expected. But most economists
:08:09. > :08:14.struggle to see a lot of forward momentum behind this recovery, and
:08:14. > :08:18.we are still very dependent on spending by households. Once again
:08:18. > :08:25.falling activity in the construction sector held back growth. Output
:08:25. > :08:31.there fell by 2. 5%. Manufacturing was also down, by 0. 3%. Both parts
:08:31. > :08:35.of the economy are now smaller than when the Chancellor took office.
:08:35. > :08:39.These are lacklustre figures. The economy's barely grown in the last
:08:39. > :08:44.three years ago. It is flatlining, the slowest recovery for 100 years.
:08:44. > :08:48.Families are paying the price. Businesses aren't confident to
:08:48. > :08:52.invest. We can't carry on like this. We need the Chancellor to admit it
:08:52. > :08:56.is not working and change course. There were Schmorl smiles for the
:08:56. > :09:01.Chancellor at this company in London, but one of the key global
:09:01. > :09:06.investors who used to back Mr Osborne's plans recently joined the
:09:07. > :09:12.list of people who think it was a mistake. I asked him doesn't that
:09:12. > :09:17.mean the big arrangements for austerity is crumbling? The recovery
:09:17. > :09:22.is underpinned by very low interest rates. If we lost those low interest
:09:22. > :09:26.rates a difficult decision would be turned into a disastrous situation.
:09:26. > :09:31.In the UK we've got the highest deficit in Europe but low interest
:09:31. > :09:37.rates, so our economic policy, our economic plan, commands credibility
:09:37. > :09:41.around the world, but it is also flexible. It is good news. Hopes for
:09:41. > :09:46.modest growth this year have survived the winter, but little sign
:09:46. > :09:51.yet that the economy's about to race ahead.
:09:51. > :09:57.1 million schoolchildren in England who haven't had their MMR
:09:57. > :10:01.vaccinations are being encouraged to come forward to try to avert a
:10:01. > :10:07.full-scale measles epidemic. An outbreak like the one in Swansea
:10:07. > :10:13.could happen anywhere. The MMR health scare of a decade ago
:10:13. > :10:17.cast a long shadow. Babies who weren't brought for the jab back
:10:17. > :10:21.then or missed out on the booster dose are now at secondary school.
:10:21. > :10:27.Like these pupils in Middlesbrough, among 1 million at risk from a
:10:27. > :10:31.highly contagious virus that's circulating widely. Measles even for
:10:31. > :10:37.very healthy children can be really unpleasant. Around one in five
:10:37. > :10:45.children are being admit to the hospital with measles. In a very
:10:45. > :10:55.small number it can be really serious, serious complications like
:10:55. > :11:03.
:11:03. > :11:06.MMR vaccination in Teesside by age two a is now over 91% but a decade
:11:06. > :11:13.ago fell as low as 77%. So where else is at risk? Manchester is
:11:13. > :11:19.already seeing cases. Its MMR uptake fell as low as 74% a decade ago. It
:11:20. > :11:26.is 89% now but still short of the 95% needed to ensure everybody is
:11:26. > :11:34.protected. Experts are worried about Suffolk. MMR rates fell as low as
:11:34. > :11:43.71%. Now it is 93%. But London is the highest risk area. A decade ago
:11:43. > :11:49.in Lambeth just 54% had received the jab. In Sutton and Merton 73%. At
:11:49. > :11:53.79% Sutton and Merton has the lowest MMR rate in the country.
:11:53. > :11:58.Six-year-old Henry Davidson has leukaemia. Chemotherapy treatment
:11:58. > :12:02.has suppressed his immune system, making him highly vulnerable to
:12:02. > :12:09.infections like measles. So much so that he can't go to school at
:12:09. > :12:13.present. He is a lively young boy, and the chemotherapy isn't holding
:12:13. > :12:17.him back. Its the fact that people who haven't been vaccinate ready
:12:17. > :12:25.going to be in his school. That puts him at significant risk of catching
:12:25. > :12:29.measles. Measles could kill him or leave him blind or deaf. Scotland's
:12:29. > :12:36.MMR uptake didn't suffer the same dip as England and Wales, but health
:12:36. > :12:41.officials say they'll be tracing any children who missed out on the jab.
:12:41. > :12:46.The new inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool football fans in the
:12:46. > :12:50.Hillsborough disaster will be held early next year. Families of the
:12:50. > :12:53.victims attended a preen quest hearing today. Last December judges
:12:53. > :13:03.quashed the original verdict of accidentally death. The location of
:13:03. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:09.the new hear also be confirmed next week. Downing Street says that the
:13:09. > :13:13.cost of Margaret Thatcher's funeral was �3.6 million. �1.1 million was
:13:13. > :13:18.spent on additional policing and security. The Thatcher family made
:13:18. > :13:22.an undisclosed contribution to the costs.
:13:22. > :13:28.In Boston, the investigating authorities say the bombing suspect
:13:28. > :13:32.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told them that he and his brother also intended to
:13:32. > :13:36.attack New York. He said that they intended to set off their six
:13:36. > :13:41.remaining bombs in Times Square. The brothers parents, who live in
:13:41. > :13:45.Dagestan, insist that their children are innocent.
:13:45. > :13:49.They left the caucuses for a new life in America. Tamerlan Tsarnaev
:13:49. > :13:53.and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, the two suspects in the Boston
:13:54. > :14:01.bombing. Today, back in Dagestan, their parents were full of regret
:14:01. > :14:06.for having moved the family to the United States. I thought America
:14:06. > :14:13.would protect us, our kids, it was going to be safe. But, for any
:14:13. > :14:19.reason, it happened. My kids, America took my kids away from me.
:14:19. > :14:25.Only America. The Boston explosions killed three people and injured more
:14:25. > :14:30.than 260. Police in New York now say Times Square was to have been the
:14:31. > :14:34.next target. Dzhokhar was arrested and Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in
:14:34. > :14:41.a shootout by police. But their parents maintain their sons are
:14:41. > :14:49.innocent. Do you now accept it was your children that carried out the
:14:49. > :14:55.attacks in Boston? No, I don't and I won't. Never. But US investigators
:14:55. > :14:58.have no such doubts. They spent two days in Dagestan in the building
:14:58. > :15:03.behind me, questioning the parents and trying to find out if it was a
:15:03. > :15:10.trip back to the volatile North caucuses last year by Tamerlan
:15:10. > :15:15.Tsarnaev that played a role in radicalising the brothers. Earlier,
:15:15. > :15:17.on Russian television, President Putin described the brothers as
:15:17. > :15:27.criminals and called for greater cooperation with the West in the
:15:27. > :15:31.fight against terrorism. Tonight, Anzor Tsarnaev is preparing to fly
:15:31. > :15:34.to America to bury his son. Despite all of the evidence against their
:15:34. > :15:42.children, he and his wife are insisting there are no terrorist is
:15:42. > :15:46.The newspaper industry has proposed its own system of press regulation,
:15:46. > :15:50.which it claims will deliver tough sanctions while protecting freedom
:15:50. > :15:53.of speech. It has rejected out of hand the cross-party scheme produced
:15:54. > :15:58.in the wake of the Leveson Inquiry, involving an independent regulator,
:15:58. > :16:05.backed by a royal charter. Victims of press intrusion say that the
:16:05. > :16:08.proposed regulator will be no better than a poodle.
:16:08. > :16:11.When the politicians agreed a cross-party deal on press
:16:11. > :16:17.regulation, they said their plans meant press victims like the Dowlers
:16:17. > :16:21.and the McCann family would be detected. Today, the papers rejected
:16:21. > :16:24.those plans and published their own. In the wake of the Leveson Inquiry,
:16:24. > :16:30.press and politicians both want a royal charter, in effect a letter
:16:30. > :16:33.from the Queen, to set up a new system. But there are differences.
:16:33. > :16:39.The main difference is simply that our royal charter does not give
:16:39. > :16:43.politicians a role in regulating the press. Their royal charter does.
:16:43. > :16:46.That means under the press's royal charter there would not need to be
:16:46. > :16:50.votes in parliament to change the system in future. Instead,
:16:50. > :16:54.regulators and trade bodies would have to agree. Their charter talks
:16:54. > :16:57.about papers printing remedies when they make mistakes, and not
:16:57. > :17:00.apologies. The politicians were not persuaded. I will look at what they
:17:00. > :17:04.have to say, but there is an all-party agreement around the
:17:04. > :17:09.charter that was published. I'm always happy to look at other
:17:09. > :17:13.proposals. The newspapers have put forward their own proposals today. I
:17:13. > :17:18.think we should implement the plans passed by Parliament. But the papers
:17:18. > :17:22.do not have to listen to the political leaders. If they choose to
:17:22. > :17:29.ignore the cross-party plan, they could end up paying extra damages in
:17:29. > :17:32.court. But some may think that is a risk worth taking. And it infuriates
:17:32. > :17:36.those that have campaigned against them. The problem is that a small
:17:36. > :17:40.number of editors are used to having the power to be unaccountable.
:17:40. > :17:45.what they like and not have to answer for it. And they do not want
:17:45. > :17:49.that power taken away from them. means a debate about how to limit
:17:49. > :17:57.the power and what to learn from the Leveson witnesses has been
:17:57. > :18:02.dramatically reopened with the press on one side and MPs on the other.
:18:02. > :18:09.Now, unemployment in Spain has risen to another record high, prompting
:18:09. > :18:12.more angry demonstrations in the heart of Madrid. The eurozone's
:18:12. > :18:17.fourth-largest economy has been in and out of recession for five years.
:18:17. > :18:22.More than a quarter of the workforce, 27%, 6 million people,
:18:22. > :18:25.are out of work. Over half of the country's youth are unemployed.
:18:25. > :18:34.Gavin Hewitt reports on the latest evidence of Spain was 's economic
:18:34. > :18:39.crisis. In Madrid, protesters clashed with the police after the
:18:39. > :18:46.announcement that unemployment had reached another record level. For
:18:46. > :18:50.those under 25, the jobless rate has reached a staggering 57%. The
:18:50. > :18:52.protesters, who marched to Parliament, shouted we are not
:18:52. > :19:00.afraid. Many of them are sceptical of the government claim that jobs
:19:00. > :19:08.and growth will return next year. In the southern Spanish city of Jerez,
:19:08. > :19:13.unemployment is over 40%. Lorenzo used to drive trucks. But he has
:19:13. > :19:22.been without work for two years. His wife, Yolanda, is also unemployed.
:19:22. > :19:25.They and their son face eviction. TRANSLATION: Future? There is no
:19:25. > :19:29.future in Spain. Three generations are being destroyed, mine, my
:19:29. > :19:35.parents because they are supporting us, and, the worst part, what will
:19:35. > :19:39.happen to my son. The doors open at the local unemployment office. There
:19:39. > :19:44.is a slender comfort that the rise in unemployment seems to be slowing.
:19:44. > :19:50.But Spain will remain in deep recession for all of this year. In
:19:50. > :19:56.the region of Jerez, more than 13,000 people have turned to
:19:56. > :20:04.charities for help. Each day, volunteers go to a foodbank and pick
:20:04. > :20:07.up emergency supplies to be handed out in the community. TRANSLATION:
:20:07. > :20:10.In the past year, the number of people asking for help has almost
:20:10. > :20:16.doubled. We are expecting those figures to increase because the
:20:16. > :20:20.situation has become far worse. the language schools across Spain,
:20:20. > :20:26.there is a huge increase in those learning German, widely seen as the
:20:26. > :20:31.best hope of finding work. This city has just over 200,000 inhabitants,
:20:31. > :20:39.but has debts of nearly 1 billion euros. It has been cutting public
:20:39. > :20:44.spending. There are signs the policy may be changing. There are many that
:20:44. > :20:48.say that putting austerity first has reached its limits. This is the big
:20:48. > :20:51.change. Europe fears unemployment and recession more than debt and it
:20:51. > :20:59.is using font targets for cutting deficits, which countries like Spain
:20:59. > :21:04.could no longer meet. In Bangladesh, rescuers have found
:21:04. > :21:09.40 people alive in the rubble of a building in Dhaka, two days after it
:21:09. > :21:18.collapsed. More than 200 people have been found dead and hundreds are
:21:19. > :21:23.still missing. The building had housed several clothing factories.
:21:23. > :21:29.A day after the disaster, they are still finding survivors. Heavy
:21:29. > :21:36.lifting gear, being brought in to help. Then, they pull a woman from
:21:36. > :21:42.the rubble. She is alive, they shout. But many more people are
:21:42. > :21:52.still trapped inside. Rescuers find this man crying for help, but unable
:21:52. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:57.to move. TRANSLATION: Save us, brother, I beg you, brother. I want
:21:57. > :22:03.to live. It's so painful. I have two little children. Then, another
:22:03. > :22:09.desperate voice. TRANSLATION: It would have been better to die than
:22:09. > :22:16.injure such pain! But we want to live. Please save us. Relatives have
:22:16. > :22:22.been scouring lists saw the dead. A nearby school has been turned into a
:22:22. > :22:28.makeshift morgue. Many still have no idea what happened to loved ones.
:22:28. > :22:32.For some, it is the news that they most dread. TRANSLATION: My sister
:22:32. > :22:41.died in there. We work in the factory together. I am only alive
:22:41. > :22:44.because I was not there yesterday. This is just the latest in a string
:22:45. > :22:47.of disasters for Bangladesh's huge clothing industry. It also means
:22:47. > :22:53.questions for the UK and other retailers that buy from the
:22:53. > :22:58.factories. Now, Bangladesh has declared a national day of
:22:58. > :23:02.mourning. Anger is growing. The garment workers are taking to the
:23:02. > :23:10.streets. For too long, they say, the human cost of making cheap clothes
:23:10. > :23:14.has been ignored. The trainer behind a major doping
:23:14. > :23:18.scandal in the world of horseracing has been banned from the sport for
:23:18. > :23:25.eight years. Mahmood Al Zarooni administered anabolic steroids to 15
:23:25. > :23:28.horses at the leading Godolphin Stadium in Newmarket. All of the
:23:28. > :23:32.trainers involved have been suspended for six months. The
:23:32. > :23:38.shortlist for the Turner prize for contemporary art has been unveiled.
:23:38. > :23:43.The four nominees include portraits of imaginary people and the first
:23:43. > :23:49.so-called live in counter entry. The winner, who will receive �20,000,
:23:49. > :23:54.will be announced in December. The nominees for the 2013 Turner Prize
:23:54. > :23:59.are... Tino C goal, whose work consists of
:23:59. > :24:01.abstract performances and brief encounters. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
:24:01. > :24:08.paints portraits of fictional characters, normally young and
:24:08. > :24:11.black. David Shrigley, nominated for his witty written statements and
:24:11. > :24:18.humorous drawings. Laure Prouvost makes surreal, subtly subversive
:24:18. > :24:22.short films. This list is more varied and unexpected than usual. It
:24:22. > :24:26.goes from painting to somebody that is known as a cartoonist. In between
:24:26. > :24:36.there are amazingly intimate encounters that Laure Prouvost and,
:24:36. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:51.in another way, Tino Sehgal make for their audiences. Tino
:24:51. > :24:55.Sehgalinclusion is likely to provoked debate because of his art,
:24:55. > :25:00.would you cannot buy or sell, or even see, in some cases. He would
:25:00. > :25:07.engage visitors in conversation here in the gallery about their personal
:25:07. > :25:11.lives. He is already an art world favourite. Who is going to win?
:25:11. > :25:16.public favourite is David Shrigley, I think. He is easy to enjoy. My
:25:16. > :25:20.personal favourite is Tino Sehgal. Performance art was on the list for
:25:20. > :25:24.the first time last year. It's back, it's very fashionable and
:25:24. > :25:30.interesting. It is time it was recognised in a more formal way.
:25:30. > :25:34.Previously shortlisted artists have made the annual award famous. That,
:25:34. > :25:40.it is hoped, will help it make a big splash when it travels abroad from
:25:40. > :25:45.Ingram for the first time, to Londonderry. I think the impact will
:25:46. > :25:48.be disproportionately huge, almost. It is on the periphery of the UK and
:25:48. > :25:52.Europe, a small place. People respond in a different way when
:25:52. > :25:58.something like the Turner prize comes to a city like that. Everybody