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:00:37. > :00:41.die? No, he's going to be an average guy like you and your children. Tell

:00:41. > :00:46.them to bring our troops back so you can live in peace. Men were shot and

:00:46. > :00:51.wounded by police. The Prime Minister calls the attack sickening.

:00:51. > :00:55.People across Britain, people in every community, I believe, will

:00:55. > :00:59.utterly condemn this attack. We've had these sorts of attacks before in

:00:59. > :01:05.our country and we never buckle in the face of them. As David Cameron

:01:05. > :01:09.prepares to chair an emergency COBRA meeting tomorrow, new clues are

:01:09. > :01:13.emerging about the identity of the attackers. Also on the programme: A

:01:13. > :01:19.warning to Britain that more needs to be spent on economic growth, but

:01:19. > :01:24.the IMF stops short of urgeling an end to austerity. -- urging an end

:01:24. > :01:27.to austerity. Reuniting families separated by the

:01:27. > :01:32.tornado, thousands have been left homeless.

:01:32. > :01:37.How the red squirrel is just one of the many British species that could

:01:37. > :01:42.On BBC London: The Mayor describes the murder of a soldier in Woolwich

:01:42. > :01:52.as an unforgivable act of violence. And as police call for calm on the

:01:52. > :01:52.

:01:52. > :03:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 97 seconds

:03:29. > :03:33.streets, we'll have the latest first some of those who

:03:33. > :03:36.Astonishingly, the man did not flee the scene. They stood talking to

:03:36. > :03:42.eyewitnesses as a horrified crowd gathered. They asked onlookers to

:03:42. > :03:47.film them. You people will never be safe. Remove your government. You

:03:47. > :03:52.think David Cameron will get caught in the street, when we start busting

:03:52. > :03:55.our guns? Do you think it will be politicians? No, it will be you and

:03:55. > :04:05.your children. Get rid of them, tell them to bring the troops back so

:04:05. > :04:06.

:04:06. > :04:10.that you can live in peace. They could have easily got away from the

:04:10. > :04:16.police car. They could have walked off and got caught later. But they

:04:16. > :04:21.was just walking around the body like they want -- wanted the police

:04:21. > :04:25.to get there. This witness said when the police arrived the men moved

:04:25. > :04:30.forward, arms down, one carrying a gun and the police fired first. This

:04:30. > :04:34.was the account given by a senior officer theeck -- this evening.

:04:34. > :04:37.men were shot by police. They have both been taken to separate London

:04:37. > :04:41.hospitals and are receiving treatment for their injuries.

:04:41. > :04:48.violence in a nearby school, terrified children were kept inside

:04:48. > :04:53.for their own safety. We also saw an ambulance helicopter land in the

:04:53. > :04:59.playground. We all thought, people were saying we're going to die and

:04:59. > :05:04.we all thought someone had died at that moment, because there was

:05:04. > :05:09.choppers, police and ambulance around. We were very scared. A large

:05:09. > :05:13.area of Woolwich is now cordoned off. This is now a complex police

:05:13. > :05:17.investigation of several connected parts. First of all, the body of the

:05:17. > :05:21.man killed, in the initial attack, then, the police shooting being

:05:21. > :05:23.scrutinised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and

:05:23. > :05:28.beyond that, counter-terrorism officers will be trying to work out

:05:28. > :05:33.who these men are, why they did this and whether anyone else is prepared

:05:33. > :05:37.to carry out a similar attack. The forensics officers are likely to be

:05:37. > :05:41.here all night. They will only be able to answer some of the many

:05:41. > :05:47.questions that result from this unprecedented act of violence. It

:05:47. > :05:50.leaves this area shocked and tense. Something else that stands out from

:05:50. > :05:55.the incident earlier today, the ways in which people went to try to help

:05:55. > :05:59.this man as he lay bleeding on the ground, regardless of the fact that

:05:59. > :06:02.the attackers stood there with guns and knives. One of them it seems has

:06:02. > :06:08.left flowers at the entrance to the barracks, that's not far from here,

:06:08. > :06:13.this evening. It says" To the poor young man, who lost his life I'm so

:06:13. > :06:17.sorry I couldn't stop these vile animals.

:06:17. > :06:20.Thank you. The Government has held an emergency meeting about the

:06:20. > :06:24.attack this evening and security at other military barracks across

:06:25. > :06:28.London has been tightened. The two attackers are under armed guard in

:06:28. > :06:33.hospital as the Security Services try to work out who they are. The

:06:33. > :06:38.BBC understand that's one of them may be of Nigerian origin. Here's

:06:38. > :06:42.our Security correspondent Frank Gardner. An extraordinary scene On

:06:42. > :06:50.Trend order near street, one of the two alleged murderers today but what

:06:50. > :06:54.do we know about them? There are unconfirmed reports that one is a

:06:54. > :07:00.suspected jihadist. The statement to the cameras before he was shot by

:07:00. > :07:04.police and take an way did carry a jihadist message of revenge.

:07:04. > :07:09.Whitehall officials say the men tried to film the attack during

:07:09. > :07:12.which they shouted Allah hu Akbar. The Prime Minister meeting the

:07:12. > :07:17.French president in Paris this evening was clearly shocked by

:07:17. > :07:22.events. Tonight, our thoughts should be with the victim, with their

:07:22. > :07:26.family, with their friends. People across Britain, people in every

:07:26. > :07:29.community, I believe, will utterly condemn this attack. We have had

:07:29. > :07:35.these sorts of attacks before in our country and we never buckle in the

:07:35. > :07:38.face of them. Inside the Security Service headquarters, the joint

:07:38. > :07:42.terrorism analysis centre is now considering whether it needs to

:07:42. > :07:46.raise the national terrorist threat level from substantial to severe. If

:07:46. > :07:52.this proves to be a concerted plot, then that threat level could

:07:52. > :07:56.possibly be raised. Tonight, key figures met in the Cabinet Office in

:07:56. > :08:02.an emergency committee called COBRA. The fact that COBRA has met tonight

:08:02. > :08:06.is a sign of just how seriously this is being taken. It was chaired by

:08:06. > :08:11.the Home Secretary, Theresa May, in place of the Prime Minister. She was

:08:11. > :08:16.supported by Andrew Parker, the Director-General of the Security

:08:16. > :08:21.Service MI5. Senior Metropolitan Police officers were at the meeting.

:08:21. > :08:24.Its their specialist operations unit SO15 which is leading the

:08:24. > :08:29.investigation. The police and Security Service are establishing

:08:29. > :08:35.the full facts of this barbaric case. But there is a strong case

:08:35. > :08:39.that it was an act of terrorism. Security has been tightened not just

:08:39. > :08:43.at Woolwich Barracks but at several defence and security establishments.

:08:43. > :08:47.British Muslims have been quick to condemn the attack. This is a time

:08:47. > :08:50.for unity, for communities to stand shoaleder to shoulder with the

:08:50. > :08:54.family of this poor chap and with the armed forces more generally.

:08:54. > :08:57.This is a time when we really need to reach out and recognise as a

:08:58. > :09:01.community of British people we are one and we're united. There will be

:09:01. > :09:05.no easy answers at the scene of the crime, but both the attackers are

:09:05. > :09:09.being treated in hospital and are expected to be questioned. The

:09:09. > :09:17.police and MI5's priority will be to prevent this bloody scene from being

:09:17. > :09:20.repeated. And our Political Editor Nick

:09:20. > :09:24.Robinson is in Westminster for us tonight. It was Theresa May talking

:09:24. > :09:29.about the indications of terrorism tonight. At what point do you think

:09:29. > :09:34.ministers became aware that this was more than a random attack?

:09:34. > :09:37.understanding is that ministers and the Mayor of London learned early

:09:37. > :09:41.about the potential seriousness of this. Within an hour of the attack,

:09:41. > :09:44.reports started to appear on social media like Twitter, I understand

:09:44. > :09:49.that the head of the Metropolitan Police was in touch. Now of course

:09:49. > :09:53.at that stage nothing was clear. But the signs were there. A soldier,

:09:53. > :09:57.near a barracks, in a Help for Heroes T-shirt, the suggestion from

:09:57. > :10:00.records of witnesses on the ground that the attackers had done it in

:10:01. > :10:05.the name of Islam, that they had waited to confront the police after

:10:05. > :10:10.the attack, that they had boasted of their savagery and claimed to be

:10:11. > :10:14.doing it for an aye Dee logical or political cause. It was not until

:10:14. > :10:19.quite late this afternoon, just before 6pm that senior twhaul

:10:19. > :10:24.sources started to talk in terms of its being terrorism. As the evening

:10:24. > :10:28.has worn on that language has hardened up. Of course, behind me in

:10:28. > :10:32.Whitehall in the Security Services and the police, they will be asking

:10:32. > :10:37.themselves: Is this a one-off or the start of something else? And even if

:10:37. > :10:40.a one-off, they'll be asking themselves just what led to it. The

:10:40. > :10:45.seriousness is shown bit fact the Prime Minister's on his way back

:10:45. > :10:49.from France, will chair a meeting of that emergency committee COBRA

:10:49. > :10:53.tomorrow. He will know, as we all know, this is the first terrorism

:10:53. > :10:58.fatality on the mainland since the attack on the bus and tube network

:10:58. > :11:05.in London on July 7, 2005. It's a grave night here in

:11:06. > :11:09.Westminster. Thank you. Let's bring you other new

:11:09. > :11:13.now's. The International Monetary Fund has warned that Britain is a

:11:13. > :11:17.long way from strong economic growth and has said that the Government

:11:17. > :11:20.should spend billions more on infrastructure projects this year,

:11:20. > :11:24.even if it means higher borrowing. But the watchdog said it was not

:11:24. > :11:28.telling the Chancellor to abandon Our Economics Editor Stephanie

:11:28. > :11:35.Flanders reports. Austerity. For years the IMF has supported the

:11:35. > :11:40.Chancellor's plans for cutting the deficit, but it also said it should

:11:40. > :11:44.slow the pace of austerity if growth continued to fall short. Today the

:11:44. > :11:48.fund said the Chancellor should do more. The published statement was

:11:48. > :11:52.careful to say the least. I asked the deputy manage ING Director to

:11:52. > :11:56.translate. They're trying very hard to stick to their goals. What we're

:11:56. > :12:01.suggesting is that the goal might be ajusteded this year, perhaps next

:12:01. > :12:04.year for a while, in order to pro provile -- provide more support to

:12:04. > :12:08.the economy. That's a novel suggestion and one that is worth

:12:08. > :12:12.being considered. The fund wants the Chancellor to bring forward public

:12:13. > :12:18.investments pencilled in for the future to help offset �10 billion in

:12:18. > :12:21.budget cuts planned for this year. Time to make a trip to Battersea

:12:21. > :12:25.Power Station which should have a new tube line when it's developed

:12:25. > :12:30.thanks to his Government guarantees. The Treasury says the Government's

:12:30. > :12:35.already doing a lot of the things the IMF has suggested it. -- today.

:12:35. > :12:39.It's not a loud call for a plan b, but the fund is saying the

:12:39. > :12:42.Chancellor should do more to promote growth this year, even if it means

:12:42. > :12:46.borrowing more as well. Are you saying you're going to reject that

:12:46. > :12:51.advice? The IMF says when your deficit is very high, that was built

:12:51. > :12:53.up in the good years when we should have been paying down debt, when

:12:53. > :12:58.it's very high, it's not a straightforward choice. Those are

:12:58. > :13:01.their words, not mine. What we're doing is combining a credible plan

:13:01. > :13:04.so that Britain deals with its debts, while at the same time,

:13:04. > :13:08.investing in the kind of infrastructure, the roads, the

:13:08. > :13:13.railways, the new buildings, the construction work that the country

:13:13. > :13:16.badly needs. There were kind words for the Chancellor in today's press

:13:16. > :13:20.conference and pointed talk about what the Bank of England and

:13:20. > :13:23.financial regulators should be doing to support growth. But the

:13:23. > :13:27.Opposition zeroed in about the advice on the budgets. We have been

:13:27. > :13:31.calling for three years for the Chancellor to get the balance plan,

:13:31. > :13:37.to get the deficit down but to get growth and jobs moving in the

:13:37. > :13:40.economy. The IMF are saying the same. The Chancellor has to act.

:13:40. > :13:45.IMF thinks the long-term plan to cut borrowing makes sense but right now

:13:45. > :13:47.it says the Chancellor should not just think about easing the pace of

:13:47. > :13:55.just think about easing the pace of just think about easing the pace of

:13:55. > :14:00.austerity, but actually do it. Oklahoma,

:14:00. > :14:05.of survival continue to emerge after one of America's deadliest tornadoes

:14:05. > :14:10.pour through a suburb of Oklahoma City on Monday. Authorities are

:14:10. > :14:13.winding down the search and rescue operation. 24 people died, including

:14:13. > :14:21.nine children. Thousands have been left homeless. Mark Mardell is in

:14:21. > :14:23.Oklahoma. A rubber duck and Dave back of

:14:23. > :14:27.toys. People resolutely pick through the wreckage of their lives. Some

:14:28. > :14:33.are asking if, in Tornado Alley, there should be more shelter from

:14:33. > :14:38.the storm. The force of the tornado through cars into the air, scattered

:14:38. > :14:47.microwave sunbeds and smashed the houses themselves, reducing them to

:14:47. > :14:53.their component parts. More than the destruction, is the scale of it that

:14:53. > :15:01.hard to grasp. Houses reduced to rubble, flat on the ground. Down the

:15:01. > :15:04.hill, hunting through the ruins of her home. This used to be the

:15:05. > :15:10.kitchen. The one room that they didn't have was an underground

:15:10. > :15:13.shelter, her husband only survived because their neighbours did.

:15:13. > :15:23.lucky, nobody in our family died. There was a shelter and they were

:15:23. > :15:28.holding the doors down. That saved his life? Yes, it did. That's a

:15:29. > :15:34.big, big tornado. Monday's twister was exceptional. Tornadoes are

:15:34. > :15:38.common in this part of the world, but few have shelters. The mayor now

:15:38. > :15:43.wants all new homes to have one goes like this one, where Karen and four

:15:43. > :15:51.others hid from the elements. a roar of some kind. You can compare

:15:51. > :15:56.it to an engine, a train. It was so intense. You could feel it pounding.

:15:56. > :16:01.The tornado which tore out of the sky smashed flat not only homes but

:16:01. > :16:05.two schools. Neither had bunkers. This is the school before and what

:16:05. > :16:13.it looked like afterwards. Steve Cobb carried his daughter to safety.

:16:13. > :16:17.His wife, a teacher, was the only shelter that the children had.

:16:17. > :16:23.knew that if I was taken, the little babies underneath me would be gone

:16:23. > :16:30.as well. So I just held on for dear life until the wall fell on top of

:16:30. > :16:40.me and knocked me out. Francesco searches with quiet desperation for

:16:40. > :16:45.

:16:45. > :16:50.family photos. Los Angeles police -- loss and relief are mingling. They

:16:50. > :16:52.rescue a few shirts, as well as pictures showing the determination

:16:52. > :16:58.that is evident all around. Rebuilding their life will take an

:16:58. > :17:02.age. Labour Leader Ed Miliband today

:17:02. > :17:06.accused Internet giant Google of going to extraordinary lengths to

:17:06. > :17:10.avoid paying tax. Speaking at a Google conference, he said he was

:17:10. > :17:16.disappointed that the company was paying a fraction of 1% on billions

:17:16. > :17:20.of pounds of revenue. In Brussels, EU leaders have been discussing a

:17:20. > :17:25.common approach to combat tax evasion.

:17:25. > :17:29.The problem with a company motto is that people will tend to hold you to

:17:29. > :17:36.it. Today, Ed Miliband did just that on a visit to what Google calls its

:17:36. > :17:42.big tent. When Google goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid

:17:42. > :17:45.paying taxes, I say it is wrong. The Labour Leader expected the Internet

:17:45. > :17:52.giant's American boss to be there to hear him and not this empty chair.

:17:52. > :17:56.I'm sorry that he's not here this morning to hear this directly.

:17:57. > :18:01.when Google does great things, I will praise you. But when Eric

:18:01. > :18:07.Schmidt says that its current approach to tax is just capitalism,

:18:07. > :18:11.I disagree. Two days ago, Eric Schmidt did meet a political leader,

:18:11. > :18:17.David Cameron in Downing Street. We are told the Prime Minister did not

:18:17. > :18:20.raise the firm's tax arrangements. A committee of MPs recently described

:18:20. > :18:26.them as devious, calculating and unethical, because Google makes

:18:26. > :18:32.billions of pounds in Britain but pays just a few million in tax. Ed

:18:32. > :18:36.Miliband said it reminded him of the bankers. Let's go back and rewind

:18:36. > :18:41.the clock. What were the banks are saying in 2000? Don't regulators,

:18:41. > :18:44.don't do the right thing or we will leave the country. But too often,

:18:44. > :18:51.governments did not respond and do the right thing. A company with a

:18:51. > :18:53.slogan don't be evil will not like being compared to the banks. But

:18:53. > :18:59.like the banks, changing the behaviour of multinationals like

:18:59. > :19:04.Google, Amazon or Starbucks will only be possible through

:19:04. > :19:08.international agreement. Just such an international agreement is what

:19:08. > :19:13.David Cameron says he is trying to negotiate. Today, at a summit of EU

:19:13. > :19:17.leaders in Brussels, next month that the world's richest club, the G8,

:19:17. > :19:22.which he will chair in Northern Ireland. What are putting this at

:19:22. > :19:28.the front of the agenda has achieved is a proper agreement in the EU to

:19:28. > :19:32.start with that all countries should exchange tax information and act on

:19:32. > :19:39.clear beneficial ownership, so we know that he won't swap. I think

:19:39. > :19:43.this is a big step forward. More than three hours after avoiding Ed

:19:43. > :19:49.Miliband, Google's Chief Executive faced questions about avoiding tax

:19:49. > :19:54.after arriving at his own company's event. I don't want there to be any

:19:54. > :19:59.confusion, Google is a capitalist country... Company. We actually make

:19:59. > :20:03.profits and we are proud of it. I cannot defend the international tax

:20:03. > :20:07.regime. Your government, and we have said it needs to be rethought. Trust

:20:07. > :20:11.me, I didn't design such an irrational structure. The man from

:20:11. > :20:15.Google came here to promote his new book on shaping the future.

:20:15. > :20:25.Politicians are competing to demonstrate how they can reshape his

:20:25. > :20:28.The man accused of abducting and murdering five-year-old April Jones

:20:28. > :20:31.last October has begun giving evidence at his trial. Mark Bridger

:20:32. > :20:36.said he had problems remembering events because of his drinking. He

:20:36. > :20:39.denies the charges against him, saying that he accidentally killed

:20:39. > :20:43.April when he ran her over but he cannot recall what he did with her

:20:43. > :20:47.body. A man has been charged in connection

:20:47. > :20:53.with an IRA bomb attack in Hyde Park in London more than 30 years ago in

:20:53. > :20:58.which four soldiers were killed. John Anthony Downey from County

:20:58. > :21:01.Donegal appeared in court accused of leaving a car bomb. It exploded as

:21:01. > :21:07.members of the Royal Household Cavalry rode from their barracks to

:21:07. > :21:10.Buckingham Palace in 1982. South Africa is the economic

:21:10. > :21:14.powerhouse of the African continent, responsible for nearly a third of

:21:14. > :21:19.its entire GDP. But political uncertainty and the after-shocks of

:21:19. > :21:25.racial apartheid have held its economy back in comparison to some

:21:25. > :21:28.neighbours. In poor townships like Alexandra, you don't have to look

:21:28. > :21:38.far to find examples of the economic change that is rippling across the

:21:38. > :21:42.region. On the crowded streets of

:21:42. > :21:44.Alexandra, some will tell you South Africa is not working. Crime and

:21:44. > :21:50.unemployment certainly have deep roots in this township on the edge

:21:50. > :21:56.of Johannesburg. The poorest wait for handouts as a sluggish economy

:21:56. > :22:02.plays into the hands of the pessimists. People are angry

:22:02. > :22:12.because, really, this is not the freedom that we have fought for. We

:22:12. > :22:16.need jobs. We need houses. We need service delivery. We need to be

:22:16. > :22:25.recognised, that we are human beings. We need that dignity to come

:22:25. > :22:31.back to Alex. But Alex also offers reasons to be cheerful about this

:22:31. > :22:33.boisterous country. For all of its daunting challenges, South Africa is

:22:33. > :22:38.still the biggest, most sophisticated economy on the

:22:38. > :22:47.continent. There is real energy, real optimism, even in places like

:22:47. > :22:55.this. In the heart of Alex sits one of the busiest mauls in Africa. 1

:22:55. > :23:00.million people flow through here each month. Truly world-class.The

:23:00. > :23:07.owner tells me there is more jobs and money and pessimists would have

:23:07. > :23:14.you believe. I think this tells the story of South Africa. Out of a

:23:14. > :23:20.depressed economy, where there is poverty, there can also be upside of

:23:20. > :23:25.success and wealth creation. As you can see, people here are not poor.

:23:25. > :23:33.They actually live on a strictly cash basis. They don't buy anything

:23:33. > :23:38.on credit. So, slowly, an entrepreneurial spirit is growing.

:23:38. > :23:45.It is hampered by poor education and corruption, but a new generation is

:23:45. > :23:50.impatient for change. It is really up to the youth, those that feel

:23:50. > :23:59.they need to get up on their own two feet and make the difference. They

:24:00. > :24:05.need to stand and do what the government is not doing. So, the day

:24:05. > :24:09.ends with another party. South Africa has huge problems. But it

:24:09. > :24:19.sometimes and sells itself. This is a young, vibrant country, tapping

:24:19. > :24:22.

:24:22. > :24:27.into the rising confidence of an extinction in the UK unless urgent

:24:27. > :24:30.action is taken. The warning comes from a major new report from 25

:24:30. > :24:35.wildlife organisations assessing the state of Britain's nature. It looked

:24:35. > :24:44.at more than 3000 native species. 60% were found to be in long-term

:24:44. > :24:49.decline. The delicate colours of the high

:24:49. > :24:51.brown glittery. This is a site that has becoming greasing the rare.

:24:51. > :24:56.British wildlife has sharply declined in the last 50 years as

:24:56. > :25:01.habitats have been shrinking. There are, of course, some successes. The

:25:01. > :25:04.otter has returned to every county in England. At the first copper

:25:04. > :25:09.offensive assessment of British nature has come up with a very stark

:25:09. > :25:15.finding. The pressure on the natural world is greater than it ever was.

:25:15. > :25:20.Our capacity and ingenuity of finding ways to destroy and poison

:25:20. > :25:26.things is unparalleled. We can kill things at the drop of a hat. It's

:25:26. > :25:31.not surprising things are getting worse. 25 conservation groups came

:25:31. > :25:35.together to produce this stock take of wildlife. It found one in ten

:25:35. > :25:41.species is facing extinction. Turtle doves are down 93% since 1970.

:25:41. > :25:48.Hedgehogs are down by 33% since the year 2000. This is one attempt to

:25:48. > :25:53.reverse that trend. A nature reserve on an old rubbish dump. This is can

:25:53. > :25:57.restrict in London, right beside St Pancras station. But it is bustling

:25:57. > :26:00.with all kinds of life. What is remarkable, even here in the middle

:26:00. > :26:04.of London, is that nature can flourish if it is given a chance.

:26:04. > :26:09.That's the good news from the report. The bad news is that we are

:26:09. > :26:15.on course to lose a lot of species without really understanding the

:26:15. > :26:23.consequences. Take these, famous for pollinating plants. A natural role

:26:23. > :26:28.with a huge commercial value. water, clean air, controlling pests,

:26:29. > :26:34.pollination, tourism, these are worth a great amount to us. Once we

:26:34. > :26:37.lost it, we would realise how important it was. The report authors