:00:09. > :00:15.Tonight at ten, hundreds of thousands of Americans off work with
:00:15. > :00:19.no pay because of a budget deadlock. Prominent sites and public services
:00:19. > :00:26.are closed as Republicans are accused by the president of holding
:00:26. > :00:29.the government to ransom. I urge House Republicans to reopen the
:00:29. > :00:33.government, restart the services that Americans depend on and allow
:00:33. > :00:38.the public servants who have been sent home to return to work.
:00:38. > :00:42.So far there is no sign of compromise on either side, we will
:00:42. > :00:45.be asking how long the shutdown could last.
:00:45. > :00:49.Also tonight, Labour leader Ed Miliband accuses the Daily Mail of
:00:49. > :00:55.lying about his late father, Ralph Miliband. Briton saved his life, it
:00:55. > :01:02.saved his life, and this paper is saying that he hated Britain. And
:01:02. > :01:05.that is a lie, that is a lie. The little boy described as a fussy
:01:05. > :01:12.eater by the mother accused of starving him to death. In Rome,
:01:12. > :01:17.signs that Silvio Berlusconi's authority over members of his own
:01:17. > :01:19.party is weakening. And Arsenal drive forward in the
:01:19. > :01:25.Champions League with another convincing win tonight.
:01:25. > :01:29.Coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, all the results from the night's
:01:29. > :01:30.Champions League matches, and all the goals involving the British
:01:30. > :01:58.sites, including a classic own goal. Good evening. For the first time in
:01:58. > :02:03.17 years, part of the US Government have shut down after Congress failed
:02:03. > :02:07.to agree a new budget. President Obama has accused the Republicans of
:02:07. > :02:11.holding the government to ransom. More than 700,000 employees are
:02:11. > :02:16.facing unpaid leave, but essential staff, including 1.4 million
:02:16. > :02:22.military personnel, are at work and will be paid. Experts predict that
:02:22. > :02:24.the loss to economic output will cost $320 million per day. North
:02:24. > :02:31.America editor Mark Mardell has the latest now from Washington.
:02:31. > :02:32.America has not descended into anarchy, there are police on the
:02:32. > :02:37.streets and normal life goes on, but anarchy, there are police on the
:02:37. > :02:41.the government is only spending what it must. Above earth, on the space
:02:41. > :02:46.station, astronauts are working, but most at NASA are not. Animals will
:02:46. > :02:50.be fed at the zoo, but the cameras have gone dark. It is not dealing
:02:51. > :02:53.with a disaster so much as a national embarrassment. The
:02:53. > :02:59.president, surrounded by those who like his health Law, said he would
:02:59. > :03:03.not be bullied into it. Congress does not have to just abandon this
:03:03. > :03:06.shut and reopen the government. Congress has to stop governing by
:03:06. > :03:15.crisis. They have to break this habit. It is a drag on the economy.
:03:15. > :03:20.It is not worthy of this country. For Washington, this is almost
:03:20. > :03:25.personal. The nation's capital is very much a government town, and the
:03:25. > :03:28.shutdown of federal buildings like these really hurts. Many federal
:03:28. > :03:35.workers turned up this morning and were sent home. The trickle-down
:03:35. > :03:39.effect is scaring, you know, everybody, they are hurting
:03:39. > :03:43.already, and this just adds to it. I had to come in and shut myself down
:03:43. > :03:46.and go home again, and I don't know how long I will be not working, but
:03:46. > :03:47.and go home again, and I don't know I just be like Congress isn't doing
:03:47. > :03:53.their job. The Moll is lined with I just be like Congress isn't doing
:03:53. > :03:57.some of the most impressive museums in the world, all shot. These
:03:57. > :04:01.veterans came all the way from Mississippi to see the nation's
:04:01. > :04:05.World War II memorial and found it cordoned off. I think it is kind of
:04:05. > :04:09.stupid that they can close it down, but who am I? It is very
:04:09. > :04:14.disappointing that we are not allowing veterans to go in. Even the
:04:14. > :04:18.White House has sent home two thirds of its staff, although not everyone
:04:18. > :04:23.gets off work. The President signed a law to make sure the military was
:04:23. > :04:27.paid, but his wife's Twitter account fell victim to the shutdown. In
:04:27. > :04:30.Congress, the morning after the night before, arguments continue
:04:30. > :04:33.with all the same bitterness and little of the agency. The
:04:33. > :04:38.Republicans blame the President's party for fusing to talk about
:04:38. > :04:41.delaying his health care bill. Our country has big problems. Today our
:04:41. > :04:47.government has big problems. The only way they will be resolved is if
:04:47. > :04:52.we sits down amicably and keep the American people in mind and come to
:04:52. > :04:56.an agreement. As much harm as this shutdown may be doing, there are
:04:56. > :04:59.greater worries about the crisis around the corner, what happens if
:04:59. > :05:04.Congress will not raise the debt ceiling. If we get to October the
:05:04. > :05:11.17th without a deal, that is economic Armageddon, really. That is
:05:11. > :05:14.Pandora's box, it will be a mess with no policy response. There is no
:05:14. > :05:19.saying when the nation's moneymen is will be open again, but this latest
:05:19. > :05:25.crisis -- monuments will be open again, but this will only increase
:05:25. > :05:28.contempt for Congress in its failures.
:05:28. > :05:33.Robert Peston, we have heard about the cost to the United States of the
:05:33. > :05:37.shutdown, what about elsewhere? It depends how long it goes on. If it
:05:37. > :05:44.lasts the same length of time as the last such shutdown in 1986, which
:05:44. > :05:47.went on for three or four weeks, economists think that the growth
:05:47. > :05:52.rate of a recovering United States could half in the last quarter of
:05:52. > :05:59.the year. What you have to remember is that America, with all the talk
:05:59. > :06:03.of Chinese growth, is still by a margin the world's biggest economy.
:06:03. > :06:07.If America does well, the rest of the world does pretty well. If it
:06:07. > :06:11.does badly, the rest of the world tends to be a bit more feeble. And
:06:11. > :06:17.America are's health is tends to be a bit more feeble. And
:06:17. > :06:20.important to Britain. It is by far our biggest trading partner, and
:06:20. > :06:25.unlike many of our other trading partners, we actually sell more to
:06:25. > :06:29.America than we buy from America. Pretty unusual. And therefore,
:06:29. > :06:33.again, if there is a slowdown in America, that will not be good for
:06:33. > :06:36.us. There is another thing which Mark Mardell alluded to in his
:06:36. > :06:42.film, which is that in just a few weeks there is a very grave risk
:06:42. > :06:46.that America will run out of money. The federal government is not
:06:46. > :06:49.allowed to borrow more than a certain amount agreed by Congress,
:06:49. > :06:55.it is called the debt ceiling, and that amount is a staggering $16.7
:06:55. > :06:59.trillion, but believe it or not, the American government is right up
:06:59. > :07:05.against that limit. Now, Congress has to approve an increase in that
:07:05. > :07:08.ceiling. The US president and the government need that to be able to
:07:08. > :07:11.borrow more. With this failure of the Democrats and the Republicans to
:07:11. > :07:14.reach an agreement on the budget, there are many people who fear they
:07:14. > :07:20.will not reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. America
:07:20. > :07:26.may not pay its bills. In simple terms, it would default. That is an
:07:26. > :07:30.almost unthinkable prospect, because America's debts are viewed by
:07:30. > :07:34.investors all over the world as the equivalent of solid gold. If they
:07:34. > :07:38.were no longer viewed as that kind of quality, well, that would shake
:07:38. > :07:44.global markets. It would undermine confidence in a way that we have not
:07:44. > :07:48.seen since the 2008 financial crisis. It would take us right back
:07:48. > :07:51.to that kind of calamity, which is why right now people like me think
:07:52. > :07:56.that America will come to its senses, and there will be a deal.
:07:56. > :08:00.But there is not a deal right now, which is why it is right to be a
:08:00. > :08:08.little bit nervous about economic and financial prospects.
:08:08. > :08:12.Now, Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused the Daily Mail of printing
:08:12. > :08:13.lies about his late father, sociologist and prominent Marxist
:08:13. > :08:17.thinker Ralph Miliband. The paper sociologist and prominent Marxist
:08:17. > :08:22.alleged he was a man who hated Britain. The paper says it stands by
:08:22. > :08:27.every word, but the Labour leader said there should be boundaries were
:08:27. > :08:32.politicians' families are concerned. He spoke to Ross Hawkins.
:08:32. > :08:38.A Marxist who came to Britain to flee the NATS ease, an officer in
:08:38. > :08:42.the Royal Navy during the war, Ed Miliband's father. According to the
:08:42. > :08:47.Daily Mail, he was a man who hated Britain, and his son is clearly
:08:47. > :08:52.furious. Briton saved his life, it saved his life, and this paper is
:08:52. > :08:59.saying that he hated Britain. And that is a lie, that is a lie, and I
:08:59. > :09:03.am not willing to let it stand. You say you are not willing to let it
:09:04. > :09:10.stand. What more can you do, will you do? Look, the Daily Mail
:09:10. > :09:15.publishes what it publishes, it is not about regulation, but it is
:09:15. > :09:22.about me, you know, using the platform I have as a son, really, to
:09:22. > :09:25.defend my father. In the end, the British public have to make a
:09:25. > :09:29.decision about what they think, whether they think it is fair or not
:09:29. > :09:37.for the Daily Mail to act in this way. The Daily Mail's view was
:09:37. > :09:41.tetchy and menacing, and it stuck by its story, even as other politicians
:09:41. > :09:46.sympathised. Is someone attacked my dad, whom I think about a lot and I
:09:46. > :09:51.miss everyday, I would rush into print and defend him as best I
:09:51. > :09:57.could. Ed seems to be doing exactly the same thing. The Daily Mail
:09:57. > :10:00.insists that the politics of the father matter when the sun has told
:10:00. > :10:09.voters that he is bringing back socialism. It respects Ed
:10:09. > :10:13.Miliband's right to mount a defence, but it added that Ralph Miliband
:10:13. > :10:17.hated the Queen, the Church and the army and wanted a workers'
:10:17. > :10:20.revolution. Our readers, it says, have a right to know that. Time is
:10:20. > :10:25.running out for politicians to decide how the press should be
:10:25. > :10:30.regulated in future. The paper based here says that the doctrine backed
:10:30. > :10:31.by Ralph Miliband crushed freedom of expression and it suggests that his
:10:31. > :10:37.by Ralph Miliband crushed freedom of son might do the same. 20 years
:10:37. > :10:42.after his death, that puts this man at the heart of a deeply personal
:10:42. > :10:46.row between that Sun, who could be Britain's next Prime Minister, and
:10:46. > :10:53.one of the country's most powerful papers about just what views are fit
:10:53. > :10:54.to print. David Cameron says that further cuts
:10:54. > :10:58.in public spending would not David Cameron says that further cuts
:10:58. > :11:01.necessarily be needed to achieve a budget surplus in the next
:11:01. > :11:04.Parliament. The Prime Minister insisted the coalition have already
:11:04. > :11:08.shown how services could be improved, even when there was less
:11:08. > :11:13.money available. He was speaking to Nick Robinson at the Conservative
:11:13. > :11:18.Party conference in Manchester. Is the Tory prescription for the
:11:18. > :11:21.nation's economic health another dose of austerity medicine? I have
:11:22. > :11:27.got my speech tomorrow, don't take my blood pressure today, it will be
:11:27. > :11:32.off the chart! That is the question that David Cameron faced today,
:11:32. > :11:38.after the promise that government will spend less than its taxes, he
:11:38. > :11:40.promised that a friend and foe alike have said would lead to a dose of
:11:41. > :11:47.cuts. The Prime Minister insists that his plan is not ideological, it
:11:47. > :11:51.is common sense. If you have overdraft over overdraft year after
:11:51. > :11:54.year, it does matter that in the good years you start putting some
:11:54. > :11:58.money aside for potentially rainy days that might like a long wait
:11:58. > :12:05.haired. Can we be clear what that means? Seven more years of cuts to
:12:05. > :12:09.government departments. It does not necessarily mean that, if the
:12:09. > :12:13.economy grows, if tax revenues increase, if unemployment falls,
:12:13. > :12:17.there would be money to spend on other departments. No previous
:12:17. > :12:21.chancellor or Conservative Prime Minister has promised a budget
:12:21. > :12:23.surplus year in, year out, and the reason is it can mean cuts in public
:12:24. > :12:28.spending. It is early days, but it reason is it can mean cuts in public
:12:28. > :12:31.could mean a real terms freeze, and we would have to make decisions
:12:31. > :12:36.about what you do with each department, but we have demonstrated
:12:36. > :12:40.in government that you can make reductions but improve services. The
:12:40. > :12:44.other big economic announcement here in Manchester was about housing, the
:12:44. > :12:47.earlier than expected launch of the government's controversial scheme to
:12:47. > :12:53.help people who are struggling to raise funds for a deposit to buy
:12:53. > :12:57.their home. The Government is now subsidising someone who could afford
:12:57. > :13:03.to buy a £600,000 house while cutting benefits from people who
:13:03. > :13:08.barely can afford enough to make ends meet. I don't accept that for a
:13:08. > :13:12.minute. What we are doing with the Help To Buy scheme is not a subsidy
:13:12. > :13:17.to people, it is a mortgage guarantee, and a mortgage
:13:17. > :13:21.guarantee... An interest-free loan. I could take you to street within
:13:21. > :13:26.minutes of year where you could buy an entire house for £120,000. People
:13:26. > :13:31.cannot buy an entire house around here because you cannot get a 95%
:13:31. > :13:36.mortgage anymore, so there are young people in our country who have good
:13:36. > :13:39.jobs, decent incomes, they could afford the mortgage payments but
:13:39. > :13:44.they cannot buy the house. It is a failure in our banking market, in
:13:44. > :13:50.our banks. There is one other new policy year, and it centres on this
:13:50. > :13:54.man. All will be revealed in the speech! Boris Johnson, the Tory who
:13:54. > :13:59.reaches parts that other politicians cannot, charmed his party with
:13:59. > :14:02.another jokey hint at the extent of his political ambition. Not so long
:14:02. > :14:08.ago I welcome the former French Prime Minister, Alain Juppe, to my
:14:08. > :14:19.office in City Hall, and he told me that he was now the mayor of
:14:20. > :14:24.Bordeaux. This came after David Cameron made it clear he wanted the
:14:24. > :14:29.Mayor of London back as a Tory MP. He has a huge contribution to make.
:14:29. > :14:32.Whenever Boris wants e, he -- to, he will get a huge welcome from me.
:14:32. > :14:38.Whenever Boris wants e, he -- to, he REPORTER: Would you like to see
:14:38. > :14:42.Boris back? I love Boris. Boris has yet to decide whether to take up
:14:42. > :14:45.that offer. Perhaps he's waiting to see whether the Prime Minister's big
:14:45. > :14:51.speech tomorrow makes him look like a winner.
:14:51. > :14:56.A committee of Kenyan MPs halls started an inquiry -- has started an
:14:56. > :15:00.inquiry into the attack on a shopping centre in Nairobi in which
:15:00. > :15:04.67 people are known to have died. These new pictures are from inside
:15:05. > :15:08.the complex. Shop keepers were allowed to assess the damage and
:15:08. > :15:10.reclaim goods. Extensive looting is reported to have taken place with
:15:11. > :15:13.allegations that members of the reported to have taken place with
:15:13. > :15:19.Security Services were involved. The fate of dozens of missing civilians
:15:19. > :15:24.remains unclear. A woman, accused of starving her son
:15:25. > :15:29.to death, has told Bradford Crown Court that she believed he was a
:15:29. > :15:31.fussy eater. Amanda Hutton denies the manslaughter of four-year-old
:15:32. > :15:40.Hamzah Khan but admits child neglect. His body was found at his
:15:40. > :15:43.home two years after he died. Hamzah Khan's own maerge is --
:15:43. > :15:49.mother is accused of starving him to Hamzah Khan's own maerge is --
:15:49. > :15:54.death and leaving his lifeless body in a cot for two years while she
:15:54. > :15:59.drank a bottle of vodka a day. For the fiers time Amanda Hutton arrives
:15:59. > :16:05.at court to deny manslaughter. Standing in the witness box, crying
:16:05. > :16:10.at times, she told the court he had difficulty from birth. "He was a
:16:10. > :16:14.fussy eater. Sometimes he'd eat, then decide he can't want to eat. He
:16:15. > :16:20.was very up and down." She was asked why she didn't ring for hem after he
:16:20. > :16:26.died. She said, "I wanted to call the police but Tariq stopped me." We
:16:26. > :16:31.can't identify the house where they lived. Today Amanda Hutton told the
:16:31. > :16:34.court her life was in limbo after her son died and only then did
:16:34. > :16:40.court her life was in limbo after start drinking heavily. But the
:16:40. > :16:46.prosecutor said she was a nasty drink keeping her son's death a
:16:46. > :16:48.secret. She said no, it was like a rolling snowball getting bigger
:16:48. > :16:59.every day. Looking straight at Amanda Hutton,
:16:59. > :17:08.Paul Green green, QC -- Paul GreaneyQc asked: . You cared more
:17:08. > :17:12.about alcohol than you did about that child. She replied, "No, that's
:17:12. > :17:17.not true." Amanda Hutton told the jury, chef didn't think she needed
:17:17. > :17:20.any help for his lack of eating because she thought he would grow
:17:20. > :17:23.out of it. The 43-year-old has already admitted neglect buff denies
:17:23. > :17:30.out of it. The 43-year-old has the -- but denies the manslaughter
:17:30. > :17:32.of her son. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin
:17:32. > :17:35.Netanyahu, has told the United The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin
:17:35. > :17:39.Nationses General Assembly that his country will never allow Iran to
:17:39. > :17:44.develop nuclear weapons even if it has to act alone. He dismissed what
:17:44. > :17:48.he called the recent charm offensive of Iran's new president, Hasan
:17:48. > :17:53.Rouhani, and described him as a wolf in sheep's clothing. Jermey Bowen
:17:53. > :17:56.reports from New York. The Israeli Prime Minister's
:17:56. > :18:00.motorcade was relatively low key, his message was not. Mr Netanyahu
:18:00. > :18:03.once again compared the rulers of Iran to the Nazis, claiming that the
:18:03. > :18:04.once again compared the rulers of Iranians are developing nuclear
:18:04. > :18:08.once again compared the rulers of weapons to give them the power
:18:09. > :18:12.once again compared the rulers of annihilate Israel. His mission was
:18:12. > :18:16.also to counteract last week's charm offensive by Iran's new president,
:18:16. > :18:21.Hasan Rouhani. Smiling all the way, he said he was here to offer a fast,
:18:21. > :18:26.negotiated deal on the future of Iran's nuclear programme, which he
:18:26. > :18:29.insisted was for peaceful purposes. The Assembly will hear a statement
:18:29. > :18:35.insisted was for peaceful purposes. by His Excellency, Benjamin
:18:35. > :18:38.Netanyahu. APPLAUSE
:18:38. > :18:42.Israel's Prime Minister used to find it easier at the UN to take aim at
:18:42. > :18:47.previous Iranian president, who delighted in being the West's bogey
:18:47. > :18:53.man. Mr Netanyahu warned that Iranian presidents don't change.
:18:53. > :19:00.When it comes to Iran's nuclear weapons programme, the only
:19:00. > :19:04.difference between them is this: Ahmadinejad was a wolf in wolf's
:19:04. > :19:09.clothing. Rouhani is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Mr Netanyahu said,
:19:10. > :19:19.don't lift sanctions, try diplomacy, but he renewed his threat to attack
:19:19. > :19:26.Iran. Israel will never ack weess to arms in the hands of a rogue regime
:19:26. > :19:32.that repeatedly tries to wipe us off the map. Israel will have no choice
:19:32. > :19:35.but to defend itself. Iranians boycotted his speech. After they
:19:35. > :19:38.came back to warn that Iran would defend it self-if attacked and to --
:19:38. > :19:45.itself if attacks and remind the UN defend it self-if attacked and to --
:19:45. > :19:49.that Israel already has WMDs, weapons of mass destruction. He
:19:49. > :19:56.talked a lot of WMDs in the Middle East without mentioning that Israel
:19:56. > :20:03.is the only one in the region that possesses all types of WMDs, but is
:20:03. > :20:06.not a party to any of the treaties banning them. The next stage in the
:20:06. > :20:09.diplomatic process started here banning them. The next stage in the
:20:09. > :20:11.the UN in New York is a meeting in Geneva later this month, at which
:20:11. > :20:16.Iran is due to come up with its Geneva later this month, at which
:20:16. > :20:18.for dealing with this problem of its nuclear programme. The threats
:20:18. > :20:22.traded by Israel and Iran in the nuclear programme. The threats
:20:22. > :20:28.General Assembly are a reminder of why this thing needs to be settled
:20:28. > :20:36.peacefully. If it isn't, there is a real risk of another Middle East
:20:36. > :20:39.war. The racing commentator, John
:20:39. > :20:42.war. McCririck, has denied that his
:20:42. > :20:47.authority was undermind by his appearance on reality television
:20:47. > :20:53.shows and denied that what he calls his pantomime villain there act
:20:53. > :20:57.damaged horse racing. He alleges he was fired by Channel 4 and the
:20:57. > :21:01.channel company IMG Media because of his age, a claim that the companies
:21:01. > :21:06.deny. This report does contain flash photography.
:21:06. > :21:12.He is an award winning racing pundit. He's also a self-confessed
:21:12. > :21:15.loud mouth. This morning John McCririck was in full voice claiming
:21:15. > :21:18.he was unfairly sacked because of his age. It's very important for
:21:18. > :21:23.he was unfairly sacked because of everybody, from their 30s to their
:21:23. > :21:29.70s, who dread anonymous suits and skirts coming in and on a whim
:21:29. > :21:35.sacking them. John McCririck is famous for his expertise boisterous
:21:35. > :21:41.manner and unique taste in clothes and jewellery, but he was dropped as
:21:41. > :21:43.a racing presenter last year. Today it was suggested he was sacked
:21:43. > :21:46.a racing presenter last year. Today because of his age, but because of
:21:47. > :21:52.his sexist views and his appearances on reality TV shows. You are so
:21:52. > :21:56.disgusting! When he took part in on reality TV shows. You are so
:21:56. > :22:02.Celebrity Big Brother, he was seen in his underwear and referred to the
:22:02. > :22:10.model Caprice as "the totty". He was also on Celebrity Wife Swap. Park as
:22:10. > :22:18.soon as you can park. He claimed Channel 4 approved and denied
:22:18. > :22:22.reality TV had damaged his image as a racing expert. He was asked, "Are
:22:22. > :22:27.you seriously suggesting Celebrity Big Brother and Celebrity Wife Swap
:22:27. > :22:30.would not raise questions about your gravitas? John McCririck explained,
:22:30. > :22:34."My gravitas has not been affected gravitas? John McCririck explained,
:22:34. > :22:37.by doing the reality shows. You could say it attracted more people
:22:37. > :22:43.to racing, people knew me and watched what I was saying on and off
:22:43. > :22:48.racing." John McCririck accepted today that he sometimes liked to
:22:49. > :22:54.portray himself as an obnoxious, sexist pig, buff he said it was part
:22:54. > :22:59.of a pantomime act. The real reason he claims Channel 4 dropped him is
:22:59. > :23:05.his age. John McCririck is seeking a six-figure sum in damages, buffer
:23:05. > :23:08.Channel 4 de-- but Channel 4 denies age discrimination. The man who
:23:08. > :23:15.sacked him is expected to give evidence to the tribunal tomorrow.
:23:15. > :23:18.In Italy, there are signs that Silvio Berlusconi's attempt to bring
:23:18. > :23:22.down the ruling coalition appears to be faltering. Colleagues in his
:23:22. > :23:26.party have rejected his call to withdraw support from the government
:23:26. > :23:31.ahead of a crucial confidence vote tomorrow. As Gavin Hewitt explains,
:23:31. > :23:34.it's a rare challenge to the former Prime Minister's political
:23:34. > :23:37.authority. There is rash photography again -- flash photography again in
:23:37. > :23:42.this report. Only yesterday Silvio Berlusconi was
:23:42. > :23:45.in his usual flamboyant mood, carrying his girlfriend's dog into
:23:45. > :23:50.his residence. He had just pulled out his ministers from the governing
:23:50. > :23:54.coalition, threatening to bring down the Italian government. Tonight,
:23:54. > :24:00.that looks like a humiliating miscalculation. On the street, where
:24:00. > :24:05.youth unemployment today moved above 40%, the mood was hostile towards
:24:05. > :24:10.more political turmoil. They don't care. They only do their own
:24:10. > :24:14.business. They are just fighting each other.
:24:14. > :24:20.TRANSLATION: I'm disgusted, totally disgusted. The Prime Minister,
:24:20. > :24:24.Enrico Letta, accused Silvio Berlusconi of a crazy gesture. He
:24:24. > :24:28.said with drawing support from the government had nothing to do with
:24:28. > :24:32.policy, but was for personal reasons. Later this week, there will
:24:32. > :24:36.be a vote as to whether to expel Mr Berlusconi from Parliament for tax
:24:36. > :24:41.fraud. Mr Letta has called for a vote of confidence in his own
:24:41. > :24:44.leadership tomorrow. Here at Silvio Berlusconi's residence, it rapidly
:24:44. > :24:47.became apparent that he did not have the fullbacking of his own MPs. What
:24:47. > :24:52.started out as a threat to the the fullbacking of his own MPs. What
:24:52. > :24:55.survival of the coalition government, rapidly became a
:24:55. > :24:59.challenge to his own health authority amongst his own -- his own
:25:00. > :25:05.authority amongst his own supporters. As crowds gathered, many
:25:05. > :25:08.in Mr Berlusconi's party began having doubts about bringing down
:25:08. > :25:10.the government. This afternoon, one of Mr Berlusconi's ministers, who
:25:10. > :25:13.the government. This afternoon, one had resigned, was now seen at the
:25:13. > :25:16.window of the Prime Minister's had resigned, was now seen at the
:25:17. > :25:20.office. Moments later, one of Mr Berlusconi's allies was suddenly
:25:20. > :25:27.discovered saying he wanted the government to continue. "We are
:25:27. > :25:31.going to continue with Enrico Letta."
:25:31. > :25:36.At Silvio Berlusconi's residence tonight, a crisis meeting was held
:25:36. > :25:40.as some in his party were saying that more than 40 of his MPs would
:25:40. > :25:42.defy him, a challenge to his authority. I think that Berlusconi
:25:42. > :25:46.is bloom mailing the -- blackmailing authority. I think that Berlusconi
:25:46. > :25:52.the country. He doesn't understand that he might accelerate his
:25:52. > :25:57.political end. It would be unwise to write off Silvio Berlusconi. He is a
:25:57. > :25:58.great survivor, but tonight, his centre-right party is split and the
:25:58. > :26:04.great survivor, but tonight, his man who has dominated Italian
:26:04. > :26:10.politics for 20 years is a weakened politician.
:26:10. > :26:13.Tonight's football and there were convincing wins for both Arsenal and
:26:14. > :26:18.Chelsea in the Champions League this evening. But Celtic narrowly lost to
:26:18. > :26:22.Barcelona after having a man sent off. Joe Wilson has the latest for
:26:22. > :26:26.us. A year after they visited Celtic and
:26:26. > :26:31.lost, back to Glasgow came Barcelona, without injured Lionel
:26:31. > :26:36.Messi. Worried? Well they had to fall back on Naymar. He was close
:26:37. > :26:40.here. Scott Brown got near in the second
:26:40. > :26:44.half, contact as the Brazilian fell and a little when he was on the
:26:44. > :26:48.ground too. The reaction? Not subtle. The referee saw enough for a
:26:48. > :26:52.straight red card. Sill Celtic were 15 minutes from holding out when
:26:52. > :26:57.Fabregas headed the ball exactly where the goalkeeper wasn't and 1-0
:26:57. > :27:02.it finished. While other teams toil on the turf, Arsenal are playing on
:27:02. > :27:08.silk. It's the confidence which comes when you have Orzil in the
:27:08. > :27:14.centre. They were 2-0 up against Napoli in 15 minutes. The visitors
:27:14. > :27:18.barely had a kick. Giroud this tim Nothing more needed. Chee's season
:27:18. > :27:22.had reached the stage where a scrappy goal at Steaua Bucharest was
:27:22. > :27:26.significant. Chelsea really needed something here. Still Mourinho
:27:26. > :27:37.played it cool. He was right to. Stand by for a cracking finish.
:27:37. > :27:42.After that you'd happily disappear, instead he found himself entangled
:27:42. > :27:48.in the web of his own miss fortune, ever more embarrassing. When Lampard
:27:48. > :27:50.brought the net into play again in the 90th minute it was 4-0 to
:27:50. > :27:53.Chelsea. the 90th minute it was 4-0 to
:27:53. > :27:55.That's all from us. First look at the papers on the News Channel. Now
:27:55. > :27:55.we join our teams where