:00:00. > :00:11.Pro-Russian separatists seize a group of international military
:00:12. > :00:14.observers in Ukraine. As Russia puts on a display of firepower, Ukraine
:00:15. > :00:20.says it fears an imminent invasion and accuses Moscow of wanting to
:00:21. > :00:23.start a new world war. As the tension escalates, Western powers
:00:24. > :00:27.are warning Russia it faces fresh sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
:00:28. > :00:31.Also tonight: The Chancellor, George Osborne, tells the Royal Bank of
:00:32. > :00:36.Scotland to reduce the size of planned bonuses for its staff.
:00:37. > :00:39.An insult to the dead - the Government vows to find out who used
:00:40. > :00:45.Whitehall computers to change the Hillsborough Disaster Wikipedia
:00:46. > :00:51.entry. To me what an utter disgrace that
:00:52. > :00:56.is, for anybody, for anybody to be spoken to about like that.
:00:57. > :00:58.A rose from a refugee - the children fleeing Syria forced to sell flowers
:00:59. > :01:02.on the streets of Lebanon to survive. We have a special report.
:01:03. > :01:06.And, bye bye baby - Prince George and his parents head home at the end
:01:07. > :01:16.of their tour of Australia and New Zealand.
:01:17. > :01:21.In Sportsday: Manchester United's interim manager Ryan Giggs vows to
:01:22. > :01:39.bring passion, excitement and flair back to Old Trafford.
:01:40. > :01:45.Good evening. Russia is being warned that it is facing a new wave of
:01:46. > :01:48.sanctions from America and Europe over the crisis in Ukraine. It comes
:01:49. > :01:51.after pro-Russian separatists detained a group of international
:01:52. > :01:54.military observers in the town of Sloviansk as they were travelling
:01:55. > :01:57.across Eastern Ukraine. Earlier, two Ukrainian military aircraft were
:01:58. > :02:03.destroyed at the Kramatorsk Airport in what Kiev called an act of
:02:04. > :02:05.sabotage. And, as the tension continues to grow, the Ukrainian
:02:06. > :02:11.Prime Minister has claimed that Russia is keen on starting a third
:02:12. > :02:21.world war. Our Correspondent Daniel Sandford is in Eastern Ukraine.
:02:22. > :02:26.Powerful rockets roaring into the sky in southern Russia today as the
:02:27. > :02:30.Kremlin publicly flexed its muscles again. As the Russian Foreign
:02:31. > :02:37.Minister accused Europe and America of making a land-grab for Ukraine.
:02:38. > :02:41.TRANSLATION: The West wants, this is how it all began, to seize control
:02:42. > :02:46.of Ukraine because of their own political ambitions and not for the
:02:47. > :02:50.interests of the Ukrainian people. But on the ground in eastern Ukraine
:02:51. > :02:54.it is the pro-Russian militia that are causing the problems. Here in
:02:55. > :02:58.Sloviansk the most militant town, they took a group of seven
:02:59. > :03:03.international military observers prisoner, claiming they were
:03:04. > :03:09.travelling with the Ukrainian spy. In response, the Government in Kiev
:03:10. > :03:14.has been setting up checkpoints close to Sloviansk in an attempt to
:03:15. > :03:17.restore some order. The Ukrainian army say they're trying to close the
:03:18. > :03:23.net around Sloviansk, to try to prevent the armed revolt spreading.
:03:24. > :03:28.But Russia immediately called on Kiev to halt all military action in
:03:29. > :03:32.eastern Ukraine. At the nearby airport, the armed pro-Russian
:03:33. > :03:36.militia seemed to have scored another success, a helicopter was
:03:37. > :03:40.destroyed on the ground causing troops to fan out across the
:03:41. > :03:45.airfield. America said the unrest was an attempt by Moscow to
:03:46. > :03:50.discredit next month's presidential election in Ukraine. Russia has
:03:51. > :03:54.instead chosen an illegitimate course of armed violence to try and
:03:55. > :03:59.achieve with the barrel of a gun and the force of a mob, what couldn't be
:04:00. > :04:06.achieved any other way. They've tried to create enough chaos in the
:04:07. > :04:10.east to delay or delegitimise the elections. Kiev has a problem in
:04:11. > :04:16.eastern Ukraine beyond the pro-Russian gunmen. Kicking a ball
:04:17. > :04:21.around after work this evening was one 25-year-old who summed up the
:04:22. > :04:27.general disquiet here. TRANSLATION: The people want more
:04:28. > :04:33.lights, no one is listening to us. The Kiev Government isn't listening
:04:34. > :04:38.to us. They're sending in the army. This region has a proud history of
:04:39. > :04:41.coal mining and agriculture. With the Ukrainian Prime Minister
:04:42. > :04:46.accusing Russia of wanting to start world war three, and America
:04:47. > :04:50.threatening Moscow with further sanctions, this beautiful landscape
:04:51. > :04:56.has suddenly become the frontline in the old rivalry between east and
:04:57. > :05:01.west. Although much of this region is
:05:02. > :05:04.separate separating -- operating normally the situation has
:05:05. > :05:08.deteriorated badly the last few days. Not only have those military
:05:09. > :05:12.observers been detained but several other people have been taken
:05:13. > :05:16.prisoner and many journalists were threatened with guns today. All the
:05:17. > :05:21.while, the Ukrainian army is closing in, though it seems unlikely that
:05:22. > :05:25.they'll try to storm the town. Diplomacy seems to have completely
:05:26. > :05:29.stalled. Only over a week ago America and Russia were sitting
:05:30. > :05:34.around the negotiating table in Geneva. Now they're just berating
:05:35. > :05:41.each other from opposite sides of the world.
:05:42. > :05:45.The Government has blocked plans by Royal Bank of Scotland to pay its
:05:46. > :05:48.staff bonuses up to twice the amount of their salary. The bank, which is
:05:49. > :05:51.mostly owned by the taxpayer, made a pre-tax loss of ?8.2 billion last
:05:52. > :05:53.year - the highest since the financial crisis began. The
:05:54. > :05:57.Chancellor, George Osborne, says it's right to restrict bonuses when
:05:58. > :06:03.RBS still has a long way to go. Our business editor Kamal Ahmed has
:06:04. > :06:08.more. It has been a day when big banking
:06:09. > :06:13.and powerful politics clashed and powerful politics came out on top.
:06:14. > :06:17.RBS wanted to be allowed to pay executives bonuses of up to twice
:06:18. > :06:22.their salary. The Government, which owns 80% of RBS, rejected the
:06:23. > :06:26.proposals, demanding a lower cap. At a visit to a new Science Centre in
:06:27. > :06:31.Cambridge the Chancellor told me why it was so important to keep a check
:06:32. > :06:35.on bankers' pay. The new team at RBS have done a huge amount to repay
:06:36. > :06:39.what went badly wrong. But there is still a long way to go. Therefore,
:06:40. > :06:42.we made it clear that in circumstances it was not right to
:06:43. > :06:47.increase the bonus cap. I am glad that RBS have agreed with that. I am
:06:48. > :06:49.also glad that total pay at RBS is coming down.
:06:50. > :06:54.Within the bank, they believe the decision will make it harder for RBS
:06:55. > :06:57.to complete its rescue plan. The bank argues if you cannot pay as
:06:58. > :07:02.well as competition, performance will suffer. Won't RBS be made
:07:03. > :07:07.weaker by the fact it will be less competitive in the market for the
:07:08. > :07:10.top executives? It's clear that RBS can not only keep the key people it
:07:11. > :07:13.needs but hire people it needs and the overall pay approach that the
:07:14. > :07:18.board have set out today is one that I support.
:07:19. > :07:21.This clash has been coming for a while. It was the beginning of the
:07:22. > :07:26.year when the leader of the opposition first raised the issue of
:07:27. > :07:32.RBS's pay. RBS are talking to parts of the Government about the proposal
:07:33. > :07:36.to pay over 100% bonuses. The taxpayer will foot the bill. Will he
:07:37. > :07:41.put a stop to it right now by telling RBS to drop this idea?
:07:42. > :07:45.Leaving the Government with a tricky problem, if it agreed to the
:07:46. > :07:49.increase. It is right this cap is applied on bonuses to RBS. The irony
:07:50. > :07:53.is George Osborne's been forced to do it because of public pressure and
:07:54. > :07:57.pressure from Labour while at the same time he has a legal case in
:07:58. > :08:00.Brussels to stop these rules applying. The Government says there
:08:01. > :08:05.is no contradiction. It doesn't agree with the EU rules to cap
:08:06. > :08:10.bonuses, but it is going to use the powers while they're available. Here
:08:11. > :08:15.in the City tonight, some argue the constant focus on pay is missing the
:08:16. > :08:19.bigger picture, how to make RBS valuable enough so the Government
:08:20. > :08:23.can sell its stake. The share price has risen by 1% in the last year,
:08:24. > :08:27.still below where the taxpayer could get value for money. Many think
:08:28. > :08:32.today's announcement has pushed a sale even further into the future.
:08:33. > :08:36.RBS says the business is getting better but five years on from the
:08:37. > :08:43.financial crisis, it is still a bank in the headlines for all the wrong
:08:44. > :08:47.reasons. New tougher rules are being
:08:48. > :08:56.introduced from midnight which could determine build you -- whether you
:08:57. > :09:00.could get a mortgage. Here is our personal finance
:09:01. > :09:04.correspondent Simon Gompertz. Applying for a mortgage used to be
:09:05. > :09:10.so simple, do little more than fill in your name, age and salary and you
:09:11. > :09:15.would get a loan worth four times that. Not any more. From tomorrow,
:09:16. > :09:20.mortgage applicants will face questions on their spending on
:09:21. > :09:25.everything from childcare and travel, to going out, food bills,
:09:26. > :09:31.even gambling. It will all affect how high your borrowing can go.
:09:32. > :09:38.Lenders have been phasing in the new system so it's already had an impact
:09:39. > :09:42.on borrowers like Clare in London. Tougher questioning resulted in her
:09:43. > :09:50.mortgage offer being cut by thousands of pounds. I had to take
:09:51. > :09:55.out a loan from the bank. The mortgage - the application was going
:09:56. > :10:03.through and they discovered that and it threw a spanner in the works. It
:10:04. > :10:08.resulted in less money and delaying the process even further. Clare's
:10:09. > :10:13.mortgage broker complains questions being asked about haircuts, milk
:10:14. > :10:19.bills and going to the gym are too intrusive. Gym membership is a
:10:20. > :10:24.lifestyle choice. It could be cancelled at any time. Therefore,
:10:25. > :10:29.why should the lender see that as a commitment when really all it is is
:10:30. > :10:33.someone choosing how they spend their surplus funds on themselves?
:10:34. > :10:39.Mortgage interviews will then home in on a big what if. What if the
:10:40. > :10:43.mortgage rate shoots up to 7%, more than double what most people are
:10:44. > :10:49.paying? Will you be able to meet the bill? The man who oversees mortgage
:10:50. > :10:53.lending says he is just making sure buyers don't overstretch themselves.
:10:54. > :10:56.We would all love to live in expensive mansions in Chelsea, I
:10:57. > :11:01.expect, but this is about getting people into homes they can afford.
:11:02. > :11:05.There are already worries about another housing bubble. More careful
:11:06. > :11:15.lending might skim off some of that froth from house prices.
:11:16. > :11:17.The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, has urged the Scottish people to vote
:11:18. > :11:20.against independence insisting that only Labour can deliver social
:11:21. > :11:23.justice for everyone in the UK. Speaking in Glasgow, where the
:11:24. > :11:26.Shadow Cabinet was meeting, Mr Miliband accused the Scottish
:11:27. > :11:29.National Party of trying to pump up the idea of another Tory Government
:11:30. > :11:36.in order to win votes. Here's our Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon.
:11:37. > :11:43.We have a matter of a referendum... Bringing together its grass roots
:11:44. > :11:47.and big guns. Labour out Canavans to convince supporters that the party
:11:48. > :11:52.and the union are worth sticking with. Ed Miliband brought his Shadow
:11:53. > :11:55.Cabinet here too to announce plans to protect workers on zero hours
:11:56. > :12:00.contracts. It's the sort of policy Labour hopes will install its leader
:12:01. > :12:09.in Number 10, and help keep Scotland within the union. If we win the
:12:10. > :12:11.election next year, on zero hours, energy prices, show how we can
:12:12. > :12:15.create a better life for working people in Scotland. There's been a
:12:16. > :12:20.perception there aren't Labour activists campaigning for the union,
:12:21. > :12:24.would you conceive there's been a perception problem? We care deeply
:12:25. > :12:26.about what happens to Scotland and the decision it makes. I don't have
:12:27. > :12:30.a vote in that referendum. It's a decision for the people of Scotland.
:12:31. > :12:33.I think if we are going to deliver social justice across the United
:12:34. > :12:37.Kingdom, including for the people of Scotland, then we are better off
:12:38. > :12:41.together. Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, thinks differently.
:12:42. > :12:46.That only independence would give the country the power it needs to
:12:47. > :12:51.protect workers' rights. September's referendum on independence could
:12:52. > :12:55.well be won or lost in places like Glasgow which have tradely favoured
:12:56. > :13:01.Labour. Now voters here are being targeted by both sides. --
:13:02. > :13:05.traditionally. There are still a lot of people undecided about which way
:13:06. > :13:09.to vote. Alex Bell has supported Labour since he was 15. He is at
:13:10. > :13:15.odds with the party over Scotland's future. How are you going to vote
:13:16. > :13:20.and why? I am going to vote yes. The reason for me is to get rid of New
:13:21. > :13:25.Labour. The New Labour experiment has failed Scotland. The chance for
:13:26. > :13:29.independence gives the Labour Party a chance to reinvent itself in
:13:30. > :13:33.Scotland, maybe get back to being the party it used to be and still
:13:34. > :13:37.wants to be. The party's leader was given a reminder that not everyone
:13:38. > :13:40.is happy with his approach. You come here and try to tell people we are
:13:41. > :13:44.better together, you should be ashamed. While Labour is a force to
:13:45. > :13:48.be reckoned with in Scotland, this September's vote may be its toughest
:13:49. > :13:55.elect ram test. -- electoral test. Three years of
:13:56. > :13:58.conflict in Syria have had a devastating impact on the lives of
:13:59. > :14:02.many Syrian people. It's estimated that over 2.5 million people have
:14:03. > :14:04.fled the country. Nowhere has been more affected than neighbouring
:14:05. > :14:08.Lebanon, where more than a million people, a quarter of the population,
:14:09. > :14:11.are now Syrian refugees. As our correspondent Paul Wood reports from
:14:12. > :14:17.Beirut, Syrians are sending their children onto the streets to make a
:14:18. > :14:20.living. On a beautiful day like this,
:14:21. > :14:29.families come out to enjoy the Beirut sunshine. But five-year-old
:14:30. > :14:37.Narmine is working. If she doesn't sell her roses, her family won't
:14:38. > :14:44.eat. She pedals them with a cousin, Bilal, who is ten. Their families
:14:45. > :14:49.fled Aleppo, they can get aid but not enough to pay the bills. So, the
:14:50. > :14:57.children work a ten hour day on the streets. TRANSLATION: Am I happy?
:14:58. > :14:59.Does it matter? We are a family of eight. I have to support my brothers
:15:00. > :15:15.and sisters. I accept my fate. TRANSLATION: I used to love going to
:15:16. > :15:22.school. I hope the war ends in Syria. I want to go home. For now,
:15:23. > :15:25.home is a squalid single room. Narmine's father says that on the
:15:26. > :15:34.street is always out of sight, watching the children. He does that
:15:35. > :15:37.much for them. TRANSLATION: This eats me up inside, but we have to
:15:38. > :15:43.find food and rent. When Narmine gets tired, I take over. But I don't
:15:44. > :15:50.sell as much as her. People buy more from a child.
:15:51. > :15:54.Of course, begging and street children didn't arrive in Beirut
:15:55. > :15:59.with Syria's civil war, but there are a lot more of both here now. And
:16:00. > :16:02.the few aid agencies which are working in this area say that the
:16:03. > :16:03.overwhelming majority of families who send their children onto the
:16:04. > :16:14.streets are Syrian refugees. Flowers, flowers, he says. This
:16:15. > :16:22.11-year-old is out until the early hours every night. No family member
:16:23. > :16:29.comes to keep an eye on him. He is alone here. Most people don't buy.
:16:30. > :16:38.The rose sellers get arrested, robbed, preyed upon by pimps. The
:16:39. > :16:41.streets are no place for a child. This boy and thousands like him have
:16:42. > :16:45.little chance of getting back to school. Their stunted lives are
:16:46. > :16:52.casualties, too, of Syria's civil war.
:16:53. > :16:56.The United States says the Israeli Palestinian peace process needs to
:16:57. > :17:01.take a pause while the two sides decide on their next move. But
:17:02. > :17:08.America is refusing to accept it will fail to meet its goal of a
:17:09. > :17:10.peace deal this month. Yesterday, Israel suspended the talks, after
:17:11. > :17:13.Fatah, the Palestinian faction in the West Bank, announced a unity
:17:14. > :17:17.deal with Hamas, its rival which runs Gaza. Our Middle East Editor
:17:18. > :17:25.Jeremy Bowen is in Israel for us. Jeremy, what's America's Plan B?
:17:26. > :17:32.You know, I don't think they have one, particularly. Mr Obama is in
:17:33. > :17:34.his second term and is running out of time to make the big changes
:17:35. > :17:39.which, as a candidate, he really wanted to make in the Middle East.
:17:40. > :17:43.He says he doesn't think they will be able to make the hard choices
:17:44. > :17:46.necessary for a deal within six months. More than six months, they
:17:47. > :17:50.have been talking about this, about trying to build a Palestinian state
:17:51. > :17:53.alongside Israel for more than 20 years and they have not got
:17:54. > :17:57.anywhere. It is a long record of failure. That is one reason I think
:17:58. > :18:01.that Fatah went for the unity deal with Hamas, because they are not
:18:02. > :18:04.getting what they want out of talks and there is a current within the
:18:05. > :18:08.PLO that says they have to try a different strategy. Welding eternal
:18:09. > :18:13.unity and also what they call non-violent resistance, which
:18:14. > :18:20.includes the movement for the boycott, disinvestment and
:18:21. > :18:26.sanctions. In other words, trying to isolate Israel in the way that South
:18:27. > :18:30.Africa was isolated in the 80s. As for the Israelis, Mr Netanyahu seems
:18:31. > :18:33.happy with the status quo, keeping a lid on things, expanding
:18:34. > :18:37.settlements, Israelis are making good money. But he is warned that,
:18:38. > :18:42.long-term, if there is no Palestinian state, he may be forced
:18:43. > :18:48.to... Ultimately Israelis might be forced to give Palestinians who live
:18:49. > :18:52.under their control the vote. Since most likely Palestinians would be in
:18:53. > :18:54.the majority, that would open up a whole new range of electoral
:18:55. > :19:03.possibilities which many Israelis would certainly fear. A 42-year-old
:19:04. > :19:06.woman accused of murdering her three young disabled children broke down
:19:07. > :19:10.in tears at her first court appearance today. The children's
:19:11. > :19:18.father, Gary Clarence, seen here leaving court, also as his wife was
:19:19. > :19:20.remanded in custody. Ben, Max and four-year-old Olivia were found at
:19:21. > :19:26.the family home in south-west London on Tuesday. The Cabinet Office has
:19:27. > :19:29.said it may be a challenge to find out who was responsible for using a
:19:30. > :19:32.computer in Whitehall to make offensive remarks about the
:19:33. > :19:36.Hillsborough disaster. Alterations were made to the Wikipedia entry
:19:37. > :19:40.about the tragedy in which 96 people were killed. The Cabinet Office said
:19:41. > :19:45.it was sickened by the unacceptable comments.
:19:46. > :19:51.The pain of the Hillsborough families continues, as they search
:19:52. > :19:54.for justice for the loved ones who died 25 years ago. Now they have to
:19:55. > :19:59.deal with what the government has described as sickening insults about
:20:00. > :20:04.those foot of funds. The Liverpool Echo revealed that changes had been
:20:05. > :20:12.made to Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia which anybody can
:20:13. > :20:14.edit. A sentence added in 2009 red, blame Liverpool fans. Then the
:20:15. > :20:21.phrase you'll never walk alone was altered, to you'll never walk again.
:20:22. > :20:27.To me, what an utter, utter disgrace that is, for anybody to be spoken
:20:28. > :20:34.to, about like that. The Wikipedia entries were posted from so-called
:20:35. > :20:40.IP addresses used by computers on Whitehall's secure network.
:20:41. > :20:42.Officials have launched an investigation and say they are
:20:43. > :20:46.treating the matter with the utmost seriousness. They admit that
:20:47. > :20:49.identifying the culprits could prove challenging, because hundreds of
:20:50. > :20:54.thousands of civil servants have access to the computer system.
:20:55. > :20:56.Labour MP Andy Burnham has been an avid campaign on behalf of
:20:57. > :20:59.Hillsborough victims. He will be able to view all of the relevant
:21:00. > :21:05.material found during the investigation. It is sickening and
:21:06. > :21:07.appalling to think that this kind of abuse was being aimed at the
:21:08. > :21:12.victims, their families and Liverpool supporters in general from
:21:13. > :21:15.the heart of Government. It actually shows what we were up against when
:21:16. > :21:21.we first confronted the Government and establishment over Hillsborough.
:21:22. > :21:25.The Government has assured Liverpool fans it is exhausting every option
:21:26. > :21:28.to get to the truth. It's been a turbulent week for one
:21:29. > :21:31.of the world's most famous clubs. Now Manchester United's new interim
:21:32. > :21:34.manager Ryan Giggs is preparing to take charge of his first match
:21:35. > :21:38.tomorrow after David Moyes was sacked. Speaking for the first time
:21:39. > :21:42.since he was appointed, Ryan Giggs said it was the proudest moment of
:21:43. > :21:45.his life. Giggs was part of the famed Class of 92, the players who
:21:46. > :21:48.contributed to much of the club's success under Sir Alex Ferguson and
:21:49. > :21:52.who now dominate the team's coaching staff. Here's our Sports Editor
:21:53. > :21:58.David Bond. Meet the new boss. Ryan Giggs. The
:21:59. > :22:03.eternal winger turned temporary manager. For the next couple of
:22:04. > :22:08.weeks, it's his job to try and lift the gloom surrounding Manchester
:22:09. > :22:11.United. Facing the media today for the first time since David Moyes'
:22:12. > :22:16.messy sacking, we were told we could ask no questions on his dismissal.
:22:17. > :22:21.But Giggs knew he had to say something. It has been a difficult
:22:22. > :22:25.week for the club. Obviously it was a shock to me on Tuesday, when I
:22:26. > :22:33.spoke to Ed. He informed me that David was leaving. And then asked me
:22:34. > :22:36.to take over. It's just been a bit of a whirlwind week for me. One of
:22:37. > :22:41.the reasons for Moyes' departure was his sterile brand of football. Giggs
:22:42. > :22:44.has a different vision. Well, it's going to be my philosophy. You know,
:22:45. > :22:48.obviously Manchester United's philosophy because I've been here
:22:49. > :22:55.for all my career. I want the players to play with passion, speed,
:22:56. > :23:01.tempo, be brave, imagination. All the things I expect of a Manchester
:23:02. > :23:05.United player. This has been a dreadful week for Manchester United.
:23:06. > :23:09.While Ryan Giggs has lifted the spirits around the place, that's
:23:10. > :23:13.just a temporary fix. They now have a huge decision to make. They know
:23:14. > :23:19.it's one that they have to get right. So, who could be the next
:23:20. > :23:23.chosen one? The Netherlands coach, Louis van Gaal, has been sounded out
:23:24. > :23:26.and seems to be the favourite. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho
:23:27. > :23:31.appeared to rule himself out today. But could he still be tempted? The
:23:32. > :23:36.Real Madrid boss, Carlo Ancelotti, could offer the best solution. One
:23:37. > :23:40.United legend says the club need a safe pair of hands.
:23:41. > :23:43.I think they'll probably go with an experienced type of coach, who's
:23:44. > :23:53.been at big clubs and done it at big clubs. I would have thought that's
:23:54. > :23:57.the kind of manager they'd go for. For now, it is up to Giggs and the
:23:58. > :24:01.team around him to try and end the season on a high note. But this has
:24:02. > :24:02.been a bruising year. And, for United, there could still be
:24:03. > :24:13.difficult times ahead. It's been a royal tour rich in
:24:14. > :24:16.pictures, Prince George's crawl about in New Zealand, the Duke and
:24:17. > :24:22.Duchess of Cambridge being taught to DJ and a spectacular visit to Ayers
:24:23. > :24:25.Rock. Now it's over and the royal couple are on their way home from
:24:26. > :24:29.Australia. So what impact has their visit had there on feelings about
:24:30. > :24:31.the monarchy? Our Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell sent
:24:32. > :24:39.this report, which does contain some flash photography.
:24:40. > :24:46.A final, solemn duty in the predawn darkness of Australia's national day
:24:47. > :24:49.of remembrance, Anzac Day. At the end of a three week tour of
:24:50. > :24:52.Australia and New Zealand, which is being described in Australia as the
:24:53. > :24:57.most memorable royal visit for years. There's no question who the
:24:58. > :25:00.star has been. From the moment Baby George was carried off the plane in
:25:01. > :25:03.New Zealand to his appearance at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, his
:25:04. > :25:09.photogenic appeal has eclipsed even that of his mother. But what of
:25:10. > :25:12.Catherine? She has tackled the tour with an ever-changing wardrobe, but
:25:13. > :25:19.also with a willingness to join in, whether it be cricket in
:25:20. > :25:23.Christchurch... Or having her go at being a DJ in Adelaide.
:25:24. > :25:29.Both she and William have dealt with the intense levels of attention with
:25:30. > :25:33.patience and good humour. So, where does this all leave the monarchy
:25:34. > :25:35.down under? Bill Shorten is the leader of Australia's opposition
:25:36. > :25:41.Labour Party, which wants an Australian as head of state. Times
:25:42. > :25:48.have changed, he says. But the monarchy question is ducked. We will
:25:49. > :25:51.continue the relationship, not so much a mother country, but
:25:52. > :25:56.continuous, oldest friend. With a monarchy in 50 years' time, say? Oh,
:25:57. > :25:59.I can't even pick the winner on race five on Saturday, so I won't start
:26:00. > :26:04.throwing my crystal ball about that debate. Insofar as these things can
:26:05. > :26:07.be deciphered, the Australia from which they're departing seems, like
:26:08. > :26:16.New Zealand, to be broadly content to leave constitutional matters like
:26:17. > :26:20.the monarchy unchanged. This trio represent the monarchy's long-term
:26:21. > :26:22.future. After this visit, there is a renewed confidence among monarchists
:26:23. > :26:30.that Australia and New Zealand will wish to be part of that future.
:26:31. > :26:35.That's all from us, don't forget a first look at the papers over on the
:26:36. > :26:37.BBC News Channel. But