:00:08. > :00:12.Tonight, more pressure on the Murdoch empire as e-mails emerge
:00:12. > :00:17.raising questions of a cover-up at News International. Rupert Murdoch
:00:17. > :00:20.arrives in London for crisis talks and a display of solidarity with
:00:20. > :00:24.cheap executive Rebekah Brooks. The e-mail chain suggests
:00:24. > :00:29.executives knew about widespread phone hacking and payments to
:00:29. > :00:33.police as far back as 2007. Bosses insist they knew nothing.
:00:33. > :00:39.There are caused by Labour for Rupert Murdoch to drop his bid to
:00:39. > :00:43.take control of BSkyB. He should recognise that, with a cloud
:00:43. > :00:47.hanging over his organisation, it is not possible for this bid to go
:00:47. > :00:54.ahead at the current time. We will be asking if the takeover
:00:54. > :00:57.will be blocked. Also, Washington withholds $800
:00:57. > :01:02.million in military aid to Pakistan as relations between the countries
:01:02. > :01:08.worsen. William and Kate wow the Hollywood
:01:08. > :01:11.A-list as they continued their US tour.
:01:11. > :01:21.And Fernando Alonso wins an action- packed British Grand Prix at
:01:21. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:37.Good evening. There of fresh questions tonight
:01:37. > :01:41.about a major cover-up at News International over phone hacking.
:01:41. > :01:44.E-mails have emerged which show the company had information four years
:01:44. > :01:49.ago indicating malpractices were more widespread that in acknowledge
:01:49. > :01:53.at the time. Top executives insist they knew nothing. Rupert Murdoch
:01:53. > :01:57.arrived in the UK today for crisis talks with News International chief
:01:57. > :02:01.executive Rebekah Brooks. Ed Miliband has called on Mr Murdoch
:02:01. > :02:05.to abandon his bid to buy back all of BSkyB. The deal now looks in
:02:05. > :02:11.jeopardy. This report by Robert Peston contain some flash
:02:11. > :02:15.photography. It is a media crisis like no other.
:02:15. > :02:20.So tonight there was no time to hang about for the quintessential
:02:20. > :02:26.media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his embattled News International cheap
:02:26. > :02:29.executive Rebekah Brooks. The crisis deepened this afternoon when
:02:29. > :02:32.the BBC learned that News International found e-mails as long
:02:32. > :02:36.ago as 2007 that appeared to indicate that payments were being
:02:36. > :02:40.made to the police by the News Of The World for information and that
:02:40. > :02:44.hacking must -- hacking was more widespread than the company claimed
:02:44. > :02:48.at the time. Four years ago News International gave the e-mails to a
:02:49. > :02:54.firm of solicitors, Harbottle and Lewis, for review, which is what
:02:54. > :02:58.this letter provided two of MPs confirms. Earlier this year, News
:02:58. > :03:02.International retrieved the 300 odd e-mails and handed them over to the
:03:02. > :03:06.Metropolitan Police inquiry into alleged hacking, so the big
:03:06. > :03:12.question for News International tonight is why, if certain
:03:12. > :03:17.executives all those years ago knew how widespread the malpractices at
:03:17. > :03:22.the News Of The World were, some of its top bosses claim that they were
:03:22. > :03:25.kept in the dark. Rupert Murdoch's San James Murdoch, chairman of News
:03:25. > :03:31.International, said on Thursday that he did not have the complete
:03:31. > :03:35.picture Until recently. They acted on the advice of executives and
:03:35. > :03:39.lawyers with incomplete investigation by. Explaining why Mr
:03:39. > :03:42.Murdoch was not told of all of the abuses by the News Of The World is
:03:42. > :03:46.the kind of story that tabloid might have investigated prior to
:03:46. > :03:49.today's last edition. Whether Rebekah Brooks and James Murdoch
:03:49. > :03:54.knew or not, they are still responsible for what goes on on
:03:54. > :04:00.their watch, so it only adds to the misery for Rupert Murdoch for what
:04:00. > :04:02.he has to deal with this week. the e-mails had been passed to this
:04:02. > :04:07.metropolitan police officer, Asst Commissioner John Yates, a few
:04:07. > :04:12.years ago, he might not have refused to reopen the hacking broke
:04:12. > :04:16.in 2009, for which he apologised today. Had they known then what I
:04:17. > :04:21.know now, he told the Sunday Telegraph, all bets are off. In
:04:21. > :04:24.hindsight, there is a shed load of stuff I wish I had known. James
:04:24. > :04:30.Murdoch and his father tonight in central London. The other thing on
:04:30. > :04:33.their minds is whether to press ahead for a bid for full control of
:04:33. > :04:37.British Sky Broadcasting in the face of political pressure to
:04:37. > :04:42.suspend the planned takeover. the public have seen the disgusting
:04:42. > :04:45.revelations that we have seen this week, the idea that this
:04:45. > :04:51.organisation which engaged in these terrible practices should be
:04:51. > :04:55.allowed to take over BSkyB, to get 100% of the state, without the
:04:55. > :04:58.criminal investigation having been completed and on the basis of
:04:58. > :05:02.assurances from that organisation, that will not wash with the
:05:02. > :05:06.public's. Today, the News Of The World said "Thank you and goodbye"
:05:06. > :05:10.to its loyal readers. There are a growing number of investors who
:05:10. > :05:15.think it may be "Thank you and goodbye" to the Murdochs big
:05:15. > :05:20.ambitions to own all of Britain's biggest broadcaster, Sky.
:05:20. > :05:25.Robert Peston is with me. How much damage will these e-mails do?
:05:25. > :05:29.It is a hugely interesting question for Rupert Murdoch, who has been in
:05:29. > :05:35.the media industry for more than 50 years. I don't suppose he has had a
:05:35. > :05:39.night quite like tonight. We now know that in 2007 News
:05:39. > :05:44.International uncovered e-mails which show that extent of abuses,
:05:44. > :05:49.malpractices, at the News Of The World went far wider than they were
:05:49. > :05:52.probably -- they were publicly saying. We need to know why it is
:05:52. > :05:56.that James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's son, says he was kept in
:05:56. > :06:00.the dark and only got the full picture comparatively recently, and
:06:00. > :06:06.then there is the question for Mr Murdoch of the growing political
:06:06. > :06:11.criticism of his desire to own all of British Sky Broadcasting. It now
:06:11. > :06:16.looks likely there is going to be a possibly majority in the House of
:06:16. > :06:21.Commons in a vote to try to block the deal, or postponed until, until
:06:21. > :06:25.after a police investigation is completed. It is not clear whether
:06:25. > :06:29.that would be binding, but can Rupert Murdoch really ignore the
:06:29. > :06:34.perceived will of Parliament? If he goes along with what Parliament
:06:34. > :06:38.once, it would mean a delay in the takeover for at least two years,
:06:38. > :06:43.and if you are going to delay a bid for two years, most investors would
:06:43. > :06:46.say that is the end of it. So a big 24 hours of decisions for Rupert
:06:46. > :06:51.Murdoch's. Thank you.
:06:51. > :06:55.Gary O'Donoghue is at Westminster for us now. Rupert Murdoch under
:06:55. > :06:58.intense scrutiny, how will it play out in Westminster?
:06:58. > :07:02.If Rupert Murdoch thought closing the News Of The World would turn
:07:02. > :07:07.down the heat on him, he was wrong. There is a lot of pressure on
:07:07. > :07:10.ministers now. The Milly Dowler family will be meeting the Deputy
:07:10. > :07:14.Prime Minister tomorrow, questioning him about the inquiries.
:07:14. > :07:17.On Tuesday, John Yates of the Metropolitan Police will be
:07:17. > :07:22.questioned by MPs in the House of Commons, and on Wednesday, as
:07:22. > :07:26.Robert pointed out, there will be a debate, sponsored by Labour,
:07:26. > :07:30.calling for a delay. I understand from sources in Whitehall that all
:07:30. > :07:34.of the options are still on the table in terms of the BSkyB
:07:34. > :07:37.takeover, a lot of consultation to be looked. It is still possible it
:07:37. > :07:40.could be referred back to the Competition Commission, which is
:07:40. > :07:45.what Ed Miliband has called for, and if that were to happen it would
:07:45. > :07:48.be embarrassing for the government, but it may be better than Jeremy
:07:48. > :07:52.Hunt, the Culture Secretary, having to make a decision in the early
:07:53. > :07:56.autumn. Thank you.
:07:56. > :08:00.Washington has suspended $800 million of military aid to Pakistan
:08:01. > :08:04.in a sign of worsening relations between the two countries. It
:08:04. > :08:08.follows diplomatic tension over the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US
:08:08. > :08:13.Navy SEALS in a Pakistani army garrison town and expulsion by
:08:13. > :08:17.Islamabad of more than 100 US military trainers. Rajah smashing
:08:18. > :08:22.Darnah reports. This was the bloody aftermath of
:08:22. > :08:25.the secret raid in May when the US killed Osama Bin Laden. But the
:08:25. > :08:31.fact that this was in Pakistan brought murmurs of complicity from
:08:31. > :08:35.the US and anger at America's presence there. As the fall-out
:08:35. > :08:38.continues, Washington has announced it is withholding military aid from
:08:38. > :08:43.its uncomfortable ally. relationship is difficult, but it
:08:43. > :08:47.must be made to work overtime. But until we get through these
:08:47. > :08:52.difficulties, we will hold back some of the money that the American
:08:52. > :08:55.taxpayers have committed. Every year, the US gives around $2
:08:55. > :09:01.billion of military assistance to Pakistan. Now it says it is holding
:09:01. > :09:05.back more than a third of that, $800 million. Some of the at sought
:09:05. > :09:09.to be in the form of equipment and training by US personnel, the rest
:09:10. > :09:14.payments for Pakistani troops deployed along the Afghan border.
:09:14. > :09:18.America trains the troops at work here, but amid growing tension.
:09:18. > :09:25.Pakistan expelled some US military trainers recently and has
:09:25. > :09:30.threatened to close CAB says. If America is using military aid to
:09:30. > :09:34.encourage co-operation, will it work -- close c I a basis. By doing
:09:34. > :09:38.this, Washington is going to be left without any influence with the
:09:38. > :09:42.Pakistan army and the people of Pakistan, because this will be seen
:09:42. > :09:46.as a punitive action which is meant to punish Pakistan rather than
:09:46. > :09:51.provide an incentive for corporation. Here, officials say
:09:51. > :09:55.this is not a change in policy. It is a long-term relationship between
:09:55. > :10:03.the countries which is important. Remember, America needs Pakistan to
:10:03. > :10:07.help fight the Taliban. To do that, Pakistan needs America's money.
:10:07. > :10:11.Aid agencies in East Africa are being urged to take their work into
:10:11. > :10:15.Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century.
:10:15. > :10:19.The UN refugee agency says it wants charities to start work in the
:10:19. > :10:23.south of the country where it is claimed militants are prevented
:10:23. > :10:27.desperate families from leaving for aid camps. Mike Wooldridge is in
:10:27. > :10:32.the Kobe camp near the town of Dolo Ado in Ethiopia, where around 10
:10:32. > :10:36.people are said to be dying every day.
:10:36. > :10:42.Somali refugees fleeing into Ethiopia all pass through here, a
:10:42. > :10:46.transit camp close to the border. Cooked in great vats, there is a
:10:46. > :10:51.meal here of meat, rice and potatoes for everyone for up to six
:10:51. > :10:56.days. But the number of refugees has risen so rapidly that often now
:10:56. > :11:00.they are here much longer. Those who are say they are going hungry.
:11:00. > :11:05.It is a bottleneck, bad news for those who are weak and vulnerable
:11:05. > :11:09.on reaching Ethiopia. Convoys of minibuses set off twice a day,
:11:09. > :11:15.heading for the near-miss of the refugee camps. This one took
:11:16. > :11:20.roughly 1,000 refugees to Cove Bay, already nearing its intended
:11:20. > :11:24.capacity of 20,000 -- Kobe camp. That, it now emerges, is far from
:11:24. > :11:28.being its only problem. These are the graves of children in a camp
:11:28. > :11:33.that is so short of tents that many refugees are living among buckthorn
:11:33. > :11:40.bushes. The mother of these four children had just died. The family
:11:40. > :11:43.came to Ethiopia nearly three weeks ago. This family lost virtually all
:11:43. > :11:50.of their livestock from drought in Somalia and came here because they
:11:50. > :11:54.were told they would get relief aid. With many people here and too much
:11:54. > :12:00.wind blowing, he says, it causes colds to get worse and stomach
:12:00. > :12:06.upsets can mean a quick death. We estimate that around 10 children
:12:06. > :12:10.die every day, he says, and aid officials agree. Does this mean
:12:10. > :12:15.there is a disaster in the May King? I think the death rates and
:12:15. > :12:19.mortality rates are extremely high and worry everyone -- is there
:12:19. > :12:23.disaster in the making? If we do not respond quickly to this we will
:12:23. > :12:28.have serious problems. For now, with each day that passes with more
:12:28. > :12:35.refugees arriving, the challenge of staving off disaster here is
:12:35. > :12:37.There was rioting in several towns in Northern Ireland last night.
:12:37. > :12:42.Police say fire officers were injured in Ballyclare in County
:12:42. > :12:44.Antrim when a hijacked bus was crashed into a police vehicle.
:12:44. > :12:47.Loyalists are being blamed for the violence.
:12:47. > :12:50.A pleasure boat carrying more than 180 people has sunk in the Volga
:12:50. > :12:53.river in central Russia. Authorities say 84 people were
:12:53. > :12:57.rescued and one passenger is known to have died, but more than 90
:12:57. > :13:07.people are still unaccounted for, many of them children. The search
:13:07. > :13:09.
:13:09. > :13:12.is still continuing. It's not yet clear why the boat sank.
:13:12. > :13:15.Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have been visiting an
:13:15. > :13:18.arts centre in a deprived area of Los Angeles and meeting army
:13:18. > :13:20.veterans at the end of their tour of North America. Their itinerary
:13:20. > :13:26.is in contrast to yesterday's events, when British royalty met
:13:26. > :13:31.Hollywood glamour. Our royal correspondent is in Los Angeles.
:13:31. > :13:33.That in the couple are here inside a vast film studio at a jobs fair
:13:33. > :13:36.for American ex-service personnel seeking work.
:13:37. > :13:41.Prince William has just praised the men and women who choose of their
:13:41. > :13:45.own free will to lay their life on the line for their country. Last
:13:45. > :13:50.night, as you say, was the glitziest part of this tour, a
:13:50. > :13:55.covering of Hollywood's great and good.
:13:55. > :13:58.Just three months ago, she was Kate Middleton. Now, having married her
:13:58. > :14:03.prince, she is a future Queen being welcomed in a country which does
:14:03. > :14:06.not have a monarchy, but which does have a celebrity culture.
:14:06. > :14:09.Representatives of that culture where there last night and were
:14:09. > :14:13.being upstaged in their own backyard at a BAFTA reception
:14:13. > :14:18.promoting young British talent by a couple from an institution which is
:14:18. > :14:22.meant to be a permanent fixture. Prince William, who is developing
:14:22. > :14:25.as a royal and as a public speaker, talked about the actor who played
:14:25. > :14:30.his great grandfather, George VI in the Oscar-winning film The King's
:14:30. > :14:35.Speech. Before I start, I would like to thank Colin Firth for my
:14:35. > :14:45.perfect opening line. I have a voice.
:14:45. > :14:48.I am glad you got there in the end. This morning, a very different
:14:48. > :14:52.location, an arts project for inner-city children living in one
:14:52. > :14:56.of the poorest areas of the century's known as Skid Row.
:14:56. > :15:02.William and Kate, a former history of art students with access to a
:15:02. > :15:05.palace stuffed with old masters, put that and - if Mac put what they
:15:05. > :15:09.had once learned into practice. William appeared less confident and
:15:09. > :15:13.Kate. Neither needs to rely on these skills for future employment.
:15:13. > :15:19.With their creative juices flowing, next stop, a pottery class. The
:15:19. > :15:22.future king looks slightly out of his comfort zone. But such freshly
:15:22. > :15:26.acquired skills may come in handy as and when they embrace family
:15:26. > :15:30.life. They have not put on this rock soundtrack for me. In the
:15:30. > :15:34.coming hours, the couple will leave at the end of an 11 date tour of
:15:34. > :15:40.America and Canada which has reinforced the position of the
:15:40. > :15:44.Duchess of Cambridge at the heart of the British monarchy.
:15:44. > :15:46.Now the sport. Fernando Alonso has won an exciting
:15:46. > :15:50.British Grand Prix. The championship leader Sebastian
:15:50. > :15:54.Vettel finished second. It wasn't such a good day for some of the
:15:54. > :16:04.British drivers. Jenson Button had to retire when a wheel fell off
:16:04. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:08.after a pit stop. So, Formula One is boring, is it?
:16:08. > :16:14.The sport had its critics recently, but you would not have found them
:16:14. > :16:22.at Silverstone. 120,000 watching fans, one watching Royal in special
:16:23. > :16:26.guest Prince Harry. It began with Sebastian Vettel edging ahead of
:16:26. > :16:30.Mark Webber, but the real action they behind. Lewis Hamilton's
:16:30. > :16:34.aggression has got him into trouble this season. Today it got him from
:16:34. > :16:40.tenth place up to third, with an inspired start. But the race
:16:40. > :16:44.ultimately hinged on a pit stop, Fernando Alonso sweeping past the
:16:44. > :16:48.dithering Vettel. As for Jenson Button, the wheels came off his
:16:48. > :16:56.race in literal style. Q1 rather sheepish mechanic. There was no
:16:56. > :17:00.stopping Alonso. But behind him, what drama. Webber was challenging
:17:01. > :17:06.his team-mate of Vettel for second, but to his anger was told to back
:17:07. > :17:11.off. Meanwhile, Hamilton, who had slipped to 4th, battled wheel to
:17:11. > :17:15.wheel with Massa, Hamilton clinging on to the crowd's delight. No
:17:15. > :17:18.British winner for the British fans, but they have enjoyed a thrilling
:17:18. > :17:23.race, thanks to the brilliant Fernando Alonso and a resurgent
:17:23. > :17:28.Lewis Hamilton. For all their efforts, though, Vettel is now 80
:17:28. > :17:32.points clear in the championship. If this was just a blip in his
:17:32. > :17:35.title procession, it was a hugely entertaining one.
:17:35. > :17:38.The race director of the Tour de France has described as a scandal
:17:38. > :17:42.an accident involving a television vehicle during today's ninth stage,
:17:42. > :17:46.which left a number of riders on the ground. The car, which was
:17:46. > :17:49.filming the leading group, swerved across the road. The riders had no
:17:49. > :17:53.chance to take evasive action. The worst affected was Johnny
:17:53. > :17:56.Hoogerland, who you can see at the back being hurled into a barbed-
:17:56. > :18:02.wire fence. Despite the blood which was pouring from his legs,
:18:02. > :18:05.Hoogerland was bandaged up, got back on his bike and carried on.
:18:05. > :18:08.England's Luke Donald has had the perfect warm-up for this week's
:18:08. > :18:11.Open Championship at Sandwich. The world number-one shot the lowest
:18:11. > :18:21.round of his European Tour career, a nine-under-par 63, to win the
:18:21. > :18:25.
:18:25. > :18:28.Scottish Open. All this week, we will be bringing
:18:28. > :18:35.you special coverage on the Arab uprising. Here is George Alagiah in
:18:35. > :18:38.Cairo. Protest, crackdown and armed conflict. Six months after the
:18:38. > :18:43.first leader was toppled, we will be reporting from across the region,