10/07/2011

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:00:12. > :00:15.Rupert Murdoch arriving to deal with the phone hacking crisis. He's

:00:15. > :00:21.photographed using the last -- reading lat ever News Of The World.

:00:21. > :00:26.There are calls for Mr Murdoch to abandon his bid to buy BSkyB.

:00:26. > :00:31.He should recognise that with the cloud hanging over his organisation,

:00:31. > :00:35.it's not possible, I don't think, for this bid to go ahead at the

:00:35. > :00:39.current time. This evening, Rebekah Brooks arrived at Rupert Murdoch's

:00:39. > :00:42.Central London home, as fresh questions emerge about how much

:00:42. > :00:48.executives knew about the phone hacking.

:00:48. > :00:51.In other news, the US says it's withholding $800 million in

:00:51. > :00:56.military aid to Pakistan, as relations between the countries

:00:56. > :01:01.worsen. William and Kate wow the Hollywood

:01:01. > :01:11.A-list as they continue their US tour.

:01:11. > :01:22.

:01:22. > :01:26.And Fernando Alonso wins the Good evening. Rupert Murdoch has

:01:27. > :01:29.arrived in the UK to deal with the deepening phone hacking scandal.

:01:29. > :01:33.This afternoon the BBC learned that the company found e-mails four

:01:33. > :01:37.years ago, which suggested that payments were being made to police

:01:37. > :01:41.and that more than one journalist was involved in intercepting

:01:41. > :01:46.messages. News International has said its chairman, James Murdoch,

:01:46. > :01:48.had no knowledge of alleged transgressions by other News Of The

:01:48. > :01:55.World journalists. The Labour leader has called on Mr Murdoch to

:01:55. > :02:00.aDan don his bid to buy the whole of BSkyB.

:02:00. > :02:05.(abandon) A media mogul, the media mogul of our age, Rupert Murdoch

:02:05. > :02:08.arrived at his UK offices to say goodbye to what was once perhaps,

:02:08. > :02:12.his favourite newspaper the News Of The World, and to bring calm to a

:02:12. > :02:16.company, News International, in crisis. The crisis deepened this

:02:16. > :02:19.afternoon, when the BBC learned that News International found e-

:02:19. > :02:23.mails in 2007 that appeared to indicate payments were being made

:02:23. > :02:27.to the police by the News Of The World for information, although

:02:27. > :02:30.this evidence of alleged criminal behaviour at News Of The World

:02:30. > :02:34.wasn't handed to the police for investigation until June 20th this

:02:35. > :02:39.year. Four years ago, these e-mails were passed by News International

:02:39. > :02:44.to a firm of solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis for review. This is a

:02:44. > :02:47.letter from a firm of solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis, to a senior News

:02:48. > :02:52.International executive and it's Harbottle & Lewis's view of a bunch

:02:52. > :02:55.of News Of The World e-mails passed to it for review by News

:02:55. > :02:59.International. Harbottle & Lewis's view is that there's nothing in

:02:59. > :03:03.those e-mails which appears to support evidence that a reporter's

:03:03. > :03:07.illegal actions were known about and supported either by the then

:03:07. > :03:12.editor Andy Coulson or by other senior News Of The World

:03:12. > :03:16.journalists. But what Harbottle & Lewis don't say is that the e-mails

:03:16. > :03:20.also provide some indication that payments were being made to the

:03:20. > :03:26.police for stories and that the hacking went more widely than the

:03:26. > :03:30.actions of this one reporter. If the Harbottle & Lewis e-mails had

:03:30. > :03:33.been passed to this Metropolitan Police officer, John Yates, a few

:03:33. > :03:38.years ago, he might not have refused to re-open the hacking

:03:38. > :03:43.probe in 2009 for which he apologised today. Had I known then

:03:43. > :03:46.what I know now, he told the Sunday Telegraph, all bets are off. In

:03:46. > :03:50.hindsight there's a shed load of stuff I wish I'd known.

:03:50. > :03:53.Here's Rebekah Brooks, the embattled boss of News

:03:53. > :04:00.International, arriving at Rupert Murdoch's London house. The other

:04:00. > :04:03.big thing on his mind is whether to press ahead with a �9.5 million bid

:04:03. > :04:08.for British Sky Broadcasting in the face of growing political pressure

:04:08. > :04:12.to su pend the planned takeover. When the public have seen the

:04:12. > :04:17.disgusting revelations that we've seen this week, the idea that this

:04:17. > :04:22.organisation, which engaged in these terrible practices should be

:04:22. > :04:26.allowed to take over BSkyB, to get the 100% stake, without the

:04:26. > :04:29.criminal investigation completed, and on the basis of assurances from

:04:29. > :04:33.that self-same organisation, that won't wash with the public.

:04:33. > :04:37.News Of The World said thank you and goodbye to loyal readers today.

:04:37. > :04:41.There are a growinging number of investors who think it may be thank

:04:41. > :04:46.you and goodbye to the Murdoch's big ambitions to own all of

:04:46. > :04:49.Britain's biggest broadcaster Sky. Robert is with me now. What

:04:49. > :04:53.difference do you think these e- mails could make now, do they

:04:53. > :04:58.worsen the crisis? They do. There are two huge questions for Rupert

:04:58. > :05:04.Murdoch tonight - now that we know in 2007, News International

:05:04. > :05:08.uncovered e-mails that showed that the wrongdoing at the News Of The

:05:08. > :05:12.World was widespread. Now on Thursday, James Murdoch said he was

:05:12. > :05:18.not put in the picture about all of this until recently. How could it

:05:18. > :05:23.be that News International was aware of this widespread wrongdoing

:05:23. > :05:27.and yet did not communicate this to its boss, James Murdoch and to his

:05:27. > :05:30.father. The confidence in this business to be restored, they have

:05:30. > :05:36.to explain how the knowledge never got to the top. The second huge

:05:36. > :05:41.question for him is what to do about his plan to spend �9.5

:05:41. > :05:44.billion buying full control of British Sky Broadcasting. It looks

:05:44. > :05:48.likely Parliament will vote for a delay in the takeover until after

:05:48. > :05:52.the inquiries are completed. It's not clear if the vote will be

:05:52. > :05:55.binding. But can Rupert Murdoch press on, against the perceived

:05:55. > :06:00.will of Parliament? If he were to delay, he'd probably have to delay

:06:00. > :06:04.for a couple of years. In the City that would be seen as an

:06:04. > :06:08.abandonment of this take over all together. Thank you.

:06:09. > :06:13.Washington is suspending about a third of its annual aid to the

:06:13. > :06:18.Pakistani military, worth about $800 million. Tensions were already

:06:18. > :06:23.high before the US raid in Pakistan in which Osama Bin Laden was killed.

:06:24. > :06:27.More recently Pakistan has expelled more than 100 US military trainers.

:06:28. > :06:31.Bill Daley said some of Pakistan's recent actions have been cause for

:06:31. > :06:34.concern. Our relationship with Pakistan is very complicated. They

:06:35. > :06:38.have been an important ally in the fight on terrorism. They've been a

:06:38. > :06:43.victim of enormous amounts of terrorism. But right now, they have

:06:43. > :06:47.taken some steps that have given us reason to pause on some of the aid

:06:47. > :06:52.which we were giving their military. We're trying to work through that.

:06:52. > :06:56.We can speak to our Washington correspondent, Rajesh Mirchandani,

:06:56. > :07:00.what do you think is behind this decision then? We all remember that

:07:00. > :07:04.secret raid in May in which US Special Forces killed Osama Bin

:07:04. > :07:08.Laden, but the fact that it happened in Pakistan and the fact

:07:08. > :07:11.that the Pakistanis claimed they didn't know he was hide thring,

:07:11. > :07:15.that widened cracks in this uncomfortable alliance. Pakistan

:07:15. > :07:20.demanded America had a smaller presence. It expelled some US

:07:20. > :07:23.military trainers and denied visas to other personnel. Last week one

:07:23. > :07:28.senior US official suggested Pakistan was involved in the death

:07:28. > :07:32.of a journalist there. There is a growing strain. Now America seems

:07:32. > :07:36.to bring a more confrontational approach. It says it's not a change

:07:36. > :07:39.in policy. It needs Pakistan to fight the Taliban. To do that,

:07:39. > :07:42.Pakistan needs US military aid. It's not the way allies are

:07:42. > :07:47.supposed to behave. The White House said this is a difficult

:07:47. > :07:50.relationship that must be made to work.

:07:50. > :07:54.There's been rioting in several towns in Northern Ireland overnight.

:07:54. > :08:01.Police say five officers were injured in Ballyclare in County

:08:01. > :08:06.Antrim, when a hijacked bus was crashed no a police vehicle.

:08:06. > :08:09.Ballyclare is a small town which is not used to trouble, but a night of

:08:09. > :08:13.violence in Northern Ireland started here. Six police officers

:08:13. > :08:19.were hurt. Five of them were injured when rioters crashed a

:08:19. > :08:24.hijacked bus into a police vehicle. The trouble spread to nearby towns.

:08:24. > :08:28.People were terrified when gangs started burning cars. Scared, very

:08:28. > :08:32.scared. I have never seen anything like it in real life. I've seen the

:08:32. > :08:37.TV. I never thought it would be like that. Police fired baton

:08:37. > :08:41.rounds and used water cannon. In several places dozens of rioters

:08:41. > :08:46.attacked police with petrol bombs and bricks. It was predominantly

:08:46. > :08:50.young people intent on attacking police lines. The cost to the

:08:50. > :08:54.Police Service is high, but the cost to the community is very high.

:08:54. > :08:57.The rioting began after police removed flags from the streets.

:08:57. > :09:02.It's believe Loyalist paramilitaries were involved in the

:09:02. > :09:06.violence. My message to them is: If you think you're being loyal to

:09:06. > :09:12.your country and if you take the name of "Loyalist" and then do this

:09:12. > :09:17.to your community, you are wrong and you do not have the support of

:09:17. > :09:20.anyone for it. On Tuesday, 12th July parades will be held across

:09:20. > :09:25.Northern Ireland. As this outbreak of violence has come so close to

:09:25. > :09:31.the biggest day in the marching season, politicians, community

:09:31. > :09:35.leaders and residents here have been very worried by it.

:09:35. > :09:38.The head of the UN refugee agency has described the food shortages in

:09:39. > :09:48.Somalia as the worst humanitarian disaster in the world today. Around

:09:49. > :09:49.

:09:49. > :09:59.ten people a day are said to be dying. Our correspondent Mike

:09:59. > :10:04.Wooldridge is near doll waudo. Somali refugees all pass through

:10:05. > :10:09.here, a transit camp close to the border. Cooked in great vats,

:10:09. > :10:13.there's a meal of meat, rice and potatoes for everyone for up to six

:10:13. > :10:18.days. The number of refugees has risen so

:10:18. > :10:22.rapidly, that often now, they're here much longer. Those who are,

:10:22. > :10:26.say they're going hungry. It's a bottleneck, bad news for those who

:10:26. > :10:30.are weak and vulnerable on reaching Ethiopia. Convoys of minibuss set

:10:30. > :10:36.off twice a day, heading for the newest of the refugee camps. This

:10:36. > :10:41.one took roughly a thousand refugees to the next camp, already

:10:41. > :10:45.nearing its intended capacity of 20,000. That, it now emerges, far

:10:45. > :10:49.from being the only problem. These are the graves of children in a

:10:49. > :10:54.camp that's so short of tents that many of the refugees are living

:10:54. > :11:02.among the thorn bushes. The mother of these four children had just

:11:02. > :11:05.died. The family came to Ethiopia nearly three weeks ago. This family

:11:05. > :11:12.lost virtually all their livestock from drought in Somalia and came

:11:12. > :11:15.here because they were told they would get relief aid. With many

:11:15. > :11:21.people here and too much wind blowing, he says, it causes colds

:11:21. > :11:27.to get worse and stomach upsets and can mean a quick death.

:11:27. > :11:31.We estimate around ten children die every day, he says. Alarmed aid

:11:31. > :11:34.officials agree. Does this mean there is a disaster in the making?

:11:34. > :11:37.The mortality rates are extremely high. They worry everyone. If we

:11:37. > :11:41.don't respond quickly to this, with the international community, the

:11:41. > :11:45.government and everyone, I think we'll have serious long-term

:11:45. > :11:49.problems. For now, with each day that passes with many more refugees

:11:49. > :11:58.arriving, the challenge of staving off disaster here is becoming all

:11:58. > :12:02.the greater. Prince William and the Duchess of

:12:02. > :12:07.Cambridge are visiting an arts centre in a deprived area of Los

:12:07. > :12:12.Angeles and meetding war veterans at the end of their tour of North

:12:12. > :12:16.America. It's in contrast to yesterday when British royalty met

:12:16. > :12:19.Hollywood glamour. Alastair Leithead is at the jobs fair for

:12:20. > :12:24.former soldiers, where the couple is expected later.

:12:24. > :12:28.They're into the last leg of their tour, after racing across Canada

:12:28. > :12:33.and a very hectic weekend here in California. At the moment, the

:12:33. > :12:37.couple are in skid row, one of the poorest parts of the city. They'll

:12:37. > :12:41.be coming to meet war veterans soon. Last night they got a real Los

:12:41. > :12:45.Angeles welcome. Glitz, glam, it's Hollywood. You

:12:45. > :12:50.wouldn't expect anything less. The rich and famous and some well known

:12:50. > :12:56.British faces too. But they were all to be outshone. There was a

:12:56. > :13:02.bigger act to follow. CHEERING

:13:02. > :13:07.A lilac evening gown from Alexander McQueen, where else? And a taste of

:13:07. > :13:13.the full red carpet treatment. At the champagne and Pimm's reception,

:13:13. > :13:18.they were tripping over each other to get a hand shake. Yes, even

:13:18. > :13:22.Barbra Streisand. The canopes? Fish and chips and English pea puree.

:13:22. > :13:26.They call them Hollywood royalty, but people here get very excited

:13:26. > :13:31.when real royalty come along. They rolled out a big carpet for some of

:13:31. > :13:34.the biggest stars, keen to get to meet the Duke and Duchess.

:13:34. > :13:36.They seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the occasion. If the

:13:36. > :13:42.royals were vaguely star struck, the stars certainly were royal

:13:42. > :13:49.struck. Among those getting a hand shake - 42 up-and-coming Brits,

:13:49. > :13:52.here to meet the movers and shakers. The future king poked fun at a

:13:52. > :13:57.former king's speech. Good evening, ladies and gentleman. Before I

:13:57. > :14:02.start, I'd like to thank Colin Firth for my perfect opening line.

:14:02. > :14:06.I have a voice. LAUGHTER

:14:06. > :14:11.And everyone was listening. The couple have been a hit every step

:14:11. > :14:18.of the way this side of the Atlantic. An end to another hectic,

:14:18. > :14:23.if star studed day, one more to go. It's been a good mix of work and

:14:23. > :14:26.pleasure. This is a veterans job fair for them and their families to

:14:26. > :14:29.get work, a subject close to Prince William heart. He will make a key

:14:30. > :14:37.note address here, before the couple head to the airport and for

:14:37. > :14:39.the long flight home. Sport now and Fernando Alonso won a

:14:39. > :14:45.thrilling British Grand Prix at Silverstone today. It was a race

:14:45. > :14:49.full of exciting manoeuvres and pit stop errors, which left

:14:49. > :14:54.championship leader Sebastien Vettel holding onto second from his

:14:54. > :14:59.team-mate Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton was fourth.

:14:59. > :15:03.So, Formula One's boring, is it? The sport has had critics recently.

:15:03. > :15:11.You wouldn't have found them at Silverstone. 120,000 watching fans,

:15:11. > :15:14.one watching royal, in special guest Prince Harry, and one

:15:14. > :15:17.stoshing race. It began with Sebastien Vettel edging ahead of

:15:17. > :15:21.Mark Webber. The real action lay behind. Lewis Hamilton's aggression

:15:21. > :15:26.has got him into trouble this season. Today it got him from tenth

:15:26. > :15:30.into third in an inspired start. The race ultimately hinged on a pit

:15:30. > :15:36.stop. Fernando Alonso sweeping past a dithering Vettel. As for Jenson

:15:36. > :15:44.Button, the wheels came off his race in very literal style. Cue one

:15:44. > :15:48.rather sheepish mechanic. There was no stopping Alonso. But behind him,

:15:48. > :15:53.what drama. Vettel clinging onto second from Webber, while Hamilton,

:15:53. > :15:57.who had slipped to fourth, battled wheel to wheel with Massa. Hamilton

:15:57. > :16:01.fending him off to the crowd's delight. So no British winner for

:16:01. > :16:06.the British fans then. But they've certainly enjoyed a thrilling race,

:16:06. > :16:10.thanks to the brilliant Alonso lns and a resurgent Lewis Hamilton.

:16:10. > :16:14.For all that, Vettel is now 80 points clear in the championship,