:00:08. > :00:12.More than 100 people are reported to have been killed across Syria in
:00:12. > :00:16.a crackdown on anti-government protesters. The violence makes it
:00:16. > :00:20.one of the deadliest days since the uprising began. Britain calls it an
:00:20. > :00:23.assault on the Syrian people. Edging towards a deal on America's
:00:23. > :00:28.debt crisis, politicians in Washington say an agreement is now
:00:28. > :00:31.very close. Here, a political row on health
:00:31. > :00:39.spending, the government denies Labour claims that reforms will
:00:39. > :00:42.mean poorer areas lose out. Andy Ian Bell scores 159 for
:00:42. > :00:52.England after a controversial reprieve in the second Test against
:00:52. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:07.Good evening. More than 100 people are reported to have been killed
:01:07. > :01:10.across Syria in one of the bloodiest days since the anti-
:01:10. > :01:15.government uprising began in March. In one city, hospitals are said to
:01:15. > :01:18.have been flooded with casualties as tanks opened fire on protesters.
:01:18. > :01:22.But Britain and United States have condemned the violence. President
:01:22. > :01:27.Obama says he is appalled at the brutality of the Syrian government
:01:27. > :01:36.against its own people in Hama. World affairs correspondent
:01:36. > :01:42.The assault began at dawn, filmed by protesters who want the world to
:01:43. > :01:47.see what the regime is doing. They say that this morning parts of Hama
:01:47. > :01:54.were like a war-zone. Witnesses describe tanks smashing through
:01:54. > :01:59.makeshift roadblocks put up to stop their fans, firing indiscriminately.
:01:59. > :02:04.-- advance. Hama has seen some of Syria's biggest demonstrations, and
:02:04. > :02:10.it had been ringed by the military for weeks before, on the eve of
:02:10. > :02:17.Ramadan, the troops moved in. started hearing artillery shooting
:02:17. > :02:27.from all directions, artillery and bombing, tank bombing, and
:02:27. > :02:28.
:02:28. > :02:38.sometimes we here like anti- Here, under fire, an attempt to
:02:38. > :02:39.
:02:40. > :02:44.Hospitals were swamped, doctors appealed for blood. All this in a
:02:44. > :02:49.city still scarred by memories of a massacre in 1982 in which tens of
:02:49. > :02:54.thousands of people were killed when an uprising by Islamist was
:02:54. > :02:58.surprised. President Obama and William Hague both said they were
:02:58. > :03:03.appalled by the storming of Hama. The US has about two further
:03:03. > :03:08.isolate the Syrian regime. The uprising in Syria began a 4 1/2
:03:08. > :03:12.months ago. Even before today, well over 1,500 civilians had been
:03:12. > :03:17.killed, as well as hundreds of security forces. More than 12,000
:03:17. > :03:21.people have been arrested. For all the force the regime has used, it
:03:21. > :03:25.has been unable to crush the protest movement. There's really no
:03:25. > :03:29.prospect of outright victory for either side in any of this. Ramadan
:03:29. > :03:33.has opportunities for the protesters to gather against the
:03:33. > :03:36.government, but the government has a ruthless willingness to use force
:03:36. > :03:41.inside the cities. I think the most likely outcome is the protesters
:03:41. > :03:46.will eventually arm themselves, just like they did in Libya. Bashar
:03:46. > :03:50.al-Assad, who took over from his father 11 years ago, has made
:03:50. > :03:56.promises of reforms, but they have rung hollow, drowned out by the
:03:56. > :04:02.sound of his regime's guns. This has been one of the bloodiest days
:04:02. > :04:05.since the uprising began, the violence not confined to Hama. The
:04:05. > :04:09.authorities and protesters are in a deadly test of wills for the future
:04:09. > :04:13.of Syria. In the United States, politicians
:04:13. > :04:16.appear to be close to a deal to resolve the deadlock over raising
:04:16. > :04:20.the Government's borrowing limit. Democrats and Republicans have
:04:20. > :04:24.until Tuesday to reach an agreement or risk America not being able to
:04:24. > :04:28.pay its bills. North America editor Mark Mardell is in Washington
:04:28. > :04:31.tonight. We have just heard from the
:04:31. > :04:36.Democratic leader in the Senate that he hopes that a first vote on
:04:36. > :04:39.the new package can come tonight. They are that close to an agreement.
:04:39. > :04:43.But just because the top political leaders of both parties can reach
:04:43. > :04:48.an agreement does not mean they can sell it to their members in the
:04:48. > :04:53.Senate and House of Representatives. This Sunday, the final showdown
:04:53. > :04:59.over the debt ceiling. There may be a deal. Time is running out to
:04:59. > :05:03.forge a deal. Perhaps cause for optimism. Reality TV in the raw, a
:05:03. > :05:07.last-minute deal might prevent a Washington drama turning into a
:05:07. > :05:11.world crisis. The President, his party leaders and top Republicans
:05:11. > :05:14.are close to an agreement that is the talk of all the Sunday shows.
:05:14. > :05:20.In April the President was asking us to raise the debt ceiling with
:05:20. > :05:24.no spending reductions at all. Now the potential agreement that you
:05:24. > :05:28.just outlined is within our reach. We will avoid default. The deal
:05:28. > :05:31.would raise the debt ceiling, allowing America to borrow 2.4
:05:31. > :05:36.trillion dollars more than it can at the moment. That would be
:05:36. > :05:40.balanced by three trillion dollars worth of cuts, somehow, some
:05:40. > :05:44.decided in November by a special committee. If they could not agree,
:05:44. > :05:48.there would be automatic cuts to the defence budget and medical care
:05:48. > :05:53.for the elderly. Senior politicians have been on Capitol Hill working
:05:53. > :05:57.through the weekend as Washington is gripped by a suffocating heat
:05:57. > :06:01.wave, an agreement tantalisingly close. There are lots of details
:06:01. > :06:06.that have not been worked out. There has been no sign of by the
:06:06. > :06:09.leaders of the House or Senate. So we just have to keep working. But I
:06:09. > :06:17.do feel better today about the ability to avoid default than I
:06:17. > :06:20.The tempo is finally picking up, but for weeks politicians have
:06:20. > :06:23.moved away rather leisurely read them. Americans are trying to keep
:06:23. > :06:26.cool down by the Washington Waterfront would like their
:06:26. > :06:30.representatives to sweat a little more. It has gone on for wait too
:06:30. > :06:35.long, and there has been no reason to push it into the future. Let's
:06:35. > :06:39.get it done. We are taking us with old time. It is not very impressive.
:06:39. > :06:43.It is kind of embarrassing, actually. But do not expect a
:06:43. > :06:48.speedy race to the finish, even if the top politicians agree a deal,
:06:48. > :06:52.it still has to be sold to the troops. And that is going to be
:06:52. > :06:57.difficult, because many Democrats will think these cuts are 2D and
:06:57. > :07:01.hurt programmes they think are necessary. More importantly,
:07:01. > :07:05.Republicans backed by the Tea Party movement do not think the cuts of
:07:05. > :07:09.the piano. They distrust the whole mechanism, and some say that when
:07:09. > :07:12.the problem is that you are deep in debt, you do not borrow more money.
:07:12. > :07:21.They do not think the debt ceiling should be raised at all, so it is
:07:21. > :07:25.The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has dismissed calls to scrap the
:07:25. > :07:29.50% tax rate for top earners. But the mayor of London and the former
:07:29. > :07:32.Chancellor Lord Lamont had said the rate should be cut to make the UK
:07:32. > :07:38.more competitive. Danny Alexander today court that a cloud-cuckoo-
:07:38. > :07:42.land idea. We set out in the coalition agreement, and it is
:07:42. > :07:45.something that we pushed hard for as Liberal Democrats, that the
:07:45. > :07:49.first priority in tax would be tax cuts for people on low and middle
:07:49. > :07:52.incomes, people who are working hard to make ends meet. Anyone who
:07:52. > :07:56.thinks we will shift our priority to reduce the tax burden for the
:07:56. > :07:59.wealthiest has another thing coming. That is not the right priority for
:07:59. > :08:02.the country at this time. And a political row has broken out over
:08:02. > :08:06.health funding with Labour claiming that poorer areas will lose out to
:08:06. > :08:10.more affluent ones as a result of spending reforms. The Health
:08:10. > :08:14.Secretary has rejected the claims and says the NHS budget is
:08:14. > :08:18.increasing in every primary care trust in England. Political
:08:18. > :08:22.correspondent Iain Watson explains. The Health Secretary must be
:08:22. > :08:26.getting a bit sick of all the criticism. Doctors, nurses and even
:08:26. > :08:29.some government ministers pushed for a rethink on his reforms. Now
:08:29. > :08:35.Labour are claiming that a change in the way the NHS is funded in
:08:35. > :08:38.England will harm the poor and help the rich. Using figures calculated
:08:38. > :08:42.by public health bodies in Manchester, Labour has a less well-
:08:42. > :08:46.off parts of England, not just Manchester, like Liverpool at Tower
:08:47. > :08:51.Hamlets in east London, will lose out when funds are allocated, while
:08:51. > :08:56.rich areas such as Surrey and Berkshire will benefit.
:08:56. > :09:00.government is not taking into account health inequalities, as it
:09:00. > :09:04.used to, in allocating money. Inevitably, if you do not take
:09:04. > :09:08.health inequalities into account sufficiently, poorer areas lose
:09:08. > :09:12.money. Labour believes the government are vulnerable on the
:09:12. > :09:16.NHS. The Health Secretary has had to delay or change some of the big
:09:16. > :09:20.reforms it plans to the service in England. Andrew Lansley knows that
:09:20. > :09:24.if he wants to stage a political recovery, he cannot take the latest
:09:24. > :09:29.criticisms lying down. We are increasing the budget in England.
:09:29. > :09:33.Everywhere in England is seeing a budget increase of at least 2.5%,
:09:33. > :09:37.most 3% plus, and we are making sure that we build from a position
:09:37. > :09:41.of better performance. Although the way money is being handed out in
:09:41. > :09:46.the NHS is changing, and the overall amount in every part of
:09:46. > :09:49.England is going up. The NHS primary care trust in less well-off
:09:49. > :09:55.Tower Hamlets will see an increase in its funding which is very
:09:55. > :09:57.similar to the rise in better of Surrey this year. And in future,
:09:57. > :10:01.the government say local authorities will get more money to
:10:01. > :10:03.help improve the health of people living in deprived areas. The
:10:03. > :10:08.Health Secretary will try to push through much bigger changes to the
:10:08. > :10:12.NHS in the autumn. These will be examined closely by the opposition
:10:12. > :10:18.and by professional bodies who still worry that the Government's
:10:18. > :10:21.reforms that make the health service worse, not better.
:10:21. > :10:25.The 59-year-old man died after his plane crashed in Salford on Friday
:10:25. > :10:28.has been named as Ian Daglish. Another man remains in a critical
:10:28. > :10:33.condition in hospital following the crash. Both men were injured when
:10:33. > :10:36.their light aircraft crashed on to homes in the Peel Green area.
:10:36. > :10:39.Some universities in England could find themselves under pressure to
:10:39. > :10:44.offer lower fees for bright as students from next year, according
:10:44. > :10:48.to a leading vice-chancellors. The outgoing president of Universities
:10:48. > :10:52.UK said that some institutions would risk losing funding if they
:10:52. > :10:57.did not compete harder for the best performers.
:10:57. > :11:00.Car agencies say the famine crisis in Somalia is becoming increasingly
:11:00. > :11:04.desperate with a dramatic rise in people suffering from malnutrition.
:11:04. > :11:09.-- aid agencies. 10,000 are estimated to have died, and
:11:09. > :11:15.Islamist militants have hampered efforts to get aid to the worst
:11:15. > :11:19.affected areas. Andrew Harding sent this report from Mogadishu.
:11:19. > :11:26.Guns and anger in Mogadishu today. Surrounded by armed guards, we have
:11:26. > :11:33.come to the front lines in Somalia to see the impact of the famine.
:11:33. > :11:35.First, some good news. Food aid is trickling in here now. These United
:11:35. > :11:42.Nations applies this to be done by local organisations which know
:11:42. > :11:47.their way around the war-zone. But aid is still not getting to where
:11:47. > :11:50.it is needed most. This three-year- old is in a critical condition. His
:11:50. > :11:57.family has just escaped from territory controlled by Al-Shabab,
:11:57. > :12:06.the militant Islamist from which will not accept a UN food in bulk.
:12:06. > :12:13.Most here have similar stories. Maybe 50% of the children here, or
:12:13. > :12:19.more than that, they have severe malnutrition. And just a few city
:12:19. > :12:24.blocks away, Mogadishu's long war grinds on. These African Union
:12:24. > :12:28.peacekeepers are trying to push Al- Shabab out of the capital. It is a
:12:28. > :12:33.tough environment in which to try to end a famine. Tight security
:12:33. > :12:39.around the camp here, and really very difficult conditions for the
:12:39. > :12:45.family's here. He can see the tents they have put up, makeshift tents.
:12:45. > :12:49.There are about 30,000 people here now, and we understand 200 more are
:12:49. > :12:59.arriving every day from the centre of Somalia, looking for food and
:12:59. > :13:00.
:13:00. > :13:06.But this ruined city is not much of a haven, and Somalia's emergency
:13:06. > :13:10.has yet to reach its peak. And now, with the spot, here is
:13:10. > :13:16.Olly Foster. Thank you very much indeed, Mishal.
:13:16. > :13:19.With two days left in the second Test, England's lead India by 374
:13:19. > :13:23.runs, 159 from Ian Bell in the second innings, but he was involved
:13:23. > :13:28.in a very controversial incident at Trent Bridge. He was given out but
:13:28. > :13:34.then reinstated after tea. With the match now charging towards
:13:34. > :13:38.a climax, England's batsmen needed to set the pace. Andrew Strauss was
:13:38. > :13:43.perhaps too eager, chasing one from Sreesanth with his team still in
:13:43. > :13:47.arrears. Ian Bell was flying along, though, bright and breezy from the
:13:47. > :13:52.off, seemingly free from pressure. He rapidly moved his side into the
:13:52. > :13:57.lead and himself to a crafted 50. After the interval, Kevin Pietersen
:13:57. > :14:03.picked up the baton and battered the Indian attack. As he crashed on
:14:03. > :14:07.to 50, Bell caressed his way to a fine century. It was among the best
:14:07. > :14:12.he has got at Test level. Pietersen went, but England survived further
:14:12. > :14:16.loss up until today, until a bizarre and unsavoury incident.
:14:16. > :14:24.Eoin Morgan assumed he had four runs, but actually the ball was not
:14:24. > :14:29.dead. India removed the bails with Ian Bell departing 40. In fact, he
:14:29. > :14:35.was departing run-out, to his, his team's and the home crowd's
:14:35. > :14:40.consternation. But peace broke out over the crumpets, as Bell re-
:14:40. > :14:45.emerged, the Indian appeal withdrawn. And so they carried on.
:14:45. > :14:50.Morgan returned to form with 50, Bell one-to- 150 before finally
:14:50. > :14:54.being given permanently out. Morgan and Jonathan Trott followed him,
:14:54. > :15:04.but as so often, Matt Prior restored momentum. England are now
:15:04. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:10.Jenson Button was given a cake head of his 200th Grand Prix and a big
:15:10. > :15:14.bottle of champagne en Hungary today after winning. His team-mate
:15:15. > :15:18.Lewis Hamilton was heading for victory but he was penalised by the
:15:18. > :15:22.stewards for dangerous driving and could only finish 4th.
:15:22. > :15:29.But Mr inside that helmet that comes from 11 years in Formula 1
:15:29. > :15:34.serve Jenson Button are very well today. From the very start, he was
:15:34. > :15:40.all over his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Both drivers were
:15:40. > :15:46.capturing Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton passed first. Button got
:15:47. > :15:54.his strategy spot on. With fresher tyres, his team-mate watched him
:15:54. > :15:59.slip through. But anything can happen, as Nick Heidfeld found out.
:15:59. > :16:04.He then lost control and almost caused an accident. The stewards'
:16:04. > :16:12.you of that would cost him the race. But he did not find out for a few
:16:12. > :16:20.laps. Enough time to go wheel to weir. No team orders. Just great
:16:20. > :16:30.racing. Brother Nick watched Hamilton take the race threw in
:16:30. > :16:40.penalty. This may be an important race. Perfect going into the break!
:16:40. > :16:40.
:16:41. > :16:45.Button's win put him -- but imperfectly indeed chasing pack.
:16:45. > :16:52.Great Britain's swimmers have finished in Shanghai with another
:16:52. > :16:59.gold medal. Liam Tancock took his backstroke medal, giving it a three
:16:59. > :17:04.in the championships. Hannah Miley also won in the 400 metres medley.