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Thaw us desperate conditions in Tripoli as water, food and fuel | :00:07. | :00:12. | |
start to run out. -- desperate conditions. Residents scramble for | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
scarce resources. In contrast, one of Colonel Gaddafi's final | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
indulgences, it private plane with onboard jacuzzi. | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
A diplomat two walked free from the Libyan embassy siege in 1984 is | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
claimed to be the man who shot dead WPC Yvonne Fletcher. | :00:29. | :00:34. | |
Millions flee as Hurricane Irene hits America's east coast. The | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
President says do not take chances in the face of an historic storm. | :00:38. | :00:46. | |
It will be a long 72 hours. Many families will be affected. The | :00:46. | :00:54. | |
biggest concern that I am having right now is flooding and power. | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
is one of the great Wembley tries. Wigan warriors fight for rugby | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
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leave -- rugby league's Challenge Good evening. Almost one week after | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
the final battle for Tripoli began, there is growing concern about the | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
increasingly difficult living conditions in the Libyan capital. | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
Many people are without water and electricity, food discards and | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
there is growing sanitation problems. -- food is scarce. The | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
United Nations is warning that millions are at risk and the rebels | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
say they are trying to increase the supply of fuel, and water and | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
medicine. John Simpson sent this report. | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
Tripoli still has not recovered from the ordeal of its revolution. | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
Scarcely any shops are open. There is little or no electricity, and no | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
running water. Bottled water is all there is, and it is expensive and | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
get used up quickly. Supporters of Colonel Gaddafi still control the | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
water supply from the SFA south. But they have cut it off. -- from | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
the far south. The UN's other anxiety is fuel. Supplies are | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
running out fast and it is costing more and more. This is a new era. | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
Things do not always seem to be much better. We have come to see | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
what happens to Colonel Gaddafi's famous women bodyguards. Here we | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
are. The military academy for women. There are a couple women firing | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
rifles on either side of the sign. With his usual combination of | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
absurdity and clever PR, Colonel Gaddafi surrounded himself with a | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
quarter of women guards. This war and off to defend him to the death. | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
-- They swore an oath. Only they didn't, they ran for it. Now, their | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
barracks have been taken over by the rebels, who for some reason did | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
not want us to be there. And when we did not leave, the commander | :03:06. | :03:14. | |
went off to get a gun. Then, he fired again, getting more and more | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
threatening. The rebels do not normally behave like this. It was | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
just like the bad days. Mostly, the rebels actively wants to show us | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
the crimes and abuses of the past. We went to Tripoli airport, to see | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
Colonel Gaddafi's favourite -- famous private aircraft, a gigantic | :03:36. | :03:44. | |
Airbus 340, immensely expensive and almost ludicrously luxurious inside. | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
This is the bedroom. Colonel Gaddafi slept in a large, | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
comfortable double bed. His private bathroom included a decent size | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
jacuzzi. The man who gave the impression that he lived like a | :03:57. | :04:02. | |
poor desert better when in fact travelled the world like the | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
richest of billionaires. -- they do win. Battles between rebels and the | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
remaining supporters of Colonel Gaddafi have been continuing today. | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
Rebels have edged closer to car Gaddafi's former home town of Sanaa | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
but they are still 70 miles away. On the outskirts, rebels have been | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
attempting to capture or kill any remaining Gaddafi fighters. Orla | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
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Guerin has spent the day with them. Savouring their latest victory. | :04:36. | :04:43. | |
Rebels in control. This is a small town at the edge of Tripoli's | :04:43. | :04:53. | |
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international airport. Freedom was just a few hours old. The | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
celebrations are continuing in this area, and people have been coming | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
out onto the streets. Face-saver was heavy fighting here until 6am. | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
There have been four days of battles but now they are free, | :05:11. | :05:19. | |
finally. Every face told a story. Now there hate can be voiced, along | :05:19. | :05:29. | |
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with their joy. Gaddafi, go to hell! Nearby, at the airport, the | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
worried faces of defeat. Gaddafi loyalists, rounded up by the rebels | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
in recent days. Tell me why you were fighting? Fighting, I am not | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
fighting. The rebels challenge him. "You were found with a Kalashnikov", | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
they say. The man told us he followed orders in the army. "If I | :06:00. | :06:05. | |
did not, they could take away my children". But the message from the | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
rebels was forgiveness, not retribution. These men were free to | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
go, because this is a special night in the Muslim calendar. It is a | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
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night of blessings and peace. There were other new arrivals. More | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
suspected Colonel Gaddafi loyalists had just been rounded up. The | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
rebels say hundreds of men fought near the airport. Tonight, the | :06:35. | :06:45. | |
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fighters can go free. But not the killers. Live now to Orla Guerin in | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
Tripoli. What do you make of what you have witnessed? Cannot be taken | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
of a sign of -- taken as a sign of a broader shift to forgiveness, not | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
retribution? We cannot take much out of this incident. It was | :06:59. | :07:03. | |
extraordinary to see it. Literally, we had two enemy factions sitting | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
down together, men who could have been shooting up the rebels a few | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
days ago, now been released by them. It was very particular timing. It | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
is a special night in the Muslim calendar, the 27th day of the | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
fasting month of Ramadan. It is a particularly special time. It is a | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
time when people believe that God is listening to their prayers. The | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
rebel commander stress to us that he was making this gesture because | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
of that special moment. Nonetheless, there has been an underlying | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
message in a lot of what the rebels have said all the way along. That | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
is that they want to build a new leadership and they have to do this | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
together. In time, there will have to be some kind of process of | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
reconciliation. We do not know what that will be. We have been hearing | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
about those concerns for people living in Tripoli, with supplies | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
running out. Had that is the situation? It is getting pretty | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
dire. This is a city of 2 million people with no running water. As | :08:02. | :08:06. | |
you might be able to see behind me, the skies are pretty dark. There | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
has been another widespread blackout. A similar one occurred | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
last night. There are critical shortages of water, causing | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
problems with sanitation. There are medical supply problems and | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
electricity problems. The message from the transitional leadership is | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
that they are taking action. They will start emergency measures, | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
bringing feel in to get the water supplies going. It will be a huge | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
task. The water supply for Tripoli comes from the desert and has been | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
disrupted by fighting. We met one family who were suspect a pretty | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
typical. They have five young children and they have not have | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
running water for three days. There are families across the city trying | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
to cope with that. I think it is a critical test for the NTC. They | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
have managed to take the city, and they have managed to push it | :08:58. | :09:01. | |
Colonel Gaddafi's troops, but they need to show they can keep things | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
running. They have set out an appeal to workers in the various | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
sectors to get back to their jobs and get back to their desks. They | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
have warned people that even though they want to take action and they | :09:12. | :09:14. | |
are taking action, that they should not expect miracles and that this | :09:15. | :09:21. | |
will take time. The Government has promised to discuss the case of the | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
murdered policewoman a form Fletcher with Libya's National | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
Transitional Council after a new suspect was named. According to the | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
Daily Telegraph, an eye witness saw a diplomat open fire on a protest | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
being held outside Libya's embassy in London in 1984. No one has ever | :09:38. | :09:44. | |
been charged over her death. Was this the man responsible for | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
one of the most notorious unsolved murders in recent British history? | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
A young diplomat walking out of the Libyan embassy in 1984. Abdulmagid | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
Salah Ameri, identified today as the gunman accused of shooting WPC | :09:58. | :10:05. | |
Yvonne Fletcher. Fletcher, 25, was killed when shots were fired from | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
inside the embassy at a group demonstrating outside. And 11 day | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
police seizure followed. It was only brought to an end when embassy | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
staff were allowed to leave under the umbrella of diplomatic immunity. | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
Yvonne Fletcher was literally standing just there, two or three | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
yards away from me. And then suddenly two windows on the first | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
floor opened and we heard this heavy machine gun. This man was one | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
of the protesters that day. Now he is a representative of Libya's | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
transitional council. We have a golden opportunity that the regime | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
has toppled. We can get to the truth of who was behind the | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
shooting, who killed Dobbie PC Fletcher and injured 11 of my | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
colleagues. -- WPC. The murder of an armed police woman caused | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
outrage, but it was the pictures of embassy staff walking calmly out of | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
this building which has left a legacy of bitterness which has | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
barely dissipated in more than a quarter of a century. No one has | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
been brought to justice for this appalling crime on the streets of | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
London. The Government has made it absolutely clear that we will | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
pursue this in every way we possibly can to ensure that justice | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
takes place. Detectives hope to travel to Libya to question | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
Abdulmagid Salah Ameri but as yet, they do not know where to find him | :11:26. | :11:33. | |
or whether he is even still live. Al-Qaeda's second in command has | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
been killed in Pakistan according to a senior American officials. The | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
Libyan national was killed in Waziristan. His death is seen as | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
another blow to the organisation after the death of Osama Bin Laden. | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
At least three people, including an 11-year-old boy, have been killed | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
as Hurricane Irene batters North Carolina causing floods and | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
toppling power lines. It is expected to reach New Yorker on | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
Sunday with the city's public transport system is being shut down | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
and thousands of flights grounded. Mayor Bloomberg has warned that it | :12:05. | :12:11. | |
is a life-threatening hurricane. At first light, Hurricane Irene | :12:11. | :12:19. | |
arrived in America. The tidal surge brought immediate flooding. 90mph | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
winds soon left 500,000 people without electricity. The assault on | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
US shores has already claimed lives in at least two states. Rescuers | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
are stretched by emergencies on and off shore. The Commander in Chief | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
visited the headquarters for the Government -- the headquarters of | :12:37. | :12:44. | |
the Government's responsible stop it will be a long 48 hours and many | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
families will be affected. biggest concern is flooding and | :12:48. | :12:54. | |
power. It is going to be an enormous strain. Overnight, | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
Hurricane Irene weekend, to a Category 1 hurricane. The image | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
from Space shows a monster storm, 500 miles wide. Along the east | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
coast, they have been preparing for what may lie ahead, boarding up and | :13:08. | :13:15. | |
getting out. We do not want taking chances so we're going. -- we do | :13:15. | :13:19. | |
not want to take any chances. low-lying areas, there being told | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
they have to get out. An unprecedented evacuation affecting | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
300,000 residents. In New Jersey, the Governor is taking no chances. | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
The best way to preserve human life is for there to be no human beings | :13:34. | :13:40. | |
on the Jersey shore. The eye of the storm may be several hours away but | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
we are already getting rain in New York, gusts of wind. Flooding | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
remains the big fear. The city is surrounded by water. High-tide will | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
coincide with Hurricane Irene's arrival. | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
Tonight, a transit system that normally carries 5 million | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
passengers a day is shut down. Flights are granted, Broadway shows | :13:59. | :14:06. | |
scrapped. Ground Zero, still up vast construction site, cranes are | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
tethered. It lies within the flood zone, open and vulnerable. | :14:12. | :14:19. | |
Life now to Steve. What is the latest on the storm? -- live. The | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
latest is that Hurricane Irene has moved north from North Carolina and | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
is now over Virginia. Across those states there are reports of | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
widespread flooding and one million people and all without power. The | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
deaths referred to in that piece have come from falling trees. The | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
President is readying a military response. 6500 troops are being | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
made available to move to the areas most affected as and when the scale | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
of the devastation becomes clear. And those robust warnings, how | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
prepared is the city, hours away from the storm hitting? That | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
mandatory evacuation order in New York expires now. By this point, | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
New Yorkers in the low-lying Soames like this are supposed to be out of | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
their homes but the mayor has just said that he has reports that some | :15:05. | :15:10. | |
apartment buildings in those areas are still 50% occupied. -- low- | :15:10. | :15:16. | |
lying zones. Some people have decided to wait it out but flooding | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
is expected. It is high tide at the moment. This water is 5 feet below | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
the harbour wall. Remember, there is a massive storm surge expected | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
tomorrow morning. It is a huge task for the authorities. | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
Time for the sport. Football news coming up. Starting | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
tonight with the rugby league. Wigan are the new holders of the | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
Challenge Cup after beating Leeds in a thrilling final at Wembley. | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
Leeds goal -- Leeds gave the favourites a will run for their | :15:48. | :15:56. | |
money but the Warriors, helped by a try from Joel Tomkins, 128-18. -- | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
128 to 18. The bookmakers have already put it | :15:59. | :16:04. | |
in their hands. Wigan Warriors, overcoming favourites. They set | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
about overcoming Leeds. Showing their class. Josh Charnley finished | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
expertly. Jeff Lima added another. Such was Wigan's dominance that it | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
took two Warrior brothers to outdo them. Joel Tomkins, shrugging off a | :16:21. | :16:29. | |
supporting role and the Leeds defence. It is one of the great | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
Wembley tries! Wigan's Wembley walkover was about to get a jolt. | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
The rhinos regrouped. First, the elegance of the strife. And then, | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
the brittle power of Ben Jones- Bishop's finish. Sensing an | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
unlikely comeback, Leeds piled forward. Kyle Ablett to come over | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
the line. -- took them over. Nothing was stopping Jeff Lima for | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
his second. Perhaps the touch judge ought to have done in the build up. | :17:01. | :17:10. | |
Leeds rallied. Wigan surged over one more time. Or did they? The | :17:10. | :17:20. | |
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video referee's button gave Thomas luger why the try. -- Tony Leuluai. | :17:24. | :17:27. | |
Match of the Day follows the news on BBC One tonight. If you do not | :17:27. | :17:35. | |
want to know what happened, please, look away now. Wolves and Aston | :17:35. | :17:39. | |
Villa played out to a goalless draw. Everton beat Blackburn at 1-0 | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
Everton beat Blackburn at 1-0 thanks to a Mikel Arteta penalty. | :17:42. | :17:46. | |
Liverpool are at the top of the table after a 3-1 win over Bolton. | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson scold -- scored their first League | :17:51. | :18:01. | |
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In Scotland, Motherwell are on top of the Premier League for 24 hours | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
at least with Rangers and Celtic not play until tomorrow. They took | :18:08. | :18:18. | |
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