:00:03. > :00:09.More evidence emerges of atrocities in Libya, as the remains of dozens
:00:09. > :00:13.of charred bodies are uncovered on the outskirts of Tripoli.
:00:13. > :00:17.We cannot show you the kind of pictures that would convey the
:00:17. > :00:24.horror of what happened in here. It is very hard to even imagine the
:00:24. > :00:27.terror in the last few moments for the men who were trapped inside.
:00:27. > :00:30.Hurricane Irene claims more lives as it sweeps up America's East
:00:30. > :00:34.Coast, but New York escapes the worst.
:00:34. > :00:42.The race is on to get the first free schools ready in time for the
:00:42. > :00:45.new term. And, Usain "bolts" too soon at the
:00:45. > :00:55.World Athletics Championships, putting himself out of the medal
:00:55. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:11.Good evening. In Libya, there's more evidence of
:01:11. > :01:14.atrocities carried out in the final days of Colonel Gaddafi's regime.
:01:14. > :01:19.Human Rights Watch says it has uncovered dozens of arbitrary
:01:19. > :01:22.executions of civilians. And, just outside Tripoli, the BBC has filmed
:01:22. > :01:25.the aftermath of an apparent massacre in a military base, with
:01:25. > :01:28.testimony from men who escaped, forced to leave relatives behind. I
:01:28. > :01:38.should warn you Orla Guerin's report contains some graphic and
:01:38. > :01:45.distressing images. In the shadow of the eagle, dark
:01:45. > :01:51.secrets are coming to light. This was the headquarters of the Khamis
:01:51. > :01:54.Brigade, a much feared army unit run by Colonel Gaddafi's son. In a
:01:54. > :02:00.compound just behind it, we found victims of execution, killed on
:02:00. > :02:10.Tuesday, in the dying days of the regime. This man's feet were still
:02:10. > :02:12.
:02:12. > :02:20.bound. But there was worse to come. Inside this smouldering warehouse,
:02:20. > :02:27.the charred remains of dozens of bodies. We cannot show you the kind
:02:27. > :02:31.of pictures that would convey the horror of what happened in here. It
:02:31. > :02:36.is very hard to even imagine the terror in the last few moments for
:02:36. > :02:46.the men who were trapped inside. What we can say for certain is that
:02:46. > :02:50.
:02:50. > :03:00.they were shown absolutely no mercy. This man was one of them. He
:03:00. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:05.managed to flee the warehouse, but without his three sons. He says up
:03:05. > :03:11.to 150 civilians were packed in here, guarded by troops and
:03:11. > :03:21.mercenaries. They promised them water at sunset. But they came with
:03:21. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :03:30.guns instead. They started shooting like this, he said. Then, they
:03:30. > :03:40.threw in hand grenades, three of them. They stopped and came back
:03:40. > :03:45.
:03:45. > :03:55.and started again. The sight and smell were too much for some. For
:03:55. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :04:01.others, the grief was overwhelming. One we do not know how many were
:04:01. > :04:05.killed here, locals had removed some bodies for burial. Husbands
:04:05. > :04:15.and fathers and sons had gone down here, men who never lived to see a
:04:15. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:20.free Libya. It's a week since rebel opposition
:04:20. > :04:24.forces entered Tripoli. Fighting there is largely over, with the
:04:24. > :04:27.head of the National Transitional Council saying food is more of a
:04:27. > :04:30.concern than security, although some aid is getting through. We can
:04:30. > :04:33.speak to our world affairs editor John Simpson in Tripoli. What's
:04:33. > :04:43.your assessment of what the opposition forces have achieved in
:04:43. > :04:48.
:04:48. > :04:52.their first week? They have achieved much more than
:04:52. > :04:55.they thought they were going to in a short space of time. That has
:04:55. > :05:03.been the problem really, they took over the city are relatively
:05:03. > :05:08.quickly. Three days before they could say they had it. And that was
:05:08. > :05:14.really too quick for themselves, the soldiers, and I think for the
:05:14. > :05:20.government to be in Benghazi which wasn't expecting it would be quite
:05:20. > :05:28.this quick. That has led to problems. It has led to a complete
:05:28. > :05:33.absence of any kind of control on the streets, although the soldiers
:05:33. > :05:37.themselves have actually behaved rather well, and have kept a
:05:37. > :05:43.certain order simply by being there. But not a single policeman in
:05:43. > :05:50.uniform to be seen. Not a single civil servant to be seen. No state
:05:50. > :05:56.television. Even now. So you can see that all of these things are
:05:56. > :06:00.simply creating a kind of absence of control which, given the real
:06:00. > :06:05.disaster in terms of water supply and electricity supply, lack of
:06:05. > :06:10.both of them, will cause serious problems here, unless something can
:06:10. > :06:15.be done about it quickly. Then, the question will be, who will be
:06:15. > :06:19.blamed? Will people say Colonel Gaddafi is responsible for a tour?
:06:19. > :06:22.Or will they say these people are not doing it well. Hurricane Irene
:06:22. > :06:25.has caused widespread damage along America's East Coast, so far
:06:25. > :06:28.claiming at least 18 lives, and causing billions of dollars of
:06:28. > :06:31.damage. More than two million people were ordered to leave their
:06:31. > :06:34.homes, and an estimated four million properties have been left
:06:35. > :06:38.without power. As Irene made its way up the east coast from North
:06:38. > :06:42.Carolina to New Jersey, it was downgraded to a tropical storm.
:06:42. > :06:44.That's been fortunate for New York, where damage is not as bad as was
:06:44. > :06:54.feared. Our correspondent Steve Kingstone is in New York this
:06:54. > :06:56.
:06:56. > :07:00.evening. As you can see, we are still
:07:00. > :07:04.feeling the effects of the hurricane at several hours after
:07:04. > :07:08.the storm passed through New York. Today's beer priorities have said
:07:08. > :07:13.they are preparing for the worst, preparing for the best. What they
:07:13. > :07:19.have got is something in between. There have been fatalities and
:07:19. > :07:21.devastation. This morning, giant waves buffeted
:07:21. > :07:30.the Atlantic coast, as the artillery of destruction moved
:07:30. > :07:38.north. There goes the life guard Here, rescuers helped an elderly
:07:38. > :07:42.resident from a home defenceless against the tidal surge. The storm
:07:42. > :07:44.unloaded one feet of water. Winds of 70 mph brought down power lines,
:07:44. > :07:48.leaving millions without electricity. We're not out of the
:07:48. > :07:53.woods yet. Hurricane Irene remains a large and potentially dangerous
:07:53. > :07:57.storm. Hazards still persist in communities that have already seen
:07:57. > :08:04.this storm pass. At the southern tip of Manhattan,
:08:04. > :08:07.torrential rain brought flooding. Its arrival has coincided with high
:08:07. > :08:13.tide which would normally stop about four feet below this harbour
:08:13. > :08:18.wall. But the waters have crept up with the storm surge,, and are
:08:18. > :08:23.making their way into lower Manhattan. We have the skyscrapers
:08:23. > :08:26.of the financial district. Wall Street is a few blocks away. Before
:08:26. > :08:32.long, some streets were partially under water as trains felt the
:08:32. > :08:38.strain. Hurricane Irene has left her mark on Manhattan. It could
:08:38. > :08:43.have been worse. Gradually, New Yorkers emerged to take a look.
:08:43. > :08:47.Some had ignored the order to abandon their homes. It is hard to
:08:47. > :08:54.tell my husband what to do. Mandatory evacuation? OK, let's
:08:54. > :09:02.make this a beautiful day. ignored it? Yes, we went about our
:09:02. > :09:08.business. But many others further south are counting the cost in
:09:08. > :09:14.dollars and in human life. When a falling tree crashed through this
:09:14. > :09:18.apartment block in Virginia, an 11- year-old boy inside stood no chance.
:09:18. > :09:28.Officially, Hurricane Irene is now a tropical storm, but she will live
:09:28. > :09:29.
:09:29. > :09:35.long in the memory. Tonight, the evacuation order has been lifted,
:09:35. > :09:38.the hurricane is moving towards Canada. It is no longer a hurricane
:09:38. > :09:43.but a tropical storm. The President has addressed the nation saying
:09:43. > :09:51.this is not over, the impact will be felt for some time, our thoughts
:09:51. > :09:55.are with those people who have been affected.
:09:55. > :09:57.The British Army is reported to have been cleared of systematically
:09:57. > :10:01.torturing civilians in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq
:10:01. > :10:04.in 2003. The Sunday Telegraph says an inquiry into the death of a
:10:04. > :10:07.hotel worker, Baha Mousa, has found no evidence of widespread abuse and
:10:07. > :10:15.murder. But individual soldiers will be criticised. Jon Brain
:10:15. > :10:20.report does contain some distressing images.
:10:20. > :10:23.A British soldier mistreating detainees in Basra in 2003. The
:10:23. > :10:30.Army has maintained this was a regrettable but rare case of abuse.
:10:30. > :10:35.His critics claim such behaviour was widespread. One of the Rockies
:10:35. > :10:40.was Baha Mousa. The receptionist was in custody for less than 48
:10:40. > :10:45.hours. In that time, the hotel receptionist suffered 90 separate
:10:45. > :10:50.injuries before dying of asphyxiation. For the Telegraph
:10:50. > :10:56.claims the inquest report will highlight failures of command but
:10:56. > :10:59.will clear the Army of systematic abuse. The issue is there is an
:10:59. > :11:04.abuse of human rights committed by the Army within the knowledge of
:11:04. > :11:08.the Army within the system. This cannot continue. That is why there
:11:08. > :11:12.is disappointment. Supporters of the Army claimed the vast majority
:11:12. > :11:19.of British troops in Iraq conducted themselves with professionalism and
:11:19. > :11:23.decency. This is a leaked report, it is not official. The Army has
:11:23. > :11:28.taken extensive action to try to mitigate against such a thing ever
:11:28. > :11:32.happening again. You cannot stop it entirely. The Ministry of Defence
:11:32. > :11:38.will not comment until the report is published but it does described
:11:38. > :11:42.the treatment of Baha Mousa as a shameful and unexcusable. Officials
:11:42. > :11:52.insist lessons have been learned and they say the recommendations
:11:52. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:56.will be studied carefully. A 28- year old man has been charged with
:11:56. > :11:59.two counts of attempted grievous bodily harm, following an incident
:11:59. > :12:03.in which two police were injured during the riots in London earlier
:12:03. > :12:06.this month. The pair were run over while they were chasing looters in
:12:06. > :12:08.Waltham Forest in east London. A 31-year-old man has already been
:12:08. > :12:11.arrested and bailed in connection with the case.
:12:11. > :12:13.Europe's largest street party, the Notting Hill Carnival, got underway
:12:13. > :12:17.in west London today, with the traditional children's parade.
:12:17. > :12:20.Extra police are on duty this year in an effort to prevent trouble,
:12:20. > :12:24.following the riots of three weeks ago. By early this evening, there
:12:24. > :12:31.had been 33 arrests, mainly for minor offences. But police said the
:12:31. > :12:35.day had been largely calm and trouble free.
:12:35. > :12:38.And It's been confirmed that a total of 24 so-called "free'
:12:38. > :12:41.schools", set up by parents, faith groups and others, will open in
:12:41. > :12:44.England for the start of the new school year. The government says
:12:44. > :12:46.the state-funded schools, which are outside local authority control,
:12:46. > :12:50.will drive up standards. Critics, including teachers' unions, fear
:12:50. > :12:58.they will take pupils and resources away from other schools. Ed Thomas
:12:58. > :13:07.reports. This has been a middle school and
:13:07. > :13:11.college, but now it will be a free school. 29 children will be here.
:13:11. > :13:14.Not only will it be Bradford's latest primary but, like all free
:13:14. > :13:20.schools, it will be independent of local authority control. We are in
:13:20. > :13:25.the centre of inner city Bradford. For the past 25 years, the state
:13:25. > :13:30.education system has failed us. We will definitely reform that and
:13:30. > :13:34.bring about positive change for the children of this area. Rainbow
:13:34. > :13:40.Primary won't be alone, there will be a second free school, both in
:13:40. > :13:43.inner city Bradford. What is happening in Bradford is exactly
:13:43. > :13:46.what the government wants. Parents and communities taking charge of
:13:46. > :13:53.their children's education in some of the most deprived areas, to
:13:53. > :13:58.raise standards. Not every community is getting a free school.
:13:58. > :14:02.There are only five in the north of England, a handful in the Midlands.
:14:02. > :14:09.Half of the 24 free schools will be in the south. The largest number in
:14:09. > :14:12.London. Some believe they are divisive and unnecessary. As any
:14:12. > :14:16.child starts a new school, one would want them to have the best
:14:16. > :14:19.opportunities they can. It is our view those are provided by the
:14:19. > :14:23.existing state comprehensive schools, and we can see that from
:14:23. > :14:30.the fact results have improved in these schools at GCSE and A-level
:14:30. > :14:34.year on year. In a few weeks, free schools will open their doors to
:14:34. > :14:43.children. The change is a worry to some. The government believes it is
:14:43. > :14:46.time to trust parents to get it right. Now with news of a major
:14:46. > :14:48.shock at the World Athletics Championships, and the rest of the
:14:48. > :14:50.day's sport, here's Francis Collings.
:14:50. > :14:54.To the World Athletics Championships, where there was a
:14:54. > :14:57.major shock in South Korea. The world's fastest man over 100 metres,
:14:57. > :15:00.Usain Bolt of Jamaica, failed to win. Not because he was beaten, but
:15:00. > :15:03.because he false-started. That gave his compatriot, Yohan Blake, the
:15:03. > :15:08.chance to take the gold. Our sports editor David Bond reports from
:15:08. > :15:11.Daegu. A long-distance view of the
:15:11. > :15:15.shortest but most eagerly anticipated race in the world. A
:15:15. > :15:22.lot of these fans might be new to athletics. Even they knew Usain
:15:22. > :15:25.Bolt was a sure thing for the 100 metres. COMMENTATOR: Usain Bolt.
:15:25. > :15:30.Usain Bolt seemed to think so as well, dismissing his rivals'
:15:30. > :15:36.chances on the start-line. Then, this happened.
:15:36. > :15:42.COMMENTATOR: a false start, Usain Bolt.
:15:42. > :15:46.His bid to retain his world title was over before it had begun. For
:15:46. > :15:51.the fastest man on the planet, the shock of being brought down to
:15:51. > :15:54.Earth was almost too much. His misfortune allowed his training
:15:55. > :15:59.partner Yohan Blake to become the youngest world 100 metres champion
:15:59. > :16:07.in history. But the circumstances of his victory will open a fierce
:16:07. > :16:15.debate about the sport's new one false start rule. Even if you are a
:16:15. > :16:19.champion, there is no favouritism. As much as we would all have loved
:16:19. > :16:22.to see Bolt run 9.6 or break the world record again, there are
:16:22. > :16:26.certain rules set inside that parameter. Once again, it is Usain
:16:26. > :16:33.Bolt who has grabbed the attention. The worry for a sport so reliant on
:16:33. > :16:36.one man is, tonight, he has shown legends can make mistakes.
:16:36. > :16:40.There was success for Great Britain in Daegu, as Mo Farah took the
:16:40. > :16:43.silver medal with a brave run in the 10,000 metres. Farah kept pace
:16:44. > :16:47.with the leading pack throughout the race, and kicked for home with
:16:47. > :16:50.600 metres to go. But gold eluded him, as he was overtaken by
:16:50. > :16:55.Ethiopia's Ibrahim Jeilan just metres from the line.
:16:55. > :16:59.Match of the Day 2 is on after the news, so cover your ears and look
:16:59. > :17:01.away now if you don't want to know any results. It's fair to say the
:17:02. > :17:05.goals have been raining, in United's eight goals against
:17:05. > :17:14.Arsenal, taking them above City to the top of the table. A hat-trick
:17:14. > :17:18.A terrific afternoon too for Manchester City, and their striker
:17:18. > :17:19.Edin Dzeko who scored four in the 5- 1 win over Spurs at White Hart
:17:19. > :17:22.Lane. Elsewhere, Newcastle United
:17:22. > :17:24.defeated Fulham 2-1. Stoke had an away win over West
:17:24. > :17:27.Bromwich Albion, Ryan Shotton with a late winner.
:17:27. > :17:32.In the Scottish Premier League: Hearts won the Edinburgh derby at
:17:32. > :17:35.Tynecastle. Rangers are back on top of the SPL, after beating Aberdeen.
:17:36. > :17:39.Goals from Steve Davis and Steven Naismith goals edged them ahead of
:17:39. > :17:41.Motherwell on goal difference. And third place Celtic won 2-0 at St
:17:41. > :17:44.Mirren. At the Belgian Grand Prix, there
:17:44. > :17:49.was another win for world champion Sebastian Vettel, followed home by
:17:49. > :17:52.his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber and McLaren's Jensen Button. Last
:17:52. > :17:56.year's winner at Spa, Lewis Hamilton, crashed out on the 13th
:17:56. > :18:06.lap. But who can stop Sebastian Vettel retaining his world title?
:18:06. > :18:08.