03/09/2011

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:00:20. > :00:24.Good afternoon. Human rights investigators in Libya say

:00:24. > :00:30.documents they have uncovered in Tripoli show close co-operation

:00:30. > :00:32.between MI6 and the CIA and the Gaddafi regime. The group at Human

:00:32. > :00:35.Rights Watch says the correspondence shows that British

:00:35. > :00:39.intelligence officers gave the regime information about Libyan

:00:39. > :00:48.dissidents in this country. The Foreign Office says it does not

:00:48. > :00:51.comment on intelligence matters. We have not been able to

:00:51. > :00:57.independently verified these documents. They seem to be genuine.

:00:57. > :01:01.They seem to be pretty embarrassing for the CIA and MI6. Both agencies

:01:01. > :01:05.appear to have had a cosy relationship with the Gaddafi

:01:05. > :01:10.regime, to the point where British intelligence even wrote a draft

:01:10. > :01:14.speech for Colonel Gaddafi. Gaddafi's regime was believed to

:01:14. > :01:20.torture people. And yet it seems that Western intelligence still

:01:20. > :01:25.sent terror suspects to Tripoli for interrogation. The secret documents

:01:25. > :01:30.found here seem to show close links between the CIA and MI6 and curl

:01:30. > :01:36.Gaddafi's intelligence service, with several suspects being put in

:01:36. > :01:41.secret on two planes to Libya, so- called Black flights. We stumbled

:01:41. > :01:45.across a room which contained the files of correspondence between the

:01:45. > :01:51.Libyan external security, headed by Colonel Gaddafi's right-hand man,

:01:51. > :01:57.Moussa Koussa, and the CIA, MI6, French intelligence and other

:01:57. > :02:00.Western intelligence agencies. is alleged that the CIA and MI6 co-

:02:00. > :02:04.operated -- corroborated on operated -- corroborated on

:02:04. > :02:07.intelligence as long ago as 2002 with Colonel Gaddafi. It is claimed

:02:07. > :02:11.that Western intelligence agencies even offered advice to corral

:02:11. > :02:16.even offered advice to corral Gaddafi. There is a draft, the CIA

:02:16. > :02:19.and MI6 drafted a speech that Colonel Gaddafi gave. It is alleged

:02:19. > :02:24.that British and intelligence -- British and American intelligence

:02:24. > :02:27.agencies had an unhealthily close relationship with Moussa Koussa, a

:02:27. > :02:35.man said to have much blood on his hands, who defected to Britain

:02:35. > :02:37.several months ago. The documents me -- the documents we found start

:02:37. > :02:45.off saying dear Moussa Koussa, thank you for the oranges to send

:02:45. > :02:49.us. That kind of cosy relationships with the intelligence services. He

:02:49. > :02:52.was known for torturing and disappearing people. There are

:02:52. > :02:57.thousands more or documents here yet to be studied and yet to give

:02:57. > :03:01.up their secrets to the world. In response to the discovery of

:03:01. > :03:04.these documents, the CIA in Washington has said that nobody

:03:04. > :03:09.should be surprised that they work with foreign governments to protect

:03:09. > :03:13.American citizens. In London, when Hague has said that these documents

:03:13. > :03:19.relate to the last Labour Government's time in office and he

:03:19. > :03:23.has no knowledge of what went on behind the scenes then.

:03:23. > :03:28.Here, police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a 77-

:03:28. > :03:34.year-old woman in Hexham. Graeme Jarman was arrested at a library in

:03:34. > :03:41.North Yorkshire. In nationwide appeal had been made to track him

:03:41. > :03:45.down after he went missing from his home in Durham on all the 17th. --

:03:45. > :03:48.17th August. RBS has said it will defend itself

:03:48. > :03:51.vigorously against legal action brought by the American government

:03:51. > :03:56.for the losses suffered on mortgage-based investments which

:03:56. > :04:00.helped bring about the global financial crash. RBS, Barclays and

:04:00. > :04:07.HSBC are among 17 banks being sued by the US Federal Housing Finance

:04:07. > :04:11.Agency. Joe Lynam. They were some of the seminal

:04:11. > :04:15.images of the financial crisis, when 5 million American households

:04:15. > :04:20.lost their homes in 2008 and 2009. Many have long believed that the

:04:20. > :04:26.banks had offered mortgages to people they had known could ill-

:04:26. > :04:31.afford to pay them. The Government is suing 17 of the world's largest

:04:31. > :04:35.banks, including RBS, Barclays and HSBC. The American government

:04:35. > :04:39.believe that these banks mis-sold specialised products worth billions

:04:39. > :04:49.of dollars and contributed to the financial crisis. Of the three

:04:49. > :04:52.

:04:52. > :04:54.British banks being sued, only RBS This is quite a significant

:04:55. > :04:58.lawsuits because regardless of ability or otherwise of these

:04:58. > :05:02.allegations, many of these big banks are likely to end up paying

:05:02. > :05:06.billions of dollars in compensation to the US government. It will be a

:05:06. > :05:10.costly settlement at best. It comes at a difficult time for the banking

:05:11. > :05:16.industry, which has seen profits declining and has been buffeted by

:05:16. > :05:19.the global economic problems. banks are bracing themselves for

:05:19. > :05:23.the imminent publication of the vicar's banking report which may

:05:24. > :05:27.force them to make dramatic changes to how they are run in Britain.

:05:27. > :05:31.Since the financial crisis, Britain's banks have seen a lot of

:05:31. > :05:35.change. They are now paying a substantial bank levy and the money

:05:35. > :05:37.they pay their staff is monitored closely, and they could soon be

:05:37. > :05:41.forced to separate their investment banking activities from their

:05:41. > :05:46.retail banking activities. As in a lawsuit from the United States and

:05:46. > :05:52.that could cripple banks already trying to find their feet. -- and

:05:52. > :05:57.in a lawsuit. The Government has offered to hold

:05:57. > :05:59.talks with opponents to its planning reforms following

:05:59. > :06:01.criticism from the Campaign for Rural England. But Planning

:06:02. > :06:06.Minister has denied he is considering a U-turn over the

:06:06. > :06:10.controversial proposals to change the law in order to encourage more

:06:10. > :06:13.house building. The Government has written to all MPs telling them

:06:13. > :06:17.that health ministers will be voting against a proposal to change

:06:17. > :06:20.the way that advice is given to women in England to why seeking an

:06:20. > :06:22.abortion. The Conservative backbencher Nadine Dorries has

:06:23. > :06:27.tabled an amendment to the Government's health bill stating

:06:27. > :06:32.that abortion advice should not be given by organisations but also

:06:32. > :06:39.carry out terminations. -- that also.

:06:39. > :06:43.Police say they still have hundreds of people to interview about in

:06:43. > :06:47.Stockport. Charges have been dropped against Rebecca Leighton,

:06:47. > :06:53.in Mercer who spent six weeks in custody in connection with the case.

:06:53. > :06:57.-- a nurse. Nick Ravenscroft is at a hospital. What is the latest?

:06:57. > :07:00.Rebecca Leighton has described the weeks she spent in prison as a

:07:00. > :07:03.living hell. The charges against her had been dropped through lack

:07:03. > :07:07.of evidence of what prosecutors have made it clear that if new

:07:08. > :07:13.evidence emerged, proceedings could be begun again. Her friends that I

:07:13. > :07:18.have spoken to say that she will struggle to return to normal life.

:07:18. > :07:22.Far from normal life that a hospital here. Two months on, from

:07:22. > :07:25.the first suspicious deaths, police are looking at a total of 40

:07:25. > :07:30.patients who could have been affected by contaminated saline.

:07:30. > :07:35.Seven of those have died. Security is tight and the patients and

:07:35. > :07:37.families are uneasy. I spoke to one woman earlier and she put it to me,

:07:37. > :07:45."Potentially we're talking about a killer being at large.

:07:45. > :07:50." thank you very much. In football, Scotland's hopes of qualifying for

:07:50. > :07:53.Euro 2012 have been dented with a 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic at

:07:53. > :07:57.Hampden Park. Kenny Miller put Scotland ahead before half-time

:07:57. > :08:03.with his 15th goal for his country but the Czech Republic pulled one

:08:03. > :08:06.back. Darren Fletcher sent Scotland on the way to an important when,

:08:07. > :08:11.but in the last minute, the Czech Republic were awarded a penalty and

:08:11. > :08:14.levelled the score. Craig Levein's side will be frustrated after they

:08:14. > :08:20.were denied a penalty in injury time. Their next game is against

:08:20. > :08:24.Lithuania on Tuesday. The star of athletics, Usain Bolt

:08:24. > :08:28.returns to the track today. He was determined to make up for his

:08:28. > :08:37.disqualification in the 100 metres. He ran the 4th fastest time in

:08:37. > :08:41.history to retain his world 200 metre title.

:08:41. > :08:45.Changing South Korea's sporting customs will take more than a week

:08:45. > :08:50.of world-class athletics. These children in Daegu are practising

:08:50. > :08:53.tae kwon do, the national sport. Next door, the media have been

:08:53. > :08:59.trying to catch a glimpse of a one man who is certain to leave his

:08:59. > :09:02.mark on this country. Usain Bolt's false start in the 100 metres final

:09:02. > :09:12.last Sunday has made him bigger news than ever. Surely like being

:09:12. > :09:17.could not strike twice? -- like men. -- lightning. Play it safe, Usain

:09:17. > :09:21.Bolt was the slowest out of the box Bolt was the slowest out of the box

:09:21. > :09:26.but he soon hit the front. From then on, the result was not in

:09:26. > :09:30.doubt. The Jamaican produced his third fastest 200 metres ever, to

:09:30. > :09:34.retain his title and to banish retain his title and to banish

:09:34. > :09:40.memories of last weekend's problems on the starting line. All I had to

:09:40. > :09:46.do was relax and listen for the gun. I listened as much as possible.

:09:46. > :09:51.centre of attention again. Usain Bolt is the Pied Piper of track and

:09:51. > :09:55.field. After this victory, Daegu became at the stage for his one-man

:09:55. > :10:00.show. There was no sense of disappointment or anti-climax for

:10:00. > :10:04.the crowd here tonight. Usain Bolt resume normal service. What they

:10:04. > :10:08.have witnessed is not just an athlete capable of running

:10:09. > :10:15.extraordinarily fast, but a showman, whose charisma is only comparable