:01:40. > :01:44.They ripped down the Israeli flag and threw it down to the cheering
:01:44. > :01:49.crowds below. An Israeli official said six members of staff in the
:01:49. > :01:53.building at the time were released by Egyptian commandos.
:01:53. > :02:00.He said this was a serious blow to the fabric of peace between Egypt
:02:00. > :02:04.and Israel. The Israeli ambassador has left
:02:04. > :02:08.Egypt. This morning the streets are tense but calm.
:02:08. > :02:14.Under the former Egyptian leader, Hosni Mubarak, who was forced from
:02:14. > :02:23.office this year, ties with Israel were cold but stable.
:02:24. > :02:27.But now the 30-year-old peace treaty is being severely tested.
:02:27. > :02:31.Forces loyal to the new Libyan leadership are engaged in fresh
:02:31. > :02:35.fighting to oust Colonel Gaddafi's supporters from one of their last
:02:35. > :02:39.strongholds, the town of Bani Walid. The former rebels have advanced
:02:39. > :02:46.under heavy fire to within a mile of the town centre. Let's go live
:02:46. > :02:51.to our correspondent, who is just outside Bani Walid. We've been
:02:51. > :02:55.allowed to move quite a bit closer to Bani Walid. There's been a lot
:02:55. > :02:59.of firing around news the air. The rebels lets off rounds in
:02:59. > :03:04.celebration. But inside the town itself there is heavy fighting
:03:04. > :03:09.going on. It seems Colonel Gaddafi's forces are putting up
:03:09. > :03:13.much fiercer resistance than these men hoped or expected. They are
:03:13. > :03:19.taking mortar and rocket fire constantly. Not many casualties
:03:19. > :03:22.reported but this is going to be a tough battle between die-hard
:03:22. > :03:27.Gaddafi loyalists who are holding on in Bani Walid. The hope is the
:03:27. > :03:29.town will be captured within hours, the men say, but right now that
:03:29. > :03:32.doesn't look like that is going happen.
:03:32. > :03:36.There's continued high security in New York and Washington over a
:03:36. > :03:39.possible bomb threat ahead of the tenth anniversary of the September
:03:40. > :03:44.11th attacks. In the last hour President Obama has delivered his
:03:44. > :03:50.weekly address to the nation. Mr Obama talked about the bravery
:03:50. > :03:54.displayed that day. Ten years ago ordinary Americans showed us the
:03:54. > :04:00.true meaning of courage when they rushed up the stairwells into those
:04:00. > :04:05.flames into that cockpit The decade since a new generation has stepped
:04:05. > :04:09.forward to keep us safe Their memory, in their name, we will
:04:09. > :04:13.never waiver. We will protect the country we love and pass it safer,
:04:13. > :04:16.stronger and more prosperous to the next generation.
:04:16. > :04:20.In their opening games of Rugby World Cup in New Zealand both