:00:21. > :00:24.foreign troops in ten years of war 13 foreign soldiers and civilians
:00:24. > :00:27.have been killed in a suicide bomb in Kabul.
:00:27. > :00:31.Tens of thousands of passengers are left stranded around the world as
:00:31. > :00:34.Qantas grounds all its flights. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
:00:34. > :00:37.Welcome to Jim'll Fix It. One of the country's best known
:00:37. > :00:47.broadcasters Sir Jimmy Savile has died at the age of 84
:00:47. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.Good evening. In rugby, England Hello. A very good evening to you.
:01:04. > :01:07.Miltiants in Afghanistan have carried out one of the deadliest
:01:07. > :01:10.attacks on foreign troops in ten years of war. 12 Americans and a
:01:10. > :01:13.Canadian are thought to have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on
:01:13. > :01:16.a military convoy in the Afghan capital. Five of them were soldiers
:01:16. > :01:19.and eight civilian members of the NATO led force ISAF. Four Afghans
:01:19. > :01:21.also died in the blast on the outskirts of Kabul. Our
:01:21. > :01:24.correspondent Quentin Sommerville has sent this report from the
:01:24. > :01:27.Afghan capital In Syria activists say more than 20
:01:27. > :01:29.people have died in the city of Homs, where there's been more heavy
:01:29. > :01:37.gunfire as security forces try to stop anti-government protests.
:01:37. > :01:40.The bus the troops were travelling in was heavily armoured. It had
:01:40. > :01:45.bullet-proof plating, but the force of the explosion was so great it
:01:46. > :01:52.blew it on its side. At the scene fire cruise worked to cordan off
:01:52. > :01:58.the scene. The area was acted on by Afghan forces. This was one of the
:01:58. > :02:06.deadliest attacks in the ten-year war. Four soldiers and eight ISAF
:02:06. > :02:13.civilians died in the attack. All were mer, but -- American, but a
:02:13. > :02:17.Canadian soldier may have been killed. It is quite a dramatic
:02:17. > :02:25.incident today, and obviously, our feelings go out to the relatives of
:02:25. > :02:29.those who have perished today. unusual for so many to die in a
:02:29. > :02:33.single incident. Afghan civilians, including two students, were killed.
:02:34. > :02:40.Most of the assaults were carried out by a Taliban faction. This was
:02:40. > :02:44.last month when they fired on the US embassy and the international
:02:44. > :02:47.mission's headquarters. That attack lasted 20 hours. It's usually the
:02:47. > :02:51.civilians who bear the brunt of the attacks, but today it was American
:02:51. > :02:57.forces who suffered. The actual number of assaults here in Kabul
:02:57. > :03:03.has fallen over the last year but time and time again the Taliban and
:03:03. > :03:11.the Hakani network are able to penetrate the city's defences. In
:03:11. > :03:17.the coming years, forces will leave and the country will take on the
:03:17. > :03:26.task. Quentin is live for us in Kabul.
:03:26. > :03:29.What more do we know about who carried out this attack? It has all
:03:29. > :03:33.the hallmarks of the Taliban network. There is an ongoing
:03:33. > :03:37.investigation. We won't know who carried it out until that's over.
:03:37. > :03:43.The other important thing here is British and American troops will
:03:43. > :03:47.finish combat operations at the end of 2014. After then, those Afghan
:03:48. > :03:52.security forces will be facing the Taliban - not just hear in Kabul
:03:52. > :03:56.but across the country, and they'll largely be doing that on their own.
:03:56. > :04:00.Many thanks. In Syria, activists say more than
:04:00. > :04:03.20 people have died in the city of Homas where there has been more
:04:03. > :04:06.heavy gunfire as security forces try to stop anti-government
:04:06. > :04:09.protests. The violence comes despite Arab foreign ministers
:04:09. > :04:11.issuing an urgent call to Syria to end the killing of civilians after
:04:11. > :04:14.nearly forty people died yesterday Thousands of passengers around the
:04:14. > :04:16.world have been left stranded after the Australian airline Qantas
:04:16. > :04:26.grounded all its domestic and international flights in an
:04:26. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:34.industrial dispute. The airline says it will lock out its employees
:04:34. > :04:36.until they agree a deal. The Australian Government has referred
:04:36. > :04:41.the matter to an industrial tribunal. Hundreds of people here
:04:42. > :04:47.in the UK have been affected, as Joe Lynam reports.
:04:47. > :04:51.The kangaroos on Qantas's tailfins were going no-where today, and
:04:51. > :04:56.passengers, politicians and trade unions were hopping mad. They just
:04:56. > :05:00.said, unfortunately all flights, internal, domestic and
:05:00. > :05:04.international have been cancelled, so sort yourselves out. Bye.
:05:04. > :05:12.just leaves a really bad taste in your mouth. I have heard so many
:05:12. > :05:17.people say I am never going to play Qantas again. The lawyers were
:05:17. > :05:20.called in to try to end the lock- out. What we're seeing is a
:05:20. > :05:24.circumstance with this industrial dispute that could have
:05:24. > :05:28.implications for our national economy. Qantas is the world's 10th
:05:28. > :05:33.biggest airline, but tonight more than a hundred of its aircraft are
:05:33. > :05:38.grounded across 22 airports worldwide. That disrupts the travel
:05:38. > :05:44.plans of more than 13,000 Qantas customers over the next 24 hours
:05:44. > :05:53.and costs the company around �13 million a day. Last August, Qantas
:05:53. > :06:00.said it needed to cut its workforce and refocus itself towards Asia.
:06:00. > :06:08.That sparked strikes from employees, which the company has said has cost
:06:08. > :06:13.its money and forced it to take these measures. As the action
:06:13. > :06:19.continues as the unions have promised, we'll have no choice but
:06:19. > :06:23.to close down Qantas part by part. This is a pre-conceived, pre-
:06:23. > :06:29.planned attempt to hoodwink the shareholders, the Australian
:06:29. > :06:33.community and destroy the Qantas brand. For now the matter is in the
:06:33. > :06:36.hands of an Australian relations tribunal which has adjourned until
:06:37. > :06:40.tomorrow afternoon. It could order Qantas back into the skies. Here in
:06:40. > :06:45.Britain, the four flights that operate from Heathrow were also
:06:45. > :06:48.cancelled. The airline promised to rebook, reroute or refund all
:06:48. > :06:55.affected passengers. The advice is to check before you leave for the
:06:55. > :07:02.airport. 22 years ago an American airline, Eastern, locked out some,
:07:02. > :07:07.but not all, of its staff and it resulted in the liquidation of the
:07:07. > :07:09.airline. It is hoped history doesn't repeat itself.
:07:09. > :07:16.One of the country's best-known broadcasters, Sir Jimmy Savile, has
:07:16. > :07:20.died at the age of 84. With a career that spanned 40 years, he
:07:20. > :07:24.was famous for his show Jim'll Fix It and for being the first and last
:07:24. > :07:26.presenter of Top of the Pops. Sir Jimmy was also well known for his
:07:26. > :07:29.charity work raising more than �40 million. Many tributes have been
:07:29. > :07:37.paid tonight, and Prince Charles said he was saddened by the news.
:07:38. > :07:43.Nick Higham looks back at his life. Jimmy Savile loved the limelight,
:07:43. > :07:46.and crowds loved him, but underneath the flamboyant showman
:07:46. > :07:50.heaf, profound enigma. He'd become a disc jockey - one of the very
:07:50. > :07:56.first - after a stint as a wrestler. He became famous for his
:07:56. > :08:01.catchphrases, his dyed hair and his eccentric clothes.
:08:01. > :08:09.He was instantly recognisable. He was a wonderful marketing man - a
:08:09. > :08:17.promotion man for himself, a recognisable dress, stylised speech.
:08:17. > :08:25."Goodness gracious," "As it happens," "Now then, now then" he
:08:25. > :08:31.founded his career on. In Savile's Travels he broadcast from all
:08:31. > :08:36.around the country. We shall play you a nice piece of music.
:08:36. > :08:39.# Jim'll Fix It # For 20 years he ran Jim'll Fix It,
:08:39. > :08:45.fulfilling order flair people's dreams like the lucky boy who got
:08:45. > :08:49.to visit a model train factory. He became a rich man and wasn't shy of
:08:49. > :08:55.showing it. He was an outrageous publicist, but he also put his
:08:55. > :09:01.money to use, raising money for charities. He ran marathons. He
:09:01. > :09:07.worked regularly at Leeds Infirmary as a porter. All my life I was
:09:07. > :09:12.governed by a fund, a single fella, no expenses. Every day is Christmas
:09:12. > :09:16.day, every night is New Year's Eve. It was all fun. It was fun when it
:09:16. > :09:20.started, and it's fun today, and there is nothing wrong with a bit
:09:20. > :09:24.of fun. Outside his Leeds home today, a fan laid flowers in
:09:24. > :09:30.tribute and his family issued a statement. Jimmy was a wonderful
:09:30. > :09:36.man. His public face is well known, but we knew him much more as an
:09:36. > :09:40.uncle. He was a very good friend. He was a difficult man to fathom.
:09:40. > :09:43.Louis Theroux made a documentary on him in which they travelled to
:09:43. > :09:48.Scarborough and the flat his mother once lived.
:09:48. > :09:52.The walls are suede. He was a man who was shy of commitments and
:09:53. > :10:01.relationships. Why is it said in interviews you
:10:01. > :10:05.don't have emotions? Because it's easier. Truth is I am good at
:10:06. > :10:12.masking them. He was in the end a lonely man, who found consolation
:10:12. > :10:15.in doing good. There's to be a big increase in the
:10:15. > :10:19.amount of money welfare claimants who break the law can have docked
:10:19. > :10:22.from their benefits to pay for court fines. The sum's being raised
:10:23. > :10:27.from five pounds a week to a maximum of twenty five pounds from
:10:27. > :10:31.2013. But the Government's been criticised for the move, as Ben
:10:31. > :10:36.Geoghegan reports. After the looting and lawlessness
:10:36. > :10:39.of the summer, the Government promised a fight-back. Today
:10:39. > :10:43.Ministers announced tougher penalties for offenders on benefits.
:10:43. > :10:48.At the moment the courts have the powers to take �5 a week out of
:10:48. > :10:52.someone's benefits in order to pay a fine or compensation. In future
:10:52. > :10:58.they'll be able to deduct �25. we're saying is the court should be
:10:58. > :11:03.able to take �25 a week off someone who has broken the law. It's for
:11:03. > :11:06.the court to decide, giving them extra powers to say crime doesn't
:11:06. > :11:11.pay. Nearly 2,000 people have been brought before the court since the
:11:11. > :11:15.riots in England. 35% of them were claiming benefit for being out of
:11:15. > :11:20.work. In Ealing in West London, they're still rebuilding after
:11:20. > :11:23.businesses and shops were trashed, so do people here think today's
:11:23. > :11:28.announcement is a good idea? Actually, if you have done the
:11:28. > :11:34.crime, pay for it. I don't see how anybody can live with �25 less on
:11:34. > :11:40.state benefits enif they have committed crimes. Labour support a
:11:40. > :11:45.tough response and agree the course should have as much as they need to
:11:45. > :11:49.make people pay for their crimes. Some think this plan could backfire.
:11:49. > :11:53.If someone has a family, and they have to pay �25 week after week,
:11:53. > :11:58.they'll be plunged into poverty, and what'll happen is they'll have
:11:58. > :12:02.to commit more crimes in order to feed the children. The hope is,
:12:02. > :12:07.faced with losing a chunk of their benefits, people will think twice
:12:07. > :12:10.about breaking the law in future. Michael D Higgins has been
:12:10. > :12:13.officially confirmed as the ninth Irish President. The Labour
:12:13. > :12:21.candidate and poet, who said he wanted to be a President for all
:12:21. > :12:23.the people, will be inaugurated on the 11th of November.
:12:23. > :12:26.Residents in the Thai capital Bangkok are bracing themselves for
:12:26. > :12:29.high tide tonight as floodwaters continue to wreak havoc in the city.
:12:29. > :12:37.Thousands of people have already fled as many parts of the northern
:12:37. > :12:41.suburbs remain under water. Our correspondent Rachel Harvey reports.
:12:41. > :12:46.Desperate attempts to plug the leaks - flood barriers that have
:12:46. > :12:50.held until now are under pressure. High tide is approaching. This
:12:50. > :12:59.riverside community is racing to reinforce its defences. They're
:12:59. > :13:04.used to living with the water's ebb and flow, but this is different.
:13:04. > :13:08.TRANSLATION: If we can hold the water back, it should be OK. But it
:13:08. > :13:12.is so high. We can't pump the water out fast enough. In 20 years we
:13:12. > :13:20.have never had flooding inside here. Elsewhere, the battle is already
:13:20. > :13:24.lost. A district in a major capital city is being abandoned to the
:13:24. > :13:31.floods, people retreating to the safety of dry ground. Boats now
:13:31. > :13:37.dominate where cars were once king. It's no longer safe to stay here,
:13:37. > :13:42.he says. The level has been rising for the past three days. Many are
:13:42. > :13:47.forced to wade through the increasingly filthy floodwater.
:13:47. > :13:50.You see people up to their chests in really stinking water, and it's
:13:50. > :13:55.only going to be worse if the water rises in Bangkok with the sewage
:13:55. > :13:59.something that overflows when it's just a flash flood anyway, so these
:13:59. > :14:04.are big concerns. In the centre of town, life continues much as normal,
:14:04. > :14:08.withs some extra precautions. Just look at the height of this sandbag
:14:08. > :14:12.wall. It's outside a bank in the central business district of
:14:12. > :14:14.Bangkok. There are no floodwaters here. It's completely dry, but the
:14:14. > :14:21.Government told everybody to be prepared for the worst this weekend,
:14:21. > :14:26.and this gives you an indication of just how worried people are.
:14:26. > :14:35.It's easy to see why. Even if most of Bangkok is spared the worst, it
:14:35. > :14:39.will take weeks for the floods to subside.
:14:39. > :14:42.Now all the day's sport. Thank you very much indeed. This is
:14:42. > :14:52.a warning if you don't want to know the scores, but we start with Rugby
:14:52. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:00.League. But we start with Rugby League and the first game in the
:15:00. > :15:02.Four nations for England and Wales. And it turned into a very good day
:15:02. > :15:06.for England and their fullback Sam Tomkins.
:15:06. > :15:09.Wales' real headache proved to be the England full-back Sam Tompkins.
:15:09. > :15:13.He gave the match of the match performance, crossing the line
:15:13. > :15:18.twice in the opening 20 minutes. Wales were far from overwhelmed,
:15:18. > :15:22.but they couldn't stop them from bagging a third try before halftime.
:15:22. > :15:31.England and Tompkins picked up where they left off after the
:15:31. > :15:36.interval. He added more tries as they tried to swamp the opponents.
:15:36. > :15:43.The home side ran in eight tries in total, with this score the last
:15:43. > :15:46.action of the match. Their 42-4 victory should provide a marvellous
:15:46. > :15:49.confidence boost for Steve McNamara's side, but that might not
:15:49. > :15:54.be enough with Australia and New Zealand to face over the coming
:15:54. > :15:57.weeks. Having lost the one-day series five-nil, England's
:15:57. > :16:05.cricketers have beaten India in their 'one-off' Twenty 20 match in
:16:05. > :16:08.Kolkata. And it was a man with a broken thumb - Kevin Pieterson -
:16:08. > :16:11.who defied the pain to help England defeat India for the first time at
:16:11. > :16:21.20/20. He hit a sparkling 53 including three sixes, as England
:16:21. > :16:21.
:16:21. > :16:25.won by six wickets. Match of the Day follows the news on BBC1, so if
:16:25. > :16:29.you don't want to know the results - please do look away now - and
:16:29. > :16:32.mute the sound. There was quite a game at Stamford Bridge as Arsenal
:16:32. > :16:35.defeated Chelsea - helped by three goals from Robin Van Persie. For
:16:35. > :16:39.the second time in a few days Manchester City made life difficult
:16:39. > :16:42.for Wolves, with a 3-1 win at home to stay five points clear at the
:16:42. > :16:44.top. Elsewhere, Manchester United won at Everton, Norwich drew with
:16:44. > :16:50.Blackburn whilst Sunderland and Aston Villa shared the points as
:16:50. > :16:54.well. And there were wins for Swansea, West Brom and Fulham.
:16:54. > :16:57.Rangers are nine points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier
:16:57. > :17:07.League after a 2-1 victory over ten-man Aberdeen. Celtic drew at
:17:07. > :17:11.home with Hibernian. Dunfermline were hammered by Dundee United.
:17:11. > :17:16.Hearts lost at home to Kilmarnock. That is all the sport. Thank you
:17:16. > :17:25.very much indeed. Just a reminder, the clocks go back
:17:25. > :17:28.at 2.00am. But from all of us, good It has been a very mild October,
:17:28. > :17:32.and that doesn't look like changing over the last couple of days of the
:17:32. > :17:36.month. Temperatures will stay up overnight, and it will be another
:17:36. > :17:40.mild day tomorrow. It might start off grey, but most places will
:17:40. > :17:44.brighten up with some sunny spells developing by afternoon. It's quite
:17:44. > :17:49.cloudy out there at the moment. There has been heavy rain across
:17:49. > :17:53.Northern England and North Wales. The band of rain working south, but
:17:53. > :17:57.tending to fizzle out. A drizzly, misty night, but temperatures
:17:57. > :18:01.mostly staying in double figures. Sunday will start off grey. Some
:18:01. > :18:06.southern counties will keep the cloud throughout the day, but it
:18:06. > :18:09.should brighten up across eastern Wales and the Midlands. Sunny
:18:09. > :18:14.spells for most of the day across Eastern England and Scotland. The
:18:14. > :18:19.cloud thickens in the west. These southernmost counties are likely to
:18:19. > :18:23.stay quite drab, but over the northern home counties, parts of
:18:23. > :18:27.East Anglia and most of the Midlands, it will cheer up with
:18:27. > :18:31.hazy sunshine, lifting temperatures to 17 Celsius. Tote east of the
:18:31. > :18:35.Pennines, Eastern Scotland, it should be a fine day. Clouding over