10/12/2011

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:00:11. > :00:15.Tens of thousands take to the streets in Russia in the biggest

:00:15. > :00:18.anti-Government protest for 20 years. They want to re-run of last

:00:18. > :00:25.week's parliamentary elections, claiming they were rigged in favour

:00:25. > :00:31.of Vladimir Putin's party. The biggest protests were in Moscow

:00:31. > :00:34.and St Petersburg, where there were 100 arrests. Russia has found a new

:00:34. > :00:39.generation of protestors - the internet generation. They are young

:00:39. > :00:43.and well informed. They are fed up with corruption and lies.

:00:43. > :00:47.The Chancellor insists David Cameron's decision to veto a new EU

:00:47. > :00:52.Treaty does not mean Britain is isolated in Europe.

:00:52. > :01:02.The confrontation that got Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie

:01:02. > :01:10.

:01:10. > :01:14.disqualified at the sailing World Good evening. Tens of thousands of

:01:14. > :01:17.people have taken part in demonstrations across Russia in

:01:17. > :01:20.what are the largest anti- Government protests there since the

:01:21. > :01:24.fall of the Soviet Union. They are demanding a re-run of last

:01:24. > :01:26.weekend's parliamentary elections, arguing the polls were rigged in

:01:26. > :01:33.favour of the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin.

:01:33. > :01:37.The largest rally took place in Moscow.

:01:37. > :01:42.They came from every corner of Moscow in their tens of thousands.

:01:42. > :01:48.They came to protest on an island overlooking the Kremlin. The usual

:01:48. > :01:52.opposition groups were there, but they were far outnumbered by

:01:52. > :01:57.ordinary middle-class Muscovites, furious at a Government that they

:01:57. > :02:01.believe cheated outrageously at last week's election. I was really

:02:01. > :02:07.shocked at how big the falsification was. I'm not OK with

:02:07. > :02:13.that. Among the crowd the opposition deputy who had won a

:02:13. > :02:16.seat in the controversial election. It does not respect the results of

:02:16. > :02:20.real people-power. That is why we are here and not only we, but tens

:02:20. > :02:23.of thousands of people. From early on, it was clear this

:02:23. > :02:27.was going to be a significant moment in Russian politics. The

:02:27. > :02:31.numbers so large that it was the biggest anti-Government rally in

:02:31. > :02:35.Moscow since the heady days when the Soviet Union fell apart.

:02:35. > :02:39.Although this protest was about the election results, the Prime

:02:39. > :02:46.Minister, Vladimir Putin, who has ruled Russia for 12 years was the

:02:46. > :02:50.focus for much of the anger. Russia without Putin - they cried.

:02:50. > :02:54.Russia has found a new generation of protestors. The internet

:02:54. > :03:00.generation. They are young and well informed and they are fed up of

:03:00. > :03:06.corruption and lies. Many of those there had never been

:03:06. > :03:10.on a demonstration until this week. They felt impeled to take to the

:03:10. > :03:14.streets by stories and Internet videos of wholesale election fraud.

:03:14. > :03:19.Ballot papers filled out in advance. People voting in other people's

:03:19. > :03:23.names and official results being changed after the count. We just

:03:23. > :03:29.want new elections. They are shouting - new elections. That's

:03:29. > :03:36.all. At protests elsewhere in Russia,

:03:36. > :03:41.there were scuffles with police, like these in St Petersburg.

:03:42. > :03:49.This was not a day about revolution. It was just a day when some people

:03:49. > :03:52.in Russia stood up and said stop treating us like idiots.

:03:52. > :03:56.The protests are a difficult challenge for Vladimir Putin to

:03:56. > :04:01.face as he prepares for Presidential elections in three

:04:01. > :04:07.months' time. Our diplomat correspondent reports. Ever since

:04:07. > :04:10.he became Kremlin leader in 2000, Vladimir Putin has been Russia's

:04:10. > :04:16.most popular politician. Given the credit for raising the nation from

:04:16. > :04:21.its knees after a decade of turmoil. Even if his style also meant heavy

:04:21. > :04:27.control over state TV, a rubber- stamp Parliament and opposition

:04:27. > :04:32.parties sidelined, even if the PR stunts to show off his strength and

:04:32. > :04:35.vigour are sometimes almost Komial. Even when he handed over the

:04:35. > :04:42.presidency to Dmitry Medvedev still most Russians said their favourite

:04:42. > :04:48.politician was Putin. What Mr Putin failed to realise is

:04:48. > :04:53.that nonetheless Russia is changing. Those who took to the streets this

:04:53. > :04:59.week in protest at suspected fraud were a new generation, young,

:04:59. > :05:07.educated and outraged at corruption and stagnation. Mr Putin's response

:05:07. > :05:10.on Thursday was to blame outsiders. It was Hillary Clinton who had

:05:10. > :05:16.given the signal to start the protests, he said, in an

:05:16. > :05:20.extraordinary claim of American meddling. Other weighty voices are

:05:20. > :05:23.siding with the demonstrators. Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet's

:05:23. > :05:27.last President today reported his call for an inquiry and if

:05:27. > :05:32.necessary a new election. It all needs investigation, he said, to

:05:33. > :05:38.see if the falsifications were deliberate. For the first time, Mr

:05:38. > :05:41.Putin's grip on Russian politics no longer looks secure. On paper he

:05:41. > :05:48.may be the preferred politician, but on the streets now they are

:05:48. > :05:52.calling on him to resign. He can no longer count on an easy ride.

:05:52. > :05:56.Well, our correspondent is in Moscow. He joins us from there now.

:05:56. > :06:01.Daniel, it's a long time since Russia has seen protests like this.

:06:01. > :06:06.How significant are they? Well, it is a very significant moment. For

:06:06. > :06:10.12 years many have been prepared to put politics on the back burner

:06:10. > :06:13.after the chaos of the 1990s. They just wanted to stabilise their

:06:14. > :06:17.lives, get a new car, get a new job. They left politics to the

:06:17. > :06:20.politicians N that time they have travelled overseas. They have

:06:20. > :06:24.become better informed about the world through the internet. This

:06:24. > :06:28.year, they decided they wanted to get some control over their country.

:06:28. > :06:33.They went out in the election, voted in large numbers against

:06:33. > :06:37.United Russia. Now they feel cheated. This has been a kind of

:06:38. > :06:41.political reawakening. That is very dangerous for those at the top.

:06:41. > :06:46.Vladimir Putin specifically. Where does it leave him? Well, it is a

:06:46. > :06:56.difficult moment for him. He is easily the biggest beast in the

:06:56. > :06:57.

:06:57. > :07:00.Russian politic -- pollal jungle. It is possible he will not be able

:07:00. > :07:04.to win the Presidential elections outright in the first round. That

:07:04. > :07:10.will force him into a run-off. Although it is hard to see who can

:07:10. > :07:14.beat him, for the first time he and his advisers must be feeling

:07:14. > :07:16.worried tonight. Here the Chancellor, George Osborne, has

:07:16. > :07:21.insisted David Cameron has protected Britain's economic

:07:21. > :07:25.interests by rejecting EU changes designed to tackle the debt crisis

:07:25. > :07:31.in the eurozone. He denied Britain would be isolated in Europe as a

:07:31. > :07:36.result. Saturday in the City of London is

:07:36. > :07:39.quiet. It's a far cry from the working week when it is brimming

:07:39. > :07:45.with suits spilling out on to the streets. David Cameron feared the

:07:45. > :07:49.plan for a new Europe would have made this a daily scene in its

:07:49. > :07:53.biggest financial hub. He refused to go their way and sign up to a

:07:53. > :07:57.deal. It has left some wondering if the UK is facing a future outside

:07:57. > :08:00.of Europe. We are not exiting the European Union. We are protecting

:08:00. > :08:05.the European Union as an institution that serves all 27

:08:05. > :08:08.members, including Britain. What we've done is made sure that the

:08:08. > :08:14.things which are relevant to Britain have to be discussed when

:08:14. > :08:19.Britain is at the table. It was the City of London with its bankers and

:08:19. > :08:23.investors that David Cameron was seeking to protect when he wielded

:08:23. > :08:27.that veto. Now there are serious doubts about what Britain can do as

:08:27. > :08:32.it stands alone in a club of one to protect this place from Europe's

:08:32. > :08:36.new rules and regulations F the rest of the EU comes one a new

:08:36. > :08:41.transaction tax it could be hard for UK firms to avoid it, unless

:08:41. > :08:45.they avoid all business in all 26 countries. One veteran Tory with

:08:45. > :08:47.close ties to Downing Street is worried about the threat of

:08:47. > :08:53.isolation. Britain has done extraordinary well up to now. We

:08:53. > :08:59.have to be very clear that we don't become the wrong end of the policy-

:08:59. > :09:04.making of the 26 who are now, and as we know, an essential part of

:09:04. > :09:10.the marketplace that the City serves. Just hours after that veto,

:09:10. > :09:13.David Cameron hosted a private dinner at Chequers - his official

:09:13. > :09:17.country home. MPs toasted his success. Some in his party want

:09:17. > :09:20.more now, maybe a referendum. Tonight, there are reports that

:09:20. > :09:23.Nick Clegg was privately furious with the Prime Minister. One

:09:23. > :09:28.newspaper has been told by sources close to the Deputy Prime Minister

:09:28. > :09:31.he was dismayed at the outcome in Brussels. We have to make sure that

:09:31. > :09:36.we don't lose friends within Europe and we don't sound as if we are

:09:36. > :09:41.happy to be going our own way. To the Euro-sceptics I would say, I

:09:41. > :09:45.don't think this is the beginning of us pulling out of Europe. It is

:09:45. > :09:48.not. For now, the UK stands alone. David Cameron said it was worth it

:09:48. > :09:52.to protect the national interest. The test will be what influence he

:09:52. > :09:57.has around the table in the future. Or is it the beginning of the end

:09:57. > :10:00.for Britain in Europe? A lodger has been charged with the

:10:00. > :10:06.murders of his landlady and her mother. The bodies of Angela

:10:06. > :10:10.Holgate, who was 54 and her 75- year-old mother, Alice Huyton were

:10:10. > :10:15.found at Mrs Holgate's house a week ago. They had been strangled. Barry

:10:15. > :10:19.Morrow, who is 51, is due to appear before magistrates on Monday. There

:10:19. > :10:24.is no deal tonight at a key UN climate change conference in South

:10:24. > :10:32.Africa, despite ministers staying on for an extra day. It was hoped

:10:32. > :10:37.agreement would be reached on a timetable for cutting emissions.

:10:37. > :10:40.Warn out, confused, deadlocked. Negotiators at the annual talks on

:10:40. > :10:44.climate change have been struggling to reach any kind of agreement.

:10:44. > :10:49.People are talking. It's good. When people stop talking, then that is

:10:49. > :10:54.the problem. What they are talking about is who should cut greenhouse

:10:54. > :10:58.gases and when. The delegation from China is resisting, so is America's

:10:58. > :11:03.chief negotiator, unsure of the outcome.

:11:03. > :11:10.A bunch of issues. There's now a stand-off. It boils down to this -

:11:10. > :11:16.the European Union is offering to extend the Kyoto protocol, that is

:11:16. > :11:20.the treaty limiting greenhouse gases. In exchange China, America

:11:20. > :11:26.and India, the three biggest polluters are expected to join a

:11:26. > :11:30.new global treaty by 2015. This, their they are reluctant to do,

:11:30. > :11:34.especially if the new treaty is legally-binding, a real stumbling

:11:34. > :11:39.block. Rumours the talks might collapse were circulating. There

:11:39. > :11:43.are some steps to take. We are not there yet. Not everyone has taken

:11:43. > :11:48.steps. The British Climate Change Secretary said any new treaty had

:11:48. > :11:53.to be legal. I think we are very close to a

:11:53. > :11:59.consensus. The issue of watering down the legal form would be, for

:11:59. > :12:05.us, a deal-breaker. It's absolutely crucial that this is a treaty that

:12:05. > :12:10.is genuinely going to appeal to all the parties. The South Africans,

:12:11. > :12:15.hosting this event, appealed for compromise. I think that we all

:12:15. > :12:21.realise that we should not let the perfect become the enemy of the

:12:21. > :12:26.good and the possible. For America, a legally-binding treaty would be a

:12:26. > :12:33.tough sell at home, especially in tough economic times. For key

:12:33. > :12:39.countries, global warming is not a priority. This is the result.

:12:39. > :12:44.Astronomers around the world have been enjoying the last hundred nor

:12:44. > :12:49.eclipse to occur before 2014. This was the scene in Shetland. The only

:12:49. > :12:55.place in the UK which was visible. The earth casts its shadow over the

:12:55. > :12:59.moon. It was viewed in Asia, Australia and North America. Now

:12:59. > :13:04.time for the sport. We start with today's action in the Premier

:13:04. > :13:07.League. It's time to look away if you don't want to know the results

:13:07. > :13:11.as Match Of The Day follows this programme.

:13:11. > :13:15.Manchester United put their champion league agonies to one side

:13:15. > :13:20.as they outclassed Wolves at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney scored twice.

:13:20. > :13:25.Robin Van Persie was on target for Arsenal as they moved into fourth

:13:25. > :13:29.spot with a 1-0 victory over Everton. Liverpool also won by the

:13:29. > :13:35.same score line. Luis Suarez heading in for them

:13:35. > :13:40.against QPR. Grant Holt scored twice in Norwich

:13:40. > :13:50.City's 4-2 win over Newcastle. Bolton went to the bottom of the

:13:50. > :13:51.

:13:51. > :13:57.league with a 2-1 defeat at home by Rangers maintained their four-point

:13:57. > :14:00.lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League, with a 2-0 win at

:14:01. > :14:06.Hibernian. Gregg Wylde set up Rangers' seconds of the game with

:14:06. > :14:11.Nikica Jelavic with a corner from the left. Jelavic got both goals in

:14:11. > :14:15.the game having scored a penalty on the hour-mark. Second place Celtic

:14:15. > :14:19.took all three points with a 1-0 win over Hearts.

:14:19. > :14:29.Victor Wanyama broke the deadlock. Motherwell stayed third after

:14:29. > :14:37.

:14:37. > :14:42.The match between dun fer lin and Kilmarnock was called off because

:14:42. > :14:48.of fog. Ben Ainslie t three-time Olympic gold medallist has been

:14:48. > :14:53.disqualified from sailing World Championships in Perth after a

:14:53. > :14:57.confrontation with a TV crew on board another boat. Ainslie said he

:14:57. > :15:03.felt impeded by the wake from the other vessel.

:15:03. > :15:09.In Perth, on Australia's West coast they celebrate the breeze.

:15:09. > :15:13.The famous wind attracted the best sailors on the planet to compete in

:15:13. > :15:19.the World Championships. It did nothing to calm the mood of Ben

:15:19. > :15:24.Ainslie. During Saturday's racing he felt he had been impeded by the

:15:24. > :15:29.media boat following the action. So strong were his feelings, Ainslie

:15:29. > :15:32.wearing a yellow top climbed aboard the boat and confronted two men,

:15:32. > :15:36.clearly making physical contact with them. He dived from the boat

:15:36. > :15:46.to return to his dinghy and was subsequently disqualified. In a

:15:46. > :15:58.

:15:58. > :16:04.Ben Ainslie is widely considered to be one of the best Olympic sail yrs

:16:04. > :16:08.ever. He won gold in the last Olympic Games. He fought off major

:16:08. > :16:14.competition within Britain to be selected for next year's Olympics.

:16:14. > :16:21.The Australian argument revealed his passion. Next year he will need

:16:21. > :16:27.to lead by example and leave the sea to make the waves.

:16:27. > :16:34.Last year's beaten finalist Northampton Saints have crashed out

:16:34. > :16:40.of the European Heineken Cup. They suffered their third successive

:16:40. > :16:45.defeat. There were victories for Gloucester and Munster and Treviso.

:16:45. > :16:49.Luke Donald is on the threshold of achieving a unique golfing double

:16:49. > :16:54.at the Dubai World Championship by landing Order of Merit titles on

:16:54. > :16:57.both sides of the Atlantic. He is fourth after the third round of 10

:16:57. > :17:02.under. Rory McIlroy needed to win to claim

:17:02. > :17:06.the same honour. It is six off the lead, which is held by Spain's

:17:06. > :17:10.Alvaro Quiros. You are right up-to-date. Some news

:17:10. > :17:13.coming in to us to bring you before we go. We are hearing 143 people