11/12/2011 BBC Weekend News

Nick Clegg condemns David Cameron's veto of the new EU Treaty. The

Deputy Prime Minister says it is bad for Britain but does not mean

the end of the coalition. ambiterly disappointed by the

outcome of last week's summit, precisely because there is a danger

that over time the United Kingdom will be isolated and marginalised

within the European Union. Also tonight:

In South Africa, a global deal is reached to limit carbon emissions

by 2020. Pakistan's Prime Minister tells the

BBC there's no trust between his country and the United States after

controversial NATO raids. And Britain's Amir Khan loses his

light welterweight titles in America and hits out at the

referees. I thought it was a disgusting decision. I don't know

why it took so long. If they thought he won fair and square, I

Good evening. The Deputy Prime Minister has condemned David

Cameron's decision to veto EU Treaty changes as bad for Britain.

Nick Clegg told the BBC he was bitterly disappointed by the

outcome of the European summit in Brussels and that there was a

danger the UK would be isolated and marginalised,. Leading

Conservatives have today denied that.

On Friday the coalition leaders appeared to stand shoulder-to-

shoulder, when David Cameron made it clear he could not sign up to

the new treaty. I ambiterly disappointed by the outcome of last

week's summit. There is a danger that over time the United Kingdom

will be isolated and marginalised within the European Union. I don't

think it is good for jobs n the City or elsewhere. I don't think it

is good for growth. It is not good for families up and down the

country. Last week he said the Prime Minister's demands in

Brussels, designed to protect the financial services industry had

been moderate and reasonable. But over the weekend, he came under

huge pressure from some in his party to toughen his stance. I hear

this talk about the bulldog spirit. There's nothing bulldog about

Britain hovering somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, not standing tall in

Europe, not being taken seriously in Washington. Some say Nick Clegg

should have been tougher with the Conservatives sooner.

Vince Cable gave a very serious warning last Monday in the Cabinet

against elevating these financial regulation points into a make or

break deal. He warned on that. He didn't get any support. David

Cameron has won plaudits from some of his backbenchers for refusing to

sign up to a new EU Treaty. Now Nick Clegg's popularity is rising

in his ranks because he is criticising the Prime Minister.

While the two may fall out, they are making it clear privately they

will not allow the coalition to fall apart over Europe. Today, the

Labour leader tried to deepen the divide between the Prime Minister

and his deputy by saying... I agree with Nick Clegg this is a bad deal

for Britain. We'll have 26 countries going ahead, without us

in the room, us excluded from key economic decisions, and frankly

David Cameron has miss handled these negotiations badly.

The Foreign Secretary said the Prime Minister had no option but to

veto a deal in Brussels. Across the Government we were agreed on the

negotiating position in advance, and that this was our minimum

requirement for agreeing to a treaty to take part in a new

European treaty. That minimum requirement was not met.

So, of course the Prime Minister did the right thing in not agreeing

to it. The European Union won't break up as a result of last week's

negotiations. The coalition won't either. The tensions within each

are set to increase. So strong words from Nick Clegg

today. How are these differences going to develop now? David Cameron

has to address MPs again tomorrow in the House of Commons and tell

them all about the negotiated deal in Brussels. It's a difficult

balancing act for him. His tone will have to be such that it

doesn't alienate pro EU Lib Dems. In the coalition and equally

satisfies the demands of his Euro- sceptic MPs who want to bask in a

triumph of here. They want to say, look the Prime Minister did stand

up to everyone else in the EU, he did exercise his veto. They want to

take some pride in that. I am told the fact his statement tomorrow

will be measured and factual and statesman like. What else could you

expect? He will have to take on criticism from Labour. They say all

he did was to protect the interests of the City of London. By standing

outside a block of 26 other EU countries, he's made it easier for

the rest of the EU to impose financial regulations on the City

of London. Tomorrow, the other big thing we should focus on is whether

the rest of the eurozone has done enough to stabilise the euro. The

markets will decide that. The verdict will be theirs, not the

politicians. A last-minute deal aimed at

tackling climate change has been agreed in South Africa. Delegates

in Durban pledged to work towards a new accord which would permit all

countries to legally binding limits on emissions by 2020.

A huddle in the conference hall. The key powers, very tense. America

resisting joining a climate treaty, unless China does too. China itself

weary and India unwilling to be tide into a legally-binding

commitment. In the end, they got there.

In seeing no objection, it is so decided. 36 hours late. Relief

among many, with a new agreement. This is mow the -- how the deal

What we have done today is actually a great success for European

diplomacy. We have managed to put this on the map. We have managed to

bring the major emitters, like the United States and India and China

into a road map, which is to secure an overarching global deal.

pressure had come from the most vulnerable nations. The treaty will

not come as fast as they like. India, with hundreds of millions

still below the poverty line. Worries about restraining its

development. The United States is in no rush either. Climate change

is a toxic issue there. But getting a new treaty on

greenhouse gases will involve difficult challenges. For the first

time it is recognised there is a gap between pledges to reduce

emissions and the cuts that scientists say are needed. The

scale of cuts - who should make them and by when still has to be

decided. Previous promises of road maps leading to new agreements have

been delayed or broken. So, they have agreed a path way to cutting

global emissions, but there's not much urgency about it.

Pakistan's Prime Minister has been speaking about tensions between his

dun and the United States, telling the BBC -- country and the United

States telling the BBC that neither side trust the other. He ruled to

close airspace to America, following airstrikes which killed

24 of its soldiers last month. Our correspondent sent this report from

Islamabad. It does contain some flashing images.

The funerals last month of 24 Pakistani troops, killed by NATO

aircraft. Pakistan claims this was a deliberate attack. It is still

grieving, still angry at the US. When we met Prime Minister Yousaf

Raza Gilani today he was not hiding the cracks in the relationship.

there is a credibility gap. We are working together and still we don't

trust each other. I think we have to improve our relationship, so

that, the better results, we should have better confidence in each

other. You have not had an apology from President Obama. Sorry does

not make a man alive. Therefore we want to set new rules of engagement

and co-operation with the United States. Until then the relationship

is at a standstill, so are NATO supply convoys for Afghanistan.

Pakistan won't let them pass through its borders until the new

rules are written. The Prime Minister told us today that could

take weeks. CIA strikes could be another casualty. Are you going to

stop the Americans carrying out drone attacks? If there is any

credible or information passed on to Pakistan, I think it should be

left to Pakistan to take any action. The Prime Minister sought to quash

speculation about the help and future of Pakistan's President who

left for medical treatment in Dubai this week. He's now out of ICU. He

has been shifted to his room. I think he'll take rest for about

two weeks. Seen here in April, he had not

suffered a stroke, he said. He denied the arm was trying to force

the President to exit from power, as many here believe.

Syrian activists say there has been heavy fights between security

forces and soldiers who have defected to the opposition. It is

reported dozens of new army defectors have been fighting tank-

backed forces loyal to the Government in Busra al-Hariri, in

the southern province of derra. A report to be released by the

Financial Services Authority will be highly critical of its role

ahead of the Royal Bank of Scotland three years ago. The report will

say staff lacked the skills to monitor companies as complex as RBS.

Our business correspondent reports. ABN AMRO was a Deutsche Bank which

almost collapsed the entire banking system. An RBS consortium paid for

it, only to discover its assets were worthless. Now a comprehensive

report from the FSA and two City grand dees is said to be highly

critical of the banking watchdog itself as well as the previous

management of RBS. The 500-page report, out tomorrow, will describe

It will say many of the staff did not have the skills to monitor

whether banks were in financial good health or not. And it failed

to appreciate before the financial crisis how the entire UK banking

system had become dependant on whale sale funding from global --

wholesale funding from global banking. By the end of the crisis

there were only five left. This was an appalling story of neglect by

the regulator and justifies this Government's decision to put

banking supervision back with the Bank of England. Although the FSA

refuse to comment, it is understood the regulator will say the blame

for the failure of RBS must ultimately lie with the bank's

management. This bank used to -- this building used to belong to ABN

AMRO. The report will say that ABN AMRO was of such significance that

the regulator should have taken a more hands-on approach to the deal.

They didn't. The deal went ahead, now RBS is all but nationalised.

Now time for the sport's day news with Hinchcliffe.

Hello. The British boxer Amir Khan is demanding a rematch after losing

his two light welterweight titles. Khan was docked points by the

referee. It proved crucial in his defeat to the American Lamont

Peterson. Amir Khan confronted the politics

of boxing's home town decision. His opponent grew up on DC's mean

streets. That's him in trouble in the first round. That is him back

up and relentless in the third N the seventh now, watch Khan's

forearm shove. The referee saw it and told the judges to deduct a

point from Khan's score. The boxing was often raw, but thrilling. At

times Khan seemed dominant. In the final round, enter the

referee, again telling the judges to take a point from Khan. This

time he had thrown a punch after being told to break. 12 rounds and

a long wait. Two judges gave it to Peterson. One to Khan. That was a

disgusting decision. A rematch is something I'm looking

at. Straight away I want it next fight. I want my two back. We know

who won the fight. The Rec order says Khan lost. Grudges about

judges change nothing. Lessons about boxing are often the hardest

learnt. The British golfer Luke Donald has made history today,

becoming the first man to top the European and US money lists in the

same season. He shot a 66 to finish third in the Dubai World

Championship, three shots behind Alvaro Quiros.

Rory McIlroy could have prevented him completing the double by

winning the event, but he finished tied in 11th place. It feels

amazing. It is something I have thought about a lot. It has not

sunk in yet. I look back at this year as being my greatest year for

sure. Hopefully I can continue to improve. I feel I have a lot to

achieve in this game. What a start for Martin O'Neill in his first

match as Sunderland manager. With seven minutes to go, his team were

heading for defeat against Blackburn. They scored two goals in

quick succession, the second, a free kick in stoppage time. The new