:00:17. > :00:20.Good evening. Britain and the United States have led condemnation
:00:20. > :00:25.of the Syrian regime following one of the bloodiest attacks there
:00:25. > :00:29.since the uprising began ten months ago. Anti-government activists say
:00:29. > :00:34.at least 60 people were killed by security forces in and around the
:00:34. > :00:36.city of Homs. Others claim the figure is even higher. But this
:00:36. > :00:42.evening, Russia and China vetoed against a UN resolution which
:00:42. > :00:45.called for an immediate end to the violence. -- voted against. The
:00:45. > :00:47.Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has said the two countries have let
:00:47. > :00:57.down the Syrian people and encouraged the regime to increase
:00:57. > :01:00.
:01:01. > :01:04.the killing. Jim Muir has the latest.
:01:04. > :01:09.Human rights groups called it a massacre. The violence erupted in
:01:09. > :01:13.the middle of the night, buildings were hit and set on fire in what
:01:13. > :01:22.activists called the most violent shelling it off the city in months.
:01:22. > :01:32.One resident who we cannot name said it came out of the blue.
:01:32. > :01:33.
:01:34. > :01:38.God. Suddenly, maybe three hours ago, it started, this shelling.
:01:38. > :01:41.Field hospitals desperately tried to cope with a deluge of wounded.
:01:41. > :01:47.Appeals were put out for blood donations and other medical
:01:47. > :01:53.supplies were said to be running out. Activists posted video footage
:01:53. > :01:58.to gruesome for us to show of many dead bodies. Later in the day,
:01:58. > :02:04.funerals were held for those killed. They may have been fewer than the
:02:04. > :02:09.200 or even 300 initially reported, but there was international outrage.
:02:09. > :02:13.President Obama called the attack unspeakable and said President
:02:14. > :02:17.Assad must and down. Syria accused the opposition of staging the
:02:17. > :02:23.violence in Homs to influence discussions at the UN Security
:02:23. > :02:25.Council. The Americans and their allies are seeking a tough
:02:25. > :02:33.resolution on Syria despite resistance from the Russians and
:02:33. > :02:36.Chinese, who have now vetoed it. a tired and brutalises his own
:02:36. > :02:41.people, America and Europe stand shoulder to shoulder. We are united
:02:41. > :02:47.with the Arab Legion demanding an end to the bloodshed and a
:02:47. > :02:51.democratic future for Syria. As the violence continues, the pressure on
:02:52. > :02:56.the Russians is building. They have announced that their foreign
:02:56. > :03:01.minister will hold discussions with President Assad on Tuesday in
:03:01. > :03:06.Damascus to try and find a political solution.
:03:06. > :03:12.Our UN correspondent, Barbara Plett, is in New York.
:03:12. > :03:18.Where does this go from here, giving the two Beatles? Is there
:03:18. > :03:22.any prospect of resolution? We have been told that the draft
:03:22. > :03:27.resolution still stands at the UN, but what has happened today, given
:03:27. > :03:31.that, it will be difficult to get movement behind that in the short
:03:31. > :03:37.term, especially because this revelation should not have been
:03:37. > :03:42.difficult. Essentially it applied to the Arab League plan for ending
:03:42. > :03:48.the conflict. The fundamental problem is that there is difference
:03:48. > :03:51.in the position between Russia and China. Russia and China do not
:03:51. > :03:56.believe the role of the Security Council is to intervene in the
:03:56. > :04:00.internal affairs of a sovereign country. They are willing to back a
:04:00. > :04:05.political solution but they feel that the Arab plan was setting out
:04:05. > :04:09.a timetable for regime change, and they believe that Western countries
:04:09. > :04:13.on the council also had the same agenda. I do not think it will be
:04:13. > :04:16.coming back to the Security Council for resolution any time soon.
:04:16. > :04:20.Heavy snow is falling across large parts of the UK, causing disruption
:04:20. > :04:23.on roads, and prompting warnings of worse to come. The Met Office has
:04:23. > :04:25.issued a severe weather warning for much of the country, and about a
:04:25. > :04:32.third of tomorrow's flights from Heathrow airport have been
:04:32. > :04:40.cancelled. Our correspondent, Ed Thomas, is in the village of
:04:40. > :04:46.Uppermill in the Pennines. Good evening. It began snowing here
:04:46. > :04:50.around five hours ago and it has not stopped since. There is around
:04:50. > :04:54.three inches of snow covering the ground and there has been
:04:54. > :05:02.disruption. If you have not seen any snow yet where you are, I
:05:02. > :05:06.expect to see it very soon. It has been a long time coming.
:05:06. > :05:15.Here in Saddleworth, the big freeze has given way to snow and winter
:05:15. > :05:25.finally began. We're having fun, we are having lots of fun. I have got
:05:25. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:36.tampons on my heels so why do not slip. It is minus two degrees. --
:05:36. > :05:41.crampons. The snow is not just causing problems on the high ground.
:05:41. > :05:49.Elsewhere, N Litchfield there was a white wedding with a difference.
:05:49. > :05:54.is amazing, it is very cold. Stoke, the grounds men did their
:05:54. > :06:00.best to keep the pitch clear, while in Oxfordshire, the lowest
:06:00. > :06:04.temperature in Britain was recorded at minus 12 degrees. The snow and
:06:04. > :06:10.frost on the M54 near Wolverhampton meant that cars needed to slow
:06:10. > :06:17.right down. Consider the elderly. With freezing temperatures last
:06:17. > :06:24.night, this man is checking on his neighbour. He is 84 years old. This
:06:24. > :06:31.is something that charities want to see more of. We have supermarket
:06:31. > :06:37.deliveries for groceries. This man has brought his shipping. The
:06:37. > :06:46.weather is not just taking up his time, it could cost him money. --
:06:46. > :06:50.sheep in. The biggest worry is that it does not hang around for too
:06:50. > :06:55.long because we are using fodder that we would use in the spring.
:06:55. > :06:59.Many want to know how long the snow will last. It looks like many of us
:06:59. > :07:05.in Scotland, England and Wales will wake up tomorrow morning to scenes
:07:05. > :07:10.like this. That means more disruption. We have already had a
:07:10. > :07:15.number of football matches called off today, and nearly one in three
:07:15. > :07:19.flights at Heathrow could be cancelled. The advice is to check
:07:19. > :07:22.with your airline before you travel. Thank you very much.
:07:22. > :07:30.And the BBC website has all the latest on what is happening with
:07:30. > :07:33.the weather in your area. That is bbc.co.uk/news.
:07:33. > :07:35.Tens of thousands of people have marched through Moscow in a protest
:07:35. > :07:41.against the Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, who is standing for
:07:41. > :07:44.the presidency next month. The demonstrators say the parliamentary
:07:44. > :07:47.elections in December were rigged by Mr Putin's United Russia party
:07:47. > :07:55.and they are calling for a re-run. A pro-Putin rally was held
:07:55. > :07:59.elsewhere in the city. Cricket, and Pakistan's batsmen
:07:59. > :08:02.have edged their team closer to a series whitewash over England.
:08:02. > :08:05.After Andrew Strauss' side were bowled out for 141, Younis Khan and
:08:05. > :08:09.Azhar Ali showed the visitors just how to play in the conditions,
:08:09. > :08:17.reaching 222 for 2 at the close, a lead of 180. Joe Wilson reports
:08:17. > :08:24.from Dubai. The captain's job was to build the
:08:24. > :08:30.lead. Andrew Strauss persevered. English batsmen making 50 would
:08:30. > :08:33.feel like a triumph of endurance after recent experience. Andrew
:08:33. > :08:43.Strauss chose to dance. The quickstep means nothing without the
:08:43. > :08:44.
:08:44. > :08:51.ball. England were all out for just 42 ahead. The England routine is
:08:51. > :08:56.that the batsmen did a whole and the bowlers find a ladder. When
:08:56. > :09:02.Panesar have got rid of the opposition for lbw, there was hope.
:09:02. > :09:09.But not for long. When Azhar Ali dance, it came with a punch.
:09:09. > :09:12.Panesar walked away. When the runs came, at last decried followed.
:09:12. > :09:17.Through this again the demons have lurked in the minds of batsmen, but
:09:17. > :09:25.not on the pitch. Younis Khan was thinking clearly and hitting
:09:25. > :09:32.cleanly. Before the close, he made sure that this test is ending the
:09:32. > :09:35.A painting by the French post- impressionist Paul Cezanne is
:09:35. > :09:38.believed to have become the most expensive work of art ever sold.
:09:39. > :09:45.The Card Players, painted in the 1890s, is one of a series of five,