:00:10. > :00:14.Two senior US officers are shot dead inside a high-security command
:00:14. > :00:18.centre in Kabul. The Taliban says it was revenge for the burning of
:00:18. > :00:21.copies of the Koran. NATO withdraws all the staff from Afghan
:00:21. > :00:25.government ministries. Doctors are to be balloted on
:00:25. > :00:29.industrial action for the first time since the 1970s in a row over
:00:29. > :00:32.pensions. Former South African President
:00:32. > :00:36.Nelson Mandela is recovering in hospital after an operation for a
:00:36. > :00:42.stomach complaint. Rupert Murdoch launches his new
:00:42. > :00:47.Sunday tabloid tonight, but will it match the success of the News of
:00:47. > :00:57.the World? And in the Six Nations, Wales are
:00:57. > :01:07.
:01:07. > :01:10.past England to win the Triple Good evening. Two senior American
:01:10. > :01:14.army officers have been shot dead inside a high-security command
:01:14. > :01:17.centre in Afghanistan. The Taliban said it carried out the attack at
:01:17. > :01:21.the Interior Ministry in Kabul in retaliation for the burning of
:01:21. > :01:24.copies of the Koran by US soldiers last week. Following today's
:01:24. > :01:29.shooting, NATO announced it was withdrawing all its staff from
:01:29. > :01:34.Afghan government ministries in the capital. Britain has pulled out its
:01:34. > :01:39.civilian advisers. From Kabul, here is our correspondent Orla Guerin.
:01:39. > :01:43.It is heavily guarded and heavily fortified, but a gunman managed to
:01:43. > :01:48.strike inside Afghanistan's Interior Ministry and, it seems, to
:01:48. > :01:53.get away. The victims were American military advisers. Sources have
:01:53. > :01:57.told us they were shot in the back of their head in a supposedly
:01:58. > :02:03.secure a room. The Taliban said they carried out the attack in
:02:03. > :02:08.revenge for the desecration of the Koran by US troops. If so, it is
:02:08. > :02:11.another chilling example of their long reach. NATO says it is too
:02:11. > :02:17.early to say if the killings are connected to the burning of the
:02:17. > :02:23.Muslim holy book at a US base this week. We are not linking this
:02:23. > :02:27.incident has yet. We have to look into the details of what is going
:02:27. > :02:31.to come out over the coming hours. Of course, we have a tense week
:02:31. > :02:36.behind us, and it is very regrettable to see the loss of life.
:02:36. > :02:42.The killer has not been identified, but a senior Afghan source told us
:02:42. > :02:45.it may be an Afghan soldier or translator. The area here remains
:02:45. > :02:51.sealed off. Investigators are still at work inside the Interior
:02:51. > :02:54.Ministry. The fact that NATO troops could be targeted and killed here
:02:54. > :02:58.raises serious security concerns. The interior ministry should be one
:02:58. > :03:04.of the safest places in the country. Only those with top security
:03:04. > :03:08.clearance can get through the door. So NATO's top military commander,
:03:08. > :03:13.General John Allen, has recalled all advisers working in government
:03:13. > :03:19.ministries for their own safety. British civilian advisers have also
:03:19. > :03:23.been pulled out. Across Afghanistan, there is still rage against NATO.
:03:23. > :03:29.Protests have continued for a fifth day, and local security forces are
:03:29. > :03:36.struggling to control the crowds. NATO is now under attack on the
:03:36. > :03:40.streets and in the heart of the Afghan government.
:03:40. > :03:43.More than 100,000 doctors are to be balloted on industrial action over
:03:43. > :03:48.government plans to change their pensions. It will be the first
:03:48. > :03:51.ballot of its kind since the 1970s. The doctors' union, the British
:03:51. > :03:54.Medical Association, said it had no other option but has ruled out a
:03:54. > :03:58.strike. Ministers say the changes are needed to ensure pensions are
:03:58. > :04:02.sustainable and affordable. Political correspondent Ross
:04:02. > :04:06.Hawkins reports. Art doctors willing to bring
:04:06. > :04:11.industrial action to hospitals and surgeries to protect their
:04:12. > :04:16.pensions? That is what they union is asking them to decide. We very
:04:16. > :04:19.much how that any industrial action can be avoided and that the
:04:19. > :04:22.government will come back to the table. It is the government to have
:04:22. > :04:28.left us with no choice by their refusal to enter into meaningful
:04:28. > :04:33.discussions. The BMA has ruled out strikes, but doctors could, for
:04:33. > :04:36.example, insist on working to rule. At issue is the pension scheme in
:04:36. > :04:40.England and Wales which, like those of other public sector workers, is
:04:40. > :04:44.set to change. Under government plans, doctors' pensions would no
:04:44. > :04:48.longer be based on final salaries but on how much they had earned on
:04:48. > :04:54.average. Their pension age would rise from 65 up to 68. Their
:04:54. > :05:01.contributions would go up to as much as 14.5% for those earning
:05:01. > :05:05.over �110,000. Doctors have not taken industrial action since 1975,
:05:05. > :05:09.so if today's medics are like their predecessors, angry with the
:05:09. > :05:12.government, but ministers say they have protected low and middling
:05:12. > :05:16.public sector workers in the pension changes and are not showing
:05:16. > :05:20.any signs of making concessions to doctors who can earn six-figure
:05:20. > :05:23.salaries. Nothing is gained by the threat of industrial action.
:05:23. > :05:27.Nothing would be gained by this ballot. We entered into
:05:27. > :05:31.negotiations in good faith and arrived at what I believe is not
:05:31. > :05:34.only the best available through negotiation but a high quality
:05:34. > :05:38.scheme, a high-quality pension scheme that values the staff of the
:05:38. > :05:42.NHS. The British Medical Association has grown used to find
:05:43. > :05:47.itself at odds with the Government. It also opposes plans to change the
:05:47. > :05:50.NHS in England, and when hot groups were invited to Downing Street at
:05:50. > :05:55.the start of the week to discuss those with the Prime Minister, the
:05:55. > :05:59.BMA was not on the guest-list. Other workers have already gone on
:05:59. > :06:03.strike over pensions, but ministers want to start making changes this
:06:03. > :06:13.year. Doctors have to decide whether they can or should try to
:06:13. > :06:16.Nelson Mandela is said to be in good spirits recovering in hospital
:06:16. > :06:19.in South Africa after an operation for a stomach complaint. The
:06:19. > :06:23.authorities will not say where he is or what procedure he has
:06:23. > :06:27.undergone. A spokesman said the government was keen to protect his
:06:27. > :06:32.family from the media. Africa correspondent Andrew Harding is in
:06:32. > :06:35.Johannesburg. Yes, this announcement came really
:06:35. > :06:41.out of the blue, and initially it triggered some alarm here. After
:06:41. > :06:46.all, Nelson Mandela is 93 and in increasingly fading health. But in
:06:46. > :06:51.the last few hours, it has been confirmed that the former South
:06:51. > :06:54.African President is stable, he is comfortable, and he is even talking.
:06:54. > :06:58.This is almost certainly when Nelson Mandela was brought
:06:58. > :07:03.overnight, a military hospital in the city of Pretoria. South African
:07:03. > :07:08.officials were quick to tell the world not to panic. He had been
:07:08. > :07:13.having abdominal complaints, these were receiving attention, but the
:07:13. > :07:17.doctors then came to the conclusion that he needed specialist attention.
:07:17. > :07:22.It is in pursuance of that that he was Hopper's eyes this morning. It
:07:22. > :07:26.was not an emergency admission. -- hospitalised. It was a pre-planned
:07:26. > :07:29.admission, and everything seems to be going all right. The former
:07:29. > :07:34.freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela remains an iconic figure, but his
:07:34. > :07:37.health has been fading. He is now 93. It is one years since he was
:07:37. > :07:42.last in hospital with a chest infection. Now it is his stomach.
:07:42. > :07:47.The details of the surgery have not been made public. Outside his old
:07:47. > :07:53.home in Soweto this afternoon, messages of support. We are sending
:07:53. > :07:57.him positive vibrations, because he is irrepressible. The peace in the
:07:57. > :08:01.community, the world peace he has brought. He has pushed through many
:08:01. > :08:06.years, he will definitely push through this. I am heartbroken, he
:08:06. > :08:13.is in my prayers. The 2010 World Cup was his last, brief public
:08:13. > :08:17.appearance. Delighting a global audience, it has not forgotten his
:08:17. > :08:20.defining role in bringing democracy and reconciliation to South Africa.
:08:20. > :08:26.Andrew, there has been some controversy over how the Government
:08:26. > :08:30.has handled this. Yes, well, last year, when he had that a
:08:30. > :08:34.respiratory infection, there was a lot of secrecy and confusion, and
:08:34. > :08:38.that seemed to trigger a lot of speculation. People got very upset
:08:38. > :08:42.about that. This time, it seems the government has learnt its lesson
:08:42. > :08:46.and done a much better job of controlling the information and
:08:46. > :08:51.getting the information out sooner. We understand now that Nelson
:08:51. > :08:54.Mandela should be going home on Monday probably, and we are told he
:08:54. > :08:57.is in a reasonable state. It is difficult for the government here.
:08:57. > :09:01.They are balancing the needs to respect the privacy of Nelson
:09:01. > :09:05.Mandela, the desire from many South Africans to give in the privacy
:09:05. > :09:10.that they feel he deserves. On the other hand, he is a global figure,
:09:10. > :09:13.and people are very, very keen to know how he is doing. Andrew, thank
:09:13. > :09:16.you. Andrew Harding in Johannesburg there.
:09:16. > :09:19.A day of negotiations between the Red Cross and the Syrian government
:09:19. > :09:24.about arranging a temporary ceasefire in Homs has ended without
:09:24. > :09:27.agreement. So far, 27 people have been moved from the district of
:09:27. > :09:31.Baba Amr, which has been under fierce bombardment from government
:09:31. > :09:35.troops. Two journalists injured in the shelling which kill the Sunday
:09:35. > :09:39.Times correspondent Marie Colvin remain in the area.
:09:39. > :09:42.Authorities in Pakistan have begun demolishing the house where Osama
:09:42. > :09:46.Bin Laden was killed by US special forces last May. Bulldozers were
:09:46. > :09:51.brought into the compound in Abbottabad after dark to take down
:09:51. > :09:55.the buildings where the Al-Qaeda leader wash-up dead.
:09:55. > :09:58.The first edition of the Sun on Sunday is rolling off the printing
:09:58. > :10:02.presses tonight. Rupert Murdoch has been personally overseeing the
:10:02. > :10:05.final stages of production. He has said he hopes the paper will
:10:05. > :10:09.emulate the success of its predecessor, the News of the World,
:10:09. > :10:12.which was closed in July last year because of the phone-hacking
:10:13. > :10:16.scandal. Nick Higham's report contains flash photography.
:10:16. > :10:20.They are printing more than 3 million copies tonight of Britain's
:10:20. > :10:23.first new Sunday paper for almost a decade. Owner Rupert Murdoch
:10:23. > :10:28.himself was there at the printing plant just north of London to watch
:10:28. > :10:34.the press's role on a bold gamble. He was there when he relaunched the
:10:34. > :10:37.Sun as a tabloid in 1969, but now he and his company under siege amid
:10:37. > :10:41.revelations of phone-hacking and allegations of corruption. He came
:10:41. > :10:45.to London to raise battered morale in the newsroom by launching a
:10:45. > :10:49.Sunday edition. It is also a cheap way to replace the News of the
:10:49. > :10:52.World and the lure back its advertisers and readers. The News
:10:52. > :10:56.of the World had a very special place on Sundays, and it is not at
:10:56. > :11:00.all clear that the sun can simply replace it. But remember, the sun
:11:00. > :11:04.starts from the position of being Britain's most popular daily
:11:04. > :11:10.tabloid, 2.7 million daily sales, so if they get the package right,
:11:10. > :11:14.they have got a good platform. News of the World closed last July.
:11:15. > :11:17.It was hard-edged than the Sun, less fun. Can the newspaper now
:11:17. > :11:21.match its investigative record without resorting to the same
:11:21. > :11:26.techniques? The News of the World had a four year period where
:11:26. > :11:31.apparently the lunatics took over the asylum. It was the market
:11:31. > :11:34.leader, breaking many major stories before phone-hacking was even
:11:34. > :11:39.thought of. But it is not a good time to be launching a new
:11:39. > :11:45.newspaper. 10 years ago, Sunday papers sold a total of 14.3 million
:11:45. > :11:49.copies per week. In the years since, it has fallen by almost half, down
:11:49. > :11:52.to 7.8 million. People are losing the habit. The market for newspaper
:11:53. > :11:59.gets smaller with every week that passes, which makes the launch of
:11:59. > :12:05.the Sun on Sunday, lead story an exclusive story with Amanda Holden,
:12:05. > :12:10.a defiant gesture of faith in the story of newspapers.
:12:10. > :12:13.Camelot says someone has come forward to claim a �46.4 million
:12:13. > :12:18.EuroMillions lottery prize. It is the third largest British win this
:12:18. > :12:22.year. Two couples from Nottinghamshire have won jackpots
:12:23. > :12:27.of �40 and �45 million during the last five weeks.
:12:27. > :12:31.Now, with news of the Six Nations and the rest of the day's sport,
:12:31. > :12:36.here is Olly Foster. What a finish we had in today's
:12:36. > :12:40.match at Twickenham as Wales beat England to maintain their 100%
:12:40. > :12:44.record at the top of the Six Nations table, having already
:12:44. > :12:48.beaten Scotland and Ireland. The 19-12 the victory secured the
:12:48. > :12:52.Triple Crown. A late try won it for Wales, but England will be left
:12:53. > :12:56.ruing the try that never was. Joe Wilson reports.
:12:56. > :12:58.England gathered themselves like heroes. To many eyes, they looked
:12:58. > :13:00.like zeros, no chance was the general prediction, even at
:13:01. > :13:05.Twickenham. Owen Farrell led the young hopefuls against Welsh
:13:05. > :13:09.experience and sheer force. It was a shuddering stalemate. Both
:13:09. > :13:13.kickers kept their composure. Leigh Halfpenny with the accuracy for
:13:13. > :13:21.Wales, and Farrell cleared his head to edge England into the lead, 9-6
:13:21. > :13:26.at half-time, 12-9 with 15 minutes left when he was forced off. The
:13:26. > :13:28.agony of leaving hurt more than anything. Five minutes left, the
:13:28. > :13:33.scores were level, and brilliant sleight of hand, Scott Williams
:13:33. > :13:39.stole the ball and stole a march. A kick into space and a sprint that
:13:39. > :13:45.only he would win. For the first time in the match, Wales lead.
:13:45. > :13:55.Timing is everything. Still dying seconds for England to throw the
:13:55. > :13:56.
:13:56. > :14:02.ball. England was just short, held up by the Welsh will to win. There
:14:02. > :14:09.were endless replays but nothing conclusive. Ultimately, they were
:14:09. > :14:13.held up. Oh, unbelievable. We did not play well at all today, I
:14:13. > :14:16.didn't think, we knew it would be the toughest games so far, and we
:14:16. > :14:24.ignored everything in the media. We know England are a quality outfit,
:14:24. > :14:28.and it was one hell of a Test match. Triple crown, three wins from three
:14:28. > :14:37.with Italy and France to come. After the twists at Twickenham,
:14:37. > :14:41.Wales are still perfect. Ireland got their first win of the
:14:41. > :14:45.tournament, Tommy Bowe scoring two of the five tries against Italy, he
:14:45. > :14:49.is now third in the all-time list of Irish try-scorers. There were
:14:49. > :14:53.six matches in the Premier League today, 15 goals coming up on Match
:14:53. > :14:56.of the Day straight after the news, but I'm about to give away the
:14:57. > :15:06.results! You have just a couple of seconds to avoid them, you know the
:15:07. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:10.Manchester City are five points clear of Manchester United after a
:15:10. > :15:13.3-0 win over Blackburn, Mario Balotelli with one of their goals.
:15:13. > :15:18.There was relief for Andre Villas- Boas. His Chelsea side beat Bolton
:15:18. > :15:21.And Wolves caretaker manager Terry O'Connor's first game in charge saw
:15:21. > :15:24.his side come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Newcastle. Elsewhere,
:15:24. > :15:29.Fulham beat QPR, West Brom thrashed Sunderland 4-0, and bottom side
:15:29. > :15:31.Wigan drew 0-0 against Aston Villa. Here's how the top of the table
:15:31. > :15:34.looks, City five points clear, but Manchester United go to Norwich
:15:34. > :15:38.tomorrow, and it's also the North London derby, third placed Spurs
:15:38. > :15:48.looking to keep up with the leaders as they go to Arsenal, who are ten
:15:48. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:54.Celtic's charge to the Scottish title continues. They now have a
:15:54. > :15:54.23-point lead over Rangers in the table after victory over Motherwell.
:15:54. > :15:57.Earlier, St Mirren and Aberdeen drew, Dundee United moved above
:15:57. > :16:00.Hearts after their 2-0 win, Hibs are three points off the bottom
:16:00. > :16:05.beating Kilmarnock, and bottom side Dunfermline lost 3-1 at St
:16:05. > :16:08.England's cricketers have levelled the Twenty20 series against
:16:08. > :16:11.Pakistan with one match remaining. Jonny Bairstow's first
:16:11. > :16:16.international half-century helped England to 150-7 at the end of
:16:16. > :16:22.their 20 overs. Captain Stuart Broad then got the final wicket as
:16:22. > :16:29.Pakistan finished the match 38 runs short. The deciding match is on
:16:29. > :16:33.There was a surprise medal for Pete Waterfield at the Diving World Cup
:16:33. > :16:36.at the Olympic Aquatics Centre in London tonight. Waterfield, who
:16:36. > :16:39.finished seventh with Tom Daley in the synchro event, was again lying
:16:39. > :16:42.in seventh going into his final effort, but a stunning dive, a back
:16:42. > :16:52.two-and-a-half somersault with two- and-a-half twists, saw him make the
:16:52. > :16:57.
:16:57. > :17:01.And that is all your sport. Thank you. The main news tonight: Jo
:17:01. > :17:05.senior American officers have been shot dead inside a high-security