:00:22. > :00:24.Good evening. Two senior American army officers have been shot dead
:00:24. > :00:28.inside a high-security command centre in Afghanistan. The Taliban
:00:28. > :00:32.said it carried out the attack at the Interior Ministry in Kabul in
:00:32. > :00:36.retaliation for the burning of copies of the Koran by US soldiers
:00:36. > :00:38.last week. Following today's shooting, NATO announced it was
:00:38. > :00:43.withdrawing staff from Afghan government ministries in the
:00:43. > :00:52.capital. Britain has pulled out civilian advisers. From Kabul, here
:00:52. > :00:56.It is heavily guarded and heavily fortified, but a gunman managed to
:00:56. > :01:01.strike inside Afghanistan's Interior Ministry, and it seems to
:01:01. > :01:07.get away. The victims were American military advisers, probably killed
:01:07. > :01:12.by one of their Afghan colleagues. NATO says it is too soon to say if
:01:12. > :01:17.the killings are connected to the nationwide protests against the
:01:17. > :01:22.burning of the Koran by US troops. We are not linking this incident
:01:22. > :01:30.has yet. We have to look into the details of what is going to come
:01:30. > :01:34.out over the coming hours. Of course, it is very regretful to see
:01:34. > :01:43.the loss of life. The killer has not been identified, but a senior
:01:43. > :01:46.Afghan source told us it may be an Afghan soldier or translator.
:01:46. > :01:50.Investigators are still at work inside the Interior Ministry. The
:01:50. > :01:53.fact that NATO troops could be targeted and killed here raises
:01:53. > :01:58.serious security concerns. The interior ministry should be one of
:01:58. > :02:03.the safest places in the country. Only those with top security
:02:03. > :02:09.clearance can get through the door. NATO's top military commander,
:02:09. > :02:14.General John Allen, has now recalled all NATO advisers working
:02:14. > :02:18.in Kabul. British civilian advisers have also been pulled out. Across
:02:18. > :02:21.Afghanistan, there is still rage against NATO. Protests have
:02:21. > :02:28.continued for a fifth day, and local security forces are
:02:28. > :02:36.struggling to control the crowds. NATO is now under attack on the
:02:36. > :02:40.streets and in the heart of the More than 100,000 doctors and
:02:40. > :02:44.medical students are to be balloted on industrial action in protest at
:02:44. > :02:48.planned changes to their pensions. Their union, the BMA, has rolled
:02:49. > :02:53.out the idea of a strike. The last time they union balloted its
:02:53. > :02:59.members was in 1975. Ministers say the reforms are necessary to ensure
:02:59. > :03:04.pensions are sustainable and affordable. Ross Hawkins reports.
:03:04. > :03:07.Art doctors willing to bring industrial action to hospitals and
:03:07. > :03:12.surgeries to protect their pensions? That is what they union
:03:12. > :03:17.is asking them to decide. We very much hope that any industrial
:03:17. > :03:20.action can be avoided and that the Government will come back to the
:03:20. > :03:24.table, but it is really the government to have left us with no
:03:24. > :03:28.choice by their refusal to enter into meaningful discussions.
:03:29. > :03:33.BMA has rolled out strikes, but doctors could, for example, insist
:03:34. > :03:39.on working to rule. -- ruled out. At issue is the pension scheme in
:03:39. > :03:42.England and Wales, which is set to change. Under government plans,
:03:42. > :03:45.doctors' pensions were no longer be based on their final salaries but
:03:45. > :03:51.on how much they had earned on average. The normal pension age
:03:51. > :03:57.would rise to 68. Contributions would go up to as much as 14.5% for
:03:57. > :04:03.those earning over �110,000. Doctors have not taken industrial
:04:03. > :04:06.action since 1975. Some of today's medics are, like their predecessors,
:04:06. > :04:09.angry with the Government, but ministers say they have protected
:04:09. > :04:12.low and middle learning public sector workers in their pension
:04:12. > :04:18.changes and are not showing any signs of making concessions to
:04:18. > :04:21.doctors, who can earn six-figure salaries. Nothing is gained by the
:04:21. > :04:23.threat of industrial action. Nothing will be gained by this
:04:23. > :04:28.ballot. We entered into negotiations in good faith and
:04:28. > :04:32.arrived at what I believe is not only the best available but a high
:04:32. > :04:37.quality scheme, a high quality pension scheme that values the
:04:37. > :04:41.staff of the NHS. The British Medical Association has grown used
:04:41. > :04:45.to finding itself at odds with the Government. It also opposes plans
:04:45. > :04:48.to change the NHS in England. When health groups were invited to
:04:48. > :04:53.Downing Street at the start of the week to discuss those with the
:04:53. > :04:57.Prime Minister, the BMA was not on the guest-list. Other workers have
:04:57. > :05:00.already gone on strike over pensions, but ministers want to
:05:00. > :05:09.start making changes this year. Doctors have to decide whether they
:05:09. > :05:13.can or should try to stand in the Nelson Mandela is said to be in a
:05:13. > :05:16.stable condition in hospital in South Africa after an operation for
:05:16. > :05:20.a stomach complaint. The authorities will not say where he
:05:20. > :05:24.is or what procedure he has undergone. The spokesman said the
:05:24. > :05:28.government was keen to protect his family from the media. Africa
:05:28. > :05:32.correspondent Andrew Harding is in Johannesburg. Andrew.
:05:32. > :05:37.Yes, the news was an expected and did trigger some alarm here. After
:05:37. > :05:42.all, Nelson Mandela is frail, increasingly frail, and 93 years
:05:42. > :05:48.old. But within a matter of hours, it was confirmed that the former
:05:48. > :05:52.President is not only conscious but comfortable and even talking.
:05:52. > :05:55.This is almost certainly where Nelson Mandela was brought
:05:55. > :06:01.overnight, a military hospital in the city of Pretoria. South African
:06:01. > :06:07.officials were quick to tell world not to panic. He is fine. He just
:06:07. > :06:12.had abdominal pains for some time now, and the doctors decided that
:06:12. > :06:18.that they should admit him with a view to check those abdominal pains.
:06:18. > :06:21.So it was not an emergency admission. The former freedom
:06:21. > :06:26.fighter remains an iconic figure. But his health has been failing. He
:06:26. > :06:29.is now 93. It is one years since he was last in hospital with a chest
:06:29. > :06:34.infection, and now it is his stomach. The details of the surgery
:06:34. > :06:40.have not been made public. Outside his old home in Soweto this
:06:40. > :06:44.afternoon, messages of support. are sending him positive vibrations,
:06:45. > :06:49.because he is irrepressible. You know, what he has done, the peace
:06:49. > :06:54.in the community, the world peace he has brought. He has pushed
:06:55. > :07:01.through so many years, but I am heartbroken, he is in my prayers.
:07:01. > :07:04.The 2010 World Cup was Mr Mandela's last, brief public appearance. He
:07:04. > :07:11.delighted a global audience that has not forgotten his defining role
:07:11. > :07:15.in bringing democracy and reconciliation to is that Africa.
:07:16. > :07:19.Tonight, confirmation from Bresnan Jacob Zuma that Nelson Mandela
:07:19. > :07:23.underwent a diagnostic procedure. - - President. He is now expected to
:07:23. > :07:28.leave hospital and head home, probably within the next few days,
:07:28. > :07:31.most likely on Monday. Andrew, thank you. Andrew Harding
:07:31. > :07:34.in Johannesburg. The government has denied a claim
:07:34. > :07:39.from the head of Britain's biggest drugs company that new cancer
:07:39. > :07:41.treatments are being delayed to save money. Sir Andrew Witty from
:07:41. > :07:45.GlaxoSmithKline said governments across Europe were holding up
:07:45. > :07:49.approval for new medicines as a way of controlling costs. The
:07:50. > :07:52.Department for Health says patients have benefited from a �650 million
:07:52. > :07:57.Cancer Drugs Fund and says companies should look at how much
:07:57. > :08:01.they are charging. To sport, and in their crunch Six
:08:01. > :08:05.Nations match Wales have beaten England 19-12 at Twickenham to win
:08:05. > :08:10.the Triple Crown. Earlier, Ireland beat Italy convincingly in Dublin.
:08:10. > :08:14.With all the action, here is Joe Wilson.
:08:14. > :08:18.England gathered themselves like heroes. To many eyes, they looked
:08:18. > :08:21.like zeros, no chance was the general protection, even at
:08:22. > :08:26.Twickenham. Owen Farrell led the young hopefuls against Wells's
:08:26. > :08:32.experience and sheer force. It was a shuddering stalemate. Both
:08:32. > :08:37.kickers kept their composure. Leigh Halfpenny with the accuracy for
:08:37. > :08:43.Wales, and Owen Farrell cleared his head to edge England into the lead,
:08:43. > :08:48.9-6 at half-time, 12-9 with 15 minutes left when he was forced off.
:08:48. > :08:52.The agony of leaving hurt more than anything. Five minutes left, the
:08:52. > :08:57.scores were level, and brilliant sleight of hand, Scott Williams
:08:57. > :09:00.stole the ball and a march. A kick into space and a sprint that only
:09:00. > :09:09.he would win. For the first time in the match, Wales lead. Timing is
:09:09. > :09:16.everything. Still dying seconds for England to throw the ball. England
:09:16. > :09:21.was just short. Held up by the Welsh will to win. Oh, unbelievable.
:09:21. > :09:25.We did not play well at all today, I didn't think, we knew it would be
:09:25. > :09:29.the toughest games so far, and we ignore everything in the media. We
:09:29. > :09:34.know England are a quality and fit, and it was one hell of a Test match.
:09:34. > :09:39.In Dublin, Italy had their moments but they were all in the first half.
:09:39. > :09:42.The captain went over, 10-10 briefly. It was only Ireland's
:09:42. > :09:46.second game of the Six Nations after being frozen out in Paris,