:00:08. > :00:11.An American soldier goes on the rampage in Afghanistan, killing 16
:00:11. > :00:15.civilians. Mourners gather at the scene as the country's President
:00:15. > :00:21.confirm nine children are among the dead.
:00:21. > :00:25.A year on from the tsunami, Japan remembers its 20,000 dead and
:00:25. > :00:34.missing. The Catholic Church steps up its
:00:34. > :00:37.opposition to Government proposals to legalise same-sex marriage.
:00:37. > :00:47.England's young lions beat France in a thrilling match in the Six
:00:47. > :00:58.
:00:58. > :01:03.Good evening. Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has
:01:03. > :01:08.condemned the killing of 16 villagers by an American soldier as
:01:08. > :01:12.unforgivable. Nine of the victims of the attack near an army base
:01:12. > :01:20.were children. Tonight, President Obama said he was deeply saddened
:01:20. > :01:26.by today's events. This report contains some distressing images.
:01:26. > :01:30.In a remote corner of Kandahar, crowds gather outside an American
:01:30. > :01:33.base in silent protest at a slaughter in their village. An
:01:34. > :01:40.American soldier from inside these walls, they say, committed a
:01:40. > :01:45.massacre. There's grief and disbelief, that their neighbours
:01:45. > :01:50.were shot dead in their homes. Gul Bishar's two-year-old was one of
:01:50. > :01:54.nine children killed by the gunman. TRANSLATION: They killed a child.
:01:54. > :01:58.Was this a child a Taliban? I haven't seen a two-year-old Taliban.
:01:58. > :02:05.There is no Taliban here. America is always threatening us with dogs
:02:05. > :02:10.and helicopters during night raids. The serving officer left the base
:02:10. > :02:15.at 3.00am. Villagers said the soldier attacked three houses,
:02:15. > :02:21.killing 16 people and injuring nine others. In one house, he woke a
:02:21. > :02:26.family, then killed all 11. He then set the bodies on fire. This was
:02:26. > :02:31.murder, careful and precise, most were killed with a single shot to
:02:31. > :02:37.the head including the children. At the American Embassy in Kabul, a
:02:37. > :02:40.full investigation was promised. deplore any attack by a member of
:02:41. > :02:44.the US Armed Forces against innocent civilians and denounce all
:02:44. > :02:48.violence against civilians. We assure the people of Afghanistan
:02:48. > :02:55.that the individual, or individuals, responsible for this terrible act
:02:55. > :02:59.will be identified and brought to justice. Tonight, Kabul is peaceful,
:02:59. > :03:04.but tomorrow trouble is expected here and across the country. In the
:03:04. > :03:08.past few months, American Marines were caught urinating on the
:03:08. > :03:14.corpses of Afghan insurgents, American soldiers were found to
:03:14. > :03:20.have burnt copies of the Koran and now this, an atrocity committed by
:03:20. > :03:25.an ally. Together, these events are losing the international mission
:03:25. > :03:29.the confidence of its most important supporter - the Afghan
:03:29. > :03:34.people. Our North America Editor joins us
:03:34. > :03:39.now from Washington. Mark, President Obama's reaction? Well,
:03:39. > :03:43.he's phoned President Karzai to express his deep condolences and
:03:43. > :03:47.profound regret and stress that if an individual is found responsible
:03:47. > :03:51.they will face the full rigours of the law. He spoke of how it was a
:03:51. > :03:55.tragic and shocking incident, but he went on to say it does not
:03:55. > :03:59.represent the exceptional character of the US military and their
:03:59. > :04:04.respect for the Afghan people. There is clearly a grave worry that
:04:04. > :04:07.there will be a huge backlash in Afghanistan and that a relationship
:04:07. > :04:12.that has really gone badly wrong this year is going to get much
:04:12. > :04:18.worse. What is it likely to do to the perception of this among the
:04:18. > :04:22.American public, the Afghanistan campaign? An opinion poll taken
:04:22. > :04:27.before this incident showed a growing number, 60% of people, felt
:04:27. > :04:32.the war was not worth fighting. I think that this event will add to
:04:32. > :04:37.that mood, add to the feeling that withdrawal has to happen soon and
:04:37. > :04:42.will quietening the voices of those who feel they should stay and
:04:42. > :04:45.finish the job. It is a year since a massive
:04:45. > :04:49.earthquake and tsunami struck the north-east coast of Japan.
:04:49. > :04:52.Ceremonies have been held today to remember the 20,000 people who were
:04:53. > :05:02.killed. A minute's silence was observed at the moment the quake
:05:03. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:08.was hit - 2.46pm local time in the afternoon.
:05:08. > :05:17.In a monastery on Japan's north- east coast, a bell marked the
:05:17. > :05:22.precise moment the earthquake hit one year ago. The country came to a
:05:22. > :05:27.stand-still remembering the missing and the dead.
:05:27. > :05:32.TRANSLATION: I couldn't say goodbye to my brother and it still hurts
:05:32. > :05:38.deeply. TRANSLATION: I wanted to save
:05:38. > :05:41.people but I couldn't, I couldn't even help my father.
:05:41. > :05:49.Across devastated towns, the tsunami warning siren sounded again
:05:49. > :05:55.today and the bereaved stood with their heads bowed. The emperor led
:05:55. > :05:59.a memorial ceremony in Tokyo. The entire nation has been traumatised
:05:59. > :06:05.by the worst natural disaster in living memory.
:06:05. > :06:11.TRANSLATION: We are all gathered together in deep mourning to offer
:06:11. > :06:18.condolences to the deceased. No-one who lived through that day
:06:18. > :06:22.can forget the panic and the fear. Entire neighbourhoods smashed, the
:06:23. > :06:29.rush to escape, children, parents, grandparents swept away to their
:06:29. > :06:33.death. Today, the towns were so many lost their lives look like
:06:33. > :06:40.wastelands. Over the last year, a huge clear-up operation has been
:06:40. > :06:44.carried out along the coast. This place was full of wreckage. But now
:06:44. > :06:48.pretty much all of it has been removed. All you can see are the
:06:48. > :06:55.foundations of the buildings and the layout of the streets where
:06:55. > :07:00.people homes and shops once stood. But even if the survivors want to
:07:00. > :07:06.return here, rebuilding hasn't even begun. In Fukushima, it is the
:07:06. > :07:10.radiation from the crippled nuclear plant that's preventing people from
:07:10. > :07:17.going home. Wearing protective suits, one group was allowed into
:07:17. > :07:21.the exclusion zone today and within a mile of the melted-down reactors.
:07:21. > :07:27.Others found themselves drawn to the beach, to throw flowers on the
:07:28. > :07:35.sea that stole the lives of so many. Calm today, a year after bringing
:07:35. > :07:43.such misery. Here, a memorial service has been
:07:43. > :07:47.held for the six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week.
:07:47. > :07:50.The soldiers including five from 3 Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment
:07:50. > :07:55.died when a bomb exploded under their vehicle in Helmand Province.
:07:55. > :08:01.A candle was lit for each of them during the Service of Remembrance
:08:01. > :08:05.in Halifax Minster. Liberal Democrat activists have
:08:05. > :08:10.refused to endorse the coalition's changes to the National Health
:08:10. > :08:19.Service in England. The Party's Spring Conference voted to reject
:08:19. > :08:23.the call to the Government's Health Bill.
:08:23. > :08:33.REPORTER: Is it time to listen to the Lib Dems on health?
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:43.It's been a bruisele battle over health. -- bruising battle over
:08:43. > :08:47.health. You should never turn supporting a bad Bill into a
:08:47. > :08:51.political testosterone and virility test. When faced with a high-speed
:08:51. > :08:55.train crash, it is best to slam on the brakes. We are screwed if we
:08:55. > :08:58.pass it and screwed if we don't. Shirley Williams did her best to
:08:58. > :09:01.convince colleagues that enough safeguards had been put in the Bill.
:09:01. > :09:06.I wouldn't be standing here and I wouldn't have stuck with the Bill
:09:06. > :09:09.if I believed for one moment that it undermined the NHS. On the
:09:09. > :09:14.contrary, I think that there are many ways in which it will
:09:14. > :09:19.strengthen the NHS. That wasn't enough and activists voted not to
:09:19. > :09:22.back the Bill. It won't change Government policy, but it was an
:09:22. > :09:25.uncomfortable moment for Nick Clegg. The Health Service is an
:09:25. > :09:29.institution that voters care passionately about and no political
:09:29. > :09:34.party can afford to lose the voters' trust on such a crucial
:09:34. > :09:36.issue. That is why there's been an intense debate about this Health
:09:37. > :09:40.Bill. Nick Clegg admits the Government didn't do enough to make
:09:40. > :09:45.the case for change. He didn't dwell on the issue when he
:09:45. > :09:50.addressed the party faithful but Mr Clegg tried to reassure. This is a
:09:50. > :09:55.Bill for patients, not profits. It isn't a Liberal Democrat Health
:09:55. > :09:59.Bill, but it is a better Bill because of the Liberal Democrats.
:09:59. > :10:03.Mr Clegg was keen to move on and set out his priorities for the
:10:03. > :10:08.Budget. Fewer people paying income tax but the wealthy contributing
:10:08. > :10:15.more. The sight of the wealthiest scheming to keep their tax bill
:10:15. > :10:20.down to the bare minimum is frankly disgraceful. APPLAUSE So we will
:10:21. > :10:26.call time on the tycoon tax dodgers and make sure everyone pays a fair
:10:26. > :10:30.level of tax. They can all agree on that, but Nick Clegg will be
:10:30. > :10:34.disappointing that after telling his party to move on from the
:10:34. > :10:38.arguments on health, he has been defiantly ignored.
:10:38. > :10:42.A member of a commission set up by David Cameron to try to establish
:10:42. > :10:46.if Britain needs a Bill of Rights to restore some parliamentary
:10:47. > :10:50.control over the Human Rights Act has resigned. Dr Michael Pinto-
:10:50. > :10:55.Duschinsky claimed on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that the
:10:55. > :11:02.Commission wasn't doing the work it was supposed to do. I'm afraid it
:11:02. > :11:09.leaves me with no alternative but to resign because I think the cause
:11:09. > :11:12.is so important to look in a mature way at human rights and to make it
:11:12. > :11:16.consistent with parliamentary sovereignty that I do need to
:11:16. > :11:20.pursue it but not on the Commission. The Catholic Church in England and
:11:20. > :11:24.Wales is stepping up its campaign against the Government's proposal
:11:24. > :11:29.to legalise same-sex marriage. A letter from two of the Church's
:11:29. > :11:38.most senior archbishops has been read out in 2,500 churches urging
:11:38. > :11:43.congregations to fight the plan. These are the foot-soldiers the
:11:43. > :11:47.Catholic Church is recruiting to fight plans for gay marriage. The
:11:47. > :11:51.Archbishop's letter said marriage was based on a natural instinct for
:11:51. > :11:55.men and women to form partnerships to bring up children. They claim
:11:55. > :12:01.the Government's proposal would undermine traditional marriage.
:12:01. > :12:07.Change in the law would reduce it, just as a commitment of the two
:12:07. > :12:12.people involved. Priests also got a covering letter asking them to
:12:12. > :12:18.mobilise congregations, but few here need any persuasion. Marriage
:12:18. > :12:25.should stay between a man and a woman, not between two same-sex
:12:25. > :12:29.people. I think that civil partnership aren't enough for gays
:12:29. > :12:39.or lesbians. For the Catholic hierarchy there could barely be
:12:39. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:46.more at stake. They regard it... That is why they are telling the
:12:46. > :12:51.faithful to act and to act now. One of the archbishops who wrote
:12:51. > :12:55.today's letter says no Government has the authority to redefine
:12:55. > :12:59.marriage. It is the common understanding and recognition for
:12:59. > :13:06.centuries, thousands of years, that marriage is between a man and a
:13:06. > :13:11.woman. That will never change. It is partly - it is hard-wired into
:13:11. > :13:18.our human nature. Campaigners say the Church has no right to
:13:18. > :13:21.intervene. The Government proposals are simply about civil marriages in
:13:21. > :13:24.register offices, not about religious marriages at all. The
:13:24. > :13:29.Church has no legitimate justification for demanding it has
:13:29. > :13:34.a veto over gay marriage. latest poll by ICM for the Sunday
:13:34. > :13:41.Telegraph suggests that 45% of people support gay marriage to 36%
:13:41. > :13:45.against. A large majority said changing the law was not a priority.
:13:45. > :13:49.Prince Harry has been speaking at the end of his first official
:13:49. > :13:53.overseas tour describing it as an emotional trip. The Prince said he
:13:53. > :14:02.had no idea of the Queen's influence on the countries he had
:14:03. > :14:08.visited. After ten days of arresting images,
:14:08. > :14:12.this was a more familiar one, a royal in a carriage. Polo is one of
:14:12. > :14:16.the Prince's passions. On the field, a warm encounter with an Argentine
:14:16. > :14:24.opponent, the divisive issue of the Falklands a world away. This game
:14:24. > :14:30.was to raise money for Harry's African charity in memory of his
:14:31. > :14:39.mother, Diana. Not all of it went the Prince's way. Harry spoke
:14:39. > :14:43.afterwards about his visit which he described as emotional. The warmth
:14:43. > :14:47.of reception we have received from every single country we have been
:14:47. > :14:53.to, including Brazil, has been amazing. I personally had no idea
:14:53. > :15:00.how much influence the Queen has on all these countries which is very
:15:00. > :15:03.humbling and I was quite choked up at times. You can't stiff up -- you
:15:03. > :15:07.can't sit there and not get involved. I have never taken myself
:15:07. > :15:13.too seriously. So I hope that everyone back home has seen it as
:15:13. > :15:20.it is. As I said, I have had an amazing time. Prince Harry will
:15:20. > :15:24.disappear from view and focus on his Army career. But this high-
:15:24. > :15:33.profile four-country tour won't be a one-off. Harry's blend of
:15:33. > :15:36.informality and star quality is something the monarchy will want to
:15:36. > :15:45.explore again. Now for the sport.
:15:46. > :15:49.Rugby union: England have beaten France by 24-22. Wales are still
:15:49. > :15:58.strong favourites for the title and a probable Grand Slam. After
:15:58. > :16:01.today's result, England could still catch them.
:16:01. > :16:07.Pride, it is something English rugby seems to have rediscovered
:16:07. > :16:12.this year and today it found a performance to match. The last time
:16:12. > :16:18.England played France it spelt the end of a horrible World Cup, this
:16:18. > :16:22.time it spelt spirit and adventure, first through Manu Tuilagi, even
:16:22. > :16:30.better was to follow. One bulldozing run from Ben Morgan
:16:30. > :16:34.followed by another from Ben Foden. England 14-3 up. The Queen was
:16:34. > :16:39.happy, the President rather less so. After the break, France booted
:16:39. > :16:49.their way back, the gap down to two points. But just when England
:16:49. > :16:49.
:16:49. > :16:54.needed it, a flash of individual magic. Brilliant! Tom Croft seemed
:16:54. > :17:04.thought he had sealed it but back came the French. In the final
:17:04. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:09.seconds, they could have won it. And so England clung on. For their
:17:09. > :17:13.temporary coach, a pretty decent job application.
:17:13. > :17:16.Football. This could go down as a pivotal weekend in the Premier
:17:16. > :17:19.League title race. Match Of The Day 2 is on BBC Two right now with
:17:19. > :17:24.highlights of all the games as Manchester City were knocked off
:17:24. > :17:29.the top of the table. They were at Swansea and lost 1-0. Luke Moore
:17:29. > :17:33.with the late goal. City are a point behind Manchester United with
:17:33. > :17:39.ten games to play. Wayne Rooney scored both United's
:17:39. > :17:43.goals in their 2-0 win at home to West Brom. They go top. Wigan's
:17:43. > :17:48.draw at Norwich was not enough to lift them off the bottom of the
:17:48. > :17:54.table. Celtic are through to the Scottish Cup semifinals after
:17:54. > :18:00.beating Dundee United 4-0 at Tannadice. Georgios Samaras got
:18:00. > :18:04.number two. They will play Hearts or St Mirren, Aberdeen will play
:18:04. > :18:07.Hibs in the other semifinal. It was a wonderful final day for Great
:18:07. > :18:11.Britain at the World Indoor Athletics Championships. Five more
:18:11. > :18:18.medals in Istanbul taking their tally to nine. That is their best
:18:18. > :18:20.ever return at the World Indoors. The women's 4 x 400 metres relay
:18:20. > :18:26.team with Perri Shakes-Drayton running the anchor leg pipped the
:18:26. > :18:30.USA on the line for gold. What a day for Bradley Wiggins who has put
:18:30. > :18:36.down the perfect marker for the Tour de France by winning the Paris
:18:36. > :18:41.to Nice race. He is only the second Briton to win this classic. His