:00:12. > :00:17.The pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins a seat in Burma's
:00:17. > :00:22.parliament in historic by-elections. There are wild celebrations for
:00:22. > :00:26.supporters hoping for political reform. Aung San Suu Kyi wants this
:00:26. > :00:30.to be a stepping-stone to a national poll that will bring her
:00:30. > :00:34.party to power. Plans to extend the government's power to monitor
:00:34. > :00:38.emails of everyone in the UK has been slammed by critics as state
:00:38. > :00:43.snooping. More tax on your plane ticket, airlines complain about
:00:43. > :00:53.sky-high passenger duty. And to his King Kenny's crown slipping as
:00:53. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:08.Liverpool lose again in the Premier Hello, good evening. Thousands of
:01:08. > :01:12.people have been cheering to victory of Burma's pro-democracy
:01:12. > :01:16.leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has won a seat in historic by-elections
:01:16. > :01:20.in the country. According to her party she will have one of the 45
:01:20. > :01:23.parliamentary seats being contested and despite the vote the government
:01:23. > :01:27.remains in the hands of the Burmese military budget is being seen as a
:01:27. > :01:30.test of their commitment to political reform. Our special
:01:30. > :01:35.correspondent Fergal Keane sent this report from Rangoon. A typical
:01:35. > :01:42.morning of the late dry season but one when Freedom Food edged forward
:01:42. > :01:46.in Burma. -- freedom edged forward. This 85-year-old was born under
:01:46. > :01:51.British rule. She has seen World War, dictated back and now
:01:51. > :01:58.democracy. -- dictatorship. One of thousands who have made their way
:01:58. > :02:03.to the polls across the country today. I voted for Aung San Suu Kyi,
:02:03. > :02:08.she told me. She is for democracy, that is why I love her. The pro-
:02:08. > :02:15.democracy leader was south of Rangoon in her constituency. Queues
:02:15. > :02:18.had been falling since dawn. By the day's End, and sang Suu Kyi's seed
:02:18. > :02:27.would be one, despite her misgivings about electoral fraud
:02:27. > :02:31.elsewhere. At this Rangoon polling station a civil servant in charge
:02:31. > :02:34.displayed an empty ballot box, nothing suspicious here, he said.
:02:35. > :02:42.Yet for some voters it is hard to trust the state.
:02:42. > :02:52.You don't believe the government? never believed. The why? Why, they
:02:52. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:04.are not freedom. We are always suffering from their control.
:03:04. > :03:08.all day they kept coming. Seeking their names on the voters' lists.
:03:08. > :03:13.For many the crackdowns and tailings that defined political
:03:14. > :03:18.life in this country seem part of history now. Even for X political
:03:19. > :03:23.prisoners. You spend ten years in prison to get to this day. That is
:03:23. > :03:29.right. Are you happy with how things are going so far? Well,
:03:29. > :03:34.coming out of the prison, I am happy, and then this is the moment,
:03:34. > :03:37.practising democracy, because of election. So I am more happy. Last
:03:37. > :03:44.election the political parties had menaced restrictions and people
:03:44. > :03:51.were intimidated. They were afraid, but not now, this time. At the pro
:03:51. > :03:59.democracy headquarters this evening unofficial results were announced.
:03:59. > :04:04.Many constituencies showed their candidates winning. There was joy.
:04:04. > :04:07.Their parliament will for now still be controlled by the military. In
:04:07. > :04:11.all of this it is vital to remember the gulf between the ambitions of
:04:12. > :04:15.the Democrats and the government, which sees the by-elections as a
:04:15. > :04:19.way of ending its international isolation. Aung San Suu Kyi however
:04:19. > :04:25.wants this to be a stepping stone to a national poll that will bring
:04:26. > :04:28.her party to power. The monitoring of phone calls,
:04:28. > :04:32.texts and the mills of everyone in the UK will be extended under
:04:32. > :04:36.legislation being drawn up by the government -- emails. Ministers say
:04:37. > :04:40.they need the new laws to catch up with technological advances and
:04:40. > :04:44.help with terrorism and crime. Critics say the government is using
:04:44. > :04:47.its powers to snoop on unwarranted people and the move is unwarranted
:04:47. > :04:51.and unnecessary. When the coalition government came
:04:51. > :04:56.to power they said they would cut Big Brother down to size. They
:04:56. > :04:59.would introduce a Freedom Bill to reverse what they saw as Labour's
:04:59. > :05:02.attacks on civil liberties. But they are now planning legislation
:05:02. > :05:08.which even some of their own supporters say amounts to mass
:05:08. > :05:12.surveillance. They don't need this law to protect us. This is an
:05:13. > :05:16.unnecessary extension of the ability of the state to snoop on
:05:16. > :05:21.ordinary, innocent people, in vast numbers and frankly they should not
:05:21. > :05:24.have that power. The intelligence services have the ability to
:05:24. > :05:29.monitor communications here that GCHQ, and listening station in
:05:29. > :05:33.Cheltenham. The government plans to give them access to email exchanges
:05:33. > :05:37.and records of telephone calls and texts on demand. Those records are
:05:37. > :05:40.kept by phone and internet companies for a year. The
:05:40. > :05:43.government is protect -- proposing to extend these powers to cover
:05:43. > :05:48.social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Some experts say this
:05:48. > :05:51.would be costly and complicated. is a difficult job to keep track of
:05:51. > :05:56.so many different forms of data each time we communicate with a
:05:56. > :05:59.company, we use different protocols, different means of sending that and
:05:59. > :06:02.that is constantly changing and must be kept up with. In a
:06:02. > :06:06.statement the Home Office said, it is vital that the police and
:06:06. > :06:10.security services are able to obtain communications data to
:06:10. > :06:16.investigate serious crime and terrorism as technology changes.
:06:16. > :06:21.This is the headquarters of MI5, but the government are at pains to
:06:21. > :06:24.say they are not trying to introduce a new super charter to
:06:24. > :06:30.than nation's snoop -- Spooks, although it would be possible to
:06:30. > :06:34.find out who is contacting who, the content of those phone calls or
:06:34. > :06:37.emails would in most circumstances remain private. The Lib Dems
:06:37. > :06:41.support the plans in principle. They believe outdated legislation
:06:41. > :06:45.for more than a decade ago needs to be replaced. They have been told
:06:45. > :06:50.the new powers would be used sparingly but they want some
:06:50. > :06:55.further reassurance. We need to be certain that when unpacking
:06:55. > :06:58.information that all the are capturing is that the person who is
:06:58. > :07:02.making the call or the electronic communication, that they're not
:07:02. > :07:06.capturing the content. I think we can do that, I think that can be
:07:06. > :07:09.guaranteed, but it may require some fundamental software changes to
:07:09. > :07:12.ensure it happens. Despite doubts amongst some of their own
:07:12. > :07:18.supporters the Government say they will go ahead with their plans at
:07:18. > :07:21.the earliest opportunity. Up to 3,000 jobs could be saved up
:07:21. > :07:26.the struggling computer games retailer Game after a deal to buy
:07:26. > :07:31.more than half the company's stores was reached. Is expected around 300
:07:31. > :07:34.branches in the UK and Ireland can be saved after deal with the
:07:34. > :07:38.investment group Opcapita. Higher taxes on their passengers have come
:07:38. > :07:41.into force today. Some airlines including British Airways and
:07:41. > :07:45.Virgin say the increase will damage business that could stop tourists
:07:45. > :07:50.travelling to the UK. For long-haul flights of more than 4,000 miles
:07:50. > :07:54.this has gone up from �85 to �92 per person. Joe Lynam has more
:07:54. > :07:59.details. Planning a bid trip abroad this
:07:59. > :08:01.year? Well, pack a few extra quid as well as your toothbrush because
:08:01. > :08:05.the tax the government charges on every single passenger leaving
:08:05. > :08:10.Britain is going up again from today. And the airlines are so
:08:10. > :08:15.cross that they had set aside their normal bickering to unify against
:08:15. > :08:19.the air passenger duty increase. think it has got to a stage now
:08:19. > :08:25.where the sums are so great, such a great percentage of the ticket,
:08:25. > :08:30.that it really is deterring people from coming to the UK. So tax is
:08:30. > :08:33.all very well when it is not actually costing the country money
:08:33. > :08:36.and I think it is getting to a stage where it is going to cost the
:08:36. > :08:41.country money. From today, if you are flying short haul to Europe,
:08:41. > :08:47.you must pay �13 per person per flight. But if you are flying to
:08:47. > :08:53.the US or Australia, it will be �65.92 -- and �95 respectively,
:08:53. > :08:56.meaning a family of four will pay �260 on holiday to Florida.
:08:56. > :08:59.makes a difference when you're looking around for flight. You look
:08:59. > :09:04.for the cheaper option and to find a cheaper option and have �92 put
:09:04. > :09:08.on top of that is, it would definitely discourage me from going.
:09:08. > :09:11.The government has to raise additional revenue because of the
:09:11. > :09:15.strain on resources in relation to health and education and welfare,
:09:15. > :09:19.which I believe have to be priorities. The government said
:09:19. > :09:23.that airlines don't pay any VAT on fuel or domestic flights and they
:09:23. > :09:29.benefit from the recent cut in corporation tax. The reality is
:09:29. > :09:33.that today's nudes beans most passengers pay only �1 more on
:09:33. > :09:37.their flight as a result of the flight -- today's news means. We
:09:37. > :09:43.have made aviation tax fairer by bringing private business jets in
:09:43. > :09:45.for the first time. We were able to take action to freeze APD last year
:09:45. > :09:49.and we have been able to be clear about what will happen to it this
:09:49. > :09:52.year. By making flights to far- flung destinations that little bit
:09:52. > :09:57.more expensive some people may decide to have their holiday at
:09:57. > :10:01.home, a so-called staycation. While the airlines will hate it local
:10:01. > :10:05.guest houses, hotels and indeed the Treasury will be very glad of it
:10:05. > :10:08.indeed. Tomorrow marks the 30th anniversary
:10:08. > :10:13.of the start of the Falklands War. There will be celebrated --
:10:13. > :10:17.ceremonies to remember the 255 British to the nest -- service
:10:17. > :10:22.personnel who lost their lives. Argentina, which lost 649 troops,
:10:22. > :10:26.the President will address a rally of supporters who claimed
:10:26. > :10:33.sovereignty over the islands from Ushuaia. We can speak to John
:10:33. > :10:36.Simpson. What is the mood there? One of expectancy, I suppose really.
:10:36. > :10:40.Pressed -- President Cristina Fernandez is coming here tomorrow
:10:40. > :10:42.to make her speech which people think will be fiery and will start
:10:42. > :10:46.threatening British commercial interests in Argentina, not of
:10:46. > :10:50.course any kind of violence or anything like that, that is all
:10:50. > :10:55.very much in the past, but it could be quite fiery. The reason she is
:10:55. > :10:58.coming here is because this notionally is the place from which
:10:58. > :11:03.the Falklands Islands would be administered if ever Argentina took
:11:03. > :11:06.them over, not a very own as job at the moment of course. But this
:11:06. > :11:10.isn't a popular feeling at all. People have strong feelings about
:11:10. > :11:16.the Malvinas, as they call them, but they are not demanding them
:11:16. > :11:20.back, there is no anger against Britain at the moment, certainly,
:11:20. > :11:25.and the rough former veterans here that we have bumped into. They have
:11:25. > :11:29.all been extremely pleasant about it. People say that the President's
:11:29. > :11:36.critics say that the reason she is raising this is because the economy
:11:36. > :11:40.is in trouble and she wants to distract attention from that.
:11:40. > :11:44.John, thanks very much. As well as John Simpson's report from
:11:44. > :11:47.Argentina, we will have full coverage tomorrow of ceremonies
:11:47. > :11:50.here in Britain. Saudi Arabia and other countries and the Gulf are
:11:50. > :11:53.setting up a multi-million dollar fund to help the opposition forces
:11:53. > :11:56.in Syria. The money will pay salaries to members of the Free
:11:56. > :12:00.Syrian Army and to soldiers to defect from the regime. The
:12:00. > :12:04.announcement was made in Istanbul at a major conference on the future
:12:04. > :12:12.of the opposition movement. From there, Jonathan Head reports.
:12:12. > :12:16.Months of feverish diplomacy on Syria and what has changed? In a
:12:16. > :12:20.week when the Assad government once again promised to comply with a
:12:20. > :12:24.peace plan, opposition strongholds were pounded as fiercely as ever.
:12:24. > :12:27.The country -- countries supporting political change in Syria represent
:12:27. > :12:31.close to half the United Nations. They wanted this conference to
:12:31. > :12:37.demonstrate how isolated President Assad is and how little they trust
:12:37. > :12:42.him. Rather than allowing access for humanitarian aid, they have
:12:42. > :12:49.tightened their siege and rather than beginning a political
:12:49. > :12:55.transition the regime has crushed dozens of peaceful protests. We can
:12:55. > :13:01.only conclude that Assad has decided to add to his long list of
:13:01. > :13:04.broken promises. Strong words could not disguise the lack of new action.
:13:05. > :13:09.No internationally policed safe zones, no weapons supplies to the
:13:09. > :13:14.insurgents. But there was a promise to fund more non-lethal aid for the
:13:14. > :13:18.Free Syrian Army. That was our request, we stated that as it
:13:19. > :13:25.urgency to pay all the defected members of the army and we asked
:13:25. > :13:29.several countries for supporting such a fund financially.
:13:29. > :13:34.opposition hopes that more money will turn the rag-tag rebels and
:13:34. > :13:39.defectors into one more united and more effective fighting force. So
:13:39. > :13:43.no breakthroughs at this conference but then none was expected but the
:13:43. > :13:47.decision to fund the insurgents of the Free Syrian Army is significant,
:13:47. > :13:52.recognition of the central roles the armed wing of the opposition is
:13:52. > :13:55.now playing in the campaign to oust President Assad and it is a warning
:13:55. > :14:02.to those countries still backing the Syrian President of how far
:14:02. > :14:05.this conflict could still escalate. The rescue operation is under way
:14:05. > :14:09.in the Pacific Ocean after three British Salt -- sailors and an
:14:09. > :14:15.Australian yachtsmen were injured while competing in the Round-the-
:14:15. > :14:20.World Yacht Race. It is believed a large wave washed over the yacht at
:14:20. > :14:23.the start of the race some time yesterday, sweeping away equipment.
:14:23. > :14:29.A US coastguard boat and helicopter are expected to reach the yacht and
:14:29. > :14:39.the next few hours. Now the sport. A full round up, here's Olly Foster
:14:39. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:49.Match of the Day 2 has highlights at today's matches. Here's Andy
:14:49. > :14:53.Swiss... From a Tyneside hero to pantomime villain. Andy Carroll,
:14:53. > :14:58.back at Newcastle for the first time since joining Liverpool in
:14:58. > :15:03.what proved a less than happy homecoming. He was booked for
:15:03. > :15:07.diving and the replay did not do him any favours. And Liverpool
:15:07. > :15:12.stumbled from bad to worse. They could have had the penalty when
:15:12. > :15:22.Danny Simpson seemed to use his arm but Newcastle showed why they are
:15:22. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:32.their last seven league games. Carol was eventually substituted to
:15:32. > :15:37.the fondest of farewells and Liverpools misery was rounded off
:15:37. > :15:47.by a red card for Pepe Reina. He made little impact but that summed
:15:47. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:50.up the day for Liverpool. Another great one for her Newcastle. A
:15:50. > :15:55.manual and a day or scored twice for Spurs as they beat Swansea 3 -
:15:55. > :16:01.1. Their first win in six matches in the league. Here's the top of
:16:01. > :16:05.the table. Spurs level on points. Newcastle's manager might have but
:16:05. > :16:15.not any chances of reaching the top four but they're just five points
:16:15. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:19.If you are watching in Scotland, Sportscene is over on BBC Two,
:16:19. > :16:22.showing Celtic's match today. They beat St Johnstone 2-0 at Celtic
:16:22. > :16:26.Park. Georgios Samaras got their first but because Rangers won
:16:26. > :16:29.yesterday, the party is on hold for another week. Celtic will win the
:16:29. > :16:32.Scottish Premier League title if they get at least a draw at
:16:32. > :16:38.Kilmarnock next weekend, no matter what Rangers do. Elsewhere in the
:16:38. > :16:41.SPL, Hibs beat Inverness 3-2. Andy Murray lost to Novak Djokovic in
:16:41. > :16:50.the final of the Miami Masters this evening, the world number one
:16:50. > :17:00.coming through in straight sets. He second but conceded that he lost to
:17:00. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:03.the better player. Djokovic takes Gavin Henson has apologised for
:17:03. > :17:07.behaving inappropriately on board a flight at 7a, yesterday morning. He
:17:07. > :17:09.was part of the Blues side that lost at Glasgow Warriors and Henson
:17:09. > :17:14.admitted going out drinking following the match and carrying on
:17:14. > :17:20.on the plane taking the team back to Cardiff. Henson says he is truly
:17:20. > :17:28.embarrassed by the incident. He has been suspended by his club and they
:17:28. > :17:32.will meet tomorrow to discuss his future The main news tonight.
:17:32. > :17:42.Before we go - Madonna has become the most successful solo artist
:17:42. > :17:43.