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