:00:54. > :00:59.And we can speak to Tim Franks in Paris now. There was still 80 miles
:00:59. > :01:02.for Bradley wig twoeug ride today on his freshly sprayed yellow bike
:01:02. > :01:12.but the tradition is for the leader to remain unchallenged on the final
:01:12. > :01:16.day. It's a day, this being France, for Bon amie and strange customs
:01:16. > :01:21.involving livestock. The sense of expectation was anything but flat.
:01:21. > :01:25.After three weeks, 2000 miles, 22 mountain passes, the end was in
:01:25. > :01:30.sight and the prospect of a unique achievement for Britain.
:01:30. > :01:34.There are moments in sport, perhaps just a few each century, when a
:01:34. > :01:38.nation asks where were you when? Well, this is one of them,
:01:38. > :01:42.certainly for these fans. Bradley Wiggins is doing what no Briton has
:01:42. > :01:46.done before. First, though, the sight of a
:01:46. > :01:49.Briton doing what's become astonishingly familiar. Mark Cavan
:01:49. > :01:53.tkaeurb may be the best road sprinter the world has seen. With
:01:53. > :01:56.his team-mate Bradley Wiggins leading the peloton, Cavendish
:01:56. > :02:00.swung out for his fourth consecutive win of the most
:02:00. > :02:05.tkphrapl rows -- glamorous tour stage of them all. Britain for so
:02:05. > :02:09.long not a road cycling nation is flexing its leg muscles. This thing
:02:09. > :02:12.happens to other people, you never imagine it happens to you. So, it's
:02:12. > :02:15.incredible. It's not the sort of thing you soak in at the time and
:02:15. > :02:19.think God, this is amazing, what a wonderful occasion. I bet you look
:02:19. > :02:23.back in years to come and think that was special. There's more,
:02:23. > :02:28.after waiting more than 100 years for a man on the podium, Britain
:02:28. > :02:31.now has two. Standing on the left of the picture, Bradley Wiggins
:02:32. > :02:38.team-mate, Chris Froome who came in second in the Tour. It's the start,
:02:38. > :02:43.isn't it? We have been working very hard, ten years now, and on a
:02:43. > :02:46.personal level I am as hungry as ever and ambitious and I have a lot
:02:46. > :02:50.to give to the sport yet and this is just the start hopefully of a
:02:50. > :02:54.period where we can dominate for a while. In a few days' time, we will
:02:54. > :03:01.turn to the hunt for Olympic colds, but this -- golds, but this summer
:03:01. > :03:07.it may be yellow that gleams the brightest.
:03:07. > :03:13.Let's talk to Tim now. As you suggested, what a boost for British
:03:13. > :03:18.sport, for the British mood a few days before the Olympics. It's
:03:18. > :03:24.extraordinary. I am standing in the land of culinary delights but what
:03:24. > :03:28.a selection we have in store for us now. Mark Cavendish will be back in
:03:28. > :03:32.London in a few days time to compete for Britain's first gold in
:03:32. > :03:35.the Olympics in the road race. You wouldn't bet against him at the
:03:35. > :03:38.moment. Bradley Wiggins a week later, assuming he is not too
:03:38. > :03:44.exhausted from that and here, he will be going for his fourth gold
:03:44. > :03:47.in the time trial. He is the world's best time triallist. It's
:03:47. > :03:50.about trying to get people involved this summer, it's about
:03:50. > :03:54.participation and cycling is one of those sports that's been bucking
:03:54. > :03:58.the trend, more people getting involved and as you heard from the
:03:58. > :04:03.boss of British cycling there, look, it's not just about today, it's
:04:03. > :04:12.about dominance year after year after year. These are giddy times.
:04:12. > :04:15.Thank you. President Obama will arrive in
:04:15. > :04:18.Colorado later this evening to meet the families of people killed and
:04:18. > :04:22.injured when a gunman went on the rampage at a cinema on Friday. 12
:04:22. > :04:26.people died and more than 50 were injured in the town of Aurora. The
:04:26. > :04:30.flat lived in by the man believed to have carried out the attack, has
:04:30. > :04:35.now been cleared of booby-traps. From Aurora, Alistair Leithead sent
:04:35. > :04:39.this report. We will rise from this... The dead
:04:39. > :04:45.and the injured were remembered at Sunday Church services across this
:04:45. > :04:54.city. Everyone has felt this tragedy, wondering what would drive
:04:54. > :05:01.a young man to take so many lives. My mentor who works is a... This
:05:01. > :05:06.was the suspect, James Holmes, six years ago, at a science camp in San
:05:06. > :05:12.Diego, aged 18. He said he wanted to be a researcher, to make
:05:12. > :05:15.scientific discoveries. At his flat today, the police were
:05:15. > :05:20.continuing to collect evidence, of the weapons and ammunition he
:05:20. > :05:27.bought, and the chemicals he used to make a booby-trap bomb in his
:05:27. > :05:33.apartment. It took police two days to get into his flat. The home-made
:05:33. > :05:37.explosives were removed safely and taken out into the desert to be
:05:37. > :05:41.destroyed. The 12 people who were killed have
:05:41. > :05:46.now all been named by the coroner. Some who died shielding their loved
:05:46. > :05:50.ones from the bullets. The eldest was 51, the youngest just six years
:05:50. > :05:54.old. She just wanted to have fun. She
:05:54. > :06:00.was what you would want your six- year-old to be. Those who survived
:06:00. > :06:05.are still haunted by what happened in cinema 9. I beat you, I made it.
:06:06. > :06:10.He didn't take my life. He didn't take my friend's life either. But I
:06:10. > :06:14.pray and I feel so sorry for the other families and all the other
:06:14. > :06:18.men and women that didn't make it. President Obama will arrive here in
:06:18. > :06:21.the next few hours to meet survivors and members of the
:06:21. > :06:25.emergency services whose quick actions saved so many lives. But a
:06:25. > :06:35.few months before the election it seems unlikely that he will tackle
:06:35. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:38.the controversial issue of America's gun control laws.
:06:38. > :06:41.Syrian government troops have launched a major offensive to
:06:41. > :06:44.regain control of parts of the capital, Damascus. Activists say
:06:44. > :06:47.three areas of the city are being attacked by tanks and heavy weapons.
:06:47. > :06:50.In the second city, Aleppo, rebel fighters are reported to have
:06:50. > :06:56.gained control of several areas. Jim Muir has been monitoring the
:06:56. > :07:00.situation from Beirut. The Damascus skyline, wreathed in
:07:00. > :07:03.smoke from heavy bombardments. This district in the west of the city is
:07:03. > :07:08.one of several where regime forces are battling to drive the rebels
:07:08. > :07:12.out. They succeeded in the north-east of
:07:12. > :07:17.the capital, at the cost of huge destruction. These troops are
:07:17. > :07:21.believed to be from the much feared Fourth Division, commanded by
:07:21. > :07:27.President Assad's brother. Mr Assad himself was meanwhile receiving his
:07:27. > :07:30.army Chief of Staff and giving him his orders. Presumably, they were
:07:31. > :07:34.to restore control in the capital and the second City Aleppo, at all
:07:34. > :07:37.costs. Like Damascus, Aleppo newspaper the
:07:37. > :07:42.north, had been relatively untouched by trouble until last
:07:42. > :07:47.week. Now Government forces are battling to dislodge rebels from
:07:47. > :07:49.several quarters they've taken over. In a straight fight, the lightly
:07:49. > :07:58.armed opposition fighters are little match for the regime's
:07:58. > :08:02.massive firepower, but they believe they're on the path of victory.
:08:02. > :08:06.The Free Syrian Army has succeeded in liberating most of the areas of
:08:06. > :08:15.the suburbs and the way is open to liberate the city of Aleppo and
:08:15. > :08:19.from there to liberate the rest of Syrian soil with God's will.
:08:19. > :08:24.Certainly the regime is not having it all its own way, as fighting
:08:24. > :08:28.rages in many parts of the country. Refugees are spilling over the
:08:28. > :08:32.nearby border into Turkey, joining thousands already there. None of
:08:32. > :08:41.them knows when it will be safe to go home, and who will be in charge
:08:41. > :08:44.when they do. Sport, and there was late drama at
:08:44. > :08:46.golf's Open Championship at Royal Lytham, with Ernie Els winning by
:08:46. > :08:50.just one shot. Australia's Adam Scott seemed to be cruising to
:08:50. > :08:53.victory, but bogeyed the last four holes - including this one on the
:08:53. > :09:00.18th - to hand victory to the South African, who lifted the Claret Jug
:09:00. > :09:03.for the second time in his career. In Formula One, Ferrari's Fernando
:09:03. > :09:06.Alonso has stretched his lead at the top of the drivers'
:09:06. > :09:09.championship, by winning the German Grand Prix. The Spaniard became the
:09:09. > :09:12.first man to win three races this season. Jenson Button was moved up
:09:12. > :09:22.to second, after Sebastian Vettel was demoted for overtaking him off
:09:22. > :09:22.
:09:22. > :09:25.the track. Lewis Hamilton retired, nine laps from the finish.
:09:25. > :09:29.The stage and screen actor, Simon Ward, has died, following a long
:09:29. > :09:34.illness. He was 70. His agent said his wife and three daughters were
:09:34. > :09:37.at his side when he died. Simon Ward became an international star
:09:37. > :09:40.in 1972 after Richard Attenborough directed him in Young Winston - a