:00:05. > :00:07.The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, hits out at the United
:00:07. > :00:13.States, in his first public appearance since being granted
:00:13. > :00:20.political asylum. From the confines of the Ecuadorian embassy, he
:00:20. > :00:24.claims that freedom of expression is under threat. I ask President
:00:24. > :00:32.Obama to do the right thing - the United States must renounce its
:00:32. > :00:35.witch hunt against Wikileaks. been inside the embassy for two
:00:35. > :00:38.months - fighting British attempts to extradite him to Sweden to be
:00:38. > :00:44.questioned about allegations of sexual assault.
:00:44. > :00:45.Also in tonight's programme: The head of the Catholic Church in
:00:45. > :00:50.Scotland suspends direct communication with the Scottish
:00:50. > :00:53.Government because of its support for gay marriage.
:00:53. > :01:03.The Queen attends church near Balmoral - as the Duke of Edinburgh
:01:03. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:06.spends a fifth day in hospital. again!
:01:06. > :01:16.And England's cricketers face a massive task to save the third Test
:01:16. > :01:26.
:01:27. > :01:30.- and their world number one The founder of Wikileaks, Julian
:01:30. > :01:33.Assange, has appeared in public for the first time since June, to call
:01:33. > :01:41.on President Obama to end what he called a US witch-hunt against his
:01:41. > :01:51.whistle-blowing website. He was speaking from the balcony of the
:01:51. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:53.Ecuadorean embassy in London. Last week Ecuador granted him political
:01:53. > :01:55.asylum, defying diplomatic protests from the UK. Julian Assange faces
:01:56. > :02:01.extradition to Sweden, to be questioned about allegations of
:02:01. > :02:03.sexual assault. From Ecuador's embassy, here's Caroline Hawley.
:02:03. > :02:08.Supporters of Julian Assange arrived in good time to hear him
:02:08. > :02:13.speak. It is two months to the days since he disappeared into the
:02:13. > :02:20.embassy, claiming political asylum. A man who used to travel the world,
:02:20. > :02:22.now confined to a tiny diplomatic mission. Police, poised to arrest
:02:22. > :02:26.him the minute he leaves. The Ecuadorian embassy today help
:02:26. > :02:33.prepare a save stage for him to speak.
:02:33. > :02:43.Julian Assange, the man at the centre of an extraordinary
:02:43. > :02:45.
:02:45. > :02:48.international drama, was back in the limelight. I thank President
:02:48. > :02:56.Correa for the courage he has shown in considering and granting the
:02:56. > :03:06.political asylum. I ask President Obama to do the right thing. The
:03:06. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:09.United States must renounce its witch hunt against Wikileaks.
:03:09. > :03:17.was the release of this footage which brought Wikileaks to
:03:17. > :03:21.international attention and embarrassed the American government.
:03:21. > :03:25.It shows the killing of a group of Iraqis by a US gunship in 2007. A
:03:25. > :03:28.flood of secret documents followed. A former American soldier, Bradley
:03:28. > :03:30.Manning, is now awaiting trial for aiding the enemy by leaking the
:03:30. > :03:36.material. There have been no charges so far against Julian
:03:36. > :03:41.Assange. It is over accusations of sex crimes by two Swedish women
:03:41. > :03:43.that Mr Assange now faces questioning. He walked into the
:03:43. > :03:47.Ecuadorian embassy, where he was photographed today, after his
:03:47. > :03:57.attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden failed. On these allegations,
:03:57. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:05.Mr Assange had nothing to say today. A lot of people have been surprised
:04:05. > :04:08.he mentioned nothing about that, nothing about Sweden at all really.
:04:08. > :04:12.This is the other side of this case, in which there are others who may
:04:12. > :04:15.be calling for justice to be done, and for the rule of law to be
:04:15. > :04:21.complied with by Julian Assange himself. Julian Assange lingered a
:04:21. > :04:27.little before he headed back inside, apparently savouring the moment.
:04:27. > :04:30.With the show now over, the stand- off goes on, and Britain is still
:04:30. > :04:31.faced with a costly police operation to ensure he doesn't
:04:31. > :04:37.escape. And Caroline is outside the
:04:37. > :04:44.Ecuadorian embassy. Given all of that, in practical terms, one
:04:44. > :04:47.wonders what might happen next. Julian Assange has had his say, the
:04:47. > :04:51.British Government has not commented on what he had to save.
:04:51. > :04:56.In practice, this hasn't really changed anything. The row between
:04:56. > :05:00.Britain and Ecuador goes on. Ecuador was incensed by Britain's
:05:00. > :05:04.suggestion it could go into that embassy, its police could go in and
:05:04. > :05:08.arrest Mr Assange. Britain has backed away from that but it still
:05:09. > :05:12.says it will not give him a safe passage so that he can get on a
:05:12. > :05:16.plane to Ecuador, that it is legally obliged to put him on a
:05:16. > :05:20.plane to Sweden. It is highly unlikely that Mr Assange will get
:05:20. > :05:23.the guarantees he wants, that he won't ever face on would
:05:23. > :05:27.extradition to the United States. So for the moment, this stalemate
:05:27. > :05:32.goes on. The Foreign Secretary has said it could go on for quite some
:05:32. > :05:36.time. Historical precedent suggests that it might. I have to say, with
:05:36. > :05:46.all the dramatic twists and turns of this case, I wouldn't want to
:05:46. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:55.predict how it will unfold. A soldier who was shot and killed
:05:55. > :05:57.in Afghanistan while on sentry duty on Friday has been named as
:05:57. > :06:00.Guardsman Jamie Shadrake. He was serving with 1st Battalion
:06:00. > :06:02.Grenadier Guards, and had just celebrated his 20th birthday. In a
:06:02. > :06:06.statement, his family said Jamie was a tremendous son and brother
:06:06. > :06:09.who was proud to be a soldier, and died doing a job that he loved.
:06:09. > :06:11.The head of the Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O'Brien,
:06:11. > :06:14.has suspended direct communication with the Scottish Government
:06:14. > :06:16.because of its support for gay marriage. Cardinal O'Brien has been
:06:17. > :06:20.an outspoken critic of same sex marriage, which the Scottish
:06:20. > :06:27.Government last month announced plans to legalise. Here's our
:06:27. > :06:29.religious affairs correspondent, His condemnation of gay marriage
:06:29. > :06:39.has been outspoken. His determination to stop it,
:06:39. > :06:42.
:06:43. > :06:45.implacable. In March, Scotland's Catholic leader said gay marriage
:06:46. > :06:53.was grotesque subversion of a human right. Now comes a diplomatic rift
:06:53. > :06:55.at the highest level. Cardinal O'Brien said he is ending meetings
:06:55. > :07:02.with Alex Salmond to discuss the topic and that all further
:07:02. > :07:05.discussion will be through officials. We want to maintain a
:07:05. > :07:09.dialogue and the Cardinal wants to maintain a dialogue, but that can
:07:09. > :07:14.be difficult when you feel that all the things you have to say, to date
:07:14. > :07:19.at least, have been completely ignored. Evidently anxious to
:07:19. > :07:29.reduce damage from the rift, Mr Salmond telephoned Cardinal O'Brien.
:07:29. > :07:33.
:07:33. > :07:43.Officials say it was a friendly Cardinal O'Brien's action is a
:07:43. > :07:44.
:07:44. > :07:47.symbolic but potent gesture of his anger and frustration. Catholic
:07:47. > :07:50.archbishops here in London had a letter read in all their churches,
:07:50. > :07:53.making it clear that they, too, were ready to recruit the Catholic
:07:53. > :07:55.rank-and-file in the campaign against gay marriage. Cardinal
:07:55. > :07:58.O'Brien's public snub of Alex Salmond represents a more overt
:07:58. > :08:02.threat to escalate the dispute over gay marriage into a political
:08:02. > :08:07.struggle. Many people will join this campaign, Catholics and not
:08:07. > :08:09.Catholics. The call from the archbishops is to the rank and file,
:08:09. > :08:18.to say get involved, this is important. Many people, most people,
:08:18. > :08:25.have invested a lot in marriage. The Church says the institution of
:08:25. > :08:28.marriage is too important to a healthy society to redefine it. But
:08:28. > :08:31.even Catholics are divided, with many seeing in gay relationships,
:08:31. > :08:41.the very qualities of stability and support that the church wants to
:08:41. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:45.uphold. An air and sea search operation
:08:45. > :08:48.began tonight after a 4-year-old boy was swept into the sea off
:08:48. > :08:51.Somerset. The child's parents tried to rescue him after he entered the
:08:51. > :08:55.water at Burnham-on-Sea. A member of the public raised the alarm. The
:08:55. > :08:57.search has been called off for the night.
:08:57. > :09:02.Police in Leeds have named two children who've been seriously
:09:02. > :09:04.injured in a hit and run incident. Sabam Saleem, who's ten, and her 2-
:09:04. > :09:08.year-old brother Raham were returning to their home in the Hyde
:09:08. > :09:18.Park area of the city when they were struck by a car. From Leeds,
:09:18. > :09:26.
:09:26. > :09:32.Yesterday they were hit by a car which fell to stop in the Hyde Park
:09:32. > :09:36.area of Leeds. The car just run them over and left them there. I
:09:36. > :09:40.heard them screaming and crying. is a long road and they get some
:09:40. > :09:44.silly speed, I am not surprised. The children had been to their
:09:44. > :09:48.local shop to buy the ingredients for a celebratory Eid Mill, before
:09:48. > :09:51.making the journey just a hundred yards home -- Eid meal. It was
:09:51. > :09:54.there where they were struck by the car. I have been to visit the
:09:54. > :09:59.family of the children who were part of the accident yesterday. It
:09:59. > :10:02.is very distressing for a family and the whole community. They live
:10:02. > :10:07.opposite our mosque and we are very concerned about those children
:10:07. > :10:10.because they are in a critical situation. CCTV footage of the
:10:10. > :10:14.silver Vauxhall Astra is being enhanced in a bid to trace the
:10:14. > :10:18.driver. The car hit the children, it slowed down, it would appear
:10:18. > :10:23.that the driver took some notice of what had happened, and then drove
:10:23. > :10:28.off. I would say to that person, they really need to come and see us,
:10:28. > :10:32.before we come and see them. Locals say they are saddened that someone
:10:32. > :10:42.would show such disregard for the children, but they believe that the
:10:42. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:51.driver will be caught with the help The Duke of Edinburgh has spent a
:10:51. > :10:53.fifth day in hospital, where he is being treated for a bladder
:10:53. > :10:55.infection. Our correspondent, Lorna Gordon, is outside Aberdeen Royal
:10:55. > :10:58.Infirmary. Lorna, what's the latest? It is believed that Prince
:10:58. > :11:01.Philip is continuing to respond well to treatment for that
:11:01. > :11:08.infection. While he remains in hospital in Aberdeen, it has meant
:11:08. > :11:11.that he has missed today's weekly service at the parish church, the
:11:12. > :11:18.church at which she is a regular member of the congregation while
:11:18. > :11:21.the Royal Family is in attendance in Balmoral. Other members of the
:11:21. > :11:25.Royal Family were in attendance. We saw Prince Charles, his wife
:11:26. > :11:30.Camilla, the Queen accompanied by Prince Edward and the Countess of
:11:30. > :11:34.Wessex. The Queen was looking relaxed, she was smiling and waving
:11:34. > :11:39.to well-wishers along the route to the church, and there were a great
:11:39. > :11:43.number of well-wishers out today. During the service itself, prayers
:11:43. > :11:48.were offered up to Prince Philip, offering him a speedy recovery --
:11:48. > :11:51.wishing him a quick recovery and to return to his holidays. I don't
:11:51. > :11:55.think doctors will be in any haste to discharge him. It is a
:11:55. > :11:58.recurrence of a blood infection that he had in June and they will
:11:58. > :12:03.be looking to see if there are any underlying medical conditions that
:12:03. > :12:09.they have to deal with. For a 5th day, and into a 5th night, he
:12:09. > :12:12.remains in hospital in Aberdeen. In Syria, the conflict between
:12:12. > :12:14.rebel forces and those loyal to President Assad has resulted in the
:12:15. > :12:19.government loosening its grip on the Kurdish region in the North
:12:19. > :12:23.East of the country. After decades of repression, the Kurds are now
:12:23. > :12:27.getting a taste of freedom. And one activist has finally felt safe
:12:27. > :12:37.enough to visit his homeland, after 17 years in exile. Orla Guerin
:12:37. > :12:44.
:12:44. > :12:47.joined him on his journey from The Long Road Home. For Diliya, a
:12:47. > :12:52.bittersweet return to his birthplace, confronted by all he
:12:52. > :12:59.has lost. When he fed Syria, fearing arrest for his writings in
:12:59. > :13:09.Kurdish, he was still a young man. My family is expecting to see a 24-
:13:09. > :13:13.year-old, he said. But now, I am 42. With the sun setting, we used
:13:13. > :13:21.smugglers route to cross the border, avoiding Iraqi troops. The Syrians
:13:21. > :13:31.left last month. Next morning, at last, he was home.
:13:31. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:43.Inside, time to work out who was who among nieces and nephews he has
:13:43. > :13:50.never met. There is a new life here. A new generation. But there are
:13:50. > :13:59.spaces that can never be filled. When I came in, it was very painful
:13:59. > :14:04.not to see my mother, Diliya says. No one can take her place. His
:14:04. > :14:10.mother, a brother and a sister all died while he was gone. And his
:14:10. > :14:16.people are still waiting for autonomy. After 17 years, I would
:14:16. > :14:23.have hoped to come back to victory in our struggle, he says. Not to
:14:23. > :14:29.have any sign of the Ba'athist regime on my passport. But his home
:14:29. > :14:31.town of Derek is now under Kurdish control, allowing him to make a
:14:31. > :14:41.harrowing first visit to his mother's grave.
:14:41. > :14:44.
:14:44. > :14:48.Why didn't you wait for me, he cries. Why wasn't I here? But
:14:48. > :14:58.Diliya believes the Assad government will soon fall, and his
:14:58. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:02.nieces and nephews won't have to Sport now. For a round up of all
:15:02. > :15:05.the day's action, here's Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes at the BBC Sport
:15:05. > :15:11.Centre. Good evening. Manchester City and
:15:11. > :15:14.Chelsea both kicked-off their Premier League seasons today. Match
:15:14. > :15:17.Of The Day 2 follows this programme so if you don't want to know the
:15:17. > :15:21.scores - this is your chance to leave the room. European Champions
:15:21. > :15:23.Chelsea were comfortable 2-0 winners at Wigan. Both goals were
:15:23. > :15:26.scored within six minutes, the first from Branislav Ivanovic and
:15:26. > :15:28.the second, a Frank Lampard penalty after summer signing Eden Hazard
:15:28. > :15:31.was fouled. Manchester City's title defence started with a less
:15:31. > :15:34.convincing 3-2 victory over Southampton, back in the top
:15:34. > :15:39.division after a seven-year absence. City's star striker Sergio Aguero
:15:39. > :15:42.was stretchered-off in the first half with a knee injury.
:15:42. > :15:44.There's a new derby in the Scottish Premier League as Dundee United
:15:44. > :15:48.played Dundee for the first time competitively in seven years.
:15:48. > :15:52.United were 3-0 winners at a packed Tannadice, to go to the top of the
:15:52. > :16:00.table. Johnny Russell scored twice before being sent-off for his
:16:00. > :16:04.England's position as the world's number one test nation is hanging
:16:04. > :16:06.by a thread. They'll start the last day of the decisive test against
:16:06. > :16:10.South Africa needing 330 runs, having lost both their opening
:16:10. > :16:20.batsmen and chasing what would be a record-breaking total. Alex South
:16:20. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:26.It has been a long, wet summer. England didn't want to waste a
:16:26. > :16:30.second of sunshine. Trying to hit South Africa hard and fast. Not for
:16:30. > :16:33.the first time this series, Dale Steyn's fingers were bashed, then
:16:33. > :16:36.Steyn's fingers were bashed, then his wicket quickly followed. There
:16:36. > :16:40.is so much strength in the tourists' batting line-up, they got
:16:40. > :16:45.a chance to get -- if you get a chance to get one of them out, you
:16:45. > :16:51.can't pass it up. Jimmy Anderson, so often the hero, now cast in a
:16:51. > :16:56.different role. For a while, it felt like the end was nigh. When a
:16:56. > :17:00.brief stormed past, Hashim Amla's century with his first boundary of
:17:01. > :17:06.the day suggested it was. You cannot keep a good side down. Steve
:17:06. > :17:10.Finn sent Hashim Amla away. A great spell saw been dismissed AB de
:17:10. > :17:14.Villiers and Jacques Rudolph quickly. Lord's started to believe.
:17:14. > :17:18.Matt Prior used all his wits for a cheeky stumping but it did not stop
:17:18. > :17:23.a massive target being said. It seems every time England have a
:17:23. > :17:27.sniff, at South Africa react. The dream start as Alastair Cook went
:17:27. > :17:31.cheaply, and the captain followed suit. If the tourists take over as
:17:31. > :17:41.the world's best cricket team, on this evidence they will be more
:17:41. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:46.Hundreds of budding Bradley Wiggins were able to ride alongside their
:17:46. > :17:48.idol around the roads of Lancashire where he trains today. The four-
:17:48. > :17:51.time Olympic champion and first British winner of the Tour de
:17:51. > :17:54.France was launching his charity which promotes sport. Wiggins also
:17:54. > :17:59.announced his first competition after London will be on home soil -
:17:59. > :18:03.in the Tour of Britain along with Mark Cavendish. Certainly the most
:18:03. > :18:06.successful tour of Britain, in terms of a celebration of British
:18:06. > :18:09.cycling they do a thing we have achieved this year. That in itself
:18:10. > :18:13.will be quite something. I am not quite sure what to expect.
:18:13. > :18:16.Obviously Cavendish is riding as well. It is going to be a great