:00:09. > :00:19.Israel says it's prepared to expand its operation against militants in
:00:19. > :00:21.
:00:21. > :00:29.Gaza. It strikes more targets, as the death toll among Palestinians
:00:29. > :00:33.rises. Israeli civilians in fear as Hamas continues its rocket attacks.
:00:33. > :00:35.Jaguar Land Rover strikes a deal to make cars in China. Women facing
:00:36. > :00:41.the stained glass ceiling, the church prepares to discuss their
:00:41. > :00:51.ordination as bishops. And a century from Alistair Cook, as
:00:51. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.England try to salvage a draw in Good evening. Israel says it is
:01:09. > :01:13.prepared for what it's calling a significant expansion of its
:01:13. > :01:18.operation against militants in Gaza. Today had stepped up its campaign
:01:18. > :01:22.against Hamas militants with over 120 air strikes. Palestinian
:01:22. > :01:26.officials said the death toll in Gaza today was at least 20 people,
:01:26. > :01:30.including nine children. Several people were also injured in Israel
:01:30. > :01:36.from over 50 rockets fired from Gaza. Ben Brown is in Ashkelon for
:01:36. > :01:41.us now. All day we've seen and heard
:01:41. > :01:46.Roberts being fired from Gaza into Ashkelon and other towns like it in
:01:46. > :01:50.southern Israel. You can see these flats behind the, they were hit by
:01:50. > :01:54.a rocket. Two people were injured. A few miles away across the border,
:01:54. > :01:59.it has been the bloodiest day so far in the five days of fighting be
:01:59. > :02:04.seen. We have to report the seething. On a moment, the
:02:04. > :02:09.situation in Israel. First, we have this report from Gaza. Israel has
:02:09. > :02:19.chosen its targets in Gaza today selectively, but with devastating
:02:19. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:25.Across Gaza, the homes of at least seven Hamas military officials were
:02:25. > :02:31.hit in massive explosions. Regardless of who may have been
:02:31. > :02:36.inside. Israel repeatedly described its attacks on Gaza as surgical
:02:36. > :02:39.strikes. This was a family home in the heart of Gaza City, which was
:02:39. > :02:45.flattened in an air strike earlier this afternoon. Several civilians
:02:45. > :02:51.have been killed, others are missing. Frantically they dug for
:02:51. > :03:01.survivors. But no one could have come out of this alive. A senior
:03:01. > :03:04.Hamas official and his entire family of 10 were killed here today.
:03:04. > :03:09.Sure, if Israel keep doing this with civilians, you will see more
:03:09. > :03:14.people died. Israel is targeting Hamas officials it accuses of
:03:14. > :03:17.hiding amongst civilians. The number of civilians, particularly
:03:17. > :03:23.children, being killed or injured in the air strikes and rages
:03:23. > :03:27.Palestinian feelings even more. At this house in the north of Gaza
:03:27. > :03:32.City, a one-year-old boy and his three-year-old sister were killed
:03:32. > :03:39.in an Israeli air strike. Just two of 20 fatalities of the conflict in
:03:39. > :03:45.Gaza today. Israel also hit two buildings where international and
:03:45. > :03:49.local media have their offices. One journalist had his leg blown off.
:03:49. > :03:56.Another justifiable attack, said Israel, because Hamas was using
:03:56. > :04:00.communication and Chennai on the roofs. -- antenna. No one knows
:04:00. > :04:10.when this will end, but more people were killed today than on any other
:04:10. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:18.day of this short, brutal conflict. Panic in Ashkelon as the air raid
:04:18. > :04:26.sirens go off once again. People here have seconds to find shelter.
:04:26. > :04:31.They are so close to Gaza. These vapour trails are Israeli
:04:31. > :04:38.interceptor missiles, flying up to destroy some of the rockets fired
:04:38. > :04:42.from Gaza. But not all of them. This block of flats took a direct
:04:42. > :04:52.hit. The Robert smashing through the roof, damaging flats on three
:04:52. > :04:58.floors of the building. It struck just before 8:20am. The owner is
:04:58. > :05:02.originally from Kazakhstan and was lucky to have been at work. She
:05:02. > :05:10.believes the only way to end all this is for Israeli troops to
:05:10. > :05:15.invade Gaza. And Leverett. Like the Russians did in Chechnya. Just near
:05:15. > :05:20.by, we came across a family who decided they'd had enough. Leaving
:05:20. > :05:25.town for somewhere further away from the Gaza Strip. But their
:05:25. > :05:31.mother is staying behind to look after their home here. Despite all
:05:31. > :05:36.the danger. This is where one of the rockets landed in Ashkelon.
:05:36. > :05:40.Dozens were fired into Israel today from the Gaza Strip, making it
:05:40. > :05:49.increasingly likely the government will decide to broaden its
:05:49. > :05:52.offensive in Gaza. This afternoon, Israeli Defence Minister visited
:05:52. > :05:57.soldiers manning the missile defence system near Tel-Aviv. At
:05:57. > :06:01.his side, the United States ambassador showing his support, but
:06:01. > :06:05.also likely calling for restraint in the hope a ceasefire can still
:06:05. > :06:11.be negotiated. Israeli troops and armour are already massed on the
:06:11. > :06:20.border with the Gaza Strip, ready to invade. Something the
:06:20. > :06:24.international community desperately wants to avoid. There is one
:06:24. > :06:29.glimmer of hope this evening, which is that we know that there is an
:06:29. > :06:33.Israeli delegation that's arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo,
:06:33. > :06:37.possibly to try to negotiate a ceasefire to end this fighting.
:06:37. > :06:41.Whether that will happen or not, we simply don't know. But there is
:06:41. > :06:46.growing international pressure on the Israelis from people like
:06:46. > :06:53.President Obama, David Cameron, not to escalate this fighting any more
:06:53. > :06:59.with a ground invasion of Gaza. The Liberal Democrats say they are
:06:59. > :07:02.determined to pursue a property- based tax on wealthy homeowners.
:07:02. > :07:06.The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, says talks with his Conservative
:07:06. > :07:11.colleagues in the coalition are ongoing, but it's thought two of
:07:11. > :07:15.the options on the table are more stamp duty on expensive houses of
:07:15. > :07:19.more council tax bands to cover bigger properties. There is a
:07:19. > :07:22.taxing issue for those at the top of the coalition. Both the
:07:22. > :07:26.Conservatives and the Lib Dems know they have to do more to bring the
:07:26. > :07:30.deficit down. But Nick Clegg's party want new property taxes on
:07:30. > :07:35.the wealthy as a price to agreeing further cuts and welfare. It is
:07:35. > :07:39.right that we do tax... Proper tea is obvious. You us. One of the
:07:39. > :07:49.reasons is not simply because it's fairer, it's because property can't
:07:49. > :07:53.run of Monaco and Mich and style. - - Clinton style -- Liechtenstein.
:07:53. > :07:58.There are other options including increasing taxes on the sale of
:07:58. > :08:00.expensive homes and reforming the council tax. In England there are
:08:00. > :08:07.currently eight council-tax bands which were set back in 1991,
:08:07. > :08:12.ranging from properties worth less than �40,000, to homes with a value
:08:12. > :08:14.over �320,000. In Wales in 2003, an additional band was added so that
:08:14. > :08:18.those in the most expensive properties would pay more. You
:08:18. > :08:23.might think it will be simple enough to do the same in England.
:08:23. > :08:28.Here in west London, flats, never mind houses, are worth more than �1
:08:28. > :08:30.million. So the occupants were the prime target of any attempt to
:08:31. > :08:34.introduce new higher council tax bands. But I'm told the Chancellor
:08:34. > :08:39.isn't yet convinced that the whole process would be anything other
:08:39. > :08:43.than costly, intrusive and complex. There are 23 million properties in
:08:43. > :08:46.England compared to just over 1 million in Wales. So revaluing
:08:46. > :08:50.properties in England in order to set new council tax bands would
:08:50. > :08:55.clearly be more costly, and they could be a political price to pay,
:08:55. > :08:58.too. Introducing new council tax bands would more than likely hit
:08:58. > :09:04.the number of people who bought a modest properties at a modest prize
:09:04. > :09:07.in the early 1990s, who now happen to simply find themselves
:09:07. > :09:11.fortuitously in what on now rather expensive properties, even though
:09:11. > :09:15.they may still be doing the same job and earning the same modest
:09:15. > :09:18.wage. The Treasury says it will be clear that the Chancellor is
:09:18. > :09:22.committed to making the wealthy pay more when he delivers his mini-
:09:22. > :09:28.budget next month. The question of how to do so is yet to be resolved
:09:28. > :09:32.with his coalition partners. Jaguar Land Rover has reached a deal to
:09:32. > :09:36.manufacture cars in China. It is joining forces with the Chinese
:09:36. > :09:45.company Chery, in a �1 billion joint venture, and will begin
:09:45. > :09:48.production at a new factory near Shanghai in 2015. One of the best
:09:48. > :09:51.known companies in Britain is setting up shop in China. It is
:09:51. > :09:57.building a new factory there, in partnership with the leading
:09:57. > :10:00.Chinese carmaker, Chery Automobile. It will produce some of the firm's
:10:00. > :10:05.top flight models, as well as a new design tailor-made for the local
:10:05. > :10:10.market. So why is a car maker based in Coventry so keen to do business
:10:10. > :10:13.in China? A few years ago it sold hardly any cars there at all. Now,
:10:13. > :10:18.about one in five vehicles it produces has a Chinese buyer. In
:10:18. > :10:22.fact, since the start of the year, sales there have gone up by 80 %.
:10:22. > :10:26.As China's vast population gets ever richer, there's plenty of room
:10:26. > :10:30.for growth. Jaguar Landreau but is still a small company, they need to
:10:30. > :10:34.grow in size quite dramatically. China should help them to do that
:10:34. > :10:38.to make this Investment sustainable. It is important for the firm making
:10:38. > :10:43.a success of it. The new factory will be the company's first proper
:10:43. > :10:48.manufacturing base outside the UK. But Jaguar landlubber, which is
:10:48. > :10:53.owned by the Indian giant Tata, suggests -- rejects suggestions it
:10:53. > :10:57.could start moving production away from Britain. -- junk -- Jaguar
:10:57. > :11:02.Land-Rover. In China, the reason they are buying the products is
:11:02. > :11:07.because of the British heritage. We are seen as a premium western brand
:11:07. > :11:10.that people want to buy. Jaguar Land Rover isn't the only leading
:11:11. > :11:15.western brand looking to China for growth, as traditional markets
:11:15. > :11:19.become increasingly crowded. But with a population of 1.3 billion
:11:19. > :11:24.and an economy that is growing rapidly, there is unlikely to be a
:11:24. > :11:28.shortage of customers there any time soon. There's been a matter
:11:28. > :11:32.which has divided the Church of England for years, but this week
:11:32. > :11:35.history could be made as the General Synod decides whether to
:11:35. > :11:41.allow women to become bishops. The new Archbishop of Canterbury is in
:11:41. > :11:46.favour of the move, but the vote is thought to be on a knife-edge. Its
:11:46. > :11:52.buildings are almost as old as its traditions. But this week, a
:11:52. > :11:56.lengthy debate on women bishops will finally be clarified. Francis
:11:56. > :12:00.Maude, the Dean of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, is one of the most
:12:00. > :12:04.senior women in the church, amongst the first women to be ordained a
:12:04. > :12:08.priest in 1994, she says the issue is one of relevance. The time now
:12:08. > :12:12.is right and we do need take this step. We need to be a church that
:12:12. > :12:16.is speaking to the issues of the nation and being there as the
:12:16. > :12:20.Church of England in this society today. Our credibility will be shot
:12:21. > :12:25.through if we don't pass this on Tuesday. We are fearful that this
:12:25. > :12:31.decision... Its two decade since the Church of England voted to
:12:31. > :12:36.ordain female priests. The rhetoric then, as now, was sincere, strident,
:12:36. > :12:40.occasionally scurrilous. The church is now overwhelmingly accepting of
:12:40. > :12:43.that momentous move. Its congregations at least one to the
:12:43. > :12:46.General Synod to take another defining decision. Most of the
:12:46. > :12:50.congregation here and indeed in the wider Church of England are in
:12:51. > :12:54.favour of women bishops. The Archbishop of Canterbury have --
:12:54. > :12:59.has warned of turmoil in the church unless the measure is passed. His
:12:59. > :13:04.successor, the Bishop of Durham, is also supportive. But that does not
:13:04. > :13:08.mean that Tuesday's vote will go their way. Some parishes opposed to
:13:08. > :13:15.women bishops are fighting for guarantees from the church. They
:13:15. > :13:19.want the theological object and recognised, promises that it could
:13:19. > :13:27.be led by a male Bishop even if the General Synod ordains women.
:13:27. > :13:33.believe that God made us equal, but he also made us different. The
:13:33. > :13:37.church, which is the family of God, should be taken by men.
:13:37. > :13:41.complicated voting system requiring supporters of women bishops to get
:13:41. > :13:45.two-thirds majorities, is creating huge uncertainty over the outcome.
:13:45. > :13:55.Divine intervention is therefore being supplemented by phone calls,
:13:55. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:02.reflecting an online petitions. -- An unbeaten century for captain
:14:02. > :14:06.Alastair Cooke has given England a slim chance of salvaging something
:14:06. > :14:15.on the final day of the first Test against India. He battled the rout
:14:15. > :14:19.the day, taking the tourists to 3445 - a lead of 10 runs. There was
:14:19. > :14:23.no shortage of local expertise, tips for England on how to bat
:14:23. > :14:29.through the day. It is much harder when there is a bore. Compton fell
:14:29. > :14:34.early, Jonathan Trott was lured by a left arm of spin. But how to
:14:34. > :14:39.explain Kevin Pieterson? His effort to prove he could command this sort
:14:39. > :14:43.of bowling, he tied himself in an awful lot. Alastair Cook stood tall.
:14:43. > :14:48.He completed his century in the morning, the 21st of his England
:14:48. > :14:52.Test career. The encouraging thing for England is Alastair Cooke's
:14:52. > :15:00.powers of concentration only seemed to be enhanced by captaincy. But he
:15:00. > :15:05.can't do it alone. On 199, two wickets in two balls were taken.
:15:05. > :15:12.Perhaps Ian Bell would have liked a replay. But India don't like the
:15:12. > :15:16.decision review system so it's not used here. Mark Priam rarely misses
:15:16. > :15:21.a chance to be positive. England could do with a few more of him.
:15:21. > :15:26.Alastair Cooke just kept on being himself. Faultless decision-making,
:15:26. > :15:30.leading England into a lead. 168 not out. The highest score for an
:15:30. > :15:34.England captain in India ever. Whilst he is there, anything is
:15:34. > :15:37.seen as possible. Sunderland are celebrating their second Premier
:15:37. > :15:43.League win of the season after beating Fulham 3-1 this afternoon
:15:43. > :15:46.at Craven Cottage. Stefan Sessegnon scored the pick of the goals, and
:15:46. > :15:52.the first of his season for Sunderland. The home side were
:15:52. > :15:54.forced to play the majority of the match with 10 men, after Havilland
:15:54. > :15:59.was sent off. Motherwell have leapt up to fourth in the Scottish
:15:59. > :16:02.Premier League after thrashing Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5-1.
:16:02. > :16:08.The home side scored just after the break of 82-1 before Commins put
:16:08. > :16:13.paid to any hopes of an Inverness come back with this strike. It is
:16:13. > :16:17.Inverness' first defeat in 10 games. Carl Froch has said he is ready for
:16:17. > :16:20.any body after seeing off American challenger use of Maktu retained
:16:20. > :16:24.his IBF world super-middleweight title. He outclassed his opponent
:16:24. > :16:30.in front of a home crowd in Nottingham last night. A vicious