:00:11. > :00:16.The Chancellor, George Osborne, says it is taking longer than
:00:16. > :00:19.planned to deal with the UK's debt. As he prepares for his Autumn
:00:19. > :00:24.Statement this week, Mr Osborne says the rich will need to do their
:00:24. > :00:30.bit to help reduce the burden. has to be done fairly. Yes, the
:00:30. > :00:34.richest have to bear their fair share and they will. Also: A tunnel
:00:34. > :00:37.collapses on cars on a motorway in Japan, killing and injuring several
:00:37. > :00:43.people. At least three Afghan soldiers have been killed at a
:00:43. > :00:53.military base after an attack by Taliban suicide bombers. And the
:00:53. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:07.brightest star leaves the Galaxy, Good evening. The Chancellor,
:01:08. > :01:12.George Osborne, has admitted it will take longer than expected to
:01:12. > :01:15.deal with Britain's debts. Ahead of his Autumn Statement this week, Mr
:01:15. > :01:19.Osborne said it would be catastrophic to change his economic
:01:19. > :01:23.policy now. He warned more tough choices would be needed and that
:01:23. > :01:30.the wealthy and those on welfare had to share in tackling the
:01:30. > :01:37.deficit. It's the time of year when the
:01:37. > :01:41.economy should at least appear to be booming. But you can pick up a
:01:41. > :01:46.pre-Christmas bargain in Oxford Street. The Chancellor said he
:01:46. > :01:49.would get the nation's debts down by 2015. It looks like he'll miss
:01:49. > :01:54.his own target. It is clearly taking longer to deal with
:01:54. > :01:57.Britain's debts. It is clearly taking longer to recover from the
:01:57. > :02:01.financial crisis than anyone would have hoped. I am clear going
:02:01. > :02:04.forward, we have to deal with this deficit. It will take longer. That
:02:04. > :02:10.means more difficult decisions. It has to be done fairly. Yes, the
:02:10. > :02:14.richest have to bear the fair share and they will. What are his
:02:14. > :02:19.options? Well he has ruled out the Lib Dem policy of a mansion tax on
:02:19. > :02:26.expensive houses and vetoed new council tax bands aimed at high-
:02:26. > :02:30.value homes. The most likely way he'll hit the better off is to
:02:30. > :02:34.reduce tax relief on pensions. He could put up stamp duty. The tax on
:02:34. > :02:39.the purchase of properties at the top end of the market. But the
:02:39. > :02:44.Chancellor is not simply picking the pockets of the rich, those of
:02:44. > :02:48.working age on welfare could face a freeze in their benefits or at the
:02:48. > :02:52.very least a below inflation increase. This is causing an
:02:52. > :02:57.unseasonable row with Labour. They say the reason why the Chancellor
:02:57. > :02:59.is struggling is because his economic policy has failed.
:02:59. > :03:03.welfare bill is up because inflation is up and long-term
:03:03. > :03:07.unemployment is up. Unless you get people back to work and the work
:03:07. > :03:12.programme is failing and he's cutting taxes at the top. Then he
:03:12. > :03:17.says, George Osborne, I'm going to hit people at the bottom. Just
:03:17. > :03:24.before Christmas the Chancellor will be presented with unwelcome
:03:24. > :03:28.news, that he's no long on -- longer on target. He'll have to
:03:28. > :03:32.convince voters the outlook would be more bleak if anyone else was in
:03:32. > :03:34.charge. Let's speak to our political editor.
:03:34. > :03:40.We have the Autumn Statement on Wednesday. What are the key things
:03:40. > :03:44.we should look out for? Well, the main news is around these two rules
:03:44. > :03:47.- the promises if you like that George Osborne set himself when he
:03:47. > :03:51.became Chancellor. And the implications of those rules and
:03:51. > :03:54.whether he's going to meet them. The first one was he basically said
:03:54. > :04:00.there's a certain measure of borrowing and I will get rid of it
:04:00. > :04:03.in five years. When he said 2010, that meant 2015. The rule did not
:04:03. > :04:08.specify which five years. Last year he had to stand up and say it will
:04:08. > :04:11.be five years from now, not 2010. We expect him to do this same on
:04:11. > :04:15.Wednesday. In effect, we were told about the implications of that
:04:15. > :04:19.because it will mean extra austerity being planned for after
:04:19. > :04:26.the Parliament in - after the election in 2015 and we might find
:04:26. > :04:30.out more about what that extra austerity will be. This other is to
:04:30. > :04:35.have the stock of debt, all the past borrowing fall relative to the
:04:35. > :04:39.economy in 2015. He can't wriggle out of that one. Almost no-one in
:04:39. > :04:43.the City thinks he'll meet it. What is interesting is the same people
:04:43. > :04:49.who backed plan A, the International Monetary Fund, the
:04:49. > :04:53.Governor of the Bank of England are saying don't stick too slavishly to
:04:53. > :04:57.it. That's helpful to George Osborne in terms of his credibility
:04:57. > :05:01.on Wednesday with this difficult political statement. What he will
:05:01. > :05:07.not get into but Ed Balls will get into, is whether that plan A, that
:05:07. > :05:11.tougher plan was right in the first place. Thank you.
:05:11. > :05:16.In Japan at least five people are known to have died after a motorway
:05:16. > :05:26.tunnel collapsed on a major road west of Tokyo. Concrete slabs fell
:05:26. > :05:27.
:05:27. > :05:31.on to cars causing one to cash -- to go on fire. It is something we
:05:31. > :05:35.may all think about but never believe will happen. Yet today in
:05:35. > :05:41.central Japan did. More than a mile inside this road tunnel, deep
:05:41. > :05:46.beneath the mountain range, a sudden and catastrophic collapse.
:05:46. > :05:50.Inside terrified drivers watched in disbelief as the roof implouded
:05:50. > :05:59.around them. A car burst into flames filling the tunnel with
:05:59. > :06:02.acrid smoke. "about 50 metres in front of us the
:06:02. > :06:07.tunnel had collapsed. There was smoke everywhere. We ran for the
:06:07. > :06:13.exit." "Everything had collapsed in toward
:06:13. > :06:21.from the side and top. The ceilings and the walls. The ceiling crushed
:06:21. > :06:27.a car's roof in." CCTV from inside shoi the huge concrete slabs, each
:06:27. > :06:30.weighing more than a tonne, lying on the roadway. Initially crews ran
:06:30. > :06:34.in, but ran out again fearful that another collapse was imminent. For
:06:34. > :06:38.a time this afternoon, there was hope that a truck driver was alive
:06:38. > :06:43.inside the tunnel after he called his company from his mobile phone.
:06:43. > :06:48.By night fall, rescuers had only found five dead bodies, including
:06:48. > :06:52.that of the truck driver. The question being asked tonight is,
:06:52. > :06:55.how could this have happened here in Japan? A country whose bridges
:06:55. > :07:01.and tunnels are built to withstand the strongest earthquakes. There
:07:01. > :07:06.are hundreds of tunnels across the country, many built in the 1970s,
:07:06. > :07:13.just like the one that collapsed today. People here are wondering
:07:13. > :07:19.how much of Japan's infrastructure is not as safe as they imagined.
:07:19. > :07:25.At least three Afghan soldiers and two civilians have been killed by
:07:25. > :07:30.Taliban suicide bombs who attacked an air base in Afghanistan. They
:07:30. > :07:34.detonated car bombs at the entrance to the base in Jalalabad.
:07:34. > :07:40.That sparked a two-hour gun battle with troops.
:07:40. > :07:47.In the early morning, the aftermath of an assault that was brazen,
:07:47. > :07:51.complex and co-ordinated. The Taliban sent attackers in
:07:51. > :07:55.explosive-laden vehicles and suicide bombers on foot. Some were
:07:55. > :07:59.said to be in Afghan uniform. They made it to the gates of the base
:07:59. > :08:08.and tried to blast and shoot their way in.
:08:08. > :08:14.With the help of attack helicopters, NATO held them off. There most
:08:14. > :08:18.likely are three suicide attackers, using vehicles to attack the base.
:08:18. > :08:24.Afghan officials said later there were nine suicide attackers, all
:08:24. > :08:28.died in the assault. There were no NATO deaths, but two
:08:28. > :08:32.local doctors were killed as they made their way to work. NATO says
:08:33. > :08:36.the attack was a failure because the Taliban didn't penetrate the
:08:36. > :08:42.base. Questions will be asked about how
:08:42. > :08:46.they got so close to such an obvious target, in spite of check
:08:46. > :08:51.points on the approach roads. This was the second major Taliban
:08:51. > :08:54.attack on the base this year. The latest assault is another reminder
:08:54. > :08:59.that the militants can still hit hard in spite of claims that they
:08:59. > :09:06.have been weakened. Afghan officials are investigating if any
:09:06. > :09:14.of the dead were killed by friendly fire from NATO.
:09:14. > :09:18.The coffee chain Starbucks says it is in talks with HM revenue and
:09:18. > :09:23.customs and the Treasury over how much tax it pays. It has been
:09:23. > :09:27.criticised by its corporation tax payments. It paid none last year
:09:27. > :09:32.despite sales of �400 million. The Army is asking all its military and
:09:32. > :09:37.civilian staff in the UK to take extended leave over Christmas and
:09:37. > :09:42.the New Year, from December 15th to January 6th. The Army says it is a
:09:42. > :09:46.thank you after a tough year. A Ministry of Defence memo says by
:09:46. > :09:51.closing down buildings over the Christmas period the Army can save
:09:51. > :09:54.money on gas and electricity bills. Nearly every newspaper editor in
:09:54. > :09:58.Britain is ready to sign up to a new independent watchdog in the
:09:58. > :10:02.wake of the Leveson report. That is according to Lord Hunt, the
:10:02. > :10:06.chairman of the Press Complaints Commission. He says they are ready
:10:06. > :10:09.to strike a deal for the need to avoid legislation. On Tuesday the
:10:09. > :10:13.Prime Minister will meet editors to discuss how that new body might
:10:13. > :10:17.work. The burning question for victims,
:10:17. > :10:23.politicians and press this weekend - should a newspaper's Code of
:10:23. > :10:27.Conduct be backed bylaw? Campaigners like Gerry McCann, who
:10:27. > :10:33.say yes, now have 100,000 signatures for their online
:10:33. > :10:37.petition. We've had Seine attempts in the last 60 years to a-- seven
:10:37. > :10:42.attempts in the last 60 years to allow the press to regulate itself.
:10:42. > :10:45.Each one is unsuccessful. It beggars belief that the Prime
:10:45. > :10:51.Minister can think it will work this time. It might.
:10:51. > :10:56.The man searching for a compromise says nearly every newspaper editor,
:10:56. > :11:03.national, regional and local, will back a new regulator. By this time
:11:03. > :11:07.next week, I want to have a clear agreed timetable to set up the new
:11:07. > :11:11.regulator by June next year. Those who share the Prime Minister's
:11:11. > :11:17.concern about the threat to a free press believe this initiative must
:11:17. > :11:20.be given time to work. Lord Leveson was clear, that there should be no
:11:20. > :11:24.MPs indeed or journalists sitting on the independent body and that, I
:11:24. > :11:28.think, is something I would agree with and which we must look to all
:11:28. > :11:34.the newspapers to sign up to. If they don't, then it may be we would
:11:34. > :11:38.have to move to legislate. Shoppers in York today had firm views about
:11:38. > :11:43.regulation. The backing of statutory regulations the other day.
:11:43. > :11:47.It is necessary. I go fully along with the Leveson report. I feel the
:11:47. > :11:51.freedom of the press is - we should have that and it shouldn't be
:11:51. > :11:56.regulated in any way whatsoever. nothing is done about it, if it is
:11:56. > :12:00.not legislated for, I think they will simply be quiet for a while,
:12:00. > :12:04.be good boys for a while and a year down the line, I don't think, I
:12:04. > :12:09.think they will go back to their normal ways. MPs will debate tissue
:12:09. > :12:14.tomorrow. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister sits down with newspaper
:12:14. > :12:20.editors. They are under pressure from Ed Miliband, who says that if
:12:20. > :12:26.a cross-party deal cannot be reached by Christmas, he'll force a
:12:26. > :12:32.vote. That is something David Cameron is anxious to avoid.
:12:32. > :12:36.Now, it stood as a defiant image against China's rapidly expanding
:12:36. > :12:40.economy. The image of this house in the middle of a motorway was seen
:12:40. > :12:44.around the world. It came to symbolise the efforts of homeowners
:12:44. > :12:49.in China who wanted to make a stand against Government attempts to
:12:49. > :12:55.expand China's road network. The bulldozers have now moved in.
:12:55. > :13:00.It was quite literally life in the fast lane. When a new motorway was
:13:00. > :13:08.built, one couple, unlike their neighbours, refused to leave their
:13:08. > :13:12.home. Their house became a symbol of resistance to China's
:13:12. > :13:14.construction boom. The farmer said the compensation offered by the
:13:14. > :13:19.authorities was not enough. TRANSLATION: I just want them to
:13:19. > :13:23.build another house for me. They can build a house of the same size
:13:24. > :13:27.somewhere else and get it decorated as my house. That is all I want.
:13:27. > :13:32.After a deal was apparently reached the couple moved out and the
:13:32. > :13:38.bulldozers moved in. It is a scene that is repeated time and again
:13:38. > :13:43.across China, as the country experiences change.
:13:43. > :13:49.More than 200,000 miles of roads have been built here in the last
:13:49. > :13:52.three years alone. Many Chinese welcome the country turbo-charged
:13:52. > :13:59.transformation, but such is the scale and the speed of development
:13:59. > :14:04.that very little is allowed to stand in the way.
:14:04. > :14:07.Let's get some sport now. For a full round up here's Lizzie
:14:07. > :14:12.Greenwood-Hughes from the BBC Sports Centre.
:14:12. > :14:19.Thank you. Good evening. It was the grudge match to end all grudge
:14:19. > :14:24.matches. The Dons, verses the Dons. MK Dons took on AFC Wimbledon. The
:14:24. > :14:30.team formed by fans when the club was moved to Milton Keynes. There
:14:30. > :14:38.was no sweet revenge for Wimbledon. They were beaten 2-1 in injury time.
:14:38. > :14:44.AFC Wimbledon fans infyfyant mood as they -- in defiant mood. They
:14:44. > :14:50.used to support Wimbledon, the Crazy Gang, who once won the FA Cup.
:14:50. > :14:54.Wimbledon moved 60 miles north here, to Milton Keynes. So their furious
:14:54. > :14:58.fans in London formed a new team and now a decade on, they face the
:14:58. > :15:03.ultimate grudge match. This is not a game that Wimbledon fans wanted
:15:03. > :15:10.to take place. Obviously we have been drawn against them. No-one is
:15:10. > :15:14.particularly happy about that. is entirely wrong that a football
:15:14. > :15:17.club should be separated from its roots and moved away. Some fans
:15:17. > :15:22.boycotted the match, choosing instead to watch at their home in
:15:22. > :15:27.South London. As the teams emerged, the visitors once again made their
:15:27. > :15:32.points to the club they believe stole their identity. Amid the
:15:32. > :15:37.abgco moany a football match broke out. MK Dons were favouritess and
:15:37. > :15:41.they showed why. Stephen Gleeson blasting them ahead of the break.
:15:41. > :15:50.The underdogs bit back. Jack Midson sparking a minipitch
:15:50. > :15:56.invasion as the years of pent up passion spilled over. It set up the
:15:56. > :16:01.climaxs. Wimbledon came within a whisker of getting it.
:16:01. > :16:04.Jon Otsemobor with a winner. More heartbreak for Wimbledon. After all
:16:04. > :16:09.the criticism, the hosts there was relief.
:16:10. > :16:14.This was for our fans and for the city of Milton Keynes. The critics
:16:15. > :16:24.we get are undeserved. It is nice we have the win. Delight for these
:16:25. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:29.MK Dons fans. What despair for AFC Wimbledon.
:16:29. > :16:31.There was one Premier League fixture today. Match of the Day 2
:16:31. > :16:36.follows this programme. If you don't want to know the score,
:16:36. > :16:41.please leave the room now. Norwich ended their unbeaten run to
:16:41. > :16:48.eight matchs with a 2-1 home win over Sunderland. They are 12th in
:16:48. > :16:56.the table. And the final whistle blue on David
:16:56. > :17:04.Beckham's US football career this weekend.
:17:04. > :17:08.One last game in LA Galaxy colours. The All American Cup Final. The
:17:08. > :17:14.stage was set for David Beckham's final appearance. He arrived six
:17:14. > :17:21.years ago to a fanfare. There were a few trademark Beckham moments and
:17:21. > :17:24.the crowds weren't disappointed. 3-1 was a huge victory for the home
:17:24. > :17:29.side and brought a standing ovation for the man who brought the club
:17:29. > :17:32.buckets of fame and plenty of good fortune. It didn't look like he
:17:32. > :17:37.would live up to the hype or the money, but David Beckham has done
:17:37. > :17:42.what he was asked - to take LA Galaxy to victory - twice, and to
:17:42. > :17:46.put football in the US firmly on the map.
:17:46. > :17:49.Beckham bowed out, still not saying where he would go next for that
:17:49. > :17:54.final playing challenge he mentioned. All he was talking about
:17:54. > :17:58.was a victory. Today is a special day for us - to win another
:17:58. > :18:03.championship in front of our own fans, at our home, in front of our
:18:03. > :18:07.friends and family is special. Today is a good day. And the fans