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