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Good evening. The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, has said the | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
Algerian hostage crisis has been brought to an end, after Algerian | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
special forces carried out a final assault at the remote gas plant in | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
the Sahara. Mr Hammond confirmed there had been further loss of life | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
and officials are trying to establish the fate of the remaining | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
British hostages. Our diplomatic correspondent, Bridget Kendall, has | :00:39. | :00:49. | |
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In the bleak Sahara desert, the area around the gas plant remains | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
cordoned off, but it seems a final assault by Algerian Special Forces | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
has brought the stand-off to a dramatic end. In London, it was the | :01:01. | :01:08. | |
Defence Secretary who confirmed it. The hostage situation has been | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
brought to an end by a further assault by Algerian forces, which | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
has resulted in further loss of life, and we are pressing the | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
Algerians for details on the exact situation and the numbers that have | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
been killed, and, if any, the numbers were skewed. Details are | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
still murky and unconfirmed, but in at the sprawling complex, it seems | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
the remaining hostage takers and their captives were hiding in one | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
corner. Allegedly, the leader threatened to kill the hostages if | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
his demands were not met. At that, the Algerian troops moved in, | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
killing the militants, but the hostages, apparently, were already | :01:52. | :01:58. | |
dead. The task now, as the Foreign Secretary made clear earlier, is to | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
track down those still unaccounted for. As of now, there are fewer | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
than 10 British nationals at risk or unaccounted for. That means that | :02:10. | :02:15. | |
we must continue to prepare ourselves for bad news. At the site, | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
Algerian troops are scouring the complex for mines, as well as any | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
people still in hiding. For those already safe, the main emotion is | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
jubilation. The guys who pick us up, the rescue guys, will wonderful, | :02:33. | :02:38. | |
they would like long-lost friends. It will take longer for all of | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
those involved to come to terms with the darker sides of this four- | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
day hostage drama. Our political correspondent Ross Hawkins is | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
outside the Cabinet Office, where the Government's emergency | :02:48. | :02:57. | |
committee has been meeting. What is the latest? Within the last 20 | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
minutes, David Cameron has come off the telephone following a | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
conversation with his opposite number in Algeria, having heard for | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
himself many of the details which we heard there. They had a | :03:09. | :03:12. | |
conversation yesterday in which the Algerian Prime Minister warned that | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
they were looking at all possible roots to resolve this crisis. It | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
looks very much as though the roots they chose were exclusively | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
military. The military action we now know is over, but the | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
diplomatic efforts are not. There are 100 or so people still working | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
at the Foreign Office this evening. There is a consulate being set up | :03:33. | :03:36. | |
on the ground nearby, the ambassador is there, as they try to | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
find out what has become of those Britons are unaccounted for. And as | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
you mentioned, Western is still meeting in the building behind me. | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
-- COBRA is still meeting. A major search operation is under | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
way after six climbers were caught in an avalanche near Glencoe in the | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
Scottish Highlands. It happened this afternoon in an area known as | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
Central Valley. Mountain rescue teams say there are fatalities, and | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
one person has been taken to Travellers are facing further | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
disruption because of the severe weather. More than 100 flights were | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
cancelled at Heathrow Airport today - and there's expected to be more | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
disruption tomorrow. The Met Office is warning of snow and ice for | :04:15. | :04:25. | |
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large parts of the UK. Philippa Thomas is at Heathrow. Yes, we can | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
expect more delays tomorrow, after 115 cancellations today, and 400 on | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
Friday. It is relatively calm at Heathrow right now, but there have | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
been some very frustrated and weary passengers. Hundreds of people | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
spent the night at Heathrow Airport after snow grounded around a third | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
of yesterday's scheduled flights. British Airways apologised for the | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
destruction, as passengers tried to get some sleep. -- for the | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
disruption. The snow ploughs went to work early this morning to get | :05:00. | :05:04. | |
the runways reopened, but Heathrow has already announced that it will | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
be significantly reducing its flight scheduled tomorrow. It says | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
there is a high probability of there is a high probability of | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
around 2-6cm of snow, together with low visibility, and the number of | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
cancellations might be increased by cancellations might be increased by | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
weather conditions at other European airports. On many roads, | :05:27. | :05:37. | |
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drivers have been reduced to a crawl. Soft, fluffy snow has become | :05:38. | :05:46. | |
frozen, turning to ice, with lots of sliding around on the side roads. | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
The main roads are fairly well gritted, but the side roads are | :05:50. | :05:57. | |
treacherous. The worst hit areas so far have been to the west. They | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
have been gritting in Cardiff. Some parts of Wales have had 25cm of | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
snow. And it is not over yet. More snow is expected to come up from | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
France tomorrow, while the bitter cold continues. It will be very | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
cold until the middle part of next week. Daytime temperatures just | :06:18. | :06:23. | |
getting above freezing in a couple of lucky spots. Fans at Notts | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
County came out in force this morning to help to clear the pitch, | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
but a number of big matches were postponed. However, for some, this | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
is the perfect Saturday, with shops and garden centres reporting a run | :06:39. | :06:46. | |
on sledges and winter goods. The advice for travellers is to double | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
check. Airlines should this evening be releasing information about | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
The disgraced former cycling champion Lance Armstrong says he | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
hopes he will one day be able to compete again, despite being given | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
a lifetime ban from sport for doping. In the second part of a | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
television interview with Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong said he didn't | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
deserve the punishment, which he described as a death sentence. | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
Here's our sports correspondent Andy Swiss. This report contains | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
flash photography. Lance Armstrong's downfall has brought | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
him shame, disgrace and a lifetime ban from all sport. But he says | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
that is too welcome. He believes sport should give him a second | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
chance. I deserved to be punished, I am not sure that I deserved the | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
death penalty. If you're asking me, do I want to compete again? The | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
answer is yes, I am a competitor. He has now told the word he cheated | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
- far tougher, he said was telling his own son. It was the moment his | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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composure finally cracked. I told him. I said... I said, do not | :08:08. | :08:18. | |
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defend me any more. Time and again in his career, Armstrong said he | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
had never taken drugs, so how could he lied to so many people for so | :08:24. | :08:32. | |
many years? Kashi guy who felt invincible, was told he was | :08:32. | :08:40. | |
invincible, truly believed he was invincible. That's who that guy was. | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
That guy is still there. I am not going to live. But after so much | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
lying, many believe any return to sport would be unthinkable. He has | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
had his chance, he has bullied other people, he has perverted the | :08:54. | :09:01. | |
course of justice, suing people, he has done awful things, and I think | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
he really has gone beyond the right to take part in sport now. | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
Armstrong's interview leaves many questions unanswered, but what is | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
certain is that his reputation lies In tennis, there were mixed | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
fortunes for British players at the Australian Open. Laura Robson was | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
beaten in the third round, but Andy Murray powered through to the last | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
16 of the tournament, with a straight sets victory over | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis. Tim Hague reports. These Grand Slams | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
can be thirsty work. Andy Murray can be thirsty work. Andy Murray | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
was making plenty of errors in the first set, but even below his best | :09:40. | :09:47. | |
he is better than most, and he won the opening set against Ricardas | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
Berankis. While the drinking continued, so did the errors, but | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
once again, Murray broke his opponent down to take the second | :09:55. | :10:02. | |
set. And it was soon three. It was not his easiest afternoon, but most | :10:02. | :10:10. | |
crucially, he is through. Could 18- year-old Laura Robson join him in | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
the next round? A shoulder injury made her task much harder. The | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
American one the first set, and made no mistake when given her | :10:20. | :10:24. |