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A call from the Defence Secretary for the Government to cut welfare | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
benefits, rather than the armed forces. | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
Philip Hammond says Britain's ability to respond to future | :00:14. | :00:21. | |
dangers could be seriously affected. We will not be able to deliver big | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
further savings without eroding military cape yaipblts. | :00:25. | :00:31. | |
Barack Obama signs into law, sweeping budget cuts while warning | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
it will inflict pain on businesses and workers across America. | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
And a dramatic victory in the pole vault, secures Holly Bleasdale's | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
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first medal of the European Indoor Good evening. The, Philip Hammond, | :01:00. | :01:08. | |
has warned that further significant cuts to the armed forces could | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
undermine Britain's capability. He said that the forthcoming | :01:13. | :01:20. | |
sprenspren, should look at maybe saving from the welfare budget. | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
The's drawn a line in the snow. This week, he travelled to Norway | :01:25. | :01:31. | |
to see the Royal Marines hone their skills in Arctic survival. | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
But his mind is as much focused on his own department's survival in | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
the tough economic times, with the threat of yet more defence cuts. | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
The Government has to make savings and the MoD is once again in the | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
line of fire, but he's unwilling to contemplate more large-scale cuts. | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
There maybe some modest further reductions we can make through | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
efficiency, we will look for those, but we cannot make significant | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
further cuts without eroding military capability. We are taught. | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
We have challenging targets ahead of us to deliver the outcome of the | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
last Spending Review. I am clear that we will not be able to deliver | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
big further savings without eroding our military capabilities. | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Defence cuts have left tens of thousands of military personnel | :02:20. | :02:26. | |
redundant and led to the scrapping of prize military assets, including | :02:26. | :02:31. | |
warships and fast jets. Now defence experts have one think-tank | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
forecasting that the MoD could lose another �1 about the come 2015, in | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
the drive to bring Government spending down. | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
This public intervention by the Defence Secretary, comes as the | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
ministers haggle in private over where the next round of cuts should | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
fall. Philip Hammond is not alone in defending his department. Nor is | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
his the only Conservative Cabinet Minister, who believes that savings | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
should be made in the welfare budget instead, but that is | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
something opposed by the Liberal Democrats. Among the Liberal | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
Democrats, there is still strong support for those who volunteer to | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
fight for their country but also the question of whether defence | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
deserves special treatment. We have asked some of the poorest | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
people in the country to take a substantial hit. | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
If we are looking for further cuts, then I think we have to take that | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
firmly into account. It is not to say that the welfare | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
budget is totally inviolate. Philip Hammond's fight to avoid | :03:31. | :03:34. | |
another round of brutal cuts is a political gamble. | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
There is no guarantees that it will pay off. | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
Our Political Correspondent Chris Mason is in Westminster for us now. | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
Chris, Philip Hammond raising the issue now, why this timing? Yes, no | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
sooner has the tussle between the coalition parties finished on the | :03:56. | :04:02. | |
streets of Eastleigh and Hampshire with the by-election battle, than | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
it resumes in Westminster. Money is tight it will be for the | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
foreseeable future, so there is a battle for spending between the | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. A key problem is expend | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
tower. Many saying look at the welfare budget, it swallows up much | :04:23. | :04:30. | |
money. There is a suggestion of a poll for the spending, but Danny | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
Alexander says that there should not be further cuts with the | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
Conservative arguing that there must be cuts to welfare to allow | :04:38. | :04:42. | |
other budgets to work, the Liberal Democrats less sure. What we are | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
getting is a glimpse inside Whitehall to the battles that are | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
going on to shape the spending priorities for scarce money, where | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
it should be spent and there where it should not in 2015. A key year, | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
the year of the expected next general election. So lots at stake. | :04:58. | :05:02. | |
Chris Mason, thank you very much. President Obama has warned that | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
hundreds of thousands of Americans risk losing their jobs after he | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
signed an order triggering $85 billion of cuts in government | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
spending. It came after talks between the White House and the | :05:14. | :05:19. | |
Republicans to agree less severe cutbacks ended in bitter | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
disagreement. From Washington, Ben Wright reports. | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
Good morning America, this morning, America under the knife at midnight, | :05:29. | :05:36. | |
$858 billion in budget cuts, kicking in... Waking up this | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
morning, many Americans may have despaired. The cuts were never | :05:40. | :05:46. | |
meant to happen. The swinging aside, the spending was designed to force | :05:46. | :05:52. | |
a budget deal, but it did not. The deadlined passed. This morning | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
he warned of the consequences. The cuts are not smart. They ril | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
hurt our economy and hurt jobs. Congress can turn them off at any | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
time. The cuts were triggered to spending programme as cross the | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
Federal Government. As the education is cut, the affects will | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
be felt in classrooms, less money for airport security and Air | :06:17. | :06:23. | |
Traffic Control and half of the squeeze to fall on defence. | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
It affected immediately, the air force will be cutting back. This | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
will have impact on training and readyiness. The army curtailing | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
training for units to all other than those deploying to Afghanistan. | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
Democrats and the Republicans agree that America must balance the books | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
and recover spending, but they are at loggerheads as to how. | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
Republicans are adamant, that there should be no new taxes. | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
Taxes on the richest Americans went up in January. The Republicans say | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
that is enough. Let's make it clear, the President | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
has his tax axe out on January the 1st. The discussion about revenue, | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
in my view is over. It is about taking on the spending | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
problem in Washington. These cuts may harm the American | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
economy in a way that is felt by us all. Nobody is sure but politicians | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
do agree that this is a budget debacle of their own making. | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
One person has been killed and dozens injured in a wave of unrest | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
in Egyptian cities. In Port Said demonstrators set fire to a police | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
station. A anti-government protestor was crushed to death by a | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
police truck. A number of British people have been injured in a coach | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
crash in Kenya. The bus rolled down an embankment on the opposite | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
carriageway. The Foreign Office say that three passengers are being | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
treated at a local hospital. The Queen was forced to cancel a | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
visit to Wales because of illness. Buckingham Palace said she was | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
suffering from symptoms of gastroenteritis and will spend the | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
weekend at Windsor Csatle. Simon Clemison is in Windsor for us | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
now. Well, what are the Royal circles | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
saying about this? Well, no updates today, Nick, from Buckingham Palace | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
on this. Nor are there likely to be any for a little time yet while | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
doctors assess the Queen. In many respects in Windsor it has been a | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
Saturday like any other. The Queen has been at home. This is where she | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
usually spends the weekend. She was meant to be in Wales, in Swansea, | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
celebrating St David's Day. She has symptoms of gastroenteritis a | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
miserable, unpleasant stomach and bowel bug. Not uncommon but the | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
decision was made for her to stay here and rest, but for the Queen to | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
pull out of an event is unusual. Made all the more remarkable by the | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
fact she is 86 and leads a busy programme. Made possible by the | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
fact she is normally always in such good health, but the question is | :09:06. | :09:13. | |
now, what impact does the illness have on her, and what it mean force | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
the engagements in the coming days? She is meant to be going to Rome | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
shortly. Now, time for the sports news. | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
Manchester United have moved 15 points clear at the top of the | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
Premier League after beating Norwich 4-0 at Old Trafford. | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
The Japanese midfielder became the first Asian player to score a | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
Premier League hat-trick. Wayne Rooney rounded off a good afternoon | :09:38. | :09:44. | |
for the side. Following his mid- week rant at the fans, there were | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
many anti-Rafael Benitez banners at Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
claiming third spot. Queens Park Rangers got a win at Southampton. | :09:53. | :09:59. | |
That draws them closer to second- bottom Reading. Swansea beat | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
Newcastle, Liverpool are currently beating Wigan 2-0 in the first half. | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
Celtic are through to the semi- finals of the Scottish Cup. Anthony | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
Strokes scored the winning goal. They are on course for a league and | :10:18. | :10:24. | |
cup double. Also through are Falkirk who beat Hamilton 2-1. | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
A gold and is silver medal for Great Britain in the Indoor | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
European Championships at Gothenburg. Holly Bleasdale winning | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
a nail-baiting pole vaulting competition. | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
She may have struggled at London 2012 but Holly Bleasdale bounced, | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
or vaulted back in style in Sweden it took the athletic's version of a | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
penalty shoot-out to do it. Holly Bleasdale and her opponent | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
could not be separated, so a jump- off ensued. Then the 21-year-old | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
from Preston showed no fear. COMMENTATOR: It is all or nothing | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
for Holly Bleasdale. She's got it! It's gold for Great Britain! Holly | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
Bleasdale is the champion! I've never experienced anything like | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
that before. The jump-off was weird. I have never done one before. So I | :11:16. | :11:22. | |
was happy to clear the 67. I wanted to run around everywhere. I was so | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
happy. That gold seemed to inspire James James. He took an unlikely | :11:28. | :11:38. | |
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medal in the men's 60 metres final. And the European outdoor champion | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
and Olympic Bronze Medallist will leave without a medal. | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
And Sharia Proctor missed out on a medal in the long jump on her last | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
jump. Heartache for Proctor, delight for | :11:56. | :12:00. |