:00:09. > :00:14.Double trouble for David Cameron. Accused of losing control of his
:00:14. > :00:17.MPs on Europe and being out of touch with Tory grassroots. The
:00:17. > :00:26.Prime Minster is rounded on by a former Foreign Secretary over the
:00:26. > :00:32.EU as Conservative activists criticise gay marriage plans.
:00:32. > :00:37.cannot believe we are standing here today complaining about our own
:00:37. > :00:41.Prime Minister, whom we have worked so hard to get elected. Google
:00:41. > :00:43.under pressure again over its tax affairs - this time from a company
:00:43. > :00:53.whistleblower. President Assad defiant in a rare interview as the
:00:53. > :00:53.
:00:53. > :01:03.Syrian regime continues to bombard England win the first test after
:01:03. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:08.bowling out New Zealand for just 68. The guard of honour of greets him.
:01:08. > :01:18.And Fergie time is finally over. Sir Alex bows out after 1500 games
:01:18. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:34.Good evening and welcome to BBC News. The former Foreign Secretary,
:01:34. > :01:42.Lord Howe, says that David Cameron is running scared of his
:01:42. > :01:44.Eurosceptic MPs and losing control of his party. His comments came as
:01:44. > :01:47.several constituency chairmen complained in Downing Street that
:01:47. > :01:50.Conservative leaders are out of touch with their membership -
:01:50. > :01:58.particularly over gay marriage - an issue that is going before the
:01:58. > :02:02.House of Commons tomorrow. They looked harmless enough but this
:02:02. > :02:06.Conservative activists came to the door of David Cameron to deliver a
:02:06. > :02:11.damning verdict on his leadership. The issue of gay marriage has
:02:11. > :02:15.incensed them. This letter accuses the Prime Minister and his inner
:02:15. > :02:20.circle of treating ordinary party members of with content. They do
:02:20. > :02:25.not want to listen to anyone apart from their close group of advisers.
:02:25. > :02:29.They are much more the modernisers. The Conservative Party needs to
:02:29. > :02:33.embrace everyone. Her cannot believe we are standing here today
:02:34. > :02:39.complaining about our own Prime Minister, whom we have worked so
:02:39. > :02:43.hard to get elected. Others insist the party cannot survive unless it
:02:43. > :02:53.is in touch with modern attitudes. The bigger danger for the
:02:53. > :02:55.
:02:55. > :03:00.Conservative Party is losing touch with the next generation of voters.
:03:01. > :03:06.It comes after a week when a visit by Mr Cameron to America was
:03:06. > :03:11.dominated by rows about Europe back home. The Tories rushed out plans
:03:11. > :03:18.guaranteeing an in/out referendum. We did not stop 100 backbenchers
:03:18. > :03:21.voting against his strategy. -- it did not. Lord Howe quit the
:03:21. > :03:26.Government in 1990 because he disagreed with the Prime Minister
:03:26. > :03:31.over Europe. Now he is sticking in the night again. In an interview,
:03:31. > :03:37.he said the promise to renegotiate membership of the EU meant the
:03:37. > :03:41.party was running scared of its own backbenchers. On the state of the
:03:41. > :03:46.Conservatives, he says the deep anti-Europeanism has infected the
:03:46. > :03:50.soul of the party. Senior ministers have rallied to the defence of the
:03:50. > :03:55.Prime Minister. The policy issue is, do we need to do something to make
:03:55. > :04:00.our relationship in Europe different? On that issue, there is
:04:00. > :04:06.unity. David Cameron hope the promise of an EU referendum would
:04:06. > :04:10.unite his party. Instead, it is barely papering over the cracks.
:04:10. > :04:13.Euro-sceptic MPs fear the argument is going in their direction and
:04:13. > :04:19.they are pushing Mr Cameron as far as they can. Divisions in the Tory
:04:19. > :04:22.Party over Europe are as deep as ever. What we want him to do is get
:04:22. > :04:27.on with the negotiation. We think the new relationship is to be based
:04:27. > :04:31.on trade and not uncommon government. David Cameron warned
:04:31. > :04:36.his party about the dangers of banging on about Europe. At the
:04:37. > :04:46.moment, it is not listening. And we can speak to Vicki Young, who is at
:04:47. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:53.Westminster. What has number 10 to say to all of that? This weekend,
:04:53. > :04:59.Downing Street has been forced to deny that a member of the inner
:04:59. > :05:04.circle called Tory Party members mad, swivel-eyed Clunes. Also the
:05:04. > :05:09.issue of gay marriage, which is coming back to the House of Commons
:05:09. > :05:14.tomorrow. An open letter has been written by over 100 Tory activist,
:05:14. > :05:18.backing his position. They say it is of particular importance to
:05:18. > :05:22.younger voters and MPs risk appearing out of touch if they
:05:22. > :05:28.pander to a vocal minority. That goes to the heart of the issue for
:05:28. > :05:33.the Tories. It needs to have a modern outlet and others on this
:05:33. > :05:43.additional wing are worried about voters slipping to UKIP. This can
:05:43. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:46.lead to a bit of an identity crisis. A former Google employee says he is
:05:46. > :05:49.providing evidence to the tax authorities about how the internet
:05:49. > :05:52.giant avoided paying corporation tax in Britain by using its offices
:05:52. > :05:55.in Dublin to finalise deals. Barney Jones, who worked at Google for
:05:55. > :05:57.four years until 2006, claims that at that time, some deals were
:05:57. > :06:00.completed in Britain. Google says it can't comment on the specific
:06:00. > :06:10.allegations but maintains it complies fully with UK tax law, as
:06:10. > :06:12.
:06:12. > :06:18.Google says the contract it signed with UK customers are carried out
:06:19. > :06:22.by its Irish subsidiary, where taxes are lower. Today, a former
:06:22. > :06:28.sales and poly disputed that, saying there UK staff negotiated
:06:28. > :06:32.and signed these deals, which could have tax implications for the
:06:32. > :06:38.company. They would follow up their getting a contract signed by them
:06:38. > :06:43.and faxed back to the sales rep in the UK. I just felt that sales
:06:43. > :06:47.process, but I had seen, was not represented by what Google were
:06:47. > :06:54.saying about their never having been really any sales activity in
:06:54. > :06:57.the UK. Does that take place in the UK? He first approached the Public
:06:57. > :07:02.Accounts Committee of MPs with his evidence. That sparked this
:07:02. > :07:08.accusation by his chairman. You say you do no evil and I think you do
:07:08. > :07:13.do evil. Eric Schmidt is in town this week, visiting his existing UK
:07:13. > :07:17.headquarters. He is expected in Downing Street tomorrow as part of
:07:17. > :07:23.the business advisory group. Google cannot comment on documents it has
:07:23. > :07:27.not seen and that it complies fully with UK tax law and tax affairs are
:07:27. > :07:31.up-to-date. It also stresses it is investing heavily in the United
:07:31. > :07:35.Kingdom, like this new headquarters near King's Cross. It will employ
:07:35. > :07:42.thousands of people and benefit the Treasury by tens of millions of
:07:42. > :07:46.pounds every year. With the public increasingly angry about this issue,
:07:46. > :07:53.demonstrated by protests like these, the Government is pressing hard for
:07:53. > :07:58.the new global tax deal. For its part, Labour said, if elected, they
:07:58. > :08:01.would act unilaterally to tackle aggressive tax avoidance by big
:08:01. > :08:06.companies. We need proper international agreement rather than
:08:06. > :08:10.pussyfooting around any longer. If we cannot get that, we should get
:08:10. > :08:15.proper disclosure of what these companies are paying and tighten up
:08:15. > :08:20.some of these tax definitions to get the rules properly set out.
:08:20. > :08:24.Google says it is happy to abide by new worldwide tax standard, if
:08:24. > :08:30.agreed. The first staging post in getting that the women will be the
:08:30. > :08:32.G8 summit in Fermanagh. Five people have been taken to hospital after
:08:33. > :08:35.an explosion at a house in Nottinghamshire. Fire crews say the
:08:35. > :08:44.property in Newark has been severely damaged in what's thought
:08:44. > :08:47.to be a gas explosion. The police say more than 100 people have been
:08:47. > :08:50.moved from nearby homes as a precaution. A British man has been
:08:50. > :08:53.arrested in France after his two children were found dead. The
:08:53. > :08:56.bodies of his five-year-old son and daughter of ten were discovered in
:08:56. > :08:59.a flat in a suburb of Lyon. Their mother raised the alarm after
:08:59. > :09:02.returning to the flat. The couple had been going through a divorce.
:09:02. > :09:05.Syria's President Assad says he has no intention of stepping down. In
:09:05. > :09:08.his first interview since calls for a peace conference to try to
:09:08. > :09:11.resolve the conflict, he said the West's efforts would be better
:09:11. > :09:15.focused on trying to stop guns falling into the hands of the
:09:15. > :09:17.terrorists he said were responsible for attacking his country.
:09:17. > :09:19.Government forces, reportedly with the help of Hezbollah fighters from
:09:19. > :09:24.Lebanon, have been bombarding the strategic rebel stronghold of
:09:24. > :09:34.Kersair today. The BBC also has evidence that the Syrian regime is
:09:34. > :09:41.
:09:41. > :09:46.getting support from Shia fighters The forces of Assad Park on the
:09:46. > :09:52.offensive. This but it shows the bombardment of a rebel stronghold.
:09:52. > :09:57.It is now close to falling to the Syrian Army. The President filmed
:09:57. > :10:02.giving an interview to an Argentinian newspaper, says he will
:10:02. > :10:07.keep fighting and has no intention of stepping down. The country is
:10:07. > :10:13.suffering from a crisis right now, he says. The captain does not flee
:10:13. > :10:20.the ship during a storm. It is said the West is helping to fuel the
:10:20. > :10:25.crisis and poured scorn on jihadi fighters aiding the insurgency.
:10:25. > :10:30.Here, in neighbouring Iraq, it is obvious foreign competence are
:10:30. > :10:38.helping the forces of Assad as well. These banners talk of martyrs who
:10:38. > :10:45.have died in Syria fighting against the rebels. This man helps to
:10:45. > :10:52.recruit and prepare Shi'ite the Rockies. -- Iraqi use. There is no
:10:52. > :10:59.way of verifying it but he says they have gone in their thousands.
:10:59. > :11:04.TRANSLATION: A civil war is one set against another. This is more than
:11:04. > :11:10.that. When someone attacks your beliefs, you must defend them, no
:11:10. > :11:16.matter who they are. Tension does not stay across the border in Syria.
:11:16. > :11:26.To some extent, it is contributing to the worst violence between Sunni
:11:26. > :11:27.
:11:27. > :11:37.and Shia in Iraq. Anything which is happening in Syria, especially when
:11:37. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:45.things went wrong. I am sure Iraq will be effected. Not just Iraq,
:11:45. > :11:53.Lebanon and Jordan but Iraq especially. The defiance of
:11:53. > :11:58.President Assad means to suggest -- seems to suggest it will put
:11:58. > :12:02.pressure on the region. So much so, that here in Iraq, they're talking
:12:02. > :12:06.about for the first time in years about the potential break-up of
:12:06. > :12:09.their country. In Pakistan, Imran Khan has accused a political
:12:09. > :12:12.opponent of being responsible for the murder of a senior member of
:12:12. > :12:15.his Movement for Justice party. As the funeral of Zahra Hussain took
:12:15. > :12:20.place today, he blamed her death on the leader of the rival MQM party,
:12:20. > :12:30.Altaf Hussain. Mr Hussain, who runs his party from exile in London,
:12:30. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:40.In the fading heat of late afternoon, mourners bring the body
:12:40. > :12:46.of Sara Hiom for funeral prayers. - - tsar macro. She was shot dead
:12:46. > :12:51.late last night. It is not clear if she was a victim of an armed
:12:51. > :12:55.robbery or a political killing. She had been the leading light for the
:12:55. > :13:05.Movement for Justice, which aims to sweep aside the old, established
:13:05. > :13:06.
:13:06. > :13:11.political parties. Still in hospital after an accident, Imran
:13:11. > :13:15.Khan was quick to accuse Altaf Hussain, leader of Karachi's main
:13:15. > :13:22.political party for being responsible for the murder. His
:13:22. > :13:26.statement raising even further the political tensions in this country.
:13:26. > :13:31.Supporters of Imran Khan had been gathering in Islamabad and other
:13:31. > :13:34.cities to protest the killing. They are not just angry with Altaf
:13:34. > :13:41.Hussain, they are also angry with the British government for allowing
:13:41. > :13:46.him to control his party from his home in London. Altaf Hussain made
:13:46. > :13:50.a speech from his London base last week, which was broadcast in
:13:50. > :13:58.Pakistan, in which he allegedly threatened the supporters of Imran
:13:58. > :14:01.Khan. The spokesman for Altaf Hussain denied they had any
:14:01. > :14:05.involvement in the murder and through the allegations back at
:14:05. > :14:11.Imran Khan. He is behind this murder - he is the mastermind. He
:14:11. > :14:16.has committed this murder. Despite this tense atmosphere, people
:14:16. > :14:21.turned out to cast ballots a gain in parts of Karachi where it is
:14:21. > :14:27.alleged the vote last weekend was rate almost managed. Security
:14:27. > :14:36.forces kept the situation under control. Karachi is an extremely
:14:36. > :14:38.volatile city. All the sport from the BBC Sport Centre. It was the
:14:38. > :14:47.final day of the English and Scottish Premier League seasons
:14:47. > :14:50.today, with European qualification the main focus. Match of the Day
:14:50. > :14:54.and Sportscene follows the news here on BBC One. So, if you do not
:14:54. > :14:56.want to know what happened, then it is time to leave the room for a
:14:57. > :15:00.moment. Arsenal will be playing Champions League football for the
:15:00. > :15:03.16th year in a row after they beat Spurs to 4th place in the Premier
:15:03. > :15:05.League. A 1-0 victory at Newcastle was enough for Arsene Wenger's side,
:15:06. > :15:11.as Tottenham missed out, despite Gareth Bales stunning winner
:15:11. > :15:13.against Sunderland. It was the end of an era at the Hawthorns as Sir
:15:13. > :15:17.Alex Ferguson's 26-year reign at Manchester United came to close.
:15:17. > :15:20.And his 1500th match in charge proved unforgettable. It finished
:15:20. > :15:26.5-5 against West Brom, with Romelu Lukaku scoring a second half hat-
:15:26. > :15:29.trick to deny Ferguson the chance to sign off with a win. And it was
:15:29. > :15:32.a day of farewells in the Premier League, as David Moyes signed off
:15:32. > :15:36.his Everton career with a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea. Jamie Carragher
:15:36. > :15:40.kept a clean sheet in his final game for Liverpool. Managerless
:15:40. > :15:43.Manchester City ended a difficult week with a 3-2 defeat to Norwich.
:15:43. > :15:46.Michael Owen played a part for Stoke as they drew 1-1 with
:15:46. > :15:51.Southampton. There were wins for Fulham and for West Ham. Meanwhile,
:15:51. > :15:54.relegated Wigan drew with Aston Villa. St Johnstone will play in
:15:54. > :15:58.Europe next season after beating Motherwell 2-0 on the final day of
:15:58. > :16:03.the SPL season. Inverness miss out after their defeat to Ross County.
:16:03. > :16:05.And Champions Celtic were 4-0 winners at Dundee United. Yeovil
:16:05. > :16:09.have been promoted to the Championship after beating
:16:09. > :16:12.Brentford 2-1 in their playoff final at Wembley. The pick of the
:16:12. > :16:17.goals came after just six minutes when League One's top scorer Paddy
:16:17. > :16:20.Madden sent Yeovil on their way in some style. And they held off late
:16:20. > :16:26.pressure from Brentford to take their place in football's second
:16:26. > :16:29.tier for the first time in their history. Stuart Broad has bowled
:16:29. > :16:32.England to victory in the first test against New Zealand, on a
:16:32. > :16:36.thrilling 4th day at Lords. He took seven wickets in 11 overs to
:16:36. > :16:46.dismiss the Tourists for just 68 runs after lunch. Just a few hours
:16:46. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:57.earlier, New Zealand had appeared At Lord's, they begin with a ring.
:16:57. > :16:58.
:16:59. > :17:05.England started with a belt but Ian has been Gale. -- has been ill.
:17:05. > :17:15.Graeme Swann became the 10th victim of the match. A little later,
:17:15. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:23.England finished 238 ahead. At tantalising target. This was to be
:17:23. > :17:31.a spell for the connoisseur. He was well and truly bold pawn nine. When
:17:31. > :17:36.the innings of Ross Taylor lasted two deliveries, England work 16 for
:17:36. > :17:40.three. Jimmy Anderson got involved. The final act of a barely
:17:40. > :17:48.believable morning was the dismissal of the New Zealand
:17:48. > :17:53.captain. It was the spell which won the match. The New Zealand innings