:00:24. > :00:28.alerts by both Interpol and the United States are warning embassies
:00:28. > :00:32.and staff across the Islamic world to be on high alert. Britain, France
:00:32. > :00:38.and Germany have all announced the tech ril closure of embassieses in
:00:38. > :00:44.Yemen. The United States will close at least 21 embassies and consulates
:00:44. > :00:49.for two-days from tomorrow after it intercepted Al-Qaeda messages
:00:49. > :00:54.discussing attacks. The US Embassy in Yemen today, heavily guarded.
:00:54. > :01:00.America is taking no chances in the face of what it calls a,
:01:00. > :01:04."significant threat." Around the Middle East and North Africa two
:01:05. > :01:11.dozen US missions will close tomorrow. It's America's response to
:01:11. > :01:15.new intelligence. It is an Al-Qaeda affiliated threat, yes. It is of the
:01:15. > :01:22.Al-Qaeda branch. Is the threat to blow up an embassy, consulate or
:01:22. > :01:27.something else? That part is unspecify -- unspecified. The intent
:01:27. > :01:32.seems clear. The intent is to attack western not just US interests.
:01:32. > :01:35.that in mind, Britain, France and Germany are closing their embassies
:01:35. > :01:41.in Yemen, France for tomorrow, Germany and the UK on Monday also.
:01:41. > :01:47.The British government hasn't gone as far as the Americans. If hasn't
:01:47. > :01:52.issued a region-wide travel alert. It says that one embassy in Yemen
:01:52. > :02:02.will be closed. It said staff at that embassy have been withdrawn due
:02:02. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:13.to what it calls, "security concerns." The In 2009 the group Was
:02:13. > :02:20.expected of blowing up a plane, a year later an attempt to kill a
:02:20. > :02:27.British Ambassador. A drone attack killed an extremist preacher and key
:02:27. > :02:31.figure in the group. The US Embassy stood as it was in Cairo today,
:02:31. > :02:38.hidden behind concrete. It's clear America thinks regular security
:02:38. > :02:42.measures may not be enough for the current threat. The Electoral
:02:42. > :02:47.Commission in Zimbabwe has declared that President Robert Mugabe has won
:02:47. > :02:51.a seventh term in office. Mr Mugabe, who is 89 years old, won more than
:02:52. > :02:55.60% of the vote. The main opposition party led by Prime Minister Morgan
:02:56. > :02:59.Tsvangirai has already called the election a "sham" alleging there was
:02:59. > :03:04.massive fraud and say it is won't accept the result. We can speak to
:03:05. > :03:12.our correspondent who joins us from Harare. The The rule of Africa's
:03:12. > :03:17.longest reigning leader continues then? It definite definitely
:03:17. > :03:23.continues, President Robert Mugabe has won by nearly 62%, while Morgan
:03:23. > :03:30.Tsvangirai has only 33 % of the vote which effectively takes away the
:03:30. > :03:35.need of a run off election set for September. Prime Minister Morgan
:03:35. > :03:40.Tsvangirai has declared the election a farce he will appear to the
:03:40. > :03:45.African union and says he will go to Zimbabwe's courts which he says are
:03:45. > :03:48.severely compromised. Thank you very much. The Managing Director of
:03:49. > :03:52.Twitter in the UK has issued a public apology to women who have
:03:52. > :03:57.experienced abuse on the website, Tony Wang said the verbal attack,
:03:57. > :04:01.which included threats of murder and rape, were simply not acceptable. He
:04:01. > :04:08.also announced the company is adding a "report abuse" button to each
:04:08. > :04:11.tweet displayed on its website. Some high profile women have had to
:04:11. > :04:16.endure bomb threats like this one. Other tweets threatened violence,
:04:16. > :04:20.rape and even death merely for having an opinion. Caroline
:04:20. > :04:24.Criado-Perez received hundreds of threatening messages and pictures on
:04:24. > :04:31.Twitter when she campaigned to have a woman on the back of the new �10.
:04:31. > :04:35.She won that campaign. Her treatment in cyberspace highlighted a serious
:04:35. > :04:39.issue for many. She still receives threats, other people are as well.
:04:40. > :04:45.It's important this week becomes the start of the process of change and
:04:45. > :04:49.we change the culture that say it is's inevitable that women will is
:04:49. > :04:53.just have to cope with them. It's not for us to cope, it's for society
:04:53. > :04:57.to change it. An online petition urged Twitter to take action. The
:04:57. > :05:02.company said it was hiring more staff to monitor abusive comments
:05:03. > :05:07.and its UK general manager said he was sorry. Tony Wang said the abuse
:05:08. > :05:13.some women had received was simply not acceptable. It wasn't acceptable
:05:13. > :05:18.in the real world, and it's not acceptable on Twitter. If I'm using
:05:18. > :05:28.Twitter with my smartphone and someone sends me what I believe to
:05:28. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:39.be an abusive message I can report the matter using this red
:05:39. > :05:42.functionality here. I can't do it on my desk top. That will be corrected
:05:42. > :05:46.next month. The real issue with Twitter, you can set up an account
:05:46. > :05:54.easily, if you are an abuser you can set up and start again. Could
:05:54. > :05:57.genuine debate be stifled people reporting as abusive what is a
:05:57. > :06:02.passionate debate? Today's promise of action by Twitter is a small, but
:06:02. > :06:09.significant step towards protecting those in a virtual world who are
:06:09. > :06:13.already protected in the real world. The In Afghanistan at least nine
:06:13. > :06:15.people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in an attack outside
:06:15. > :06:19.the Indian consulate in Jalalabad. Officials said three suicide bombers
:06:19. > :06:24.in a car approached a check point near the mission. Two leapt out and
:06:24. > :06:27.began shooting, while the third detonated his explosives. An Indian
:06:27. > :06:35.Foreign Ministry official said the victims included Afghan security
:06:35. > :06:42.personnel and civilians. Iran's new President, Hassan Rouhani, has taken
:06:42. > :06:48.office. He was officially endorsed by the country's Supreme Lead leader
:06:48. > :06:51.Ayatollah Ali Khameini at a ceremony in Tehran. He has promised reform
:06:51. > :06:57.and an end to Iran's international isolation. Kevin Pietersen and Ian
:06:57. > :07:01.Bell have been leading the England fightback against a strong
:07:01. > :07:06.Australian first innings in the Third Ashes Test. The Aussies have
:07:06. > :07:13.to win to retain any hope for the series. Joe Wilson can bring us
:07:13. > :07:16.up-to-date. How is it looking? running out for Australia really.
:07:16. > :07:19.They have to win this Test match or England keep the Ashes. For
:07:19. > :07:23.Australia to win the match they have to bowl England out twice. At the
:07:23. > :07:30.moment, England are going along pretty well in their first innings
:07:30. > :07:38.271-5. What will be frustrating for Australia is that the weather so far
:07:38. > :07:42.has gone their way. Today, we have had no interuptions to play.
:07:42. > :07:47.Manchester sky is a picture of ever changing moves, looks bright, looks
:07:47. > :07:49.dark, could be rain, could be sun. Hard to predict. It's always best to
:07:49. > :07:52.stay optimistic or just plain brave. England's prospects of batting
:07:52. > :07:55.through the day sank with the departure of Jonathan Trott in the
:07:55. > :08:01.first hour. Alastair Cook is dependable. England a long way
:08:01. > :08:11.behind, the captain will nudge the team in the right direction 50. The
:08:11. > :08:14.
:08:14. > :08:19.Kevin Pietersen you are never serve. For him batting is risk-taking. It
:08:19. > :08:23.looks great when it works. Cook's radar went awry bat guiding ball to
:08:23. > :08:25.wicketkeeper. England four wickets down at lunch, over 400 behind.
:08:25. > :08:34.Pressure, how do you lift it? The Pietersen approach, successive to
:08:34. > :08:39.bring up his 50, spin bowl bowler Nathan Lion, Ian Bell belted them
:08:39. > :08:44.sky wards. Seen anything more surprising than that? Yes, maybe.
:08:44. > :08:50.Watson bowling, Pietersen given not out LBW. Australia not interested in
:08:50. > :08:53.reviewing. If they had, Pietersen would have been given out as
:08:53. > :08:59.Australia's dressing room passed on to the captain. It looked like Bell
:08:59. > :09:08.was on his way to an Ashes 100 when Harris struck. Things need to keep
:09:08. > :09:16.happening for Australia. Ian Bell gone for 60, Kevin Pietersen has
:09:16. > :09:21.reached his century, 23rd 100 for England. The England are still over
:09:21. > :09:28.250 runs behind. We have two-days left, the point is we are expecting
:09:28. > :09:34.rain here. At some point! How exciting. Thank you very much.
:09:34. > :09:39.Domestic football is back from its summer break. The Championship
:09:39. > :09:43.season kicked off with a 1-1 draw between Burnley and Bolton. The
:09:43. > :09:48.David wheater deflected the ball into his own net to put Burnley