:00:05. > :00:12.Military action is still an option if Syria doesn't comply with the
:00:12. > :00:17.deal to surrender its chemical weapons stockpile. But as the
:00:17. > :00:21.Americans reiterate the warnings, Syrian Government forces step up an
:00:21. > :00:25.offensive against rebels in Damascus. Nick Clegg says there
:00:25. > :00:29.should be no return to the bad old days of single-party Government
:00:29. > :00:34.after the next election. Final preparations are being made in Italy
:00:34. > :00:39.to raise the Costa Concordia cruise liner.
:00:39. > :00:44.Oh, my word - it is Gomez's victory... . It is a bad day for the
:00:44. > :01:07.Brownlee brothers,. A very good evening to you. Syria
:01:07. > :01:11.has said it has begun compiling a list of its chemical weapons to
:01:12. > :01:16.submit to the UN, as part of a deal agreed by the US and Russia. Today,
:01:16. > :01:20.America and France reiterated military action might still be used
:01:20. > :01:25.against country if the country reneges on its commitment to destroy
:01:26. > :01:29.its chemical weapons arsenal. The intense diplomacy has not affected
:01:29. > :01:32.the fighting on the ground. In the capital, Damascus, the Government
:01:32. > :01:40.has stepped up its campaign against the rebels.
:01:40. > :01:48.All day, all night, war ruins lives and ends them in Syria.
:01:48. > :01:53.From here in the centre of Damascus, the regime's stronghold, we can see
:01:53. > :01:59.its guns hitting the rebel-held suburbs. On almost every day, accept
:01:59. > :02:07.21st August, when hundreds died in the chemical attack, the war is
:02:07. > :02:12.fought with conventional weapons. Ending all the daily tragedies
:02:12. > :02:16.caused by bullets and explosive is the challenge for international
:02:16. > :02:22.diplomacy, bigger than dealing with chemical weapons. This was the day
:02:22. > :02:26.of the cross - an important Christian festival in the Greek
:02:26. > :02:32.Catholic Cathedral in Damascus. Almost all the worshippers fled here
:02:32. > :02:38.from the fighting in Malula. The Christian town, about 40 miles away.
:02:38. > :02:42.This woman was wounded in the rebel attack on Malula. Her family and
:02:42. > :02:46.neighbours were mourning her brother, cousin and her nephew, who
:02:46. > :02:53.were shot, she says, by rebels when they tried to surrender.
:02:53. > :02:58.Pictures from the first attack show her being carried to safety. She
:02:58. > :03:02.says the men who killed her relations had local accents. She
:03:02. > :03:03.says they used to live happily with their Muslim neighbours.
:03:03. > :03:12.??FORCEWHITE REPORTER: Do you think you could
:03:12. > :03:19.trust them again after this? No way, she said, never - it is impossible.
:03:19. > :03:24.This didn't start ass a sectarian war -- as a sectarian war, but it is
:03:24. > :03:29.becoming one. Jesus help us, she says.
:03:29. > :03:34.So, all this is another sign that what one observer here called the
:03:34. > :03:37.Syrian mosaic of different sects is breaking up. These people don't
:03:37. > :03:44.trust a lot of their old neighbours any more and they have no idea when
:03:44. > :03:49.they'll get home. The school term has started for
:03:49. > :03:53.everyone who had a school to go to. UNICEF says two million Syrian
:03:53. > :03:58.children are not getting educated. Even at this school n a well-off
:03:58. > :04:04.part of Damascus, one-third to a half of the girls have lost their
:04:04. > :04:10.homes because of the war. A social worker said half the displaced girls
:04:10. > :04:15.had suffered trauma. TRANSLATION: At first, it was bad. I
:04:15. > :04:19.left my home. I was anxious, crying, having nightmares. Even screaming. I
:04:19. > :04:23.wasn't very good, but later I thought I wasn't the first or the
:04:23. > :04:31.last girl to feel like this. So, I carried on.
:04:31. > :04:35.Until last year, she lived in a suburb held by rebels. And pounded
:04:35. > :04:39.by the regime. She still has friends left behind
:04:39. > :04:44.and wonders what these attacks are doing to them. The pain and loss
:04:45. > :04:49.suffered by civilian civilians across the line of a war that
:04:49. > :04:53.Syrians and foreigners can fuel but not stop.
:04:53. > :04:58.Jeremy joins us live from Damascus now. How mindful is the Assad regime
:04:58. > :05:05.of the continuing threat of US and French military action? Well, I
:05:05. > :05:09.think it has to be mindful of that - definitely. They are also mindful of
:05:09. > :05:14.the fact that the Russians brookerred this deal. The Assad
:05:14. > :05:19.regime is absolutely dependant in so many ways on Moscow for help with
:05:19. > :05:23.weapons and especially with diplomatic protection at the UN and
:05:23. > :05:27.around the world. So, I think, as a result of that, this whole process
:05:27. > :05:30.may go rather more smoothly than some people are expecting. I think
:05:30. > :05:34.the Russians will be putting a lot of pressure on them to do as they
:05:34. > :05:38.are told for the time being. That, plus that threat of military action,
:05:38. > :05:43.will concentrate their minds. Now, the UN weapons inspectors, their
:05:43. > :05:48.report comes out tomorrow. Three weeks ago, when I arrived, they were
:05:48. > :05:50.still here. And so much has changed since then, hasn't it? Because their
:05:50. > :05:55.departure was supposed to be the cue since then, hasn't it? Because their
:05:55. > :06:00.for a possible American attack. That didn't happen. Now, the Syrians say
:06:00. > :06:03.they'll give up their weapons. There are some suggestions that that
:06:03. > :06:08.report might even point the finger of blame at the Syrian regime. That
:06:08. > :06:13.is not at all clear. It would be beyond their remit I would be
:06:13. > :06:20.significant if they did and we'll know probably by this time tomorrow.
:06:20. > :06:25.Many thanks. Now, Nick Clegg says his party will
:06:25. > :06:27.go into the next general election campaigning for another coalition
:06:27. > :06:31.Government with either the Conservatives or Labour. Speaking at
:06:31. > :06:35.the annual Liberal Democrats conference in Glasgow, he said that
:06:35. > :06:39.a majority win by either of the main parties would harm the economy and
:06:39. > :06:41.the sacrifices made by the millions of people since the last election
:06:41. > :06:52.would be squandered. Grim opinion polls, spats over
:06:53. > :06:57.policy and rain on their parade. The Lib Demes may be facing head winds
:06:57. > :07:02.here in glass go, but the mood -- Glasgow, but the mood is not as damp
:07:02. > :07:07.as the weather is dreary. That is because the Lib Demes know this man
:07:07. > :07:11.could hold the balance of power. Today Nick Clegg said the coalition
:07:11. > :07:16.had done good things. He urged voters to elect another and let him
:07:16. > :07:20.finish the good. If we go -- the job. If we go back to the old days
:07:20. > :07:24.of the left or the right, dominating Government, on their own, you will
:07:24. > :07:27.get a recovery which is neither fair or sustainable. I think Labour would
:07:27. > :07:29.wreck the recovery and under the Conservative, who don't have the
:07:29. > :07:34.same commitment to fairness as we do, you would get the wrong kind of
:07:34. > :07:39.recovery. He would not say which party he would prefer in coalition.
:07:39. > :07:44.He would talk to the one with most votes and seats. Nor would he spell
:07:44. > :07:47.out die in the trench policies. The priorities would include a mansion
:07:47. > :07:51.tax and... We are committed as a party and I am committed to this to
:07:51. > :07:55.raising the allowance further, such that you pay no income tax
:07:55. > :08:01.equivalent to the minimum wage. Everybody on the minimum wage pays
:08:01. > :08:07.no income tax. The Lib Demes embedded as the third party of
:08:07. > :08:13.Government. The risk is that the party looks politically promiscuous.
:08:13. > :08:19.Can I see all those who are in... Today, the party did compromise, as
:08:19. > :08:24.members backed away from defeating Nick Clegg, voting to keep twegs and
:08:24. > :08:29.support nuclear power. Tomorrow they will debate the economy n what some
:08:29. > :08:33.say could be a showdown over how best to secure the recovery. Nick
:08:33. > :08:37.Clegg says he's not talking to a party about another coalition, but
:08:37. > :08:40.it is the talk of this conference. While surveys today suggest most Lib
:08:40. > :08:48.Demes would prefer coalition with Labour, for now, at least, their
:08:48. > :08:53.leader is playing for the blue team. Well, our political editor is in
:08:53. > :08:57.Glasgow for us now. So, the message from the leadership is, all is well
:08:57. > :09:01.- coalition policies are working. But, is that the feeling of the rank
:09:01. > :09:04.and file in the party - particularly on the economy?
:09:04. > :09:07.Well, we will discover that tomorrow because there will be a debate. Yes,
:09:07. > :09:10.Well, we will discover that tomorrow this party conference does actually
:09:10. > :09:14.have debates on the economy tomorrow. And in it, Nick Clegg will
:09:14. > :09:18.take the unusual step of a leader of speaking in the debate. He will say
:09:18. > :09:22.to his party, don't do it. What does he mean? Don't throw away our
:09:22. > :09:26.economic credibility is what I am told he'll say. Do not, in other
:09:26. > :09:31.words, vote for a motion tomorrow which will call for a rebalancing of
:09:31. > :09:35.economic policy in order to promote growth and create more jobs. The
:09:35. > :09:39.script of this whole debate is that the leader is tough with his party
:09:39. > :09:44.and ends up victorious. One problem - the man you all associate with
:09:44. > :09:47.economic policy and the Liberal Democrats, Vince Cable, is not
:09:47. > :09:50.willing to be part of that plot. He'll take no part in the debate. He
:09:50. > :09:54.will not speak in it. He may not even vote in the debate. Although we
:09:54. > :09:59.are told he really supports the motion. It shows there is tension,
:09:59. > :10:03.not just over the subject of the policy but how the Lib Demes present
:10:03. > :10:09.themselves between now and the election.
:10:09. > :10:12.Many thanks. Salvage experts in Italy are making
:10:12. > :10:16.final preparations to raise the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise
:10:16. > :10:21.ship. The vessel has been lying on its side since hitting rocks off the
:10:21. > :10:26.island of Giglio in January last year, killing 32 people. Our Rome
:10:26. > :10:31.correspondent has more. Everything here is at last ready.
:10:31. > :10:34.After more than a year of preparations, one of the largest
:10:34. > :10:40.salvage operations ever attempted is about to start.
:10:40. > :10:43.This huge ship - bigger than the Titanic, should soon rise up out of
:10:43. > :10:48.the sea. On the night of the disaster, the
:10:48. > :10:54.Costa Concordia rolled over on her side. Those tiny figures are
:10:54. > :11:00.passengers struggling to reach lifeboats. More than 30 people
:11:00. > :11:06.drowned during the chaotic, terrifying e evacuation. The captain
:11:06. > :11:12.is on trial for multiple manslaughter, but the task now is to
:11:12. > :11:15.salvage his ship. Dozens of pulleys will slowly rotate the Costa
:11:15. > :11:18.Concordia into another upright position at a rate of about three
:11:18. > :11:22.Concordia into another upright metres per hour. There'll be
:11:22. > :11:26.attached to chained that have been looped around the ship's hull. Metal
:11:26. > :11:33.tanks, filled with water, on the exposed side of the vessel, will
:11:33. > :11:37.also help pull it upright. The man master minding all this was asked
:11:37. > :11:42.what the most worrying phase will be. We are not sure about the actual
:11:42. > :11:48.weights and how much the rocks are going to hold on to her. So, that is
:11:48. > :11:52.the critical point. When we start up we will watch all the equipment and
:11:52. > :11:56.want to increase the tension very slowly until she comes off the
:11:56. > :12:00.rocks. The salvage men say they are ready, that they are completely
:12:00. > :12:06.confident, that they can raise the Costa Concordia. All the same, you
:12:06. > :12:10.sense that they will be mightily relieved if their extraordinary
:12:10. > :12:15.complex operation really does go exactly to plan. Once the ship is
:12:16. > :12:19.brought upright, it will be thoroughly searched and it is hoped
:12:19. > :12:21.that the bodies of two people, missing since the night of the
:12:21. > :12:33.disaster, might at last be found. Magistrates have granted detectives
:12:33. > :12:36.extra time to question a man arrested after a fatal stabbing in
:12:36. > :12:40.Leicester on Thursday. Police are trying to discover if there is a
:12:40. > :12:45.link between the killing and a fire nearby hours later, in which four
:12:45. > :12:49.members of the same family died. Shehnila Taufiq, her two sons Jamal
:12:49. > :12:54.and Bilal and their sister, Zainab, who was 19, all died in the blaze at
:12:54. > :12:58.their home in the Spinney Hill area of the city. Five people are being
:12:58. > :13:02.questioned in connection with p the fire. One of two women arrested on
:13:02. > :13:07.suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine worth £1.5 million out of
:13:07. > :13:13.Peru is reportingly prepared to plead guilty in exchange for a
:13:13. > :13:18.shorter sentence. Melissa Reid says in the Mail on Sunday that she was
:13:18. > :13:21.threatened by an armed gang to traffic the drugs. The newspaper
:13:21. > :13:25.says a deal could cut her sentence from up to 25 years in prison to
:13:25. > :13:29.just under seven. Now, the BBC has obtained new text
:13:29. > :13:33.messages suggesting there were difficulties in the relationship
:13:33. > :13:38.between Anni Dewani, who was shot dead on her honeymoon in South
:13:38. > :13:44.Africa and her husband, Shrien, who is accused of ordering her murder.
:13:44. > :13:45.An investigation by Panorama has found police files containing
:13:45. > :13:55.evidence for the inquiry. Was this the look of love between
:13:55. > :14:00.newlyweds? No sign on their wedding day that the marriage of Shrien and
:14:00. > :14:04.Anni Dewani would end in murder. With him accused of hiring the
:14:04. > :14:09.gunman during their honeymoon in cape town. CCTV from their hotel
:14:09. > :14:14.shows an apparently happy couple. But the BBC has now obtained the
:14:14. > :14:17.prosecution file, containing previously unpublished text
:14:17. > :14:21.messages, sent by Anni before she died. She messaged her cousin in
:14:21. > :14:42.mid-September: The prosecutors may use the texts to
:14:42. > :14:48.show their marriage was not all that it seemed. While in South Africa,
:14:48. > :14:53.Anni texted, "he's a nice guy in all ways, but I don't feel happy at
:14:53. > :14:57.all." A day later "it is going better than before. Hard to explain.
:14:57. > :15:04.I will call you as soon as I return. Hate the word divorce."
:15:05. > :15:09.The murder victim was found in a car... She never did return. Three
:15:09. > :15:15.days later, Anni was found shot dead in the back of an abandoned taxi in
:15:15. > :15:18.cape town. We know the names of the men who took her lives. They have
:15:18. > :15:22.been through the courts already. The question is whether Shrien paid
:15:22. > :15:26.them. As ever, with this case, the evidence points in different
:15:26. > :15:27.directions. The BBC has obtained medical records which suggest the
:15:27. > :15:32.directions. The BBC has obtained couple were keen to have a baby.
:15:32. > :15:37.Shrien, meanwhile, denies any role in his wife's murder, appears to
:15:37. > :15:38.have had a mental breakdown and is fighting all attempts to get him
:15:38. > :15:44.back to South Africa for a trial. fighting all attempts to get him
:15:44. > :15:51.You can see that edition of Panorama this Thursday on BBC One at 9pm.
:15:51. > :15:56.Now, with all the sport here's Ollie Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.
:15:56. > :16:00.There was heartbreak today for the Brownlee brothers. Olympic champion
:16:00. > :16:07.Alister and bronze medallist Jonny were going for the World Triathlon
:16:07. > :16:12.title. Both missed out. Hyde Park was where the Brownlee
:16:12. > :16:16.brothers lit up the London Games last year. Neither would be taking
:16:16. > :16:21.the title of world champion back to Yorkshire. The weather in London was
:16:21. > :16:26.almost as wet as the 1500 metre swim in the Serpentine. Alister was
:16:26. > :16:31.perfectly placed for the 40km on the bike, dictating the pace and the at
:16:31. > :16:37.the ticks. He led rivals going into the 10km run. Dismount from his
:16:37. > :16:44.bike, it was clear an ankle injury was worse than feared. His challenge
:16:44. > :16:52.over, it was now for his younger brother to deliver. Javier Gomez -
:16:52. > :16:57.the Spaniard who split the Brownlees on the Olympic podium went stride by
:16:57. > :17:03.stride. It was a matter of who had enough left in the tank.
:17:03. > :17:07.Of, my word it is Gomez's victory. I am absolutely gutted, to be honest.
:17:07. > :17:12.I wanted to win. I wanted to be world champion. To be beaten by just
:17:12. > :17:18.a few metres oh sore, it is hard to -- metres or so, it is hard to take.
:17:18. > :17:25.Gomez retains the world title. There was space on the podium for
:17:25. > :17:30.only one Brownlee brother this time. The double Olympic and world
:17:30. > :17:42.champion Mo Farah came out second best in the Great North Run.
:17:42. > :17:46.Priscah Jeptoo won the women's race. David Weir and Shelly Woods the
:17:46. > :17:52.wheelchair races. The Davis Cup team are back in the elite world group.
:17:52. > :17:55.They won both of today's singles in Croatia.
:17:55. > :17:59.Andy Murray's straight sets win against Ivan Dodig gave them a lead
:17:59. > :18:01.to secure promotion. The Tour of Britain started in
:18:01. > :18:04.to secure promotion. Scotland today, with Sir Bradley
:18:04. > :18:09.Wiggins and Mark Cavendish among the British riders. The tour ends next
:18:09. > :18:13.weekend in London. Both avoided a chaotic crash in the sprint finish
:18:13. > :18:16.at Drumlanrig Castle. Italy's Ella Viviani won the first stage T tour
:18:16. > :18:20.moves on to the Lake District tomorrow.
:18:20. > :18:24.David Florence has made history by becoming the first person to win
:18:24. > :18:30.gold in the one man and two-man canoe. He took the individual title,
:18:30. > :18:35.the C1 yesterday in Prague. He was back with Hounslow and won the C2
:18:35. > :18:39.event by a mere 400ths of a second. That is all your sport.
:18:39. > :18:42.Many thanks. That's it from me and the team. Do stay with us here on
:18:42. > :18:42.BBC