:00:21. > :00:27.Good evening. The security forces in Pakistan have been put on high alert
:00:28. > :00:33.following a suspected US drone strike yesterday which killed the
:00:34. > :00:35.Taliban leader, Hakimulla Mehsud. The Pakistani government ministers
:00:36. > :00:41.say that the attack has destroyed their attempts to hold peace talks
:00:42. > :00:44.with militants. Hakimulla Mehsud was killed in north-western Pakistan
:00:45. > :00:49.near the border with Afghanistan. The Taliban has vowed to take
:00:50. > :00:54.revenge. The security forces in the capital
:00:55. > :01:00.and across the country now on high alert. Following threats from the
:01:01. > :01:05.Pakistan Taliban, it will launch suicide bombings in retaliation for
:01:06. > :01:08.the killing of its leader. In these rear pictures of Hakimulla Mehsud,
:01:09. > :01:14.he fools around with fellow fighters. Rest and recuperation for
:01:15. > :01:17.a man responsible for hundreds of attacks across Pakistan. Including
:01:18. > :01:25.the shooting of a schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai. In a BBC interview filmed
:01:26. > :01:27.weeks before his death, he did indicate that he was potentially
:01:28. > :01:35.interested in peace talks with the government. TRANSLATION: We leave on
:01:36. > :01:38.top. But the government has taken no steps to approach us. The government
:01:39. > :01:45.needs to sit with us and we will present our conditions. The news of
:01:46. > :01:48.his death in the US -- in a US drone strike may be welcomed by many here
:01:49. > :01:54.who have seen the suffering he has caused. There is anger that he was
:01:55. > :01:59.killed just as Hope was rising that peace talks could get underway. And
:02:00. > :02:02.perhaps most angry is this man. The interior Minister, who was leading
:02:03. > :02:06.the government's effort to draw the Pakistan Taliban into peace talks.
:02:07. > :02:12.First and foremost, the government of Pakistan does not see this drone
:02:13. > :02:21.attack as an attack on an individual. But as an attack on the
:02:22. > :02:27.peace process. This is the scale of the violence that people of Pakistan
:02:28. > :02:31.have been facing as the Taliban has issued a relentless campaign of
:02:32. > :02:37.mains and shootings. Killing and injuring thousands. The government
:02:38. > :02:41.leaves that peace talks were the best way to stop this bloodshed. But
:02:42. > :02:46.now the government says that the Americans have ruined the chances of
:02:47. > :02:51.those talks taking place. And today, it has summoned the US ambassador to
:02:52. > :02:54.protest. The government is considering the possibility of
:02:55. > :03:00.blocking the routes through Pakistan used by NATO to send fuel and other
:03:01. > :03:05.goods to its forces inside neighbouring Afghanistan. This is
:03:06. > :03:10.one of the men now being discussed by the Pakistan Taliban as a
:03:11. > :03:16.potential new leader. He is thought to be less hardline than Hakimulla
:03:17. > :03:19.Mehsud. But the death of Hakimulla Mehsud is a big blow for the
:03:20. > :03:31.militant movement and right now, they are unlikely to be interested
:03:32. > :03:34.in talking about peace. Our world affairs correspondent,
:03:35. > :03:38.Rajesh Mirchandani, is with us. We saw a furious response from the
:03:39. > :03:44.Pakistani government. Where does this leave peace talks? He described
:03:45. > :03:47.it as sabotage, a derailing of the peace process. The timing could not
:03:48. > :03:52.be worse. Governorate officials were due to fly today to meet with
:03:53. > :03:55.Taliban leaders. Taliban leaders had gathered and it seemed that all
:03:56. > :04:00.sides had bought into this process. And on the ease of the -- and on the
:04:01. > :04:05.evil of the negotiation beginning, a drones strike takes out a major
:04:06. > :04:07.player. Make no mistake, the Pakistanis are probably very
:04:08. > :04:12.relieved that Hakimulla Mehsud is dead because they thought he was a
:04:13. > :04:15.vicious killer, but the drone strikes are a major bone of
:04:16. > :04:18.contention and for it to happen this way and right now is a slap in the
:04:19. > :04:23.face. Can the peace process be revived? Now it is out of the Prime
:04:24. > :04:29.Minister's hands and in the hands of whoever succeeds Hakimulla Mehsud.
:04:30. > :04:32.Within the past half hour, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed
:04:33. > :04:36.that there is an ongoing incident involving a number of inmates in
:04:37. > :04:40.Mainstone -- Maidstone Prison. Officials say that resources have
:04:41. > :04:45.been deployed to deal with the disturbance. Maidstone is a category
:04:46. > :04:51.C jail holding about 600 inmates, many of whom are sex offenders.
:04:52. > :04:53.Two people have been remanded in custody after appearing before
:04:54. > :04:58.magistrates in Sheffield charged with the murder of a Sri Lanka and
:04:59. > :05:01.graduate. Taveesha Peiris, seen here on the right with his parents and
:05:02. > :05:06.brother, was killed as he made his final beta delivery. He was tuned to
:05:07. > :05:15.start a new job as an IT consultant. Gerry Jackson is in Sheffield.
:05:16. > :05:18.Six nights ago, Taveesha Peiris would have been looking forward to a
:05:19. > :05:22.shift here at Domino's pizza. He had secured a new job and this was his
:05:23. > :05:27.last night on the delivery rotor. He had been feeling unwell and might
:05:28. > :05:35.have gone home early. But he decided to accept one final comment.
:05:36. > :05:43.Colleagues found him later in his car. He had been stabbed to death.
:05:44. > :05:45.Today, a 17-year-old loose -- use and 29-year-old Sham as Khan
:05:46. > :05:51.appeared before the Magistrates' Court. Both were remanded in custody
:05:52. > :05:58.to appear next at the city's Crown Court in a fortnight. 's parents are
:05:59. > :06:02.due to fly from Sri Lanka to Britain in a few days. They pay tribute to
:06:03. > :06:07.their son, saying, we sent him to the UK to get a better life. Now all
:06:08. > :06:13.we have are broken hearts. Thank you very much.
:06:14. > :06:16.The daughter and son-in-law of an elderly couple whose remains were
:06:17. > :06:20.found buried in their back garden in Mansfield three weeks ago appeared
:06:21. > :06:23.in court charged with the murders. Susan and O'Dowd words were arrested
:06:24. > :06:32.in London on Wednesday. Willie Manu Patricia Whicherley has appeared in
:06:33. > :06:36.1998, and they had been shot dead. Standing side-by-side and flanked by
:06:37. > :06:40.court guards, 55-year-old Susan Edwards and her husband,
:06:41. > :06:45.Christopher, 57, are charged jointly with murdering her parents, William
:06:46. > :06:48.and Patricia Whicherley. During the hearing, they spoke only to confirm
:06:49. > :06:54.their names and ages and that they understood the charges. The pair
:06:55. > :06:57.were arrested on suspicion of murder at Saint Pancras International
:06:58. > :07:02.released Asian on Wednesday. Exactly three weeks after police on earth
:07:03. > :07:08.the bodies of a man and a woman buried in shallow graves in the
:07:09. > :07:12.garden of this home. -- International railway station. The
:07:13. > :07:15.bodies are believed to be there of William Whicherley and his wife.
:07:16. > :07:21.Postmortem tests revealed that both had been shot dead. The Whicherleys
:07:22. > :07:25.had been described as private and reclusive and when they disappeared
:07:26. > :07:31.here 15 years ago, many people assumed that they have simply moved
:07:32. > :07:34.away. Their daughter and son-in-law were remanded in custody and will
:07:35. > :07:42.appear again before it Crown Court judge on Monday.
:07:43. > :07:43.Campaigners seeking the release of a freelance British journalist
:07:44. > :07:49.detained along with Greenpeace activists in Russia have been
:07:50. > :07:54.staging a silent protests outside the brush and embassy. Kieron Bryan
:07:55. > :07:59.was among 30 arrested in September by Russian security forces during a
:08:00. > :08:03.protest against oil drilling. It has been a busy day of sport.
:08:04. > :08:09.Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes is at the sports centre.
:08:10. > :08:12.England celebrated their ten year anniversary of winning the Rugby
:08:13. > :08:16.union World Cup today by beating Australia again, this time at
:08:17. > :08:21.Twickenham on the opening day of the Autumn International is. 25 and 13
:08:22. > :08:26.score. English rugby spent ten years trying
:08:27. > :08:34.to restart the party it left in Sydney. -- 23-13 was the score. The
:08:35. > :08:41.current crop were helpless when faced with the likes of mannitol. He
:08:42. > :08:46.stunned his opponents with his first try. The Aussies were ahead by seven
:08:47. > :08:55.at the break. Twickenham could wallow in nostalgia. The key for
:08:56. > :08:59.England was taking chances. Chris Brunt short to the vantage of a
:09:00. > :09:05.ricochet. Twickenham new that they were broken. The Aussie defence
:09:06. > :09:10.parted and Owen Farrell picked out a channel and died into it. -- dived
:09:11. > :09:15.into it. The Australian's attempt to reduce the deficit had drifted. They
:09:16. > :09:23.fell short. For England, no party. There is more work to do.
:09:24. > :09:27.England's rugby league side had a vital victory today at the expense
:09:28. > :09:30.of Ireland in the World Cup. Ryan Wall scored a hat-trick of tries as
:09:31. > :09:35.England bounced back from their opening defeat to Australia. 42-0
:09:36. > :09:40.the final score. There are eight Premier League
:09:41. > :09:46.matches today. Chelsea missed the chance to go top, losing 2-0 at
:09:47. > :09:54.Newcastle. Rennie crawled in the second to end Chelsea's six match
:09:55. > :10:02.winning streak. -- Remy. At half time, Manchester are losing
:10:03. > :10:08.1-0 at the Emirates. Earlier, Manchester United beat Fulham 31 and
:10:09. > :10:11.Manchester is city thrashed Norwich 7-0.
:10:12. > :10:15.Celtic came from behind in the Scottish premiership two draw with
:10:16. > :10:19.Dundee but St Mirren against Ross County was abandoned because of
:10:20. > :10:21.heavy rain. And England's cricketers drew their opening Ashes warm up
:10:22. > :10:24.match in Australia. That is the sport.
:10:25. > :10:28.match in More throughout the evening on the
:10:29. > :10:29.BBC News Channel. I am back with the late