:00:00. > :00:10.Tonight at ten, a landmark deal with Iran over the future of its nuclear
:00:11. > :00:14.programme. There is leaf in Geneva as the ten year deadlock is broken,
:00:15. > :00:19.but the agreement is only for six months. These are substantial
:00:20. > :00:24.limitation, which will help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon.
:00:25. > :00:29.Simply put, they cut off Iran's most likely paths to a bomb.
:00:30. > :00:33.Iran will curb its nuclear active the, the west will ease sanction,
:00:34. > :00:37.Israel calls it a misfor rick mistake. We will have leave reaction
:00:38. > :00:41.from Washington. Also in the programme. The Government is accused
:00:42. > :00:46.of interference by favouring the Co-op bid to buy part of Lloyds
:00:47. > :00:49.Banking Group. Syria's Civil War has claimed 11,000 children, the latest
:00:50. > :00:56.findings suggest may have been tortured.
:00:57. > :01:01.And defeat for England in the first Ashes Test to Australia, after
:01:02. > :01:17.another battle collapse. -- batting collapse.
:01:18. > :01:22.Good evening. After four days negotiation and a decade of
:01:23. > :01:25.wrangling, a landmark deal has been reached with Iran. The country's
:01:26. > :01:30.promised to curb its nuclear programme, the west has promised to
:01:31. > :01:34.ease some sanctions in exchange. The US says it will make the Middle East
:01:35. > :01:40.a safer place but Israel says it a mistake, here is what has been
:01:41. > :01:47.greed. Iran will neutralise its stockpile of enriched uranium. It is
:01:48. > :01:50.promised to stop enriching uranium beyond 5%, the level it can be used
:01:51. > :01:57.for weapons research. In return, there will be no new nuclear related
:01:58. > :02:01.sanctions for six months. This report from our Tehran correspondent
:02:02. > :02:05.contains flash photography. Iran, wants to be treated as a an equal.
:02:06. > :02:13.Not an outcast. At three in the morning in Geneva,
:02:14. > :02:16.it began to reach its goal. Iran's foreign minutester Javad
:02:17. > :02:21.Zarif signed his country's most important agreement with world
:02:22. > :02:23.powers in a decade. Iranian negotiators wanted to
:02:24. > :02:30.celebrate. Here, they invite the EU's Catherine
:02:31. > :02:35.Ashton to join their group photo. Javad Zarif manages a half hug with
:02:36. > :02:40.France's Foreign Minister, an early sceptic of a deal.
:02:41. > :02:44.Javad Zarif seemed to enjoy himself in Geneva.
:02:45. > :02:48.The temporary deal he takes back home gives Iran's sanctions leaf and
:02:49. > :02:53.allows it to continue enriching uranium to a low level.
:02:54. > :03:01.We believe that the current agreement, the current plan of
:03:02. > :03:07.action as we call it, intwo distinct places, has a very clear reference
:03:08. > :03:14.to the fact that Iranian enrichment programme will continue and will be
:03:15. > :03:18.a part of any agreement. Now and in future. For the next six month,
:03:19. > :03:21.Iran's nuclear programme will have official limits.
:03:22. > :03:26.The restrictions are designed to make it much harder for Iran to make
:03:27. > :03:31.an accuse shul nuclear weapon. An ambition its Government denies.
:03:32. > :03:34.These are substantial limitations which will help Superintendent Iran
:03:35. > :03:39.from building a nuclear weapon. Simply put, they cut off Iran's most
:03:40. > :03:46.likely paths to a bomb. But this doesn't reassure Israel.
:03:47. > :03:51.This morning, in Jerusalem the Prime Minister Netanyahu accused the world
:03:52. > :03:57.powers of making a bad deal. What was concluded in Geneva last
:03:58. > :04:03.night is not an historic agreement. It is an historic mistake. It is not
:04:04. > :04:09.made the world a safer place. We cannot and will not allow a regime
:04:10. > :04:12.that calls for the destruction of Israel, to obtain the means to
:04:13. > :04:16.achieve this goal. It may be that the deal was reached
:04:17. > :04:21.here in this city, because the US and Iran had their own secret back
:04:22. > :04:26.channel. It proves an important point. The nuclear agreement is
:04:27. > :04:33.largely about Iran, and the United States, overcoming their own three
:04:34. > :04:38.decades of mistrust. So as you were hearing the US and
:04:39. > :04:41.Iran are said to have engaged in months of secret high level
:04:42. > :04:45.negotiations, that paved the way for the deal in Geneva. Our world
:04:46. > :04:51.affairs correspondent examines the background to the agreement. His
:04:52. > :04:55.report contained flash photography. In public this 15 minute phone
:04:56. > :04:59.conversation in September between President Obama and Iran's newly
:05:00. > :05:03.elected President Hassan Rouhani raised the hope that progress might
:05:04. > :05:07.be possible towards ending the seemingly intractable nuclear
:05:08. > :05:12.dispute between Iran and the west. But it merges behind the scene, the
:05:13. > :05:17.US and Iran have been engaged for months in secret, face to face talk,
:05:18. > :05:22.about the controversial nuclear facilities and sanctions.
:05:23. > :05:26.A key channel has been the Gulf state of Oman, which earlier helped
:05:27. > :05:32.in bringing about the release of these three American hiker, who were
:05:33. > :05:36.detained in Iran. But it has been a high stakes diplomatic gamble.
:05:37. > :05:41.And this afternoon, in London, now, the emphasis was on the challenges
:05:42. > :05:46.ahead. Now the really hard part begin, and that is the effort to get
:05:47. > :05:52.the comprehensive agreement, which will require enormous steps, in
:05:53. > :05:57.terms of verification, transparency and Ku accountability. As a good
:05:58. > :06:02.deal, it a good deal for the Middle East, and for the world, it is a
:06:03. > :06:06.very important opportunity for the future and I think it vindicates the
:06:07. > :06:11.policy of pressure through sanctions.
:06:12. > :06:15.But it was an important part of Hassan Rouhani's election platform
:06:16. > :06:19.his Government would ease the lives of Iranians in its first 100
:06:20. > :06:26.dayings, almost on target he claims that is what the Geneva deal will
:06:27. > :06:29.deliver. Through implementing this agreement the regime of sanctions
:06:30. > :06:34.will be broken. Cracks have been made in the regime. There is
:06:35. > :06:39.anothers task, convincing the sceptics Iran will not end up able
:06:40. > :06:43.to produce nuclear weapons, Israel is is not alone. Saudi Arabia and
:06:44. > :06:52.most of Iran's Arab neighbours are uneasy too. To pull it off may
:06:53. > :06:56.require even more intense diplomacy. Our North America editor join us
:06:57. > :07:02.now. How important is this to America and Obama? Very important
:07:03. > :07:06.indeed. It has loomed across his entire presidency, this question of
:07:07. > :07:10.what to do about Iran. On one hand his promise they will never get the
:07:11. > :07:15.bomb, on the other hand, his desire not to get into a conflict in this
:07:16. > :07:19.region, that the country is war weary, it I don't want it. This is
:07:20. > :07:23.possibly a way of squaring the circle, but there are huge
:07:24. > :07:27.difficulties, the distaste for the deal in Israel, it is really
:07:28. > :07:32.important. President Obama has just spoken to the Israeli Prime
:07:33. > :07:37.Minister, he says he understands Israel's scepticism, he will still
:07:38. > :07:41.sure they will not allow Iran to get the bomb. They will have talks to
:07:42. > :07:44.make sure they are on the same page about this. As soon as the Ray --
:07:45. > :07:47.Israeli Government is worried. Politicians in America are
:07:48. > :07:51.concerned. So they are saying as well, this is not the right time to
:07:52. > :07:55.lift sanction, indeed some are saying we want new, fresh sanction,
:07:56. > :08:00.and the White House has said if they do that it could derail the deal. So
:08:01. > :08:05.President Obama is taking a very big gamble, with a very big prize.
:08:06. > :08:09.Thank you. There are new development in the
:08:10. > :08:13.continue controversy surrounding the Co-op. The government's been accused
:08:14. > :08:18.of directly favouring the Co-op in the sale of part of Lloyds Banking
:08:19. > :08:23.Group. Lord Levine who headed up a rival bid to buy 632 branches said
:08:24. > :08:27.he was told by the former governor of the Bank of England a political
:08:28. > :08:32.decision was made to back the Co-op'sed by, which was ultimately
:08:33. > :08:36.doomed. -- bid. It was the deal which all be ruined
:08:37. > :08:40.the Co-operative Bank and shone a light on inexperienced people in the
:08:41. > :08:44.most senior jobs in British banking the bid to quite a quarter of Lloyds
:08:45. > :08:48.Banking Group branches would have tripled it in size and created mew
:08:49. > :08:52.force on the high street. But it was a bid too far and it failed. Within
:08:53. > :08:56.a year, the bank was told it needed more capital to survive and was
:08:57. > :09:01.downgraded to junk status. Now the man whose own bid to buy the
:09:02. > :09:06.Lloyds branches says that the Government had decided that only the
:09:07. > :09:11.Co-op would win in the end. Lord king advised me that we would not be
:09:12. > :09:14.the winners in this bid, because a political decision had been made to
:09:15. > :09:19.favour the Co-op. And that the only way, the 11th hour
:09:20. > :09:23.we could do this would be to talk directly to the politicians about
:09:24. > :09:26.this, which we did. And they told us it wasn't true.
:09:27. > :09:30.The Government said that the sale of Lloyds branches was a commercial
:09:31. > :09:35.matter nor regulators, and the companies involved. Lloyds denied
:09:36. > :09:38.they were under any political pressure There There would be some
:09:39. > :09:43.people say it is sour grapes because you lost money If you have a bid and
:09:44. > :09:47.the other puts a better bid you have to put it to experience. You win
:09:48. > :09:51.some, you lose some. The other bid was not a credible bid. If you say
:09:52. > :09:56.how do you know? You only have to look at what happened. After the
:09:57. > :10:00.bail out in 2008 Lloyds was ordered to sell 632 branches. In June 2011
:10:01. > :10:04.the Co-op was confirmed as the preferred bidder for those branches.
:10:05. > :10:07.But there were plenty of warnings, including from the Bank of England
:10:08. > :10:11.saying the Co-op might not be able to become a major bank. The role of
:10:12. > :10:14.the Government and indeed the city regulator as come under the
:10:15. > :10:19.microscope into how the Co-op was allowed to grow so Dickly a and why
:10:20. > :10:23.a man like Paul Flowers was allowed to become chair of the bank. Today
:10:24. > :10:26.the boss of the new city regulator said there was little that the old
:10:27. > :10:30.Watchdog could have done differently. We wouldn't happen in
:10:31. > :10:34.the same way, but the truth is that was the system at the time, that was
:10:35. > :10:37.the system that the FSA operated, he was challenged. We challenged him
:10:38. > :10:40.and said you don't have the right experience, but at the time we
:10:41. > :10:43.wouldn't have opposed the appointment, what we needed was to
:10:44. > :10:48.have additional reputation on the board of people who did have banking
:10:49. > :10:51.experience. The Chancellor announced an
:10:52. > :10:55.independent inquiry, there might end up being seven different probes and
:10:56. > :10:59.investigation into the Co-operative Bank and its ex chairman. For
:11:00. > :11:04.Britain's most ethical bank a year that started with promise is ending
:11:05. > :11:09.with anything but. Tighter controls on benefits that can be claimed by
:11:10. > :11:13.new EU migrants are being considered by the Government. David Cameron
:11:14. > :11:16.wants to ensure new imgrans spend longer in the country before they
:11:17. > :11:21.can access benefit, a move that could put him at odds with the EU
:11:22. > :11:25.More than 11,000 children have been killed in the conflict in Syria
:11:26. > :11:30.since 2011 according to a new report which examines the extent of human
:11:31. > :11:33.suffering there. The Oxford Research Group says many children were not
:11:34. > :11:39.random victim, may have been tortured. You may find some of the
:11:40. > :11:43.images in the report disturbing. This northern area of Aleppo was
:11:44. > :11:49.where the most Syrian children have died. In a war where the youngest
:11:50. > :11:52.are caught in cross fire, they are targeted and tortured. This report
:11:53. > :11:57.is an effort to establish how and where Syria's children are dying.
:11:58. > :12:01.The vast majority it says were killed by bombs or shells, in their
:12:02. > :12:10.own neighbourhood. But many were singled out. 389 cases
:12:11. > :12:16.of sniper fire. 764 summary execution, and it found
:12:17. > :12:21.112 recorded deaths by torture. Some were just infants.
:12:22. > :12:24.But most were teenage boys. The report says they are at greatest
:12:25. > :12:29.risk. They are out in the streets more.
:12:30. > :12:34.And they are old enough to fight. The report stresses these figures
:12:35. > :12:38.are incomplete. Access is impossible in some areas but it still lights
:12:39. > :12:41.the horrors. Children are targeted because it destroys a community, it
:12:42. > :12:47.destroys a Tam, when you know your child has been tortured, has been
:12:48. > :12:51.murdered, has been brutalised you lose the will to live. The world
:12:52. > :12:55.took notice during the chemical weapon attacks in August, but it
:12:56. > :12:59.didn't stop the war, this war on childhood.
:13:00. > :13:03.Across this region, Syria's children face an uncertain future, this
:13:04. > :13:07.report is also a plea to all sides of this conflict, to spare the most
:13:08. > :13:11.vulnerable. And it calls for the threat of
:13:12. > :13:15.prosecutions against those who continue to commit the worst of
:13:16. > :13:25.atrocities, in a war that just keeps getting worse.
:13:26. > :13:29.With all the sport now, here is Lizzie. Hello. Thank you. Good
:13:30. > :13:33.evening, there is a war of words taking place in Australia, following
:13:34. > :13:38.England's opening Ashes Test defeat. They lost by the huge margin of 391
:13:39. > :13:41.runs and the home side are enjoying every minute of it. Our
:13:42. > :13:48.correspondent joins us from Brisbane. No-one expected this to be
:13:49. > :13:52.friendly but it is turning into an ugly battle. I think you are right.
:13:53. > :13:56.People certainly here going to work with a spring in their step,
:13:57. > :14:00.remember, this was the fifth day of the first Ashes Test, instead, we
:14:01. > :14:04.are reflecting on that overwhelming victory for Australia, but more than
:14:05. > :14:09.that, what about that ugly mood between the two sets of players?
:14:10. > :14:11.Remember, this is a relentless year of back-to-back Ashes cricket.
:14:12. > :14:14.Basically there is no time for the dust to settle, or for wounds to
:14:15. > :14:18.heel. -- heal.
:14:19. > :14:22.This is an image that will linger from Brisbane, Australia's Dane in
:14:23. > :14:27.the face of England's James Anderson, but even if on field
:14:28. > :14:31.banter strays into talk of breaking bone, both sides accept it. England
:14:32. > :14:36.can only admit they were outplayed. Bowled out for 179 in their second
:14:37. > :14:40.innings for a crushing defeat. What troubled Alastair Cook were earlier
:14:41. > :14:44.comments from Australia's David warning suggesting England and
:14:45. > :14:49.Jonathan Trott were scared. The comment by David Warner was
:14:50. > :14:53.disrespectable to any professional. Any professional cricketer. On the
:14:54. > :14:57.pitch it is pretty much a war, so there is going to be a few words on
:14:58. > :15:01.the pitch, think that is the way people want to watch cricket being
:15:02. > :15:07.played. Tough hard cricket. On the pitch is fine. Cook's own batting
:15:08. > :15:11.contribution was England's own real resistance, the only man to make a
:15:12. > :15:19.half century. England promised to fight, even in pursuit of certain
:15:20. > :15:24.defeat but when Cook was out the game he was up. It was too much for
:15:25. > :15:28.Matt Prior. He is a big part of England's engine room who seems to
:15:29. > :15:35.have lost the key. Mitchell Johnson tore in at 90mph and England held
:15:36. > :15:41.bats like candles in the gale. There is a fee some fast bowler to contend
:15:42. > :15:46.with. But as Australia's captain defends the way his team operates
:15:47. > :15:51.There is always banter on the field, two teams that play tough, hard
:15:52. > :15:55.fought cricket on the field, I still believe there is a very good a
:15:56. > :16:01.mutual respect off the field. That is in this unprecedented year of
:16:02. > :16:06.non-stop ash, the players know each other very well and familiarity does
:16:07. > :16:10.not breed affection. So what next? Ten days until the
:16:11. > :16:13.Second Test, before then some of England's players will go to Alice
:16:14. > :16:17.springs for a practise match. They will cool down with the temperatures
:16:18. > :16:21.reaching 40 degree, Lizzie, the point is this, you can understand
:16:22. > :16:25.that England object to being called scared, but really in cricket the
:16:26. > :16:30.only way to counter words, is by scoring runs.
:16:31. > :16:33.Thank you. Now there have been plenty of goals
:16:34. > :16:37.in the two Premier League games. Match of the Day followings the news
:16:38. > :16:41.so if you don't want to know the scores leave the room now.
:16:42. > :16:45.Manchester City put an incredible six past Tottenham in a game the
:16:46. > :16:49.Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas said his side should be ashamed of. City
:16:50. > :17:00.go above Manchester United who were held to a 2-2 draw at Cardiff. Sir
:17:01. > :17:11.Philip craven has been re-elected as chairman of the Paralympic team.
:17:12. > :17:16.Ireland were denied their first ever victory over New Zealand conceding a
:17:17. > :17:20.last gasp try in Dublin, having led their final autumn international for
:17:21. > :17:24.the whole match they were beaten 24-22 by a New Zealand try and
:17:25. > :17:28.conversion in added time. The All Blacks are the first side in Rugby
:17:29. > :17:33.Union's professional era to go a whole year unbeaten.
:17:34. > :17:36.And Formula One's four time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has
:17:37. > :17:42.rounded off another commanding season by making history again. The
:17:43. > :17:46.German won the Brazilian Grand Prix. His ninth race win and 13th of the
:17:47. > :17:52.season. Equally two long-standing records in the sport. Second place
:17:53. > :17:58.went to his team-mate Mark Webber, driving in his last ever F1 Grand
:17:59. > :18:02.Prix. That the sport. -- that is the sport. And you can
:18:03. > :18:06.see more on today's stories on the BBC News channel, that is all from
:18:07. > :18:07.me, stay with us on BBC One, it is time for the