:00:09. > :00:15.is Iran finally agrees to limit its nuclear programme in exchange for an
:00:16. > :00:20.easing of sanctions. The landmark agreement is reached in Geneva but
:00:21. > :00:23.it is only the six months. These are substantial limitations. It will
:00:24. > :00:28.help prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapons. Simply put, they
:00:29. > :00:30.cut Iran's most likely path to a bomb.
:00:31. > :00:32.It's the first breakthrough in a ten-year stand off, but Israel
:00:33. > :00:35.condemns it as an "historic mistake".
:00:36. > :00:38.Also in the programme: the Government signals it will make
:00:39. > :00:40.it harder for new immigrants to claim benefits.
:00:41. > :00:44.11,000 children killed in Syria's civil war. The latest findings
:00:45. > :00:50.suggest even these figures may be incomplete.
:00:51. > :00:52.And another humiliating batting collapse for England hands the first
:00:53. > :01:21.Ashes Test to Australia. Is Good evening.
:01:22. > :01:24.After four days of negotiation and a decade of wrangling, a deal has been
:01:25. > :01:29.reached over Iran's controversial nuclear programme. . President Obama
:01:30. > :01:34.said the West had secured "substantial limitations" to prevent
:01:35. > :01:38.Iran from building a nuclear weapon. Iran's President described the
:01:39. > :01:40.agreement as comprehensive. But the deal is only the six months and
:01:41. > :01:42.Israel has been highly critical. Here's what's been agreed.
:01:43. > :01:46.Iran will neutralise its stockpile of near 20% enriched uranium, the
:01:47. > :01:47.base level for a crude nuclear weapon.
:01:48. > :01:52.It's also promised to stop enriching uranium beyond 5%, the level it can
:01:53. > :01:55.be used for weapons research. In return, there will be no new
:01:56. > :01:59.nuclear-related sanctions for six months. This report from our Tehran
:02:00. > :02:07.Correspondent James Reynolds contains some flash photography.
:02:08. > :02:15.Iran wants to be treated as an equal, not an outcast. At 3am, in
:02:16. > :02:22.Geneva, it began to reach its goal. Iran's Foreign Minister, Javad
:02:23. > :02:26.Zarif, signed his country's most important agreement with world
:02:27. > :02:30.powers in a decade. Even the negotiators wanted to celebrate.
:02:31. > :02:38.Here, they invite the EU's Catherine Ashton to celebrate. Javad Zarif
:02:39. > :02:45.even manages a half hug with the French Foreign Minister, and early
:02:46. > :02:50.sceptic of the deal. He seems to enjoy himself in Geneva. The
:02:51. > :02:55.temporary deal he takes back home gives Iran sanctions relief and
:02:56. > :02:59.allows him to continue enriching uranium to a certain level. We
:03:00. > :03:06.believe that the current agreement, the current plan of action as we
:03:07. > :03:11.call it, into distinct places, has a very clear reference to the fact
:03:12. > :03:17.that uranium enrichment programmes will continue and will be a part of
:03:18. > :03:22.any agreement, now and in the future. For the next six months,
:03:23. > :03:27.Iran's nuclear programme will have official limits. The restrictions
:03:28. > :03:30.are designed to make it much harder for Iran to make an actual nuclear
:03:31. > :03:37.weapons, and ambition its government always denies. These are substantial
:03:38. > :03:41.limitations which will help prevent Iran from building a nuclear
:03:42. > :03:47.weapons. Simply put, they cut Iran's most likely path to a bomb.
:03:48. > :03:51.But this does not reassure Israel. This morning in Jerusalem, its Prime
:03:52. > :03:56.Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, accused the world powers of making a
:03:57. > :04:02.bad deal. What was concluded in Geneva last night is not an historic
:04:03. > :04:09.agreement, it is an historic mistake. It has not made the world a
:04:10. > :04:15.safer place. We cannot and will not allow a regime that calls for the
:04:16. > :04:20.destruction of Israel to obtain the means to achieve this goal. It may
:04:21. > :04:24.be that the deal was reached here in the city because the US and Iran had
:04:25. > :04:30.their own secret back channel. And it proves an important point, the
:04:31. > :04:32.nuclear agreement is largely about Iran and the United States
:04:33. > :04:41.overcoming their own three decades of mistrust.
:04:42. > :04:44.As you were hearing, the United States and Iran are said to have
:04:45. > :04:47.engaged in months of secret, high-level negotiations that paved
:04:48. > :04:48.the way for the deal in Geneva. Our world affairs correspondent Mike
:04:49. > :04:53.Wooldridge examines the background to the agreement. There is some
:04:54. > :04:57.flash photography in this report as well.
:04:58. > :05:01.The relationship between Iran and the West has been dominated for
:05:02. > :05:06.years by one issue, whether Iran is or is not seeking to develop nuclear
:05:07. > :05:12.weapons, and the suspicions about how much it might have hidden from
:05:13. > :05:17.the weapons inspectors. In public, September's 15 minute phone
:05:18. > :05:22.conversation between President Obama and the newly elected president
:05:23. > :05:27.Hassan Rouhani rose the potential to end this seemingly intractable
:05:28. > :05:32.dispute. But it now emerges that behind the scenes, the US and Iran
:05:33. > :05:34.have been engaged in secret face-to-face talks about the
:05:35. > :05:39.controversial nuclear facilities and the sanctions for months in Iran and
:05:40. > :05:47.elsewhere. A high-stakes diplomatic gamble. And this afternoon, in
:05:48. > :05:51.London, the emphasis was on the challenges ahead. Now the really
:05:52. > :05:53.hard part begins and that is the effort to get the comprehensive
:05:54. > :05:59.agreement, which will require enormous steps in terms of
:06:00. > :06:03.verification, transparency and accountability. It is a good deal,
:06:04. > :06:09.it is a good deal for the Middle East and for the world. It is a very
:06:10. > :06:16.important opportunity for the future and I think it vindicates the policy
:06:17. > :06:20.of pressure through sanctions. It was a key part of Hassan Rouhani's
:06:21. > :06:24.election platform that his government would ease the lives of
:06:25. > :06:29.Iranians in its first 100 days. Almost on target, he is now claiming
:06:30. > :06:32.that is what the Geneva deal will deliver.
:06:33. > :06:34.TRANSLATION: Through implementing this agreement, the regime of
:06:35. > :06:39.sanctions will be broken, whether others like it or not. Cracks have
:06:40. > :06:44.been made in the sanctions regime. There is another task, convincing
:06:45. > :06:51.the sceptics that Iran will not end up still potentially able to produce
:06:52. > :06:54.nuclear weapons. Israel is not alone. Saudi Arabia and most Iran's
:06:55. > :06:57.Arab neighbours are also uneasy. To pull it off may require even more
:06:58. > :07:00.intense diplomacy. Tighter controls on the benefits
:07:01. > :07:08.that can be claimed by new EU migrants are being considered by the
:07:09. > :07:10.Government. David Cameron wants to ensure that new immigrants spend
:07:11. > :07:14.longer in the country before they can access any benefits, which could
:07:15. > :07:18.put him at odds with the EU. Our political correspondent Vicki Young
:07:19. > :07:23.is with me now. Talk through the steps being considered. It is about
:07:24. > :07:26.the restrictions being lifted on Romanians and Bulgarians, lifted
:07:27. > :07:30.from the 1st of January and to some extent, the Tories are responding to
:07:31. > :07:34.some public anxiety about what the impact would be. The UK cannot stop
:07:35. > :07:38.those people coming here but they are looking at a change in the
:07:39. > :07:41.benefits. At the moment, you have to be here for just three months before
:07:42. > :07:46.you can qualify for certain benefits and that could be extended to up to
:07:47. > :07:52.a year. The Liberal Democrats have already expressed concerns, saying
:07:53. > :07:55.it would put us at odds with Brussels, which they don't want to
:07:56. > :07:57.happen and that EU rules say countries are to treat migrants in
:07:58. > :08:01.the same way as their own citizens. The Lib Dems wanted to be agreed
:08:02. > :08:04.across the EU and point out that most migrants to the UK do work and
:08:05. > :08:07.contribute to the economy. More than 11,000 children have been
:08:08. > :08:10.killed in the conflict in Syria since 2011, according to a new
:08:11. > :08:14.report which examines the extent of human suffering there. The Oxford
:08:15. > :08:18.Research Group says many children have been targeted by snipers, while
:08:19. > :08:26.others have suffered torture. You may find some of the images in Lyse
:08:27. > :08:29.Doucet's report disturbing. This northern area of Aleppo is
:08:30. > :08:34.where the most Syrian children have died. It is a war where the youngest
:08:35. > :08:38.are not just caught in crossfire, they are targeted, even tortured.
:08:39. > :08:43.This report is an effort to establish how and where Syria's
:08:44. > :08:46.children are dying. The vast majority, it says, were killed by
:08:47. > :08:56.bombs or shells in their own neighbourhood. But many were singled
:08:57. > :09:02.out. 389 cases of sniper fire. 764 summary executions. And it found 112
:09:03. > :09:10.recorded death by torture. Some were just infants. But most were teenage
:09:11. > :09:16.boys. The report says they are at greatest risk. Here at in the
:09:17. > :09:20.streets and old enough to fight --they are ahead in the streets. The
:09:21. > :09:24.report suggests these figures are incomplete, access is impossible in
:09:25. > :09:28.some areas, but it still highlights the horrors. Children are targeted
:09:29. > :09:32.because it destroys a community, it destroys family. When you know your
:09:33. > :09:37.child has been tortured, murdered, brutalised, you lose the will to
:09:38. > :09:40.live. The world took notice during the chemical weapons attacks in
:09:41. > :09:46.Damascus suburbs in August, but it did not stop the War, this war on
:09:47. > :09:51.childhood. Across this region, Syria's children face an uncertain
:09:52. > :09:54.future. This report is also a plea to all sides in this conflict to
:09:55. > :09:58.spare the most vulnerable and it calls for the threat of prosecutions
:09:59. > :10:05.against those who continue to commit the worst of atrocities in a war
:10:06. > :10:08.that just keeps getting worse. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable,
:10:09. > :10:12.has passed evidence of Royal Bank of Scotland's treatment of small
:10:13. > :10:15.businesses to City regulators. The lender is facing a series of
:10:16. > :10:18.allegations over its handling of small businesses, but it says it is
:10:19. > :10:28.already committed to an inquiry into its practices. An adviser to Vince
:10:29. > :10:30.Cable has compiled a report which accuses RBS of driving some
:10:31. > :10:34.companies into liquidation to seize their assets.
:10:35. > :10:38.With all the sport, now, here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes at the BBC
:10:39. > :10:43.Sport Centre. Hello, thank you very much. The
:10:44. > :10:47.Ashes series is fast turning into an ugly battle both on and off the
:10:48. > :10:51.pitch. England were beaten by Australia in the opening test with a
:10:52. > :10:56.day to spare, 381 runs was the margin of victory, home side. But
:10:57. > :11:03.despite their win, there has been no letup with Australia's war of words.
:11:04. > :11:08.This is an image that will linger from Brisbane, Australia's captain
:11:09. > :11:13.in the face of England's James Anderson. But even if on field
:11:14. > :11:18.Banton strays into talk of breaking bones and both sides accepted,
:11:19. > :11:22.England can accept they were utterly outplayed. Bowled out for 179 in
:11:23. > :11:25.their second innings for a crushing defeat. What a troubled Alastair
:11:26. > :11:30.Cook were earlier comments from David Warner suggesting England and
:11:31. > :11:34.Jonathan Trott was scared. The comment by David Warner was pretty
:11:35. > :11:38.disrespectful to any professional cricketer, really. On the pitch, it
:11:39. > :11:43.is pretty much war, isn't it, anyway? There will always be a few
:11:44. > :11:50.words, that is the way people want to watch cricket being played, tough
:11:51. > :11:54.and hard. On the pitch is fine. Cook's own batting contribution was
:11:55. > :11:58.England's only real resistance, the only man to make a half-century.
:11:59. > :12:03.England had promised to fight even in pursuit of certain defeat, but
:12:04. > :12:09.when he was out after a rain delay, the game was quickly. Nathan Lyons'
:12:10. > :12:13.spin was too much of him and for Matthew prior, who suddenly seems to
:12:14. > :12:19.have lost form. Mitchell Johnson was tearing in at 90 mph and England
:12:20. > :12:25.held their bats like candles in a gale. There is a fearsome fast
:12:26. > :12:30.bowler to content with the rest of this series. But the captain
:12:31. > :12:34.defended the way his team operates. There is always banter on the field
:12:35. > :12:38.between England and Australia, teams that play tough and hard fought
:12:39. > :12:44.cricket on the field. I still believe there is a mutual respect
:12:45. > :12:50.off the field. Cyanide fell on the test match -- so night fell on the
:12:51. > :12:53.test match with the atmosphere more toxic than ever. These teams know
:12:54. > :12:57.each other very well and perhaps as a consequence, they don't like each
:12:58. > :13:04.other very much. There have been plenty of goals in
:13:05. > :13:09.today's two Premier League matches. Manchester City put six past
:13:10. > :13:13.Tottenham in a game the Spurs manager later said his side should
:13:14. > :13:21.be a ashamed of. Jesus Navas scored after 14 seconds and completed the
:13:22. > :13:25.scoring in injury time, 6-0. They go above Manchester United, who were
:13:26. > :13:30.held to a 2-2 draw in Cardiff, came within injury time equaliser.
:13:31. > :13:35.Ireland were denied their first-ever victory over New Zealand, conceding
:13:36. > :13:39.a last-gasp try in Dublin, having led the final Autumn International
:13:40. > :13:43.for almost the whole match. They were beaten 24-22 by a New Zealand
:13:44. > :13:48.try and conversion in added time. The All Blacks are now the first
:13:49. > :13:53.side in rugby union's professional era to go a whole year unbeaten. And
:13:54. > :13:57.Formula One's Sebastian Vettel has rounded up another commanding season
:13:58. > :14:00.with a record equalling ninth successive Grand Prix win, this time
:14:01. > :14:03.in Brazil. The German's Red Bull team-mate Mark
:14:04. > :14:09.Webber was second in his last ever Grand Prix. And that is the sport.
:14:10. > :14:13.Thanks very much indeed. There is more throughout the evening on the
:14:14. > :14:14.BBC News Channel and we are back with the late