:00:07. > :00:09.The Prime Minister vows to hunt down the extremists responsible
:00:10. > :00:13.for the brutal murder of a British aid worker.
:00:14. > :00:16.David Haines, a father of two, was beheaded 18 months after he was
:00:17. > :00:30.David has been murdered in the most callous and brutal way imaginable,
:00:31. > :00:34.by an organisation which is the embodiment of evil.
:00:35. > :00:36.With another Briton threatened by Islamic State jihadists,
:00:37. > :00:38.we'll be assessing what action the government could now pursue.
:00:39. > :00:41.Also on the programme, the final days of campaigning in Scotland.
:00:42. > :00:46.Both sides target crucial undecided voters.
:00:47. > :00:51.And Wayne Rooney helps Manchester United to their first league win
:00:52. > :01:13.The aid worker David Haines, held for 18 months in Syria,
:01:14. > :01:16.before being murdered, has been called a British hero by
:01:17. > :01:19.the Prime Minister, after a video released by Islamic State extremists
:01:20. > :01:27.David Cameron has described the murder as an act of pure evil.
:01:28. > :01:29.Our World Affairs Correspondent Caroline Hawley's report does not
:01:30. > :01:31.include any moving pictures from the video,
:01:32. > :01:39.but it does contain a still image, which you may find distressing.
:01:40. > :01:46.His family had only just appealed to his kidnappers to make contact when
:01:47. > :01:51.they gave the chilling response. The video, similar to those posted after
:01:52. > :01:56.the murders of two American journalists, though tailored this
:01:57. > :02:02.time to a Brit audience, and it includes a threat to kill another
:02:03. > :02:05.British hostage. The captors seems to be the same man with the same
:02:06. > :02:13.British accent seen in previous videos. This British man has Depay
:02:14. > :02:18.the price of your promise, Cameron, to arm them against the Islamic
:02:19. > :02:21.state. David Cameron convened the government's emergency committee,
:02:22. > :02:27.his resolve currently only strengthened by what he called an
:02:28. > :02:32.unspeakable act. David Haines was a British hero. The fact that an aid
:02:33. > :02:36.worker was taken, held and brutally murdered at the hands of ISIL sums
:02:37. > :02:40.up what this organisation stands for. They are killing and
:02:41. > :02:47.slaughtering thousands of people, Muslims, Christians, minorities
:02:48. > :02:50.across Iraq and Syria. They boast of the brutality. They claim to do this
:02:51. > :02:57.in the name of Islam. That is nonsense. Islam is a religion of
:02:58. > :03:03.peace. They are not Muslims, they are monsters. This was David Haines
:03:04. > :03:08.in Croatia, filmed in 2003, he spoke of helping people return to homes
:03:09. > :03:14.they had abandoned in the War of the 1990s. There are many people who do
:03:15. > :03:17.want to return but they just know how awful to turn to. In doing this,
:03:18. > :03:21.our office normally goes across to Belgrade and actually meets the
:03:22. > :03:27.people so they can gain trust from us. From here in the Balkans, via
:03:28. > :03:31.Africa, David Haines went to the Middle East. When he was captured in
:03:32. > :03:36.March last year, he had been working with a French aid agency, helping
:03:37. > :03:39.supply food, water and tense to refugees in northern Syria. He had
:03:40. > :03:51.been in the country for just a few days. He was very, very happy to go.
:03:52. > :03:58.David found working in difficult conditions, working for people in
:03:59. > :04:06.times of hardship brought him a job satisfaction. My first reaction
:04:07. > :04:11.could be one of hatred. But my brother's life wasn't about hatred,
:04:12. > :04:16.it was about love for all men. After the murder first of James Foley,
:04:17. > :04:20.then Stephen Sotloff, David Haines is the third Western hostage to be
:04:21. > :04:23.killed since American air strikes against the so-called Islamic State
:04:24. > :04:29.began last month. The other man shown in the video is Alan Henning,
:04:30. > :04:34.filmed by the BBC last year, helping prepare a convoy of humanitarian
:04:35. > :04:38.supplies for Syrian refugees. He is a 47-year-old taxi driver from
:04:39. > :04:42.Salford, aware of the dangers of going to Syria, but moved to risk
:04:43. > :04:48.his life to alleviate the suffering of civilians. David Haines,
:04:49. > :04:54.husband, humanitarian, 44-year-old father of two, described as a man of
:04:55. > :04:57.unstoppable enthusiasm. His family said he would be missed, terribly.
:04:58. > :04:59.The murder of David Haines will bring renewed
:05:00. > :05:02.focus on British and Western efforts to combat the threat of Islamic
:05:03. > :05:06.In his statement, David Cameron said he would take
:05:07. > :05:11.Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner looks at the options
:05:12. > :05:25.US air strikes on the so-called Islamic State are having an effect.
:05:26. > :05:29.So too are Britain's armed supplies to curb this forces fighting the
:05:30. > :05:33.jihadists. Islamic State fighters have been driven back from some of
:05:34. > :05:38.the recent gains in Iraq, partly due to those US air strikes. Britain has
:05:39. > :05:44.not so far joined in but the murder of a British hostage Draxler UK deep
:05:45. > :05:50.into this conflict. I have no doubts in my mind that the beheading of
:05:51. > :05:54.David Haines will deepen and widen Britain's involvement in both Iraq
:05:55. > :05:58.and Syria. Britain is most likely now to take a more active role and
:05:59. > :06:04.join the marathon campaign against the so-called Islamic State. So what
:06:05. > :06:07.exactly are the UK Government's options in confronting the so-called
:06:08. > :06:11.Islamic State? David Cameron has said humanitarian aid to displaced
:06:12. > :06:19.refugees in Iraq and Syria will continue. So too will RAF supply
:06:20. > :06:26.fights of arms and -- flight of arms and ammunition continue to the code
:06:27. > :06:32.fighters. There has also been intense discussions over whether or
:06:33. > :06:37.not Britain should now join in. Whatever is decided, the UK is
:06:38. > :06:41.likely to be more engaged than ever in confronting the Islamic State on
:06:42. > :06:44.many levels, with all the encompassing risk for stock US
:06:45. > :06:48.special forces like this tried and failed to rescue Western hostages
:06:49. > :06:56.held by Islamic State in Syria back in July, so this won't be seen as an
:06:57. > :07:00.ongoing solution. On the ground in Iraq, government forces and militias
:07:01. > :07:04.badly need outside help, hence the international coalition now being
:07:05. > :07:09.assembled. Australia is sending a squadron of FA 18 attack planes.
:07:10. > :07:16.Australians were told today this could be a long haul. I have to warn
:07:17. > :07:20.the Australian people that should this preparation and deployment
:07:21. > :07:26.extend into combat operations, that this could go on for quite some
:07:27. > :07:32.time. The fighting on the ground against Islamic State is being done
:07:33. > :07:36.by local forces. Here celebrating even the slightest gain. The West
:07:37. > :07:40.does not want to get its troops bogged down in another ground war
:07:41. > :07:46.but this is a messy conflict, with no clear and insight. -- no clear
:07:47. > :07:49.end in sight. Our Political Correspondent Chris
:07:50. > :07:50.Mason is live Chris, the government is already
:07:51. > :07:59.under pressure over Syria, For some, it will increase the
:08:00. > :08:03.pressure on the Prime Minister and they will make the case that air
:08:04. > :08:07.strikes should come soon, but whilst we saw very strong language from
:08:08. > :08:11.David Cameron today, the strategy from the government, in terms of its
:08:12. > :08:14.response to Islamic State, remains the same. They want a strategy that
:08:15. > :08:18.is seen to be resilient, in the words of one official to be seen to
:08:19. > :08:22.be methodical. We have seen it slowly ratcheting up, the response
:08:23. > :08:26.to Islamic State, firstly with the humanitarian support them with the
:08:27. > :08:30.RAF Tornado reconnaissance flights that we were just hearing about from
:08:31. > :08:35.Frank Gardner as second ago. The Prime Minister wants to argue that
:08:36. > :08:38.he is taking things carefully and slowly, building an international
:08:39. > :08:42.coalition in the region and beyond, building a domestic coalition as
:08:43. > :08:46.well, because he is well aware that there is a war weariness in the UK
:08:47. > :08:51.following the Iraq conflict the decade ago. There was that bruising
:08:52. > :08:55.defeat for David Cameron a year ago over military action in Syria, so he
:08:56. > :08:59.wants to tread carefully. Yes, many MPs this time to appear persuadable.
:09:00. > :09:04.Labour appear persuadable without committing to anything yet and there
:09:05. > :09:07.are some MPs have been to see the Prime Minister, conservatives in the
:09:08. > :09:10.last couple of days, to make the case for air strikes now and the
:09:11. > :09:14.result has stiffened with the news in the last 24 hours. They say this
:09:15. > :09:19.is a British fatality with a British accented jihadist, and the threat
:09:20. > :09:23.level here in the UK has been raised because of the fear of attacks here.
:09:24. > :09:26.They are convinced that the Prime Minister is aware but others are not
:09:27. > :09:29.yet and they still needs to be more strongly.
:09:30. > :09:37.The leaders of both sides in the Scottish independence
:09:38. > :09:39.referendum say Thursday's vote will be a once-in-a-generation decision.
:09:40. > :09:42.With just four days to go, the Yes and the No campaigns have been busy
:09:43. > :09:47.Our Political Correspondent Iain Watson reports from Glasgow.
:09:48. > :09:56.CHANTING Tensions are running high as the
:09:57. > :10:03.referendum campaign begins to draw to a close first Glasgow and a
:10:04. > :10:07.thousand yes made a noisy protest against BBC coverage, regarding it
:10:08. > :10:10.as more British than Scottish, while in Edinburgh the corporation was
:10:11. > :10:16.being scrupulously fair in deciding who they interviewed first to see
:10:17. > :10:20.who was interviewed first. By tossing a coin. He was asked, Alex
:10:21. > :10:23.Salmond, if he could envisage another referendum if there was a
:10:24. > :10:29.close vote, but he wants to win this one, so his message to potential
:10:30. > :10:32.supporters? It's now or never. My view is it is a once in a
:10:33. > :10:36.generation, perhaps even a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for
:10:37. > :10:40.Scotland. Flowers of Scotland at a Glasgow garden centre. The Yes
:10:41. > :10:44.campaign have tried to grow the vote against an older generation more
:10:45. > :10:48.likely to vote no. Trying to convince them that their incomes are
:10:49. > :10:52.safe in retirement, but will it work? I have voted no. We don't
:10:53. > :10:56.really know too much about what's going to happen. If it doesn't work
:10:57. > :11:04.out, there is no turning back. I am voting yes. So you don't need
:11:05. > :11:09.convincing? I don't. Labour campaigners were out in Scotland's
:11:10. > :11:12.streets with the aims of persuading more than half a billion voters who
:11:13. > :11:17.are yet to make up their minds to say no. Yes campaigners have written
:11:18. > :11:21.an open letter to Labour supporters trying to back independence as a way
:11:22. > :11:25.to get the Conservatives out of government in Scotland. As well as
:11:26. > :11:31.trying to win over undecided voters, the No campaign has to shore up the
:11:32. > :11:33.Labour vote. Alistair Darling, leader of the better together
:11:34. > :11:35.campaign, stressed that the referendum should not be confused
:11:36. > :11:40.with a general election. The result is rather more permanent. It's not
:11:41. > :11:43.like an election where you can change your mind of things that work
:11:44. > :11:47.out. If things go wrong this time, we have already voted, we are
:11:48. > :11:51.leaving, there is no way back. It has been very vigorous and positive
:11:52. > :11:54.in many ways... They did not necessarily look better together.
:11:55. > :11:58.While both men said they admired each other's abilities, you can see
:11:59. > :12:03.from the face is how much is at stake. We had some words from the
:12:04. > :12:05.Queen today? That's right. We have seen passions running high in the
:12:06. > :12:12.streets of Scotland but this rather unusual intervention took place in
:12:13. > :12:16.Balmoral. A well-wishers said to the Queen, look, I'm not going to talk
:12:17. > :12:21.to you about the referendum, and she replied in full if shot of the
:12:22. > :12:25.press, I hope people think very carefully about the future. That
:12:26. > :12:28.intervention is not anywhere near as blatant as back in the 1970s, when
:12:29. > :12:33.they were talking about devolution, she reminded us that she was crowned
:12:34. > :12:37.Queen of the United Kingdom, and certainly the Palace say that her
:12:38. > :12:40.comments today do not breach any constitutional duty to it
:12:41. > :12:44.impartiality, but they demonstrate that the chilly everyone who is in
:12:45. > :12:47.Scotland at the moment is taking the result of this referendum very
:12:48. > :12:51.seriously indeed. -- virtually everyone.
:12:52. > :12:54.A court in North Korea has sentenced an American man to six years' hard
:12:55. > :12:58.24-year-old Matthew Miller from California was accused of trying
:12:59. > :13:02.He's alleged to have torn up his visa when he entered
:13:03. > :13:07.With all the sport, here's Katherine Downes at the BBC Sport Centre.
:13:08. > :13:20.Can money by success? It seems in the case of Louis van Gaal it.
:13:21. > :13:24.Without a win this season, the new Manchester United manager spent ?150
:13:25. > :13:29.million on new signings and this afternoon, United finally picked up
:13:30. > :13:36.their first victory, beating QPR 4-0 at Old Trafford. A fresh start for
:13:37. > :13:41.Manchester United. Count the new faces after Louis van der Walt's
:13:42. > :13:44.summer of spending. But one was very familiar. Rio Ferdinand spent 12
:13:45. > :13:48.years at Old Trafford. His return in a QPR shirt was marked with a gift
:13:49. > :13:53.from Sir Bobby Charlton. But that was it for sentimentality. United
:13:54. > :13:59.had reinvention to get on with. Fittingly, it was led by Angel Di
:14:00. > :14:05.Mar?a. ?16 million he had cost, and this -- ?60 million, he had cost and
:14:06. > :14:10.this was the moment Old Trafford got a new hero. Ander Herrera cost half
:14:11. > :14:16.as much but Hebrew root -- heap food value for money or so. Wayne Rooney
:14:17. > :14:21.then stepped up, QPR stood back and watched as the captain made it three
:14:22. > :14:24.by half-time. At the start of act two, Juan Mata found himself
:14:25. > :14:29.centrestage, but soon all eyes were on another new member of the United
:14:30. > :14:34.cast list. Falcao missed his cue. The crowd groaned with him. The
:14:35. > :14:40.Theatre of Dreams was buzzing again. Just one match, but the belief is
:14:41. > :14:44.back. Sir Bradley Wiggins failed to retain his Tour of Britain title. He
:14:45. > :14:48.had to settle for third place overall. Wiggins had started the day
:14:49. > :14:51.in seventh but moved into a podium place after winning the time trial
:14:52. > :14:56.this morning in London. But in the final stage, Holland's Dylan fan
:14:57. > :15:02.Bala remained in the lead to win the title by ten seconds. In rugby
:15:03. > :15:05.union, wasps have beaten the initial champions Northampton for the first
:15:06. > :15:10.time in five years. Wasps scored two tries in four minutes, including
:15:11. > :15:13.this one from Tom Varndell, to win 20-16, and moved up to 16 the table.
:15:14. > :15:18.London Irish held back a fight 20-16, and moved up to 16 the table.
:15:19. > :15:22.Newcastle to win 20-18. Valentino Rossi has won his first Moto GP
:15:23. > :15:27.racer 15 months, with a victory in the San Marino Grand Prix. The
:15:28. > :15:29.championship leader Mark Marquez crashed early on and despite
:15:30. > :15:36.rejoining the race he could not make up ground. Rossi went on to win at
:15:37. > :15:37.Canterbury with Lorenzo second. That is all the sport, back to you
:15:38. > :15:40.Catherine. There's more throughout the evening
:15:41. > :15:44.on the BBC News Channel, we are back