07/11/2015 BBC Weekend News

More evidence tonight pointing to a bomb as the cause of the Russian

A week after the disaster, investigators say the plane broke up

very suddenly after an unexplained sound on its flight recorder.

A noise was heard in the last second of the CVR recording.

More planes bring British tourists home from Egypt.

But it could take ten days to bring them all back.

We will have the latest on the investigation.

David Cameron issues his strongest warning yet that he's

prepared to back leaving the EU if there's no reform.

The six-year-old boy shot dead in his father's car.

Two US police officers are charged with his murder.

And the new household essential, a promise of broadband

Investigators in Egypt have said the Russian passenger plane

which crashed last weekend suffered a sudden and catastrophic break-up.

They've confirmed there was an unexplained noise

on the plane's voice recorder, at the moment the disaster unfolded.

French investigators have told the BBC they believe that to be

Our correspondent Mark Lowen is in the Egyptian resort

First from Egypt there was denial, then anger but today the hint of an

acceptance that something untoward may have caused the crash of the

This was the first time the authorities here gave detail of the

Journalists were not allowed inside Sharm el-Sheikh airport today.

This is a nervous country wary of a negative image but perhaps the

A week on from flight 9268 they remembered.

Russian soldiers laying tributes at the site of their nation's worse

It's becoming clear something sinister caused the crash.

Egyptian officials today said debris was scattered over 13 kilometres,

The auto-pilot was engaged until the end of the black box

recording and there was a sudden sound on the data recorder.

A noise was heard in the last second of the CVR recording.

A spectral analysis will be carried out by specialised labs in order to

An American TV network says US officials have reported they picked

up chatter between ISIS operatives boasting

The Egyptian Government today hit out saying intelligence was

We are the party which is mainly connected with

the issue and we expected to have the information on a technical

level, instead of it being released to the media in this public manner.

But that's refuted by the British Ambassador here, insisting there's

been constant co-operation and that Downing Street is reviewing

The situation that's going on is very frustrating for everybody

involved because it's an attack that's caused great human tragedy.

I personally have been in close contact with

the Egyptian Government around the clock at the highest level.

We have made all the information available and we have explained to

them the basis for our decision-making and I am sure every

Meanwhile, the travel chaos continues.

British planes are flying elsewhere in Egypt.

The current assessment is that it's safe.

The airport is struggling to cope with this logistical challenge

but it could be overwhelmed as Russians too try to leave

after Moscow's dramatic decision to suspend all flights to Egypt.

79,000 Russians are thought to be in this country.

The backlog of people trying to fly from here will last for days.

And that's the worry for Rob and his family waiting for news

of their flight to Luton, now delayed for three days.

Regular calls to easyJet have given him no update,

They're getting tired of living out of suitcases and simply want clarity

We are out of money, we are out of clothes.

With three little kids sort of getting now clued up

on what's going on and they're getting a bit panicky, as well.

So the frustration for passengers goes on but for Egypt, which

If a bomber did infiltrate this resort bringing down a plane,

the impact will be felt far beyond these shores.

Mark Lowen, BBC News, Sharm el-Sheikh.

The investigating team said it was too early to say for certain that

But their initial findings will add to fears that

Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins reports.

The Egyptian-led investigation in the desert is huge.

There are no conclusions yet but what was disclosed today is telling.

First, the spread of wreckage, scattered over a vast area of the

Sinai desert about eight miles in length, that only happens when an

Second, the flight data recorder shows auto-pilot was engaged

until the recording stops, suggesting the flight crew had no

warning of disaster or they would have taken back manual control.

And, most telling of all, an unexplained noise was picked up

by the cockpit voice recorder in the final second.

All the data from the two recorders will have

Although the Egyptians insist the transcript of conversations is

not yet complete, experts say spectral analysis of that final

second of unexplained noise, looking at the wave form, the signature of

They know what an explosion sounds like.

They know what a fuel tank blowing up sounds

like and they know the sound of an aeroplane coming apart.

From all the evidence, if a bomb is eventually confirmed,

then the Russians were victims of an extremist outrage perhaps

All sorts of hints, particularly in Washington,

point to possible involvement of so-called Islamic State.

Although Britain and the United States refuse to discuss their

specific intelligence publicly, the fact that Russia has now

suspended flights to all Egyptian destinations, an even more drastic

response than Britain's, suggests the Kremlin fears their

And if so-called Islamic State was behind it, that would be

It would mark a major shift in tactics,

The consequences would be felt far beyond Egypt and Russia

and governments would face a new test - could they put aside

some of their differences in the face of such a growing menace?

The Prime Minister is to issue his strongest warning yet that

if European Union leaders fail to meet his demands

for a new relationship with the EU, he will consider leaving it.

As he sets out the changes he wants in Britain's relationship with

Europe. Our political correspondent is in Downing Street. A tougher tone

but are we getting more details about what he wants? Yes, this will

be the strongest warning yet from the Prime Minister to other EU

leaders that February doesn't get what he wants, then he is prepared

to consider life outside the European Union. He will say that if

they turn a deaf ear to his demands, which he does not expect, then we

will have to think again about whether the European Union is right

for us. Now, that speech will coincide with the publication of

this much anticipated letter that he is going to write to the President

of the European Council Donald Tusk. Downing Street say that will set out

the broad outline of his agenda, undoubtedly Eurosceptics will say we

still want to see much more detail but we do already know that he wants

an end to that commitment to ever closer union. He wants to restrict

the benefits which EU migrants can claim and he wants more protection

for the countries that are outside the eurozone. We are now about to

see the start of those formal negotiations. David Cameron is

making it clear that if he doesn't get what he wants, then he is

prepared to walk away. But ultimately, it will be down to all

of us in that referendum by the end of 2017. Thank you very much.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, is said to be

resisting efforts by the Treasury to make the new Universal Credit

The Chancellor, George Osborne, is seeking new savings after

the House of Lords rejected his plans to cut working tax credits.

A close ally of Mr Duncan Smith said protecting Universal Credit was

Sierra Leone has been declared free from the Ebola virus by the World

Health Organisation, after six weeks without a case of the disease.

The WHO said the country would now enter a 90-day

period of enhanced surveillance to detect any new cases.

Nearly 4,000 people have died from Ebola in Sierra Leone.

When Sierra Leone finally won the war against Ebola.

Britain pledged hundreds of millions of pounds to the fight,

But what's most important is that the work that we have

What we don't want is a repeat performance and, therefore,

we hope that what we can put in place will ensure a resilience.

There's another legacy here, we are heading to Hill Station

When I was here last year at the height of the outbreak Save the

Children were training up community volunteers on how to stay safe.

I have returned to meet community nurse Joyce.

Last time, the avoid body contact rule was in full force.

We started to have casualties, we have one room.

15 of them die. Only this was the survivor.

Ibrahim and another family were hit by the virus here but the community

did manage to contain the outbreak to just those two households.

One of Ibrahim's most prized possessions

My younger brother, my younger sisters and my brothers,

infected and they did die. Ibrahim tells me he can't get a job.

So many Ebola survivors here face stigmatisation.

Many also report health problems after they recover.

This is the reality of what Ebola has left behind.

And it's why celebrations today are bittersweet.

Two police officers in the American state

of Louisiana have been charged with murder, after a six-year-old boy was

Jeremy Mardis was hit by five bullets and

From Washington, Laura Bicker reports.

Six-year-old Jeremy Mardis was strapped in his father's car.

It's thought they were being chased by police.

But soon after their car backed into an alley, shots were fired.

Five hit Jeremy in the head and the chest.

His father, Chris Few, was badly wounded.

Let me tell you something, I am not going to talk about it,

It is the most disturbing thing I have seen.

That little boy was buckled in the front seat of that vehicle

Late last night two police officers were arrested,

individuals described as having tarnished the police badge.

Officers Norris Greenhouse and Derrick Stafford are charged

This is the latest high-profile police shooting in the United States

and will add to growing criticism of perceived police brutality.

The six-year-old with autism was described as a delightful child who

Investigators have vowed to continue their inquiries

The Government is promising to provide all homes and businesses

in the UK with a fast internet connection by 2020.

It says broadband should be regarded as a basic, universal service.

Our business correspondent Rob Young has more.

Now the Government's adding broadband to the list.

But for many going online can be frustrating.

In some rural areas downloading can take ages, some still use painfully

About two million homes don't have access to fast internet.

The minimum speed most homes need to watch streaming video, for example,

The Government says everyone will be given the legal right to request

that type of fast connection no matter where they live.

This is for the most hard to reach premises and businesses that

people who, as it were, are in the very last 5% in very rural areas

and what this will do is give them a guarantee that over the next few

years they'll be able to get the kind of broadband speeds that

many people living in towns and cities have got used to.

Critics say previous digital promises have come to little.

Technology experts argue the Government's proposed speed

In five years' time, many parts of the countryside will be surfing at

The British Government have been something out of touch with reality

Famously back in around 2010 they said that Britain

should have the best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015.

Clearly, we have not met that objective and it's hard to see

whether or not this one is going to stand up to the test of time.

The Government's already spending ?1.5 billion extending superfast

internet to 95% of the UK connecting the rest won't be

Andy Murray has reached the Paris Masters tennis final for the

first time after a straight sets victory over Spain's David Ferrer.

He wrapped up the match 6-4, 6-3 and will meet top seed

and defending champion Novak Djokovic in tomorrow's final.

Murray will finish the year second in the world

And in Rugby League, New Zealand have levelled the Test series

against England with a 9-2 victory at London's Olympic Stadium.

Winger Shaun Kenny-Dowall scored the only try of the game.

The third and final test takes place next Saturday.

You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.