:00:20. > :00:26.Investigators in Egypt have said the Russian passenger plane
:00:27. > :00:29.which crashed last weekend suffered a sudden and catastrophic break-up.
:00:30. > :00:32.They've also confirmed there was an unexplained noise
:00:33. > :00:36.on the plane's voice recorder, at the moment the disaster unfolded.
:00:37. > :00:39.French investigators have told the BBC they believe that to be
:00:40. > :00:42.Our correspondent Mark Lowen is in the Egyptian resort
:00:43. > :00:55.First from Egypt there was denial and then anger and today acceptance
:00:56. > :01:00.that something untoward may have cost the crash of the flight to St
:01:01. > :01:04.Petersburg. The other warranties gave detail of the investigation
:01:05. > :01:09.currently under way. Journalists were not allowed inside Charm al
:01:10. > :01:13.Sheikh airport. This is a nervous country wary of a negative image,
:01:14. > :01:14.but perhaps the damage has already been done.
:01:15. > :01:20.They remembered. Russian soldiers laying tribute
:01:21. > :01:22.at the sight of their nation's worst ever air disaster.
:01:23. > :01:25.It is becoming clear something sinister cause the crash.
:01:26. > :01:30.Egyptian officials today said debris was scattered over 13 kilometres,
:01:31. > :01:33.pointing to an in-flight break-up. The autopilot was engaged
:01:34. > :01:39.until the end of the black box recording and there was a sudden
:01:40. > :01:44.sound on the data recorder. A noise was heard in the last
:01:45. > :01:49.second of the CVR recording. A spectral analysis will be carried
:01:50. > :01:59.out by specialised labs in order to identify the nature of this noise.
:02:00. > :02:04.An American TV network says US officials have reported they
:02:05. > :02:08.picked up chatter between Isis operatives boasting about taking
:02:09. > :02:12.down an airliner. The Egyptian government today
:02:13. > :02:13.hit out saying intelligence was not being shared.
:02:14. > :02:16.TRANSLATION: We are the party that is mainly
:02:17. > :02:19.connected with the issue and we expected to have the
:02:20. > :02:28.information on a technical level instead of it being released to
:02:29. > :02:30.the media in this public manner. That is refuted by the British
:02:31. > :02:32.ambassador here, insisting there has been constant co-operation
:02:33. > :02:37.and Downing Street is reviewing security on a daily basis.
:02:38. > :02:39.The situation going on is very frustrating for everybody involved
:02:40. > :02:41.because it is an attack that has caused great human tragedy.
:02:42. > :02:48.I personally have been in contact with the Egyptian government round
:02:49. > :02:51.all the information available and explain to them the basis of our
:02:52. > :02:56.decision-making and I am sure every government is doing the same. The
:02:57. > :03:00.travel chaos continues. British planes are flying elsewhere in
:03:01. > :03:04.Egypt. The current assessment is that it is safe. The airport is
:03:05. > :03:08.struggling to cope with this logistical challenge but it could be
:03:09. > :03:15.overwhelmed as Russians try to leave after Moscow's dramatic decision to
:03:16. > :03:20.suspend all flights to Egypt. The backlog of people trying to fly from
:03:21. > :03:24.year will last for days. That is the worry for this man and his family,
:03:25. > :03:30.waiting for news of their flight to Luton, delayed for three days.
:03:31. > :03:36.Regular calls to easyJet have given him no update, just huge phone
:03:37. > :03:40.bills. They are getting tired of living out of suitcases and want
:03:41. > :03:47.clarity on when they can head home. We are out of money, out of clothes.
:03:48. > :03:53.We have three young kids that are getting clued up on what is going on
:03:54. > :03:57.and getting panicked. The frustration for passengers goes on
:03:58. > :04:02.but for Egypt, which depends on tourism, it is critical. If a bomber
:04:03. > :04:05.infiltrated this resort bringing down a plane the impact will be felt
:04:06. > :04:07.far beyond these shores. Our diplomatic correspondent
:04:08. > :04:10.James Robbins is here. James, what have we learned
:04:11. > :04:21.from the Egyptian investigators? It was very interesting that the
:04:22. > :04:24.head of the investigation team, an international team that involves
:04:25. > :04:29.French and German and Russian and Irish investigators, said the
:04:30. > :04:33.wreckage was spread over an area about 13 kilometres or eight miles
:04:34. > :04:38.in length which is consistent with the plane breaking up and very great
:04:39. > :04:41.height and consistent with what we knew already. The other thing is
:04:42. > :04:46.that the autopilot apparently was engaged right until the end of
:04:47. > :04:49.recording. We know that from the flight data recorder which shows
:04:50. > :04:53.that the pilots never took back manual control of the aircraft which
:04:54. > :05:01.they would have done a they had had any notice of impending disaster.
:05:02. > :05:05.The most telling thing came from the cockpit voice recorder which
:05:06. > :05:12.recorded in the last second an unexplained noise. That noise can be
:05:13. > :05:16.spectrally analysed. Experts we have spoken to said it is very easy to
:05:17. > :05:21.establish weight quickly from that sort of analysis what that noise
:05:22. > :05:25.was, what caused it, whether it was for instance a fuel tank exploding,
:05:26. > :05:31.something falling off the aeroplane or a bomb exploding on board.
:05:32. > :05:34.Although the Egyptians say they will not draw any conclusions they seem
:05:35. > :05:38.to be suggesting that this may well have been a bomb.
:05:39. > :05:41.Sierra Leone has been declared free from the Ebola virus by the World
:05:42. > :05:44.Health Organisation, after six weeks without a case of the disease.
:05:45. > :05:47.The WHO said the country would now enter a 90 day
:05:48. > :05:51.period of "enhanced surveillance" to detect any new cases.
:05:52. > :05:56.Nearly 4,000 people have died from Ebola in Sierra Leone.
:05:57. > :05:59.Two police officers in the American state of Louisiana have been charged
:06:00. > :06:03.with murder after a six-year-old boy was shot dead.
:06:04. > :06:06.Jeremy Mardis was hit by five bullets when officers opened fire
:06:07. > :06:18.Six-year-old Jeremy Mardis was strapped in his father's are. It is
:06:19. > :06:26.thought they were being chased by police. It is not known why. Soon
:06:27. > :06:30.after their car back to -- into an Ali shots were fired. Five hit
:06:31. > :06:35.Jeremy in the head and chest. He died at the scene. His father was
:06:36. > :06:42.badly injured. No weapon was found in his vehicle. I am not going to
:06:43. > :06:47.talk about it but I am going to tell you this. It is the most disturbing
:06:48. > :06:52.thing I have seen. That little boy was buckled in the front seat of the
:06:53. > :06:57.vehicle and that is how he died. Late last night two police officers
:06:58. > :07:03.were arrested. Individuals described as having tarnished the police
:07:04. > :07:08.badge. The officers are charged with murder and attempted murder. The
:07:09. > :07:13.six-year-old with autism was described as a delightful child who
:07:14. > :07:16.loved everything and everybody. Investigators have vowed to continue
:07:17. > :07:19.their inquiries wherever they me late.
:07:20. > :07:22.The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, is said to be
:07:23. > :07:24.resisting efforts by the Treasury to make the new Universal
:07:25. > :07:30.The Chancellor, George Osborne, is seeking new savings after
:07:31. > :07:34.the House of Lords rejected his plans to cut working tax credits.
:07:35. > :07:37.A close ally of Mr Duncan Smith says he has not threatened to resign over
:07:38. > :07:42.the issue but had said it was a "red line" for him.
:07:43. > :07:46.Every home and business in the UK will have access to a fast internet
:07:47. > :07:52.It says broadband should be a legal right,
:07:53. > :08:06.Our Business Correspondent Rob Young has more.
:08:07. > :08:08.Once an essential service, water, certainly, gas and electricity too,
:08:09. > :08:11.now the government is adding broadband to the list, but for many
:08:12. > :08:14.In some rural areas downloading can take ages.
:08:15. > :08:16.Some still use painfully slow dial-up connections.
:08:17. > :08:27.About 2 million homes don't have access to fast internet.
:08:28. > :08:30.The minimum speed most homes need to watch streaming video for example
:08:31. > :08:35.The government says everyone will be given the legal right to request
:08:36. > :08:37.that type of fast connection no matter where they live.
:08:38. > :08:42.This is for the most hard to reach premises and businesses,
:08:43. > :08:47.people who as it were are in the very last 5% in very rural areas.
:08:48. > :08:50.This will give them a guarantee that over the next few years they will
:08:51. > :08:53.be able to get the kind of broadband speeds that many people living
:08:54. > :08:55.in towns and cities have got used to.
:08:56. > :08:58.Critics say previous digital promises have come to little.
:08:59. > :08:59.Technology experts argue the government's proposed speed is
:09:00. > :09:03.In five years, many parts of the countryside will be surfing at
:09:04. > :09:08.The British government have been out of touch with reality
:09:09. > :09:17.Famously in around 2010 they said Britain should
:09:18. > :09:19.have the best superfast broadband in Europe by 2015.
:09:20. > :09:22.Clearly we have not met that objective and it is hard to see
:09:23. > :09:26.whether or not this one is going to stand up to the test of time.
:09:27. > :09:29.The government is already spending ?1.5 billion extending superfast
:09:30. > :09:39.Connecting the rest will not be easy and is likely to be expensive.
:09:40. > :09:43.Andy Murray has reached the Paris Masters final for
:09:44. > :09:46.the first time after a straight sets victory over Spain's David Ferrer.
:09:47. > :09:53.He wrapped up the match 6-4, 6-3 and will meet either top seed,
:09:54. > :09:55.and defending champion, Novak Djokovic or Stan Wawrinka
:09:56. > :09:58.Murray will finish the year second in the world
:09:59. > :10:02.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.
:10:03. > :10:05.We are back with the late news at 10:40pm.
:10:06. > :10:06.Now on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.