:00:07. > :00:08.The last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay speaks
:00:09. > :00:15.Shaker Aamer says he was tortured by US military personnel -
:00:16. > :00:20.and claims a British official was present.
:00:21. > :00:31.I felt my head, boom, boom, boom against the wall. All I remember, my
:00:32. > :00:34.head just keeps banging the wall, back and forth, back and forth.
:00:35. > :00:36.He was held after being captured in Afghanistan -
:00:37. > :00:39.and denies he was ever a member of the Taliban or Al Qaida.
:00:40. > :00:42.France goes to the polls - with the Far Right National Front
:00:43. > :00:50.Two days to lift off - British astronaut Tim Peake prepares
:00:51. > :00:52.for his mission to the International Space Station.
:00:53. > :00:54.And Arsenal go to the top of the Premier League -
:00:55. > :01:12.leaving Aston Villa - rooted to the bottom.
:01:13. > :01:17.The last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay -
:01:18. > :01:22.Shaker Aamer - has been speaking to the BBC about his fourteen years
:01:23. > :01:25.as a prisoner and his joy at being reunited with his family.
:01:26. > :01:27.He was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 - and allowed to return
:01:28. > :01:34.He denies ever being a member of the Taliban or al Qaeda
:01:35. > :01:36.and alleges that a British agent witnessed him being
:01:37. > :01:42.Our Home Editor Mark Easton reports.
:01:43. > :01:51.For the first time, we can see and hear the man from Britain
:01:52. > :01:54.who the Americans kept locked up in Guantanamo
:01:55. > :01:55.Bay for 14 years without charge or trial.
:01:56. > :01:58.Released and sent back to the UK two months ago,
:01:59. > :02:00.Shaker Aamer has been telling his story to the BBC.
:02:01. > :02:07.Allegations of extreme violence and mistreatment by US soldiers that
:02:08. > :02:10.began, he says, at the American airbase at Bagram, in Kabul,
:02:11. > :02:13.He'd been in the country with his family doing
:02:14. > :02:16.charity work, he says, when he was abducted and handed over
:02:17. > :02:20.His most explosive allegation, though, is that a British agent
:02:21. > :02:23.witnessed American interrogators repeatedly banging his head
:02:24. > :02:28.against a wall, despite UK denials they had any knowledge of torture.
:02:29. > :02:37.And all I remember, that my head keeps
:02:38. > :02:44.Are you adamant that there was an English officer,
:02:45. > :02:46.intelligence officer, agent, in that room when your head
:02:47. > :03:03.I would say 80, 90%, I have no doubt he's an Englishman.
:03:04. > :03:05.Because the way he spoke, the way he's very careful,
:03:06. > :03:08.the way he was sitting far away, looking at me,
:03:09. > :03:15.And because the day before I met John Hall, who already told me
:03:16. > :03:19.The UK security services have always denied claims
:03:20. > :03:22.To underline the point, the Foreign Office has issued
:03:23. > :03:25.a statement to save the UK Government
:03:26. > :03:28.doesn't participate in, encourage or solicit or condone
:03:29. > :03:41.In all his time in Guantanamo, Shaker Aamer was never
:03:42. > :03:43.charged with any wrongdoing, and never faced trial.
:03:44. > :03:46.Indeed, he claims, while there he wanted to make a video appealing
:03:47. > :03:48.to Islamic State executioner, Jihadi John, to save the life
:03:49. > :03:52.Since his return he's denounced the murder
:03:53. > :03:55.of Fusilier Lee Rigby and said terrorists who were angry
:03:56. > :04:01.with Britain should get the hell out.
:04:02. > :04:04.Both Labour and Conservative Foreign Secretaries
:04:05. > :04:07.raised his case with the Americans over many years and he continues
:04:08. > :04:12.None of the allegations is true they've been saying about me.
:04:13. > :04:14.They said you were and Al-Qaeda operative.
:04:15. > :04:23.Prove anything that you said is true, prove it, prove it
:04:24. > :04:34.Finally back in the UK, Shaker Aamer met his four
:04:35. > :04:36.children, including a 14-year-old son he'd never seen,
:04:37. > :04:40.They look at me and, trying to know, who is this person?
:04:41. > :04:43.Through their eyes I feel like they are looking at a stranger.
:04:44. > :04:45.He's a stranger, too, to the British public.
:04:46. > :04:47.Many will inevitably view Shaker Aamer with suspicion,
:04:48. > :04:49.but he says he'll devote his freedom to
:04:50. > :04:57.campaigning for the final closure of Guantanamo Bay.
:04:58. > :05:01.And you can watch the full interview with Shaker Amer
:05:02. > :05:04.And you can watch the full interview with Shaker Aamer
:05:05. > :05:06.on the Victoria Derbyshire programme tomorrow morning from 9.15
:05:07. > :05:10.Votes are being cast in France in a second round of regional
:05:11. > :05:12.elections, after last week's first round saw a strong performance
:05:13. > :05:17.The party led by Marine le Pen is hoping to gain control
:05:18. > :05:20.for the first time of at least one French region.
:05:21. > :05:26.Lucy Williamson's report from Paris contains some flash photography.
:05:27. > :05:28.For Marine Le Pen, popularity has always been a double-edged sword
:05:29. > :05:36.and this second round of voting the toughest test.
:05:37. > :05:41.Often triggering a backlash from the supporters of this man,
:05:42. > :05:48.President Hollande's Socialist party has pulled out of some races
:05:49. > :05:53.Staff at this polling station in Paris said turnout was much
:05:54. > :05:56.higher than in the first round, a sign of the deep divisions opening
:05:57. > :05:59.Former governments didn't really reach their expectations.
:06:00. > :06:10.People today are looking for more extreme solutions.
:06:11. > :06:13.TRANSLATION: Marine Le Pen is going to win, I've been saying
:06:14. > :06:17.Maybe it'll make all those politicians stop and think.
:06:18. > :06:19.This election isn't only about regional power,
:06:20. > :06:27.With a presidential poll here just 18 months away, it's a chance to see
:06:28. > :06:30.it's a chance to see what place the far right now occupies
:06:31. > :06:36.In the first round of voting, the National Front were ahead
:06:37. > :06:39.in almost half of France's 13 regions.
:06:40. > :06:42.Winning even one would be a major coup.
:06:43. > :06:44.Their chances are seen as strongest in the north.
:06:45. > :06:51.Everybody says we want change, we want to see new people,
:06:52. > :06:53.we want to see different people, because the other one,
:06:54. > :07:05.If you look at what is new in the French political life,
:07:06. > :07:09.The Paris attacks also helped boost support for the FN.
:07:10. > :07:11.Others say it's their Nationalist policies they are afraid of.
:07:12. > :07:14.One month on from the attacks, France confronts its many
:07:15. > :07:23.The Energy and Climate Change Secretary Secretary Amber Rudd has
:07:24. > :07:25.been defending the government's decision to cut some subsidies
:07:26. > :07:28.She called last night's international agreement reached
:07:29. > :07:30.in Paris "an extraordinary achievement" - but admitted
:07:31. > :07:33.that the deal was "not perfect" - because parts of it are voluntary.
:07:34. > :08:11.Our correspondent Daniel Boettcher has more details.
:08:12. > :08:19.There is to be a review of progress every five years, so commitments can
:08:20. > :08:23.be made tougher. The long-term aim for in house gases is that emissions
:08:24. > :08:27.should peak as soon as possible, then the cut as soon as possible to
:08:28. > :08:32.a point where no more are omitted than nature can suck up. There
:08:33. > :08:36.should be the equivalent of ?65 billion a year to hop poorer
:08:37. > :08:41.countries as they adapt to climate change and get clean technology.
:08:42. > :08:44.It's less than someone did. Critics say the deal contains two little
:08:45. > :08:47.that is legally binding, including the commitment individual countries
:08:48. > :08:53.have made on how they will cut emissions. Amber Rudd, energy
:08:54. > :08:57.Secretary, defended the process. Do you want gunboat diplomacy? What we
:08:58. > :09:00.have is the political will, the countries have agreed to do this,
:09:01. > :09:04.they have to come forward with the proposals. What you saw at the
:09:05. > :09:08.conference over the past few weeks will support from several sired two,
:09:09. > :09:14.NGOs and from businesses, who will help to pay for this. The government
:09:15. > :09:18.said it would shut written's remaining coal-fired power stations
:09:19. > :09:24.by 2025, meaning more gas plants. It has been criticised for curbing
:09:25. > :09:27.subsidies for renewable energy and some believe the Paris deal will
:09:28. > :09:31.have to mean a fundamental rethink. The current policies fall far short
:09:32. > :09:35.of what we would need to do to match our commitments in Paris, week after
:09:36. > :09:39.not go ahead with the new gas-fired power stations, no development of
:09:40. > :09:43.shale gas and look to close down the oil and gas industry in the UK as
:09:44. > :09:47.soon as possible. All the pledges countries have made so far won't
:09:48. > :09:48.reach the targets the agreement set out. It means more tough
:09:49. > :09:51.negotiations ahead. Downing Street insists
:09:52. > :09:53.the Prime Minister will continue to push for EU migrants to have
:09:54. > :09:57.to wait four years before they can claim in-work benefits,
:09:58. > :09:59.when he attends a European David Cameron is facing criticism
:10:00. > :10:02.of his plans from both the right and the left - as our Political
:10:03. > :10:09.Correspondent Carole Walker reports. The Prime Minister has been touring
:10:10. > :10:11.European capitals ahead of this week's crucial summit
:10:12. > :10:14.to discuss his demands. Last week, Poland's prime minister
:10:15. > :10:16.was just the latest to object to his plan to limit
:10:17. > :10:19.benefits to EU migrants, saying they did not see eye
:10:20. > :10:22.to eye on the issue. But Eurosceptics in his party say
:10:23. > :10:25.Mr Cameron should be asking for much more, the return of significant
:10:26. > :10:33.powers from Brussels to Britain. If he doesn't come back with some
:10:34. > :10:39.increase in powers to govern ourselves, I fear I would,
:10:40. > :10:41.for the first time in my life, I voted to stay in in 1975,
:10:42. > :10:48.but I would vote to leave in those The Prime Minister set
:10:49. > :10:51.out his negotiating position in a letter last month
:10:52. > :10:53.to the president of the European Council,
:10:54. > :11:03.Donald Tusk. He wants more competitiveness,
:11:04. > :11:05.more protection from countries outside the Eurozone,
:11:06. > :11:07.an opt out from the commitment to ever closer union
:11:08. > :11:09.and restrictions on benefits for EU migrants, including
:11:10. > :11:12.the four-year delay before they can Downing Street insists
:11:13. > :11:15.that there is no change in the Prime Minister's
:11:16. > :11:17.position, that when he talks to other EU leaders
:11:18. > :11:24.over dinner at this week's Summit, he will press
:11:25. > :11:27.for the four-year limit on benefits But as he has said before,
:11:28. > :11:30.he is open to different ways of dealing with public concerns
:11:31. > :11:33.about the scale of migration One pro-European campaigner
:11:34. > :11:43.said he could get around the problem by imposing the same
:11:44. > :11:45.limits on British citizens. Most other European countries
:11:46. > :11:48.have a system where you contribute, so there is a contributory
:11:49. > :11:52.system to benefits. That was the original idea
:11:53. > :11:55.of the Labour government in 1945, This week's Summit will be critical
:11:56. > :12:02.for the Prime Minister if he is to keep his programme
:12:03. > :12:12.of negotiations on track. No one is expecting agreement this
:12:13. > :12:15.week, but David Cameron will be hoping for significant progress
:12:16. > :12:17.towards a deal which he can put In two days' time -
:12:18. > :12:21.the British astronaut Tim Peake will blast off from a base
:12:22. > :12:23.in Kazakhstan, bound At the launch site, final
:12:24. > :12:28.preparations are underway - and Tim Peake's parents have been
:12:29. > :12:32.speaking about their son's mission. This report from our
:12:33. > :12:33.Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh As dawn breaks, a Russian-built
:12:34. > :12:45.rocket emerges into the new day. It's the only vehicle that can be
:12:46. > :12:52.used to get to the Space Station. Here is the Soyuz
:12:53. > :12:55.rocket, making its way You can see the boosters
:12:56. > :13:03.and then the main engine, the second stage, which will give
:13:04. > :13:07.it its final push, and behind that is
:13:08. > :13:12.the spacecraft in white. This is where the astronauts
:13:13. > :13:15.will sit, and it's only this part that will reach the
:13:16. > :13:18.International Space Station. This week, Tim Peake and his fellow
:13:19. > :13:22.crew members took a look They wore caps so that they wouldn't
:13:23. > :13:30.leave any hair that would float around the capsule once
:13:31. > :13:35.they're in zero gravity. and bathed in the soft winter
:13:36. > :13:42.sunlight, among the crowds, Tim Peake's parents,
:13:43. > :13:45.who had made the long journey from his
:13:46. > :13:50.hometown in Chichester. Tim says he is not worried,
:13:51. > :13:53.but as his mum, how do you feel? We've had a lot of help and support
:13:54. > :13:58.from the European Space Agency, and they have taken us
:13:59. > :14:00.through every step, so I feel confident that we know
:14:01. > :14:04.what is happening, and I'm excited. He's happy, they are
:14:05. > :14:13.all together Immensely proud, and a bit overawed
:14:14. > :14:22.when you get here and see the scale Then, the rocket is pointed
:14:23. > :14:31.towards the skies. Tim has trained for this mission
:14:32. > :14:33.for the last few years, and he's joining an international
:14:34. > :14:37.crew, doing fantastically important science, but even more, we hope,
:14:38. > :14:39.inspiring the next generation of young people to be excited
:14:40. > :14:41.about the possibilities Engineers are now readying
:14:42. > :14:51.the rocket for launch, when the union flag will be
:14:52. > :15:03.on the International Space Station I'm at the headquarters of the
:15:04. > :15:08.Russian space agency here. Their engineers are making their final
:15:09. > :15:13.preparations for Tim Peake's historic mission. There's still a
:15:14. > :15:19.lot of work to do to get the rocket ready for refuelling and also
:15:20. > :15:20.preparations. But they are on schedule for launch in two days'
:15:21. > :15:24.time. With all the sport -
:15:25. > :15:36.here's Karthi Gnanasegaram Arsene Wenger described it as a
:15:37. > :15:40.perfect week as his side went top of the Premier League table after
:15:41. > :15:43.reaching the last 16 of the Champions League midweek. Arsenal
:15:44. > :15:48.2-0 winners over Aston Villa who remain stuck at the bottom. UCAS or
:15:49. > :15:52.in 15th place after beating Tottenham this evening while a late
:15:53. > :15:56.equaliser gave Liverpool a 2-2 draw with West Brom, Patrick Geary
:15:57. > :16:01.reports. For Arsenal, the summit was in sight, beat Aston Villa and they
:16:02. > :16:05.would climb top. It took a few minutes for Theo Walcott to find a
:16:06. > :16:09.suitable path. When he hit an obstacle he pleaded the case for the
:16:10. > :16:14.prosecution, the referee delivered his verdict. Penalty. Over to
:16:15. > :16:18.Olivier Giroud for sentencing. His fourth in five days. Villa already
:16:19. > :16:26.have the look of the condemned, short on points and hope, short on
:16:27. > :16:33.defenders here. Effortlessly by past by Arsenal. Arsenal's challenge was
:16:34. > :16:38.to stay at their peak. At Tottenham they were studying the table, the
:16:39. > :16:42.top four in reach for them. The first half-hour was best spent
:16:43. > :16:49.looking at your phone, but Spurs can light up with a flick, that flick
:16:50. > :16:52.Eric Dier. They began to find the necessary urgency, Newcastle, if not
:16:53. > :16:57.the accuracy. RBC said got his angles wrong. They kept asking
:16:58. > :17:07.questions, causing enough problems to equalise. -- Cisse. They weren't
:17:08. > :17:09.done, Spurs hadn't been beaten since the opening day but Newcastle
:17:10. > :17:14.created the slightest of openings and the biggest of goals. The
:17:15. > :17:18.Premier League's season of surprises springs another one.
:17:19. > :17:26.Celtic have a four point lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership
:17:27. > :17:30.after a 3-0 win over Saint Johnstone. Nadir Ciftci scored
:17:31. > :17:35.twice. Celtic have only lost one game so far this season. Anthony
:17:36. > :17:38.Joshua has become the British heavyweight boxing champion after
:17:39. > :17:43.knocking out Dillian Whyte in the seventh round at the O2 Arena in
:17:44. > :17:47.London. Josh made it 15 straight knockouts with a victory over
:17:48. > :17:50.Dillian Whyte last night. He turned professional after winning
:17:51. > :17:54.superheavyweight gold at the London Olympics. Saracens have maintained
:17:55. > :18:02.their unbeaten start to the European Champions Cup campaign. They beat
:18:03. > :18:06.their opponents 25-10. Saracens ran in six tries, this giving them the
:18:07. > :18:12.bonus point. Owen Farrell kicked 13 points. Wasps nine, Bath 15 at the
:18:13. > :18:17.moment at half-time in their European Champions Cup game. Chris
:18:18. > :18:24.and Gaby have become the first British pair to win the mixed
:18:25. > :18:25.doubles title at the world admittance super series in Dubai. --