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Tensions rise in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia executes 47 people | :00:00. | :00:08. | |
In the kingdom and beyond, there are protests after a prominent | :00:09. | :00:18. | |
Some British soldiers who served in Iraq from 2003 could face | :00:19. | :00:27. | |
prosecution for war crimes, including unlawful killing. | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
Parts of Scotland prepare for more flooding, as heavy rain moves in. | :00:31. | :00:34. | |
And England make a solid start to the Second Test | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
against South Africa, in Cape Town. | :00:39. | :00:58. | |
There's heightened tension across the Middle East tonight | :00:59. | :01:02. | |
after Saudi Arabia executed 47 people for terrorist offences, | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
including a high-profile Shia cleric. | :01:07. | :01:09. | |
Nimr Al-Nimr was involved in anti-government protests | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
during the Arab Spring and had criticised the rulers | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
His death has sparked an angry reaction in Shia majority countries, | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
including Iran, while the US State Department says his execution | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
risks exacerbating sectarian tensions. | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
Our Middle East correspondent Kevin Connolly has more. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
As news of the execution of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr spread, | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
protesters took to the streets in Saudi Arabia's Shia city | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
of Khatif, an act of defiance in a kingdom where public dissent | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
And Shia anger is spreading in the Middle East. | :01:47. | :01:55. | |
In neighbouring Bahrain, the protests were angry | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr was a leader of the Shia religious minority | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
in Saudi Arabia with the Royal Family see themselves | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
Rivalry between the two branches of the faith is ancient and it | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
dangerously divides the Middle East to this day. | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
As the Saudi authorities cracked down during the Arab Spring on Shia | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
attempts to bring pulls for political reform | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
into the kingdom itself, Sheikh Al-Nimr was arrested. | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
He had defied the Saudi authorities to prove their charge | :02:36. | :02:40. | |
that he was acting on behalf of Iran, the leader of Shia Islam | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
and regional rival for power to Saudi Arabia. | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
Tehran said Saudi Arabia supported extremism abroad while suppressing | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
And from the website of the country's Supreme Leader, | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
Ayatollah Khomeni, came this comparison between official | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
execution in Saudi Arabia and the murderous beheadings | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
This ancient faultline is a dangerous division | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
Sunni fighters are pitched against Shia in conflicts from Syria | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
TRANSLATION: I think Saudi Arabia made a big mistake when it executed | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
Al-Nimr as it will fuel existing sectarian violence in | :03:31. | :03:32. | |
Saudi Arabia's execution of Nimr Al-Nimr will deepen those | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
The BBC understands one of those executed in Saudi Arabia | :03:40. | :03:49. | |
was involved in the murder of freelance Irish cameraman, | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
Mr Cumbers had been on assignment working with the BBC's | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner who was seriously | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
Adel Al-Dhubaiti was originally sentenced to death in 2014 | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
for his role in several Al-Qaeda attacks. | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
Some British soldiers, who served in Iraq from 2003, | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
are being warned they could face prosecution for war crimes, | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
The head of a Ministry of Defence unit, which is looking | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
into allegations that some civilians were mistreated during the conflict, | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
says there'll be discussions with prosecutors about whether there | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Claims of mistreatment of Iraqis by British personnel have been rife | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
in the aftermath of the Iraq war, so much so the Government set up | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
a team to investigate historic allegations and today its head said | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
"There are serious allegations that we're investigating | :04:49. | :04:57. | |
which incorporates homicide, where I feel there's significant | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
evidence to be obtained to put a strong case before the Authority | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
This historic allegations team is costing a total of ?57 million | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
and is examining more than 1,000 cases. | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
It's not due to finish its work until the end of 2019. | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
Lawyers representing alleged victims say it's taking too long | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
They were established in 2010 and we're now at the beginning | :05:24. | :05:39. | |
of 2016 and there's not been a single prosecution as a result | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
So when we look at it like that, there isn't much to indicate that | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
we're going to get very far any time soon in terms | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
The Ministry of Defence says it takes all allegations of abuse | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
or unlawful killing very seriously, but the vast majority of those | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
in the armed forces conduct themselves professionally | :06:00. | :06:01. | |
Some have expressed frustration at continued claims against military | :06:02. | :06:09. | |
personnel and doubt over the sheer numbers. | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
The British Army has an incredibly effective disciplinary system, | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
chain of command, which makes sure this kind of thing does not happen | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
Occasionally, it will happen, but our system prevents | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
That's why I say that thousands of cases just couldn't happen. | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
Critics say fear of future prosecution could prevent soldiers | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
The Defence Secretary has criticised ambulance-chasing law firms. | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
Two previous public inquiries have already looked at claims against UK | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
Now, almost 13 years since the war there started, the military | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
is still having to confront this dark side of its involvement. | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
Increases in rail fares came into force today in England, | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
Scotland and Wales, with prices rising by an average of 1.1%. | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
That's the lowest increase since 2010, but campaigners say | :06:58. | :07:00. | |
the service is so poor in some places customers may be surprised | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
Happy new fare, rail users travelling today after recent | :07:06. | :07:13. | |
festivities and paying slightly more after the annual price hike. | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
It's the smallest increase in fares since 2010, | :07:17. | :07:20. | |
regulated tickets, which account for around half of those sold | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
and include season tickets, go up by the rate of inflation, 1%. | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
But some leisure fares can go up by more. | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
It's good that the railway now does go up broadly from revenues, | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
from ticket revenues, the day-to-day running cost | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
So what that means is that the money from Government is able to go | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
to investment, continuing to renew the infrastructure, | :07:47. | :07:48. | |
but also to deliver better and better improvements | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
in the capacity for passengers and freight users. | :07:53. | :07:54. | |
The rise means an annual season-ticket between Guildford | :07:55. | :07:57. | |
and London, which was ?3,400 last year, goes up by ?32. | :07:58. | :08:00. | |
One of the largest fare rises is on the Cheltenham Spa to London | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
route, going up by almost ?100 to ?9,800. | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
This year's increase has also pushed the price of a season-ticket over | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
the ?10,000 mark for the first time, for workers travelling | :08:14. | :08:18. | |
between Birmingham and London on Virgin Trains. | :08:19. | :08:22. | |
It the service was better then it would be more acceptable, | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
but we travel quite a lot on the train and it's the bain | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
of our lives them being incredibly expensive, especially | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
They do go up every year and it's hard to understand why all the time | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
because the service doesn't get any better. | :08:42. | :08:43. | |
I think they're a bargain, quite frankly. | :08:44. | :08:46. | |
I mean, it's easy to get about, either within the city or from city | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
to city, I wish we had the same thing in the United States. | :08:51. | :08:53. | |
1%, I guess, given overall growth in inflation doesn't seem that bad | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
The Government says it's done away with inflation-busting price rises | :08:57. | :09:04. | |
until 2020 and points to new stations and new carriages | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
But many commuters, preparing to pay more for their return to work | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
after the Christmas break, say that any price rises | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
Phillip Norton, BBC News at Paddington Station. | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
A hacking group that targets so-called Islamic State websites, | :09:20. | :09:23. | |
says it was behind the cyber-attack on the BBC this week.Many | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
of the Corporation's services were taken offline for several | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
A group calling itself New World Hacking, | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
In parts of Scotland, England and Wales, people | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
are bracing themselves for yet more flooding, | :09:43. | :09:45. | |
as another belt of wet weather moves in. | :09:46. | :09:47. | |
A warning of heavy rain has been issued for central | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
and North East Scotland until Monday night, along with dozens of flood | :09:52. | :09:54. | |
Ballater in Aberdeenshire was badly flooded over Christmas, | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
Catrina Renton is there for us tonight. | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
Are they preparing for the worst where you are? It's not the | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
intensity to have rain this time but its prolonged nature that is causing | :10:11. | :10:14. | |
concern with more rain falling on what is already saturated ground. | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
It's communities like this one here that were so badly hit by Storm | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
Frank earlier in the week that could be affected again. Around 200 homes | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
here were flooded on Wednesday into Thursday last week. So you can | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
imagine today there have been massive preparations, enormous | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
sandbags been put out around the town, almost waist height, the | :10:37. | :10:40. | |
sandbags, in the hope of minimising any damage that could happen this | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
time. Now, behind me, you can see where the efforts are being | :10:46. | :10:48. | |
coordinated this evening, between the emergency services, the council | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
and electric companies. They are preparing for the worst, but of | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
course, hoping for the best. Now, that Met Office amber be prepared | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
warning is in place until 9 o'clock on Monday evening and there are 22 | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
flood warnings in place from the Environment Agency across the | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
north-east of Scotland and Perthshire. So people here once | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
again bracing themselves for what the weather might throw at them this | :11:15. | :11:16. | |
time. Many thanks. Here is Olly Foster | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
with the day's sport. We'll start with cricket | :11:25. | :11:27. | |
because England have made a good start to the second Test | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
against South Africa in Cape Town. They are already 1-0 up in the four | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
match series and ended the first Ben Stokes will return to the crease | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
tomorrow morning on 74. In Cape Town, plenty of | :11:38. | :11:50. | |
awe-inspiring sites. South Africa once towering giants of the game, | :11:51. | :11:53. | |
but their peak it seems almost behind them. Little wonder 12,000 | :11:54. | :11:58. | |
England fans made the trip. The hosts still rated the world's best | :11:59. | :12:01. | |
but England here finding little to fear. | :12:02. | :12:05. | |
That was until Alastair Cook found an edge. Rabada, one of South | :12:06. | :12:11. | |
Africa's next generation. Having dismissed the England captain, | :12:12. | :12:16. | |
others were proving rather more sub born, this took Hales to a half | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
century. South Africa needed inspiration and it was Rabada once | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
again providing them with the lift. This time to see off Compton. That | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
was the ball before the tea break, this the ball after. | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
South Africa's new playing like South Africa of old. But like them, | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
it wasn't to last. Root on his way to 50, Stokes was going even | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
further. Test cricket's most picturesque venue, it was England | :12:44. | :12:45. | |
offering plenty to admire. There was only one draw in today's | :12:46. | :12:47. | |
eight Premier League matches. All the goals are coming up on Match | :12:48. | :12:49. | |
of the Day straight after the news, but if you want the results, | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
then here they come. Arsenal are two points clear | :12:54. | :12:55. | |
at the top of the table. Laurent Koscielny scored | :12:56. | :12:58. | |
the only goal in their win The Gunners had been level | :12:59. | :13:00. | |
on points with Leicester, but they slipped up | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
at home to Bournemouth. Manchester City are only three | :13:06. | :13:06. | |
points off the top after coming Goals from Yaya Toure | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
and Sergio Aguero inside the last 10 minutes secured a 2-1 | :13:11. | :13:15. | |
win at Vicarage Road. They had a penalty saved | :13:16. | :13:18. | |
against 10-man Bournemouth. Wayne Rooney scored | :13:19. | :13:25. | |
Manchester United's winner against Swansea, their first | :13:26. | :13:27. | |
victory in six weeks. In the relegation places, | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
Sunderland beat bottom club West Brom beat Stoke 2-1 in injury | :13:31. | :13:37. | |
time and Liverpool went down 2-0 An 89th minute goal | :13:38. | :13:43. | |
from Leigh Griffiths gave Celtic a 1-0 win over Partick to move three | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
points clear at the top In the Tayside Derby, | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
Dundee beat Dundee United 2-1 Nick Ross scored | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
the deflected winner. Dundee are up to seventh, | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
United are 11 points adrift Elsewhere, Inverness | :14:01. | :14:02. | |
beat Ross County. Saracens have stretched their lead | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
at the top of Rugby Union's They made it eight wins out of eight | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
this season with a 26-6 victory over They scored four tries, | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
three of them penalty tries, They are now sox points | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
clear of Exeter. There were also wins for Gloucester, | :14:27. | :14:35. | |
Newcastle and Sale today. In the Pro 12, Edinburgh completed | :14:36. | :14:37. | |
the double over Glasgow to move Phil Burleigh scored | :14:38. | :14:40. | |
the winning try. 14-11 the final score | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
at Murrayfield. A win that also saw them clinch | :14:45. | :14:46. | |
the 1872 Cup that the Scottish Adrian 'Jackpot' Lewis is the first | :14:47. | :14:49. | |
man through to the PDC World Championship darts final, | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
both semi-finals are being played It's the first to six sets | :14:54. | :14:56. | |
and though Barney, a former PDC Champion, fought back from 5-0 down, | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
Lewis came through 6-3. The defending champion, | :15:03. | :15:04. | |
Gary Anderson, takes on Jelle The rival BDO World Darts | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
Championship started today The women's tournament takes | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
place alongside the men's and the defending champion | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
Lisa Ashton, the Lancashire Rose, came through her first round match | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
against Paula Jacklin. You can see more on all of today's | :15:24. | :15:25. | |
stories on the BBC News Channel. Hello there. More wind and rain in | :15:26. | :15:56. | |
the next few days. The heaviest rain not where it's been for the past few | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
weeks. We have an amber rain warning from the Met Office but it's eastern | :16:02. | :16:05. | |
areas of Scotland, the rain really adding up in the next few days and | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
leading to some flooding. Low pressure bringing all the rain. | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
The rain continues in the north-east of England and in Scotland and it | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
will be replaced by a bigger area of low pressure from the Atlantic | :16:17. | :16:20. | |
bringing rain into the south-west overnight. There will be a gap in | :16:21. | :16:31. | |
the rain. We should turn more showery in the | :16:32. | :16:33. | |
afternoon tomorrow. A hint of sunshine for south-west England and | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
Wales. The showers could be heavy and thundery. It stays wet in the | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
afternoon across East Anglia and much of northern England. The rain | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
fall amounts not particularly high across Cumbria. Wet for most of the | :16:45. | :16:50. | |
day for Northern Ireland. Not much again for Northern Ireland and | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
Scotland. The rain continues to add up the | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
risk of flooding which is greater by Monday as it stays wet and windy in | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
eastern Scotland. Snow in the mountains, rain for north-east | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
England. Showery and brighter elsewhere, although a lot of heavy, | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
maybe thundery showers in South Wales and southern England. A very | :17:11. | :17:13. | |
unsettled picture over the week ahead. Lots of showers to begin the | :17:14. | :17:16. | |
week, persistent rain in the week, | :17:17. | :17:17. |