:00:23. > :00:25.Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have warned
:00:26. > :00:27.of a "shock" to the global economy if Britain leaves
:00:28. > :00:38.The warning came in a statement at the end of a G20 summit
:00:39. > :00:39.Here's our Political Correspondent, Iain Watson.
:00:40. > :00:44.George Osborne put a commitment to an EU
:00:45. > :00:47.referendum in the Conservative manifesto.
:00:48. > :00:51.But at a meeting of other finance ministers, in China,
:00:52. > :00:56.he said they agreed with him the idea of
:00:57. > :01:03.Britain leaving the EU was simply shocking.
:01:04. > :01:05.The financial leaders of the world's biggest countries
:01:06. > :01:09.They say that a British exit from the EU
:01:10. > :01:12.would be a shock to the world economy and if it's a shock
:01:13. > :01:13.to the world economy imagine what it would
:01:14. > :01:17.And he said don't just take his word for it.
:01:18. > :01:19.Listen to what those in charge of the world's
:01:20. > :01:22.Our view is that it's in the national security
:01:23. > :01:26.and economic security of the United Kingdom,
:01:27. > :01:30.of Europe, and of the United States for the United Kingdom to stay
:01:31. > :01:38.The Chancellor will undoubtedly think that his trip to the far east
:01:39. > :01:46.Because while he has been arguing that leaving the EU
:01:47. > :01:50.is an unnecessary risk to former Conservative leaders and a couple
:01:51. > :01:53.of previous occupants of number 11 Downing St say it's actually riskier
:01:54. > :01:58.So getting the backing of those who currently hold the purse strings
:01:59. > :02:00.of the biggest economies in the world could be a powerful
:02:01. > :02:07.weapon in the forthcoming referendum campaign.
:02:08. > :02:13.One of those former Conservative chancellors, Lord Lawson, told the
:02:14. > :02:18.BBC the notion that leaving the EU would cause an economic shock is
:02:19. > :02:23.absurd. And others who want Britain to go say sceptical voters in the UK
:02:24. > :02:26.won't be told what to do by those who run the global economy.
:02:27. > :02:28.This is mates helping each other out.
:02:29. > :02:30.Big banks, big business, big government, all
:02:31. > :02:33.I don't think that impresses voters, I think voters are realistic
:02:34. > :02:35.and we understand the world is changing
:02:36. > :02:45.Perfect is probably the Chancellor's verdict at this meeting of the top
:02:46. > :02:49.Time will tell whether global summits will prove more
:02:50. > :02:53.profitable for Britain than EU membership.
:02:54. > :02:56.The DJ Tony Blackburn, who was sacked by the BBC this week,
:02:57. > :02:59.claims he was offered the chance to resign -
:03:00. > :03:05.He says he turned down the offer because he had nothing to hide.
:03:06. > :03:07.According to the BBC, it sacked Tony Blackburn
:03:08. > :03:09.because the evidence he gave to an inquiry into sexual abuse
:03:10. > :03:12.at the corporation fell short of the standards required.
:03:13. > :03:13.Mr Blackburn strenuously denies any wrong-doing.
:03:14. > :03:28.48 hours after his sacking by the BBC, Tony Blackburn has given his
:03:29. > :03:33.first broadcast interview setting out his version of events, both at
:03:34. > :03:38.Dame Janet Smith's inquiry and at the time of allegations against him
:03:39. > :03:42.in 1971. Welcome to the Tony Blackburn show this morning. Dame
:03:43. > :03:46.Janet's report concluded Mr Blackburn had been questioned by the
:03:47. > :03:50.BBC about a complaint made against him by a teenage girl. Mr Blackburn
:03:51. > :03:54.has consistently denied the allegations which were later
:03:55. > :03:59.withdrawn, he insists there was no meeting at that time with BBC
:04:00. > :04:05.executives. I can only say that I told the truth. Now, it's, I
:04:06. > :04:09.suppose, my word against a judge, I have no idea. You go in there in
:04:10. > :04:15.front of lawyers and things like that, I was by myself, I told the
:04:16. > :04:19.truth. The BBC's Director General, Lord Hall, says Mr Blackburn's
:04:20. > :04:25.evidence to Dame Janet's inquiry fell short of the standards
:04:26. > :04:28.required. When we're having and inquiry that we want to be open and
:04:29. > :04:31.to lead to proper conclusion is that people and the organisation can
:04:32. > :04:36.learn from, it's really important everybody behaves in a proper way
:04:37. > :04:39.and she finds he did not. In the interview to be broadcast tomorrow
:04:40. > :04:43.Mr Blackburn claimed he was only sacked after he refused to leave
:04:44. > :04:50.voluntarily. They gave me the chance to resign, saying that way you don't
:04:51. > :04:53.actually cut off all ties from the BBC and we could probably bring you
:04:54. > :04:57.back in a few months. I don't think people knew that. I said no, I
:04:58. > :05:04.wouldn't do that, because I've got nothing to hide. If it's true that,
:05:05. > :05:07.in fact he was offered a deal and, according to him, if he resigned
:05:08. > :05:12.would then be allowed back into the BBC at a later stage, Tony Hall's
:05:13. > :05:17.very firm line starts to look a bit fuzzy. In a statement, the BBC said
:05:18. > :05:23.the corporation and Mr Blackburn disagreed on a range of issues. The
:05:24. > :05:27.BBC's position had not changed and since the matter was now potentially
:05:28. > :05:28.subject to a legal process, the corporation had nothing to add at
:05:29. > :05:32.this stage. The family of two sisters
:05:33. > :05:35.from Sheffield who died in Vietnam yesterday have been
:05:36. > :05:36.paying tribute to them. 25 year old Beth Anderson and 19
:05:37. > :05:42.year-old Izzy Squire both died at the Dah-tan-lah
:05:43. > :05:44.waterfalls, along with It remains unclear exactly how
:05:45. > :05:50.the three British holidaymakers died, but it has been claimed
:05:51. > :05:55.that they were not Thousands of people
:05:56. > :06:00.opposed to the renewal of the multibillion-pound Trident
:06:01. > :06:02.nuclear system have been Anti-nuclear protesters
:06:03. > :06:06.from across the UK were joined by the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn,
:06:07. > :06:16.the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and the Plaid Cymru
:06:17. > :06:19.leader Leanne Wood. The first halt to the fighting
:06:20. > :06:22.in Syria for five years appears 97 groups signed up
:06:23. > :06:26.to the two-week ceasefire - but there have been reports of some
:06:27. > :06:29.sporadic clashes and a car bombing. Our correspondent
:06:30. > :06:30.Mark Lowen is close to the Turkey-Syria border -
:06:31. > :06:43.and we can go live to him now. It's taken 270,000 deaths, in 11
:06:44. > :06:48.million people driven from their homes, but finally a temporary
:06:49. > :06:51.ceasefire that appears, for now, to be holding. There's been some
:06:52. > :06:57.incidents but no major breach so far. Perhaps a hint of light. In a
:06:58. > :06:58.war that has drawn in so many different sides, nobody is holding
:06:59. > :07:04.their breath. This is what five years
:07:05. > :07:07.of hell has done to Syria. Homs, once a historical
:07:08. > :07:10.jewel, now a ghost town. As the ceasefire came into effect,
:07:11. > :07:13.a rare moment to breathe and play, There have been some
:07:14. > :07:21.incidents today, this car bomb near Hama blamed
:07:22. > :07:23.on the Islamic State Other clashes were
:07:24. > :07:28.sporadic, so on the streets We don't believe the Assad regime
:07:29. > :07:44.will stop attacks for two weeks, We've had so many disappointments
:07:45. > :07:48.from them in the past. We all wish for the best, he says,
:07:49. > :07:51.and that national unity Everybody was waiting
:07:52. > :07:53.for the ceasefire. Today the streets are busy
:07:54. > :07:55.and people are relieved. The truce doesn't
:07:56. > :07:57.apply to the Al-Qaeda linked Nusra front,
:07:58. > :07:59.or Islamic State, these pictures showing another recent
:08:00. > :08:00.strike by coalition But if the other side cease fire,
:08:01. > :08:05.aid deliveries will start and new peace talks
:08:06. > :08:07.should begin on the We're not under any illusions,
:08:08. > :08:10.there are plenty of reasons Even under the best
:08:11. > :08:13.of circumstances, the violence But everyone knows
:08:14. > :08:26.what needs to happen. All parties must end
:08:27. > :08:28.attacks, including aerial Humanitarian aid must be allowed
:08:29. > :08:33.to reach Kerry is under Humanitarian aid must be allowed
:08:34. > :08:35.to reach areas under In Talabiad, near the Turkish
:08:36. > :08:39.border, IS continued its advance today against the Kurdish militia,
:08:40. > :08:42.a reminder that this war has so many Five years of war have
:08:43. > :08:47.crushed that, but at least there is relief from the daily
:08:48. > :08:50.barrage of bombing. And hope that this might provide
:08:51. > :08:52.a window of opportunity for all the players to come
:08:53. > :08:55.together around the table Even if the ceasefire holds,
:08:56. > :09:01.there are still no long-term plans for how to end this war and how
:09:02. > :09:04.a broken country can In the Six Nations this afternoon
:09:05. > :09:14.Scotland beat Italy in Rome to record their first win
:09:15. > :09:17.in the tournament since 2014. They scored three tries
:09:18. > :09:19.to the Italians two, including this one from
:09:20. > :09:22.Tommy Seymour to seal the win by 36 In the afternoon's late kick off
:09:23. > :09:29.England coach Eddie Jones is in charge for his first match
:09:30. > :09:31.at Twickenham as his The latest score there
:09:32. > :09:38.is 6-3 to England. We're back with
:09:39. > :09:41.the late News at Ten.