:00:09. > :00:14.calls for calm. At least 25 people have been killed in the past 24
:00:15. > :00:23.hours in the capital Kiev - and the violence has spread to other towns
:00:24. > :00:25.and cities. We'll have the latest from Kiev.
:00:26. > :00:28.Also this lunchtime: The News of the World hacking trial hears how Tony
:00:29. > :00:31.Blair advised former editor Rebekah Brooks how to handle the developing
:00:32. > :00:35.scandal - just days before her arrest.
:00:36. > :00:40.Unemployment falls again - this time by 125,000 - as average wages
:00:41. > :00:43.continue to rise. French police seize weapons from the
:00:44. > :00:48.home of a man arrested in connection with the murders of a British family
:00:49. > :00:51.in the Alps. And drama in Sochi as Britain's
:00:52. > :00:53.women curlers take on the favourites, Canada, in the
:00:54. > :00:57.semifinal. Later on BBC London: A coroner urges
:00:58. > :01:00.the Government to take action on web safety after a teenager took her own
:01:01. > :01:03.life. And anything but normal - as flood
:01:04. > :01:24.waters continue to drop in Surrey, some families return home.
:01:25. > :01:30.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One. The smoke is still
:01:31. > :01:33.rising from Independence Square in the Ukranian capital, Kiev, as
:01:34. > :01:36.violent clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters
:01:37. > :01:39.continue. At least 25 people were killed and hundreds more injured
:01:40. > :01:44.were injured yesterday as the police tried to clear the square. The
:01:45. > :01:47.Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, has blamed opposition
:01:48. > :01:51.leaders for the latest fighting - and accused the protestors of having
:01:52. > :01:54.crossed the line. Violence has spread from the capital to other
:01:55. > :02:03.towns and cities. Our correspondent Duncan Crawford has the latest from
:02:04. > :02:07.Kiev: The bloodiest 24 hours since Ukraine
:02:08. > :02:14.deigned independence from the Soviet Union. Protesters threw fireworks
:02:15. > :02:17.and petrol bombs at police in Independence Square. They responded
:02:18. > :02:21.with rubber bullets and stun grenades. What has been the focal
:02:22. > :02:25.point of largely peaceful demonstrations the weeks became a
:02:26. > :02:30.battle zone. An armoured vehicle burst into flames as fires raged
:02:31. > :02:38.amid the chaos. The clashes went on for hours with both sides claiming
:02:39. > :02:43.the other used to live ammunition. TRANSLATION: There is no justice
:02:44. > :02:49.here. Today's government, protecting itself using force, must serve its
:02:50. > :02:59.people and not the oligarchs. This is the last war. This is the last
:03:00. > :03:05.chance for us. If not, everything will be broken. The death toll has
:03:06. > :03:10.continued to rise, with protesters and police killed in the violence.
:03:11. > :03:12.Hundreds have been injured. President Yanukovych firmly blamed
:03:13. > :03:19.the opposition for what has happened. TRANSLATION: I am again
:03:20. > :03:23.calling for opposition leaders, who claim to want a peaceful resolution,
:03:24. > :03:27.to immediately separate themselves from the radical forces that promote
:03:28. > :03:33.bloodshed is and clashes with security services. Overnight talks
:03:34. > :03:38.between the president and opposition leaders failed to reach a deal. The
:03:39. > :03:48.Occidental politician, called for compromise. -- Vitali Klitschko, the
:03:49. > :03:54.boxer turned politician, called for compromise. The protests began three
:03:55. > :03:57.months ago after President Yanukovych rejected a trade deal
:03:58. > :04:02.with the EU in favour of closer ties with Russia. Since then, the
:04:03. > :04:07.protests have developed into a direct challenge to the government.
:04:08. > :04:12.Sporadic clashes are still taking place. The situation is extremely
:04:13. > :04:19.tense. This whole area had been under the control of the protest is
:04:20. > :04:23.but they don't control it any more. -- the protesters. The protests have
:04:24. > :04:27.spread to other regions of the country. In this western city,
:04:28. > :04:33.protesters seized government buildings. The Pope has called for
:04:34. > :04:37.an end to the violence, which Russia has blamed on the opposition. EU
:04:38. > :04:42.leaders are set to discuss possible sanctions against the government.
:04:43. > :04:47.Ukraine is increasingly polarised. Today the violence continued. It
:04:48. > :04:54.isn't clear what, if anything, can calmly under on the streets.
:04:55. > :04:57.Duncan is in Kiev for us now. As the violence continues, the protests
:04:58. > :05:04.spread. It's difficult to see how this is going to end. Very difficult
:05:05. > :05:08.indeed. No sign of a resolution at the moment. Opposition leaders met
:05:09. > :05:13.with President Yanukovych overnight but no deal was made. Because of the
:05:14. > :05:17.anger and distrust on both sides, it's really hard to see how they
:05:18. > :05:23.will be able to reach a compromise. The protest is' core demand remains
:05:24. > :05:27.for President Yanukovych to stand down. They blame him and the
:05:28. > :05:33.government for the violence on the streets. There is no sign that the
:05:34. > :05:39.president will quit. The government blamed the violence on the
:05:40. > :05:45.protesters themselves, who they claim are articles. There have been
:05:46. > :05:49.more clashes in the last few minutes in Independence Square with
:05:50. > :05:54.protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs at the riot police. The
:05:55. > :06:00.riot police responded with water cannons and stun grenades. Outside
:06:01. > :06:06.this central square, Kiev is largely going along as normal. The city is
:06:07. > :06:12.functioning but the Metro is not running. It has been shut down. Some
:06:13. > :06:15.of the roads leading into the city have roadblocks where police are
:06:16. > :06:19.stopping cars trying to come into the city and checking them. So the
:06:20. > :06:26.situation is still tense and there is a very real prospect of more
:06:27. > :06:29.violence over the next 24 hours. Our Europe correspondent Matthew Price
:06:30. > :06:36.is in Brussels. There is talk of sanctions from the EU. Indeed. The
:06:37. > :06:39.EU has felt it has been heavily involved in trying to bring about a
:06:40. > :06:44.resolution to this crisis over the last few months. It has had the
:06:45. > :06:50.manse and senior officials shuttling back and forth between European
:06:51. > :06:55.capitals and Kiev, yet to no effect. The deaths of the last 24 hours have
:06:56. > :07:01.galvanised opinion certainly among some of the member states of the
:07:02. > :07:05.European Union. France, Poland and Sweden among others are calling for
:07:06. > :07:11.sanctions to be targeted and put in place at an emergency meeting of EU
:07:12. > :07:14.Foreign Minister is here in Brussels tomorrow, which will include
:07:15. > :07:19.Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague. They say the sanctions should
:07:20. > :07:24.be targeted against individuals who are deemed to have been complicit in
:07:25. > :07:27.provoking this violence. But it is clear though is a Sanchez would have
:07:28. > :07:30.to be put in place against, for example, President Yanukovych, his
:07:31. > :07:35.inner circle and members of the government. It would be very hard to
:07:36. > :07:47.put in place sanctions against the ragtag band of Howard Clark --
:07:48. > :07:50.hard-core opposition rebels. As countries like Belarus and Zimbabwe
:07:51. > :07:55.show, you can have sanctions in place for many years and it doesn't
:07:56. > :07:59.have an impact on the ruling elite. Secondly, if sanctions are imposed,
:08:00. > :08:07.there will be many people in Ukraine who then say, "Right, that's it.
:08:08. > :08:10.Brussels is no longer a neutral observer but is picking sides",
:08:11. > :08:15.which will make it very difficult for the EU to maintain the sort of
:08:16. > :08:19.lines of communication it believes it needs with President
:08:20. > :08:22.Yanukovych's government. There's much more on this story on
:08:23. > :08:31.our website, of course. Go to bbc.co.uk/news for all the latest
:08:32. > :08:35.developments. The number of people out of work in
:08:36. > :08:38.the UK has fallen again. Figures for the last three months of 2013 show
:08:39. > :08:40.that the jobless total fell by 125,000 to 2.34 million. The number
:08:41. > :08:45.claiming job-seeker's allowance fell for the 15th month in a row. And
:08:46. > :08:49.those in work appear to be earning more - average wages were up by just
:08:50. > :08:56.over 1%. Our chief economics correspondent, Hugh Pym, has the
:08:57. > :09:01.details. It is a brighter picture in the jobs
:09:02. > :09:04.market. Economic growth means more work, including here, where the
:09:05. > :09:10.holiday business CenterParcs is building a new site. That's created
:09:11. > :09:17.openings for 1500 staff. They've had 11,000 applications. It's looking
:09:18. > :09:21.like 40% of these jobs will be filled by young people, 16 to 24.
:09:22. > :09:25.They are people coming out of college, out of school, even off the
:09:26. > :09:30.unemployment register. Youth unemployment nationally has fallen
:09:31. > :09:35.and the young recruits here are glad of the opportunity of permanent
:09:36. > :09:40.work. I've found getting a full-time job very difficult. I was looking
:09:41. > :09:45.everywhere - newspapers, online - struggling to find anything. It was
:09:46. > :09:50.quite a relief when I found CenterParcs. Ministers were quick to
:09:51. > :09:56.welcome the news that the jobless total in the economy was falling.
:09:57. > :10:00.Our economic plan is working. We have more people in work in this
:10:01. > :10:03.country than ever before. The worst thing for the country would be to
:10:04. > :10:07.step away from the plan that has got us this novel stop we need to keep
:10:08. > :10:12.working very, very hard to make sure that the economy continues to gather
:10:13. > :10:15.strength. Labour said the news was welcome but said there was still a
:10:16. > :10:18.long way to go to tackle youth unemployment. There are still one in
:10:19. > :10:23.five young people out of work, which is a huge waste of talent and a huge
:10:24. > :10:26.waste of taxpayer and the wider economy because we're paying out
:10:27. > :10:31.money in benefits and not getting the tax revenue they would be paying
:10:32. > :10:34.in jobs. We've learned more today about what people in work are being
:10:35. > :10:38.paid at a time of intense debate about the squeeze on household
:10:39. > :10:43.budgets. Figures show average pay rises across the economy have picked
:10:44. > :10:48.up a bit. The figures showed the inflation rate had fallen to 1.9%.
:10:49. > :10:55.Wage growth, excluding bonuses, has moved up to 1%. But while public
:10:56. > :10:59.sector workers were just 0.2% higher, there was a 1.5% increase in
:11:00. > :11:05.the private sector. So still a little way to go for workers' wages
:11:06. > :11:11.to catch up with price-wise is -- price rises and in some parts of the
:11:12. > :11:18.UK, including Northern Ireland, there was a slight increase.
:11:19. > :11:22.Our chief political correspondent, Norman Smith, is at Westminster.
:11:23. > :11:26.Good news for the government. On the face of it, these figures are manna
:11:27. > :11:31.from heaven for ministers if it were not for this. Time. The timing of
:11:32. > :11:37.this recovery is absolutely critical. How fast does it better
:11:38. > :11:43.in? There's no doubt it's taking place. You look at the employment
:11:44. > :11:46.figures - all good news. Unemployment down, youth
:11:47. > :11:51.unemployment down, more people in full-time work, more women in work.
:11:52. > :11:56.The question is, how soon can people feel better off and, critically, how
:11:57. > :12:01.soon does their pay catch up with, and overtake, prices? Prices are
:12:02. > :12:06.coming down, pay is gradually inching up. The government wants
:12:07. > :12:09.them to cross over well ahead of the next election so they can try and
:12:10. > :12:13.engender a feel-good factor. Labour say it won't make a blind bit of
:12:14. > :12:17.difference and people will still be ?600 worse off by the next election
:12:18. > :12:22.but, for ministers, it's not just the fact a recovery is taking place
:12:23. > :12:27.- what is absolutely vital is the pace and the timing of the recovery.
:12:28. > :12:30.The jury in the phone-hacking trial has heard that Tony Blair gave
:12:31. > :12:39.advice to Rebekah Brooks six days before her arrest about how to
:12:40. > :12:42.handle the developing scandal. -- Tony Blair allegedly gave advice.
:12:43. > :12:44.The former Chief Executive of News International is one of seven
:12:45. > :12:47.defendants on trial and faces three charges, including conspiracy to
:12:48. > :12:49.hack phones. She denies all the charges against her. Our home
:12:50. > :12:54.affairs correspondent Matt Prodger is at the Old Bailey. Tell us more
:12:55. > :12:58.about this e-mail. This came on the final day of the
:12:59. > :13:03.prosecution case. We're at the halfway point in the trial and
:13:04. > :13:07.evidence of advice given by former Prime Minister Tony Blair to Rebekah
:13:08. > :13:12.Brooks today. Sometime after Miss Brooks arrived at court today, the
:13:13. > :13:17.jury was presented with an e-mail thread between herself and her then
:13:18. > :13:23.boss James Murdoch, sun of Rupert Murdoch. In one of those e-mails she
:13:24. > :13:30.says, "I had an hour on the phone to Tony Blair. "
:13:31. > :13:37.You may remember that the Hutton report was the official inquiry into
:13:38. > :13:40.the death of the government scientist David Kelly and it
:13:41. > :13:43.exonerated Tony Blair and other officials of involvement in the
:13:44. > :13:50.so-called dodgy dossier of evidence about Iraq's weapons of mass
:13:51. > :13:59.structure. In the e-mail chain, Rebekah Brooks went on to say...
:14:00. > :14:10.KR M is Rupert Murdoch. This e-mail chain was in July 2011 at the height
:14:11. > :14:16.of the media storm over allegations of phone hacking. It was sent just
:14:17. > :14:19.after the News of the World had closed and just a few days before
:14:20. > :14:26.Rebekah Brooks resigned and then was arrested. Her defence case is
:14:27. > :14:31.expected to begin tomorrow. She denies charges including conspiracy
:14:32. > :14:33.to hack voice mails, conspiracy to bribe public officials and
:14:34. > :14:40.conspiracy to perverting the course of justice.
:14:41. > :14:44.The parents of a six-day old baby girl thought to have been killed by
:14:45. > :14:48.the family dog so they will cherish the little time they had with her.
:14:49. > :14:52.The family have released this photograph of the baby, who died
:14:53. > :14:55.yesterday, and said losing her like this had cast the most horrible
:14:56. > :15:00.shadow over all of them. Police have yet to confirm the cause of her
:15:01. > :15:04.death. French police say they have seized a
:15:05. > :15:07.number of weapons at the home of a man arrested yesterday in connection
:15:08. > :15:10.with the murder of a British family in the French Alps. He's believed to
:15:11. > :15:13.be a former policeman. Saad al-Hilli was shot dead along with his wife
:15:14. > :15:19.and mother in-law near Annecy in September 2012. A French cyclist was
:15:20. > :15:28.also killed. Our correspondent Imogen Foulkes is in Annecy. As you
:15:29. > :15:32.have said, it has been confirmed that it was a former policeman who
:15:33. > :15:36.has been arrested. His mobile phone putting close to the murder scene at
:15:37. > :15:40.the time the crime was committed. But whether his arrest will lead to
:15:41. > :15:44.charges being brought, or whether it is just for questioning, the police
:15:45. > :15:51.press conference is still going on and we are waiting to find out. It
:15:52. > :15:55.is a deeply mysterious case which has baffled investigators across
:15:56. > :16:00.Europe. A family gunned down in broad daylight in a popular tourist
:16:01. > :16:04.spot. The two young daughters survived, but have been unable to
:16:05. > :16:08.tell the police anything. A year and a half has gone by, and the
:16:09. > :16:13.investigation has made little progress since the date Saad
:16:14. > :16:17.al-Hilli, his wife, his mother-in-law and a passing cyclist
:16:18. > :16:24.were shot dead. Police focused on a bitter row between Saad al-Hilli and
:16:25. > :16:31.his brother, who was arrested and later bailed over money. Zaid has
:16:32. > :16:37.always denied involvement in his death. Then, this week,
:16:38. > :16:40.breakthrough. Based on this artist's impression of a
:16:41. > :16:47.motorcyclist seen fleeing the scene, French police have arrested a
:16:48. > :16:51.local man, aged 48, believed to be a former policeman and gun enthusiast,
:16:52. > :16:56.his house has been searched and weapons confiscated. French police
:16:57. > :17:01.are pointing out that this arrest is not necessarily mean charges will be
:17:02. > :17:04.brought. Under French law, the arrest was necessary to question the
:17:05. > :17:09.suspect. The police have also indicated that more arrests might be
:17:10. > :17:14.expected. One big question about the investigation remains, have the
:17:15. > :17:17.police now ruled out that key earlier line of enquiry, the dispute
:17:18. > :17:27.between the brothers over money. Some very interesting details coming
:17:28. > :17:32.out of that press conference. While we have been on air, in fact. One
:17:33. > :17:35.thing that the police are stressing right at the start is the
:17:36. > :17:38.presumption of innocence and they have said that this case has not
:17:39. > :17:42.been cleared up yet. They have confirmed that they found a number
:17:43. > :17:50.of weapons at the home of the man who has been arrested, but they did
:17:51. > :17:55.not find the gun used to commit the crime. So I think, and the press
:17:56. > :17:58.conferences door going on, there will be more details to follow and
:17:59. > :18:03.we will keep you updated, but the moment this mystery not subject --
:18:04. > :18:09.and the press conference is still going on. The time is 1:18pm. Our
:18:10. > :18:13.top story this lunchtime: There are global calls for calm as at least 26
:18:14. > :18:15.people are killed in violent clashes between police and anti-government
:18:16. > :18:19.protestors in Ukraine. Hundreds more were injured. And still to come:
:18:20. > :18:24.Prince Charles shows off some potentially dangerous dance moves in
:18:25. > :18:29.Saudi Arabia. Later on BBC London: accused of financial mismanagement,
:18:30. > :18:33.the Luton College who claimed more than ?1 million the students they
:18:34. > :18:36.couldn't prove they had. And we speak to London Grammar, who
:18:37. > :18:42.are crossing their fingers ahead of tonight's BRIT Awards.
:18:43. > :18:51.For the past 47 days, the village of Hambledon in Hampshire has been
:18:52. > :18:54.under water. The heavy rain in recent weeks led to serious ground
:18:55. > :18:57.water flooding and the village has been virtually cut off. River levels
:18:58. > :18:59.may be slowly falling but the Environment Agency says ground water
:19:00. > :19:01.flooding remains a concern particularly in Berkshire,
:19:02. > :19:05.Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent and parts of London. And ground water
:19:06. > :19:08.flooding could continue to cause problems for weeks. Duncan Kennedy
:19:09. > :19:20.is in Hambledon. Sophie, the 4th of January is a day
:19:21. > :19:24.they went to get around these parts any time soon, because it was the
:19:25. > :19:29.day these waters came, and as you say, they have not disappeared
:19:30. > :19:32.since. 47 days of this. In all of these homes and streets, and it
:19:33. > :19:35.hasn't gone away since. In many ways, it's not like the other
:19:36. > :19:39.flooding we have covered in the past few weeks. It's not the rivers
:19:40. > :19:42.coming over banks, this is ground water, coming up from underneath
:19:43. > :19:46.because the chalk below this is saturated and it has nowhere to go.
:19:47. > :19:54.And you know what, it's just as devastating. Pumps, pumps, pumps.
:19:55. > :19:59.Hambledon has become the home of pumps in the scramble to drain this
:20:00. > :20:03.water. They are everywhere as it spews up from the ground. The chalk
:20:04. > :20:12.below their feet is unable to absorb any more. We have a phone cable runs
:20:13. > :20:16.out here. At Clint's home there is a cellar design to take it but it's
:20:17. > :20:22.already brimming over. That is the water table. It is coming in the
:20:23. > :20:26.same rate as we are pumping it out. The main street has been gushing
:20:27. > :20:32.like this now for 47 days. The water cannot drain away. Down the road is
:20:33. > :20:39.Ina Cleves, 102 years old, born in this very house, and now also seeing
:20:40. > :20:52.the waters rise. Do you ever think you might move out to escape the
:20:53. > :21:01.floods? No. I just go upstairs. -- Elna Cleeves. I go upstairs when I
:21:02. > :21:03.want to go out. The village has its own control centre run by the
:21:04. > :21:08.residents. They know that the ground here is acting like a sponge. When a
:21:09. > :21:11.sponge is saturated and takes no more water, it flows into the
:21:12. > :21:16.village, so all the roads in the village are currently rivers. And
:21:17. > :21:24.currently no end in sight? None at all. The Prime Minister today
:21:25. > :21:28.visited flood areas of Wales and alarmist -- promised flood victims
:21:29. > :21:32.would be exempt from council tax. What people want to know is that
:21:33. > :21:35.there is a vast national effort, and at the heart is the British
:21:36. > :21:40.government bringing together all of our natural resources, which is why
:21:41. > :21:43.we have the biggest pumping exercise happening in Somerset, that's why we
:21:44. > :21:48.brought the military to bear with thousands of troops helping out in
:21:49. > :21:51.our communities. Back in Hambledon they are proud to be known as the
:21:52. > :21:56.cradle of cricket. It's been in the village since the 1750s. But rain
:21:57. > :22:01.really has stopped play on a community wicket that is beyond
:22:02. > :22:04.sticky. As you can see, there's still plenty of it running through
:22:05. > :22:08.the streets of Hambledon. It's going to be here for weeks to come because
:22:09. > :22:12.it has nowhere else to go. And although David Cameron is promising
:22:13. > :22:16.council taxpayers there will be relief for those in flooded homes,
:22:17. > :22:20.people in these parts are saying they need investment, in a big pipe
:22:21. > :22:23.that will take the ground water away. But they tell us they don't
:22:24. > :22:24.expect the government to cough up the ?3 million they need here any
:22:25. > :22:30.time soon. The High Court has rejected a claim
:22:31. > :22:33.by David Miranda, the partner of a former Guardian journalist, that he
:22:34. > :22:37.was detained unlawfully when he was held for nine hours at Heathrow
:22:38. > :22:39.Airport. Mr Miranda had been carrying documents leaked by the US
:22:40. > :22:42.intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, when he was questioned
:22:43. > :22:44.under anti-terrorist laws in August last year. Our Home Affairs
:22:45. > :22:56.Correspondent June Kelly reports. David Miranda, arriving back home in
:22:57. > :23:00.Brazil last summer, after a stopover in London where he was detained
:23:01. > :23:05.under terrorism legislation and had his laptop and other electronic kit
:23:06. > :23:12.confiscated. The sensitive material he was carrying was destined for his
:23:13. > :23:20.partner, the journalist, Glenn Greenwald. At the root of the case
:23:21. > :23:25.is a row over precious freedom and secretive tactics of the NSA, and
:23:26. > :23:29.its British counterpart, GCHQ. The former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
:23:30. > :23:35.had leaked thousands of confidential files to Glenn who was working for
:23:36. > :23:39.the Guardian. So when his partner David Aranda came through Heathrow,
:23:40. > :23:44.with it, it is said, 58,000 secret documents, the police used terrorism
:23:45. > :23:48.powers to stop him -- David Miranda. He challenged the detention
:23:49. > :23:53.saying it was unlawful, but today the court came down in favour of the
:23:54. > :23:57.government and the police. We believe he was carrying highly
:23:58. > :23:59.classified documents. Of those had reached the public domain, we
:24:00. > :24:03.believe it would have been very damaging to national security, and
:24:04. > :24:08.indeed that people 's lives will be put in danger. Today's court ruling
:24:09. > :24:13.said the case involved the striking a balance between two aspects of the
:24:14. > :24:17.public interest: Press freedom itself on one hand, and on the
:24:18. > :24:21.other, whatever is sort to justify the interference: Here, national
:24:22. > :24:26.security. On the facts of this case, the balance is plainly in the
:24:27. > :24:30.favour of the latter. Last summer, as the Guardian began publishing
:24:31. > :24:33.details of the leaked intelligence documents, the paper described how
:24:34. > :24:36.it had come under government pressure to hand them over. Soon
:24:37. > :24:45.after, the police moved in on David Miranda. We understand, anecdotally,
:24:46. > :24:49.the journalists are changing travel plans to avoid UK airports and
:24:50. > :24:52.ports. Their sources, their material, and the confidential way
:24:53. > :24:58.in which they operate is potentially at grave risk. A sentiment echoed in
:24:59. > :25:01.a statement from David Miranda himself, who said he would be
:25:02. > :25:09.appealing against today's court ruling.
:25:10. > :25:14.Prince Charles has been showing off his dancing skills while on a tour
:25:15. > :25:16.of the Middle East. He joined members of Saudi Arabia's royal
:25:17. > :25:21.family in a traditional sword dance as part of a festival of culture in
:25:22. > :25:22.Riyadh. Jon Brain reports. The things one has to do for mother and
:25:23. > :25:30.country. Yes, this is the heir to the throne,
:25:31. > :25:37.throwing some shapes on an unfamiliar dance floor. Dressed in
:25:38. > :25:42.traditional robes, Prince Charles joined members of the Saudi royal
:25:43. > :25:51.family for the sword dance. They appreciated his efforts.
:25:52. > :25:58.The dance features hundreds of men and boys dancing and singing in
:25:59. > :26:03.formation. This one in Riyadh was to celebrate all aspects of the Saudi
:26:04. > :26:08.life. The Princes on his 10th visit to Saudi Arabia, and officials said
:26:09. > :26:15.he is here to discuss the need for reconciliation in the region. Next
:26:16. > :26:16.stop, cater -- Qatar, and whether he will be expected to strut his stuff
:26:17. > :26:23.there is undisclosed. To the Winter Olympics now, and both
:26:24. > :26:26.of Great Britain's curling teams are in action today in the semi final
:26:27. > :26:29.stages in Sochi. The men play Sweden this afternoon looking to book a
:26:30. > :26:31.place in the final and guarantee themselves a medal. Meanwhile
:26:32. > :26:33.Britain's women's team took on an unbeaten Canada. Andy Swiss is there
:26:34. > :26:45.for us now. Such high hopes for Britain's
:26:46. > :26:49.curlers today, both the men and women teams in action today, both
:26:50. > :26:54.hoping for a place in the Olympic final, but as far as Britain's women
:26:55. > :27:01.are concerned, it's already been a story of disappointment. It was a
:27:02. > :27:03.day a touch of Scotland came to Sochi. A bagpipe welcome for the
:27:04. > :27:09.British bands as they arrived to cheer on their curlers. Two Olympic
:27:10. > :27:15.finals in time to lighting -- tantalising reach. They have been
:27:16. > :27:20.one of the top teams for years now, so play to form, and they are there.
:27:21. > :27:25.My mates have taken sick yesterday, even my brother who doesn't like
:27:26. > :27:32.curling was up screaming his head off. First, the women's team, there
:27:33. > :27:34.form has been patchy, and in Sochi they faced the team of the
:27:35. > :27:37.tournament with nine victories out of nine. The early signs were not
:27:38. > :27:45.encouraging as Canada raced into an early lead. That's not the start
:27:46. > :27:49.Great Britain wanted or needed. They had to find their focus, and they
:27:50. > :27:53.did. Captain Eve Muirhead led the players to the world title last year
:27:54. > :27:59.and began showing why. But at the halfway stage, her team still
:28:00. > :28:03.trailed 4-3. It was nerve shredding stuff. But Eve Muirhead once again
:28:04. > :28:07.kept her cool, and with one end remaining, Britain were just one
:28:08. > :28:15.point behind. Could they pull off an unlikely comeback? Well, they clung
:28:16. > :28:20.on to Canada's tale, but with the finals -- final stone of the match,
:28:21. > :28:24.Canadian captain Jennifer Jones ended Britain's hopes of Olympic
:28:25. > :28:27.glory. After such a battle, such disappointment. Britain will face a
:28:28. > :28:34.play-off for a bronze medal tomorrow, but their dreams of gold
:28:35. > :28:37.have now been dashed. Yes, an agonising defeat for Britain's
:28:38. > :28:41.women. The men will hope for rather better when they play their
:28:42. > :28:44.semifinal against Sweden, and that gets underway at 3pm your time.
:28:45. > :28:54.Let's look at the weather. We could do with some more days like
:28:55. > :28:57.today, fine, settled and dry. Here is the satellite picture, lots of
:28:58. > :29:01.holes appearing in the cloud, so good-looking afternoon the many
:29:02. > :29:09.areas. Still patchy cloud around, big enough for the odd spot of
:29:10. > :29:12.drizzle. Not completely dry, but sunny spells and light winds. This
:29:13. > :29:18.is the picture through the rest of the afternoon, lots of sunshine,
:29:19. > :29:20.patchy, light rain or drizzle. Over the higher ground, and that's
:29:21. > :29:25.certainly the case over Scotland, but plenty of Scotland around
:29:26. > :29:28.north-eastern areas. It looks like the Highlands and the centre of
:29:29. > :29:31.Stirlingshire and Perthshire are seeing spits and spots of light
:29:32. > :29:35.rain. A fine looking rain in Northern Ireland. A good-looking
:29:36. > :29:41.afternoon for much of England and Wales, the cloud is a bit thicker
:29:42. > :29:45.across Wales and the south-west of England as we head into the later
:29:46. > :29:49.part of the afternoon. Outbreaks of rain becoming more extensive heading
:29:50. > :29:53.towards the evening. The reason for it, if we look out across the
:29:54. > :29:57.Atlantic, an area of low pressure anchored close to Iceland will be
:29:58. > :30:02.throwing its weather front across the UK as we head through the course
:30:03. > :30:06.of the evening and overnight. Quite a change happening as we head into
:30:07. > :30:10.the evening. A nice end to the day through the centre and the east, but
:30:11. > :30:14.things turned heavy across the West as the rain comes in the south-west,
:30:15. > :30:18.then widespread strong winds, perhaps gale force across the
:30:19. > :30:21.south-west corner and some heavy rainfall in the likes of western
:30:22. > :30:26.Scotland. The temperatures, with all the cloud, it will be a very mild
:30:27. > :30:30.night at the time of year. Going into Thursday morning on a wild
:30:31. > :30:34.note, pretty wet and windy. Outbreaks of rain continuing to push
:30:35. > :30:38.out into the North Sea, then that follows a rash of showers but also
:30:39. > :30:41.sunny spells for Thursday afternoon. The heaviest and most
:30:42. > :30:46.frequent are across the North and the West, but the best is in the
:30:47. > :30:50.central and eastern areas. Into Friday, it looks like being a day of
:30:51. > :30:54.sunshine and showers, and nice start across central and eastern areas was
:30:55. > :30:59.not most of the showers in the West and a bit cooler, so some showers
:31:00. > :31:02.will have a wintry flavour in the north and the West. Into the
:31:03. > :31:07.weekend, some uncertainty, but it looks like Saturday is a fine and
:31:08. > :31:11.relatively dry day, the best of the sunshine in the East. Sunday,
:31:12. > :31:15.starting to turn windy with rain pushing into the West. Some of the
:31:16. > :31:16.rain might be slow-moving, so we could see quite a lot of rainfall in
:31:17. > :31:25.a short space of time. Now a reminder of our top story this
:31:26. > :31:29.lunchtime: there are calls for calm as at least 26 people are killed in
:31:30. > :31:30.violent clashes between police and anti-government