:00:00. > :00:10.President Obama orders air strikes against militants in northern Iraq -
:00:11. > :00:13.but won't send US troops to the country.
:00:14. > :00:16.He says the strikes are to prevent the potential genocide
:00:17. > :00:20.We'll have the latest from Washington.
:00:21. > :00:29.Hostilities resume in Gaza after the three-day ceasefire comes to an end.
:00:30. > :00:31.The World Health Organization declares
:00:32. > :00:37.an international emergency and appeals for more help.
:00:38. > :00:40.Oscar Pistorius was vulnerable and fearful the night he shot his
:00:41. > :00:49.girlfriend - his legal team say the prosecution have twisted the facts.
:00:50. > :00:52.India fight back on the second day of the fourth test against England
:00:53. > :00:59.Nurseries with links to extremism are to have their funding stopped
:01:00. > :01:26.Work begins to clear an illegal 20-tonne pile of waste in Surrey.
:01:27. > :01:29.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:30. > :01:32.President Obama has authorised airstrikes against
:01:33. > :01:37.He said the US would act "carefully and responsibly",
:01:38. > :01:42.but would be targeting the extremist IS fighters, in order to prevent
:01:43. > :01:48.The US has already made humanitarian air drops to the tens of thousands
:01:49. > :01:51.of members of the Yazidi community who have fled IS
:01:52. > :01:56.and are trapped in mountains, without access to food or water.
:01:57. > :01:59.Here, the government's emergency co-ordination committee COBRA has
:02:00. > :02:02.met to discuss stepping up help to the religious minorities in Iraq but
:02:03. > :02:07.Downing Street has said there will be no UK military action in Iraq.
:02:08. > :02:15.Our world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge reports.
:02:16. > :02:23.Still trapped on the bleak and barren Mount Sinjar, but now in the
:02:24. > :02:29.international spotlight as never before. These are the Yazidi, who
:02:30. > :02:33.escaped into the mountains above their ancestral town after it was
:02:34. > :02:36.seized by the advancing Islamic State fighters. Now an operation
:02:37. > :02:42.being rapidly put together to get food, water and other supplies to
:02:43. > :02:46.them. In London, the Defence Secretary chairing a meeting of the
:02:47. > :02:50.Cobra committee on the issue. Downing Street said there would be
:02:51. > :02:58.no UK military intervention in Iraq. But pledging to act what -- to
:02:59. > :03:02.prevent what he called a potential act of genocide. When we face a
:03:03. > :03:08.situation with innocent people facing the prospect of violence on
:03:09. > :03:10.an horrific scale, when we have a mandate to help, in this case a
:03:11. > :03:15.request from the Iraqi governorate, and when we have the unique
:03:16. > :03:19.capabilities to avert a massacre, I believe the United States of America
:03:20. > :03:23.cannot turn a blind eye. Today, from the mountain, one of the leaders of
:03:24. > :03:31.this ancient religious community spoke graphically of their
:03:32. > :03:35.vulnerability in this place of refuge. TRANSLATION: The clash is
:03:36. > :03:39.now very close from where I stand and there are clashes on the final
:03:40. > :03:45.line of resistance. There is a small checkpoint in the mountains. It is a
:03:46. > :03:48.matter of hours whether they manage to capture this last checkpoint by
:03:49. > :03:55.nightfall. They will kill all of us and we do not think we have enough
:03:56. > :03:59.time. But it is not just the Yazidis being targeted. Christians
:04:00. > :04:04.have fled to escape attacks on their towns and villages. That has brought
:04:05. > :04:08.the Islamic State fighters to the edge of Kurdish territory. President
:04:09. > :04:15.Obama has ordered targeted air strikes to protect US interests as
:04:16. > :04:16.well is to safeguard the Yazidis, but he says the US will not fight
:04:17. > :04:21.another war in Iraq. In a moment we'll talk to
:04:22. > :04:23.our correspondent Jon Brain about this morning's COBRA meeting,
:04:24. > :04:36.but first Rajini Vaidyannathan Is there a sense of where you are
:04:37. > :04:40.that President Obama does not want to get drawn into anything here?
:04:41. > :04:44.Yes, there is definitely a sense that this is action that President
:04:45. > :04:49.Obama has taken reluctantly. This was never a decision he wanted to
:04:50. > :04:54.make in the first place. This of course the president who came into
:04:55. > :04:58.office promising to end America's involvement in Iraq, and indeed,
:04:59. > :05:02.never voted for the conflict in the first place. But now he finds
:05:03. > :05:18.himself authorising military action, in what is America's deepest
:05:19. > :05:20.involvement in Iraq since troops came back in 2011. He set out his
:05:21. > :05:22.justifications Fred clearly. Humanitarian reasons and to protect
:05:23. > :05:25.humanitarian interests and has been very clear again that this is a
:05:26. > :05:27.limited military action with a limited scope and time frame. But of
:05:28. > :05:29.course, there are fears and concerns in Washington and beyond America,
:05:30. > :05:38.that this country could once again be drawn into a long and bloody
:05:39. > :05:48.conflict. Let's get more from Jon Brain. It was made very clear before
:05:49. > :05:51.the meeting began that while welcoming the prospect of American
:05:52. > :05:56.military action, Britain would not be part of that action and that was
:05:57. > :06:00.confirmed that the Cobra meeting. What the UK will do is give
:06:01. > :06:05.humanitarian assistance, helping with the aid to rock, for example,
:06:06. > :06:09.and helping the Americans with technical assistance, refuelling of
:06:10. > :06:17.their planes, for example, and surveillance. There is a real
:06:18. > :06:20.appetite to help the Yazidi in the stricken region but no appetite at
:06:21. > :06:25.all for military action. I think they are stunned by the refusal of
:06:26. > :06:29.MPs to sanction military action in Syria a few months ago, and of
:06:30. > :06:34.course, the controversy over the original operation in Iraq in 2003.
:06:35. > :06:41.The scars from that have still not fully healed. Moral support, yes,
:06:42. > :06:42.practical support, yes, but any question of military involvement,
:06:43. > :06:48.no, not at all. Thank you. A three-day ceasefire
:06:49. > :06:50.in Gaza ended this morning - Just hours before the truce ended,
:06:51. > :06:54.Israel accused Palestinian militants of firing two rockets
:06:55. > :06:56.into southern Israel. Hamas denied the claim,
:06:57. > :06:58.but now Israel has resumed Our Middle East correspondent
:06:59. > :07:14.Kevin Connolly sent this report. It was always described as a 72 hour
:07:15. > :07:18.cease-fire and in the end, it lasted barely a minute longer. This Israeli
:07:19. > :07:22.family were watching when the first rocket was fired their way. They had
:07:23. > :07:27.just returned to their home near the Gaza border which they left at the
:07:28. > :07:32.height of the fighting. The Israeli army reaction was swift. The
:07:33. > :07:37.instruction from the Israeli government to respond forcefully. As
:07:38. > :07:41.the bombardment resumed, there was support from some Gazans for the
:07:42. > :07:47.Hamas position, but without an opening of its tightly restricted
:07:48. > :07:52.borders, peace talks have no point. TRANSLATION: We should get out of
:07:53. > :07:55.this situation with dignity. They should be a complete lifting of the
:07:56. > :08:00.siege. We should get the same respect as any other people in the
:08:01. > :08:05.world because what we are living is not a life. Israel's Iron Dome
:08:06. > :08:09.anti-missile system is back in action. Israel's government is
:08:10. > :08:16.homing in with equal certainty on what it says is the causes of the
:08:17. > :08:18.political breakdown. Hamas this morning has opened fire on targets
:08:19. > :08:23.in Israel, on communities across the frontier, and they have
:08:24. > :08:29.indiscriminately targeted men, women and children. And in so doing, Hamas
:08:30. > :08:34.is not only shown its total disregard for Israeli life, it has
:08:35. > :08:37.shown it has no qualms whatsoever about again endangering and bringing
:08:38. > :08:45.tragedy on the civilian population of Gaza. Israel still has ground
:08:46. > :08:49.forces on Gaza's borders. Plenty of politicians would like to see them
:08:50. > :08:52.sent back into Gaza. It is not yet clear if the end of the cease-fire
:08:53. > :08:56.sees the permanent breakdown of talks in Cairo, but they have
:08:57. > :09:03.certainly broken down for now. Cycles of violence like this, much
:09:04. > :09:07.easier to start here than to stop. In the hospitals of Gaza, as the
:09:08. > :09:12.casualties began to arrive, there was word that 12-year-old boy had
:09:13. > :09:15.died in the bombardment. After 72 hours of peace, the killing has
:09:16. > :09:22.begun again. Let's speak to our correspondent
:09:23. > :09:34.Wyre Davies who's in Ashkelon. It is back to square one
:09:35. > :09:40.effectively? Indeed. It is best Plex in why this cease-fire has not been
:09:41. > :09:47.extended -- it is perplexing. This Iron Dome has already intercepted
:09:48. > :09:51.several missiles this morning. There are two injuries at least in its
:09:52. > :09:55.trial today. Although many of the missiles are intercepted, perhaps
:09:56. > :09:59.that is the whole point. Hamas says it wants the Israelis to feel the
:10:00. > :10:04.discomfort and insecurity that they say Gazans feel. The problem is that
:10:05. > :10:07.leads onto a never-ending cycle of violence. The big hope is here now
:10:08. > :10:11.that by the end of the day both sides will realise there is no point
:10:12. > :10:16.in continuing this fighting because there is nothing to be gained from
:10:17. > :10:35.continued fighting. As for the long term, that is difficult because the
:10:36. > :10:37.Egyptian talks have broken down. The two sides are very far apart. The
:10:38. > :10:40.mass once the Israeli blockade to end. Israel wants Gaza to be
:10:41. > :10:43.demilitarised. All I can see, after the fourth Garson wore in ten years,
:10:44. > :10:48.is a resumption of the violence in two or three years time. Thank you.
:10:49. > :10:50.The World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola outbreak
:10:51. > :10:51.in West Africa an international emergency.
:10:52. > :10:54.The UN agency described the outbreak as serious and unusual
:10:55. > :10:57.- and it appealed for international help for the countries affected.
:10:58. > :11:00.So far, nearly 1,000 people have died from the disease in Guinea,
:11:01. > :11:07.Our world affairs correspondent Nick Childs reports.
:11:08. > :11:15.The World Health Organisation calls it an extraordinary event, the most
:11:16. > :11:22.serious Ebola outbreak ever. It says there must be a coordinated response
:11:23. > :11:26.to prevent its spread. The committee's conclusions and my
:11:27. > :11:32.decisions are a clear call for international solidarity. Countries
:11:33. > :11:36.affected to date simply do not have the capacity to manage and outbreak
:11:37. > :11:43.of this size and complexity on their own. The official statistics saying
:11:44. > :11:49.932 people have died so far. That number will rise. Deeney, Liberia
:11:50. > :11:56.and Sierra Leone are the countries most affected. In Liberia, troops at
:11:57. > :12:01.roadblocks trying to halt the spread of a bowler. The Who wants all
:12:02. > :12:05.countries to declare national emergencies, but they have been
:12:06. > :12:09.plagued by civil unrest. Their health services are weak and
:12:10. > :12:14.inexperienced. Here in Guinea, a sick man is left to lie in the
:12:15. > :12:17.street for hours. The World Health Organisation says fear in the
:12:18. > :12:22.countries affected and in the wider world is one of the major
:12:23. > :12:33.challenges. So, it is not calling for a general ban on international
:12:34. > :12:36.travel or trade. All governments need to be vigilant and ready, it
:12:37. > :12:38.suggests, but the main focus of concern remains of West Africa. The
:12:39. > :12:45.outbreak will be brought under control but when that will occur,
:12:46. > :12:50.none of us can guess. This is an unpredictable outbreak. The affected
:12:51. > :12:54.countries urgently need more specialist equipment and trained
:12:55. > :12:58.personnel. But with no proven vaccine, should international aid
:12:59. > :13:01.also include experimental drugs? I think there is a good case for using
:13:02. > :13:10.these drugs but we do not know enough about how they work to be
:13:11. > :13:12.sure we can rely on them. It will take a considerable amount of time
:13:13. > :13:14.to make enough drugs to treat the affected people. The World Health
:13:15. > :13:17.Organisation has limited resources. It wants to galvanise aid agencies
:13:18. > :13:20.in the affected region and beyond. Well, with me is
:13:21. > :13:31.our correspondent Tulip Mazumder. What actual practical difference
:13:32. > :13:34.will it make if the World Health Organisation declared is an
:13:35. > :13:37.emergency? They have already declared it an emergency, not
:13:38. > :13:41.because they are worried about its spreading all over the world, but
:13:42. > :13:44.because they want to get the international community involved in
:13:45. > :13:50.dealing with the outbreak in West Africa. These governments are very
:13:51. > :13:53.poor and they cannot deal with it on their own. They have asked the
:13:54. > :13:57.international community to send money, resources, equipment and even
:13:58. > :14:01.simple things like protective equipment for nurses working on the
:14:02. > :14:05.outbreak. The way to stop and outbreak is to find people who are
:14:06. > :14:09.infected and make sure they do not infect anyone else. That has not
:14:10. > :14:14.been happening because of the fear. People have been hiding instead of
:14:15. > :14:19.getting help. That has helped to spread the virus. One of the
:14:20. > :14:22.recommendations has been to restrict the movement of people in the
:14:23. > :14:28.affected countries. They could bring in the military to do that. They
:14:29. > :14:31.have not recommended, as we heard, any international travel bans. They
:14:32. > :14:35.have not recommended any trade restrictions. But what they have
:14:36. > :14:40.said is anyone leaving these countries should be screened to make
:14:41. > :14:42.sure they do not have Ebola symptoms and they are not carrying them out
:14:43. > :14:56.of the country on planes. Thank you. Malaysian police say three of the
:14:57. > :15:03.four men accused of killing two students in Borneo have admitted the
:15:04. > :15:08.killing. Aidan Brunger and Neil Dalton were murdered. Police say
:15:09. > :15:11.three of the four arrested had taken the drug crystal meth.
:15:12. > :15:15.A drug that can extend the lives of some women with an advanced form
:15:16. > :15:18.of breast cancer has been rejected for use on the NHS in England,
:15:19. > :15:22.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says a course
:15:23. > :15:24.of Kadcyla costs ?90,000, making it "impossible"
:15:25. > :15:34.Our health correspondent Dominic Hughes reports.
:15:35. > :15:42.Kim knows what an impressive drug Kadcyla is. Two and a half years ago
:15:43. > :15:47.she was given six months to live after being told her breast cancer
:15:48. > :15:52.had spread. But after taking part in a trial of Kadcyla, she has gained
:15:53. > :15:58.some precious time with her family. I can go to work and spend time with
:15:59. > :16:03.the family. I have two boys. My goal has always been, I said I wanted my
:16:04. > :16:11.boys to grow up -- I wanted to see my boys grow up. But Kadcyla is also
:16:12. > :16:15.expensive. Too expensive, according to the NHS drugs watchdog NICE. The
:16:16. > :16:21.drug works for one in five breast cancers. At full price it costs
:16:22. > :16:25.?90,000 per patient. On average, it can extend someone's life by six
:16:26. > :16:31.months but the price does not offer value for money according to NICE.
:16:32. > :16:35.We have applied the extra flexibility that we have been able
:16:36. > :16:40.to in looking at value for money for treatments for cancer. Even with the
:16:41. > :16:45.extra flexibility, the price of the treatment, ?90,000 per patient per
:16:46. > :16:48.year, is simply too great to enable us to make a positive
:16:49. > :16:52.recommendation. The drug is available to patients in
:16:53. > :16:57.England only via the cancer drugs fund but that will end in 2016. The
:16:58. > :17:01.manufacturer Roche says it is disappointed and argues the cost of
:17:02. > :17:06.the drug will reflect the time it takes to develop. When you consider
:17:07. > :17:10.the 15 years of clinical trials and 30 years of research behind the
:17:11. > :17:14.technology that makes Kadcyla special, as well as the thousands of
:17:15. > :17:17.patients who have participated in clinical trials, this is a
:17:18. > :17:23.substantial investment which has gone into Kadcyla. But some patient
:17:24. > :17:25.groups agree with NICE, arguing the price of the drug needs to come
:17:26. > :17:30.down. President Obama has authorised air
:17:31. > :17:33.strikes against militants in northern Iraq, but won't send US
:17:34. > :17:38.troops to the country. Still to come: A big increase in the
:17:39. > :17:41.number of parents fined for taking We speak to Commonwealth Games
:17:42. > :17:48.winner Laura Trott ahead of Ride London,
:17:49. > :17:50.this weekend's major cycling race. And how Londoners made Americans
:17:51. > :17:52.feel at home in the Capital Oscar Pistorius's defence lawyers
:17:53. > :18:10.have accused the prosecution of twisting
:18:11. > :18:13.the facts to discredit the athlete. In his closing statement, his
:18:14. > :18:16.defence lawyer tried to persuade the judge that the sprinter's disability
:18:17. > :18:20.conditioned him to confront danger Oscar Pistorius denies murdering
:18:21. > :18:24.his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Our Africa correspondent
:18:25. > :18:41.Andrew Harding is outside A crucial moment for Oscar
:18:42. > :18:49.Pistorius. Yesterday, the prosecution insisted it approved --
:18:50. > :18:54.it had proved the athlete was guilty of premeditated murder. It described
:18:55. > :19:00.his version as a snowball of lies. Now it is the defence's final
:19:01. > :19:05.opportunity to fight back. Today, it is his team's last chance
:19:06. > :19:08.to convince the judge was not murder. Oscar Pistorius arriving at
:19:09. > :19:14.court this morning to hear the difference sum up its case. He has
:19:15. > :19:17.always argued he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by
:19:18. > :19:24.mistake, convinced she was an intruder hiding in his toilet.
:19:25. > :19:25.Today, his lawyer tried to capture the disabled athlete's state of
:19:26. > :19:33.mind. You are trained
:19:34. > :19:36.as an athlete to react to sound. You train...
:19:37. > :19:43.Take all those factors into account. And he stands now with his
:19:44. > :19:47.finger ready to fire if necessary. And he stands there and then...
:19:48. > :20:02.BANGS THE TABLE. The defence compares his lifelong
:20:03. > :20:07.disability with the experience of an abused woman. In relation to an
:20:08. > :20:13.abused woman, that slow burn effect. It was perhaps a clumsy
:20:14. > :20:19.comparison and Judge Masipa interrupted. You spoke about the
:20:20. > :20:24.slope burn, I understand when you speak about an abused woman, how
:20:25. > :20:31.does it apply to be accused in this case? You are a little boy without
:20:32. > :20:38.legs. You experience daily that disability. And the effect of that.
:20:39. > :20:42.These are the last hours of evidence before the judge considers her
:20:43. > :20:47.verdict. The families of the accused and victim both in court today.
:20:48. > :20:51.Yesterday, Oscar Pistorius was repeatedly called a liar by the
:20:52. > :20:55.prosecution and today the defence tried to build up a detailed
:20:56. > :21:01.timeline of events. We know for a fact the second shot... The team of
:21:02. > :21:05.Oscar Pistorius insisting their backs should outweigh what they see
:21:06. > :21:09.as the prosecution's lies and distortions.
:21:10. > :21:15.His lawyer Barry Roux is still on the witness stand attacking the
:21:16. > :21:20.prosecution. He has got maybe an hour, two hours to finish making his
:21:21. > :21:26.case to Judge Masipa and in essence, this trial will be over. Only at
:21:27. > :21:29.that point will we hear from Judge Masipa how long she plans to take to
:21:30. > :21:32.consider her verdict and when she will come back and announce that
:21:33. > :21:37.decision to the world. Thank you.
:21:38. > :21:40.The first female commander of a major Royal Navy warship has
:21:41. > :21:42.been removed from her post, after allegations that she had
:21:43. > :21:47.Commander Sarah West took charge of HMS Portland in May 2012,
:21:48. > :21:51.A Royal Navy spokesman said Commander West would be assigned
:21:52. > :22:02.Downing Street has announced the appointment of 22 new peers, despite
:22:03. > :22:05.all three main party leaders calling for a smaller House of Lords.
:22:06. > :22:07.The list is made up mainly of party donors,
:22:08. > :22:09.local councillors and wealthy businessmen and women, including
:22:10. > :22:12.Karren Brady and former Marks and Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose, who
:22:13. > :22:21.There has been a sharp rise in the number of fines issued to
:22:22. > :22:24.parents who have taken children out of school during term time.
:22:25. > :22:31.According to research by the BBC, there's been a 70 per cent increase
:22:32. > :22:33.since new government regulations came into force in September, which
:22:34. > :22:35.removed discretionary powers for head teachers to grant absences.
:22:36. > :22:45.Our education correspondent Alex Forsyth has more.
:22:46. > :22:52.In the South coast, families are enjoying the seaside. In the school
:22:53. > :22:55.holidays, a UK break does not come cheap but since September,
:22:56. > :22:59.government rules mean parents are more likely to be fined for taking
:23:00. > :23:06.children away in term time which these parents to not ink is fair. It
:23:07. > :23:11.is extortionate. Ash think. Parents should be able to choose. Parents
:23:12. > :23:15.cannot afford to pay fines as well as take children on holidays because
:23:16. > :23:21.the prices are so different in the summer holidays in term time. BBC
:23:22. > :23:26.research from around three quarters of councils in England shows almost
:23:27. > :23:31.64,000 fines have been issued to parents since the new regulations in
:23:32. > :23:36.September. A 70% rise in the previous year. Some fines would have
:23:37. > :23:41.on for truancy and repeated poor attendance but many were related to
:23:42. > :23:45.holidays. Thousands of parents who disagree with term time holiday
:23:46. > :23:50.fines have signed a petition to get the rules changed but many teachers
:23:51. > :23:56.say it is important to put the songs before the sun cream. If parents
:23:57. > :23:59.realise the harm they can do to a child's education if they miss out
:24:00. > :24:05.mathematics or something foundational, it is hard to catch up
:24:06. > :24:08.with the rest of the class. The government says fewer pupils are
:24:09. > :24:12.missing lessons some more are getting the chance of a good
:24:13. > :24:16.education and they have given schools the power to set their own
:24:17. > :24:23.term dates which could help parents avoid peak prices for summer breaks.
:24:24. > :24:26.A British business investigator and his American wife have gone on trial
:24:27. > :24:28.in China, accused of illegally gathering private information.
:24:29. > :24:30.The couple had been working for the British pharmaceutical
:24:31. > :24:32.giant GlaxoSmithKline, to try to identify a whistleblower who had
:24:33. > :24:36.accused the company of bribing Chinese doctors and hospitals.
:24:37. > :24:44.Our Shanghai correspondent John Sudworth sent this report.
:24:45. > :24:51.Another Communist party show trial, but this time, the man in the dock
:24:52. > :24:55.is not a Chinese dissident but a British businessman facing the
:24:56. > :25:02.Shanghai court with his American wife Yu Yingzeng. Their case has
:25:03. > :25:07.generated intense media interest and outside court, security was tight. A
:25:08. > :25:13.protester hoping to grab a bit of publicity for her cause was Greg
:25:14. > :25:18.clique -- quickly bundled away. Not guilty verdicts are rare in Chinese
:25:19. > :25:22.justice and in the years since as rest, Mr Humphrey has been paraded
:25:23. > :25:29.on state television apparently confessing his guilt. The couple are
:25:30. > :25:33.accused of breaking the law I paying for personal information. For the
:25:34. > :25:38.past decade, they ran their corporate investigation company from
:25:39. > :25:41.Shanghai doing background checks to help foreign clients navigate
:25:42. > :25:46.China's business landscape. Last year, Mr Humphrey was passed in
:25:47. > :25:50.GlaxoSmithKline to investigate a smear campaign at the heart of its
:25:51. > :25:55.China operation. The company suspected a former senior manager
:25:56. > :25:59.who it has been widely reported happens to have high-level Communist
:26:00. > :26:05.party connections. Not long afterwards, the British
:26:06. > :26:09.pharmaceutical giant was accused of corruption and Peter Humphrey and
:26:10. > :26:13.his wife were arrested. The woman has denied any involvement but in an
:26:14. > :26:19.extraordinary demonstration of Chinese justice, today's proceedings
:26:20. > :26:25.shed little light on the matter and they have made no mention of her
:26:26. > :26:28.name. Peter Humphrey's son Harvey has been allowed to attend the trial
:26:29. > :26:33.and he said he believes the case is central to his father's indignant. I
:26:34. > :26:38.do not hold the Chinese authorities responsible for this. --
:26:39. > :26:41.predicament. From where I am sitting, it seems clear whatever
:26:42. > :26:48.GlaxoSmithKline contracted my parents to do, it made them tread on
:26:49. > :26:53.some very powerful toes. Questions are being asked about the increased
:26:54. > :26:55.scrutiny of foreign businesses in China and their ability to get
:26:56. > :27:00.justice when things go wrong. England's batsmen have been battling
:27:01. > :27:03.their way to a first innings lead on day two of the fourth test,
:27:04. > :27:06.but once again, India have taken some
:27:07. > :27:11.wickets this morning. From Old Trafford, our sports news
:27:12. > :27:23.correspondent Joe wilson reports. Old Trafford delivered a big crowd
:27:24. > :27:29.on Friday, this match is still travelling at a frantic pace. As
:27:30. > :27:32.Jordan was batting. He had been promoted up the order the night
:27:33. > :27:37.before to protect England's senior batsman. Ian Bell can look after
:27:38. > :27:43.himself and he got to 50 within the first ten minutes of play,
:27:44. > :27:47.easy-going! In his first test, this player conceded a world-record 179
:27:48. > :27:54.runs without taking a wicket, this was the second test, relentless,
:27:55. > :28:00.luckless, wicketless. Kumar comes in and Jordan whacks it. Well held, the
:28:01. > :28:05.ball was travelling, a bit like catching a tram. Ian Bell departed
:28:06. > :28:11.in classic fashion tempted to prod at a ball he might have ignored.
:28:12. > :28:17.Umar had struck again. Dark skies after midday, that is Manchester.
:28:18. > :28:21.England had taken the lead, overtaking India's first innings
:28:22. > :28:28.total of 152. Mind you, they lost five wickets in the process. Ali
:28:29. > :28:34.uprooted before lunch. 170 six. A cricket ball moves in mysterious
:28:35. > :28:38.ways and Old Trafford crowd. He may wish he can bowl here every week but
:28:39. > :28:43.if keeping that all under control is a challenge, the wicket keeper is
:28:44. > :28:49.your Captain, do not make him stretched too far. Easier to predict
:28:50. > :28:50.a tram's journey and this match is heading in England's direction.
:28:51. > :29:06.Well, just about! We have been flagging this up for
:29:07. > :29:07.several days and we are confident there will be significant impacts
:29:08. > :29:16.from the weather by Sunday. This is Hurricane Bertha and the jet
:29:17. > :29:20.stream is carrying it across the Atlantic. It is the interaction of
:29:21. > :29:24.the jet stream along with the remnants which affect how long it
:29:25. > :29:30.will be when it reaches us on Sunday. What is nailed down is the
:29:31. > :29:33.has-been -- there have been intense storms across Northern Ireland.
:29:34. > :29:37.Western Scotland and later this morning, we saw heavy torrential
:29:38. > :29:44.thunderstorms bringing flooding to part of Lincolnshire. Warnings have
:29:45. > :29:46.been issued from London across eastern England and through the
:29:47. > :29:52.spine of northern England and to eastern Scotland. Storm is expected
:29:53. > :29:56.to continue into the evening and night. Elsewhere, things will settle
:29:57. > :30:05.down into the night ends it will call off. Down into single figures.
:30:06. > :30:09.-- cool off. Tomorrow, a nice day for most. Enjoy it is my advice.
:30:10. > :30:16.Fine and dry for most of us, bright and breezy. Showers initially along
:30:17. > :30:22.the north-western coast. These will move through quickly and behind will
:30:23. > :30:27.be plenty of sunshine. In the sunshine, it will feel pleasant with
:30:28. > :30:33.temperatures in the low and possibly mid 20s. Saturday is a nice day,
:30:34. > :30:37.Sunday is probably not. This is the low pressure by Saturday evening
:30:38. > :30:40.towards the south-west. There is still uncertainty about the track of
:30:41. > :30:44.this but The Met office thinks it will move into more Southern and
:30:45. > :30:48.central parts of the UK, throwing rain across much of England and
:30:49. > :30:54.Wales and later eastern Scotland. One ends have been issued. It will
:30:55. > :31:01.be a wet day across these areas will stop assistant heavy rain. The risk
:31:02. > :31:06.of severe gales and exposed places so expect significant impacts on
:31:07. > :31:17.Sunday. -- in exposed places. Later into Sunday, heavy wind and rain
:31:18. > :31:20.across the far North East. A blustery day for everybody on Monday
:31:21. > :31:24.and the winds could cause significant impact. My advice is to
:31:25. > :31:29.stay tuned because the detail could change.
:31:30. > :31:31.Now a reminder of our top story this lunchtime:
:31:32. > :31:34.President Obama has authorised air strikes against militants in
:31:35. > :31:38.northern Iraq, but won't send US troops to the country.
:31:39. > :31:42.That's all from us. Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you