25/08/2011 BBC News at Six

D He's on the run, he's in hiding, but Colonel Gaddafi issues another

call to arms. In a radio broadcast, from a secret location, he calls on

supporters to come out of their homes and kill the rats.

We go inside the dictator's former underground bunker, his former

command centre. This secret world was incredibly well constructed.

The ceilings here are high, the walls very solid.

Hospitals in Tripoli are struggling to cope. They are running out of

basic supplies, amid warnings of a humanitarian crisis. The final

hours in the battle for the capital, new allegations of retribution and

atrocities committed by both sides. Now opposition forces advance on

Gaddafi's birthplace - the regime's last stronghold. Also tonight:

Another record-breaking year for GCSE results. Girls are further

ahead than boys. Net migration is up, as more Eastern Europeans are

coming to live here and fewer Brits are going abroad. IPod, iPhone, I

resign - the legendry head of Apple quits the head job.

And later in the sport: Johnnie Wilkinson returns for the match

against Ireland ahead of their World Cup campaign which kicks off

Good evening. Welcome to the BBC's news at 6pm. He's on the run, but

Libya's Colonel Gaddafi has issued another call to arms. He's told

supporters to resist what he called enemy rats.

Within the last hour, his words were broadcast on a pro-regime

channel, calling on all supporters to purrryfy Tripoli. In the capital,

medical staff are working at full stretch, dealing with casualties

from the last four days of bitter fighting. On tonight's news at 6pm,

we will report on warnings of a humanitarian crisis. We go into the

dictator's underground network of bunkers and we are with rebel

forces as they prepare to confront the regime's last stronghold. Orla

Guerin's report contains some distressing images.

Descending into Colonel Gaddafi's underground fortress.

A warren of tunnels which run for miles and could have been his

escape route. Today, rebel fighters were taking the tour, seeing where

Gaddafi's troops had been holed up. Abandoned in a corner, some of

their supplies. This underground labyrinth, this secret world was

incredibly well constructed. The ceilings here are high, the walls

very solid. Over here, I have just found a phone which was obviously

used for internal communications. This is a kind of a motorised cart.

It looks like a golf buggy. Who knows if the Libyan leader was

transported through these tunnels in this cart? The Libyan leader

thought he would not be disturbed here behind these reinforced doors.

While he may have been able to flee into the shadows above ground,

others were cut down in the battle for Tripoli. At the edge of the

compound today, we found bodies lying where they fell.

We can't say who killed them. This man appears to have been executed.

His hands were still bound. A short distance away, in Abu Salim

the rebels are hunting for a sniper's nest. Up ahead, a glimpse

of a bigger threat. Could these be enemy troops?

That was the answer. Soon a full-scale street battle.

The fighters were dangerously exposed.

They braut out their improvised big guns. -- brought out their

improvised big guns and their rocket-propelled grenades.

Another loud burst of rebel gunfire there. They believe they there are

Colonel Gaddafi's troops up this road. They have been trying to push

forward. They say it's.... For about an hour, we were pinned down.

Eventually we managed to get away. This was just one pocket of

resistance. Who knows how many more there may be?

And how long it will take to free Abu Salim? Down the road, this man

told us his entire family is trapped behind enemy lines. "I'm

ready to die to get them out," he said. The rebels are tightening

their grip here, but in the capital these are still dangerous days.

The four-day battle for Tripoli has seen some of the most vicious

fighting yet. Tonight, there are signs of retribution meted out by

both sides in the final desperate clashes. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

reports from one of the main hospital in the Mitiga district,

where there is evidence of how the die-hard supporters of the regime

dealt with their opponents. Outside the Mitiga Hospital in

Tripoli, they are loading the remains of 17 men on to a truck.

The bodies were brought here yesterday and handed over to a

shocked and horrified staff. They think these 17 men were picked

up by Gaddafi forces at check points around the city and taken to

a school house near here, which was used as a temporary prison. They

were then tortured. As the Gaddafi forces retreated they were executed.

The stench here is appalling. I have been inside. I can tell you

one of the victims looks to be about 15 years old. This is now the

scene of a war crimes investigation. This doctor from Manchester, who is

a volunteer in Libya, is suddenly its chief investigator. We spent

some time investigating the bodies so these things could be documented

in case they needed to be sent as evidence to the International

Criminal Court. A lot of the injuries, I would say half of the

17 bodies had bullet wounds to the back of the head. Many of them had

disfiguring injuries to their legs and hands which could not be quite

explained. Inside the hospital, the wards are crowded with wounded

rebels and civilians. Doctors here say they have been overwhelmed by

the fighting. In a corner of one ward, we meet this man. He is the

only survivor of the school executions.

He says they were tortured for days. Urine was poured over them and

finally two nights ago they were ordered outside.

The men were made to Neil against a wall, he says, and -- knell against

a wall he says and sprayed with machine gunfire. If they catch

Gaddafi alive evidence from men like this may be crucial to a

prosecution at The Hague. Let's go live to Tripoli and join

our world affairs editor Jon Simpson, who is there. Earlier I

saw reports, claims that the rebel forces had surrounded what they

thought was the Colonel's hidout. What do you make of those -- hide-

out, what do you make of those rumours? It turned out there were a

couple of snipers in a a building that is just, that just edges on to

his former compound. There's been a lot of fighting there, a lot of

shooting there. And the two snipers were killed. No sign of Gaddafi. If

you recall what happened in 2003, in Iraq, when Saddam Hussein was

overthrown, first of all there were endless stories about sightings and

so forth. It is just part of what tends to happen when a regime like

this falls. Everyone b everybody of course is longing on the rebel side

to see Colonel Gaddafi captured. We are in the last round, as it were

of the fighting. You can perhaps hear people shooting in the

background now to me. They are not firing at anybody. They are firing

in the air out of joy. Apologies. We had a few technical problems

there. They are preparing for what could

be the final battle of the six- month revolution in the city of

Sirte. They are up against the Colonel's most fervent supporters.

It's not over yet. Though the battlefield is shrinking.

These rebels are pushing up re- enforcements. They are facing a

stubborn enemy. We are 60 miles from Sirte, Colonel Gaddafi's home

town. His forces had been expected to retreat there, to make a last

stand. They have not been falling back. Far from it.

We were engaged with the enemy from this morning with heavy artillery.

Maybe you could hear the explosions every now and again. They had the

chance to go back to Sirte. They did not. I they are coming from

Sirte now. REPORTER: They are attacking? They are attacking us.

This group of rebels believe they are facing more than 1,000 Gaddafi

troops a few miles up the road. They are baffled by the continued

resistance. Gaddafi ran away. They got Tripoli.

Game over. Apparently they - it's personal. I don't know what they

are fiegtding in. They must -- fighting for. They must believe in

this guy. We have them in the corner. It is a matter of time now.

The rebels hope that talks with tribal leaders in Sirte will end

this peacefully. If not they are building up forces on either side

of the town. Military commanders on this side

had confidently predicted that once Colonel Gaddafi was removed from

power his followers would give up the fight. Some of the loyalists,

at least, are confounding those expectations. They seem determined

to fight for the last few slithers of territory which belong to the

old regime. This afternoon, exchanges between the Gaddafi

troops artillery and rebel tanks. Both sides seem to be digging in

Today, the rebels have called for urgent financial help from the

international community to establish a new Government. Here,

the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, insisted Britain's resolve

to help protect civilians were unwavering. Our correspondent is at

the Foreign Office now. On the question of money, how quickly can

the international community deliver this to opposition forces in Libya?

Well, the Foreign Office here, William Hague, the British

Government and the French and the United States are among those who

think it should be very easy to channel large amounts of money to

the opposition in Libya. Why? Because of course the UN froze the

Gaddafi regime assets overseas. We are talking about a fantastic sum

of money, some �100 billion spread around the world from the Gaddafi

regime. It has to be unfrozen of course. That is where the problems

start. Some countries are holding out against an unfreezing by the UN,

particularly the South Africans. They have a long history of active

support for Colonel Gaddafi. It dates back to the days when Nelson

Mandela was released from prison. Colonel Gaddafi was one of the

first he visited. He thought he had given unwaiving support to the ANC.

That translates into today's realities where South Africa is

reluctant to recognise the rebels and so far is holding out than

releasing other than a small amount of money. There's more about the

on-going situation in Libya on our special live page online. It brings

together all the latest news and Now for the day's other main news.

It has been a record year for GCSEs. In England results have improved

for the 23rd year in a row. Wales did better than last year. In

Northern Ireland there was a slight drop. Overall, the pass rate was

almost 93%. Almost 70% of entries gained grade C or above. More than

one in five of those scored an A star or an A. Our correspondent

reports. A scream of success. This was yet

another record year for GCSE pass rates.

Now it is decision time for 16 year olds as they consider their options

for the future, whether their grades were better or worse than

expected. They could be better. what you wanted? No. This year,

there was a big rise in students taking separate science GCSEs. The

Government is concerned there has been a fall in pupils studying

modern languages, history and geography. Jonathan Lester is an

academic success story w an A and ten A stars in traditional subjects.

It gives you the confidence to know if you study academic subjects you

can go to a good university. There is a gender gap. It is wider than

ever when it comes to the top. Of girls 26.5% get an A or A star.

Compared to boys, where less than 20% of entries are awarded the top

grades. B in maths... The coalition has

made this a year change for education. The last before

university fees rise and the last without education maintenance

allowance, which helps 16 year olds from less well off back grounds

stay in education. It provided stability for students

and reassurance that they didn't have to concentrate on earning

money. EMA will be available in Scotland, Wales and Northern

Ireland. Education is not for everyone.

After leafing school this boy became an apprentice for Airbus in

I always wanted to do engineering and did not want to stay in school.

Millions has been invested in to decide which trains employees and

David Cameron shows that enthusiasm, he has vowed to create 10,000

apprenticeships. But the coalition says that is not at the expense of

schools. Peckham is one of the most deprived areas in London but ahead

of this school has seemed improvement in results. Sogo

Akintaro has won a scholarship. teachers make sure we get the best

results. The pressure will remain on schools. In England, the

government is aiming for a target of five good GCSEs for at least

half of students. More Eastern Europeans are coming to live

permanently here in the UK and fewer Britons are opting to move

abroad. As a result, net migration is up. The Government has promised

to reduce net migration numbers to under 100,000 by 2015. Tom Symonds

reports now on whether the target is achievable.

You never used two CDs of the British high street. The Polish

shop. -- you never used to CDs. Eastern European started to come to

the UK after eight countries were admitted to the EU in 2004. A magic

number measures how many people come. Net migration of last year

was 239,000 and ministers want to get that below 90,000, but migrants

go where the money is. The standard of living is very low in Poland,

the wages are low and the cost of living is nearly the same as in

this country. The goals in this shop owned five or six times in

England -- the girls. That is despite the state of our economy.

Immigrants coming from eastern Europe rose to 71,000 last year.

Off-course, migration is a two-way street and until recently, the

number of Europeans coming to Britain was fairly well-matched but

the number of us heading abroad, but now the number of people

emigrating from Britain has fallen to a six-year low, making it harder

for the government to hit its targets. It is trying. Student

visas are more tightly controlled, there are caps on some foreign

workers, but under EU law, the government has no power from

stopping eastern Europeans from coming here. There is a danger of

the government promising to deliver a reduction, which it cannot

deliver because there are large part of immigration that it cannot

control. Immigration is one of ministers biggest challenges but

they do have hope. What any sensible government does his

control what you can control and what we can control is the number

of people coming from outside the EU, who provide the vast bulk of

overall net migration increases that we saw under Labour. Some

experts said tonight the government could only hit its target if it

ignored the thousands of Polish people already here and measured

success by the amount of non- Europeans denied entry.

Our top story tonight: In Libya, Colonel Gaddafi has issued a new

call for his supporters to kill the rebels. Coming up: The man behind

Apple. One of the most influential technology bosses in the world is

Later on the BBC News Channel, Steve Jobs resigns at Apple. We

look at what this means for the company. And we will be speaking

about how emerging markets have The east coast of America is

bracing itself for the onslaught of Hurricane Irene, which has already

swept across the Bahamas, destroying homes and bringing down

power lines. The storm, which has been gathering pace with winds of

more than a hundred miles an hour, is expected to hit New York and

Boston by the weekend. Residents in North Carolina have been told to

prepare for evacuation and the US Navy has been ordered to move ships

out into safer waters. Steve Kingstone has the latest.

Introducing Irene. 115 miles an hour of menace slamming into the

Bahamas. The category Three hurricane toppled trees and power

lines. Local reports say in one coastal settlement, a entire homes

had been swept away. The ire of the storm, 65 miles north of Nassau.

From International Space Station, the sense of the hurricane's

enormity, 500 miles from one side to the other, bearing down on

America. On the low-lying islands of North Carolina, they are fast

selling out of emergency supplies. Many are getting out now rather

than risk the winds and tidal surge that is expected on Saturday.

hits directly, it won't take much of an elevation of sea-level to

create havoc. Further north, the US Navy is moving warships away from

their base in Virginia and along the east coast, communities right

up to New York and Cape Cod are bracing themselves for what may lie

ahead. A 22-year-old man has died and

another is missing after they both fell from a cliff in North Wales.

The first was airlifted to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.

Emergency services are searching the sea in Cable Bay for the second

man. The alarm was raised just after 8pm last night.

David Rathband, the police officer blinded by the killer Raoul Moat

last year, has been arrested on suspicion of assault. He was

detained following an incident at a house in Northumberland on Tuesday

night. He was later taken to hospital and then released.

He brought us the iPod, the iPhone and a host of iconic gadgets, but

now one of the most influential bosses in the technology world is

stepping down. Steve Jobs is resigning as chief executive of the

computer giant Apple after struggling with health problems.

Rory Cellan-Jones has the story. From the Apple Macintosh to the

iPod to be iPad. It is the company that has persuaded consumers to pay

top prices for gadgets that look and sometimes work better than

their rivals. We are going to make some history today. Apple's

founding genius was never one to undersell his products. Now he is

stepping down. Steve Jobs has been in poor health for some time and in

a letter to the Apple board, who You have just seen some pictures of

Mackintosh. Now I would like to show you it in person. Despite his

early success with the ground- breaking Apple Mac, he was forced

out of Apple in the 80s but returned a decade later to breed

new life in this ailing company. Not everyone liked his autocratic

style but one long-term admirer sent me this message about his

iPhone. It is Stephen Fry, I am very happy to speak about Steve

Jobs because I am lucky to have known him for some time. I don't

think there is a human being on the planet who has been as influential

in the last 30 years on the way culture has developed. For Steve

Jobs, think different was not just a slogan, it is the way he ran his

business. Nobody thought a computer firm knew anything about the music

business before the iPod came along and changed everything. Apple had

never made a mobile phone before the iPhone came along, and the idea

that many people would want to use a tablet computer seemed far-

fetched before Steve Jobs showed off the iPad. Now the firm will

have to think different without him. Continuing to break new ground

without the man who has come to embody a book he is bound to be a

challenge. I think it will be hard for them to really find that level

of commitment and passion that Steve brought. That said, there are

still extraordinary people at Apple, it is still one of the great

companies of the world. The loyal fans who queued for every new

product will not move away in a hurry, but the firm's new leaders

will have to prove that they too can spot the next big thing.

The hunt goes on for Colonel Gaddafi but he has issued another

defiant call to arms for his supporters. Pockets of fighting

continued in Tripoli as Die Hards resist the rebels. We had been

inside the dictator's hidden bunkers beneath the compound to see

his command centre and we have seen how there is a growing humanitarian

crisis in Libya, with hospital struggling to cope with the wounded

from the bitter fighting of the last few days. Let's get the final

word from John Simpson. When we see the pictures from Tripoli, it seems

very chaotic. What is it like? Is there central direction?

Well, the thing is, George, as you can perhaps here, there is firing

going on. There is still a lot of shooting but it isn't actually

fighting battles, it really is still celebrating. The battles are

few and far between. There was one this afternoon when they thought

they had caught Colonel Gaddafi but hadn't. Those things do go on.

There are pockets of fighting where they are weeding out individuals

snipers. That is still going on. But in terms of the city itself,

you can drive around it just about everywhere without too many

problems, and the rebels themselves do seem to be quite disciplined.

They behave quite reasonably to everybody and they seem to be

obeying orders. What there isn't here is proper electricity, water,

and there is not any proper government.

Thank you. A fine evening for quite a few of

us but there is more rain, particularly across Northern

Ireland, South Wales and south-west England, and then later in the

night we are expecting more heavy rain to creep across the South East.

We will keep those showers in the south-west corner well into the

night. Temperatures can drop down to single figures in the north. On

Friday, there will be some sunny spells on offer, particularly

across Scotland early on. But we will see showers. But the main

focus is a wreath in England, where it will be a very, very soggy day.

Much of Yorkshire, a good part of the Midlands and East Anglia will

see rain, and with that rain on the east coast, temperatures just 15

degrees. This up the east should bright up but there may be very

heavy showers on the south-west coast. Every now and then, there

will be sunny intervals. Some thunderstorms perhaps across parts

of Wales. Once the fog goes, Northern Ireland should brighten up.

A few showers in Scotland. Make the most of that in Scotland tomorrow

because on Saturday, the rain in eastern England extends North,

accompanied by an unusually strong wind. Really quite miserable in the

North East. Elsewhere will be breezy with sunny spells but a lot

of showers. Through the weekend, hopefully the showers will be fewer

and further in between. It will turn dry, if not necessarily

heating up too much. More on the weekend and the Hurricane Irene