:00:07. > :00:12.An inquiry condemns the appalling, gratuitous violence by British
:00:12. > :00:17.soldiers that led to the death of a Iraqi civilian. 36 hours in
:00:17. > :00:24.detention that left a family without a father. Baha Mousa had 93
:00:25. > :00:34.separate injuries. What happened to Baha Mousa and his fellow detainees
:00:34. > :00:39.in September 2003 was deplorable, Baha Mousa and others were herded,
:00:39. > :00:44.humiliated and abused. The report calls it systemic failure. We hear
:00:44. > :00:49.from a soldier that was there. personal views are that everybody
:00:49. > :00:52.that was there that day has their own responsibility for his death.
:00:52. > :00:56.Whether you hit him or you didn't, you still have your own
:00:57. > :01:01.responsibility for his death. tonight: A bleak forecast for
:01:01. > :01:05.Britain's economy. A leading international think-tank sees even
:01:05. > :01:11.slower growth for the rest of the year. 10 years on, US officials
:01:11. > :01:14.released chilling messages from the 9/11 hijacker Mohammed actor as he
:01:14. > :01:24.took control of an American Airlines plane towards the twin
:01:24. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:33.Paralympic tickets go on sale tomorrow. The athletes and
:01:33. > :01:37.organisers promise the best performances yet. The more
:01:37. > :01:43.Paralympic sport you show young people, the more interest there is
:01:43. > :01:46.in Paralympic sport. It gives us a real head start in this country.
:01:46. > :01:56.sport, Andy Murray is back on court after two days of rain at the US
:01:56. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:16.Open. We will have news of his bid Good evening. Welcome to the BBC
:02:16. > :02:20.News at six. 36 hours in the custody of the British Army and the
:02:20. > :02:24.Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa was left with 93 separate injuries that led
:02:24. > :02:30.to his death. In a devastating report, Sir William Gage, who has
:02:30. > :02:34.just completed a two year inquiry, said Baha Mousa was the victim of
:02:34. > :02:39.appalling, gratuitous violence. He said that death had left a great
:02:39. > :02:43.stain on the British Army. Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, said that
:02:43. > :02:48.the episode was shocking and shameful. In a moment, the lessons
:02:48. > :02:53.for the army. First, Caroline Hawley on this damning report. Her
:02:53. > :02:57.piece contains distressing images. In a makeshift detention facility
:02:57. > :03:01.eight years ago, a killing that cast a shadow over the army's
:03:01. > :03:07.reputation. Baha Mousa had just lost his wife to cancer when he was
:03:07. > :03:11.detained by British troops. Over the next 36 hours, he and nine
:03:11. > :03:17.other detainees were forced to wear hoods, forced into painful
:03:17. > :03:21.positions and badly beaten. When he died, he had 93 separate injuries.
:03:21. > :03:26.My judgment is that it constituted an appalling episode of serious,
:03:26. > :03:31.gratuitous violence on civilians, which resulted in the death of One
:03:31. > :03:41.man and injuries to others. They represented a very serious breach
:03:41. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:45.of discipline. Footage from detention facility shows corporal
:03:45. > :03:52.Donald Payne shouting obscenities at the Iraqis. He's the only man to
:03:53. > :03:55.have been punished in any way. The use of hoods and stress positions
:03:55. > :03:59.are against international law and had been banned by the British
:03:59. > :04:03.government in 1972. It was an army major that instructed the soldiers
:04:03. > :04:08.to use them. The inquiry heard they were standard operating procedure.
:04:08. > :04:11.The report blamed they used on a corporate failure at the Ministry
:04:11. > :04:16.of Defence. It said stress positions and the use of hunts were
:04:16. > :04:20.wholly unacceptable in any circumstances. -- hunts. It also
:04:20. > :04:25.found that many soldiers had assaulted the Iraqis. Even more had
:04:25. > :04:30.failed to intervene. There had been, it said, a lack of moral courage.
:04:30. > :04:33.It is truly a shocking and appalling incident. It should not
:04:33. > :04:38.have happened and it should never be allowed to happen again. The
:04:38. > :04:42.British Army should uphold the highest standards. The inquiry
:04:42. > :04:46.found that Major Michael Peebles knew that detainees had been
:04:46. > :04:49.assaulted. It said if the pennant Craig Rogers had acted when he
:04:50. > :04:55.first knew what was happening, Baha Mousa or would almost certainly
:04:55. > :05:01.have had survived. It found that the decorated commander Colonel
:05:01. > :05:06.Jorge Mendonca So should have known what was going on, and that
:05:06. > :05:10.Corporal Payne was a violent bully that tried to cover up what he had
:05:10. > :05:13.done. No doubt the Director of Prosecutions will be reading that
:05:13. > :05:17.report and they will be considering war crimes of torture, inhumane
:05:17. > :05:20.treatment and submitting people to grossly humiliating behaviour. They
:05:20. > :05:27.awry number of people that have every reason to be very, very
:05:27. > :05:37.worried. Back in the Middle East, a family is still grieving. Baha
:05:37. > :05:43.
:05:44. > :05:47.Mousa's father had to identify his In my heart... My son. Baha Mousa's
:05:47. > :05:54.two children are now growing up without a father. Today, the
:05:54. > :05:57.soldier that tried to resuscitate him expressed remorse. I cannot say
:05:57. > :06:01.enough words how sorry I am, not only for myself but for those that
:06:01. > :06:06.were involved in his death. If you hit him we didn't hit him, you
:06:06. > :06:11.still have your own responsibility for his death. Baha Mousa is buried
:06:11. > :06:14.in Iraq's holiest city. Today's report into his death is a big step
:06:14. > :06:21.towards accountability. But the scandal over what happened to him
:06:21. > :06:24.has not yet been laid to rest. The inquiry's chairman Sir William
:06:24. > :06:28.Gage has blamed the death on a systemic failure at the Ministry of
:06:28. > :06:32.Defence, for not giving clear guidance about the treatment of
:06:32. > :06:36.prisoners. Caroline Wyatt is here. This will make very difficult
:06:36. > :06:40.reading for the army. Have they learned any lessons? Indeed it does.
:06:40. > :06:43.The army insist that they have learned lessons. As we heard from
:06:44. > :06:47.the inquiry, the abuse and the death of Baha Mousa as a prisoner
:06:47. > :06:51.in British custody was a dark day for the British Army, one that
:06:51. > :06:55.stained its reputation. The MoD and the army say they are ensuring that
:06:55. > :06:58.all soldiers that are deployed are aware of the ban on the five so-
:06:58. > :07:03.called conditioning techniques that were used to soften up prisoners
:07:03. > :07:11.before questioning. In 2003, that Banahan soon how -- some have been
:07:11. > :07:14.Baha Mousa was not a casualty of war. His death occurred as a
:07:14. > :07:19.detainee in British custody. It was avoidable and preventable and there
:07:19. > :07:23.can be no excuses. There is no place in our armed forces for the
:07:23. > :07:28.mistreatment of detainees. Although the challenges that British
:07:28. > :07:31.soldiers based in Iraq in 2003 were hostile and intense, the head of
:07:31. > :07:36.the army said today that there could be no excuse for the loss of
:07:36. > :07:41.discipline and the lack of moral courage that occurred. His clear
:07:42. > :07:47.from the inquiry report that we were ill prepared in 2003 for the
:07:47. > :07:51.task of handling civilian detainees. The army has made strenuous efforts
:07:51. > :07:56.since then to transform the way that we train them for and conduct
:07:56. > :08:00.detention operations. The army insists that some improvements have
:08:00. > :08:05.already been made. You've got to treat everybody you have captured
:08:05. > :08:08.humanely. No exceptions, no IFS or buts. Amongst the recommendations
:08:08. > :08:14.are an update and improvements to this training video for British
:08:14. > :08:21.soldiers on prisoner handling. It came out in 2005, in the wake of
:08:21. > :08:25.Baha Mousa's death. Inquiry also said that the MoD must keep the ban
:08:25. > :08:31.on making detainees wear hoods, and improved training. It also wants to
:08:31. > :08:36.see more rapid medical attention for detainees and possible civilian
:08:36. > :08:42.inspections of prisons. But some say that those involved must face
:08:42. > :08:46.trial. The inhuman treatment of civilians is a war crime. The
:08:46. > :08:51.beating and killing of a prisoner is in breach of our criminal laws.
:08:51. > :08:56.The army had investigated, so they say, in respect of the court
:08:56. > :09:02.martial that took place. But that was a court martial where we met a
:09:02. > :09:05.wall of scientists -- silence. army says that those still serving
:09:06. > :09:10.have now been suspended and there will be another look at whether
:09:10. > :09:12.they could face disciplinary action. That could be a fresh court martial
:09:12. > :09:17.war even prosecution in a civilian court.
:09:17. > :09:21.The Bank of England has once again kept interest rates at the record
:09:21. > :09:25.low of 0.5%. The rates have remained unchanged now for two-and-
:09:25. > :09:29.a-half years. It comes as a group of leading international economists
:09:29. > :09:35.warned that the UK growth could be a lot lower than the Government is
:09:35. > :09:39.predicting. The British economy is stumbling
:09:39. > :09:43.forward without much momentum. That is the message from the OECD think-
:09:43. > :09:47.tank. Now the hunt is on for growth, with the Chancellor examining every
:09:47. > :09:52.area of activity as the pressure grows for policies to get things
:09:52. > :09:56.back on track. Today, Mr Osborne, after trade talks with the high-
:09:56. > :10:01.level Chinese delegation, said that his deficit reduction plan had laid
:10:01. > :10:03.the foundations for the UK economy to expand. If you were to start
:10:04. > :10:07.spending more money, the almost immediate result would be that
:10:07. > :10:11.interest rates go up. Families would find themselves paying higher
:10:11. > :10:14.mortgage payments, businesses would find themselves paying more to
:10:14. > :10:18.borrow and invest. That doesn't seem to be very sensible. What
:10:18. > :10:24.Britain has to do is work through the debt problems, but also grow
:10:24. > :10:27.and become more competitive. economic outlook is cloudier. Life
:10:27. > :10:32.is getting more difficult for policy makers at home and further
:10:32. > :10:36.afield. The climate is worse for leading industrialised economies.
:10:36. > :10:40.The OECD says all of their growth prospects are going down. The UK is
:10:40. > :10:45.no exception. Last autumn, they predicted that UK growth this year
:10:46. > :10:51.would be 1.7%. By May this year, they had revised that forecast down
:10:51. > :10:56.to 1.4%. Now the OECD believes that the UK will grow by less than 1% in
:10:56. > :11:00.2011. George Osborne's decisions a year ago choked of our recovery in
:11:00. > :11:06.Britain, even before this latest crisis in the eurozone and in
:11:06. > :11:12.America. That means we are very badly exposed indeed. Our economy
:11:12. > :11:15.is flat-lining. Unemployment is rising. The case for a global plan
:11:15. > :11:18.B and a change of course in Britain is growing by the day. Consumers
:11:18. > :11:21.are feeling the pinch. They might be on the high streets, but they
:11:21. > :11:26.are not spending like they used to. It was revealed today that some
:11:26. > :11:30.towns like Stockport have nearly 30% of shops empty, as many retail
:11:30. > :11:34.chains struggle. Back in the city, they are trying to come up with
:11:34. > :11:38.ideas for growth. His business leader says the Government can help
:11:38. > :11:41.with targeted tax breaks. British government commit they need
:11:42. > :11:47.to do anything, they need to sit shoulder to shoulder with this
:11:47. > :11:49.country's very impressive entrepreneurs, who are creating
:11:49. > :11:53.businesses and high growth industries of tomorrow. But it will
:11:53. > :11:57.not be easy, even with the Bank of England keeping interest rates on
:11:57. > :12:03.hold yet again, at record low levels. Looking for growth with
:12:03. > :12:07.other countries struggling is now a major challenge for this government.
:12:07. > :12:10.The first homecoming ceremony play for one British serviceman since
:12:10. > :12:20.repatriations through Wootton Bassett ended has taken place at
:12:20. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:26.The body of Sergeant Darren Weston, or 42 Commando, was flown into the
:12:26. > :12:31.base. He was killed while on foot patrol by a roadside bomb in
:12:31. > :12:37.Afghanistan. He leaves behind it wife and three daughters. Around
:12:38. > :12:41.2000 people lined the route, where the new memorial to British troops
:12:41. > :12:45.has been erected. American forces in Afghanistan have
:12:45. > :12:49.admitted that a BBC reporter who died when the Taliban stormed a
:12:49. > :12:54.building in July was shot dead by US troops in a case of mistaken
:12:54. > :12:57.identity. The reporter, who worked for the BBC service, was killed
:12:57. > :13:04.while hiding in a bathroom after his soldier mistaken for a suicide
:13:04. > :13:07.bomber. He left a wife and baby daughter. The funeral of Mark
:13:07. > :13:11.Duggan, the man shot dead by police in north London last month, takes
:13:11. > :13:14.place tomorrow. His family have been speaking today and they have
:13:14. > :13:21.criticised the police watchdog which is carrying out investigation.
:13:21. > :13:26.His death was followed by riots across England. June Kelly is in
:13:26. > :13:30.Tottenham. It is five weeks since Mark Duggan
:13:30. > :13:33.was shot on this road in Tottenham by armed police. Tonight, his
:13:33. > :13:39.family are preparing for the funeral. The Met police say that
:13:39. > :13:42.the policing for the funeral will reflect the family's desire for a
:13:42. > :13:47.peaceful and dignified event. Mark Duggan, with his mother,
:13:47. > :13:52.Pamela. And, in other photographs released by the family, in
:13:52. > :13:56.photographs with his girlfriend, Simone Wilson. When he was shot, he
:13:56. > :14:01.was said to be carrying a gun hidden in a sock. His family are
:14:01. > :14:06.disputing this. There is an issue of a gun. There is an issue of a
:14:06. > :14:11.gun with no fingerprints from my brother on it whatsoever. Where did
:14:11. > :14:15.this gun come from? We don't know, we only know what the police say at
:14:15. > :14:18.this point in time. But I'm sure that was not my brother's gun.
:14:19. > :14:22.After that was a passenger in a mini cab that was stopped in what
:14:22. > :14:27.has been described as an intelligent lead police operation.
:14:27. > :14:31.He was shot in the chest and arm by an officer from the Met Police's
:14:31. > :14:36.firearms unit. For the police to open fire, they must believe the
:14:36. > :14:40.suspect is posing an imminent threat. It was a shooting which led
:14:40. > :14:45.to a protest which descended into the first of the riots which
:14:45. > :14:47.convulsed so many neighbourhoods in London and beyond. Independent
:14:48. > :14:52.Police Complaints Commission is carrying out the investigation into
:14:52. > :14:56.Mark Duggan's death. The IPCC have admitted that they misled
:14:56. > :15:01.journalists shortly afterwards by saying, inaccurately, that Mark
:15:01. > :15:11.Duggan had fired first at officers. This has led to strained relations.
:15:11. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:27.But the family say they have no faith in the IPCC. The initial
:15:27. > :15:31.stages of this inquiry, the initial stages of this incident, if they
:15:31. > :15:36.are anything to go by, I've got no trust in them whatsoever. Meanwhile
:15:36. > :15:40.Scotland Yard says there is no truth in the reports that the
:15:40. > :15:44.officer who shot Mark Duggan is about to return to firearms duties.
:15:44. > :15:48.Because of the ongoing investigation, no-one is responding
:15:48. > :15:54.to the allegations the family are making about the gun. What we also
:15:54. > :16:00.don't know, crucially, is why the police felt they had to stop Mark
:16:00. > :16:03.Duggan on this road five weeks ago. Viewers on BBC London can see the
:16:03. > :16:05.full interview with Mark Duggan's brother after this programme.
:16:05. > :16:08.Our top story tonight: An inquiry condemns the appalling, gratuitous
:16:08. > :16:11.violence by British soldiers that led to the death of an Iraqi
:16:11. > :16:21.civilian. Coming up: The 2 million-year-old
:16:21. > :16:25.skeleton which could shed new light on the origin of man. Later on the
:16:25. > :16:30.BBC News Channel, as interest rates in the UK and Europe remain on hold
:16:30. > :16:40.in an attempt to keep economic growth alive, gloomy data from both
:16:40. > :16:43.sides of the Atlantic suggest those Chilling messages from the planes
:16:43. > :16:47.which crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on 9/11 have
:16:47. > :16:50.been released by US authorities. The tapes, many of which have not
:16:50. > :16:52.been heard before, paint a dramatic picture of the confusion and horror
:16:52. > :16:56.as American officials and pilots struggled to understand what was
:16:56. > :17:06.happening. This weekend marks ten years since the attacks took place.
:17:06. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:12.Adam Brookes reports. September 11th. At 8.13 in the morning air
:17:12. > :17:16.traffic controllers lose contact with American Airlines Flight 11
:17:16. > :17:22.not far from New York. Then a telephone call from the plane
:17:22. > :17:27.itself. It is Betty Ong, an attendant. Somebody is stab in
:17:27. > :17:31.business class. I think there's mace. We can't breathe. I don't
:17:31. > :17:37.know but I think we are being hijacked. Nobody move. Everybody is
:17:37. > :17:42.og. If you try to make any moves you will endanger yourself and the
:17:42. > :17:46.aeroplane. Just stay quiet. voice of Mohammad Atta now at the
:17:46. > :17:51.plane's controls. Stunned air traffic controllers try to find
:17:51. > :17:55.what is happening. We have a problem here. We've got a hijacked
:17:55. > :18:02.aircraft heading for New York. We need someone to scramble some F-16s
:18:02. > :18:08.or something to help us out. this real world or an exercise?
:18:08. > :18:13.This is not an exercise. I found myself as standing in the middle of
:18:13. > :18:18.that floor mostly trying to comprehend what the heck was going
:18:18. > :18:22.on. As events unfold, in the control towers, bafflement and
:18:22. > :18:28.disbelief. You can look out your window right now? You can see a guy
:18:28. > :18:36.at 4,000 feet? I see him. That's another situation. Another one just
:18:36. > :18:41.hit the building! Wow! Another one hit the World Trade. The whole
:18:41. > :18:45.building came apart! At 10.30 the orders go out to shoot down the
:18:45. > :18:49.aircraft. The commander who declared we can shoot down aircraft
:18:49. > :18:56.that do not respond to our direction. Did you copy that?
:18:56. > :19:01.that, Sir. But there were none left to shoot down. One tape has not
:19:02. > :19:05.been released from Flight 93, in which passengers fought the
:19:05. > :19:10.hijackers and the plane went down. To protect the families, we are
:19:10. > :19:12.told, the voices will not be heard. It took just 73 minutes for those
:19:12. > :19:15.terror attacks on 9/11 to change the course of American history.
:19:15. > :19:18.Those moments also changed the lives of thousands of families as
:19:18. > :19:23.husbands, wives, sons and daughters were killed. More than 3,000
:19:23. > :19:30.children lost a parent. As the 10th anniversary of the terrorist
:19:30. > :19:34.attacks approach, Laura Trevelyan reports on the children of 9/11.
:19:34. > :19:39.The at wood children are back from their first day at school but this
:19:39. > :19:44.is no ordinary week for Margaret, Gerald and Robert and their mother,
:19:44. > :19:49.Barbara. On Sunday the children will mourn the death of their
:19:49. > :19:53.father, firefighter Gerald Attwood, who perished ten years ago at
:19:53. > :19:57.Ground Zero trying to save others. I am proud because he sacrificed
:19:57. > :20:02.his life for other people, that he didn't even know, and he cares so
:20:02. > :20:07.much about them. Barbara was pregnant with Robert when Gerald
:20:07. > :20:12.was killed. The pregnancy helped her to deal with the grief. Robert
:20:12. > :20:17.miss the father who never got to take him on school trips. What has
:20:17. > :20:23.it been like growing up without your father? Alright but it what be
:20:23. > :20:27.beyond better if he were here. Barbara has devoted herself to
:20:27. > :20:33.bringing up the family. But she worries about what she and the
:20:34. > :20:42.children are missing without Gerald. Taking the boys to Scouts, just
:20:42. > :20:48.being that partner who is committed to being there for me, for the
:20:48. > :20:53.children. It's been huge. There is not a day that I don't think about
:20:53. > :20:56.him. When Al-Qaeda destroyed the Twin Towers more than 60 fathers of
:20:56. > :21:01.unborn children were among those killed. The pain of growing up
:21:02. > :21:08.without a dad isn't confined to New York. The long shadow of 9/11
:21:08. > :21:12.extends to Britain too. Elizabeth Turner's husband, Simon, has flown
:21:12. > :21:15.from London to New York for a meeting on September 11th.
:21:15. > :21:20.Elizabeth was pregnant with William when Simon was killed inside the
:21:20. > :21:26.World Trade Center. Her grief is very different to William's
:21:26. > :21:31.mourning. William didn't know Simon. He knows of him and knows of him as
:21:31. > :21:38.has dad. So, it is almost like his grief is about the loss of not
:21:38. > :21:41.having a father. This is the memorial at Ground Zero. For 3,000
:21:41. > :21:48.children who lost a parent now have somewhere to mourn the ir
:21:48. > :21:52.replaceable. The starting gun has been fired and
:21:52. > :21:55.tickets are about to go on sale for the 2012 Paralympics in London.
:21:55. > :21:58.Organisers say they hope the games will prove to be the most
:21:58. > :22:00.successful ever staged and are confident that it will be a sellout.
:22:00. > :22:09.Paralympic athletes have been gathering in Trafalgar Square to
:22:09. > :22:15.mark the occasion. Andy Swiss reports. So, anyone for a quiet
:22:15. > :22:19.game of wheelchair rugby? How about sitting volleyball? Table tennis,
:22:19. > :22:28.or a mere 17 other sports? Today you could watch them and tomorrow
:22:28. > :22:34.you can buy a ticket for them. The Paralympics are coming to town.
:22:34. > :22:38.people are coming out enjoying the sport. I've seen people clench
:22:38. > :22:42.their jaws watching the while chairs clash behind us. It is
:22:42. > :22:47.exciting. The excitement around the sports is what is needed. Yeah, I'm
:22:47. > :22:51.looking forward to it. And so are these two, Boris Johnson and David
:22:51. > :22:55.Cameron, amusing the crowds with an enthusiastic play of their tennis
:22:55. > :22:58.skills. But they know selling ticket will be a far more serious
:22:58. > :23:02.business. Previous Paralympics have given them away. London is not.
:23:02. > :23:08.There are 2 million for sale and they are cheaper than the Olympics.
:23:08. > :23:14.Half of them will cost �10 or less. You can buy them on-line from
:23:14. > :23:18.9.00am tomorrow for nearly three weeks. The Paralympics were born in
:23:18. > :23:23.Britain, at the Stoke Mandeville games in 1948. Organisers hope that
:23:23. > :23:27.tradition will translate into ticket. Our history and the
:23:27. > :23:30.Paralympic movement, the fact that many of our Paralympians are
:23:30. > :23:34.household names, and the more Paralympic sport you show young
:23:34. > :23:38.people the more interest there is in Paralympic sport gives us a real
:23:38. > :23:42.head start this this country. the frustration of missing out on
:23:42. > :23:46.Olympic tickets for thousands like the West family, the Paralympics
:23:46. > :23:50.have gained added significance. were very disappointed. That's why
:23:50. > :23:54.we are hoping we are going to be successful in our ballot tomorrow
:23:54. > :23:58.morning and get the Paralympic tickets, because we do want to be
:23:58. > :24:02.part of it. We are Londoners. It is history and I think it'd be
:24:02. > :24:05.something really nice to be able to look back on and say we were there
:24:05. > :24:13.and witnessed some great sport. Perhaps the best reason to watch
:24:13. > :24:17.the Paralympics will be this. Britain won some 42 gold medals in
:24:17. > :24:21.Beijing, second only to China. With home support anything is possible.
:24:21. > :24:25.Being in Beijing and having the Chinese crowd cheering for you,
:24:25. > :24:29.even though you weren't Chinese, it gave you a buzz. Hopefully in
:24:29. > :24:36.London we'll get that buzz. London organisers will certainly
:24:36. > :24:41.hope so. Britain will want to win new fans as well as win the medals.
:24:41. > :24:44.So yes, quite a day here in Trafalgar Square. Tomorrow you can
:24:44. > :24:48.start applying for those Paralympic tickets from 9 o'clock in the
:24:48. > :24:51.morning. It is not first come first served. You have nearly three weeks
:24:51. > :24:54.to make your choice. Andy, thank you.
:24:54. > :24:56.It's a question that's baffled us for generations: how did we became
:24:57. > :25:00.human, and who are our closest ancestors? Well, scientists in
:25:00. > :25:02.South Africa now believe they may have found a missing link between
:25:02. > :25:05.chimps and humans. They've been studying two skeletons which are
:25:05. > :25:07.over 2 million years old. As Pallab Ghosh now reports, if this
:25:08. > :25:10.controversial claim is true, the find would overturn our current
:25:10. > :25:15.understanding of how and where humans evolved. South Africans call
:25:15. > :25:19.this park the Cradle of Human Kind. It turns out that it may well be.
:25:19. > :25:25.These remains were found in a cave at the park. They are of an ape-
:25:25. > :25:29.like creature that live 2 million years ago. And a new detailed
:25:29. > :25:32.analysis published in the journal, Science, show that they are the
:25:32. > :25:38.most human-like apes of their time. These hands, for example, may have
:25:38. > :25:42.been able to use tools. And new scans of its skull show that the
:25:42. > :25:47.creature as brain was shifting towards being more human-like.
:25:47. > :25:53.we are looking at is the point of transition where we move from
:25:53. > :25:57.relatively primitive creatures to something that's potentially stone
:25:57. > :26:01.tool-using. There are the potential origins of language, the way that
:26:01. > :26:07.something is looking like us. is is the story of human evolution
:26:07. > :26:11.so far. The first apes emerged 20 million years ago. Then came pre-
:26:11. > :26:15.humans, these were apes with some human characteristics.
:26:15. > :26:20.And then came the first true humans - this happened around 2 million
:26:20. > :26:26.years ago. The new species is thought to be right at the
:26:26. > :26:31.transition point between pre-human and human. Some say it actually was
:26:31. > :26:36.the very first human. However, up until now it's thought that this
:26:36. > :26:40.transition happened in East Africa. But the new discovery has
:26:40. > :26:43.challenged that theory. This now puts the focus back on South Africa
:26:43. > :26:49.as the place where that first transition to people beginning to
:26:49. > :26:54.look like us happened. Scientists once thought there was a linear
:26:54. > :26:59.progression from monkey to ape to human. We now know the picture was
:26:59. > :27:03.far more complicated. Million office years ago there were many
:27:03. > :27:08.human-like species. They became fewer and fewer over the years
:27:08. > :27:13.until there was just one - us. Never before have our origins been
:27:13. > :27:17.studied in such detail. It is research that's answering not just
:27:18. > :27:26.where and how our species emerged but deeper questions about what it
:27:26. > :27:29.truly means to be human. truly means to be human.
:27:29. > :27:35.The weather now with Alex Deakin. We are dig out summer for one more
:27:35. > :27:39.day tomorrow. Warm air is across us tonight. A damp night. Outbreaks of
:27:39. > :27:42.rain in Northern Ireland this evening and spreading here into
:27:42. > :27:46.southern Scotland and northern England overnight. Heavy rain in
:27:46. > :27:52.places. Heavy, showery rain drifting across southern parts of
:27:52. > :27:55.England and Wales. Double digits, 16 in the South West. Cooler in the
:27:55. > :27:58.far north of Scotland. The rain will arrive in northern Scotland
:27:59. > :28:02.tomorrow. It sticks around for most of the day. It tends to clear from
:28:02. > :28:06.central and southern Scotland and northern England. As things
:28:06. > :28:09.brighten it will feel warm and human nid the afternoon. One or two
:28:09. > :28:13.scattered showers in England and Wales. Around some coasts it may
:28:13. > :28:19.stay grey and misty. But head inland and things should brighten
:28:19. > :28:22.up. Where we get did sunshine, 23 maybe 24 degrees through parts of
:28:22. > :28:26.East Anglia and the East Midlands. Bright anything north-east England
:28:26. > :28:30.after a grey start. Central Scotland becoming drier and
:28:30. > :28:33.brighter in the afternoon. In the far north, a dull and damp day. The
:28:33. > :28:38.overnight clears from Northern Ireland. Things brighten here with
:28:38. > :28:43.a hint of sunshine. We might reach 20 degrees. Warm and humid. Across
:28:43. > :28:47.Wales it will be predominantly cloudy. Brightness east of the
:28:47. > :28:50.hills maybe. The same for south- west England. Quite cloudy and
:28:50. > :28:55.misty. All change for Saturday. A band of
:28:55. > :29:00.rain sweeps across the country, accompanied by strong winds. Warmer