09/04/2012

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:00:08. > :00:15.Syrian troops open fire on refugees fleeing the country into Turkey,

:00:16. > :00:21.killing two people. It's the first such attack and

:00:21. > :00:23.comes amid fears that a UN peace plan is collapsing.

:00:23. > :00:28.Saving for retirement - ministers consider a new type of private

:00:28. > :00:29.pension to replace final salary schemes.

:00:29. > :00:39.Inside North Korea millions celebrate the birth of the

:00:39. > :00:43.

:00:43. > :00:45.country's Communist founder. What sustains North Korea is the

:00:45. > :00:55.personality cult. And after a thrilling play-off,

:00:55. > :01:04.

:01:04. > :01:06.Bubba Watson wins the Masters in Good evening. Eyewitnesses on

:01:06. > :01:11.Syria's border with Turkey, say Syrian troops have opened fire on

:01:11. > :01:14.refugees fleeing the country, killing two people. The violence

:01:14. > :01:18.comes amid more deaths elsewhere in Syria, and fears that a UN-backed

:01:18. > :01:21.peace plan to end the fighting could collapse. Today a television

:01:21. > :01:29.cameraman was also shot near Syria's border with Lebanon. Our

:01:29. > :01:35.correspondent Jonathan Head has sent this report.

:01:35. > :01:42.The violence building up just inside Syria spilled over the

:01:42. > :01:48.border today. Refugees caught in the crossfire or fired upon. It was

:01:48. > :01:53.the last straw for this man. They are killing us, he said. Just come

:01:53. > :02:03.and see all the dead. There are slaughtering them with knives,

:02:03. > :02:04.

:02:04. > :02:08.bombing the houses. Help us. There were at least 15 injured

:02:08. > :02:14.being treated in this hospital and for the first time some had been

:02:14. > :02:19.shot on the Turkish side. Many of the Turkish Hamp -- camps like this

:02:19. > :02:26.one are just a short distance from the border. Many of the inmates

:02:26. > :02:32.driven here by their own Syrian horror stories. The Kofi Annan

:02:32. > :02:36.peace plan for the people who have recently arrived at this camp,

:02:36. > :02:42.short of the diplomatic miracle, they believe they will just have to

:02:42. > :02:47.fight for their freedom. And the Turkish hosts are now declined to

:02:47. > :02:51.agree. The peace plan calls for the government to stop using heavy

:02:52. > :02:56.weapons in population centres. For the opposition to commit to stop

:02:56. > :03:04.fighting. And for all parties to ensure that humanitarian assistance

:03:04. > :03:11.reaches all areas affected by the fighting. And to implement a daily

:03:11. > :03:15.two-hour humanitarian pause. Turkey has been appalled by the surge of

:03:15. > :03:20.fighting and is calling for an alternative to the peace plan. In

:03:20. > :03:24.this village they have been pulling people out from what is left of

:03:24. > :03:31.their homes after another bombardment. 35 are believed to

:03:31. > :03:41.have died here including women and children. The only certainty is

:03:41. > :03:45.

:03:45. > :03:47.that there will be many more such victims. Options for a new type of

:03:47. > :03:49.private pension, to replace final salary schemes are being considered

:03:50. > :03:52.by ministers. One idea could involve a company guaranteeing a

:03:52. > :03:54.fixed pension pot on retirement. The Government says while many

:03:54. > :03:55.businesses want to offer decent pensions final salary schemes are

:03:55. > :04:01.just too expensive. Our Business Correspondent, Emma Simpson,

:04:01. > :04:06.reports. Building up the pension pot is not

:04:06. > :04:10.as easy as it once was. Final salary pension schemes are

:04:10. > :04:14.increasingly scarce. Today new workers normally have to shoulder

:04:15. > :04:19.the risk without a guaranteed return. The pensions minister says

:04:19. > :04:23.they could be a third way - a new type of pension that would see

:04:23. > :04:28.employers and workers sharing some of those investment risks. We are

:04:28. > :04:33.trying to make sure that companies that want to offer a decent

:04:33. > :04:37.pensions deal are helped to do so. It may not be the gold plated

:04:38. > :04:40.pensions of the past, but an element of guarantee. We make it

:04:41. > :04:46.easier for companies that want to do the right thing by their

:04:46. > :04:50.employees. Morrisons is already taking this new MyPa. As well as

:04:50. > :04:54.existing schemes it will also offer workers at guaranteed pension fund

:04:55. > :04:59.on retirement. But workers would then have to decide what to do with

:04:59. > :05:05.that money. These days only one in three private sector workers are

:05:05. > :05:09.reckoned to be in any occupational pension plan. And with final salary

:05:09. > :05:14.schemes fast disappearing, the Challenge of how to secure enough

:05:14. > :05:18.income for a decent retirement has never been so important.

:05:18. > :05:24.investment returns to not workout and if inflation turns out to be

:05:24. > :05:29.high, it costs work out fairly expensive or if everyone starts

:05:29. > :05:34.living much longer, the old way of thinking about pensions will have

:05:34. > :05:38.to change. But some in the industry say the government is missing the

:05:38. > :05:44.point. The fundamental problem with retirement saving at the moment is

:05:44. > :05:48.that people are not saving enough. Whether a defined benefit pension

:05:48. > :05:54.or defined contribution pension, if you do not put enough in, you will

:05:54. > :05:58.not get enough out. Many companies may be sceptical about giving any

:05:58. > :06:04.more future pension guarantees. It is early days, but the debate has

:06:04. > :06:06.now begun. It's one of the world's most

:06:06. > :06:08.reclusive and repressive regimes, and this week North Korea will

:06:08. > :06:12.stage the biggest celebration in its history to commemorate its

:06:12. > :06:14.founding father. The 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il

:06:14. > :06:21.Sung will be marked by the launch of a rocket and ceremonies across

:06:21. > :06:23.the country. Our Correspondent Damian Grammaticas is the only

:06:23. > :06:32.British broadcaster allowed inside the country and sent this report

:06:32. > :06:40.from the capital, Pyongyang. At sea of faces. Acting on cue.

:06:40. > :06:47.Every single one in a crowd of perhaps 100,000. It is the start of

:06:47. > :06:53.a week of celebrations. And the emotion almost sounds exaggerated.

:06:54. > :06:59.North Korea's two dead dictator's, father and son, are worshipped by

:06:59. > :07:03.gods. And its people are urged to give thanks for the way they are

:07:03. > :07:07.told donation has been turned into a powerful and prosperous land.

:07:07. > :07:13.Today few outsiders would recognise the country as powerful or

:07:13. > :07:17.prosperous. But what sustains it is a personality cult built around the

:07:17. > :07:24.Kim dynasty and totalitarian control. As the crowds dispersed we

:07:24. > :07:28.were told we could not talk to any of them. Instead we were brought to

:07:28. > :07:33.this model is silk spinning factory. It has never fired a single worker,

:07:33. > :07:43.I was told. They're also good. Apparently it is down to the

:07:43. > :07:43.

:07:43. > :07:47.generous guidance of the founding president, Kim Il Sung, and his son.

:07:47. > :07:53.Under their watch, the workers get interactive instruction in

:07:53. > :07:57.mathematics, physics and English. This birthday celebration for Kim

:07:57. > :08:02.Il Sung, he says, is the biggest national event in our country. I

:08:02. > :08:08.will celebrate by working even harder. This woman has spent 30

:08:08. > :08:13.years labouring here and like everyone, sticks to the same script.

:08:13. > :08:17.Father and son deserve the credit for everything. When they were

:08:17. > :08:23.alive, they instructed us to provide Clones for the people, she

:08:23. > :08:27.says. This year we exceeded our annual quota in three months.

:08:27. > :08:32.is a highly controlled visit. The ladies were just spoke to as soon

:08:32. > :08:36.as we stopped talking to them, they stopped work. Outside are glimpses

:08:37. > :08:42.of a different North Korea flashing past. We would like to stop and see

:08:42. > :08:48.them but we cannot. There are hints of a less perfect world. The grey

:08:48. > :08:53.monotony of that city. Long queues for the morning tram. The

:08:53. > :08:58.uniformity of it all. Reflections that suggest it is not quite as

:08:58. > :09:00.socialist Paradise. The BBC has been told that the

:09:00. > :09:05.British government approved the rendition of a terrorist suspect to

:09:05. > :09:08.Colonel Gaddafi's regime in Libya in 2004. Evidence emerged last year

:09:08. > :09:13.that MI6 was closely involved in the treatment of Abdel Hakim Belhaj,

:09:13. > :09:16.who claims he was tortured by the Libyans while in prison. Mr Belhaj,

:09:16. > :09:23.who at the time led a group opposed to Gaddafi's regime, is now suing

:09:23. > :09:25.MI6 and the British government. Peter Taylor reports.

:09:25. > :09:32.The story begins with a letter uncovered in the rubble of Libya's

:09:32. > :09:33.bombed spy headquarters, as BBC News reported last year. Successive

:09:33. > :09:38.governments have always insisted they were never complicit in

:09:38. > :09:43.illegal rendition and the torture of terrorist suspects. We can now

:09:44. > :09:51.reveal that may not always have been the case. Unlawful rendition

:09:51. > :09:53.is not something I would approve. The letter was written in March

:09:53. > :10:02.2004 by the senior MI6 officer, Sir Mark Allen, and addressed to Libyan

:10:02. > :10:07.intelligence. Sir Mark congratulated Libyan intelligence

:10:07. > :10:09.on the safe arrival of the air cargo. The air cargo was Abdel

:10:09. > :10:19.Hakim Belhaj, the leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, whom

:10:19. > :10:20.

:10:20. > :10:24.Britain regarded as a terrorist group. When MI6 learnt he was in

:10:24. > :10:30.Malaysia, it tipped off the CIA, who intercepted Mr Belhaj. He was

:10:30. > :10:36.detained in Libya for four years. TRANSLATION: The MI6 service is

:10:36. > :10:40.considered a major player in my arrest. This act has caused me harm

:10:40. > :10:43.and suffering. Sir Mark ends his letter by

:10:43. > :10:49.confirming the intelligence was British. But MI6 does not act

:10:49. > :10:51.unilaterally. Its actions have to be approved by the Government. Jack

:10:51. > :10:55.Straw, the then Foreign Secretary, denied the Government had any

:10:55. > :11:01.involvement. Not only did we not agree with it,

:11:01. > :11:04.we were not complicit. Nor did we turn a blind eye. No Foreign

:11:04. > :11:09.Secretary can know all the details of what its intelligence agencies

:11:09. > :11:18.are doing. I asked to interview Mr Straw but

:11:18. > :11:21.his office said he had nothing further to add. The operations of

:11:21. > :11:30.MI6 must be organised by the government and that authorisation

:11:30. > :11:32.is not always given. I understand that in this case the MI6 action

:11:32. > :11:42.was authorised by the Labour Government. At what level, we do

:11:42. > :11:45.

:11:45. > :11:47.not know. The documentation clearly says that the SIS intelligence made

:11:47. > :11:49.rendition possible was provided by the SAS. Doesn't that indicate we

:11:49. > :11:52.were previously complicit in rendition? This is subject to legal

:11:52. > :11:59.proceedings. It is not possible for a minister to comment. The evidence

:11:59. > :12:05.is there in black and white? have heard some evidence. You are

:12:05. > :12:07.not a judge. You may not have seen all the evidence. Mr Belhaj is now

:12:07. > :12:08.suing Sir Mark Allen and the British Government. Meanwhile, the

:12:08. > :12:16.Metropolitan Police is investigating his allegations. The

:12:16. > :12:26.controversy is far from over. And you can see more on that story

:12:26. > :12:26.

:12:26. > :12:29.in Modern Spies, tonight at 9pm, on BBC2.

:12:29. > :12:31.The largest and most powerful warship ever built by the Royal

:12:31. > :12:33.Navy is beginning to take shape, as two sections of the hull were

:12:33. > :12:35.joined together today for the aircraft carrier HMS Queen

:12:35. > :12:38.Elizabeth. But the vessel, which survived defence spending cuts

:12:38. > :12:46.nearly two years ago, is a long way from completion. James Shaw reports

:12:46. > :12:51.from the Govan shipyard in Glasgow. 4000 tonnes of steel moving inch by

:12:51. > :12:55.inch out of a construction shed on the Clyde. It is a precise and

:12:55. > :13:01.carefully planned operation and an important milestone in the building

:13:01. > :13:07.of this ship. The first section of the aircraft carrier is the largest

:13:07. > :13:13.and most complex section and houses much of the machinery spaces, the

:13:13. > :13:19.diesel engines. It also has recreation and galley spaces.

:13:19. > :13:25.Everything about this project is on an enormous scale. Add 280 metres

:13:25. > :13:30.long, the flight deck will be the size of 49 tennis courts. It will

:13:30. > :13:34.have a Croll of almost 1400 and there will be 40 aircraft on board.

:13:34. > :13:39.There is controversy around this ship and her sister vessel. When

:13:39. > :13:42.finished, only one of them will be operational and it is still not

:13:42. > :13:47.known exactly what aircraft there will have. Anything which might

:13:47. > :13:52.increase the cost of this �7 billion programme could be

:13:52. > :14:00.politically embarrassing. But at least today, two parts of the

:14:00. > :14:02.project have come together successfully.

:14:02. > :14:05.Almost a century after the Titanic set off on her maiden voyage from

:14:05. > :14:15.Southampton to New York, a memorial cruise is retracing the route of

:14:15. > :14:19.

:14:19. > :14:21.the ill-fated liner. The MS Balmoral has arrived at docks in

:14:21. > :14:23.Cove in Ireland, Titanic's last port of call before sinking in the

:14:23. > :14:33.north Atlantic in April 1912. Our correspondent Jon Kay is on board

:14:33. > :14:35.

:14:35. > :14:39.We had just arrived in Cobh, the Titanic's last port of call. It was

:14:39. > :14:44.known as Queenstown. Just look at the crowds that have turned out to

:14:44. > :14:49.welcome her. Thousands of people, just as there would have been a

:14:50. > :14:55.century ago to welcome the Titanic. This was always going to be an

:14:55. > :15:01.unusual cruise, and so it is proving to be. As the Balmoral

:15:01. > :15:06.follows Titanic's route all the way to the wreck site. After the

:15:06. > :15:13.razzmatazz of yesterday's departure, things on board have calmed down,

:15:13. > :15:20.with passenger swapping Titanic stories and any kind of trivia.

:15:20. > :15:25.have got cufflinks! Kate had a camera... He in her cabin, I met

:15:25. > :15:33.Sally Odell, whose relatives were on board the Titanic a century ago.

:15:33. > :15:38.Her cousin was just 11 years old at the time. This is his camera case,

:15:38. > :15:43.slung over his shoulder. He looks very proud.

:15:43. > :15:47.The Odells were only on board for the first stage of the journey.

:15:47. > :15:54.Because they got off in Ireland, they and their photographs survived.

:15:54. > :15:59.This one is taken as they left the Titanic in Queenstown or Cobh as it

:15:59. > :16:07.is now known. This is my favourite. It gives an

:16:07. > :16:11.idea of the size of the ship. how few lifeboats there off! And I

:16:11. > :16:16.wish welcome as the memorial crews arrives in gale-force winds. After

:16:16. > :16:21.a brief stop in Cobh, Sally Odell and the other passengers will sail

:16:21. > :16:28.on to the wreck site, just as her family photograph the Titanic doing

:16:28. > :16:32.100 years ago. There is a band playing on the quayside tonight.

:16:33. > :16:36.Passengers have a couple of hours onshore, and then it is back on

:16:37. > :16:39.board to head to the wreck site, leaving here at midnight.

:16:39. > :16:45.Thank you. The world of golf has a new

:16:45. > :16:50.champion. Bubba Watson,an American who claims he has never had a golf

:16:50. > :16:53.lesson, won the Masters in Augusta in dramatic style. Watson finished

:16:53. > :16:57.the final day level on ten under par, with the South African Louis

:16:58. > :17:01.Oosthuizen, but took the title after a sudden death play-off.

:17:01. > :17:07.It took 21 seconds on the second hole for Louis Oosthuizen to get a

:17:07. > :17:12.winning position. His second shot on the par-fives. You could come

:17:12. > :17:17.back to Augusta for another 20 years and never see this again. He

:17:17. > :17:24.went from seven under to 10 underpinning instant. An albatross!

:17:24. > :17:33.What a shot! Oosthuizen, who would catching? Not Phil Mickelson. Lost

:17:33. > :17:39.Lee Westwood was the best until he got to be green. A week of this

:17:39. > :17:44.left him two offer of the lead, in fumigated. So step forward be self-

:17:44. > :17:48.taught golfer from Florida. Bubba Watson made four birdies in a row

:17:48. > :17:55.and the crowd screamed for their dream finish, but Bubba Watson and

:17:55. > :18:00.Oosthuizen could not be separated. Bubba Watson clubs for a cancer

:18:00. > :18:06.charity, but no mistaking this. Trouble. Adversity became an

:18:06. > :18:11.opportunity. A stunning recovery. What some had two putts for the