08/11/2013 BBC News at Six

A Royal Marine is found guilty of executing an Afghan insurgent in

cold blood. Evidence from a helmet camera showed

how the injured Afghan was shot in the chest. Senior commanders condemn

what happened. It was a truly shocking and

appalling aberration. It should not have happened, and it should never

happen again. Two other Marines who were also

accused of murder have been acquitted.

Also tonight: One of the strongest storms ever recorded tears through

the Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of people are

forced to flee their homes. How the NHS in England spends ?700

for every baby born on insurance against medical negligence.

After years of stalemate over Iran's nuclear threat, could America be on

the brink of a deal with its old enemy?

Beyond the party dogfight, Britain's got a dilemma.

The BBC's voice of politics during the Thatcher years, John Cole, has

died aged 85. Arsene Wenger goes to Manchester

United for the first time since Sir Alex left. We'll look at key Premier

League matches in Sportsday. Good evening and welcome to the BBC

News at Six. A Royal Marine has been convicted of

murder, following the killing of an Afghan insurgent two years ago. A

military court found that the injured Afghan had been shot in the

chest at close range, after which the Marine admitted to his

colleagues he'd just broken the Geneva Convention and urged them to

keep it secret. Three Marines, whose identities have not been revealed,

were on trial, all charged with murder. In court they were referred

to only as Marines A, B, and C. While Marine A was found guilty, the

other two were acquitted. Graphic footage and audio from one of the

Marines' helmet camera was played in court, showing how the Afghan died.

Caroline Wyatt is at the court for us now.

Well, this was an extraordinary trial, the first for a British

service personnel for murder committed on operations abroad since

the Second World War that we are aware of. The jury were shown the

video which prompted the investigation, and which we will

show you extracts from, some of which you may find distressing.

Without the personal camera mounted on Marine B's helmet, what happened

in this field two years ago would have been buried forever, like the

body of the insurgent, whom the jury decided was killed by Marine A,

rather than the earlier Apache attack. The insurgent's body has

never been found, his identity known only to the villagers who left a

memorial in the fields. These stills are from the video that ultimately

convicted the 39 your old Sergeant, known as Marine A, of murder. What

we have heard over the last two weeks is not convicted with the

ethos, values and standards of the Royal Marines. It was a truly

shocking and appalling aberration. It should not have happened, and it

should never happen again. This audio was a small part of what the

board, or military jury, heard in court, as the Royal Marines

discussed what to do with the wounded enemy fighter, by now a

prisoner of war, as they dragged him across

the camera switched off and then back on again, and then a shot can

be heard, fired one Marine A. -- fired by Marine A.

The military jury was made up of the men's peers from the Royal Marines

and Royal Navy, who decided only the man who fired the fatal shot was

guilty of murder, not the two more junior Marines, who now return to

their units. But was the incident a one-off, or only unique in being

captured on film? British troops always pride themselves on

maintaining high standards of discipline, and in general I think

that is true. One of the problems is that it's not just a slip on behalf

of one or two people. Increasingly, the conditions of modern

counterinsurgency make these sorts of events will be more frequent than

we would like to believe. British forces have been fighting a

counterinsurgency campaign in Helmand for many years, against an

enemy that takes no prisoners. Many will have seen comrades killed or

injured on the front lines. But the jury was clear, what happened on

that September day was murder. There were grasps and tears from the

families, as the verdicts were announced shortly after 2pm. The

judge called people back into the court and told Marine A to stand as

he was found guilty of murder, and he is likely to serve any sentence

in a civilian jail. Sentencing is Jude to be passed on the 6th of

December. Marines B and C were told by the judge, you are now free to

return to your normal place of duty, although the anonymity order has not

yet -- not yet been lifted. One of the strongest storms ever

recorded has torn through the central islands of the Philippines,

causing landslides and flash floods. When Super Typhoon Haiyan hit land,

it triggered a storm surge that inundated coastal villages. Roofs

were ripped off houses, and power lines were brought down. The

Filipino authorities say more than 12 million people are at risk. Jon

Donnison reports from the capital, Manila, on the damage caused by the

super typhoon. This could be the most powerful

typhoon ever to hit land. From dawn, wind up to 200 mph started to batter

the Philippines central islands. In the eastern province of Leyte, the

coastal town of talk Obama was trumped by storm surge. -- the

coastal town was swamped by storm surge. Satellite images tracked the

typhoon's relentless progress. It is heading towards Vietnam and southern

China. Millions of people had been urged to seek shelter. Some had

chosen to stay put. Filipinos are well used to typhoons. They have had

more than 20 this year, but none of this strength. And the country is

still recovering from an earthquake last month that left hundreds stared

and tens of thousands of people living in temporary shelter. Today,

those same people had to face a Super Typhoon Haiyan the president

has called for the country to pull together.

TRANSLATION: Snowstorm can bring the United Filipino people to their

knees. It is my hope we will stay safe in the coming days. -- no

storm. After such heavy rain, there remains a high risk of landslides.

People across the Philippines are facing a difficult night. The

capital, Manila, largely avoided the brunt of the damage, but elsewhere,

the aid agencies are saying the damage could be unprecedented. One

United Nations official told me hundreds of thousands of homes could

have been damaged or destroyed. Already, many families have lost

everything. But it may be days before we know the full extent of

the damage, and the number of lives that have been lost.

Almost a fifth of the NHS's maternity budget in England is being

spent on insurance against clinical negligence. That's the equivalent of

?700 for every baby born, according to figures from the spending

watchdog. Mistakes made during labour, and errors resulting in

cerebral palsy, are the most common reasons behind claims. But the

government insists safety standards are improving. Dominic Hughes

reports. At three days old, this baby and his

mother are enjoying a moment of tranquillity. He was born on a

typically busy maternity unit at Liverpool Women's Hospital. In

England, the number of births has increased by almost a quarter in the

last arcade and is currently at its highest level for 40 years. More

births, with more complications. We have an increased complexity of the

mums delivering. Some through patient choice, choosing to deliver

when they are older. Some with a more obese population, some with

complex medical problems who would never have had a pregnancy before.

The vast majority of women, over 80%, say the care they received

during birth and maternity is excellent or very good. But this

report says there are still unexplained differences in the

quality of care between different trusts. And failures of care in

maternity services can have catastrophic and expensive

consequences. Each birth in England costs the NHS at around ?3700. Of

that, ?700 is spent on insurance against claims for medical

negligence. Individual claims have increased by 80% in the last five

years, a similar picture to the rest of the NHS. Litigation was vital to

provide security for Louis Rodriguez. His family know he will

need a lifetime of care, after being left with severe brain injury

following mistakes made during his birth. His night-time care alone

costs ?50,000 a year. As an adult, those care costs will increase.

Equipment increases, everything rises in price. So, you know, the

amount of money that you have as to last a lifetime. In 2011, one in 133

babies in England was stillborn or die shortly after birth, an

improvement, but not as good as other parts of the UK. Negligence

lawyers say the NHS must invest in staff. We need more midwives and

consultants on the ward for difficult cases, and lessons should

be learned. Time and time again the stay mistakes are being made.

Ministers say more midwives than ever before are being trained, but

there is still too much variation between the best and the rest.

Giving birth is not without risk, but it is worth remembering that the

vast majority of babies are born safely.

A terror suspect who escaped police surveillance wearing a burka was

already facing 20 charges for breaching terrorism prevention

orders. Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed cut off an electronic tag before leaving

a mosque in London a week ago, disguised as a woman. A warrant for

his arrest was issued today, after the 27-year-old failed to attend

proceedings at the Old Bailey. The water regulator, Ofwat, has

blocked Thames Water's planned one-off price rise of 8% next year.

The firm says it needs to cover the costs of customers failing to pay

their bills, and of a major sewage development in London. It can still

increase bills by 1.4% above inflation, that's a 4% to 5% rise

from next April. There is hope of a breakthrough in

talks about Iran's nuclear programme tonight, after the US Secretary of

State, John Kerry, William Hague and other Foreign Minister 's arrived in

Geneva for discussions with Iranians counterparts. John Kerry has been

careful to play down chances of a deal, but there is increasing

optimism among those close to the talks. James Reynolds is there. What

sense are you getting the prospect of a breakthrough? We will know soon

because just a few minutes ago the most important meeting began, which

includes the US Secretary of State and his Iranian counterpart. They

may be looking at considering a limited first step agreement under

which Iran would agree to restrict its uranium enrichment programme and

the West would agree to lift some sanctions. These talks have a deeper

purpose as well. They are about the United States and Iran exploring

ways of reconciling, after three decades of mistrust. That will not

happen all in one go here in Geneva, but if they manage to end their

differences, then a lasting nuclear deal may be possible. One thing to

bear in mind is that Israel is deeply opposed to what is going on

here. Earlier, the Israeli Prime Minister called the potential deal

very, very bad. The family of a toddler killed in a

hit-and-run accident in Darlington, County Durham, have appealed for the

driver of the van that struck him to come forward. The three-year-old was

killed on Monday as he returned home with his mother after collecting a

Christmas toy catalogue to choose presents.

Danny Way, run over and killed on Monday, but five days on, the driver

who hit him has not owned up and has not been caught. Today, his

devastated family made an appeal. His uncle, flanked by the boy's

parents. The family want to appeal to the person or persons who did

this, or know who did this. Find it in their hearts to come forward, so

we can find the answers we need. Imagine if this was your little boy

and how you would be feeling. With this in mind, please contact police

urgently. This is Danny in his bright green coat, moments before he

was killed. The toddler had just been to get a Christmas toy

catalogue to choose his presence. Danny was knocked down as he crossed

this side in Darlington. Police are in no doubt that the ride that

involved would have known instantly what had happened, but that driver

then drove off, leaving the three-year-old dying in the road.

Detectives believe the driver of a light-coloured van, possibly from

outside the area, may be responsible for what happened here. Danny's

family say they have been left shattered. Instead of looking

forward to planning Christmas as a family, we face the devastating task

of planning Danny's funeral. We desperately need to know how and why

this happened. Police think this was an accident and the driver panicked,

but they hope today's appeal will lead to that person finally coming

forward. Our top story: A Royal Marina is

found guilty of murdering an Afghan insurgents from evidence captured on

a helmet camera. Getting into the swing of things -

China's plans to dominate the world of golf.

In Sportsday: Part-time players are competing in the first round of the

FA Cup this weekend. We will look at how the minnows have been preparing

for what set to be the biggest matches in their history.

Now, many times we've reported on this programme about the so-called

glass ceiling faced by British women in the boardroom. Now new research

has found the numbers creeping up. Women now account for 19% of board

positions in the 100 largest listed companies. That's still below target

levels. And, for the very top job, there are only two female chief

executives. But one country now making significant inroads,

particularly in finance, is India, where no fewer than eight major

banks are led by women. Our correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti

reports now from Mumbai. Banking has been one of the engines

driving the Indian economy, and its growth has seen a startling rise in

the success of women - not just on the shop floor but right at the very

top. Chanda Kochhar heads up India's

second-largest bank, overseeing 65,000 people and a network of

thousands of ranches. How have women like her done so well? The banks are

making decisions based on merit, picking and choosing the candidate

that they think is most meritorious at that point in time, without any

inhibition in their mind of whether they are male or female. As banking

has grown, so has female talent. ICICI has nurtured promising women

since the 1980s and eight major banks are now headed by female chief

executives. They include Shikha Sharma, boss of a multi-billion

pound global bank. She says Indian women are supported by domestic help

and the extended family. I think family support is a huge

distinction for us. So my mum all my mother-in-law or even my father or

father-in-law would come by and help me when I was stuck in a situation.

These are the corporate bosses of the future.

Competition to get into this management college is fierce, with

around 1000 applications per place. I want to make sure I am working.

What would I do at home? I want to work and contribute. More women are

breaking the glass ceiling, it is more about the talent you have and

less about the social constraints. India's first female banking boss

was in the 1990s, she says it was lonely than being the only woman at

the top. But banking was always seen as a good option for women. It was a

dream job for women. The family did not object to them. They went to an

office, set in the air conditioning, they were very happy and meeting

many people, dealing with money, it was glamorous. Women have always

worked in India but they're arise in the last two decades, in banking at

least, has proved a phenomenal success, which is remarkable given

the conservative attitudes to women in many parts of the country.

With much of the population lacking basic education, those attitudes

will not disappear soon, but the educated middle-class is growing and

now equals around 250 million people.

With numbers like that, India's female corporate revolution may only

have just begun. MPs have been debating a private

member's bill paving the way for a referendum on EU membership in 2017.

An amendment calling for an earlier vote next year was tabled today. The

Conservative MP said that unless this happened, his party faces

losing the next general election. How divided are the Conservatives?

BMP in general, Adam Afriyie, is not a household name but he wants to

become one -- the MP in general. He upset many colleagues, who accused

him of time wasting, because the Referendum Bill has a very limited

amount of time to become law. So much so, the Foreign Secretary

advised his Conservative colleagues to keep their traps shut. Many did,

but Labour MPs talked and talked to eat up valuable time, so much so

there was not time for a vote on a day-to-day referendum. MPs return in

a couple of weeks to have another go, but with every passing moment

there is less chance of the Referendum Bill waking it onto the

statute books. Fewer than one in 50 reports of

illegal immigration actually result in someone being removed from the UK

- that's the finding from an influential group of MPs. They say

the now defunct UK Border Agency had a backlog of more than 430,000

immigration and asylum cases when it was scrapped in March, and that only

six in 100 reports led to an investigation.

Once there was a time, not so long ago, when the game of golf was

banned in China. It was considered too bourgeois by the Communist

party. But last year the country produced the youngest player ever to

play in the US Masters. With golf now an Olympic sport, could China,

ever chasing gold, soon be dominating the game? It is

concentrating its efforts on churning out the champions of the

future. Katherine Downes reports from Beijing.

Groomed for greatness in China's newest sport. These children, aged

between seven and nine, train for two hours a day, five days a week.

Their classroom? The basement at Beijing's sports school, known as

the cradle of champions. Chinese Roland Buerk -- Olympic ambition is

relentlessly pursued. If you want to do the sport better, you need to

spend much more time than normal people. I don't think it is a burden

for them, it is natural. These children have given the chance to

try golf at primary school. They are then invited here, and the best are

asked to stay on, whether education and training will be paid for by the

state. That is a fraction of the investment the government is putting

into golf. On a peninsular 250 miles from Beijing, the Olympic rings

overlook the government's new ?50 million training facility designed

to fine tune Chinese talent. China has been a leading country for a lot

of other sports. It was great to see that in 2009, the game of golf came

through to the Olympics. It becomes part of the national plan. China's

plan is not starting from scratch. Aged 14, last year Guan Tianlang won

a place at the US Masters, the youngest ever to play in the

competition. He is part of a vanguard of teenage players from a

new, rich middle-class, who have called PI of the men from the

masters. We are scratching the surface of the emergence of great

Chinese golfers. I would not be surprised within the

next several decades that China becomes a very, very major player on

all the tours of the world. While the State invests in youth

programmes, fame and fortune play their part. Star players are reaping

the rewards of China's blossoming love affair with golf, but there are

concerns. They are grooming kits to try to be champion straightaway, I

think they have to let them develop naturally and enjoy it. It is not

just being the next champion, the next Olympic champion. Golf's first

Olympic medal will be won in Rio in 2016. That might be too soon for a

Chinese champion, but the country is determined its own golfing superstar

is only a generation away. The former BBC political editor John

Cole has died. He was 85. John Cole was the face of the BBC's political

coverage during the Thatcher years, covering all the key moments during

her time in office. Among those paying tribute today was David

Cameron. He said John Cole had contributed so much to political

life in Britain. Ross Hawkins looks back at his life.

A guide for millions to Westminster's dramas and peoples in

the 80s, the accent and the insight both instantly familiar. The really

intriguing bit is the position of two people, Sir Jefffrey Howe and

John Major. I now understand that he was first

offered another post at... A journalist from the age of just 17,

joining the Belfast Telegraph, John Cole was schooled in the politics of

the trade unions, writing for the Guardian and the Observer.

He brought that understanding to BBC coverage of Thatcherism, union

unrest and then John Major's government. As a young Conservative

advisor from the time recalls. My strongest memory is of him in the

1992 election, I was working in Central office as a relatively

junior board, he was a Titan at the BBC, everybody listen to him and

respected him. He was an extraordinary broadcaster and a

great insight. After a bomb exploded at Margaret Thatcher's Hotel in

Brighton, she sought him out the waiting reporters. You hear about

these atrocities, but you don't expect them to happen to you. But

life must go on, as usual. And your conference will go on? Conference

will go on as usual. Overtime, John Cole began to

redefine political coverage. John really change the way that politics

was covered on the BBC. Even though he came from print journalism, he

understood that you had to be personal to engage listeners and

viewers. He used his wonderful voice, his insight into politics,

anecdotes, humour and mist you. Rather dramatically I appeared on

radio 4... His fame and his quirks did not go

unnoticed by the satirists at Spitting Image.

They irritated him, but his style is still reflected in today's

Westminster porters. -- Westminster reporters.

Sunday is the day this weekend. It will be a beauty. Sunshine and heavy

showers, it will feel chilly with a widespread frost on Saturday night.

A fairly mixed picture at the moment, lots of wet weather across

southern and central areas. Showers falling behind, particularly in

western areas, but some creeping inland. More rain looming across the

south-west first thing tomorrow morning. Sunshine and showers for

Northern areas tomorrow. This is Scotland at 9am, best sunshine in

the east, showers in the West, snow over the hills and mountains.

A mixed picture for Northern Ireland and northern England. Some bright as

across the eastern parts of England for a time, but not for long. Look

at what is arriving. A sense of deja vu tomorrow, similar to today in

some respects, a lob of wet weather will cross many southern and central

areas. Further north, we keep the sunshine and showers. Sharp showers

for parts of England and the Cumbrian fells. Snow over the high

ground of Scotland. Cold in the showers, and tomorrow night will

feel distinctly chilly. Rain across the far south-west, some very strong

winds for a time, but the main story tomorrow is clearing skies, the

winds falling out and turning frosty. First thing once and eight,

most of us will wake up to frost. It will be a glorious day for

remembrance Sunday, lots of sunshine and light winds than we have seen.

Later in the day, it will nudge into Northern Ireland, perhaps the far

south-west. Sunday is the best day of the weekend.

We will keep you updated on the Typhoon as it heads towards Vietnam

this weekend. That's all, know your regional