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At 6.00pm - MPs vote for British air strikes against Islamic State in | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
Tonight, RAF planes are on standby in Cyprus, poised to strike this | :00:22. | :00:40. | |
This isn't a threat on the far side of the world. Left unchecked, we'll | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
face a terrorist caliphate with a declared and proven determination to | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
In acting against them, we need to learn lessons from the past. That | :00:48. | :01:05. | |
means a comprehensive strategy, crucially rooted in the region. | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
With IS fighting hard on the ground, there's broad support in the Commons | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
but also some sharp criticism of the Government's strategy. | :01:12. | :01:13. | |
We'll be assessing Britain's role in the growing international coalition | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
The last people who should be returning to the scene of their | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
former crimes, are Britain, France and the United States of America. | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
We'll be assessing Britain's role in the growing international coalition | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
of the Islamic state and whether there is Government support for | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
action. The other headlines: | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
Dave Lee Travis escapes a jail sentence for groping a TV researcher | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
and maintains the case should never have come to court. | :01:42. | :01:43. | |
NIgel Farage unveils a policy of tax cuts and says UKIP has both the | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
COMMENTATOR: Has it got the legs? It has. | :01:48. | :02:08. | |
And Justin Rose rises to the occasion as Europe tries to take | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
control in a tense opening day at the Ryder Cup. | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
The Met is criticised for failing a 15-year-old girl stabbed to death | :02:15. | :02:16. | |
And claims that housing costs are driving employees away | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
and threatening London businesses. | :02:21. | :02:34. | |
Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six. | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
We're at Westminster, where, within the last hour, MPs have | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
voted overwhelmingly to support British air strikes in Iraq. | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
The Prime Minister said it's vital to take on what he called the | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
"clear and present threat" of Islamic State, calling its fighters | :02:51. | :02:53. | |
He said the fight against IS will take years, | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
but it won't involve British ground troops - although Downing Street | :03:00. | :03:01. | |
has indicated that small numbers could be deployed in support roles. | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
He also said there is a "strong case" for UK military | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, said the UK can't simply look on, | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
First this evening, our Deputy Political Editor, | :03:16. | :03:24. | |
James Landale, on a day of debate about British military action. | :03:25. | :03:31. | |
Once it was the lonely responsibility of the Prime | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
Minister. But these days, going to war is also a decision for | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
Parliament. So, MPs and peers arrived at Westminster today, to | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
debate whether Britain should join the armed conflict against so-called | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Islamic state. They arrived to hear the Prime Minister tell them that | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
air strikes in Iraq were legal, militarily necessary and in the | :03:51. | :03:52. | |
national interest. The case for war, he said, was that | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
Britain had a duty to act. There was no option to walk on by. | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
This is not a threat on the far side of the world. Left unchecked, we | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
will face a terrorist caliphate, on the shores of the Mediterranean, and | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
bordering a NATO member, with a declared and proven determination to | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
attack our country, and our people. In his mind, in MPs' minds, the | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
murder of the British aid worker, David Haines, and the fates of two | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
other British hostages, Alan Henning and John Cantley, and he said, the | :04:25. | :04:28. | |
plots that Islamic state had planned in Britain. The brutality is | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
staggering. Beheadings, Crucifixions, the gouging out of | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
eyes. The use of rain as a weapon, the slaughter of children. All these | :04:38. | :04:41. | |
things belong to the dark ages. But with his hands shaking, he told MPs | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
that this military action would not be over quickly. The hallmarks of | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
this campaign will be patience and persistence, not shock and awe. | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
Apart from a few troops guiding air strikes, he said there would be no | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
combat infantry on the ground and the action would be limited to Iraq, | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
but... How long will this war last and when will mission creep start? | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Well, let me answer that very directly. This is going to be a | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
mission that will take not just months, but years. | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
Ed Miliband opposed the last war in Iraq and said he understood people's | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
unease but the Labour Leader said the situation was different to 2003. | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
Military action now was just, legal and proportionate. | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
This case is about supporting a democratic state. It is not about | :05:28. | :05:31. | |
overturning an existing regime and seeking to build a new one. Although | :05:32. | :05:35. | |
this is difficult, it is the right thing to do. There is no graver | :05:36. | :05:38. | |
decision for our Parliament and our country. But protecting our national | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
interest, security and the values for which we stand is why I will be | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
supporting the motions this afternoon. Over in the House of | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
Lords, church and state for once were singing from the same hymn | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
sheet. The action proposed today is right. But we must not rely on a | :05:55. | :06:01. | |
short-term solution, on a narrow front, to a global ideological | :06:02. | :06:10. | |
religious and transgenerational challenge. But some MPs set out the | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
case for caution Look at what the House of Commons agreed to. Iraq, | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
Afghanistan n this Government, Libya. None are success stories. Are | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
we going to embark on action that could last for years? It is a gang | :06:25. | :06:31. | |
of terrorist murderers, Isil, it is not an Army and it is certainly not | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
an Army that's going to be destroyed by aerial bombardment. Where are we | :06:39. | :06:41. | |
going? What is the long-term purpose? What is the strategy. Is it | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
seriously contended by air strikes alone, we can actually roll back | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
Isil or is it gesture politics? The drum beat of war, my Lords, has been | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
far too quickly accelerated over the last two weeks, without thorough | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
references to the aftermath. But with there being very little doubt | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
that the House of Commons would back air strikes in eye rashes the | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
subplot was whether the strikes should extend to Syria. -- in Iraq. | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
The Prime Minister said he supported attacks in Syria and promised he | :07:11. | :07:14. | |
would act if there was an urgent humanitarian need but he accepted | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
others disagreed and promised MPs a separate vote. Labour hasn't ruled | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
out supporting action in Syria but Mr Miliband is cautious over the | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
lack of legitimate ground force there is, and... When we are not | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
talking about being invited in by a democratic state, it would be | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
better, I put it no higher than that, to seek a UN resolution. Many | :07:38. | :07:42. | |
MPs made the case for action. The elephant in the room remains Syria. | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
Eyesle will not be adefeated if it can regroup from its Syrian bases. | :07:50. | :07:52. | |
For people to suggest we cannot go to Syria is tying our hands behind | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
our backs. There is a clear legal base to attack IS bases in Syria. | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
Sooner or later we will have to do It it is dealing with half a | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
problem, not a whole problem. After six-and-a-half hours of debate, the | :08:10. | :08:13. | |
result was clear. The ayes to the right. 524. | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
The noes to the left, 43. Among the noes, the Labour | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
frontbenchers, who resigned in protest. So Parliament has consented | :08:27. | :08:34. | |
to war. These RAF Tornados could be in action in hours and potentially | :08:35. | :08:37. | |
for many years to come. So, the Government says it won't | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
extend British military action into Syria without another Commons' | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
vote unless there's But other contributors to | :08:46. | :08:47. | |
the international operation against IS have been targeting | :08:48. | :08:49. | |
its Syrian strongholds. The US, Australia, several European | :08:50. | :08:51. | |
countries and five in the So how does Britain fit | :08:52. | :08:54. | |
in with the growing coalition? This report from our Diplomatic | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
Correspondent, James Robbins. A mission to damage and ultimately | :08:59. | :09:08. | |
defeat IS fighters will be difficult and could take years. Why? Partly | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
because they've exploited weaknesses in both Syria and Iraq to seize | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
large areas. But now the international military response is | :09:18. | :09:19. | |
growing more powerful by the day, with Britain only the late toast | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
join a global coalition. -- the latest to join. | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
Already there have been more than 200 strikes againstism S in Iraq and | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
Syria. Britain's coalition involves six Tornados from Cyprus attacking | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
IS targets but only in Iraq. The RAF missions will be run from US central | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
command in Qatar on orderers co-ordinated with London. France is | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
already carrying out strikes in the country with Belgium and the | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
Netherlands each pledging six F-16s and Denmark also announced its | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
commitment, seven F-16s, seen in action in Libya three-and-a-half | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
years ago. Perhaps most important is the active involvement of Arab | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
states, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
Emirates. Jets from Saudi Arabia and the UAE struck oil refineries | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
controlled by IS in eastern Syria earlier this week. It is vitally | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
important because oil the extremists sell brings in up to $100 million a | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
month on some estimates. It's their largest source of revenue. I don't | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
think the military force of any type air strikes, or whatever s enough to | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
defeat the find of violent extremism, and the terrorism we see | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
that IS displays. It'll take a much more comprehensive strategy, | :10:42. | :10:44. | |
involving diplomacy, education, informational efforts and by a very | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
large coalition. How can any military success against IS fighters | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
be measured? Well, partly on maps, showing areas where they have | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
control or powerful influence. Air strikes in both countries have | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
forcedism S to scatter and give up some land but retaking Mosul, Iraq's | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
second city is seen as a crucial test. If that can be done, some see | :11:05. | :11:10. | |
it as the cue for David Cameron to push for British air strikes in | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
Syria, too. But there could be a downside to Western military action. | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
An EU official warned today more than 3,000 Europeans may be involved | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
with jihadists and air strikes increase the risk of retaliation on | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
European soil. So, the future of the war on the self-styled Islamic state | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
is inpredictable but increasingly, the major military powers in Europe | :11:33. | :11:34. | |
believe they have to get involved. Our Political Editor, Nick Robinson, | :11:35. | :11:42. | |
is with me here. So a yes vote on a British role in | :11:43. | :11:45. | |
Iraq but much uncertainty among MPs Real uncertainty which will go on. | :11:46. | :11:53. | |
One thing we now know, since the debate, the Defence Secretary, | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
Michael Fallon has told the BBC not to expect immediate shock and awe, | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
that phrase we associate with the invasion of Iraq 11 years ago. In | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
other words, not a wave of bombing starting now, day after day after | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
day. But what MPs really wanted to know - is where will we be, not | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
tomorrow, next week, but in months and years to could. Their anxiety, | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
some of them, is that the Prime Minister clearly signalled he is in | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
favour of tensioning this to Syria. He says people will get another | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
vote. He says he will only not come to the House of Commons, first, if | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
he has to act instantly to deal with a humanitarian catastrophe but they | :12:29. | :12:32. | |
worry that he says there is a moral and legal case. They note that | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
Labour's Ed Miliband says he is not opposed in all circumstances, he | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
would prefer to go through the United Nations but is ready to | :12:40. | :12:42. | |
contemplate action in Syria as well. So we are left tonight uncertain - | :12:43. | :12:46. | |
is this just what Ken Clarke called a is imbillionic contribution? Just | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
sakes planes afterall -- symbolic. There were three times that number | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
in Libya, or is it the beginning of the third Iraq war in a quarter of a | :12:57. | :12:59. | |
century? Well on the ground in Iraq, | :13:00. | :13:01. | |
and in Syria, thousands of refugees continue to | :13:02. | :13:03. | |
flee Islamic State forces. Many have described the beheading | :13:04. | :13:05. | |
of captives, the torching of homes and the widespread use | :13:06. | :13:09. | |
of rape by IS fighters. In the Iraqi capital, | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
Shia leaders are recruiting local people to fight back against | :13:14. | :13:15. | |
the Sunni extremists, and say they The Iraqi government, though, | :13:16. | :13:18. | |
insists that outside support is Our Chief International | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, sent this report about the view from | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
Baghdad. Britain is joining an air campaign | :13:26. | :13:37. | |
that's already gone on for six weeks. It hasn't stopped the tension | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
on the streets of Baghdad. It hasn't stopped the funerals. | :13:43. | :13:49. | |
This family mourns for a moon died in the battle against Islamic state | :13:50. | :13:56. | |
fighters just south of the capital. Every death brings defiance. Now all | :13:57. | :14:02. | |
these women tell me they're ready to fight. So are these men. We get rare | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
access to a powerful Shi'ite militia, a brigade which fights in | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
Iraq and Syria. This is how their leader has to travel. | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
He's now recruiting more fighters. Shi'ite and Sunni, to take on this | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
new threat and says Iraq doesn't need help from the West. | :14:22. | :14:27. | |
TRANSLATION: America has proven it always comes to us with the face of | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
a saviour. It hides in front of the people, the ugly face of an invader. | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
What about Britain? TRANSLATION: We see that the British are the | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
obedient slaves for America. In Iraq, the militias operate | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
separately from the national army and police. That means a lot of | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
checkpoints across Baghdad. But it is still not stopping the violence. | :14:56. | :15:02. | |
These Iraqis know that between 15 to 20 mortars landed in this area in | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
the past week. A massive car bomb exploded at the checkpoint just | :15:07. | :15:09. | |
behind us. They have lived with danger for many years and now this | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
threat, posed by a vehemently anti-Shi'ite group, calling itself | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
Islamic state, just makes their faith even stronger. But their | :15:20. | :15:30. | |
fervour is no match, militarily for this new enemy. That's why the | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
Government has asked the world to help. Including Britain. | :15:34. | :15:43. | |
We need the United Kingdom here, because they have a long history in | :15:44. | :16:01. | |
the Iraq -- in Iraq. They understand the region well. Also, they have the | :16:02. | :16:03. | |
expertise. British warplanes will bring more power and prestige to the | :16:04. | :16:06. | |
coalition. But this war will be won or lost not in the air, but on the | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
ground. That is all from Westminster for now. I will be back later in the | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
programme assessing public support for British action in Iraq. For now, | :16:17. | :16:17. | |
back to the studio. The former Radio One DJ Dave Lee | :16:18. | :16:20. | |
Travis has escaped jail, following He was instead given | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
a 3 month suspended sentence. Dave Lee Travis was found guilty | :16:24. | :16:28. | |
on Tuesday of groping a young researcher at | :16:29. | :16:31. | |
the filming of a TV show in 1995. But speaking outside court, | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
he claimed the case, which was part of Operation Yewtree investigating | :16:36. | :16:38. | |
historical sexual abuse, should Our Correspondent Matt Prodger | :16:39. | :16:41. | |
was in court, and his report He just been given a suspended | :16:42. | :16:58. | |
sentence for indecently assaulting a woman but as Dave Lee Travis left | :16:59. | :16:59. | |
court, he was unrepentant. Whilst I am relieved that I have | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
been able to prove that I am not a sexual predator, | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
I am mortified and disappointed that I was convicted of one count, and it | :17:07. | :17:10. | |
is of little comfort to me that I The judge quoted a statement from | :17:11. | :17:26. | |
the victim which said that she had been subjected to an unprovoked and | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
terrifying assault, being called a liar and a fantasist had been | :17:31. | :17:39. | |
painful. The force he was sentenced, DLT shouted angrily at | :17:40. | :17:42. | |
this journalist in the public gallery. In 2012, she said that he | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
had groped her as well. I would have preferred it if he had been sent to | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
jail. I felt sympathetic for the victim in this case. She had summed | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
up the courage to come in and make a very pleasant and intimidating | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
experience. The judge said that DLT's offence was not as serious as | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
other s under Operation Yewtree, but nevertheless, he said it was a nasty | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
assault. After two trials, DLT has been spared prison but the damage to | :18:16. | :18:18. | |
his reputation and finances has crippled them. -- crippled him. | :18:19. | :18:27. | |
Our top story this evening, MPs have voted of nominally for British air | :18:28. | :18:36. | |
strikes against Islamic State in Iraq. -- overwhelmingly. | :18:37. | :18:44. | |
And we are here at Gleneagles where Europe's golfers have been fighting | :18:45. | :18:45. | |
back in the Ryder Cup. The house fire started by a | :18:46. | :18:46. | |
faulty fridge which killed a father of two - a coroner backs | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
calls for greater safety measures. And following the FA | :18:51. | :18:53. | |
Cup dream, we meet the Romanian Londoners hoping to progress in | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
England's oldest cup competition. The UK Independence Party leader | :18:57. | :19:06. | |
Nigel Farage has told delegates at their annual conference that | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
the party is "parking its tanks" on Labour's lawn and is going after | :19:12. | :19:14. | |
they call the "blue collar" vote. Mr Farage also said UKIP would | :19:15. | :19:19. | |
reduce income tax for middle earners, and eliminate it completely | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
for people on the minimum wage. From Doncaster, our Chief Political | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
Correspondent Vicki Young reports. Nigel Farage believes that UKIP is | :19:26. | :19:44. | |
shaking the foundations of the Westminster system, but he wants to | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
broaden the party's appeal by talking about more than just | :19:50. | :19:52. | |
immigration. He think that Labour votes are up for grabs in the North | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
of England. This conference is taking place on the doorstep of the | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
Labour leader's and caster constituency. Nigel Farage said that | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
their constituents work quaking in their boots. Many of our target | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
seats will be seats held by opposing sitting Labour MPs. We pose a threat | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
not just to the Conservative Party but to the entire British political | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
class and I will drink to that. He wants to beef up his economic | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
policies. He used to highlight the Abbot abolition of inheritance tax | :20:28. | :20:31. | |
but now he's talking about no tax for those on the minimum wage. | :20:32. | :20:35. | |
Critics say his numbers do not add up but he says that slashing the | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
overseas aid budget will save billions. At a nearby aluminium | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
factory, the message seems to be striking a chord. In what should be | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
a rock solid Labour heartland, voters say they are looking for an | :20:50. | :20:52. | |
alternative. I'm tired of working and working on getting nothing out | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
of it. What about the Westminster politicians, do they understand? I | :20:58. | :21:00. | |
do not think they understand. I think Labour and the Conservatives | :21:01. | :21:07. | |
are just one party, because they sound the same. But Nigel has a bit | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
of a roar in his voice. I say we should give him were all. Others | :21:13. | :21:18. | |
have tried, and failed, let him have a go. Nigel Farage is known for his | :21:19. | :21:24. | |
plain speaking. Today he blamed the abuse of hundreds of children in | :21:25. | :21:27. | |
Rotherham on the Labour council's reluctance to speak out across some | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
abusers were Asian men. Some people say, Nigel, it is wrong, you should | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
not be saying these things, should not be making this political, this | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
is simply a cultural problem. I'm sorry, but if this is not political, | :21:42. | :21:50. | |
then what is ?! There is a raw energy about this party, not slick | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
or polished. Nigel Farage knows that that is part of the attraction and | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
soon they are hoping for a big breakthrough, aiming for their first | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
elected MP. Today, Nigel Farage and his team | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
contradicted each other over whether to bomb Iraq. Their opponents pixels | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
in their tax plans, but they are still enjoying the limelight. -- | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
picked holes. Golf now, | :22:15. | :22:17. | |
and the first day of the Ryder Cup between Europe and the United States | :22:18. | :22:19. | |
is coming to a close at Gleneagles. Europe went into the competition | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
as favourites to retain the cup they won in dramatic fashion | :22:24. | :22:25. | |
in Medinah 2 years ago. Today it was the United States who | :22:26. | :22:28. | |
made the stronger start - but Europe have had the better of the afternoon | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
session, as Andy Swiss reports. A perfect morning was in for the | :22:32. | :22:43. | |
loudest of wake ups. Thousands of fans at 7:00am. It could only be the | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
Ryder Cup. The decibel is soon doubled. Justin Rose and Bubba | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
Watson work working the crowd into a frenzy as the players got underway. | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
Watson's opener seemed to set the tone. The hosts settles the quicker, | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
Sergio Garcia with an early contender for shot of the day. | :23:10. | :23:16. | |
Fantastic! Justin Rose soon secured Europe's first point. So far, so | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
good. But then they stumbled. In Ian Poulter's case, they sank. When Phil | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
Mickelson followed up his pre-match jibes with victory over Rory | :23:30. | :23:34. | |
McIlroy, it was advantage USA. Europe head into the afternoon | :23:35. | :23:37. | |
matches already with some work to do. Trailing by one point after such | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
high hopes. The fans will now be hoping that they can turn things | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
around. And slowly, they did, with victory for Lee Westwood and Jamie | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
Donaldson, and Justin Rose continued to blossom. Beautiful. But on the | :23:53. | :24:01. | |
course, Dubuisson was weaving his magic. A long way to go, but the | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
Ryder Cup's capacity to captivate is already there. And can tell you that | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
in the last few minutes, Europe of won and drawn the last few matches. | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
The score, Europe five and the USA three. It has been a predictably | :24:17. | :24:18. | |
enthralling day. Now more on our main story, | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
the vote backing British air strikes Welcome back to Westminster, where | :24:24. | :24:26. | |
MPs have voted in favour of British During the debate, | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
many MPs spoke of their revulsion And some urged more must be done to | :24:32. | :24:35. | |
stop the radicalisation It's thought about 500 Britons have | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
travelled to Iraq and Syria, from communities across the UK - | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
including from Cardiff, where our correspondent Sian Lloyd has spent | :24:47. | :24:49. | |
the day gauging public opinion. The debate about air strikes got | :24:50. | :25:03. | |
underway while people in this cafe were having breakfast. The question | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
is, to the public really have an appetite for action? This is not a | :25:08. | :25:17. | |
quick fix. I think we are going to end up in Syria as well. You cannot | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
just go into one because they are in both countries. I'm not sure I'd | :25:24. | :25:28. | |
agree with that cos it can lead us into something bigger. Public | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
support for air strikes has grown over the last six weeks according to | :25:35. | :25:38. | |
a poll from YouGov. 57% of the public are in favour. Patrons of | :25:39. | :25:41. | |
this British Legion social club voiced their opinions. The public | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
are not keen for troops to go over there. But it is my personal opinion | :25:50. | :25:57. | |
that they will not be defeated by air strikes. As a Muslim, I am | :25:58. | :26:06. | |
ashamed by this mayhem and killing in the name of Islam. It is very | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
sad. Among members of the Muslim community, there was criticism of | :26:13. | :26:18. | |
Islamic State and a note of caution. We should have to negotiate with | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
them, we should sit down and negotiate. Because we will create | :26:23. | :26:28. | |
thousands of ISIS. What they are doing is not good, so we want people | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
to be involved, Britain to be involved. These students beginning | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
their first week at university have been following developments closely. | :26:38. | :26:44. | |
I fear that with a -- we are the generation which grew up with the | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
Iraq war and a fear that another generation will be witness to | :26:48. | :26:50. | |
another conflict here. The problem with air strikes is that if they are | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
not accurate, there is a great risk of civilian deaths. Many members of | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
the public have been engaging with this debate. But there is a concern | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
felt by some of what air strikes could lead to. | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
Well RAF planes are on standby in Cyprus and our defence correspondent | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
Jonathan, what's the likely timetable for British action? | :27:10. | :27:16. | |
What role will Britain play? Well, they are ready to go. They | :27:17. | :27:28. | |
have their weapons here. But it may not be imminent. Remember, they have | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
to be tasked by US Central command, which is coordinating these strikes. | :27:34. | :27:36. | |
It is worth remembering that the US has been launching strikes for more | :27:37. | :27:39. | |
than a month, so Britain is late to the game. Britain is also making a | :27:40. | :27:46. | |
modest contribution to this effort, on a par with countries like the | :27:47. | :27:50. | |
Netherlands and France. It was a six-day pause between the first time | :27:51. | :27:54. | |
the French launched strikes and the second time. This will not be a high | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
tempo operation you can expect British warplanes to be involved in | :28:00. | :28:06. | |
strikes with in the next 48 hours. And that is just about it from us | :28:07. | :28:09. | |
here at Westminster. It's been a mainly cloudy day here | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
at Westminster, Helen Willetts is here with | :28:16. | :28:17. | |
the weekend weather. The fly in the ointment is dense, | :28:18. | :28:25. | |
patchy fog across the southern part of the UK tonight. For many, as you | :28:26. | :28:32. | |
saw, warm and dry weather. We still have some showers and blustery wind | :28:33. | :28:37. | |
in the north of Scotland. But by the nature of it being patchy, it is | :28:38. | :28:41. | |
quite dangerous. In the north, temperatures in the towns and cities | :28:42. | :28:44. | |
are down but actually, for some parts in rural areas like North | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
Wales, we could have a touch of frost. Quite a chilly night. The | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
main concern for travel is the fog. The cos it is patchy, that makes it | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
more dangerous for travellers. The cos it is patchy, that makes it more | :29:00. | :29:01. | |
dangerous for travellers. They could well be some disruption on the road. | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
So that is how we start in the south of England. A little slow. A few | :29:07. | :29:10. | |
showers around, given that we have a weak weather front. Hopefully by the | :29:11. | :29:15. | |
afternoon, the mist and low cloud will have lifted. Hopefully more | :29:16. | :29:24. | |
sunshine as we have seen today in northern England and Northern | :29:25. | :29:28. | |
Ireland, but more cloud coming into the North West of Scotland and | :29:29. | :29:31. | |
Northern Ireland later. At the moment, looking fine and dry. For | :29:32. | :29:37. | |
most of the day, the same. More cloud over Saturday night in the | :29:38. | :29:41. | |
North. More rain on that front, for a time. But the small risk of rain | :29:42. | :29:45. | |
at Gleneagles. Again, there is a problem with fog in the South, | :29:46. | :29:50. | |
taking its time to clear. The bridge is quite respectable for this time | :29:51. | :29:51. | |
of year. And that is the weather. That's all from the team here | :29:52. | :29:54. | |
at Westminster. | :29:55. | :29:57. |