:00:20. > :00:26.Thousands of British troops are drafted in for the Olympic Games.
:00:26. > :00:32.The end of an era, as the last BBC Broadcast is about to go out from
:00:32. > :00:35.Bush House, after more than 70 years. The Pakistani Taliban have
:00:35. > :00:42.killed nine police officers in a raid on a building while they were
:00:42. > :00:49.sleeping. Welcome to the programme. Also coming up - the French
:00:49. > :00:54.carmaker Peugeot slashes 8,000 jobs, as the European car market shrinks.
:00:54. > :01:04.And Yahoo! Lines up its third chief executive in a year, but will they
:01:04. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:17.be able to stop the decline of the Clearly a serious problem. That's
:01:17. > :01:21.how one former UK Government minister has described the latest
:01:21. > :01:24.security arrangements for the London Olympics. An extra 3,500
:01:24. > :01:28.British troops have been drafted in because the private security firm
:01:28. > :01:34.which had been hired to safeguard the Games has admitted it may not
:01:34. > :01:39.be ready on time. We can go live to the House of Commons, where Theresa
:01:39. > :01:46.May is answering questions on security for the Games.
:01:46. > :01:49.Contingency planning has always been central to our security plans.
:01:49. > :01:54.The security picture can change rapidly, and so we have
:01:54. > :01:59.deliberately built in flexibility. As the Defence Secretary has
:01:59. > :02:02.already told the House, we had always intended to deploy 7,500
:02:02. > :02:09.military personnel to support the security operation organised by
:02:09. > :02:13.LOCOG. These military personnel have already started to deploy to
:02:13. > :02:17.venues to support the Rolling search and locked down process
:02:17. > :02:25.between now and the start of the Olympics. They are already working
:02:25. > :02:28.alongside the police, LOCOG, G4S and volunteer staff. As the
:02:28. > :02:32.security exercise has got under way, concerns have arisen about the
:02:32. > :02:36.ability of G4S to deliver the required number of security guards
:02:36. > :02:39.for the venues and within the timescale required. The Defence
:02:39. > :02:44.Secretary and I have been constantly monitoring the situation
:02:44. > :02:52.over many months. In consultation with LOCOG and G4S, we have now
:02:52. > :02:58.agreed that it would be prudent to put additional military support him,
:02:58. > :03:01.to provide greater assurance. We have authorised the deployment of a
:03:01. > :03:08.further 3,500 military personnel. This will bring the total number of
:03:08. > :03:11.military personnel who are supporting the groups in a variety
:03:12. > :03:17.of ways to 17,000, including the military deployed on wider
:03:17. > :03:21.functions. The Chiefs of Staff support the increased deployment,
:03:21. > :03:26.and have confirmed that it will have no adverse impact on other
:03:26. > :03:29.operations. The Government has committed �553 million for venue
:03:29. > :03:34.security, and we remain confident that we will deliver within that
:03:34. > :03:37.budget. Ministers across government recognised the burden that is
:03:37. > :03:40.traditional, short-notice deployment will impose upon
:03:40. > :03:44.servicemen and women and their families, especially over the
:03:44. > :03:47.summer holiday season. So we will make sure that all those taking
:03:47. > :03:52.part receive their full leave entitlement, even if it has to be
:03:52. > :03:55.re-scheduled, that no-one is out of pocket due to cancelled personal
:03:56. > :04:00.arrangements, and that all deployed personnel are appropriately
:04:00. > :04:06.supported. We have agreed with LOCOG that there will be 10,000
:04:06. > :04:10.Olympic and Paralympic ticket donated to the armed services.
:04:10. > :04:15.Access for spectator areas in the Mall for the cycle road races and
:04:15. > :04:19.Olympic marathon will also be made available, as will the right to buy
:04:20. > :04:23.2000 Olympic park tickets. I can tell the House that a total of
:04:23. > :04:26.7,000 tickets have now been offered to the troops for the dress
:04:26. > :04:31.rehearsals of the opening and closing ceremonies, a significant
:04:31. > :04:35.increase, to recognise the extra commitment. I can confirm to the
:04:35. > :04:40.House that there remains that no specific security threat to the
:04:40. > :04:44.Games, and that the threat level remains unchanged. Let me reiterate
:04:44. > :04:47.that there is no question of Olympic security being compromised.
:04:47. > :04:53.Mr Speaker, in this country we have the finest military personnel and
:04:53. > :04:57.the world. They stand ready to do their duty. Our troops are highly
:04:57. > :05:03.skilled and trained, and this task is the most important facing our
:05:03. > :05:06.nation today. I know we can rely on our troops to deliver a safe and
:05:06. > :05:15.secure Olympic Games which London, the country and the whole world can
:05:15. > :05:19.enjoy. Thank you for granting this urgent question. Can I also endorse
:05:19. > :05:23.the decision taken by the Government to provide 3,500
:05:23. > :05:27.additional troops? The Home Secretary will understand that 15
:05:27. > :05:33.days from the start of what we hope will be the greatest Olympics that
:05:33. > :05:38.have ever been staged, there is deep concern about reports which
:05:38. > :05:43.surfaced last Sunday, now confirmed, that there has been a shortfall in
:05:43. > :05:47.trained security officers provided by G4S? On Monday, she came to the
:05:47. > :05:53.House and said, we have been testing out plans thoroughly, and
:05:53. > :05:58.we are confident that our partners - our partners - will deliver the
:05:58. > :06:02.aims. I have spoken this morning to the chief executive of local, who
:06:02. > :06:06.told me that this matter was crystallised a fortnight ago, but
:06:06. > :06:10.actually, concerns had been going for some term, and that the
:06:10. > :06:15.decision, as the Home Secretary said, was made by all parties
:06:15. > :06:19.concerned. Can she confirm the following - the exact date that
:06:19. > :06:24.ministers found out about the security shortfall, and what action
:06:24. > :06:27.she took? When was the decision made to ask the Secretary of State
:06:27. > :06:31.for Defence for the additional troops, and when did he agree to
:06:31. > :06:36.give them? What processes were in place to monitor the situation over
:06:36. > :06:40.the period of time, indeed, the lifetime of the G4S contract? I am
:06:40. > :06:44.pleased with what she said about the fact that the taxpayer will not
:06:44. > :06:48.be inconvenienced by this, but are many of these troops troops who
:06:48. > :06:52.have come from abroad, and are therefore entitled to leave now
:06:52. > :06:56.because they are exhausted, leaving aside the question of being out of
:06:56. > :07:01.pocket. Will she confirmed that G4S will suffer penalties as a result
:07:01. > :07:06.of this fiasco? G4S is already a supplier of hundreds of millions of
:07:06. > :07:10.pounds of government contracts, from prisons to the Immigration
:07:10. > :07:14.Service - will she now look at those contracts and make sure that
:07:14. > :07:18.there is a pause before any further contracts are given? Can she
:07:18. > :07:23.confirm that the Prime Minister had to cancel his appearance before the
:07:23. > :07:26.Olympics security committee this week, but that it is going to be
:07:26. > :07:32.re-established? I attempted to contact the chairman of G4S this
:07:33. > :07:36.morning. Apparently, he is in an emergency meeting with the MoD, the
:07:36. > :07:42.Home Office and other officials. I hope this is not another crisis
:07:42. > :07:49.meeting with another set of changes. Mr Speaker, G4S has let the country
:07:49. > :07:53.down, and we have literally had to send in the troops. Can the Home
:07:53. > :07:57.Secretary give the House this assurance, that she is now
:07:57. > :08:03.satisfied with all of the changes that she has announced today, and
:08:03. > :08:08.that this will mean that these Games will be done securely, for
:08:08. > :08:12.the safety of the visitors and for the British people? Thank you, Mr
:08:12. > :08:15.Speaker. Can I thank the Right Honourable Gentleman for the
:08:16. > :08:20.support he has given for the Government's decision? It is
:08:20. > :08:26.absolutely right that at this stage, when a gap has opened up, or what
:08:26. > :08:32.may be a gap, it is absolutely right that we have acted quickly.
:08:32. > :08:37.He asked about the statement I made in the House on Monday, and when
:08:37. > :08:42.the gap in the numbers from G4S was crystallised - the gap in the
:08:42. > :08:45.numbers, we were receiving reassurances from G4S until very
:08:45. > :08:53.recently, and the absolute gap in the numbers was only crystallised
:08:53. > :08:57.finally yesterday. Because we have been monitoring this, we had had
:08:57. > :09:02.discussions with the MoD about whether there would be availability
:09:02. > :09:05.of troops for the contingency, should that circumstance arise
:09:05. > :09:10.where necessary, and that is why yesterday, we were able to take
:09:10. > :09:13.that decision, having prudently been making contingency
:09:13. > :09:19.arrangements and having discussions. As I said in my statement,
:09:19. > :09:23.monitoring has been taking place throughout this process, and the
:09:23. > :09:26.duration of his contract, and we have obviously been testing and
:09:26. > :09:32.challenging the assurances that we have been receiving from G4S. It is
:09:32. > :09:36.the case that some of those troops who will be with him that 3,500
:09:36. > :09:42.will be from abroad, some will have returned from recent operations. He
:09:42. > :09:45.asked about penalties for G4S - this is a contract which it LOCOG
:09:45. > :09:50.signed with G4S, and I understand there are penalties within the
:09:50. > :09:56.contract, that will be a matter for LOCOG. He said the Prime Minister
:09:57. > :10:02.had been forced to cancel a meeting, but he was not forced to cancel
:10:03. > :10:05.that meeting. I think what is absolutely essential is that when
:10:05. > :10:10.the Government identified that there was a need, we acted to make
:10:10. > :10:14.sure that we covered that requirement, so that we can make
:10:14. > :10:22.sure that we have got the venue's security at the general security
:10:22. > :10:28.for the Games that we all want. -- venue security. Keith Vaz perhaps
:10:28. > :10:32.trying to turn this into a question about who knew what and when.
:10:32. > :10:36.Theresa May, thanked by Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, and also by
:10:36. > :10:40.James Brokenshire, the Minister for Crime and Security at the Home
:10:40. > :10:45.Office. We have interviewed him, and we will have that later for you.
:10:45. > :10:49.In the meantime, we can take you live to our bureau in Westminster,
:10:49. > :10:55.and our political correspondent. So, they appear to be playing a game of
:10:55. > :11:00.catch-up here. Yes, and there is also a bit of the blame game going
:11:00. > :11:04.on. We heard Theresa May saying that it was the Olympic organisers
:11:04. > :11:09.who had signed his contract with G4S, not government officials.
:11:09. > :11:13.Nevertheless, it is embarrassing for all parties concerned. As
:11:13. > :11:17.opposition parties have been pointing out, they have had seven
:11:17. > :11:20.years to plan for these Games, and it does seem quite extraordinary
:11:20. > :11:25.that they are drafting in this number of troops just two weeks
:11:25. > :11:29.before the Opening Ceremony. Theresa May, very keen to make the
:11:29. > :11:34.point that this is not as a result of any new intelligence, there is
:11:34. > :11:40.not a direct threat, or a new threat to the security of the Games,
:11:40. > :11:44.and that the threat level is as it was. That's absolutely the case.
:11:44. > :11:48.They are saying that this does not compromise security, they are
:11:48. > :11:52.absolutely confident that they can deliver a safe and secure Games, it
:11:52. > :11:58.is just simply that there seems to have been some kind of logistical
:11:58. > :12:02.hiccup which had not been detected until a few days ago. We also heard
:12:02. > :12:06.Theresa May explaining a bit about what is going to be done to
:12:06. > :12:10.compensate those troops who may have had to cancel leave or who may
:12:10. > :12:13.have been planning to spend time with their families, having come
:12:13. > :12:18.back from Afghanistan. She made it clear that there will be quite a
:12:18. > :12:22.number of tickets freed up for events, and for the opening and
:12:22. > :12:26.closing ceremonies, to help compensate those troops for the
:12:26. > :12:32.fact that they are now going to find themselves spending two weeks
:12:32. > :12:38.checking handbags in a way that they were not intended to. A lot of
:12:38. > :12:46.us who work here at BBC World News in London have worked also at BBC
:12:46. > :12:49.World Service radio. But today is the end of an era. For 70 years,
:12:49. > :12:55.they have been broadcasting from Bush House in central London. But
:12:55. > :13:02.later today, in just over 20 minutes' time, the microphones will
:13:02. > :13:07.be switched off for good. The World Service, along with everybody here
:13:07. > :13:17.at Television news at Television Centre, we are all moving to a new,
:13:17. > :13:17.
:13:17. > :13:22.state-of-the-art news room in central London. Nick Higham reports.
:13:22. > :13:27.Every hour of the day, the voice of London goes around the world...
:13:27. > :13:34.almost 80 years, the BBC World Service has prided itself on being
:13:34. > :13:39.a beacon of truth. At one stage, the BBC was broadcasting in more
:13:39. > :13:43.than 40 languages. Around the world, grateful audiences tuned in for a
:13:43. > :13:48.trustee, impartial world -- impartial news. They are still
:13:48. > :13:53.listening, more than 160 million of them at last kilt. For many, the
:13:53. > :13:58.BBC proved a lifeline. Terry Waite, held hostage for years in Lebanon,
:13:58. > :14:01.was allowed by his captors to listen. For the last 12 months, the
:14:01. > :14:08.World Service helped keep us alive both spiritually and mentally.
:14:08. > :14:12.Thank you, BBC World Service. much of its history, the home of
:14:12. > :14:16.the BBC World Service has been this imposing building in London. But
:14:16. > :14:20.now, Bush House is closing down. The last news bulletin today will
:14:20. > :14:25.include a dispatch specially recorded by the BBC's director
:14:25. > :14:29.general. This benign Tower of Babel has been the scene of many great
:14:29. > :14:33.broadcasting moments, and it has been the home of many great
:14:33. > :14:38.broadcasters. It is now silent, its corridors deserted, its studios,
:14:38. > :14:48.empty. But listeners around the world should not be noticing any
:14:48. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :15:03.Still to come - 50 years on the road, the Rolling Stones will be
:15:03. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:20.Rome is about to put on a show one more remarkable exhib Brit. --
:15:20. > :15:28.exhibit. The villa and its gardens. An Oasis of calm in the heart of
:15:28. > :15:32.Rome. It is a park now. This used to be the playground of one of the
:15:32. > :15:37.great dictators. It was his home for 18 years. This is where he
:15:37. > :15:43.relaxed as he lived out his extraordinary rise and fall. But
:15:43. > :15:48.amid-all this luxury, perhaps in his bed, in the quiet of the night,
:15:48. > :15:58.the dictator began to worry about his safety. What if he were the
:15:58. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.target of an air raid? TRANSLATION: Musolini had a need for security.
:16:03. > :16:08.There was a need to imitate Hitler. He had been to Germany and seen
:16:08. > :16:14.bunkers there. He wanted to copy Hitler.
:16:14. > :16:22.So he decided he needed to go down. He wanted to go into the depths of
:16:22. > :16:32.the earth, below the villa's foundations.
:16:32. > :16:35.
:16:35. > :16:41.This is the bunker that he began to build. Walls four metres thick,
:16:41. > :16:45.layers of concrete, re-enforced with iron. There was an escape
:16:45. > :16:51.route up into the garden in case bombs demolished the villa and
:16:51. > :16:56.blocked the bunker's main entrance. As the work down here dragged on
:16:56. > :17:01.and on he wrote in his dairy he was worried it would not be finished in
:17:01. > :17:08.time. It seemed to add to a growing sense of unease. Indeed, the work
:17:08. > :17:14.was not finished by the time the dictator fell from power in Rome,
:17:15. > :17:19.in July 1943. Today, the villa looks as grand as
:17:19. > :17:29.ever, but it hides a strange structure that is evidence of the
:17:29. > :17:36.
:17:36. > :17:41.tarkest fears of -- darkest fears You're watching BBC World News.
:17:41. > :17:45.These are the top stories: British forces are on stand by for London
:17:45. > :17:48.2012. Thousands have been called in, amid worries that not enough
:17:48. > :17:55.private security staff will be trained in time. Today is the end
:17:55. > :18:00.of an era, as the last BBC Broadcast is about to go out from
:18:00. > :18:04.Bush House, from BBC world radio, after more than 70 years.
:18:04. > :18:09.Jamie joins us with the business news. We are talking about Peugeot
:18:09. > :18:13.closing a plant. In many other countries it would not be seen as
:18:13. > :18:18.significant. In France it is a big move. It has been confirmed that it
:18:18. > :18:26.is slashing 8,000 jobs in France. The only plant near Paris is going
:18:26. > :18:35.to close. That employs 3,000. The company is battling mounting losses.
:18:35. > :18:44.It expects an operating lost of -- loss this year. What has gone wrong
:18:44. > :18:51.with Peugeot sit Rhone? Peugeot- Citroen behaved very French. While
:18:51. > :18:58.the rest of the world has decided, maybe we cannot afford to pay the
:18:58. > :19:00.residents of Tokyo, Seoul or London, we cannot afford factory workers in
:19:00. > :19:05.those cities, the French have carried on. What they should have
:19:05. > :19:10.been doing is farming out some of those factories, just as other
:19:10. > :19:14.factories do, farming them out to where there is cheaper labour and
:19:14. > :19:19.other incentives from other Governments. I was in Korea last
:19:19. > :19:23.week. Kia said to themselves, the car worker in Seoul is quite an
:19:23. > :19:28.expensive person to employ. A lot cheaper to employ Chinese workers,
:19:28. > :19:34.which they are doing. They have three factories there now in China,
:19:34. > :19:39.or even in Eastern or central Europe, as we tend to call it,
:19:39. > :19:49.countries like Slovenia. The French should have moved some of those
:19:49. > :19:50.
:19:50. > :19:54.production lines. It cannot be just that. Don't forget, we have opened
:19:54. > :20:00.our doors in the UK to the Japanese. The French have not opened their
:20:00. > :20:03.doors to any great extent to Asian car manufacturers. We have Nissan
:20:03. > :20:11.and Honda in Britain. France doesn't. I think politically would
:20:11. > :20:20.never have accepted. That you mention vauxwag gone - the reigning
:20:20. > :20:24.car of the year is built in Eastern Europe. This is not the only
:20:24. > :20:32.problem for the French company. The other problem is it is stuck in a
:20:32. > :20:38.slight hole, in it is filling that lower to mid- market.
:20:38. > :20:47.There is the Golf, but they occupy the top end of the market as well.
:20:47. > :20:52.That is where Peugeot--Citroen are suffering. They are not the
:20:52. > :21:02.profitable ones to make, as their financial results prove. Thank you.
:21:02. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:12.The markets - I think I can get Worries about the corporate results
:21:13. > :21:17.coming through. We have the reporting season which started this
:21:17. > :21:26.week and will go into next week. People generally pretty worried. We
:21:26. > :21:33.had figures a couple of days ago from AMSs, showing it was selling
:21:33. > :21:42.less to China. Very sharp downturn in sales. It's not just the
:21:42. > :21:46.European markets which are at the The euro is down sharply too.
:21:47. > :21:49.Our top story and the latest security arrangements for the
:21:49. > :21:53.London Olympics. The British Home Secretary is still on her feet at
:21:53. > :22:03.the House of Commons. What she has said is that security will not be
:22:03. > :22:04.
:22:04. > :22:07.compromised during the Games. The - - I was joined here in the studio
:22:07. > :22:10.and I suggested this was an embarrassment for the British
:22:10. > :22:17.Government. We have been preparing for the Olympics for many, many
:22:17. > :22:22.years in terms of the security preparations. We, as the Home
:22:22. > :22:25.Office, the department responsible for overall security, have been
:22:25. > :22:30.challenging and scrutinising the organisers in respect of their
:22:30. > :22:36.responsibilities here. It has been at this phrase of the
:22:36. > :22:40.move up, as more of the 100 venues, this is a complex operation in
:22:40. > :22:46.respect of the venues, the requirements needed for each of
:22:46. > :22:50.them. It is at this point that G4S have indicated they've had issues.
:22:50. > :22:56.Therefore, the responsible thing for us to do, in ensuring security,
:22:57. > :23:01.is to have additional military. There were military involved in
:23:01. > :23:08.this already, but to looks at that capability, so we can move forward
:23:08. > :23:13.with confidence on our delivery. That's the negative aspect of the
:23:13. > :23:19.Olympics today. The positive aspect - dawn this morning. One of the
:23:19. > :23:25.greatest track and field athletes, Michael Johnson, carrying the
:23:25. > :23:31.Olympic Torch around Stonehenge. The 400 metre record holder circled
:23:31. > :23:36.the event at a special event, marking day 55 of the torch relay.
:23:36. > :23:40.It will finish the day in Weymouth. By the time it arrives at the
:23:40. > :23:44.stadium it will have travelled thousands of kilometres. They have
:23:44. > :23:49.been one of the most photographed and commercially successful bands
:23:49. > :23:54.ever. It is 50 years ago today that the Rolling Stones played their
:23:54. > :24:01.first ever concert at the Marquee Club. The men behind Satisfaction
:24:01. > :24:05.and Paint It Black, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have marked that
:24:05. > :24:09.milestone. These are five of the most famous
:24:09. > :24:16.young men in show business - the Rolling Stones. It looked so long
:24:16. > :24:21.ago. You know, how could it be? boys give a press conference. If
:24:21. > :24:25.the reporters get much out of them, they would be lucky. Nobody
:24:25. > :24:29.expected anything like this. Especially in those days. A band -
:24:29. > :24:39.it was lucky to live for two or three years. The hopes were for a
:24:39. > :24:44.good time and that was it. By the time we were sort of popular,
:24:44. > :24:49.it was only really Elvis and The Beatles that - they were the
:24:49. > :24:53.biggest things that had ever happened in pop music. Even he had
:24:53. > :24:59.lasted perhaps OK, less than ten years. You couldn't really think of
:24:59. > :25:05.it being as big as Elvis was an impossible thought. How would
:25:05. > :25:11.anyone really last? Most marriages don't last 50 years! Most
:25:11. > :25:17.businesses don't last 50 years. Why is it you have? I can only presume
:25:17. > :25:22.the music of the whole thing and also it's fun, man. Where else are
:25:22. > :25:26.you going to get a job like this? Has it always been fun? Hey,
:25:26. > :25:31.sometimes it's hard work and you know, you wonder why the hell
:25:31. > :25:39.you're doing it, but apart from those few moments, it was an
:25:39. > :25:45.incredible adventure. I can't really think of any regrets.
:25:45. > :25:51.I reject Brian dying. That was a real shock. Brian, how dare you
:25:51. > :25:55.leave the band - you know. We were all very close. As far as, I cannot
:25:55. > :26:03.really regret. I would go through the hard times again, just to keep
:26:03. > :26:09.things as they are. The person is still the same person. The core of
:26:09. > :26:15.the person is still pretty much the same, despite all the years that
:26:15. > :26:18.have passed and everything, I think I can come through it pretty
:26:18. > :26:22.unscathed. Not sure about everybody else!
:26:22. > :26:26.When will you perform again, do you think? There are things in the
:26:26. > :26:31.works. There's nothing final I could say.
:26:31. > :26:36.We're playing around with the idea. We've had a couple of rehearsals.
:26:36. > :26:46.We got together lately. It feels so good. I think, soon. What can I
:26:46. > :26:47.