12/07/2012 BBC World News

Thousands of British troops are drafted in for the Olympic Games.

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be able to stop the decline of the Clearly a serious problem. That's

how one former UK Government minister has described the latest

security arrangements for the London Olympics. An extra 3,500

British troops have been drafted in because the private security firm

which had been hired to safeguard the Games has admitted it may not

be ready on time. We can go live to the House of Commons, where Theresa

May is answering questions on security for the Games.

Contingency planning has always been central to our security plans.

The security picture can change rapidly, and so we have

deliberately built in flexibility. As the Defence Secretary has

already told the House, we had always intended to deploy 7,500

military personnel to support the security operation organised by

LOCOG. These military personnel have already started to deploy to

venues to support the Rolling search and locked down process

between now and the start of the Olympics. They are already working

alongside the police, LOCOG, G4S and volunteer staff. As the

security exercise has got under way, concerns have arisen about the

ability of G4S to deliver the required number of security guards

for the venues and within the timescale required. The Defence

Secretary and I have been constantly monitoring the situation

over many months. In consultation with LOCOG and G4S, we have now

agreed that it would be prudent to put additional military support him,

to provide greater assurance. We have authorised the deployment of a

further 3,500 military personnel. This will bring the total number of

military personnel who are supporting the groups in a variety

of ways to 17,000, including the military deployed on wider

functions. The Chiefs of Staff support the increased deployment,

and have confirmed that it will have no adverse impact on other

operations. The Government has committed �553 million for venue

security, and we remain confident that we will deliver within that

budget. Ministers across government recognised the burden that is

traditional, short-notice deployment will impose upon

servicemen and women and their families, especially over the

summer holiday season. So we will make sure that all those taking

part receive their full leave entitlement, even if it has to be

re-scheduled, that no-one is out of pocket due to cancelled personal

arrangements, and that all deployed personnel are appropriately

supported. We have agreed with LOCOG that there will be 10,000

Olympic and Paralympic ticket donated to the armed services.

Access for spectator areas in the Mall for the cycle road races and

Olympic marathon will also be made available, as will the right to buy

2000 Olympic park tickets. I can tell the House that a total of

7,000 tickets have now been offered to the troops for the dress

rehearsals of the opening and closing ceremonies, a significant

increase, to recognise the extra commitment. I can confirm to the

House that there remains that no specific security threat to the

Games, and that the threat level remains unchanged. Let me reiterate

that there is no question of Olympic security being compromised.

Mr Speaker, in this country we have the finest military personnel and

the world. They stand ready to do their duty. Our troops are highly

skilled and trained, and this task is the most important facing our

nation today. I know we can rely on our troops to deliver a safe and

secure Olympic Games which London, the country and the whole world can

enjoy. Thank you for granting this urgent question. Can I also endorse

the decision taken by the Government to provide 3,500

additional troops? The Home Secretary will understand that 15

days from the start of what we hope will be the greatest Olympics that

have ever been staged, there is deep concern about reports which

surfaced last Sunday, now confirmed, that there has been a shortfall in

trained security officers provided by G4S? On Monday, she came to the

House and said, we have been testing out plans thoroughly, and

we are confident that our partners - our partners - will deliver the

aims. I have spoken this morning to the chief executive of local, who

told me that this matter was crystallised a fortnight ago, but

actually, concerns had been going for some term, and that the

decision, as the Home Secretary said, was made by all parties

concerned. Can she confirm the following - the exact date that

ministers found out about the security shortfall, and what action

she took? When was the decision made to ask the Secretary of State

for Defence for the additional troops, and when did he agree to

give them? What processes were in place to monitor the situation over

the period of time, indeed, the lifetime of the G4S contract? I am

pleased with what she said about the fact that the taxpayer will not

be inconvenienced by this, but are many of these troops troops who

have come from abroad, and are therefore entitled to leave now

because they are exhausted, leaving aside the question of being out of

pocket. Will she confirmed that G4S will suffer penalties as a result

of this fiasco? G4S is already a supplier of hundreds of millions of

pounds of government contracts, from prisons to the Immigration

Service - will she now look at those contracts and make sure that

there is a pause before any further contracts are given? Can she

confirm that the Prime Minister had to cancel his appearance before the

Olympics security committee this week, but that it is going to be

re-established? I attempted to contact the chairman of G4S this

morning. Apparently, he is in an emergency meeting with the MoD, the

Home Office and other officials. I hope this is not another crisis

meeting with another set of changes. Mr Speaker, G4S has let the country

down, and we have literally had to send in the troops. Can the Home

Secretary give the House this assurance, that she is now

satisfied with all of the changes that she has announced today, and

that this will mean that these Games will be done securely, for

the safety of the visitors and for the British people? Thank you, Mr

Speaker. Can I thank the Right Honourable Gentleman for the

support he has given for the Government's decision? It is

absolutely right that at this stage, when a gap has opened up, or what

may be a gap, it is absolutely right that we have acted quickly.

He asked about the statement I made in the House on Monday, and when

the gap in the numbers from G4S was crystallised - the gap in the

numbers, we were receiving reassurances from G4S until very

recently, and the absolute gap in the numbers was only crystallised

finally yesterday. Because we have been monitoring this, we had had

discussions with the MoD about whether there would be availability

of troops for the contingency, should that circumstance arise

where necessary, and that is why yesterday, we were able to take

that decision, having prudently been making contingency

arrangements and having discussions. As I said in my statement,

monitoring has been taking place throughout this process, and the

duration of his contract, and we have obviously been testing and

challenging the assurances that we have been receiving from G4S. It is

the case that some of those troops who will be with him that 3,500

will be from abroad, some will have returned from recent operations. He

asked about penalties for G4S - this is a contract which it LOCOG

signed with G4S, and I understand there are penalties within the

contract, that will be a matter for LOCOG. He said the Prime Minister

had been forced to cancel a meeting, but he was not forced to cancel

that meeting. I think what is absolutely essential is that when

the Government identified that there was a need, we acted to make

sure that we covered that requirement, so that we can make

sure that we have got the venue's security at the general security

for the Games that we all want. -- venue security. Keith Vaz perhaps

trying to turn this into a question about who knew what and when.

Theresa May, thanked by Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, and also by

James Brokenshire, the Minister for Crime and Security at the Home

Office. We have interviewed him, and we will have that later for you.

In the meantime, we can take you live to our bureau in Westminster,

and our political correspondent. So, they appear to be playing a game of

catch-up here. Yes, and there is also a bit of the blame game going

on. We heard Theresa May saying that it was the Olympic organisers

who had signed his contract with G4S, not government officials.

Nevertheless, it is embarrassing for all parties concerned. As

opposition parties have been pointing out, they have had seven

years to plan for these Games, and it does seem quite extraordinary

that they are drafting in this number of troops just two weeks

before the Opening Ceremony. Theresa May, very keen to make the

point that this is not as a result of any new intelligence, there is

not a direct threat, or a new threat to the security of the Games,

and that the threat level is as it was. That's absolutely the case.

They are saying that this does not compromise security, they are

absolutely confident that they can deliver a safe and secure Games, it

is just simply that there seems to have been some kind of logistical

hiccup which had not been detected until a few days ago. We also heard

Theresa May explaining a bit about what is going to be done to

compensate those troops who may have had to cancel leave or who may

have been planning to spend time with their families, having come

back from Afghanistan. She made it clear that there will be quite a

number of tickets freed up for events, and for the opening and

closing ceremonies, to help compensate those troops for the

fact that they are now going to find themselves spending two weeks

checking handbags in a way that they were not intended to. A lot of

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Still to come - 50 years on the road, the Rolling Stones will be

Rome is about to put on a show one more remarkable exhib Brit. --

exhibit. The villa and its gardens. An Oasis of calm in the heart of

Rome. It is a park now. This used to be the playground of one of the

great dictators. It was his home for 18 years. This is where he

relaxed as he lived out his extraordinary rise and fall. But

amid-all this luxury, perhaps in his bed, in the quiet of the night,

the dictator began to worry about his safety. What if he were the

target of an air raid? TRANSLATION: Musolini had a need for security.

There was a need to imitate Hitler. He had been to Germany and seen

bunkers there. He wanted to copy Hitler.

So he decided he needed to go down. He wanted to go into the depths of

the earth, below the villa's foundations.

This is the bunker that he began to build. Walls four metres thick,

layers of concrete, re-enforced with iron. There was an escape

route up into the garden in case bombs demolished the villa and

blocked the bunker's main entrance. As the work down here dragged on

and on he wrote in his dairy he was worried it would not be finished in

time. It seemed to add to a growing sense of unease. Indeed, the work

was not finished by the time the dictator fell from power in Rome,

in July 1943. Today, the villa looks as grand as

ever, but it hides a strange structure that is evidence of the

tarkest fears of -- darkest fears You're watching BBC World News.

These are the top stories: British forces are on stand by for London

2012. Thousands have been called in, amid worries that not enough

private security staff will be trained in time. Today is the end

of an era, as the last BBC Broadcast is about to go out from

Bush House, from BBC world radio, after more than 70 years.

Jamie joins us with the business news. We are talking about Peugeot

closing a plant. In many other countries it would not be seen as

significant. In France it is a big move. It has been confirmed that it

is slashing 8,000 jobs in France. The only plant near Paris is going

to close. That employs 3,000. The company is battling mounting losses.

It expects an operating lost of -- loss this year. What has gone wrong

with Peugeot sit Rhone? Peugeot- Citroen behaved very French. While

the rest of the world has decided, maybe we cannot afford to pay the

residents of Tokyo, Seoul or London, we cannot afford factory workers in

those cities, the French have carried on. What they should have

been doing is farming out some of those factories, just as other

factories do, farming them out to where there is cheaper labour and

other incentives from other Governments. I was in Korea last

week. Kia said to themselves, the car worker in Seoul is quite an

expensive person to employ. A lot cheaper to employ Chinese workers,

which they are doing. They have three factories there now in China,

or even in Eastern or central Europe, as we tend to call it,

countries like Slovenia. The French should have moved some of those

production lines. It cannot be just that. Don't forget, we have opened

our doors in the UK to the Japanese. The French have not opened their

doors to any great extent to Asian car manufacturers. We have Nissan

and Honda in Britain. France doesn't. I think politically would

never have accepted. That you mention vauxwag gone - the reigning

car of the year is built in Eastern Europe. This is not the only

problem for the French company. The other problem is it is stuck in a

slight hole, in it is filling that lower to mid- market.

There is the Golf, but they occupy the top end of the market as well.

That is where Peugeot--Citroen are suffering. They are not the

profitable ones to make, as their financial results prove. Thank you.

The markets - I think I can get Worries about the corporate results

coming through. We have the reporting season which started this

week and will go into next week. People generally pretty worried. We

had figures a couple of days ago from AMSs, showing it was selling

less to China. Very sharp downturn in sales. It's not just the

European markets which are at the The euro is down sharply too.

Our top story and the latest security arrangements for the

London Olympics. The British Home Secretary is still on her feet at

the House of Commons. What she has said is that security will not be

compromised during the Games. The - - I was joined here in the studio

and I suggested this was an embarrassment for the British

Government. We have been preparing for the Olympics for many, many

years in terms of the security preparations. We, as the Home

Office, the department responsible for overall security, have been

challenging and scrutinising the organisers in respect of their

responsibilities here. It has been at this phrase of the

move up, as more of the 100 venues, this is a complex operation in

respect of the venues, the requirements needed for each of

them. It is at this point that G4S have indicated they've had issues.

Therefore, the responsible thing for us to do, in ensuring security,

is to have additional military. There were military involved in

this already, but to looks at that capability, so we can move forward

with confidence on our delivery. That's the negative aspect of the

Olympics today. The positive aspect - dawn this morning. One of the

greatest track and field athletes, Michael Johnson, carrying the

Olympic Torch around Stonehenge. The 400 metre record holder circled

the event at a special event, marking day 55 of the torch relay.

It will finish the day in Weymouth. By the time it arrives at the

stadium it will have travelled thousands of kilometres. They have

been one of the most photographed and commercially successful bands

ever. It is 50 years ago today that the Rolling Stones played their

first ever concert at the Marquee Club. The men behind Satisfaction

and Paint It Black, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have marked that

milestone. These are five of the most famous

young men in show business - the Rolling Stones. It looked so long

ago. You know, how could it be? boys give a press conference. If

the reporters get much out of them, they would be lucky. Nobody

expected anything like this. Especially in those days. A band -

it was lucky to live for two or three years. The hopes were for a

good time and that was it. By the time we were sort of popular,

it was only really Elvis and The Beatles that - they were the

biggest things that had ever happened in pop music. Even he had

lasted perhaps OK, less than ten years. You couldn't really think of

it being as big as Elvis was an impossible thought. How would

anyone really last? Most marriages don't last 50 years! Most

businesses don't last 50 years. Why is it you have? I can only presume

the music of the whole thing and also it's fun, man. Where else are

you going to get a job like this? Has it always been fun? Hey,

sometimes it's hard work and you know, you wonder why the hell

you're doing it, but apart from those few moments, it was an

incredible adventure. I can't really think of any regrets.

I reject Brian dying. That was a real shock. Brian, how dare you

leave the band - you know. We were all very close. As far as, I cannot

really regret. I would go through the hard times again, just to keep

things as they are. The person is still the same person. The core of

the person is still pretty much the same, despite all the years that

have passed and everything, I think I can come through it pretty

unscathed. Not sure about everybody else!

When will you perform again, do you think? There are things in the

works. There's nothing final I could say.

We're playing around with the idea. We've had a couple of rehearsals.

We got together lately. It feels so good. I think, soon. What can I