16/11/2011 World News Today


16/11/2011

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 16/11/2011. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

This is BBC World News Today with me, Kirsty Lang. Organised armed

:00:09.:00:12.

resistance in Syria. Army defectors launch their biggest

:00:12.:00:15.

attack so far in Damascus while the Arab League debates suspending

:00:15.:00:25.
:00:25.:00:25.

Syria's membership. The empty chair of Syria in the

:00:25.:00:31.

Arab League. Almost unthinkable. A graphic illustration of how this

:00:31.:00:34.

crisis is shaking the Arab World to its core.

:00:34.:00:37.

Keeping politics out of politics. Italy's new prime minister unveils

:00:37.:00:40.

his technocratic government. Courting controversy by countering

:00:40.:00:44.

China. President Obama announces more US troops are to be based in

:00:44.:00:48.

Australia. Also coming up in the programme:

:00:48.:00:52.

Should smoking in cars be stubbed out? Doctors in Britain say smoking

:00:52.:00:56.

in your own car should be banned. Critics say it would be an invasion

:00:56.:01:06.
:01:06.:01:06.

of privacy. I think we are penalised everywhere we go, no

:01:06.:01:11.

matter where it is, even outside now.

:01:11.:01:16.

It's all about the image. We look at the importance of design in the

:01:16.:01:26.
:01:26.:01:32.

hugely influential Manchester music Hello and welcome. A raid by Syrian

:01:32.:01:34.

army defectors on a military intelligence complex in the suburbs

:01:34.:01:37.

of Damascus shows the scale of opposition President Bashar Al-

:01:37.:01:42.

Assad is now facing. Calling themselves the Free Syrian

:01:42.:01:47.

Army the group say their troop numbers are growing. It comes as an

:01:47.:01:50.

Arab League foreign ministers meeting called for urgent action to

:01:50.:01:58.

protect civilians from the regime's brutal crackdown on protesters. Jon

:01:58.:02:05.

Leyne reports. Every day, more evidence emerges

:02:05.:02:09.

from Syria of the government's brutal reaction to opposition

:02:09.:02:15.

protests. These pictures are impossible to verify for certain

:02:15.:02:18.

but appear to show members of the security forces beating up

:02:18.:02:23.

opposition supporters on the outskirts of the capital. Who wants

:02:23.:02:27.

freedom anyway? Says one of the security men. Make sure you shave

:02:27.:02:30.

their heads before you start beating them properly, third

:02:30.:02:38.

another. -- says another. And these pictures appear to show it Syrian

:02:38.:02:42.

government tanks attacking opposition strongholds, despite a

:02:42.:02:48.

pledge by Syria to withdraw its armour from the streets. But the

:02:48.:02:52.

conflict is also edging closer to a full civil war. These are some of

:02:52.:02:57.

the increasing number of army detect -- defectors, taking on the

:02:57.:03:00.

security forces. They say they were involved in the first major attack

:03:00.:03:06.

on a military base last night, with a co-ordinated assault on

:03:06.:03:10.

intelligence headquarters close to Damascus. Once again, the

:03:10.:03:13.

government is encouraging its own supporters out onto the streets.

:03:13.:03:19.

They have been rallying to support President Assad and to denounce

:03:19.:03:24.

international pressure on Syria. Syrian TV have been a run pictures

:03:24.:03:28.

which appear to be of the release of 1,000 political prisoners, one

:03:29.:03:33.

of the few signs of the government bowing to foreign pressure, but

:03:33.:03:37.

Turkey is among countries to have run out of patience. It is

:03:37.:03:41.

threatening to cut off electricity supplies.

:03:41.:03:44.

TRANSLATION: We cannot approve a system that has been committing

:03:44.:03:49.

crimes against humanity. We are currently supplying electricity to

:03:49.:03:55.

Syria. If this trend continues, we may have to revise that decision.

:03:55.:04:00.

And in the Moroccan capital, Arab ministers have been gathering to

:04:00.:04:04.

consider new action against Syria. They are expected to confirm the

:04:04.:04:08.

decision to suspend Syria from the League and possibly impose new

:04:08.:04:13.

sanctions. Syria has angrily decided to boycott the meeting.

:04:13.:04:19.

Here it is. The empty chair of the Syrian Republic in the Arab League.

:04:19.:04:23.

Almost unthinkable and a graphic illustration of the way this crisis

:04:23.:04:28.

is shaking the Arab world. The crisis is moving rapidly forward,

:04:28.:04:33.

both in diplomacy and growing violence on the ground.

:04:33.:04:37.

The commander of the Free Syrian Amy has told the BBC that they did

:04:37.:04:42.

carry out the brazen attack on the intelligence complex in Damascus.

:04:42.:04:45.

Colonel Riad al-Asaad has led the defectors since July, when he

:04:45.:04:53.

abandoned his post in protest. TRANSLATION: The operation did in

:04:53.:04:58.

fact take place and it was precise and it was targeting the

:04:58.:05:03.

intelligence services centre in Damascus. The centre was used as a

:05:03.:05:11.

killing centre for killing innocent Syrians in Damascus. For the past

:05:11.:05:17.

10 days, we have seen an increasing number of defections. Because of

:05:17.:05:22.

what we are doing on the ground, this encourages people to join our

:05:22.:05:26.

battle and the number of our members is increasing on a daily

:05:26.:05:33.

basis. The regime has got to go. We are on the side of the Syrian

:05:33.:05:37.

people, who have full legitimacy. Let's find out more about the Free

:05:37.:05:43.

Syrian Army. The BBC's Jonathan Head joins us live from Istanbul.

:05:43.:05:46.

How does this Free Syrian Army fit into the broader opposition to

:05:46.:05:54.

Assad's rule? They were established about five

:05:54.:05:58.

months ago, the beginning of them were, and they have operated

:05:58.:06:02.

officially rather autonomously. They are army defectors who tried

:06:02.:06:06.

to reform themselves as a coherent military group that can then go

:06:06.:06:11.

back and take the fight to President Al-Assad's forces, so

:06:11.:06:15.

they then go under the umbrella of the Syrian National Council, the

:06:15.:06:20.

main umbrella group, which says it is committed to a non- violent

:06:20.:06:25.

uprising, but clearly they are aiming for the same goal and the

:06:25.:06:28.

Syrian National Council has applauded the actions of the Free

:06:28.:06:33.

Syrian Army. Bear in mind, the unarmed protesters that the

:06:33.:06:36.

National Council broadly represents have been facing pretty heavy armed

:06:36.:06:40.

onslaught from government forces for many months now so I think they

:06:40.:06:46.

feel they are entitled to fight back but this Free Syrian Army is

:06:46.:06:50.

operating autonomously and has set out what it says it will do in

:06:50.:06:54.

their transition, the role it will play in setting up new security

:06:54.:06:58.

forces and crucially, committing itself when there is a change of

:06:58.:07:02.

government, a democratic government, to handing back all authority to

:07:02.:07:06.

the civilian government. Turkey has been accused of

:07:06.:07:13.

providing safe haven to this group by the Damascus regime. Is there

:07:13.:07:17.

any proof of that? There is plenty of proof in that

:07:18.:07:20.

the commander you were just listening to there has been living

:07:20.:07:24.

in Turkey for several months now. The official position of the

:07:24.:07:29.

Turkish government is that they do not shelter the group but they

:07:29.:07:33.

offer asylum to anybody fleeing oppression and violence inside

:07:33.:07:38.

Syria. They have 8,000 refugees who have been living on the border,

:07:38.:07:44.

among them and number of defectors. Turkey distances itself from any

:07:44.:07:48.

official organisation. It says it wants and non-violent solution but

:07:48.:07:52.

it is clearly tolerating them and there are clearly close links

:07:52.:07:56.

between Turkish intelligence and Turkish government officials and

:07:56.:08:01.

those Free Syrian Army officers. They are talking to each other a

:08:01.:08:07.

lot. Thank you very much. Italy's new

:08:07.:08:09.

government has been announced and it's all bankers, company

:08:09.:08:12.

executives and top flight academics with not a single politician among

:08:12.:08:16.

them. The new Italian prime minister, Mario Monti, has been

:08:16.:08:18.

sworn in and said the absence of party politicians would help,

:08:18.:08:22.

rather than hinder, the government's duties. As well as

:08:22.:08:26.

being prime minister, he will also be finance minister. Meanwhile,

:08:26.:08:29.

Greece's new technocratic Prime Minister faced his first democratic

:08:29.:08:33.

test today - a vote of confidence in the Parliament. Mr Papademos, a

:08:33.:08:41.

former central banker, secured a comfortable majority.

:08:41.:08:46.

In a moment we will be going to Athens but first, Alan Johnson

:08:46.:08:51.

joins me from Rome. The markets are very happy with this new

:08:51.:08:57.

technocratic government. Do you think the Italian people of?

:08:57.:09:03.

Right up to the last moment, there was speculation that there might be

:09:03.:09:07.

senior figures in this Cabinet line-up but when the list was read

:09:07.:09:11.

out it was only technocrats. You get the sense that the extreme

:09:11.:09:17.

financial pressure born against Italy from the markets has led to a

:09:17.:09:20.

certain sidelining of democracy in one of Europe's biggest democracies.

:09:20.:09:24.

Having said that, you get the fence that people on the street in Rome

:09:24.:09:30.

are ready to give Mario Monti a chance. They are weary of the

:09:30.:09:32.

failings of their political class and are ready for something a

:09:32.:09:40.

little different. To Athens, Mark, Greece's

:09:40.:09:44.

technocratic prime minister faced his first Test today, the vote of

:09:44.:09:48.

confidence in parliament. Was that a rubber-stamping exercise or was

:09:48.:09:54.

it Sirius was my it was largely a formality.

:09:54.:09:59.

They were always expected to get an easy majority because the National

:09:59.:10:05.

Union coalition government controls 254 out of the 300 MPs behind me,

:10:05.:10:10.

so it was a comfortable but expected win. Probably the only

:10:10.:10:13.

simple tasks that the new government will have. Ahead it

:10:13.:10:18.

faces an extremely difficult task. The urgent priority to ratify the

:10:18.:10:23.

latest bail-out package but in return for that, it will need more

:10:23.:10:28.

austerity measures, are more cost cutting, and austerity is a very

:10:28.:10:32.

dirty word in Greece. It will bring tens of thousands out onto the

:10:32.:10:37.

streets in the next few months, starting tomorrow, when a large

:10:37.:10:40.

demonstration is planned to coincide with the anniversary of

:10:40.:10:44.

the student uprising against a military dictatorship here 38 years

:10:44.:10:50.

ago. We expect a very large protest on the street angry at the

:10:50.:10:53.

austerity measures that the government has said it will pursue

:10:53.:10:56.

in order to secure the next vital instalment of its international

:10:56.:10:59.

known. Mark, thank you.

:10:59.:11:02.

Now, a look at some of the day's other news. Portugal's prime

:11:02.:11:06.

minister is hoping to sell off state assets to a former colony.

:11:06.:11:09.

Pedro Passos Coelho is travelling to Angola to gauge the country's

:11:09.:11:13.

interest in buying shares in some of Portugal's state companies. In

:11:13.:11:15.

an extraordinary piece of role reversal, Angola's economy, which

:11:15.:11:18.

suffered over decades of civil war, is predicted to grow by 12% next

:11:18.:11:21.

year, while the economy of its former colonial master, Portugal,

:11:21.:11:27.

is contracting under the pressure of the Eurozone debt crisis.

:11:27.:11:31.

Here in the UK, the number of people out of work has hit a 15-

:11:31.:11:41.
:11:41.:11:42.

year high of 2.6 million. -- one in 516-24-year-old Britons are out of

:11:42.:11:50.

work. The Bank of England warns the economy could stagnate until the

:11:50.:11:53.

middle of next year. Judges at The Hague have ordered

:11:53.:11:56.

the former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic to undergo a full

:11:56.:11:59.

medical examination, to see if he's fit enough to stand trial for war

:11:59.:12:03.

crimes. General Mladic, who's 69, failed to attend a hearing last

:12:03.:12:07.

week, saying he was too ill. He's accused of commanding acts of

:12:07.:12:11.

genocide in the Bosnian war, charges he denies.

:12:11.:12:13.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has claimed any racist abuse in

:12:13.:12:18.

football should be settled by a handshake. He made the comments on

:12:18.:12:21.

his Twitter page. England's Football Association has announced

:12:21.:12:23.

it's to charge Liverpool's Luis Suarez with racially abusing

:12:23.:12:32.

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

:12:32.:12:36.

President Obama has upset the Chinese by expanding American

:12:36.:12:41.

military ties with Australia. China's state news agency has

:12:41.:12:45.

accused the US president of using his diplomatic ambitions in Asia to

:12:45.:12:50.

detract attention from his economic woes at home. President Obama

:12:50.:12:54.

announced plans to station more American troops in China and there

:12:54.:12:59.

is growing concern in the region about the rise of Chinese power.

:12:59.:13:04.

This report from Sydney. Only four other American presidents

:13:04.:13:11.

have made this journey. One of the United States's oldest allies. In

:13:11.:13:15.

Julia Gillard, the president has the closest of political partners

:13:15.:13:20.

to press home his wider mission, the engaging American foreign

:13:20.:13:25.

policy in the Asian Pacific region. The two leaders announced the US is

:13:25.:13:31.

to increase its military presence in Australia by stationing 2500

:13:31.:13:35.

marines and extra aircraft around Darwin. China was not mentioned by

:13:35.:13:40.

name but the President's security message was clear enough.

:13:40.:13:44.

United States is stepping up its commitment to the entire Asia-

:13:44.:13:54.

Pacific. We are deeply grateful for our alignments of Australia. Our

:13:54.:13:58.

alliance is going to be indispensable to our shared future

:13:58.:14:01.

and the security we need and the prosperity we seek, not only in

:14:01.:14:07.

this region but around the world. America and Australia already carry

:14:07.:14:11.

out military exercises together but and the reinforce represent a much

:14:11.:14:15.

more muscular presence in the region. It is the signalled to

:14:15.:14:19.

allies that they have a reliable friend and to China that it cannot

:14:19.:14:24.

act alone. America has already had its disagreements with China over

:14:24.:14:28.

trade and currency. What it does not want to happen is for that to

:14:28.:14:32.

escalate into anything more dangerous. President Obama said

:14:32.:14:36.

today there is nothing to fear it with China but by linking commerce

:14:36.:14:44.

and security, the US is saying with prosperity comes vigilance.

:14:44.:14:49.

The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, has outlined conditions for

:14:49.:14:52.

allowing American military bases to remain in Afghanistan in the long

:14:52.:14:57.

term. He told a gathering of 2000 Afghan elders and leaders that

:14:57.:15:01.

among its other conditions, American forces must agree to stop

:15:01.:15:06.

carrying out nitrates, which a very controversial in Afghanistan. It is

:15:06.:15:11.

taking place amid high security. The Taliban has threatened to

:15:11.:15:20.

Arriving at the Loya Jirga. It is an Afghan tradition, the gathering

:15:20.:15:27.

of tribal elders and political leaders. President Karzai came to

:15:27.:15:31.

get their backing for a contentious proposal, a security pact with the

:15:31.:15:41.

Americans. He spelled out his terms. TRANSLATION: Note-taking prisoners.

:15:41.:15:47.

Who are they to imprison the Afghan people? We have no right to have

:15:47.:15:53.

jails here, this is our soil. -- they have no right. The return he

:15:53.:15:57.

said the Americans could retain military bases in Afghanistan after

:15:57.:16:02.

combat forces lead in 2014. But the White House may not like the deal

:16:02.:16:10.

he is offering. As the Loya Jirga got under way, a major security

:16:11.:16:16.

operation around the capital. The Taleban have about to attack the

:16:16.:16:21.

delegates who, in a bitter irony, will be discussing reconciliation

:16:21.:16:25.

with insurgents. Security forces here on the highest

:16:25.:16:29.

level of alert. Checkpoints like this one have been reinforced and

:16:29.:16:33.

around the city they are more patrols and more road blocks.

:16:33.:16:37.

Police sources claimed to have foiled a number of potential

:16:37.:16:42.

attacks, but they know there could be others.

:16:42.:16:47.

Many shops were closed today. Many streets, all but deserted. People

:16:47.:16:52.

were staying home, fearing the worst. Loya Jirga can be a

:16:52.:16:57.

dangerous business here. Joining me now live from Harvard

:16:57.:16:59.

University is Michael Semple, a former European Union diplomat in

:16:59.:17:02.

Kabul and author of 'Talking to the Taliban'. Live from Harvard

:17:02.:17:04.

University is Michael Semple, a former European Union diplomat in

:17:04.:17:08.

Kabul and author of 'Talking to the Taliban'. Isn't it a bit late for

:17:08.:17:11.

Karzai to start distancing himself from the Americans is that going to

:17:11.:17:19.

wash with ordinary Afghans? I think he has deliberately selected people

:17:19.:17:25.

who will find it palatable. It is not legally binding in any way, is

:17:25.:17:31.

it? It is not like a parliament? it is a bit like calling a

:17:31.:17:35.

political rally way you want to get lots of people at to line them up

:17:36.:17:39.

in front of you way you state your position and you can claim their

:17:39.:17:44.

support. In subsequent rounds of negotiation, he can say, I have the

:17:44.:17:48.

people behind me and you must listen to me. You are saying that

:17:49.:17:52.

almost everyone in that tent will have been selected in some way by

:17:52.:17:56.

the Karzai administration? Absolutely. That is the way it is

:17:56.:18:02.

done. There is no election to form this gathering. Based at --

:18:02.:18:06.

messages were sent out to the amp - - administration's appointed by the

:18:06.:18:10.

President and they were told to gather a certain number of the book.

:18:10.:18:17.

In your view, this is a sham, is it? The theatre is a far better

:18:17.:18:22.

word than sham, and sometimes theatre does count. A lot of people

:18:22.:18:27.

will be examining the Loya Jirga up to check are the important people

:18:28.:18:34.

there or not. It is one of the ways that Afghan politics is done, but

:18:34.:18:38.

you should remember that there is also a parliament that is elected

:18:39.:18:42.

to try to take decisions on such things. A lot of members of

:18:42.:18:46.

parliament have been unhappy. Apparently security is so bad that

:18:47.:18:54.

we have been told that our own BBC team dare not even going the 10th.

:18:54.:18:58.

-- in the tent where the gathering is happening, which shows how

:18:58.:19:05.

vulnerable the Karzai administration is. I think it shows

:19:05.:19:11.

how the focus has been turned away from the ostensible subject matter,

:19:11.:19:15.

which is what should be the right terms between the duty Afghanistan

:19:15.:19:21.

and the US. It has been shifted to a tussle between some of the

:19:21.:19:24.

insurgents and the Karzai administration to see whether the

:19:24.:19:28.

latter can pull it off without disaster. What do you think about

:19:29.:19:32.

this proposal that Karzai put forward that the Americans should

:19:32.:19:39.

stop night raids? How will this go down in Washington? On the one hand,

:19:39.:19:43.

these are well rehearsed positions. It is absolutely true that some of

:19:43.:19:50.

the aggressive moves of NATO forces are quite unpopular. Karzai it

:19:50.:19:54.

likes to speak to the crowd on this one. But there is also an issue of

:19:54.:20:00.

who is doing him a favour. The way that the speech has been picked his

:20:00.:20:03.

as if the Americans are desperate to keep bases there for some

:20:03.:20:08.

interest they have. Whereas the positions that I have heard from

:20:08.:20:12.

Washington is that if they are going to retain any minatory

:20:12.:20:19.

presence there is to maintain the stability of Afghanistan. Thank you

:20:19.:20:26.

very much. Doctors here in the UK say no-one

:20:26.:20:30.

should be allowed to smoke in a car, even when driving on their own. The

:20:30.:20:32.

British Medical Association argues that a ban should be enforced

:20:32.:20:35.

because people in smoky cars are exposed to very high levels of

:20:35.:20:38.

harmful poisons. Opponents argue that cars are private spaces and

:20:38.:20:44.

that a ban would go too far. Jane Hughes reports.

:20:44.:20:48.

This is a test to measure the level of toxins released when someone

:20:48.:20:53.

smokes in a car. Tobacco smoke contains 69 potential cancer-

:20:53.:20:57.

causing chemicals. Even after a short drive and a single cigarette,

:20:57.:21:01.

the monitor shows those chemicals are well above safe levels in this

:21:01.:21:05.

car. Second-hand smoke in a confined space can do terrible

:21:05.:21:10.

harm: It can cause lung cancer, asthma, respiratory infection, and

:21:10.:21:14.

increase the risk of sudden infant death. Opening the window only goes

:21:14.:21:19.

some way to a lowering the harm, and there is evidence that suggests

:21:19.:21:23.

the toxins stay around long after the cigarette has been put out.

:21:24.:21:27.

Smoking in cars carrying children has already been banned in South

:21:27.:21:31.

Africa, most Australia and parts of the US and Canada. Wales and

:21:31.:21:35.

Northern Ireland are considering the same thing, but the BMA wants

:21:35.:21:41.

more: A blanket ban, even when there are no passengers. Cars are a

:21:41.:21:44.

restricted environment, air gets concentrated in there and if

:21:44.:21:48.

someone is smoking, the people in that car, both at the time and

:21:48.:21:53.

later, will get very high doses of the cancer-causing agents that are

:21:53.:21:57.

in cigarette smoke. Drivers we spoke to in Cardiff were

:21:57.:22:02.

divided about the idea. I think the government penalises us everywhere

:22:02.:22:07.

we go, no matter where it is, even outside now. It is a very good to

:22:07.:22:11.

it stops Bassett -- passive smoking in an area where you get a lot of

:22:11.:22:15.

people. If you are alone, fine, but when you have children, that is a

:22:15.:22:20.

different matter. Some say cars are private spaces and this would be a

:22:20.:22:25.

step too far. If we introduce a ban, all cars, irrespective of who is in

:22:25.:22:30.

that car, it is a very small step to banning smoking in the home as

:22:30.:22:36.

well. It is a very dangerous step to take. Ministers in England and

:22:36.:22:39.

Scotland say there are no plans for a ban, but they are working to a

:22:39.:22:47.

rape -- raise awareness of of the risks.

:22:47.:22:51.

The '80s and '90s was an era that changed the face of British music.

:22:51.:22:53.

The so-called Manchester scene gave birth to bands like the Happy

:22:54.:22:57.

Mondays, Joy Division and The Stone Roses. But it wasn't just about the

:22:57.:23:00.

sound, it was about the image too. That's being celebrated at a

:23:00.:23:02.

exhibition of album covers and posters in London and Kathy

:23:02.:23:12.
:23:12.:23:15.

Joy Divis and it was the ban that started it all off. -- Joy Division.

:23:15.:23:20.

The band that took 70s punk and turned it into a deeper, more

:23:20.:23:30.
:23:30.:23:39.

This is the cover of their debut album, Unknown pleasures. It is a

:23:39.:23:49.
:23:49.:23:50.

dark, stark and seething with energy. Bans were making owned --

:23:50.:23:54.

their own music on their own terms. They genuinely did not care whether

:23:54.:24:00.

people like to them or not. They had a strong vision. It was their

:24:00.:24:10.
:24:10.:24:11.

With the suicide of the lead singer, Joy Division reformed into a new

:24:11.:24:17.

order. Both bans, as well as many others, were assigned to Factory

:24:17.:24:22.

Records, one of the most influential labels of the era.

:24:22.:24:27.

Factory Records was the Manchester sound under one roof. It was

:24:27.:24:30.

factory Records who also created the image. The label had its own

:24:30.:24:40.
:24:40.:24:42.

design team and came up with For fans of the Manchester scene,

:24:42.:24:47.

the place to experience it in all its glory was the Hacienda club. A-

:24:47.:24:52.

night out there was claimed to be a life-changing experience, not least

:24:52.:24:56.

because with their music came the drugs and this was all about

:24:56.:25:03.

Ecstasy. And nothing said more about the spirit of the Hacienda

:25:03.:25:09.

than this iconic poster. It was very intense. Lots of people up on

:25:09.:25:16.

podiums, lots of people dancing, dry ice everywhere, lighting, and

:25:16.:25:22.

this incredible music, this techno music that was happening. So, in

:25:22.:25:27.

some ways, this is a way of trying to express that feeling in a visual

:25:27.:25:35.

way. The Happy Mondays were the poster

:25:35.:25:39.

boys of the scene in the late 80s and they were the ones who made the

:25:39.:25:42.

Manchester sound into Nat -- international with several were

:25:42.:25:47.

tours. By then, it was all about house music and rave culture and a

:25:47.:25:57.
:25:57.:25:58.

The influence of the first Summer of Love was most obvious in the

:25:58.:26:03.

music of the Stone Roses who mixed 60s garage pop with the 80s garage

:26:03.:26:08.

beat. Their self-titled album has been described as one of the

:26:09.:26:13.

greatest of all time in the UK. The band recently announced that they

:26:13.:26:18.

are reunited with a world tour planned for 2012. The first stop,

:26:18.:26:27.

Manchester of course. A reminder of our main news. The

:26:27.:26:29.

Syrian opposition stepped up its armed operations with an overnight

:26:29.:26:32.

attack on military and intelligence bases near Damascus. Meanwhile, an

:26:32.:26:35.

Arab League meeting in Morocco has been fiercely critical of Syrian

:26:35.:26:40.

violence against anti-government protesters.

:26:40.:26:49.

The Italian prime minister, Mario Well, that's all from the programme.

:26:49.:26:53.

Next the weather. But for now from me and the rest of the team,

:26:53.:27:03.

Seeing a bit of cloud tonight. It has been fairly wet today in

:27:03.:27:06.

Cornwall. The rain will move through overnight tonight so by

:27:06.:27:10.

tomorrow, although it starts cloudy, it will become bright up to the day.

:27:10.:27:15.

Here is that weather front, the heaviest of the main living through

:27:15.:27:18.

Northern Ireland and up to Scotland by the end of the night. With the

:27:18.:27:22.

remains in Scotland tomorrow morning, cloudy and damp. Some

:27:22.:27:26.

cloud in the south-east corner, but things should brighten up nicely

:27:26.:27:31.

through northern England. Sunshine by 3pm. Temperatures around 11

:27:31.:27:36.

degrees. The cloud will linger through East Anglia, parts of Kent,

:27:36.:27:42.

with some spots of light rain. Some sunshine along the south coast. The

:27:42.:27:45.

cloud later in the afternoon will thicken again through Devon, but

:27:45.:27:49.

for much of daylight hours, it will be tried with highs of 13 or 14

:27:49.:27:55.

degrees feels --. Wales should remained dry. The brain will return

:27:55.:28:00.

for Northern Ireland and it could be heavy. It will be accompanied by

:28:00.:28:05.

strong winds as well. A bit of rain moving into the south-west corner

:28:05.:28:09.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS