:00:14. > :00:16.This is BBC World News Today. Can Britain avoid recession?
:00:16. > :00:20.The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers a gloomy speech, with the
:00:20. > :00:25.state of the economy, while vowing to continue his austerity measures.
:00:25. > :00:32.We will do whatever it takes to protect Britain from this debt
:00:32. > :00:36.storm, while doing all we can, all we can to build the foundations of
:00:36. > :00:40.future growth. Protestors storm the British Embassy in Tehran, angry at
:00:40. > :00:44.the latest sanctions imposed by the west over the Iranian nuclear
:00:44. > :00:49.programme. Britain has responded angrily. Clearly there will be
:00:49. > :00:53.other, further and serious consequences. Psychiatrists in
:00:53. > :00:58.Norway have concluded that Anders Behring Breivik was insane when he
:00:58. > :01:01.killed 77 people in July. Also coming up in the programme, is
:01:01. > :01:07.there a viable alternative leadership for Syria. We meet some
:01:07. > :01:11.of the exiles fighting to topple the Assad regime, facing
:01:11. > :01:17.accusations that they aren't united enough to succeed. We will speak to
:01:17. > :01:27.one man who thinks he has managed to replicate the world's most
:01:27. > :01:29.
:01:30. > :01:33.Welcome, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne,
:01:33. > :01:36.chose a good metaphor when he talked about steering Britain
:01:36. > :01:40.through a debt storm. If the British economy is a ship, there
:01:40. > :01:46.are plenty of dangers on the horizon, with UK growth forecasts
:01:46. > :01:49.down to less than 1%. Mr Osbourne has redirected some money towards
:01:49. > :01:55.infrastructure project, but he told parliament today he's not diverting
:01:55. > :01:59.from his course of cutting the debt. Much of Europe now appears to be
:01:59. > :02:04.heading into a recession, caused by a chronic lack of confidence in the
:02:05. > :02:10.ability of countries to deal with their debt. We will do whatever it
:02:10. > :02:16.takes to protect Britain from this debt storm, while doing all we can,
:02:16. > :02:21.all we can, to build the foundations of future growth.
:02:21. > :02:23.George Osborne's opposite number on the Labour benches, Ed Balls, was
:02:23. > :02:28.unconvinced, saying spending cuts are bringing the British economy to
:02:28. > :02:38.a stand still. Growth flat lining, down this year, next year and the
:02:38. > :02:39.
:02:39. > :02:43.year after. Unemployment rising, well over �100 billion more
:02:43. > :02:47.borrowing than the Chancellor planned a year ago. More borrowing
:02:47. > :02:54.than the plan which the Chancellor inherited at the last general
:02:54. > :02:59.election, Mr Speaker. And as a result, his economic and fiscal
:02:59. > :03:03.strategy is in tatters. In a moment we will hear an assessment from the
:03:03. > :03:06.political editor of the Financial Times, George Parker, first our
:03:06. > :03:10.chief economics correspondent looks at why George Osborne's original
:03:10. > :03:12.forecasts for the economy have been knocked off course.
:03:12. > :03:16.It is the statement George Osborne hoped he wouldn't have to make. It
:03:16. > :03:20.is a much bleaker picture than he set out in the budget back in March.
:03:20. > :03:27.That seems like a long time ago now. There was little the Chancellor
:03:27. > :03:31.could do to soften the blow. So what's gone wrong? Some of the
:03:31. > :03:38.key predictions were way off the mark. The growth forecast next year
:03:38. > :03:42.has been slashed by two-thirds, to 0.7%. That means borrowing will be
:03:42. > :03:46.�120 billion, nearly �20 billion higher than forecast. Usually after
:03:46. > :03:48.a recession the economy bounces back quickly, tax revenues from
:03:48. > :03:53.companies, including those here in the City of London come flooding
:03:53. > :03:59.back into the Government's coffers, and that allows borrowing to be
:03:59. > :04:03.reduced bu. With growth faltering, that hasn't happened this time. The
:04:03. > :04:05.next question is, who is to blame for the Government's problems? The
:04:06. > :04:10.Chancellor points to instability in the eurozone, with protests over
:04:10. > :04:13.spending cuts and fears of a recession, which could hit UK trade.
:04:13. > :04:17.He also blames pressures on consumers beyond his control.
:04:17. > :04:21.Global cost increases have hit food and energy bills. So Mr Osbourne
:04:21. > :04:26.wants to stick to his course on cutting borrowing. He should stick
:04:26. > :04:30.to his plans, he's made some cuts, which are allowing the UK to have
:04:30. > :04:35.very low borrowing costs. We would sacrifice that if he were to change
:04:35. > :04:39.tack now. But there are a few in the City who think he should change
:04:39. > :04:42.tack, because his cuts are hitting growth and making things worse.
:04:42. > :04:45.the Chancellor continues to cut spending into an economic downturn.
:04:45. > :04:49.The risk is the Government may end up with more Government debt at the
:04:49. > :04:52.end of it. If we go into a recession, benefits will have to go
:04:52. > :04:57.up and tax revenues will go down. Everything hinges on economic
:04:57. > :05:01.growth, so when will it improve? The independent watchdog, in charge
:05:01. > :05:04.of forecasting, had this verdict. We expect the underlying momentum
:05:04. > :05:08.of the economy to weaken further during the final quarter of this
:05:08. > :05:11.year, but then to pick up, gradually, through next year,
:05:11. > :05:16.assuming that the euro area struggles through its current
:05:16. > :05:19.difficulties. But that's a big assumption. The Chancellor himself
:05:19. > :05:23.warned that if the eurozone fell back into recession, the UK could
:05:23. > :05:26.go the same way. If that happened the borrowing figures could get
:05:26. > :05:33.revised up again, making Mr Osbourne's task of trying to
:05:33. > :05:39.balance the books even harder. Graham Parker is the political
:05:39. > :05:44.editor for the -- George Parker is the political editor for the
:05:44. > :05:48.Financial Times, and he said there is a gloomy outlook. George Osborne
:05:48. > :05:52.had a strategy where he would administer tough medicine to the UK
:05:52. > :05:55.economy, and try to sort out the huge debts, then you would have go
:05:56. > :05:58.or three years of recovery, so by the time the 2015 general election
:05:58. > :06:01.came round, the economy would be growing again, and the next
:06:01. > :06:03.election would be all about tax cuts. What we heard today was
:06:03. > :06:07.something different, which is austerity, already hitting families
:06:07. > :06:12.very hard in the UK, will be extended well beyond the next
:06:12. > :06:16.election in 2015 and into the next parliament. But despite these
:06:16. > :06:21.gloomy forecasts, Mr Osbourne said he was determined to press ahead
:06:21. > :06:26.with cutting Britain's debt, regardless. His opposition
:06:26. > :06:31.counterpart, Ed Balls, has accused him of stalling growth, of being so
:06:31. > :06:34.obsessed by cutting the debt, he's actually shrinking the UK economy.
:06:34. > :06:40.Has he got a point? This is the big argument at the heart of British
:06:40. > :06:44.politic, it will rage through to the next election. George Osborne's
:06:44. > :06:46.argument is the tough decision he has taken to drive down the debt is
:06:47. > :06:49.helping Britain at the moment. The borrowing costs are lower than
:06:49. > :06:53.those of Germany at the moment, eventhough the UK's national debt
:06:53. > :07:01.is much bigger. Ed Balls, the Shadow Chancellor, is saying we
:07:01. > :07:05.need a keysian-style economy, we need more money in the economy to
:07:05. > :07:10.give it a boost now. George Osborne says that is a quack cure being
:07:10. > :07:14.peddled by a dodgy doctor. That is the nature of the very fiery debate
:07:14. > :07:20.in the Commons today. George Osborne currently recognises that
:07:20. > :07:23.is a problem, he's injecting large sums of cash into infrastructure
:07:23. > :07:26.projects, helping families buy their own social housing. He
:07:26. > :07:30.recognises that there is a bit of a problem there. Particularly with
:07:30. > :07:33.the current credit squeeze? There is a huge problem, the economy is
:07:33. > :07:36.not growing. In fact, it could be even worse, as the Chancellor
:07:36. > :07:40.acknowledged today, if the eurozone were to break up, things would be
:07:40. > :07:44.much, much worse for the UK economy. The important thing to say is
:07:44. > :07:47.George Osborne is sticking strictly to his fiscal plan, plan A, if you
:07:47. > :07:51.like. What you were just mentioning there, the investment in
:07:51. > :07:55.infrastructure, in youth employment schemes and so on. That is being
:07:55. > :07:58.done within the existing fiscal envelopes, they are jigling around
:07:58. > :08:05.with the figures. Taking money Somerville parts of the economy
:08:05. > :08:08.where you think that is strange. They are taking a billion away from
:08:08. > :08:12.low income families with children to help pay for the infrastructure
:08:12. > :08:15.spending. He has been creative, some would say harsh on some of the
:08:15. > :08:19.poor working families suffering a lot under the austerity programme.
:08:19. > :08:23.As you say, all of this depends on what happens to Europe, doesn't it.
:08:23. > :08:27.They are our biggest trading partners? 40% of the UK's exports
:08:27. > :08:30.go to the eurozone, what happens just the other side of the English
:08:30. > :08:33.Channel is absolutely vital to the British economy. George Osborne is
:08:33. > :08:37.encouraging members of the single currency to follow what he calls
:08:37. > :08:44.the remorseless logic of monetary union, that is to push for a full
:08:44. > :08:47.fiscal union. The issue of eurozone bond d issuing eurobonds to spread
:08:47. > :08:50.German discipline across the eurozone. There is a pessimistic
:08:50. > :08:53.view in British Government circles about whether the eurozone
:08:53. > :08:59.countries will get a grip on the crisis. That is the big shadow over
:08:59. > :09:03.the whole UK economy at the moment. Iranian students took control of
:09:03. > :09:06.the British Embassy in Tehran for several hours today. Smashing
:09:06. > :09:09.windows, ransacking offices and burning the Union Flag. Embassy
:09:09. > :09:12.workers were taken hostage for a short time, before they were freed
:09:12. > :09:16.by police. Relations between Britain and Iran have been
:09:16. > :09:19.difficult for some time now. This was sparked by the British
:09:19. > :09:23.Government last week imposing sanctions on Iranian banks,
:09:23. > :09:27.accusing them of facilitating the country's nuclear programme. On
:09:27. > :09:31.Sunday Iran's parliament voted to downgrade diplomatic relations with
:09:31. > :09:37.the UK. The British demoren secretary, William Hague, warned
:09:37. > :09:42.there would be serious and more consequences. The UK takes this
:09:42. > :09:46.irresponsible action extremely seriously. It amounts to a grave
:09:46. > :09:49.breach of the Vienna Convention, which amounts to protection of
:09:50. > :09:52.diplomatic premises and diplomats in all circumstances. We hold the
:09:53. > :09:56.Iranian Government responsible for the failure to take adequate
:09:56. > :09:59.measures to protect the embassy as it is required to do. I spoke to
:09:59. > :10:03.the Iranian Foreign Minister this afternoon, to protest in the
:10:03. > :10:07.strongest terms about these events, and demand immediate steps to
:10:07. > :10:11.ensure the safety of our staff and both embassy compounds.
:10:11. > :10:14.I'm joined in the studio now by our Tehran correspondent. Why was
:10:14. > :10:21.Britain targeted in particular, because it is not the only western
:10:21. > :10:24.power to impose sanctions? It was the one western power which imposed
:10:24. > :10:29.these restrictions last week which went beyond other restrictions, the
:10:29. > :10:32.cutting off of ties with all Iranian banks. In the iconography
:10:32. > :10:37.of the establishment, Britain is seen as the evil mastermind behind
:10:37. > :10:41.a lot of Iran's problems. There are only two countries that come close,
:10:41. > :10:46.America and Israel, neither has diplomatic relations with Iran.
:10:46. > :10:50.Iranian Foreign Ministry have expressed regrets over today's
:10:50. > :10:53.events, how sincere is that, considering they have been behind
:10:53. > :10:56.these kinds of things before? shows the different sides to Iran's
:10:56. > :11:00.Government and establishment. It makes life more difficult for the
:11:00. > :11:05.Foreign Ministry to engage with the rest of the world. Foreign
:11:05. > :11:10.ministries have their tasks to be engagment of the rest of the world.
:11:10. > :11:14.The Revolutionary Guard, the more conservative elements, who see the
:11:14. > :11:20.conflict with Britain as a way to re-establish conservative
:11:20. > :11:23.credentials. William Hague saying there will be further consequences,
:11:23. > :11:27.what more can be done? Speaking to various people, Britain doesn't
:11:27. > :11:31.want to act alone, but as part of a team. That team is the European
:11:31. > :11:34.Union. We know William Hague will speak to the British Commons, we
:11:34. > :11:38.know that EU foreign ministers will meet on Thursday, once before there
:11:38. > :11:41.was a decision by EU foreign ministers to withdraw all of their
:11:41. > :11:44.heads of mission, all of their ambassadors, years ago in Tehran
:11:45. > :11:52.for one problem. Possibly we might have a step like that or more
:11:52. > :11:55.sanctions. Eurozone finance ministers are
:11:55. > :11:59.meeting today under intense international pressure to beef up
:11:59. > :12:03.their bailout fund, to avert a catastrophic debt default and save
:12:03. > :12:07.the single currency. As they gathered in Brussels, Italian
:12:07. > :12:12.borrowing costs surged to record levels, raising the prospect that
:12:12. > :12:19.it may be next in line for a rescue. Officials say they have agreed an
:12:19. > :12:22.eight pill I don't know euro bailout for Greece, to prevent it
:12:22. > :12:27.defaulting before Christmas. A former News of the World tabloid
:12:27. > :12:32.journalists has been having his say at the Leveson Inquiry into media
:12:32. > :12:35.ethics today. He didn't mince his words in blaming the former bosses
:12:35. > :12:40.of the defunct paper for phone hacking. Earlier in the week the
:12:40. > :12:47.report heard from the best selling author, JK Rowling, and the actress,
:12:47. > :12:53.Senneff miller. One of the world's biggest airlines, American Airlines,
:12:53. > :12:56.has been filing for bankruptcy, it says the move will make it more
:12:56. > :13:01.competitive. Flights will continue to operate as normal. Shares will
:13:01. > :13:04.be plunging this month. The only daughter of the former
:13:04. > :13:07.Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin, has died at 85 in the United States.
:13:07. > :13:13.Svetlana Stalina had a privileged upbringing, but witnessed the
:13:13. > :13:18.horrors of her father's rule, they defected from the Soviet Union in
:13:18. > :13:21.the 1960s and denounced her father and communism. On the 22nd of July,
:13:21. > :13:26.Anders Behring Breivik set off a car bomb outside the Government
:13:26. > :13:28.buildings in Norway, killing eight people. After that he went to an
:13:28. > :13:32.island near the capital, disguised as a police officer, there he
:13:32. > :13:34.killed another 69 people, most of them teenagers. Since his arrest,
:13:34. > :13:39.the Norwegian authorities have been considering Anders Behring
:13:39. > :13:44.Breivik's state of mind, and today, psychiatrists, concluded he was
:13:45. > :13:49.insane when he committed the crime. The face that haunts a country.
:13:49. > :13:52.Since the killings last July, Anders Behring Breivik has shown no
:13:52. > :13:59.remorse, there has been intense debate in Norway about whether or
:13:59. > :14:02.not he's criminally responsible for his actions. Psychiatrists have
:14:02. > :14:06.interviewed Breivik for 36 hours already, they have poured through
:14:06. > :14:11.his diaries, their 240-page report has a clear conclusion.
:14:11. > :14:15.TRANSLATION: Conclusions of the forensic experts is that Anders
:14:15. > :14:19.Behring Breivik was insane. Breivik set out his beliefs in his
:14:19. > :14:24.manifesto. He saw himself as the head of a Norwegian resistance
:14:24. > :14:30.movement, fighting multiculturalism. The experts said these long-held
:14:30. > :14:36.deillusions, mean he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.
:14:37. > :14:40.TRANSLATION: The experts examined more closely what they term Anders
:14:40. > :14:45.Behring Breivik's grandiose delusions, where he believes he's
:14:45. > :14:49.chosen to determine who is to live and who is to die. He, as the
:14:49. > :14:53.perfect Knight, is chosen to save, what he always, his people.
:14:53. > :14:56.It is hard to judge if today's report will make any difference to
:14:56. > :15:00.the suffering of bereaved families. Anders Behring Breivik will still
:15:00. > :15:04.go to court, but assuming the judge agrees with the experts, there will
:15:04. > :15:14.be no prison sentence. Instead he will be given compulsory mental
:15:14. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:18.health treatment, for as long as he's deemed a threat to society.
:15:18. > :15:21.Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, has been sentenced to four
:15:21. > :15:26.years in prison. He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
:15:26. > :15:31.at a trial earlier this month after a six-week process. The judge said
:15:31. > :15:36.Dr Conrad Murray had continually lied and was caught in a cycle of
:15:36. > :15:40.medicine madness, that violated his obligations as a doctor. Our
:15:40. > :15:47.correspondent is at the court in Los Angeles. What's been the
:15:47. > :15:53.reaction to this? This is the sentence, the decision that Michael
:15:53. > :15:57.Jackson fan fans, who gathered outside the court wanted. It is the
:15:57. > :16:01.decision many of the singer's family wanted. Although in the
:16:01. > :16:05.early stages of the legal process, the family, or certain members of
:16:05. > :16:08.the family had expressed doubts about the charge of involuntary
:16:08. > :16:12.manslaughter, they believed a charge of murder might be more
:16:12. > :16:15.appropriate. This was the maximum sentence, four years, and the
:16:15. > :16:19.family wanted justice done, and they will be happy with this.
:16:19. > :16:23.wasn't a surprise, were they expecting four years? It wasn't
:16:23. > :16:28.really a surprise. It is clear from what the judge said, it was quite a
:16:28. > :16:34.damming summing up of the behaviour of Dr Conrad Murray, by the judge,
:16:34. > :16:40.that he clearly agreed with the prosecution points that Dr Mur was
:16:40. > :16:45.grossly neglect -- Dr Murray was grossly negligent in his care of
:16:45. > :16:50.Michael Jackson and appeared to show no remorse. That was in
:16:50. > :16:53.reference to television interviews he made, broadcast on American
:16:53. > :16:56.television and around the world. Conrad Murray seemed to blame
:16:56. > :17:00.everyone but himself for the death of Michael Jackson, the judge said
:17:00. > :17:05.that was a big part in his reasoning why he shouldn't be given
:17:05. > :17:09.probation and he had to go to jail. Did Dr Murray look surprised?
:17:09. > :17:14.didn't. He looked, he didn't really show any sign of what he was
:17:14. > :17:18.thinking. He looked straight ahead as the decision came in. It was
:17:18. > :17:22.really an expression that we have seen before from Dr Murray, when
:17:22. > :17:26.his guilty verdict came in a few weeks ago as well it's a man that
:17:26. > :17:29.doesn't necessarily show his emotions, at least in the courtroom.
:17:29. > :17:33.Although I mentioned that television interview, he was very
:17:33. > :17:36.emotional in that. It is not the end of the matter. Dr Conrad Murray,
:17:36. > :17:41.through his lawyers, have already said they will appeal this decision.
:17:41. > :17:44.But for now, he has been led off to jail. We saw him disappearing
:17:44. > :17:49.outside the courtroom in handcuffs and he will start his four-year
:17:50. > :17:54.sentence. The Arab League, may be looking
:17:54. > :17:57.more united on Syria, it is a different story at the UN. There
:17:57. > :18:02.are deep divisions within the Security Council. The US wants
:18:02. > :18:06.decisive action on the bloodshed in Syria, Russia is sticking to the
:18:06. > :18:11.view that political dialogue is needed. The key question is who and
:18:11. > :18:14.what might replace the Assad regime, the Syrian National Council is the
:18:14. > :18:20.most prominent candidate. It is based in Paris, where we have been
:18:20. > :18:26.meeting some key figures. It is the kind of VIP security
:18:26. > :18:33.commonly reserved for high-ranking diplomats and politicians. Hurtling
:18:33. > :18:38.to meetings under 24-hour police protection is a diplomat or a
:18:38. > :18:42.politician. But as part of the Syrian opposition, she and her co-
:18:42. > :18:47.conspirators are high-value targets, in their attempts to bring down the
:18:47. > :18:51.Assad regime. We have different working habits and come from
:18:51. > :18:55.different professional horizons, we are physically not able to meet.
:18:55. > :18:59.Skype is our strategic tool, both to connect with the inside as well
:18:59. > :19:05.as to connect among each other. Then setting the mechanisms for
:19:05. > :19:10.working is quite a challenge. They belong to the Syrian National
:19:10. > :19:13.Council. A growing coalition of regime opponents. The SNC is
:19:13. > :19:17.quickly building its grass roots support. Not just in France, but
:19:17. > :19:21.across the towns and cities in Syria, where people are dying in
:19:22. > :19:31.their hundreds. Through Skype, they send regular news and coded
:19:32. > :19:47.
:19:47. > :19:52.information, to men like Ahmed, an But world leaders are beginning to
:19:52. > :19:57.pay attention. Recently the SNC travelled to Russia, Britain, China
:19:57. > :20:00.and Turkey, in its bid to win international approval, the
:20:00. > :20:03.fledgling opposition is moving quickly, to give the appearance of
:20:03. > :20:06.a transitional Government in waiting.
:20:06. > :20:10.There are lessons to be learned from other groups and countries
:20:10. > :20:13.that form part of the Arab Spring. But there are intellectuals who
:20:13. > :20:19.believe the western powers are putting too much onus on the SNC,
:20:19. > :20:24.and at the same time, playing into the hands of the Assad regime.
:20:24. > :20:29.are asking it to prove that it is viable, that it is united, that it
:20:29. > :20:34.is coherent. That it is a valid alternative to the regime. And of
:20:35. > :20:39.course, it is not. Because no regime survives for that long by
:20:39. > :20:44.making sure, by allowing such an alternative to survive. You but for
:20:44. > :20:48.the French Foreign Minister, who has met twice with SNC leader,
:20:48. > :20:53.Burhan Ghalyoun, there is a complication. The involvement of a
:20:53. > :20:59.Free Syrian Army, the defectors who are turning their guns on the
:20:59. > :21:04.regime. A non-reaction could provoke civil war inside Syria, and
:21:04. > :21:10.it could be the worst situation for the country. The Free Syrian Army
:21:10. > :21:16.is still very young. Not very well organised, it has a strong image,
:21:16. > :21:19.has a patriotic army that refuse to obey orders for repression, but we
:21:19. > :21:26.do not need an armed group that acts for the council, because we
:21:26. > :21:31.have never made the choice of moving into armed struggle, so we
:21:31. > :21:37.support their role as defending peaceful demonstrators.
:21:37. > :21:41.As the threat of civil war looms, so the shuttle diplomacy gathers
:21:41. > :21:44.pace. Next month, Bassma Kodman will oversee the election of a 200-
:21:44. > :21:49.strong general assembly, with permanent staff in Paris and Cairo.
:21:49. > :21:54.The group aims to bring together as many of the disparate factions it
:21:54. > :22:00.can, and the greater its success, the more isolated President Assad
:22:00. > :22:05.will become. A young Russian woman, alleged to
:22:05. > :22:13.have been spying for Moscow, has won her appeal against deportation
:22:13. > :22:17.from Britain. 26-year-old has told an appeals commission that she
:22:17. > :22:27.hasn't passing on secrets from Britain while having an affair with
:22:27. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:32.her boss. A Russian spy in Westminster, was she sent to steal
:22:32. > :22:36.secrets. That is what MI 5 claimed about her. But today she heard a
:22:36. > :22:46.judge reject that claim and throw out an attempt to deport her to
:22:46. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :22:55.Russia, on grounds of national security. I was Distressed, I lost
:22:55. > :23:01.a year of my life. People saying I was a spy because the British
:23:01. > :23:06.Government said so. Mike Hancock was her boss, then a member of the
:23:06. > :23:10.select committee. Suspicions were raised with him and a NATO official.
:23:10. > :23:13.When it fist came up and she was first detained, she said what
:23:13. > :23:19.should I do, shall I go home. I asked had she done anything wrong,
:23:19. > :23:23.she said no, I said in that case, in Britain we fight those things,
:23:23. > :23:27.we don't give in we fight it. Catching Russian spies used to be
:23:27. > :23:33.the bread and butter work of the Security Service, MI5, in this case
:23:34. > :23:38.they certainly had their suspicions, baseded on Miss Zatuliveter's work
:23:38. > :23:42.in parliament. The problem was, they had very little evidence.
:23:42. > :23:46.MI5's decision today was defended by the Home Office, who said there
:23:46. > :23:49.had been grounds for suspicion, something Zatuliveter denies.
:23:49. > :23:56.scariest part of the investigation was that I have seen the people
:23:56. > :23:59.were unprofessional and paranoid. Everything they see in Russian
:23:59. > :24:05.people is a spy, if you are Russian in this country you are a spy. They
:24:05. > :24:08.couldn't understand how a Russian in London can speak the English
:24:08. > :24:12.language. Katia Zatuliveter had her private life dragged into public
:24:12. > :24:21.view, but today it will be MI5 feeling embarrassed, at their
:24:21. > :24:25.failure to convince a judge she was a spy.
:24:25. > :24:30.Ecuador's volcano is still spewing rock and ash two days after it
:24:30. > :24:36.started. Scientists say the silent eruptions took them by surprise. It
:24:36. > :24:45.is a towering 5,000ms, and some 135kms south of the capital. It has
:24:45. > :24:52.been capital for the last 12 years. Once the popstar el visit Costello
:24:52. > :24:58.released an album called Get Happy. His latest release, he says he
:24:58. > :25:06.doesn't like the songs but it cost too much. The box set, called The
:25:06. > :25:10.Return Of The Spinning Song Book, will set you back $300. The singer
:25:10. > :25:20.says if fans hang on they will be able to buy it at a cheaper price
:25:20. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:24.in a few weeks time. That is good news. Classical music, is it ever
:25:24. > :25:30.possible to replicate a Stradivarius, they are the world's
:25:30. > :25:34.most expensive stringed instruments, there are less than seven violins
:25:35. > :25:41.still in place. Antonio Stradivari's instruments have
:25:41. > :25:45.always been prized for their unique sound and quality. A unique team of
:25:45. > :25:49.American scientists and violinists have claimed to be able to
:25:49. > :25:59.replicate the sound using X-rays and scanners. Let's listen to the
:25:59. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:23.sound of the original ones? (vi lin The beautiful sound that many say
:26:24. > :26:27.cannot be replicated by a piece of engineering. I think that debate
:26:27. > :26:30.will rage and rage. Now a reminder of the main news stories. The
:26:30. > :26:35.Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has been setting out his
:26:35. > :26:41.plans for tackling what he calls the debt storm facing the British
:26:41. > :26:48.economy. Mr Osbourne told parliament he had spent more on
:26:48. > :26:52.infrastructure policies and sticking to spending cuts. Mr Balls
:26:52. > :27:02.said Mr Osbourne was cutting too fast and too deep. That is all from
:27:02. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:06.Through the day today we had flooding across Scotland and
:27:06. > :27:10.Northern Ireland. Torrential rain combined with strong winds.
:27:10. > :27:14.Tomorrow it does stay windy and we have a few showers around,
:27:14. > :27:17.especially for northern and western areas. We lose one weather front as
:27:17. > :27:21.we go through Tuesday night. The showers follow on behind, yet
:27:21. > :27:24.another low set to bring us more wet and windy weather on Wednesday
:27:25. > :27:29.night. Wednesday morning starts off with clear spells around. The
:27:29. > :27:33.showers soon get going, especially out towards the north and west.
:27:33. > :27:38.Wintry showers at times. Leeds temperatures at 10 degrees. Showers
:27:38. > :27:42.to the east of the Pennines. Much of East Anglia through the south-
:27:42. > :27:46.east corner should stay dry. It will be windy and temperatures
:27:46. > :27:50.reaching 12. A scattering of hours across Devon, Cornwall and west
:27:50. > :27:54.Walesing during the afternoon the winds will strengthen through the
:27:54. > :27:58.Irish Sea with the risk of gales. A few showers across North West
:27:58. > :28:01.England, likely to be heavy, hail and thunder mixed in there as well.
:28:01. > :28:04.It will be wet across parts of Northern Ireland, as we go through
:28:04. > :28:07.Wednesday afternoon. As we head up towards Scotland, the north-east
:28:07. > :28:11.corner staying mostly dry and bright. Most of the showers out
:28:11. > :28:15.towards the west through the day. We will start to see things turning