:00:13. > :00:21.Coming up... A deepening dispute on the tip of Europe. Britain threatens
:00:21. > :00:25.unprecedented Europe -- action against Spain. Amid the tensions,
:00:25. > :00:31.Britain is sending warships to the region in what it says is a routine
:00:31. > :00:33.visit. Is that help people in Spain see it?
:00:33. > :00:38.Zimbabwe's President defends his recent election victory and tells
:00:38. > :00:42.his opponents they can go hang if they do not like the result.
:00:42. > :00:47.A major rethink on who should be jailed in the United States. The
:00:47. > :00:53.Attorney General says some drug business should not be jailed at
:00:53. > :01:03.all. Did the authorities in Rome ever
:01:03. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:12.expect this much traffic? They begin to crack down on cars.
:01:12. > :01:17.Good evening. It is less than six square kilometres in size, has a
:01:17. > :01:23.population of 30,000 people and for 300 years has been British.
:01:23. > :01:28.Gibraltar is also contentious. Wayne claims sovereignty and recently
:01:28. > :01:32.tightened its border controls in a dispute over fishing rights with the
:01:32. > :01:37.tiny British territory. UK government has threatened
:01:37. > :01:44.unprecedented action with its EU and NATO partner to end the crisis. Our
:01:44. > :01:49.correspondent reports. This ship is sailing from Portsmouth today and is
:01:49. > :01:54.headed for the Spanish coast. These powerful pictures can be misleading.
:01:54. > :02:00.This is not a response to Spain's action on its border with Gibraltar.
:02:00. > :02:04.It is part of a long planned naval exercise which will see Royal Navy
:02:04. > :02:10.warships calling at Gibraltar and the Spanish naval base. Spain is a
:02:10. > :02:13.NATO ally. Nonetheless, some like to see this as a symbol of Britain's
:02:13. > :02:19.power, just as the government threatens possible legal action
:02:19. > :02:26.against Spain. This is what Britain says Spain must stop. The imposition
:02:26. > :02:32.of border checks causing long queues and delay and anger and frustration
:02:32. > :02:36.at Westminster. A government spokesman says legal action is being
:02:36. > :02:41.considered. Officials say it is disproportionate and politically
:02:41. > :02:46.motivated, designed to drive Britain towards concessions. It has been a
:02:46. > :02:50.British overseas territory for 300 years. The Spanish response is
:02:50. > :02:56.learnt. It says it has the right to operate rigorous controls and an
:02:56. > :03:00.obligation to fight what they allege is widespread smuggling. There is
:03:00. > :03:03.nothing new about this dispute and it has been running for yours. It
:03:03. > :03:07.got worse today with Britain threatening what it calls
:03:07. > :03:12.unprecedented legal action. The trouble was going to the courts for
:03:12. > :03:19.either side is that you can never guarantee the outcome. Legally, the
:03:19. > :03:24.issue comes down to whether the people in Gibraltar at EU citizens.
:03:24. > :03:29.The United Kingdom's position is that for these purposes they are.
:03:29. > :03:39.Under those circumstances, Spain is allowed to impose minimal Chak --
:03:39. > :03:40.
:03:40. > :03:50.checks. Spain has contested that. Spain is proposing Sarah checks.
:03:50. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :03:57.ferret checks. Some people have said the people of Gibraltar...
:03:57. > :04:03.TRANSLATION: Both countries have different opinions but I think it is
:04:03. > :04:13.a smoke screen to detract from the problems in Spain. Personally I care
:04:13. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:26.more about the Spanish problems that we must resolve. British warships
:04:26. > :04:28.may be on their way to the Mediterranean but that is pure
:04:28. > :04:30.coincidence. The political and legal argument will decide the dispute.
:04:30. > :04:33.With me is the Director General for Foreign Policy at Spain's Ministry
:04:33. > :04:43.of Foreign Affairs. Is it a coincidence that the border checks
:04:43. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:56.have become so vigorous? For us the concern is of course the checks on
:04:56. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:08.the fisheries. We agreed certain situations with the UK government.
:05:08. > :05:12.
:05:12. > :05:16.We have a responsibility. We must work together. The decision taken by
:05:16. > :05:26.the British authorities and the authorities in Gibraltar have
:05:26. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:34.affected her situation. We have to review the situation. Are you
:05:34. > :05:39.suggesting that the increase in the rigorous nests of these border
:05:39. > :05:48.checks is a consequence of the fact that these boulders were thrown down
:05:48. > :05:53.to create the artificial reef? at all. It is a different situation.
:05:53. > :06:02.You have their souls coming Judah brought -- coming to Gibraltar for
:06:02. > :06:11.transport. -- vessels coming. The Spanish authorities have to control
:06:11. > :06:21.what is happening. We had issues with smuggling so we must work to
:06:21. > :06:26.
:06:26. > :06:32.control what is happening. We have all the information at our disposal
:06:32. > :06:39.to explain what is happening. Our actions are proportionate. We are
:06:39. > :06:44.trying to fight against smuggling in the area. Is spending seven hours on
:06:44. > :06:53.the border proportionate? It depends on the number of people you have to
:06:53. > :06:59.control. There are borders we must control. For example at Heathrow
:06:59. > :07:09.airport you have long queues. There are people who must control this and
:07:09. > :07:17.it is the same here. We have seen an increase in smuggling and we must
:07:17. > :07:22.act directly as a consequence. British government suggests that it
:07:23. > :07:30.could take the case to the European Union and this could become a --
:07:30. > :07:37.illegal issue. Does that concern you? Not at all. We have given the
:07:37. > :07:40.information to the European Commission. They are going to come
:07:40. > :07:48.over in September and October to these areas and check out what is
:07:48. > :07:57.happening. It is a regular check that they will do and we are more
:07:57. > :08:07.than ready to give them the information they require. Thank you.
:08:07. > :08:09.
:08:09. > :08:16.We can cross to Madrid where are our correspondent awaits. Our guests
:08:16. > :08:19.said the increase integration and the border checks in place is not as
:08:19. > :08:27.a direct consequence of the artificial barrier. How are people
:08:27. > :08:35.in Spain seen this issue? I think people away from the area just by
:08:35. > :08:41.the border with Gibraltar, the area just over the border, people have a
:08:41. > :08:46.very different opinion. I think allot of people in Spain feel
:08:46. > :08:49.passionately that Gibraltar should be part of Spain. That is despite
:08:49. > :08:57.the history and despite the fact that it was given to Britain over
:08:57. > :09:01.300 years ago. But then you go to different areas, we were in
:09:01. > :09:05.Gibraltar over the last few days, and there you get different
:09:05. > :09:14.opinions, not just from British and local people, but also from Spanish
:09:14. > :09:23.people. The communities in Spain and Gibraltar are very mixed. Thousands
:09:23. > :09:29.of people work in southern Spain and live in Gibraltar so there is a huge
:09:29. > :09:32.commuter belt of people every day. What about the reports that
:09:32. > :09:39.Gibraltar and the issue of the Falkland islands could be brought up
:09:39. > :09:43.in the European Union? I spoke to officials in the building behind me
:09:43. > :09:46.in Madrid and they have confirmed that. The Spanish government is now
:09:46. > :09:54.looking at the possibility of taking the issue of Gibraltar to the United
:09:54. > :09:57.Nations. It is so looking at taking a common front with Argentina.
:09:57. > :10:01.Argentina has an issue with Britain over sovereignty of the Falkland
:10:01. > :10:08.Islands, another British territory, and Britain and Argentina went to
:10:08. > :10:13.war over that territory in 1982. Spain interestingly is studying all
:10:13. > :10:16.the possibilities. The foreign ministers of Spain and Argentina are
:10:16. > :10:26.due to meet and they will discuss the possibility of forming a common
:10:26. > :10:26.
:10:26. > :10:32.front. The possibility is that Spain can take the issue in front of the
:10:32. > :10:38.United Nations. Britain is a permanent member on the UN Security
:10:38. > :10:42.Council and it can veto any resolution put before the council.
:10:42. > :10:48.There is diplomacy going on, pressure on both sides, both
:10:48. > :10:53.countries, Spain and Britain are now taking action and making gestures,
:10:53. > :10:59.saying what they could do. The reality of what that would mean in
:10:59. > :11:05.practice could be quite limited. will see what happens. Thank you.
:11:05. > :11:11.The newly re-elected President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has brushed
:11:11. > :11:15.aside claims he stole the election. In his first speech since the boat,
:11:15. > :11:25.he had strong words for his rivals. He thanked the country for its
:11:25. > :11:26.
:11:26. > :11:33.support. -- since the boat. -- since the result. He has said he will take
:11:33. > :11:38.Zimbabwe forward. The economy is teetering on the brink. For more
:11:38. > :11:47.than three decades he has ruled. The 89-year-old now has five more years
:11:47. > :11:51.in power. This commemoration was for those who died in independence. His
:11:51. > :11:57.speech was the chance to link that with the ballot but many people
:11:57. > :12:07.consider is undermined by cheating. We are delivering democracy. We have
:12:07. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:11.delivered it on a platter. Do you take it? We say take it or leave it.
:12:11. > :12:21.He thanked the observers for their support. The opposition leader
:12:21. > :12:31.Morgan China right did not attend the event. He says the event -- the
:12:31. > :12:33.
:12:33. > :12:37.result was rigged. -- Morgan Tsvangirai. Those who are hurting
:12:37. > :12:47.from defeat can go and hang themselves he said. And with his own
:12:47. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :13:00.unique colour and tone of phrase he added... Even the dogs won't come
:13:00. > :13:03.and sniff their corpses. The opposition Movement for
:13:03. > :13:07.Democratic Change was confident of victory going into the elections.
:13:07. > :13:11.But when defeat came, they rejected the official result and the
:13:11. > :13:21.opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai challenges the outcome under the
:13:21. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:35.chart -- constitutional court. He issued his statement. It seems
:13:35. > :13:38.unlikely the Constitutional Court will side with the opposition. It
:13:38. > :13:43.will not be long before President Mugabe will be up on stage once
:13:43. > :13:52.again being inaugurated. He is the only leader this country has ever
:13:52. > :13:55.had. With American prisons full to
:13:55. > :13:59.bursting point the US Justice Department has been reviewing its
:13:59. > :14:02.role on sentencing for drug offences. A short while ago the US
:14:02. > :14:08.Attorney General outline some major changes designed to improve
:14:08. > :14:12.sentencing policy across the country. He spoke to the American
:14:12. > :14:20.Bar Association in San Francisco and said less serious offences would not
:14:20. > :14:25.require minimum prison sentences. Some of the enforcement priorities
:14:25. > :14:32.have had a destabilising effect on particular communities. Applied
:14:32. > :14:36.inappropriately, they are ultimately counter-productive. That is why I
:14:36. > :14:41.have mandated a modification for the target policy so that certain
:14:41. > :14:45.low-level, non-violent drug offenders with no ties to
:14:45. > :14:55.large-scale organisations are cartels will no longer be charged
:14:55. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:00.with offences that impose Draconian minimum sentences. They now will be
:15:00. > :15:06.charged with offences for which the accompanying sentences are better
:15:06. > :15:16.suited to the individual conduct, rather than excessive as interns. --
:15:16. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:28.prison terms. How will this change in policy help to alleviate prison
:15:28. > :15:30.numbers. The Federal bureau of prisons says 47% of inmates in
:15:30. > :15:35.America are in prison for drug offences. 45% of those prisoners are
:15:35. > :15:45.therefore low-level offences. Our correspondent has listening to his
:15:45. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:52.speech and she joins us now. What do these changes mean?
:15:52. > :15:55.The Attorney General is recognising that the present system is
:15:55. > :15:59.unsustainable and counter-productive. He said that
:15:59. > :16:09.there is a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality, and
:16:09. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:19.incarceration. We have a black prison population that is 37%, with
:16:19. > :16:24.blacks only making up for 9% of the population as a whole. He wants to
:16:24. > :16:30.break the vicious cycle that traps certain communities and find a way
:16:30. > :16:40.to reduce the prison population. Nearly half of all prisoners are
:16:40. > :16:40.
:16:41. > :16:49.there for her -- drug-related offence is. 5% of the worlds
:16:49. > :16:59.population and 25% of the world's prison population - US prisons are
:16:59. > :17:03.semantically overpopulated. -- dramatically. He wants to direct
:17:03. > :17:07.prosecutors to write up charges differently so that instead of
:17:07. > :17:14.triggering a mandatory minimum sentences they can avoid that I
:17:14. > :17:19.simply not writing the amount of drugs found, for instance. That is a
:17:19. > :17:28.legacy of the war on drugs from the 1980s, he claims we can stop doing
:17:28. > :17:35.that by taking simple measures. Thank you for talking us through
:17:35. > :17:41.that. Authorities in Egypt have disposed
:17:41. > :17:51.of plans to disperse of set and is being conducted by supporters of the
:17:51. > :17:56.ousted president, Mohammed Morsi. -- sit-ins. The decision was made in
:17:56. > :18:01.order to avoid bloodshed, meanwhile the judiciary has extended the
:18:01. > :18:06.detention of the former president by another set nine days pending
:18:06. > :18:16.investigations into his alleged collaboration with how mass. -- 15
:18:16. > :18:16.
:18:16. > :18:19.days. -- how mass. -- Hamas. The younger brother of Prince
:18:19. > :18:24.Willem-Alexander has died having been in a coma since as skiing
:18:24. > :18:32.accident last year. Rinse fries or was on holiday with his family in
:18:32. > :18:39.the Austrian Alps. -- Prince Friso. He was skiing with a friend when the
:18:39. > :18:44.avalanche came and was trapped under the snow for 20 minutes, his fame
:18:44. > :18:47.starved of oxygen. The family made sombre visits to the University
:18:47. > :18:56.Hospital in Innsbruck before he was transferred to London for specialist
:18:56. > :19:00.treatment. Prince Friso had been married for almost a decade. But
:19:00. > :19:05.because it was a marriage without consent he lost his membership of
:19:05. > :19:13.the royal house and was no longer in line to succeed the Dutch throne.
:19:13. > :19:19.But his mother approved. -- succeed too. The Dutch royal family are
:19:19. > :19:26.popular. Thousands turned out to watch William Alexander becoming
:19:27. > :19:33.king earlier this year. This is the palace. With the announcement of any
:19:33. > :19:37.royal death you could expect to find crowds. But there are a few people.
:19:37. > :19:46.They may have gone to the alternative residence, where Prince
:19:46. > :19:54.Friso returned to last month, or it could be that people simply
:19:54. > :19:57.anticipated it, they are upset but not shocked. The Dutch play minister
:19:58. > :20:07.paid his respects with a statement expressing sympathy for the family.
:20:08. > :20:16.
:20:17. > :20:21.union official has been shot dead at a platinum mine in South Africa,
:20:21. > :20:28.where 34 workers were killed by police last year. The National union
:20:28. > :20:35.of Mineworkers said the woman was shot outside her home. Tensions have
:20:35. > :20:41.led to several shootings at platinum mines over the last year. A Nazi war
:20:41. > :20:47.coals suspect has died whilst awaiting train -- trial. He was
:20:47. > :20:53.suffering a number of medical problems. He is alleged to have
:20:53. > :20:57.helped report 15,000 Jews to death camps.
:20:57. > :21:01.The names have been released of Palestinian prisoners set to be
:21:01. > :21:06.freed as part of a peace deal. The announcement comes after Palestinian
:21:06. > :21:14.officials accused Israel of trying to sabotage negotiations by
:21:14. > :21:19.approving fodder settlements. -- more.
:21:19. > :21:29.Her head of population Roma has more than three times as many cars as
:21:29. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:38.London. -- Rome. The very centre of the city. An endless frenzy of
:21:38. > :21:48.traffic. An eternal rush hour in the terrible city. They say that all
:21:48. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :21:56.roads lead to Rome. -- eternal city. Cars flood the piazza is here. The
:21:56. > :22:01.modern city as struggling to cope with the invasion. Drivers with race
:22:01. > :22:07.down through the heart of the historic centre, reducing the
:22:07. > :22:13.Coliseum to not much more than a roundabout. A famous building
:22:13. > :22:23.located in a torrent of traffic, fumes, vibrations. But suddenly
:22:23. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:29.there is a very different at just. Can has fallen. -- calm. It is
:22:29. > :22:38.thanks to the new mayor, a cycling enthusiast. He plans to
:22:38. > :22:48.pedestrianise the area completely. We need to make a choice. Yesterday
:22:48. > :22:48.
:22:48. > :22:57.as talking to others in a place like this. -- history is talking to us.
:22:57. > :23:04.With all the traffic diverted away, it has to go somewhere. It is being
:23:04. > :23:07.channelled down side streets and the local residents do not approve.
:23:07. > :23:17.agree with protecting the Coliseum, but it cannot be done at our
:23:17. > :23:17.
:23:18. > :23:22.expense. Pollution will come to our area and cars will block everything.
:23:22. > :23:32.But the millions of tourists who are drawn to the Coliseum well of the
:23:32. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:52.underwent a life-saving double lung transplant. Five years later he has
:23:52. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:08.someone from Alcatraz island to San matters. If you can imagine being in
:24:08. > :24:17.a swimming pool when somebody dunks your head under water. All you can
:24:17. > :24:25.think about is getting back to the surface. Everything else disappears.
:24:25. > :24:31.My disease was a tape of pulmonary fibrosis. No cure. The only
:24:31. > :24:39.treatment was a transplant. My children were very young. They said,
:24:39. > :24:43.listen, you need to do this or you will die. I had no choice. I cannot
:24:43. > :24:52.think of any other situation like that. You are waiting on somebody
:24:52. > :25:01.either been killed or dying so you can get the organ. I got two longs.
:25:01. > :25:09.It sounds unbelievably difficult. -- lungs. I woke up, took a deep
:25:09. > :25:13.breath, I could not believe it. The longevity statistics are terrible.
:25:13. > :25:23.So when I approached the Friday year mark I thought, I should do
:25:23. > :25:33.something big. -- five-year. I thought this would be fun to do. I
:25:33. > :25:34.
:25:34. > :25:44.went in first. My son followed. Then my daughter. It was freezing.
:25:44. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:49.looked further than I expected. I kind of was scared by that!
:25:49. > :25:59.vastness of the ocean is magnificent. I love the feeling of
:25:59. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:11.having all that debt the below you. you are in your 40s you will live
:26:11. > :26:20.until your 50s, 60s, everybody living longer. That is not my
:26:20. > :26:25.assumption. You have to take each day as it
:26:25. > :26:35.comes and a PC it what you are doing. Spend time with your family.
:26:35. > :26:42.
:26:42. > :26:52.-- appreciate. You do not know where BBC News website. You can read a
:26:52. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:13.diary account of Gavin's task. From the showers today. A number of them
:27:13. > :27:21.around, particularly to the North. They are clearing away. And we will
:27:21. > :27:29.have a meteor shower. Take a look at the sky for a a few minutes and if
:27:29. > :27:37.you are lucky you may see one of those shooting stars. Tomorrow,
:27:37. > :27:43.increasing cloud across central areas. These areas, probably
:27:43. > :27:53.clothing over most of the day. It looks as though the south coast will
:27:53. > :27:55.
:27:55. > :28:05.be dry. Temperatures reaching about 19 Celsius. Used words, you can
:28:05. > :28:07.