:00:12. > :00:15.Up in Washington, it is countdown to shutdown - without a budget deal by
:00:15. > :00:24.of the US Government will stop. shutdown - without a budget deal by
:00:24. > :00:28.of the US Government will stop. The House as two responsibilities, a
:00:28. > :00:32.budget and to pay the bills. Inside Syria, the BBC has been back to
:00:32. > :00:34.budget and to pay the bills. Inside scene of an horrific chemical attack
:00:34. > :00:46.Also coming up, autopilot is one thing, but how would you feel if you
:00:46. > :01:25.in the cockpit? And bangers, beer thing, but how would you feel if you
:01:25. > :01:27.in the cockpit? And bangers, beer midnight East Coast time, the US
:01:27. > :01:31.Government faces a shut down, and it would be the first in nearly two
:01:31. > :01:36.decades. And many government workers will stop getting paid. So what
:01:36. > :01:36.decades. And many government workers will happen? This is how we are
:01:36. > :02:52.explaining it on the BBC website. might and might not close down,
:02:52. > :02:56.clearly a lot at stake for American citizens, and in the past hour
:02:56. > :03:00.president of album-macro has said he Republicans can work together to
:03:00. > :03:09.I have said before that we have Republicans can work together to
:03:09. > :03:18.responsibilities, a budget and to pay the bills. And I am not only
:03:19. > :03:25.negotiations around a long-term budget that make sure that we are
:03:25. > :03:27.investing in middle-class families, helping the economy grow, giving
:03:27. > :03:32.people who are working hard a leg stability, and deals with some of
:03:32. > :03:40.the long-term challenges in terms of stability, and deals with some of
:03:40. > :03:42.security and stability. But the stability, and deals with some of
:03:42. > :03:44.way to do that is for everybody stability, and deals with some of
:03:44. > :04:04.meaningful negotiations under the government shutdown, and certainly
:04:04. > :04:05.meaningful negotiations under the economics and trade correspondent
:04:05. > :04:13.with the Financial Times. Thank economics and trade correspondent
:04:13. > :04:15.James. Thanks for having me. We economics and trade correspondent
:04:15. > :04:16.heard President Obama talking about economics and trade correspondent
:04:17. > :04:23.good faith, but there is not a lot economics and trade correspondent
:04:23. > :04:42.deal. The last time we came close to stroke of midnight tonight. And
:04:42. > :04:47.deal. The last time we came close to turning again? -- and if government
:04:47. > :04:50.shuts down. It is very interesting, a lot of government agencies have
:04:50. > :04:54.already spent tonnes of money and a lot of effort preparing for a shut
:04:54. > :04:58.down, not knowing whether it would or would not happen, and so once you
:04:58. > :05:04.shut it down, I imagine it would be very difficult to get things going
:05:04. > :05:07.again. As you said, of course, the workers there are really hoping
:05:07. > :05:08.again. As you said, of course, the not only is the shutdown avoided,
:05:08. > :05:12.but that if it happens, it will not only is the shutdown avoided,
:05:12. > :05:18.as little as possible, because they Meanwhile, you have this fight going
:05:18. > :05:24.on on Capitol Hill between the White Congress, but give us an idea of
:05:24. > :05:28.what is driving those Republicans who say, better to have a shut down
:05:29. > :05:36.and stick to our principles, there arguments. There is a lot of anger
:05:36. > :05:39.at President Obama and in particular the 20 day health care reform law,
:05:39. > :05:46.described by some as Obamacare. the 20 day health care reform law,
:05:46. > :05:49.2010. This year they see that as a huge government intrusion in the
:05:49. > :05:57.economy, and they are trying to delay it, and they are using these
:05:57. > :06:02.budget negotiations to essentially cram one of the president's main
:06:02. > :06:06.domestic accomplishments. Why are they so powerful? This is not the
:06:06. > :06:12.vast majority of congressmen and women, why is the tea party movement
:06:12. > :06:20.still so powerful? They have a lot of power because first of all they
:06:20. > :06:21.control one of the Chambers, the house of representatives, so that
:06:21. > :06:27.gives them the power to propose house of representatives, so that
:06:27. > :06:34.approve legislation, but also the structure of American politics is
:06:34. > :06:42.conservative Republicans are safe in their own districts, they are not
:06:42. > :06:46.worried about challenges from the far right, and they are looking
:06:46. > :06:50.worried about challenges from the their shoulder. You have this huge
:06:50. > :06:53.Dens Park drama where you are and on Wall Street and markets well beyond
:06:53. > :07:02.political agreement over this. that. People must be wringing their
:07:02. > :07:04.political agreement over this. Absolutely. Goldman Sachs back in
:07:04. > :07:08.2011 estimated that a government shutdown would cost about $8 billion
:07:08. > :07:19.US economy. And not only would a per week, a significant hit to the
:07:19. > :07:21.US economy. And not only would a they are facing a new deadline in
:07:21. > :07:29.three weeks, by which the US needs ceiling. If they don't do that,
:07:29. > :07:32.three weeks, by which the US needs US risks default, which has the
:07:32. > :07:39.market even more nervous. James Politi, thank you for throwing some
:07:39. > :07:40.market even more nervous. James Now, chemical weapons inspectors are
:07:40. > :08:06.ports tonight does come from inside Turkey and Iraq are calling for
:08:06. > :08:07.ports tonight does come from inside from a school dealing with the
:08:07. > :08:11.aftermath of a chemical attack. from a school dealing with the
:08:11. > :08:18.report contains images you might This is the camp in northern Syria
:08:18. > :08:26.gates are closed, and the people here cannot travel the final few
:08:26. > :08:30.doctors, 2000 miles from home. No water, apparently. They are here
:08:30. > :08:34.because they want to bring relief to some of the nearly 5 million people
:08:34. > :08:38.in Syria who have lost their homes in the brutal conflict that rages
:08:38. > :08:43.here. The doctors are working with Hand in Hand for Syria, a UK charity
:08:43. > :08:49.that helps set up the camp. Every tent holds a tragic story. Ahmed's
:08:49. > :08:52.six-year-old daughter was killed, his home destroyed by government
:08:52. > :09:12.Travelling around Syria has never been more dangerous. Both foreign
:09:12. > :09:18.journalists and aid workers have been targeted, some killed. Rival
:09:18. > :09:30.other, as well as the government, and more and more foreign extremists
:09:30. > :09:34.This is a group representing the they are affiliated with Al-Qaeda,
:09:34. > :09:38.increasing numbers of jihadis have come here, they are setting up
:09:38. > :09:41.checkpoints, so it means foreigners in particular travelling around
:09:41. > :09:45.checkpoints, so it means foreigners country run the gauntlet of these
:09:46. > :09:49.checkpoints every few miles also. The worst thing about driving around
:09:49. > :09:54.is you are never sure what lies behind the next corner. Last month,
:09:54. > :09:58.we were filming the doctors working at this hospital when victims of an
:09:58. > :10:02.incendiary bomb attack on a school playground started pouring in. Their
:10:02. > :10:07.Burns suggested the bomb was filmed with a napalm like substance. It is
:10:07. > :10:13.just absolute chaos and carnage here. We have had a massive influx
:10:13. > :10:18.of what looked like serious burns, scenes like it must be some sort of
:10:18. > :10:25.chemical weapon, I'm not really Today was like something out of
:10:25. > :10:32.flipping Armageddon. Out of all most haunting images was of a boy we
:10:32. > :10:42.out of all the war zones. One of the most haunting images was of a boy we
:10:42. > :10:44.Described as a hard-working boy most haunting images was of a boy we
:10:44. > :11:14.a smiley face, he is 40% burns to say it will take weeks before he is
:11:14. > :11:18.victims of a war that shows no sign also struggling to recover. They are
:11:18. > :11:18.victims of a war that shows no sign of ending, unable to forgive or
:11:18. > :11:31.Now, we have talked already about the looming US budget crunch, but
:11:31. > :11:34.this is another reason for market nerves right now. Investors are
:11:35. > :11:38.this is another reason for market fretting about the fragile state of
:11:38. > :11:41.Italy's government. Enrico Letta's coalition is hanging in the balance
:11:41. > :11:46.after Silvio Berlusconi ordered ministers from his centre-right
:11:46. > :11:55.party to resign. We have this report A man looking for a solution as
:11:55. > :11:56.party to resign. We have this report government falls apart, this appeal
:11:56. > :12:02.from Prime Minister Enrico Letta came at a meeting on peace and
:12:02. > :12:06.dialogue. TRANSLATION: Let me tell you, if you say prayers for Italy in
:12:06. > :12:16.the next few days, it will certainly eurozone's third-largest economy is
:12:16. > :12:22.without a functioning government. Enrico Letta's uneasy coalition
:12:22. > :12:25.without a functioning government. elections in February. It was always
:12:25. > :12:31.fragile, but now relations between Berlusconi's centre-right party
:12:31. > :12:34.fragile, but now relations between reached rock bottom. Tensions had
:12:34. > :12:36.been rising for weeks following moves to expel Silvio Berlusconi
:12:36. > :12:44.from Parliament after his conviction for tax fraud. Then, on Friday,
:12:44. > :12:50.ministers failed to agree on a vital package of budget measures. --
:12:50. > :12:56.Cabinet unity. That provoked Mr administration, effectively bringing
:12:56. > :13:00.down the government. A confidence vote will be held in Parliament
:13:00. > :13:02.down the government. A confidence Wednesday. Enrico Letta says he
:13:02. > :13:06.down the government. A confidence resign if he does not win the vote,
:13:07. > :13:11.majority in the lower house, and if you can gain support from opposition
:13:11. > :13:18.groupings, or a few dozen senators in Berlusconi's party, he could
:13:18. > :13:20.groupings, or a few dozen senators a new government. The political
:13:20. > :13:23.pressure has been relentless and it has hindered efforts to enact the
:13:23. > :13:28.economic reforms which are badly problems, recession and high youth
:13:28. > :13:36.Staying in Italy, the retrial has problems, recession and high youth
:13:36. > :13:38.Staying in Italy, the retrial has begun of Amanda Knox and her former
:13:38. > :13:42.boyfriend for the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher.
:13:43. > :13:48.The pair were jailed for the killing Supreme Court ordered the retrial,
:13:48. > :13:54.saying the acquittals were flawed. Supreme Court ordered the retrial,
:13:54. > :14:01.contain some flash photography. in court today. We have a report
:14:01. > :14:02.contain some flash photography. The emotion showed on Amanda Knox's
:14:02. > :14:27.appear. In a recent interview, she The emotion showed on Amanda Knox's
:14:27. > :14:27.appear. In a recent interview, she with Amanda Knox in Perugia in
:14:27. > :14:36.that at the time of the killing with Amanda Knox in Perugia in
:14:36. > :14:43.was with Raffaele Sollecito, her today, the lawyer for the Meredith
:14:43. > :14:49.Kercher family says she is certain the pair are guilty. TRANSLATION: We
:14:49. > :14:51.are convinced because we know the trial very well. We have always
:14:51. > :14:53.maintained they were guilty and trial very well. We have always
:14:53. > :15:00.they were present at the crime scene. The retrial was ordered by
:15:00. > :15:02.the highest court in Italy, blaming what it called deficiencies and
:15:02. > :15:05.contradictions in the decision to acquit. If Amanda Knox is found
:15:05. > :15:19.guilty for a second time, Italy Now a look at some of the day's
:15:19. > :15:23.In Iraq, about 50 people have been killed and more than 130 injured in
:15:23. > :15:27.a wave of car bombings, most of which have targeted Shia areas of
:15:27. > :15:30.the capital, Baghdad. Police said the explosions hit outdoor markets
:15:30. > :15:34.and car parks during the morning rush hour. The deadliest attack
:15:34. > :15:36.and car parks during the morning said to have been when a car bomb
:15:36. > :15:39.exploded in a crowded vegetable market in the eastern neighbourhood
:15:39. > :15:51.of Sadr City, killing seven people investigation into the attack on the
:15:51. > :15:54.Members of the defence committee are visiting the Westgate centre to
:15:54. > :15:57.Members of the defence committee are for themselves the aftermath of
:15:57. > :15:59.Members of the defence committee are interrogate security chiefs about
:15:59. > :16:01.failures. The MPs will also consider the government's overall handling of
:16:01. > :16:17.the four-day siege, which ended the government's overall handling of
:16:17. > :16:24.the deaths of at least 67 people. north-eastern Nigeria are under
:16:24. > :16:30.targets by the radical Islamist group Boko Haram. Just this weekend
:16:30. > :16:33.50 students at an agricultural college in Yogi State were killed
:16:33. > :16:37.during their sleep. The Nigerian authorities have admitted there
:16:37. > :16:48.during their sleep. The Nigerian no extra security at the college in
:16:48. > :17:04.brought to this hospital, after identify their loved ones after
:17:04. > :17:17.brought to this hospital, after Some survived, but only just. The
:17:17. > :17:19.more action. We are seeing lots written in the newspapers, but no
:17:20. > :18:03.was no security at the school. The written in the newspapers, but no
:18:03. > :18:08.was no security at the school. The In fact, Boko Haram's campaign of
:18:08. > :18:11.violence has threatened the security of the entire region. Although a
:18:11. > :18:16.spokesman for the president said progress is being made even though
:18:16. > :18:24.the task is very difficult in terms of security. These are Nigerians,
:18:24. > :18:38.they are not foreigners. They are not easy to discern, it is difficult
:18:38. > :18:41.to know who is in Boko Haram. The Government has indeed deployed extra
:18:41. > :18:45.trips to confront Boko Haram, but this has not brought an end to the
:18:45. > :18:58.killings. For many, their fear is not if there will be more violence,
:18:58. > :19:01.The Transport Committee of the European Parliament has rejected new
:19:01. > :19:04.proposals to set limits on how long pilots can fly for without a rest.
:19:04. > :19:07.The European Commission had wanted to tighten and standardise flight
:19:07. > :19:13.time limits, which currently differ welcomed the Committee's rejection.
:19:13. > :19:16.It argued the new regulations would increase the risk of plane crashes
:19:16. > :19:19.by making pilots more liable to fatigue - claims dismissed by EU
:19:19. > :19:24.officials. There will now be a vote in the full European Parliament
:19:24. > :19:25.officials. There will now be a vote With me is Jim McAuslan who's the
:19:25. > :19:34.General Secretary for the British Airline Pilots' Association, BALPA.
:19:34. > :19:38.For a lame man, it is a little confusing, but basically you were
:19:38. > :19:43.not happy with this plan. You didn't think it did the job of making our
:19:43. > :19:48.flight experience safer. No it didn't. You talk about tightening
:19:48. > :19:53.and standardising rules across Europe. It certainly standardised
:19:53. > :19:58.them, but it would not tighten them. What the UK would experience was a
:19:58. > :20:07.relaxation of its rules, which is Parliament and commission to yes,
:20:07. > :20:11.get standardised rules, but at a higher level of safety than was
:20:11. > :20:14.British rules tend to be tighter being proposed. Is this because
:20:14. > :20:21.British rules tend to be tighter than in other parts of the European
:20:21. > :20:27.Union? Yes, that is the case, but even the UK rules at present I
:20:27. > :20:31.causing fatigue. The UK has a pretty good record of standards. Standards
:20:31. > :20:36.which are used in other parts of the world. But they were going to be
:20:36. > :20:39.which are used in other parts of the torn up to achieve UK harmonisation
:20:39. > :20:45.at a lower standard than what was previously the UK standards. In
:20:45. > :20:48.recent days and weeks we have heard cockpit being asleep at the same
:20:48. > :21:06.pilots were reported to be a sleep there are more instances like that?
:21:06. > :21:07.pilots were reported to be a sleep crossing the Atlantic coming from
:21:07. > :21:10.Miami to London. The regulator in the UK said that was exceptional.
:21:10. > :21:17.The following day we were completing a survey independently run by a
:21:17. > :21:26.pilots admitted to having fallen those said that they woke up to
:21:26. > :21:27.pilots admitted to having fallen the other pilot asleep. So it is
:21:27. > :21:32.certainly not exceptional, the way in which our regulator portrayed it.
:21:32. > :21:37.Over this weekend we have gathered a dossier of other examples of both
:21:37. > :21:40.pilots falling asleep that we are ready to present to the European
:21:40. > :21:43.Parliament to say this is a serious issue. The proposals that have come
:21:43. > :21:48.from the commission are going to make matters worse. Do you find
:21:48. > :21:52.from the commission are going to certain groups come up again and
:21:52. > :21:55.again? Are the particular pressure points for pilots? Coming from the
:21:55. > :22:00.east coast across to the UK has points for pilots? Coming from the
:22:00. > :22:03.a problem, but also the number of early starts, pilots waking at three
:22:03. > :22:09.o'clock in the morning to set off at five o'clock that morning. And at
:22:09. > :22:16.present UK rules would limit that to three, but under EU rules that would
:22:16. > :22:20.increase to seven. Scientists say that flying at night should be ten
:22:20. > :22:24.hours maximum, but these rules were brought in something over 11 or
:22:24. > :22:27.hours maximum, but these rules were hours in certain circumstances.
:22:27. > :22:30.hours maximum, but these rules were is accommodation of fruits, types of
:22:30. > :22:45.schedule, types of roster that pilots are on. -- a combination
:22:45. > :22:47.schedule, types of roster that How British is Britain? New analysis
:22:47. > :22:50.of the latest census here reveals that the older generation who lived
:22:50. > :22:52.through the Second World War and watched the sun set on the British
:22:52. > :22:55.Empire are least likely to tick watched the sun set on the British
:22:55. > :22:58.box marked "British" to describe their national identity. It was
:22:58. > :23:00.box marked "British" to describe much more attractive description to
:23:00. > :23:03.the young, and to the UK's ethnic minorities. Our Home Editor Mark
:23:03. > :23:14.Easton has more on an intriguing This is the most English place in
:23:14. > :23:21.England. In the last census, for them first time, people were asked
:23:21. > :23:25.Canvey Island, eight out of ten people chose England, the highest
:23:25. > :23:37.proportion anywhere. Why England and not Britain? Because I am English. I
:23:37. > :23:42.more, Britain is three or four different countries. There is so
:23:42. > :23:52.minorities? The census invited much patriotism. Would you get the
:23:52. > :23:53.minorities? The census invited example English or Welsh. Do you see
:23:53. > :23:56.yourself as British or a mixture? of ten people say simply English, in
:23:57. > :24:04.The results show in England six of ten people say simply English, in
:24:04. > :24:09.Does that mean that Britishness of ten people say simply English, in
:24:09. > :24:14.dying? Intriguingly, older people are less likely to say they are
:24:14. > :24:20.on the Empire at the least likely of generation that watched the sunset
:24:20. > :24:39.their grandparents? The answer may all to say they are Brits. Is said
:24:39. > :24:42.their grandparents? The answer may be found in the most British place
:24:42. > :24:44.their grandparents? The answer may in Britain, Harrow, but it is far
:24:44. > :24:57.less -- nothing to do with Winston explanation is diversity. Only
:24:57. > :25:03.less -- nothing to do with Winston British, were -- the most British of
:25:03. > :25:08.all, the Asians. 56% would pick British as their sole identity.
:25:08. > :25:18.Would you ever say you were English? Never, I still trust myself as
:25:18. > :25:24.tend to classify that as white ethnic majority, whereas Britain
:25:25. > :25:29.multicultural. Scottish bagpipes at an Indian wedding in north London.
:25:29. > :25:34.What could be more British than cosmopolitan society it seems that
:25:34. > :25:42.the British identity finds itself A reminder of our main news, a US
:25:42. > :25:45.Government shutdown is looming. A reminder of our main news, a US
:25:45. > :25:52.first since the days of President Clinton. Democrat and Republican
:25:52. > :25:56.lawmakers remain unable to strike a deal on a new plan to continue
:25:56. > :26:04.funding Government operations. These Senate, and if Republicans and
:26:04. > :26:08.agreement by the night as seems likely, the US Government will be
:26:08. > :26:15.forced to close all nonessential staff could be sent home on unpaid
:26:15. > :26:26.leave, with no guarantee of back pay once the deadlock is over. Many
:26:26. > :26:28.leave, with no guarantee of back pay question of whether there will be a
:26:28. > :26:29.shutdown, they are speculating how long shutdown could go on for. We
:26:29. > :26:32.have been covering the politics long shutdown could go on for. We
:26:32. > :26:34.also the possible economic impact from what is happening right now in
:26:34. > :26:41.Washington. The U.S. Senate, we from what is happening right now in
:26:42. > :26:47.hearing, has just rejected the latest draft bill, so a shutdown is
:26:47. > :26:48.looking likely. You are watching World News Today, thank you for