:00:00. > :00:00.And why pretending to be a rocket tourist could in fact improve your
:00:00. > :00:20.performance on the real thing. tourist could in fact improve your
:00:20. > :00:23.Good evening. All but essential public services in the US have shut
:00:23. > :00:35.down, which means that national parks, museums and tourist offices
:00:35. > :00:38.have closed. In the past hour, President Obama spoke at the Rose
:00:38. > :00:40.Garden in the White House and he blamed the Republicans and said
:00:40. > :00:45.Garden in the White House and he the shutdown was entirely avoidable.
:00:46. > :00:50.The shutdown is not about deficits or budgets, it is about rolling
:00:50. > :00:54.The shutdown is not about deficits insurance to folks that do not have
:00:54. > :01:00.affordable care. This, more than it. It is all about rolling back the
:01:00. > :01:05.affordable care. This, more than anything else, seems to be what
:01:05. > :01:06.affordable care. This, more than days. I know it is strange that
:01:06. > :01:08.affordable care. This, more than party would make keeping people
:01:08. > :01:10.affordable care. This, more than ensured the centrepiece of their
:01:10. > :01:16.agenda, but that apparently is what it is. What a stranger still is
:01:16. > :01:16.agenda, but that apparently is what shutting down our government does
:01:16. > :01:33.constitutional. It was a central not accomplish their stated goal.
:01:33. > :01:45.constitutional. It was a central is settled and it is here to stay.
:01:45. > :01:52.on unpaid leave in the first major government shutdown in the US since
:01:52. > :01:58.the Clinton era in the mid-1990s. At changes which some Republicans want
:01:58. > :02:15.At midnight, the money ran out. changes which some Republicans want
:02:15. > :02:17.night, bills had gone back and forth between the House of Representatives
:02:17. > :02:26.and the Senate, but they could not destroyed President Obama's sweeping
:02:27. > :02:32.reform of the US health care system. Democrats refused to accept that.
:02:32. > :02:38.There is a huge divide between the two sides. This shutdown, whilst it
:02:38. > :02:44.might be a joy to all of you who oppose the government, is a luxury
:02:44. > :02:48.that the country cannot afford. The way to resolve the differences is to
:02:48. > :02:53.sit down and talk. There is no one here on the other side of the table.
:02:53. > :02:57.None of it as a surprise for this man, a lawyer with the federal
:02:57. > :03:00.government. It felt like a normal morning, preceding his son to eat
:03:01. > :03:09.breakfast and looking after his newborn daughter. But he has been
:03:09. > :03:15.told not to go into work. We will be fine for a little while, but not for
:03:15. > :03:21.a long time. We will have to start paying for day care for her soon. We
:03:21. > :03:30.have medical bills for her. It is not an ideal time for him to be
:03:30. > :03:34.losing pay. The US capital is calm, great swathes of government are
:03:34. > :03:38.losing pay. The US capital is calm, hold. All across Washington, federal
:03:38. > :03:43.offices, closing down their e-mail accounts, clearing their desks.
:03:43. > :03:44.offices, closing down their e-mail reason for this shutdown? Gridlock
:03:44. > :03:49.in this place. There is no sign reason for this shutdown? Gridlock
:03:49. > :03:52.any resolution. Parts of the US reason for this shutdown? Gridlock
:03:52. > :04:02.closed for business. When the open Let us talk some more about this.
:04:02. > :04:11.Let us talk to a senior legal fellow Let us talk some more about this.
:04:11. > :04:16.Let us talk to a senior legal fellow with the Heritage Foundation's why'd
:04:16. > :04:21.you think senior Republicans are holding the nation to hostage? Do
:04:21. > :04:23.you think senior Republicans are not forget that the reason we are in
:04:23. > :04:27.you think senior Republicans are this situation today is because
:04:27. > :04:31.you think senior Republicans are refused to pass a regular budget
:04:31. > :04:34.you think senior Republicans are the government has been operating on
:04:34. > :04:45.a continuing resolution. They have government, with the exception of
:04:45. > :04:58.vast majority of the American people agree with that and do not want
:04:58. > :05:05.vast majority of the American people dusted, so why bring that all up now
:05:05. > :05:09.again? That is not true, it is a real mess. There are something like
:05:09. > :05:14.80 different parts of the bill with implemented. The Administration
:05:14. > :05:22.insurance, the administration has missed more than half of them. The
:05:22. > :05:24.insurance, the administration has said that they will not enforce
:05:24. > :05:26.insurance, the administration has foray year, but they will enforce
:05:26. > :05:33.the individual mandate for American citizens. That shows just how much
:05:33. > :05:38.the administration, frankly, has been unable to put this mass of
:05:38. > :05:43.the administration, frankly, has into place. A one-year delay, which
:05:43. > :05:47.is all we are asking for now, would allow all of the parts to be working
:05:47. > :05:51.at the same time. The last time allow all of the parts to be working
:05:51. > :05:57.this happened during the Clinton era, the Republicans came off much
:05:57. > :06:09.Republicans then that is in danger of happening again. That is the
:06:10. > :06:12.Republicans then that is in danger you actually look at the balanced
:06:12. > :06:14.budget that was achieved for the first time in generations, the
:06:14. > :06:17.Republicans actually gain seats first time in generations, the
:06:17. > :06:23.the Senate and lost a small number of seats in the house. The gained
:06:23. > :06:30.control -- Bay gained control for the first time in many years. Many
:06:30. > :06:33.people are saying that the do Barack Obama when they see that it is the
:06:33. > :06:35.Republicans responsible for you Obama when they see that it is the
:06:35. > :06:42.getting your salaries and all of the closures at the moment. That is
:06:42. > :06:43.getting your salaries and all of the shutdown goes on for a while, the
:06:43. > :06:46.American people will not notice shutdown goes on for a while, the
:06:46. > :06:55.federal government being shut down, because most of the government is
:06:55. > :07:03.employees. The federal government has 4.5 million federal employees.
:07:03. > :07:08.40% of the government is operating. employees who are not getting paid?
:07:08. > :07:16.yesterday and they will not get employees who are not getting paid?
:07:16. > :07:21.again for two weeks anyway, so none potentially they might. There are a
:07:21. > :07:28.lot of worried families out there, you have to accept. How do you think
:07:28. > :07:34.opinion? I think a lot of people do this will be resolved, in your
:07:34. > :07:34.opinion? I think a lot of people do not know. Both sides seem unwilling
:07:34. > :07:43.to get together and negotiate a not know. Both sides seem unwilling
:07:43. > :07:57.international disarmament experts compromise settlement. Hans von
:07:57. > :08:00.international disarmament experts have arrived in this -- in Damascus.
:08:00. > :08:14.Syria has said it will comply with have arrived in this -- in Damascus.
:08:14. > :08:16.Syria has said it will comply with Getting ready for a mission unlike
:08:16. > :08:33.in the midst of a raging Civil War. in the midst of a raging Civil War.
:08:33. > :08:35.The time frame is one thing. That is in the midst of a raging Civil War.
:08:35. > :08:41.going to be exceedingly challenging to deliver. But if everything stays
:08:41. > :08:47.on course and the regime fully cooperate and the opposition, in its
:08:47. > :08:52.various guises, cooperate, then cooperate and the opposition, in its
:08:52. > :09:04.can be done. But during a war, I do not think it is achievable. It is
:09:04. > :09:14.similar to the project in Iraq in the 1990s. They are keen to get
:09:14. > :09:16.similar to the project in Iraq in right this time. After they have
:09:16. > :09:22.visited and verified the chemical weapons sites, the first priority
:09:22. > :09:26.will be to destroy the materials used to make them and the munitions
:09:26. > :09:29.used to deliver them. That alone should make it impossible for the
:09:29. > :09:34.weapons to be used, taking them should make it impossible for the
:09:34. > :09:49.of the picture. But the war itself conventional weapons which will
:09:49. > :09:53.In Greece, for members of Parliament from the extreme right Golden Dawn
:09:53. > :09:58.Party have appeared in court. They are being charged with being part of
:09:58. > :10:02.a criminal organisation. The MPs were arrested at the weekend, along
:10:02. > :10:07.with the leader of Golden Dawn, which is the third biggest party in
:10:07. > :10:15.the Greek Parliament currently. Mark, tell us who is appearing in
:10:15. > :10:20.These were four of the six MPs who were arrested and is extremely
:10:20. > :10:26.sudden police operation on Saturday unprecedented clamp-down on Golden
:10:26. > :10:32.Dawn in which 22 members of the party were arrested. The party
:10:32. > :10:36.leader will be in court tomorrow and the number two of the party will be
:10:36. > :10:42.in court on Thursday. They appeared in court in order to present their
:10:43. > :10:53.defence. It will be decided whether or not they will be kept in custody.
:10:53. > :11:00.money-laundering. There has been a lot about this, in the media there
:11:00. > :11:28.indictment itself. It has been said paraphernalia being found their
:11:28. > :11:47.indictment itself. It has been said that they operated within that say
:11:47. > :11:52.indictment itself. It has been said weapons. If you disagreed with party
:11:52. > :11:56.attacked. If you received a text message from a party leader then you
:11:56. > :11:59.would have to destroy that message after reading it. This all gets
:11:59. > :12:20.would have to destroy that message to the government's allegation that
:12:20. > :12:23.the government has finally taken action against a group that has
:12:23. > :12:25.the government has finally taken been accused of vigilante attacks.
:12:25. > :12:34.It is the third biggest party in the Greek Parliament. It has 18 MPs
:12:34. > :12:39.It is the third biggest party in the Constitution, political party cannot
:12:39. > :12:47.be banned. That is why they are using legal means to try to rein
:12:47. > :12:50.by-elections in those seats, the government is confident that it
:12:50. > :12:58.would win any by-election and it now has the party on the back-seat and
:12:58. > :13:04.it can finally crush Golden Dawn. There were 200 or 300 members waving
:13:04. > :13:09.flags. They still believe in their party, they believe that this is an
:13:09. > :13:15.unjust, unfair witchhunt against a proudly Nationalist party. To crush
:13:15. > :13:23.Golden Dawn altogether will be a very tough challenge. Thank you
:13:23. > :13:25.Golden Dawn altogether will be a New pictures have emerged of the
:13:25. > :13:28.Westgate Mall, which was the scene of a hostage-taking and attack by
:13:28. > :13:32.militants linked to Al-Shabab last week. The pictures appear to show
:13:32. > :13:37.shop fronts being looted as well as safes. Kenyan MPs have begun an
:13:37. > :13:41.investigation and there are still questions being asked about the
:13:41. > :13:50.investigation and there are still Gabriel Gatehouse has this report.
:13:50. > :13:54.News cameras are still not allowed inside the scarred Westgate mall,
:13:54. > :13:59.but the BBC has obtained these pictures which give a sense of the
:13:59. > :14:02.terror shoppers faced that Saturday afternoon as they fled through the
:14:03. > :14:16.corridors of the complex, pursued by here in terrible conditions as BCG
:14:16. > :14:22.VCE jet stretched. Shop owners have been allowed in to retrieve what is
:14:22. > :14:29.left of their merchandise. The siege. Looters have been at work
:14:29. > :14:35.here, cleaning out shops, currency exchange offices, even parking
:14:35. > :15:11.whether the attack could have been machines. There is a strong stench
:15:11. > :15:18.already be in Somalia. -- who is gauge and, he said some of them
:15:19. > :15:24.already be in Somalia. -- who is involved in the investigation. Mary
:15:24. > :15:27.Westgate mall. Her mother last heard from her and that Saturday morning.
:15:27. > :15:33.She searched the hospitals and morgues but has drawn a blank.
:15:33. > :15:38.TRANSLATION: I can sync with worry. The government says the only body is
:15:38. > :15:43.buried in the rubble here are those of five attackers. But many are
:15:43. > :15:53.buried in the rubble here are those convinced. They believe the ruins of
:15:53. > :16:01.Let's take a look at some of the There are signs that an attempt
:16:01. > :16:04.Let's take a look at some of the Berlusconi to bring down the Italian
:16:04. > :16:08.Several of Mr Berlusconi's party colleagues have said they will defy
:16:08. > :16:14.his call to vote against the ruling coalition in a vote of confidence
:16:14. > :16:18.which may take place on Wednesday. The United Nations has called on
:16:18. > :16:21.Spain to overturn a law that pardons dictatorship of General Franco.
:16:21. > :16:25.Hundreds of thousands of people disappeared during the Spanish civil
:16:25. > :16:27.war and the years of fascist rule that followed. The killings remain
:16:27. > :16:31.unsolved because of an amnesty passed after Franco's death in
:16:31. > :16:33.unsolved because of an amnesty NASA says it has detected a chemical
:16:33. > :16:34.used to make plastic on Saturn's largest moon - Titan. It's the first
:16:34. > :16:39.time the chemical propylene has largest moon - Titan. It's the first
:16:39. > :16:43.detected away from Earth. NASA says its Cassini probe identified a small
:16:43. > :16:52.amount of propylene in Titan's lower atmosphere. Staying with that kind
:16:52. > :16:56.Scientists working on a project atmosphere. Staying with that kind
:16:56. > :16:59.develop undersea drones say it's easier to communicate with the moon
:17:00. > :17:03.than the ocean floor. Aerial drones have of course become an integral
:17:03. > :17:06.part of modern warfare, and their use by the US in countries like
:17:06. > :17:12.Afghanistan and Pakistan has been controversial. But undersea drones
:17:12. > :17:15.a team working in France hopes to introduce machines that will be
:17:15. > :17:17.a team working in France hopes to to carry out tasks from mapping
:17:17. > :17:17.a team working in France hopes to checking fish stocks as Christian
:17:17. > :17:34.We have sent plenty of unmanned explorers into space but how much do
:17:34. > :17:41.we really know about what is beneath the surface of our oceans? Here
:17:41. > :17:50.They are unmanned drones at using scientists are testing the latest
:17:50. > :17:52.They are unmanned drones at using give us either in the darkest depths
:17:52. > :17:59.of the sea bed that we never seen before. They will be used to monitor
:17:59. > :18:10.marine life and oil spills. They will give us three the vision of the
:18:10. > :18:26.ships and shipping lanes. I think is so much to discover, and new
:18:26. > :18:32.ships and shipping lanes. I think intelligent technology can get us
:18:32. > :18:36.inside a vast area of the planet. The key to the future of these
:18:36. > :18:42.drones and machines is getting them semi-autonomous lay. For example, in
:18:42. > :18:48.military terms, in a harbour like identifying a minor and another
:18:48. > :18:53.disabling it. The trouble is, the radio waves to demand these machines
:18:53. > :18:56.do not travel particularly well through sea water which means that
:18:56. > :19:05.marine drones have to communicate I communicate by sound. Like dolphins
:19:05. > :19:11.these machines will be constantly chirping to one another to swap
:19:11. > :19:18.commands which are high-level, and like, explore this area, pick up
:19:18. > :19:22.photos of this particular species and it uses its own senses and its
:19:22. > :19:33.own artificial intelligence to go and pick up BTL and that we request.
:19:33. > :19:40.-- pick up the TL omits that we request. This was used to dive on
:19:40. > :19:44.the wreck of the Titanic in the 1980s and still this is one of only
:19:44. > :19:50.six such submersibles in the world. This is a titanium sphere which
:19:50. > :19:55.six such submersibles in the world. withstand pressure up to 6000 metres
:19:55. > :20:00.but it is manned and unwieldy and extremely expensive to transport. By
:20:00. > :20:04.contrast, the marine drones are smaller, more versatile in the
:20:04. > :20:08.water, and they are much, much cheaper. If the scientists can
:20:08. > :20:10.perfect the technology, they can multiply the number of scientific
:20:10. > :20:14.exploration they organise and a multiply the number of scientific
:20:14. > :20:27.to day bring back will be unlike anything we have ever seen before.
:20:27. > :20:30.I think most of us have done this - pretend that we are strumming an
:20:30. > :20:34.imaginary guitar, playing the piano or some other musical instrument.
:20:34. > :20:36.Well, now it seems that there may be some actual musical merit in doing
:20:36. > :20:39.this and that it could be a key some actual musical merit in doing
:20:39. > :20:42.of the creative process. Researchers at Cambridge University here in
:20:42. > :20:44.of the creative process. Researchers UK have concluded that this kind of
:20:44. > :20:59.pretend playing of an instrument can help inspire musicians. Jon Brain
:20:59. > :21:02.discernible musical talent, you don't even need an instrument. But
:21:02. > :21:20.the creative process often kicks in don't even need an instrument. But
:21:20. > :21:30.the creative process often kicks in performing or even practising full.
:21:30. > :21:32.this horn player. He was often doing anything but actually playing the
:21:33. > :21:43.horn but it seemed to work, the George English was getting in some
:21:43. > :22:04.rehearsal time. He agrees that it is is a rhythm to it and I think we
:22:04. > :22:09.rehearsal time. He agrees that it is about the much maligned air guitar?
:22:09. > :22:19.if you are also putting in the hard hours to learn for real. Imaginary
:22:19. > :22:22.I don't know what to make of that. With me is Mirjam James, who's
:22:22. > :22:29.involved with the study. She's a research fellow with the University
:22:29. > :22:36.of Cambridge. What made you want to undertake this research? One of
:22:36. > :22:45.of Cambridge. What made you want to things is that the study is part of
:22:45. > :22:48.musician myself. I have played an instrument and I sang for many years
:22:48. > :22:50.and one of the things, you can be technically very good but what makes
:22:50. > :22:57.it successful as a performer is technically very good but what makes
:22:57. > :23:00.you have an extra little bit of input which is very individual.
:23:00. > :23:03.you have an extra little bit of do you get there? That is a question
:23:03. > :23:13.we wanted and serve. What is that link? Did you do that before you
:23:13. > :23:23.pretending to play? No. Practices usually perceived as the hours that
:23:23. > :23:26.Musicians are mad about that. But when we look at our students, how
:23:26. > :23:32.they develop their ideas are and creative ideas and their own take on
:23:33. > :23:39.that piece, they did it away from the instrument. Did they visualise
:23:39. > :23:43.their fingers on the note? No. They would sing. It didn't need to be the
:23:43. > :23:49.peace they were playing, it was would sing. It didn't need to be the
:23:49. > :23:55.to get an idea of what it was about. One of the students song something
:23:55. > :23:58.completely different that he thought was Spanish or he would go to the
:23:58. > :24:08.piano and play something which he felt sounded like a Spanish rhythm.
:24:08. > :24:13.So it helps them compose original PCs or does it help them improve
:24:13. > :24:22.generally? Ella Max it helps them improve the understanding of the
:24:22. > :24:26.different ways around it. Just take the instant away and try to think of
:24:26. > :24:59.something else to do, to think of to What about budding musicians? Will
:24:59. > :25:10.It might help them when they pick up What about budding musicians? Will
:25:10. > :25:17.the instrument. I used to play the violin and the piano. I will try the
:25:18. > :25:29.technique and let you know! A quick President Obama accuses Republican
:25:29. > :25:33.members of Congress of political blackmail for holding up the budget
:25:33. > :25:36.over his landmark health care act. He has accused the Republicans of
:25:36. > :25:37.holding the government to ransom because of our ideological demand
:25:37. > :25:46.is. It is time for the weather. because of our ideological demand
:25:46. > :25:46.the worlds News, goodbye. -- from