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:00:00. > :00:09.No new deal yet for Britain as EU leaders

:00:10. > :00:15.Prime Minister David Cameron and other leaders had back

:00:16. > :00:18.into talks tonight after a day of delays, so what hope

:00:19. > :00:24.is there for an agreement on Britain's future membership?

:00:25. > :00:27.US warplanes target Islamic State militants in Libya -

:00:28. > :00:30.aiming to kill the man behind two attacks on Western

:00:31. > :00:36.Also coming up - tributes are paid to the best selling author

:00:37. > :00:49.She did something that in our society is unspeakable... She kissed

:00:50. > :00:54.a black man. Her book To Kill a Mockingbird,

:00:55. > :00:57.which was made into a famous film, And a first look at Virgin's latest

:00:58. > :01:03.attempt to make space travel safe for tourists - but a flight

:01:04. > :01:05.would set you back over After more than 24 hours

:01:06. > :01:18.of negotiations in Brussels to reach a deal on Britain's future

:01:19. > :01:26.membership in the EU, leaders are heading back

:01:27. > :01:28.into another round of talks. Britain's Prime Minster David

:01:29. > :01:30.Cameron had planned to return to the UK to fire the starting

:01:31. > :01:33.gun on an EU referendum But discussions have been beset

:01:34. > :01:38.by delays with several EU nations unhappy over plans to curb migrant

:01:39. > :01:42.benefits and change EU regulations. One official described

:01:43. > :01:43.the situation as "critical". Let's join Christian Fraser,

:01:44. > :01:59.who is in Brussels for us. Good evening. Welcome back to

:02:00. > :02:03.Brussels. In the course of the next hour we are expecting the 28 EU

:02:04. > :02:07.leaders to return to the council building. We are watching the big

:02:08. > :02:10.screens behind us. Finally they will go into their second working

:02:11. > :02:14.session. It was supposed to be what was dubbed a British working

:02:15. > :02:17.breakfast and then it became a lunch and now it is a dinner and we are

:02:18. > :02:20.told by the Polish representatives who briefed us in the last few

:02:21. > :02:30.minutes that they are closing in on a deal. They expect to have an

:02:31. > :02:33.agreement by midnight tonight. But still, even at this late stage,

:02:34. > :02:36.there are hurdles to overcome and we must take what we are being told

:02:37. > :02:38.with some caution. We could go late into the night and into the early

:02:39. > :02:41.hours of the morning. We've seen leaders going away from the building

:02:42. > :02:45.in the course of a last few hours, to get some rest. It is been the

:02:46. > :02:49.lawyers and lyrical advisers poring over the text, trying to find a way

:02:50. > :02:55.throughout the political interests. We have even seen a picture of Anglo

:02:56. > :02:59.Merkle in a chip shop in Brussels trying to get food and tried to get

:03:00. > :03:03.her mind of the negotiations ongoing. No rest for David Cameron,

:03:04. > :03:07.he has remained in the building and there has been a series of bilateral

:03:08. > :03:10.meetings with the Czech Prime Minister, the Dutch Prime Minister,

:03:11. > :03:14.the Danish Prime Minister, he is pulling out all the stops to try and

:03:15. > :03:26.get a agreement. Let's hear from our European editor. Out of the car and

:03:27. > :03:29.into the ornate's nest. One that he stirred up yesterday. I was here

:03:30. > :03:32.till Friday in this party working through this and we made some

:03:33. > :03:36.progress but there are still no deal. As I said, I would only do a

:03:37. > :03:42.deal if we get what Britain's needs. We will get back in there and I will

:03:43. > :03:47.do everything I can. Instead of healing a UK deal does morning...

:03:48. > :03:56.The Prime Minister found himself in a grinding new world of talks. He

:03:57. > :04:02.had told the wife and kids, he said, there could be some delay. A case of

:04:03. > :04:06.laughing on the outside, not so happy on the inside. The Prime

:04:07. > :04:11.Minister had promised to battle for Britain at the summit but the truth

:04:12. > :04:15.is, after so many weeks and months of subtle diplomacy, travel,

:04:16. > :04:19.meetings, selling his reform deal to leaders across Europe, he didn't

:04:20. > :04:28.expect such a strong pushback on such a number of issues from so many

:04:29. > :04:31.countries around the table here. The proposal currently on the table

:04:32. > :04:37.doesn't satisfy all parties. We haven't finished yet. Digging his

:04:38. > :04:41.heels in, the Hungarian Prime Minister, along with other Central

:04:42. > :04:46.and eastern Europeans, is toughing it out over cuts to DU migrant

:04:47. > :04:50.benefits. The French president has remained tight-lipped about

:04:51. > :04:56.protections for the UK from the Eurozone legislation. The Belgians

:04:57. > :05:00.and others opposed treaty changes to write Britain out of the deal of

:05:01. > :05:03.ever closer union and then there is the Greek Prime Minister. He

:05:04. > :05:08.hijacked this old so public opportunity to do some hard

:05:09. > :05:13.bargaining. Help me with migrant arrivals and I will not stand in the

:05:14. > :05:17.way of a British deal, he said. There is a will to get the deal done

:05:18. > :05:22.here so 28 world leaders can get back to other pressing concerns. We

:05:23. > :05:25.keep hearing about big gaps appearing between the countries on

:05:26. > :05:32.big issues. They have been going on for months. How can be suddenly be

:05:33. > :05:35.resolved? I do believe that each and every country pursues their national

:05:36. > :05:42.interest. This is very logical. But at the end we all have to understand

:05:43. > :05:47.that, if Great Britain leaves the EU, we all get nothing. There is an

:05:48. > :05:51.element of smoke and mirrors here. All parties feel the need to be seen

:05:52. > :05:56.to stand their ground. That is why proceedings are taking so long. It's

:05:57. > :06:03.becoming clear that it's not only the British Prime Minister who comes

:06:04. > :06:07.to do battle in Brussels. Some very interesting comments this evening

:06:08. > :06:11.from the French president who of course spent in the opposite corner

:06:12. > :06:16.to David Cameron. He has said on French radio tonight, we must not

:06:17. > :06:19.give in to blackmail, but that British are asking David Cameron to

:06:20. > :06:23.help them and I am trying to do all I can. One interesting thing he

:06:24. > :06:28.raised was the issue of the treaty which Britain and France sign

:06:29. > :06:31.together in 2003, meaning Britain is a letter to conduct its border

:06:32. > :06:40.controls on the French side rather than on the uke K -- UK side. You

:06:41. > :06:45.might remember the premises that, if Britain votes leave, it might return

:06:46. > :06:49.to the UK side and we might see more migration into the UK. The French by

:06:50. > :06:52.Minister was asked about that and he said there were ongoing negotiations

:06:53. > :06:56.with the UK on this issue but if we open our border, there will only be

:06:57. > :06:59.more migrants come to France. That has been the French Government

:07:00. > :07:03.position throughout, even though they are under pressure from the

:07:04. > :07:08.mayor in Calais to return those border checks to the UK side.

:07:09. > :07:11.Interesting for the leave camp that the French president seems to be

:07:12. > :07:17.ruling out the prospect for the moment. As is normal at these EU

:07:18. > :07:20.summits, on the 28 countries get together and one or two of them

:07:21. > :07:25.through extra cards into the middle of the table and a couple Kate 's

:07:26. > :07:28.the negotiations. Our political editor has been examining the major

:07:29. > :07:33.sticking points here for you leaders.

:07:34. > :07:36.From the moment it joined the European community more than 40

:07:37. > :07:40.years ago, Britain has had a troubled relationship with Brussels.

:07:41. > :07:43.The Prime Minister after Prime Minister and the yapping conflict

:07:44. > :07:50.with their European counterparts. And no, no! David Cameron hopes his

:07:51. > :07:55.reforms will reset that relationship for good with what he calls a new

:07:56. > :07:59.settlement. Above all, the Prime Minister hopes to do deter migrants

:08:00. > :08:04.coming from the EU by limiting the benefits they can claim while

:08:05. > :08:08.working and those they send home to their children. The deal will see

:08:09. > :08:12.migrants having their tax credits phased in over four years and their

:08:13. > :08:15.child benefit reflecting the cost of living in their own countries.

:08:16. > :08:20.Critics say this will not make a difference. Sadly I think it is a

:08:21. > :08:24.pantomime, what is been offered to us, moderate changes on this but if

:08:25. > :08:28.it were formed, subject to change the order Parliament, possibly

:08:29. > :08:32.overruled by the European Court. What is is a missed opportunity to

:08:33. > :08:37.go for a really different relationship. The Prime Minister is

:08:38. > :08:40.also looking to protect the City of London from financial decisions made

:08:41. > :08:46.by euro zone countries as it begins a integrate their economies more

:08:47. > :08:49.closely. The deal does include new safeguards to ensure financial

:08:50. > :08:53.markets outside the Eurozone are not treated unfairly, but there is

:08:54. > :08:56.uncertainty about who decides when the safeguards are triggered. Mr

:08:57. > :09:02.Cameron wants the House of Commons here to have greater powers to club

:09:03. > :09:06.together with other European parliaments and block EU laws. That

:09:07. > :09:09.is achieved, EU governments will have to think again if more than

:09:10. > :09:14.half of EU parliaments opposing the proposal. Element that help the

:09:15. > :09:16.Prime Minister will bring substantial reforms, the fact that

:09:17. > :09:20.these negotiations are taking time shows that the issues are serious. I

:09:21. > :09:24.believe if you can, right and will be better off and it performed EU,

:09:25. > :09:28.but we will have to await the outcome. Above all, the Prime

:09:29. > :09:33.Minister wants some of these reforms to be written into the EU treaties

:09:34. > :09:37.and be made more legally binding. In particular he wants his plan to

:09:38. > :09:40.offer Britain out of more political integration to be written into EU

:09:41. > :09:45.law, something many countries oppose as unnecessary. Even though there

:09:46. > :09:50.was no deal tonight, campaigning has already begun for the referendum

:09:51. > :09:53.that is to follow. Three years ago, David Cameron promised fundamental

:09:54. > :10:00.and far-reaching change. The question now is whether he has met

:10:01. > :10:03.that promise. Just in case you are under the

:10:04. > :10:07.illusion that they are all getting on fine in that room upstairs, I

:10:08. > :10:14.will read you a couple of messages we have had from negotiators who are

:10:15. > :10:20.party to the discussions. A foreign affairs minister with the Czech camp

:10:21. > :10:24.says, at the time passes, I am or perplexed of the British approach of

:10:25. > :10:28.non-negotiation, quite unorthodox to say the least. This from the Slovak

:10:29. > :10:33.Prime Minister, who says someone brought this issue to the European

:10:34. > :10:38.agenda, it is as far as I am concerned home political affairs. If

:10:39. > :10:41.that country would be a small country, it would be smacked and

:10:42. > :10:45.asked to leave but in this case it is a big country, the UK, and you

:10:46. > :10:50.know my opinion about a small dog and a big dog in politics. Some

:10:51. > :10:53.quite scathing remarks from the sidelines of the summit this

:10:54. > :10:58.evening. Clearly the frustrations are rising in the room. Europe wants

:10:59. > :11:01.to on the death of the bigger issues, they think they are being

:11:02. > :11:07.forced to talk about what is for in a domestic agenda. Let's get a view

:11:08. > :11:12.on that. We can talk to the former Prime Minister of Italy, he joins us

:11:13. > :11:16.on the line. Mr Marty, good evening. I know you have a lot of experience

:11:17. > :11:19.of summits like this. What you make of the last two comments I have made

:11:20. > :11:24.therefrom some of the smaller countries? The frustration boiling

:11:25. > :11:30.over the British position? Yes, there is frustration in a way

:11:31. > :11:34.understandable. I think more generally I remember when I was

:11:35. > :11:42.still in office, still the Prime Minister, and David Cameron called

:11:43. > :11:49.me to announce I believe it was his Amsterdam speech in early 2013 about

:11:50. > :11:57.calling one day a referendum. Now that move turns out to be in

:11:58. > :12:03.retrospect a political miscalculation because what seemed

:12:04. > :12:07.at the time might have been a sort of bilateral negotiation between the

:12:08. > :12:16.UK and the rest of the EU, three years later it turns out to be a

:12:17. > :12:20.really very complicated multilateral negotiation because the EU is for a

:12:21. > :12:27.number of reasons a much more fragmented entity. So Mr Cameron in

:12:28. > :12:36.his speech could not even remotely imagine that three years later he

:12:37. > :12:43.would be confronted with the reactions of the countries on

:12:44. > :12:50.welfare treatment, the reactions of the Greek Prime Minister seizing

:12:51. > :12:54.this opportunity to make sure that the other members of the EU to not

:12:55. > :13:02.block the border with Greece and so forth. So I am not sure that in

:13:03. > :13:07.retrospect Mr Cameron believes it has been a very good idea. We are

:13:08. > :13:11.hearing from the number ten camp tonight that it has been a very ugly

:13:12. > :13:16.day. We do not think they enjoyed it one bit. It is interesting you raise

:13:17. > :13:20.that issue about then and now. There are some people in the room,

:13:21. > :13:25.European counterparts, saying, the David Cameron really expect to have

:13:26. > :13:29.this renegotiation? Back then he was in coalition, perhaps he didn't

:13:30. > :13:34.expect to win the election. Maybe he didn't expect for this to be on his

:13:35. > :13:37.plate. Here it is, he has to have this negotiation and now he's going

:13:38. > :13:44.to have to have that vote later in the year which might have very

:13:45. > :13:52.serious repercussions. Yes, I think it was a well meant intention but it

:13:53. > :14:00.played out a bit like a speculative political bats and now he sees the

:14:01. > :14:06.downside of that bet. I still hope that there will be an agreement,

:14:07. > :14:12.that Mr Cameron will be able to sell it convincingly to the British

:14:13. > :14:19.people, that the UK will stay in the European Union, which I believe is

:14:20. > :14:26.in the overall interests of the UK and EU and I would pray for Mr

:14:27. > :14:36.Cameron to avoid going down in history with a legacy of having at

:14:37. > :14:42.the same time fragmented the EU by leaving the EU and fragmented the UK

:14:43. > :14:46.by having Scotland leaving the UK, that would be the terrible scenario.

:14:47. > :14:53.So I hope for all of us and for him that we are not going to that.

:14:54. > :14:57.So I hope for all of us and for him Before I let you go, Mr Monti, Scher

:14:58. > :15:02.is an anecdote or two of your time here in Brussels during the summit.

:15:03. > :15:05.They go late into the night, you need real stamina. What goes on in

:15:06. > :15:10.the room? Can you remember things that went on when you were here that

:15:11. > :15:17.would surprise a few people at home? Yes, particularly I remember one

:15:18. > :15:30.night, the night between 20 eight and 29th of June of 2012 when we had

:15:31. > :15:39.a very tense Eurozone summit, which ended at 4:30am in the morning and

:15:40. > :15:46.where I am happy to say it was possible in initiative which was led

:15:47. > :15:57.by the Italian Prime Minister, so every member it very well, to allow

:15:58. > :16:01.the German Chancellor to finish and the Dutch Prime Minister to accept

:16:02. > :16:08.some vegetables of trivialization in the bond markets that was a very

:16:09. > :16:17.critical turning point because it paved the way for the famous

:16:18. > :16:25.announcement about doing what it takes and the journalists that noted

:16:26. > :16:33.during that evening and at night there was another interesting

:16:34. > :16:46.Germany versus Italy game that was in the semifinals of the European

:16:47. > :16:54.cup and Italy came out winning! So you won twice over! Very good. It

:16:55. > :16:57.was very good of you to join us this evening. We are grateful for your

:16:58. > :17:01.time, for sharing some of those thoughts with us. Thank you very

:17:02. > :17:09.much indeed. The former Prime Minister, Mr Monti. You're watching

:17:10. > :17:10.BBC News. That was all of the latest developments in Brussels. Let's

:17:11. > :17:12.review some other news now. A senior figure of so-called Islamic

:17:13. > :17:15.state - thought to be linked to last year's attacks on tourists

:17:16. > :17:17.in Tunisia - is believed to have been killed by American airstrikes

:17:18. > :17:19.in neighbouring Libya. An IS training camp in Sabratha,

:17:20. > :17:22.around 70km west of Tripoli, US officials said it was "likely"

:17:23. > :17:26.that the strikes had killed the senior Tunisian extremist

:17:27. > :17:29.linked to the beach attack Here's our security

:17:30. > :17:33.correspondent Frank Gardner. Flattened by a US air

:17:34. > :17:37.strike early this morning. This is all that remains

:17:38. > :17:41.of what Washington said was an Islamic State

:17:42. > :17:45.training camp in Libya. US Air Force warplanes

:17:46. > :17:47.carried out the raid, flying from RAF

:17:48. > :17:52.Lakenheath in Suffolk. Britain's Defence

:17:53. > :17:54.Secretary personally Their main target was

:17:55. > :18:07.a Tunisian jihadist. He has been linked

:18:08. > :18:13.to two terror attacks including one in Sousse

:18:14. > :18:18.which killed 38 tourists. We took this action against Sabir

:18:19. > :18:22.after hearing that he and others This morning's Libby attack

:18:23. > :18:31.was the most significant It took place here at Sabratha

:18:32. > :18:35.in a camp to the west A lot of most of those

:18:36. > :18:44.killed were North Africa One of those is said to have played

:18:45. > :18:49.a major role in the terror attacks Yet IS's main strength

:18:50. > :18:57.is concentrated around Sirte Recruits continue to come

:18:58. > :19:04.in from North Africa and It will take rebuilding the state,

:19:05. > :19:12.strengthening the authorities and making sure that training

:19:13. > :19:14.camps like this But this is the reality

:19:15. > :19:22.in much of Libya now. A country awash with arms,

:19:23. > :19:24.competing militias, no rule of law and no functioning

:19:25. > :19:26.central government. Libya is fast emerging

:19:27. > :19:28.as Islamic State's second The Pulitzer Prize winning

:19:29. > :19:38.author Harper Lee - She was best known for her

:19:39. > :19:44.classic novel the bestseller Lee, who was from Alabama,

:19:45. > :19:50.published the book in 1960 and it would be another 55 years

:19:51. > :19:53.until she released her second Our reporter looks

:19:54. > :20:11.back at her life. She did something that

:20:12. > :20:25.in our society is unspeakable. The character Atticus Finch was the

:20:26. > :20:27.moral heart of this story of racism, injustice in childhood and board

:20:28. > :20:36.many similarities with her own father. It is a sin to kill him

:20:37. > :20:40.mocking bird. And Harper Lee was also something of a tomboy. She

:20:41. > :20:45.studied law for a while but then decided to write. Her inspiration

:20:46. > :20:48.was a life in Monroeville in Alabama and the turbulent fight for civil

:20:49. > :20:51.rights. It was the town that witnessed the case of a black man

:20:52. > :20:58.murdered after being accused of being brewed to a white woman. His

:20:59. > :21:05.killers went free. Defang the defendant guilty as. It radiates

:21:06. > :21:12.through the book, described as the nation's novel. 50 years on, she was

:21:13. > :21:18.still given awards. I have my work cut out for me for the next 15

:21:19. > :21:23.years. One, raced novel. But the writing, as you can see from this

:21:24. > :21:28.letter, she had planned a series of novels but her friend said it was

:21:29. > :21:32.hard to do with the reaction to Mockingbird. I think what it really

:21:33. > :21:39.began to snowball and then it really began to snowball to the top of the

:21:40. > :21:53.mountain, I wonder if it sneaked up on her after a while. Whether it

:21:54. > :21:58.overwhelmed her. So the arrival of the second book more than 50 years

:21:59. > :22:03.later was more than unexpected. The manuscript had been locked away for

:22:04. > :22:07.years, it had been written before the killing mockingbird. It was an

:22:08. > :22:11.instant bestseller but it wasn't to kill him mocking Bird. A million

:22:12. > :22:17.copies a year is still sold. Generation after generation have

:22:18. > :22:20.been moved by Harper Lee's story of justice, decency and setting up for

:22:21. > :22:29.what was right. She did really didn't need to write another word.

:22:30. > :22:36.Thousands of mourners are paying their respects to the former US

:22:37. > :22:41.Supreme Court Justice who died last week.

:22:42. > :22:44.His death has complicated an already turbulent election year.

:22:45. > :22:47.It gives President Obama a chance to appoint a more liberal successor

:22:48. > :22:49.to Justice Scalia - but Republican leaders believe

:22:50. > :22:51.a replacement should not be named until the next

:22:52. > :22:55.Barack Obama and the first lady are expected to pay their respects

:22:56. > :22:58.Sir Richard Branson will reveal a new version of his

:22:59. > :22:59.Virgin Galactic SpaceShip later today.

:23:00. > :23:02.Sir Richard is part of a commercial space race among rival billionaire

:23:03. > :23:05.entrepreneurs, as they vie to send the first tourists into space.

:23:06. > :23:07.Our correspondent Andy Moore reports.

:23:08. > :23:10.Under construction at a hangar in the Mojave Desert.

:23:11. > :23:13.It looks much the same as its predecessor but most

:23:14. > :23:19.The new vehicle is essentially the same as the previous one.

:23:20. > :23:22.But we have incorporated a lot of small changes,

:23:23. > :23:27.Which have, I think, made a significant, overall

:23:28. > :23:30.The Virgin Galactic SpaceShip is lodged at altitude

:23:31. > :23:38.The testing programme was well advanced when it was folded

:23:39. > :23:45.Soon after separation, the co-pilot prematurely operated

:23:46. > :23:48.a control that should only have been used for re-entry.

:23:49. > :23:53.The craft broke up and fell to the desert floor.

:23:54. > :23:58.He was killed, the pilot survived with serious injuries.

:23:59. > :24:01.An investigation found it should have had safety systems to take

:24:02. > :24:04.account of the possibility of human error.

:24:05. > :24:06.The main thing is, space is difficult.

:24:07. > :24:11.We are trying to do things here that nobody else has managed to achieve.

:24:12. > :24:16.I think the beautiful planet we live on, Earth,

:24:17. > :24:20.through space, we can do many, many things to help this planet.

:24:21. > :24:22.Richard Branson was a much younger man when he first launched

:24:23. > :24:27.the project in 2004, saying the first passengers would be

:24:28. > :24:34.in space in a few years' time was up many of them have paid $200,000

:24:35. > :24:38.upfront and they still do not know when they will get to fly

:24:39. > :24:47.After the tragic loss of Mike it would have been

:24:48. > :24:49.wrong for them to cancel the project.

:24:50. > :24:55.It meant he would have lost his life in vain.

:24:56. > :24:58.Branson has plenty of competitors hot on his heels.

:24:59. > :25:01.Blue Origin is planning to use a reusable rocket.

:25:02. > :25:04.It is a crowded marketplace and the prize is to make space

:25:05. > :25:15.An Aston Martin DB10 car designed for the latest James Bond film

:25:16. > :25:17."Spectre" has sold for some $3.5 million at auction,

:25:18. > :25:25.The car was one of ten made for the 007 movie that saw

:25:26. > :25:27.Daniel Craig reprise the famous role for the fourth time.

:25:28. > :25:30.The sale was the biggest of the night in a charity auction

:25:31. > :25:38.EU leaders are heading into another dinner meeting with no deal yet

:25:39. > :25:44.Discussions have been beset by delays with several EU nations

:25:45. > :25:51.unhappy over plans to curb migrant benefits and change EU regulations.

:25:52. > :26:12.Good evening. Usually at this point on a Friday night I would summarises

:26:13. > :26:15.the weekend forecast in a few words or a simple headline, but this

:26:16. > :26:19.weekend it's a bit more complicated than that. Largely because of this

:26:20. > :26:22.weather front that stretches right back across the Atlantic. It is the

:26:23. > :26:23.dividing line between