today the lord chancellor ken clarke described the magna carta as one of the greatest events in our history. he said people may be surprised to find that the freedom they fought for applied to everyone and not just the aristrocracy. >> you're watching bbc news. the headlines at this hour, supporters of the burmese prodemocracy leader aung san suu kyi say they have been told that she will be freed from house art later when her latest term of detention is due to end. reports from afghanistan say insurgents have launched an attack on a military outpost at the airport in the east of the country. more now on burma and the expected release of aung san suu kyi. her party won the only free election ever held in burma in 1990, though the army overturned the results and over the last two decades she has become a symbol of the country's struggle against military oppression. still, if aung san suu kyi is released, can she live up to her supporters' expectations? >> now in her mid 60's and perhaps the world's most famous prisoner of conscious, aung san suu kyi led a fight against dictatorship but it has