30/05/2014 BBC World News

This is BBC World News. Our top stories: Is history about to delete

itself? Europeans can now ask Google to remove their personal information

from internet searches. There is outrage in India after two

girls were raped and murdered. At least three men have now been

arrested. Ukrainian troops pushed forward as

the interim defence minister vows to bring order to the east of the

country. And Saudi Arabia's secret uprising -

a BBC investigation speaks to activist is about the government's

violent crackdown. Now, we have all googled our own

name, probably, may found some photos that would rather forget.

Now, technically, you can apply to have them taken down, at least if

you live in Europe. Google has just launched a service which lets people

ask for online links relating to their private life to be deleted.

The reason - a ruling by the European Court of Justice earlier

this month. Google's Chief Executive Larry Page has already warned of

serious consequences. Google is by far the world's largest internet

search engine, and processes more than 90% of all web searches in

Europe. What do you do if you want your search to be deleted? You fill

out this form online. You can find it by either going through the

website or by going to Google's support page and searching for

remove content. Then give your name and details. Google says it will now

consider whether there is a public interest in keeping each piece of

information that it is checking online. Could it relate for instance

to financial man practice -- malpractice or criminal convictions?

But the time frame when Google will begin to remove any links is still

unclear. After that court ruling two weeks ago, the European Commission

welcomed the decision. It confirms the position of the European

Commission, firstly that European law can apply to a search engine and

that Google is a controller of data. This is the position the

European Commission has taken and it is the position we have taken with

European data rules. It is above all not good for the commission, but for

citizens, who will see their data better protected. Mark Stevens is a

media lawyer. What do you think about this? I think it is a

retrograde step. We have a problem where people are going to try and

Debra their digital histories -- there will try and airbrush their

history. We have to look at who has already applied. 50% of the people

who have applied already are people with criminal convictions,

paedophiles included. We are also seeing scammers, people who are

taking the public for money and want their history of that removed from

the internet. These are basically bad actors abusing a bad law. But

you have also been involved with people who are celebrities or in

public life who said, look, my public life is public. Why should I

have this private stuff online for anyone to look at 's it is not fair.

Of course, we have all done things within our lives which we would

refer were not public, but that is part of who we are and it is how we

enrich ourselves. For example, if you look up Nick Clegg arson

conviction. Nick Clegg, the British deputy minister, for those who don't

know. Absolutely. He did something as a student of which I am sure he

is not proud and it is still on the internet, it is on page 48 of Google

if you happen to look. Of course, most people don't look at page 48.

If you just look at Nick most people don't look at page 48.

you will not see that in the first few pages. It is effectively buried,

but it does mean that academics and students of modern social history,

those who want to write a biography of him can do so. You look at the

Spaniard who brought this case, this was a man who was made bankrupt

obliquely. If you were going into business with him, you would want to

be able to do a search to find out if he was a former bankrupt.

be able to do a search to find out can, by going to certain other

records that are held of can, by going to certain other

mean it should be the first thing you find online. I've

mean it should be the first thing was not somebody who was

particularly well known. The only thing that people knew about him was

the fact that he had been bankrupt. thing that people knew about him was

But more generally, part of the case against is that if you Google

something here, you get one set of results, if you Google something in

India, you get something different. Is there not pressure on other

governments to follow if it catches on in Europe? No. I think we will

see a two-tier internet. We will see search returns that if you put in,

for example, Nick Clegg arson conviction, you will not see that

within the European Union, but you will see it in India, Canada and

South Africa, wherever you happen to be. I think that is a retrograde

step. We ought to all be seeing the same information. We condemn

totalitarian regimes white china and North Korea for putting up firewalls

and not letting people see the unadulterated information on the

internet, and we should be able to see that about our public figures

here. It is going to be a feast for lawyers. We will make lots of

money! Well, it is a difficult and

dangerous journey, with no guarantee of success. But the BBC has learned

that there has been a sharp rise in the number of migrants heading for

Europe in recent months. Already this year, more than 40,000 people

have been detected on one of the main routes, the sea crossing for

North Africa to Italy. And that is before the annual migration season

has reached its peak. Dramatic pictures from across the EU

this week. In one of Spain's north African enclaves, migrants

celebrated after scaling the border fence in their hundreds.

And in the French port of Calais, scenes of anger

as the authorities moved in to demolish makeshift camps.

It is all part of a new surge of illegal migration into Europe.

Along the main route from Libya into Italy, more than 25,000

migrants arrived in the first four months of this year.

The Italian government says that number has now surged almost 40,000.

There are several other routes with smaller numbers,

but based on existing EU data, the total for this year is probably

This is more than at the start of 2011, a year which eventually saw

I am sure the problem is not going to go away as long as we have these

According to the EU border agency, if current trends continue and with

the summer months approaching, there is a strong likelihood that the

numbers will increase further. So where do the migrants come from? A

glance at the faces we saw in Calais this week gives you some idea. From

West Africa to South Asia, they come from far and wide. By far the

largest groups are from Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan. Experts say

we should not be surprised, or alarmed.

I am sure the problem is not going to go away as long as we have these

major conflicts in Syria, now Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Mali,

As long as these problems will not go away, a surprisingly small number

of people will need to seek shelter. Small numbers in relative terms, but

it seems too much for Europe to cope with.

Italy says it is spending 300,000 euros a day patrolling its patch

And the success of anti-immigrant parties

in last week's elections suggests Europe is not in a welcoming mood.

Now, the families of two teenage cousins who were allegedly gang

raped and hanged from a tree in northern India have expressed their

outrage at the way police responded to the crime. They have told the BBC

that it took the police in the state of Uttar Pradesh more than 12 hours

to answer that calls for help after the girls went missing. With me is

the ABC South Asia editor. Do we have any reasons that are known as

to why police took so long to respond? It appears that the people

who allegedly committed the crime from the same cast as some of the

police officers. So when the father and other villagers went to the

police to say, find these girls, they were apparently ridiculed by

the police officers, who said, go away. We don't want to talk to you,

you are low caste. We are not interested in your story. That is

why it took so long were to be investigated. Caste plays a big part

in Indian daily life, but the police are used to dealing with a

multitiered society. Is it really as simple as that? Well, in rural areas

like the state of Uttar Pradesh, yes, it is. For a long time in

Indian society, if you were of high caste, and these policemen and the

alleged perpetrators were of the highest caste, but even if you were

slightly higher than other cast, you were allowed to commit crimes

against lower castes. You could get away with raping and murdering a

lower girl if you so wish. These attitudes still hold sway in parts

of India, even though India is modernising. Some parts are still

mid-evil in attitude. But it is not just about caste, it is about the

corruption of police across the country -- some areas are still mud

evil in attitude. Interestingly, the new power minister, no renderer

Modi, is from a low caste himself, and he says he wants to bring

development for all in India. This is part of his popularity. But for a

long time, the police have been supported by people of higher caste

and people with money and influence, and they have not acted on behalf of

all Indians. For a lot of people, getting something done is about

slipping money to the police officer to get a crime investigated. To

change that is a huge task, isn't it? It is nothing short of a

revolution in away in India. But steps are underway to change it.

There has already been pressure on India to have an ombudsman to look

at corruption in the country and to rule on it and to try to weed it out

from institutions like the police. So change is happening, but it will

take a while. In other news, the funeral is taking

place of Poland's last Communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski.

In 1981, he imposed martial law to crush the democracy Solidarity

movement. Thousands of people have signed an online petition objecting

to the decision to bury him with full military honours in one of

Warsaw's most his Doric cemeteries. Husband of a Sudanese woman who has

been condemned to death for announcing her Islamic faith says he

is hopeful that the appeal against her sentence will be successful.

Speaking to the BBC, Dani Wani, the husband of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim,

said he visited her prison when he gave -- she gave birth to their baby

girl. He said she was apparently being treated well.

At least two people have been killed in the Central African Republic

during an exchange of fire between protesters and Burundian

peacekeepers. Several other people were wounded when violence broke out

during anti-government march in the capital, Bangui, today. The past few

weeks have seen an upsurge in violence between the mostly Muslim

rebel coalition and Christian militia.

The Ukrainian government says it will continue a military offensive

against pro-Russian rebels until peace and order have been restored

in the east of the country. He claims parts of the Donetsk and

Lugansk regions have already been cleared of separatist. Meanwhile,

the International monetary organisation the OECD, says it has

lost contact with some of its teams in Lugansk. Let's go to Kiev now and

our correspondent. Bring us up to date? The defence minister said they

are pushing ahead with these military operations, as you said.

SOUND PROBLEMS. Perhaps they are trying to bring in

some positive news right now. We don't have any confirmed reports

right now. But tensions are continuing, so there could be some

fighting, as there has been up until now. And as you say... David Stern,

I'm so sorry. We will leave it there. The line to Kiev clearly has

some problems. I hope we got the gist of what David was saying about

the ongoing tensions. Much more to come on BBC World News.

Taking old-age for a test drive - we try on the suit that is helping

younger people understand the challenges for later life.

Now, should Scotland reverse more than 300 years of history and break

away from the United Kingdom? That is the question which 4 million

eligible voters will decide this coming September. With 16 weeks to

go until the independence referendum, the campaign period has

officially begun. referendum, the campaign period has

There has never been anything quite like this before, a

There has never been anything quite whether Scotland stays in the UK or

becomes independent. And the result could affect us all. Campaigning on

both sides is already could affect us all. Campaigning on

running. The arguments have occasionally been heated and often

high-profile. There have been ads in national newspapers and billboards

in many cities. Until now, there has been no limit on the amount being

spent, but today the formal rules been no limit on the amount being

apply. We want to make sure the process is well run, the debate is

good and people keep within the rules and the voter can vote on the

18th of September with confidence that it has been a

18th of September with confidence who is allowed to vote? People

living in Scotland are eligible, as are Scots in the armed forces

overseas but who are registered to vote at home. Scots living in

England, Wales and Northern vote at home. Scots living in

are not allowed to take part. For the first time in any UK poll,

Stuttgart is aged 16 and 17 will also be able to vote -- Scots aged

16 will be up to vote. The question is, should Scotland be an

independent 20 's -- an independent country? The league campaign groups

and political parties and activists are now campaigning. They will be

bound by the rules, required to show the source of their campaign money

and account for how it is spent. These are the final 16 weeks of the

referendum campaign. This is BBC World News. I'm Geeta

Guru-Murthy, with the top stories: the internet giant Google launches a

service to allow Europeans to ask for personal data to be removed from

search results. And the families of two teenage

Indian girls who were raped and murdered say police ignored their

calls for help over 12 hours. The former chief executive of

Microsoft has agreed to by the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team the

$2 billion. The sale came after the Clippers' current owner was banned

by the sport's governing body for making racist remarks. The fee is

the second-highest for the sale of a sporting franchise, slightly less

than the fee paid for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in 2012.

Sports reporter gave me the background. Donald Sterling was

forced into it following those racist

background. Donald Sterling was forced into remarks he made in a

taped conversation to a girlfriend. That prompted a lifetime ban by the

Commissioner. He was given a maximum fine of $2.5 million. At that

point, it looked as though Donald Sterling would be forced out of the

NBA. It appears that that will now be the case with this offer has now

been tabled. 2.5 billion dollars is an incredible sum considering that

he only bought it for 12.5 million in 1981. It appears that he is being

forced out. We presume this will be ratified by the other 29 NBA

franchises. It appears that Donald Sterling's long-standing association

with the NBA will soon be over. And the former chief exec of Microsoft

is potentially taking over. How does the ownership change what happens to

the team? You would imagine there is concern that the franchise could be

moved elsewhere. We will wait to see what happens. But that is one of the

main concerns, that it could be moved out of LA. We think he should

keep the team in Los Angeles. But the key thing is that there were a

number of bids on the table. This was clearly the most expensive, and

he is clearly willing to pay a considerable amount of money for

it. We think it exceeded much more than the other bids on the table.

And this will be negotiated with Donald Sterling's wife Shirley, who

has been given a mission to preside over the deal. It has been called

Saudi Arabia's uprising. The region sits on the world's largest oil

fields. In a special investigation a Saudi journalist gained

unprecedented filming access. This is a coastal region in the

eastern province of Saudi Arabia where most of the country's minority

Shia Muslims live. They claim they suffer sectarian discrimination and

get little benefit from the wealth created created by the area's

natural resources. With protesters demanding the release of nine men,

held for years without trial. Security forces were swiftly sent

in. Dozens of people were arrested. But the protests didn't stop. And

three years on, checkpoints still ring the area. Even though I'm

Saudi, it is still difficult for me to move around with a camera and I

could be arrested. I want to know why activists are risking their

lives to demonstrate. A few have spoken to the media, I've tracked

down young men who agreed to be interviewed, but they are afraid to

be identified and want their voices altered.

I meet dozens of protesters in secret meetings and it becomes

clear, there are no unified demands, they all want major reform in the

country. In the early days of the uprising,

protesters say they were unarmed, but I found proof that at least one

protestor, used a gun against security forces. The Government has

always maintained they had been fired on.

Toby has closely monitored the uprisings in the Gulf. The ruling

family or the he willments in charge don't want any political reform and

really just want to show the iron fist and the only reaction to that

can either be apathy or violence. There is no way of engaging with the

State at the moment if you are a reformist in Saudi Arabia. In

February, two policemen were killed by activists in a shoot-out. Both

sides are now ten trenched. -- now entrenched. There is a special plot

for those killed during the uprising. The BBC has been

requesting an interview or written response from the Saudi Government

and we have yet to receive an answer.

You can see the full report on BBC World News at Our World Saudi's

Secret Uprising. Do you sometimes look out and wonder

what your life is going to be like as you get older and how you are

going to manage? Well, at the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology they have developed an age lab and a suit which they say

simulates the ageing process. It gives you an idea of what it will be

like and you can go from aged 20 to aged 80 in a few minutes!

This is Agnes. It stands for age system. It gives the user empathy.

It allows the person to walk in the person's shoes. We will give you an

idea what it feels like from 20 to 80 in a few minutes. This is the

frame of the suit. The women particularly have the doweger. This

is adding restriction because one of the

restriction because one of the issues around ageing is not just

what issues around ageing is not just

energy you have to issues around ageing is not just

simple things from opening a jar to reaching for something on the shelf.

This adds the weight. That's like playing Dumbo. Now, take a few

steps. Your gait has changed. It is muscle tone and weight. These are

the latest fashion in shoesful we tend to lose our fat at the bottom

of our feet. Sometimes your feet hurts, it is probably not the shoes.

It is your feet. We have a variety of goggles that simulate natural

ageing. It looks for blurred. You need corrective lenses. This will

hold down the back of your neck and your head.

hold down the back of your neck and environment around us, we

hold down the back of your neck and inward and truly retiring. We want

to open up the world inward and truly retiring. We want

more youthful even if all of us are not necessarily young. My feet are

beginning to hurt and my knee s are not necessarily young. My feet are

back and my head. I feel like I not necessarily young. My feet are

to sit down. What a difference 20 minutes makes! It is not easy. Will

what the future like in 50 years for me? It will be a lot better and

easier for you than it was for your parents. An ageing society is the

reason to reinvent society to parents. An ageing society is the

longer and better. We're not sure what we think about that suit and

whole process that is going to cold our direction! Some people, of

course, live forever and that's John Lennon. The largest private

selection of drawings by the former Beatles star is due to go up for

sale at auction. Created for John Lennon, the books British publishers

owned the material for half a century. One piece is expected to

fetch up to $70,000 and another piece is expected to fetch $15,000.

It goes on sale in New York if you fancy buying. See you soon.