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She told him fronts who should is write on fronts and allies and

partners need to be able to trust one another. I have repeatedly told

the US president is buying on friends is not acceptable. I told

him that July and again yesterday. The hunt for the real parents, could

this family in Bulgaria be the missing link?

A special report on sexual violence against women in Egypt. We discover

vigilantes stepping in with the authorities have failed.

They say they are doing the job the authorities should be doing, but for

the most part the police are looking the other way.

We will be discussing women in the Arab Spring throughout the Middle

East as part of our 100 Women series, we have a guest editor.

Wellcome. The Americans seem to be upsetting a lot of their allies

these days with allegations about their surveillance programmes. This

week it is the turn of the Germans to protest to the claims that Angela

Merkel has had her mobile phone calls intercepted by US

intelligence. The Americans have said they are not want to drink her

calls but the didn't mention whether they had done so in the past --

monitoring. The issue is bound to feature heavily at the summit in

Brussels. Europe's most powerful leader

arrived here not clutching her mobile phone, and still wanting and

this from one of her closest allies. TRANSLATION: I have made it clear to

the US president spying on friends is not acceptable. I told him that

July and I told him that yesterday for stop I did this in the interest

of the German people. This is not about myself but all citizens, trust

between partners and allies and such trust has to be renewed. In Germany

they know her as the mobile chancellor, sheep to be governed by

smartphones -- she practically governs. In Berlin they have

summoned the US ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and asked for an

immediate and comprehensive explanation. Instead from the White

House came simply a denial about the present and future but not the past.

As I mentioned yesterday the president spoke with her and

reassured her United States will not and is not monitoring her

communications. We have also said we are reviewing the way we gather

intelligence to ensure we properly balance security concerns of our

citizens. It has left many here in Brussels

wondering who else is being monitored. There had been reports

this very building, the place where the summit is being held, had also

been spied on, and the French suspect millions of their telephone

calls have been listening to. Enough is enough, between friends,

allies. We need trust, confidence. The confidence has been shaken.

David Cameron could yet get dragged into this. Report the intelligence

service GCHQ helped US spying programme had already angered many

in Europe. Downing Street stresses the revelations are a matter for

Berlin and Washington to sort out. At the European Parliament where

they are investing all the claims of British MEP is going to Washington

next week to question senior officials. There is genuine anger,

and people in Germany and France want real answers. The worry is

going on in the European Parliament have got genuine depth and need

answers. Chancellor and President have a

close elation ship. He took the whole family to burning recently.

Allegedly and economically the US and Germany need one another. -

politically. I have been joined by the London

respondent for the German newspaper. It seems as though she is

awfully annoyed. She has met the American president

several times and has been assured nothing untoward had happened or is

happening and she believed it, the German populace were suspicious why

don't they probe more? Suddenly she finds herself being eavesdropped on.

For a woman who is normally relaxed to put on a public show she has come

out all guns blazing and shows her anger.

They are quite good friends. They speak in interest to each other She

speaks too much on her mobile phone, maybe she should be a bit more

careful. She would be advised to cut it back little bit. She calls he

regularly, it does she? I wouldn't admit to it, I have to

protect my sources. She does use the telephone a lot,

she has been seen using a pretty old personal handset but she will have

to be more careful. You would wonder why German intelligence hasn't given

her a more secure handset. She has been given an absolute

secure company by one -- secure one by a company in Dusseldorf. The

people who she talks to might not have the same encryption. That is

probably where this has happened. Do you think, she is a bit of an

enigma, even Germans who hear her speaking German say that. For global

public opinion, her English is getting better but she doesn't speak

in English in public, does that to some extent increase the area of

mystery around her? She has no problem communicating

both in German and English. She is known for somebody who holds back on

what she believes in she lets public discussions go on before she herself

engages in the same subject matter. She is a riddle inside an enigma

wrapped in a mystery as Churchill famously said about the old soviet

union. She has worked well with this particular appeal. She is a woman,

they trust her to hold the reins of power.

Will this cause any real fallout? It will because it catches up on the

very relationship with America, which used to be called our second

constitution. We are falling out with the Americans across the

board, this comes at an unfortunate time where distrust is spreading

like wildfire. The Americans have not said they

have done this, but... They haven't ruled out whether they have done it

in the past. The Borg are in government has

confirmed to the BBC that a couple claiming to be the parents of Maria,

the blonde girl found in that Roma community in Greece, have been

questioned by Bulgarian police. They have provided DNA samples which will

be compared with those from Maria Hugh remains under the protection of

children's charity in Greece -- who. Could they be the missing link to

Maria? Family in the tiny Bulgarian town claiming the little girl in

Greece could be theirs. The woman and her husband have provided DNA

samples for analysis, one of their daughters seems certain.

Do you know Maria, she is asked by a journalist? Yes, she is my sister.

The mother is posed the same question. I don't know if she is

mine or not, I saw her pictures yesterday, now I am sick, I haven't

eaten. I do have a child in Greece, I gave her away because I couldn't

care for her. Some of their children seem to bear a striking resemblance

to little Maria found in a Roma community in central Greece last

week. She is in the care of a charity which has had thousands of

calls in an international appeal. Reports say the couple gave birth to

a girl in Greece in 2009 close to where Maria was found last week

They sold the child before returning to Bulgaria. There have been

previous allegations of the sale of babies between the two countries

with a large trafficking network exposed two years ago. This couple

who had Maria in their home in Greece have been charged with

abduction. They remain in custody awaiting trial. The DNA results will

be known in the coming hours as the wait goes on to solve the mystery of

Maria. Now police in Portugal have reopened

their enquiry into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann who went missing

more than six years ago in Portugal. The public prosecutor 's office said

there was new evidence that justified the continuation of the

investigation but they have not said what that is.

Five years ago 18 months after Madeleine McCann disappeared

Portuguese police announced they have done although possibly could to

find her. The case was officially closed. Tonight they are back on

board Europe's most high-profile missing persons investigation.

Detectives say a review of events has produced new lines of enquiry

which they will now pursue. As I opened it a bit I looked into

the room. I guess I was looking at her bed and I couldn't make her out.

It is understood the new information is in linked to the fresh evidence

being gathered by Scotland Yard The recent reconstruction of her

disappearance has led to more than 3000 calls from the public. Several

have given a name to the e-fit photos of a man the police have

identified as a potential suspect. However, it is being made clear that

the two forces will work closely together and share all information

they gather. We have got very good collaboration between the Met and

the Portuguese police and that is starting to bear fruit. I hope it

will enable a resolution of this terrible thing that happened to the

family. It has emerged Kate and Gerry McCann

met Portuguese to get last week In a statement they welcomed the

decision to reopen the enquiry. More than six years after she went

missing the efforts to find out what happened to Madeleine McCann appear

more extensive now than when she first disappeared.

The latest development there. Let's bring you some other news from

around the world. A plain fighting bushfires in the

stringy and say of New South Wales has crashed killing its passengers

-- Australian state. The worst hit areas of the Blue Mountains west of

Sydney where many homes have been destroyed.

A court in the Libyan told to believe has charged the son of

Colonel Gaddafi with a raft of luminal offences. The former

military intelligence chief is among 20 other senior officials who have

also charged. The alleged offences relate to the killing of

demonstrators in the uprising in 2011.

Now to the BBC's 100 Women series. The role of women in the Arab

uprising and whether this will have an impact? We start with Egypt where

women have been involved in many protests that have gripped the

country since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.

One disturbing aspect is the sexual violence and harassment women have

been subjected to while out on demonstrations for top more

generally violence against women has been increasing. A recent UN study

suggest nine out of ten Egyptian women have been sexually harassed.

Civilians are taking matters into their own hands to end the

violence. Handing out the Taser 's, volunteers

get ready to patrol the streets of Cairo, and dispense vigilante

justice. TRANSLATION: If he resists, we know

how we will deal with him. Rejoined his group. A hunt for attackers

during busy holiday periods. These volunteers say they are on the

streets patrolling because they have no choice. They say they are doing

the job the authorities should be doing. For the most part, the police

are looking the other way. They say they are ready for violence if

necessary. Minutes later, they surround an alleged attacker and

restrain him in a headlock. Guilty or innocent, he is humiliated. I am

a harasser is stencilled on his back. But most of the worst attacks

have happened over -- under cover of darkness during political protests.

This was in June. Two terrified women were rescued here. Activists

say there were 46 mob assault that night. And there was no one to

rescue this freelance journalist. All of a sudden, I've found myself

in a massive circle of men who were touching every inch of my body. I

thought I was going to die. I thought that because they were so

aggressive and actually at a certain point, I think I fainted because one

of them was trying to strangle me with a scarf that was around my

neck. What is fuelling these cases? Is there a climate of impunity? It

is there and it is encouraging molesters. Molesters may feel

encouraged by ultra-conservative clerics.

This TV channel has now been shut down, but plenty here are ready to

blame the victim. Janus discovered that at a police station. She works

with another group who try to protect women. She herself has been

brutally assaulted, twice, so violently that she had a

miscarriage. TRANSLATION: When I went into the station, I was wearing

a badge saying no to harassment The officers' response was that the

attacker might have read it without the word know as if I was inviting

people to harass me. The police are presenting a more concerned face.

Parading officers from a new unit set up to tackle violence against

women. But with next to no prosecutions, victims fear it is a

token gesture. Well, today on World News Today we

have a special guest editor. Nadia Al-Sakkaf who is editor in chief of

the Yemen Times, the country's first independent English-language

newspaper, which has been running since 2005. She's in the studio with

me now. We're also joined by Fatima Said, who is a British-Egyptian

pro-democracy activist. Fatima, I know you go back to Egypt regularly

and see your family affair and sadly you, like so many Egyptian women,

have exceeded -- experienced sexual harassment. Why is it so endemic?

The biggest reason is the impunity against the perpetrators. There is

no justice system in Egypt, there's no retribution for those who commit

sexual harassment in these brutal acts we are seeing and unfortunately

since the military coup in Egypt, we have seen an erosion of that justice

system. Nobody is able to... It has made it more difficult forwarding to

get their rights and justice. What we are seeing now is the dignity and

honour of women being used as a weapon against them. You say after

the military coup, but this kind of harassment predates the removal of

Mohamed Morsi and it is happening in has the -- Hosni Marek's time.

Absolutely. Now, there is a... I don't think attacks have increased,

I think people have become more outspoken. What we are seeing now is

not just people on the street committing sexual harassment, but

the police and military also doing it. Can I ask something? Is it only

happening in the urban centres or in the rural areas? What we are seeing

is that it is mainly concentrated around Cairo. Certain areas in Cairo

is, especially where protests are taking place, and it is basically

being used as a weapon against these women's honour. As I was saying

before, not just by men on the streets, but we are also seeing a

very dangerous precedent where the military and some members of the

security forces are participating in that. They are arresting women and

then subjected to harassment and rape. Nadia, it is interesting what

you asking, because Egyptian women play an active role in society,

particularly in the countryside Nadia, I want to ask you, because

women in Yemen played an active role in the protests that led to the

removal of Ali Abdullah Saleh. Your experience is different, you didn't

suffer from this kind of harassment? Not really. In fact, women were

encouraged to be in the streets by the political parties and they were

sort of protected. In fact, I would say that the 2011 events were the

single most important event in recent history that promoted Yemeni

women's public and political activism. Really? You think it has

helped emancipate Yemeni women. When we talk about 1918, women in the UK

got the vote. Yemeni women have had their share of activism and

political work before, but it was not this massive and it was only for

a if you powerful women. Now, it has become everybody's business. One

Yemeni woman won the Nobel Peace Prize. I want to ask you and you

also, has it have -- had an impact on Arab women in general? Did she

help the role of women? Definitely. We are very proud of her. She is a

role model. She is also a leader for both men and women. She when she

left the demonstrations, there are men and women behind her. It broke a

stereotype that women cannot lead men in public and political events.

Did that act as a boost in any way to Arab women in the Arab Spring,

the fact that this celebrated Yemeni woman? Definitely. It has resonated

in Egypt, too. We have seen groups in Egypt, activist groups, coming

out and speaking out against the sexual harassment as a result of

people like her being given the Nobel Prize. There have been many

projects, civilian -based project, that have come to counteract sexual

harassment. A friend of mine actually, she is an artist, and she

draws comics against sexual harassment and one of her

superheroes is a lady, a veiled lady, and she is fighting. In a

sentence, you don't agree then with Nadia that the Arab Spring has been

good for women in Egypt? It's definitely has. -- it's definitely

has. Thank you both very much. Now, to a collection of photos which

shows some of America's biggest music stars in a new light. Don

Hunstein worked as Columbia Records' in-house photographer and a new book

of his work includes a treasure trove of unseen and intimate shots

of jazz, rock, soul and classical greats. Music critic Jon Pareles

collaborated on the book and spoke to the BBC about how Hunstein made

the most of his extraordinary access.

A lot of the book is stuff you wouldn't see as it was behind closed

doors. It is rehearsals, frame after frame, people just hanging around

being musicians. I collaborated on a book of photographs by Don Hunstein

who is not a household name, but who was a wonderful photographer. Don

Hunstein was the staff photographer for Columbia records from the early

50s through to the 80s. What gave him -- that gave him access to

everyone that recorded for Columbia. He managed to put these

people at ease. By contrast, you can see how much rock stars have their

guard up now. Whereas, Hunstein could get Bob Dylan in his most

famous photo to put on a coat and go step out on a Greenwich streets He

was shooting Bob Dylan in his apartment and didn't like it. He

rushed Bob Dylan and his girlfriend outdoors and Dylan put on a light

jacket, seeking seeing out cakes -- at stake that he is freezing. But

you got that cover that so many people have imitated.

Aretha Franklin was one of the many peoples assigned -- signed to

Columbia. She had to go to Atlantic Records with someone else. Hunstein

caught this astonishing woman. You see both a young woman and an

artist unfolding before your eyes. The photographs of Glen are

fascinating as he was an unusual guy. He withdrew from public view.

He stopped giving concerts, a stopped... Year after year, he had

Hunstein, and take photos. Hunstein must have gotten him to be a

co-conspirator in these pictures, rather than someone who was camera

shy. When you look at this body of work, you see a history of American

music and you see a very telling eye. It is not Polaroids, it is not

snapshots, it is not the random shots you or I would get. He was

just a guy doing his job and luckily he did it so well. The remarkable

photographs of Don Hunstein. Let's remind you of our main news. The

German Chancellor has said that spying amongst friends is not done.

She was speaking as she arrived at a European Union summit that is likely

to be overshadowed by these allegations that US intelligence

agencies have been intercepting her mobile phone calls. That is all from

us today. Next, it is the weather. From me and the team, goodbye.

Hello. I suppose you could say that today was