:00:13. > :00:16.Welcome to GMT. I am Naga Munchetty. Massive explosions tear through a
:00:16. > :00:20.naval base in Cyprus. At least 12 are dead. It is thought
:00:20. > :00:30.the blasts were triggered by a fire at a munitions dump, and were felt
:00:30. > :00:37.
:00:37. > :00:44.Egypt's revolution at a crossroads. The protesters step up the pressure,
:00:44. > :00:50.accusing the authorities of betraying the uprising.
:00:50. > :00:54.It is 12:30pm in London, 1:30pm in Cairo and 2:30pm in Cyprus. That is
:00:54. > :00:58.where huge explosions have torn through the main Greek Cypriots
:00:58. > :01:04.naval base, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more.
:01:04. > :01:09.The blast happened at the munitions store east of the country's second
:01:09. > :01:13.city of Limassol in the south. The blast were at the fishing village
:01:13. > :01:19.of Zygi. It has been described as a catastrophe of Le Buechel
:01:19. > :01:22.proportions, felt as far away as the village of Mari. -- catastrophe
:01:22. > :01:26.of biblical proportions. Nothing could a prepared local
:01:26. > :01:30.people for this. The hot summer morning were shattered as the
:01:30. > :01:34.munitions store packed with gunpowder exploded. The blast
:01:34. > :01:38.ripped through the Cypriot National Guard naval base, killing and
:01:38. > :01:46.maiming of those unlucky enough to be in its path. The force was so
:01:46. > :01:52.powerful, homes and cars near by were seriously damaged. The sound
:01:52. > :01:58.blew my socks off. The Glass Blew In, windows, door frames, things
:01:58. > :02:03.fell off the shelves. It was as though a bomb has hit the place.
:02:03. > :02:06.Officials speculate this was a tragic accident. The fire brigade
:02:06. > :02:10.was called out to fight a while far, and as they struggled with the
:02:10. > :02:16.blaze, there were massive explosions from the naval base. The
:02:16. > :02:19.weapons cache had been confiscated two years ago from this ship, the
:02:19. > :02:24.Monchegorsk, chartered by the Iranian national shipping company.
:02:24. > :02:30.The arms left to run and were bound for Syria of the cargo was
:02:30. > :02:33.intercepted a on suspicion it was violating a UN arms embargo on Iran.
:02:33. > :02:37.The Tehran has always denied accusations the weapons were
:02:37. > :02:42.intended for a militant groups like Hizbollah.
:02:42. > :02:46.Next to the naval base is the island's main power station, also
:02:46. > :02:50.largely destroyed. The South of cypresses in the grip of a heatwave
:02:50. > :02:55.and possibly months of power cuts. Residents have been urged to cut
:02:55. > :03:03.back on the use of fridges and air- conditioning. We have come up with
:03:03. > :03:10.a plan of interrupting supply to residential areas on a rotational
:03:10. > :03:16.basis. Basic infrastructure places like airports, hospitals, tourist
:03:16. > :03:21.areas, industrial areas will not be affected. It is thought about 2000
:03:21. > :03:25.tons of gunpowder exploded. Nearby farms have been devastated and the
:03:25. > :03:31.country's President has called it a catastrophe. Many will be asking
:03:31. > :03:37.why so much dangerous material was not stored more safely.
:03:37. > :03:42.The blast caused extensive damage to villages near by. Stephanos
:03:42. > :03:52.Kouratzis, a Greek photographer, has been travelling through nearby
:03:52. > :03:53.
:03:53. > :04:01.Zygi and Mari. He is now back in Nicosia. Describe the scene. Good
:04:01. > :04:06.evening from Cyprus. The electrical plant has been levelled. The
:04:06. > :04:13.catastrophe is huge. The surrounding villages have been
:04:13. > :04:23.affected. Most of it was the village of Mari. The nearby fish
:04:23. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:33.farms had also some damage. Fishermen have been reporting that
:04:34. > :04:37.dead fish are on the shores. It is quite worrying. There was an
:04:37. > :04:46.official announcement two minutes ago that officially there are 12
:04:46. > :04:55.dead people. The Minister of Defence and the commander of the
:04:55. > :04:59.National Guard have both resigned. You mention that Mari is a few
:04:59. > :05:07.kilometres away from Zygi, where the blast occurred. The damage
:05:07. > :05:11.could have been worse if it was not for this hill. Explain more.
:05:11. > :05:20.Between the village and the plant, there is a small hill. This is what
:05:20. > :05:27.saved the village from a bigger disaster. It was like a field. -- a
:05:27. > :05:30.shield. Interlocked the wave. also mention the fishermen and the
:05:30. > :05:40.damage. They must be concerned about their income in the coming
:05:40. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:47.months. These fish farms, they are the main income this time of year,
:05:47. > :05:53.because it is summer. They will be scared of these things, and trying
:05:53. > :06:00.to find out more. The Government does not have a full image of the
:06:00. > :06:03.issue that has come up. I imagine this catastrophe will come clear in
:06:03. > :06:09.coming days. Stephanos Kouratzis, thank you very much.
:06:09. > :06:12.It has been six months since protests in Tunisia brought about a
:06:12. > :06:16.historic revolution in the country that sparked a wave of uprisings
:06:16. > :06:20.across the Arab region. George Alagiah is in Egypt to mark the
:06:21. > :06:28.occasion. With the latest, George, Hull.
:06:28. > :06:33.Thank you very much. Five months on, Tahrir Square is still very much
:06:33. > :06:41.what it was in January and February, a place of protest. It is a place
:06:41. > :06:46.that has now got iconic status. It toppled the presidency of Hosni
:06:46. > :06:49.Mubarak. The fact that these people are still here tells another story.
:06:49. > :06:55.There is growing disenchantment with the pace of change. Let me
:06:55. > :06:58.give you an idea. This poster behind me essentially says that the
:06:58. > :07:03.Transitional Military Council, the generals that took over the running
:07:03. > :07:07.of the country, that they are defending Hosni Mubarak and the
:07:07. > :07:11.people around him, saying that they have not been brought to justice.
:07:11. > :07:16.That is what this resolution is about. One of the protesters who
:07:16. > :07:20.has been here is Mohammed. Thank you for being with us. Tell me, in
:07:20. > :07:30.your words, what are you still doing five months since Hosni
:07:30. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:37.Mubarak fell? The regime is still here. It has not changed. Hosni
:07:37. > :07:40.Mubarak is not here, but he is still in power. That is not what
:07:40. > :07:44.the transitional council say. They say that the change has to come
:07:44. > :07:49.slowly. They say that if the country went up the pace you're
:07:49. > :07:57.wanting, it would be chaos. intermediary council wanted to make
:07:57. > :08:07.a military movements to cut the regime, by telling the people that
:08:07. > :08:08.
:08:08. > :08:14.they would accept the demands. Behind the scenes, everything is
:08:14. > :08:22.still there, fake promises, accepting other man's. The regime
:08:22. > :08:25.is still here. -- accepting their demands. That will come as a huge
:08:25. > :08:29.surprise to people around the world to have watched the events in this
:08:29. > :08:32.country and remember those moments in Tahrir Square on February 11th,
:08:32. > :08:42.five months ago. They will be surprise to hear you say that
:08:42. > :08:42.
:08:43. > :08:52.nothing has changed. You are talking to a mess. This is a mess.
:08:53. > :08:54.
:08:54. > :09:01.We activists, and we're taking any risks. These activists me to go
:09:01. > :09:05.back. -- needed to go back. Friday, there were many thousands
:09:05. > :09:12.here, how long are you going to stay, and what are you going to do
:09:12. > :09:20.to step up the pressure? I have started another movement. I'm not
:09:20. > :09:25.eating, I have not had any food. Many people are supporting me. I
:09:26. > :09:35.will stay like this for as long as I can, until the military council
:09:36. > :09:43.
:09:44. > :09:48.goes away, and instead of this... I am so tired. I know. It is very hot.
:09:48. > :09:56.Mohammed, thank you very much. I should say, it is very hot, it is
:09:56. > :10:01.39 degrees. Egypt is not the only place. From Tunisia, which started
:10:01. > :10:06.it all off, six months ago, right through to Libya and, of course,
:10:06. > :10:10.Syria. There have been protests right across this Arab region. We
:10:10. > :10:16.can go over to be written and talked to our correspondent, Owen
:10:16. > :10:20.Bennett Jones, who has been monitoring these cocks in Syria.
:10:20. > :10:28.Reconciliation talks, there being cold. Bring us up to date on what
:10:28. > :10:32.is exactly happening -- they are being cold.
:10:32. > :10:36.They're in their second day. The first day was dealing with the
:10:36. > :10:41.general issues, and also possible changes to the constitution. Des
:10:41. > :10:51.two is more focused. They're talking about election law. In the
:10:51. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :11:00.evening, media law. These are big issues. The questionnaires, is
:11:00. > :11:05.incredible? To people believe it will happen? -- the question is.
:11:05. > :11:10.And some opposition members have not joined in with the stocks. What
:11:10. > :11:14.are they saying? They are saying it is impossible to hold this kind of
:11:14. > :11:19.dialogue at a time when, if people go out on the streets to express
:11:19. > :11:24.their point of view, there can be shot and killed. That is happening,
:11:24. > :11:29.week in, week out. We have been used to these huge protests, and
:11:29. > :11:33.people die every Friday. Last Friday, probably 15 people died. It
:11:33. > :11:38.is difficult to get Agora numbers. There are clashes throughout the
:11:38. > :11:42.week. The opposition leaders in Syria, and some in exile, say it is
:11:42. > :11:48.impossible to talk to the Government without going on. What
:11:48. > :11:53.is your judgment on these talks, and whether or not they will come
:11:53. > :11:59.to any sort of meaningful conclusion, as far as the demand
:11:59. > :12:03.for change in Syria goes? As far as the Government is concerned, it is
:12:03. > :12:08.the only show in town. They have been using force for four months
:12:08. > :12:11.and it has not worked. This is the other track. They have a process
:12:11. > :12:15.underway. This is a two-day meeting with an indeterminate time table
:12:15. > :12:19.but there will be, they say, a national dialogue Conference at the
:12:20. > :12:23.end of this which will come up with proposals for legislative change.
:12:23. > :12:28.There is a process, but cannot work without the opposition
:12:28. > :12:31.participating? Is it really possible that a regime that is
:12:31. > :12:35.shooting people on the streets every week is going to be willing
:12:35. > :12:39.to have genuinely free and fair elections, and if they lose, to
:12:39. > :12:49.give up power? It is that kind about combat people on the
:12:49. > :12:55.opposition side cannot see happening. -- it is that kind of
:12:55. > :13:03.power that. You get a sense, talking there, and
:13:03. > :13:08.talking to the protesters here, that throughout this region, that
:13:08. > :13:15.has seen these convulsions over the last six months, there is now a new
:13:15. > :13:18.stage. It is as if the initial protests, the initial call for
:13:18. > :13:23.democratic change in places like Egypt and Tunisia, that in many
:13:23. > :13:30.ways is the easy part. What comes next, the replacement, is turning
:13:30. > :13:34.out to be much, much more difficult. That is all from Tahrir Square.
:13:34. > :13:38.George, thank you very much. A quick look at some of the other
:13:38. > :13:43.stories making headlines around the world today. In Russia, the hope of
:13:43. > :13:49.finding any more survivors after a tourist boat sank in the Volga
:13:49. > :13:53.river, are fading. More than 100 are feared dead. 80 passengers and
:13:53. > :13:56.crew survived the accident but so far, just six bodies have been
:13:56. > :13:59.recovered. Nearly 70 people have been killed
:14:00. > :14:05.in a train crash in northern India. Police say more than 200 other
:14:05. > :14:12.passengers were injured when the train derailed between the cities
:14:12. > :14:17.of Kanpur and Anna Battke. In a further sign of worsening
:14:17. > :14:22.relations, the United States has suspended $800 million of military
:14:22. > :14:26.aid to Pakistan. Tensions were already beginning before Osama Bin
:14:26. > :14:31.Laden was killed in a US raid in the country. Recently, Pakistan
:14:31. > :14:39.expelled more than 100 US military trainers and threatened to shut
:14:39. > :14:42.down ACA base. Still to come: More than 600
:14:42. > :14:52.victims of the shrubbery to massacre are being re- buried on
:14:52. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:57.the 16th anniversary of the killings. -- CIA base.
:14:57. > :15:00.Aaron Heselhurst is here with the business news. It is something
:15:00. > :15:05.we're not getting away with, alleged hacking.
:15:05. > :15:09.Absolutely. The pressure is mounting on Rupert Murdoch's bid
:15:09. > :15:13.for BSkyB. This is what investors are looking at. Jeremy Hunt is
:15:13. > :15:18.saying that he is not going to be rushed into any decision. He knows
:15:18. > :15:22.he has also written to the regulators seeking advice. All of
:15:22. > :15:29.this, growing speculation that this takeover will be referred back to
:15:29. > :15:32.the Competition Commission, which will involve a lengthy decision --
:15:32. > :15:37.investigation into whether Murdoch would be a fit owner. Investors are
:15:37. > :15:42.doing one thing because of all of this, dumping BSkyB shares. It fell
:15:42. > :15:49.6%. It is around 700 pence per share. Let us remind ourselves, not
:15:49. > :15:55.too long ago, it was �8.50 per share. Let us listen to the
:15:55. > :16:01.comments made by Nick Clegg not Rupert Murdoch is now in town in
:16:01. > :16:05.London, seeking to sort things out. I would simply say to him, look how
:16:05. > :16:10.people feel about this. Look how the country has reacted with
:16:10. > :16:18.revulsion to the revelation, so do the decent and sensible thing, and
:16:18. > :16:21.reconsider. Think again, about your bid for BSkyB. I should say the
:16:21. > :16:25.global empire News Corp as it is investors from round the world but
:16:25. > :16:31.they are focused on one story and that is what is doing on in the UK.
:16:31. > :16:39.They are punishing News Corp shares, they are down There is a story that
:16:39. > :16:45.usurps this story? Is bigger than this story. I know what word meant
:16:45. > :16:49.That C word we use round the eurozone, contagion. It is back
:16:49. > :16:54.again. Over Italy. If we are worried about Greece, Ireland and
:16:54. > :16:58.Portugal we should be sweating bricks when it comes to Italy. It
:16:58. > :17:04.has the highest sovereign debt ratio reltive to its economy
:17:04. > :17:10.outside of Greece. It has a lot of, a lot of debt indeed. Investors are
:17:10. > :17:14.starting to punish the economy. They sold off the banks on Friday.
:17:14. > :17:19.The interest rate that has to pay on the debt, the country, that is,
:17:19. > :17:23.reaching dangerous levels. Listen to this. We are approaching that
:17:23. > :17:27.zone really where they are sufficiently elevated we almost hit
:17:27. > :17:32.whatever terms is a self full tilling prophesy who Italy can
:17:32. > :17:37.sustain the high interest costs and that concern itself puts those
:17:37. > :17:42.costs on an ever more upward path. So, yes, I think we are very much
:17:42. > :17:52.in significant territory, in terms of outright yield levels and it's a
:17:52. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:04.concern. And markets are down off You are watching GMT from BBC World
:18:04. > :18:12.news. Our main headline this hour. Massive explosions tear through a
:18:12. > :18:18.naval base in Cyprus, 12 people are dead. Dozens are injured. More than
:18:18. > :18:23.600 victims of the Srebrenica massacre will be reburied on the
:18:23. > :18:29.16th an versery of the killings. The remains will be taken from a
:18:29. > :18:38.memorial cemetery where more than 4,000 massacre victims are buried.
:18:38. > :18:42.Round 8,000 Muslims were killed by Bosnian Serb forces. Joining us
:18:42. > :18:46.from Slovenia is the lead lawyer for the mothers of Srebrenica, a
:18:46. > :18:51.group made up of family members of those killed in the massacre. What
:18:52. > :18:55.are you expecting today. Thank you for joining me. Good day. Thank you
:18:55. > :19:01.for the opportunity to discuss it. Tell me, what do you think today
:19:01. > :19:08.will mean, to people in the town? Well, today anniversary is
:19:08. > :19:14.different, because of the two main things. First, the general is
:19:14. > :19:19.arrested and that gives hopes to mothers Srebrenica. Second thing is
:19:19. > :19:25.verdict in a case which could have var good implications to our case.
:19:25. > :19:34.It has been many years since the scenes of devastation, how have
:19:34. > :19:44.people moved on? Well, emotions of the mothers are very mixed. First,
:19:44. > :19:48.first impression was relief, while the hunt after Ratko Mladic is over.
:19:48. > :19:51.Second he could show the places where their sobs and husbands were
:19:51. > :19:56.killed and buried. And anger because of his behaviour in the
:19:56. > :20:02.court room. That as I said, this verdict gives a hope to mother, and
:20:02. > :20:07.we hope that we will have it on our part. What does this cemetery mean
:20:07. > :20:14.to these families? What do they feel? Do they feel some peace will
:20:14. > :20:19.come about for the victims? Yes, the worst thing is still looking
:20:20. > :20:22.for revenge of your son or husband. That is the worst thing for the
:20:22. > :20:29.mothers. They emphasise a lot of time, the most important thing is
:20:29. > :20:36.to find remains of their relatives, who were killed in Srebrenica.
:20:36. > :20:40.Second is to determine who is or who was responsible for it. Do they
:20:40. > :20:45.feel the international community has done enough to bring justice to
:20:45. > :20:49.themselves and their victims. Definitely not. Somehow they feel
:20:49. > :20:55.to be like betrayed, because of the behaviour of the international
:20:55. > :21:05.community. That is the reason why this verdict in which came as a
:21:05. > :21:07.surprise, is a very good thing. Thank you very much for joining me.
:21:07. > :21:12.The UN's High Commission forerefugees has described the
:21:12. > :21:17.drought in east Africa as the worse humanitarian disaster in the world.
:21:17. > :21:24.Our correspondent has been to the overcrowded refugee camp in North
:21:24. > :21:30.East Kenya. This woman gave birth to to her daughter just four days
:21:30. > :21:33.ago. But they are far away from home. She is from Somalia but
:21:33. > :21:38.escape add country wracked by war and drought. So her daughter was
:21:38. > :21:44.born in a refugee camp in North East Kenya. A victim of man and
:21:44. > :21:52.Mother Nature. My grandparents were the last to leave. My whole family
:21:52. > :21:56.south of Somalia. There is nothing for me or my daughter there now.
:21:56. > :22:02.Every day cease more and more desperate people turn up at the
:22:02. > :22:08.refugee camp, while the rains stay away. I need to know what you want.
:22:08. > :22:11.I know. You have the power to help Somalis. And this man is charged
:22:11. > :22:16.with their welfare. He is the UN High Commissioner for refugees,
:22:16. > :22:20.facing one of the most difficult crises of his career. They walked
:22:20. > :22:28.for day, I just saw a mother that lost three of her children on the
:22:28. > :22:31.way. So this is indeed something terrible, and I believe that the
:22:31. > :22:36.international community needs to massively support the plight, this
:22:36. > :22:41.population to overcome the plight they are suffering. The camp is the
:22:41. > :22:47.biggest in world. It is well over 350,000 people strong. Yet every
:22:47. > :22:50.single day it grows and grows. 1300 people arrive here every day. They
:22:50. > :22:57.retired, their are malnourished, and they are looking for sustenance
:22:57. > :23:02.and they are looking for a bit of help. The camp spreads for miles.
:23:02. > :23:08.Much of it unrel regulate and the UN's top priority is getting the
:23:08. > :23:11.Kenyans to provide more official facilities nearby. Until then, the
:23:11. > :23:19.camp's number will be swelled by those the drought forced into exile
:23:19. > :23:23.and by those who were born into exile. You can get plenty more on
:23:23. > :23:27.the situation in east Africa on the BBC News website. We have special
:23:27. > :23:33.reports on the drought, including first hand accounts of how some of
:23:33. > :23:42.the ten million people affected are coping. There are details on how
:23:42. > :23:46.you can donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee. The last
:23:46. > :23:49.American space shuttle in operation Atlantis has docked at the
:23:49. > :23:53.International Space Station on its final mission. It has delivered
:23:53. > :24:00.enough food to last the astronauts for a year, and will bring rubbish
:24:00. > :24:05.back from the space station to earth. In orbit above the earth. A
:24:05. > :24:10.moment of history as Atlantis, the last American space shuttle comes
:24:10. > :24:13.into dock tat International Space Station for the last time. Slowly
:24:13. > :24:19.performing a back flip so that astronaut tons station can check
:24:19. > :24:23.for any damage to the heat tiles on the bottom of shuttle. And at
:24:23. > :24:29.Mission Control in Houston they keep a close watch as the shuttle
:24:29. > :24:33.makes its final approach. Atlantis arrival -- arriving. Welcome to the
:24:33. > :24:39.space passion for the last time. will see you shortly. It is great
:24:39. > :24:42.to be here The crew are getting ready to welcome the crew... Inside
:24:42. > :24:49.the space station the crew wait to welcome the new visitors and first
:24:49. > :24:57.through the hatch from the shuttle is Commander Chris Ferguson.
:24:57. > :25:02.are you? Good. Closely followed by the other astronauts from Atlantis.
:25:02. > :25:07.Two, one, zero. Lift off. shuttle blasted off on Friday,
:25:07. > :25:13.climbing into the sky for the last time. Carrying with it supplies for
:25:13. > :25:17.the space station, with enough food to last a year. The astronauts will
:25:17. > :25:22.stay here until next week. Before their final journey home. And the
:25:22. > :25:31.end of a programme that has lasted 30 years, as the shuttle passes
:25:31. > :25:35.into history. The end of an era. Organisers of the Tour de France
:25:35. > :25:39.have ban add tell kaition car from the race after it crashed into two
:25:40. > :25:44.requireds sending them flying. Stage nine was another eventful one
:25:44. > :25:49.with a number of riders involved in accidents. Before we take a look at
:25:49. > :25:54.the incident. It is pretty bad, I should warn you. Have a look at
:25:54. > :25:58.this mass crash. Four riders had to go to hospital with broken bones.
:25:58. > :26:04.The most high profile was Alexander. He has a broken thigh bone. That is
:26:04. > :26:09.the end of his tour and he says it is his last Tour de France. The
:26:09. > :26:17.most shocking came 55 kilometres first on. A television car swerved
:26:17. > :26:21.into the path of Fletcher who brought down another ryeer. The
:26:21. > :26:30.Dutchman flew into a ditch. Fletcher had cuts to his arms and
:26:30. > :26:36.legs but both got back on their bikes. Spain's rider won stage nine
:26:36. > :26:40.when while the Frenchman wears the yellow Jersey. We are just about
:26:41. > :26:45.out of time. If you have any views on the stories we are covering we
:26:45. > :26:50.would love to hear from you. We will have our own Facebook page as