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:00:22. > :00:27.1am. Now it is on for Reporters. -- America prospect secret killers. We
:00:27. > :00:32.report on the launch of a new campaign to get just as for the
:00:32. > :00:40.victims of US drone attacks. -- just as.
:00:40. > :00:50.Monsoon rains hamper rescue attempts for Somali refugees. Earth
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:00:50. > :00:58.what has happened to the priceless heritage of Libya.
:00:58. > :01:00.Welcome to Reporters. We start with one of the more controversial
:01:00. > :01:05.aspects of the international campaign against the Taliban.
:01:05. > :01:10.Militants straddle the tribal areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan
:01:10. > :01:14.and are being attacked by a US drugs. Now survivors of drone
:01:14. > :01:22.strikes in tribal areas of north- west Pakistan and the families
:01:22. > :01:26.bereaved by attacks are planning legal action. 2000 have been killed
:01:26. > :01:36.in recent years. Many innocent civilians have been killed,
:01:36. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:45.according to campaigners. A break limbs of a remote
:01:45. > :01:50.controlled Keller. A pilotless you West drove, in disguise. -- US
:01:50. > :01:55.drone. Most of those killed are suspected militants, including many
:01:55. > :02:00.senior commanders from the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Washington will not
:02:00. > :02:04.discuss the drone programme, which opponents claim is murder. These
:02:04. > :02:12.men have lost eight relatives between them. The dead were guilty
:02:12. > :02:19.of nothing, they say, except living in the wrong place. This man who
:02:19. > :02:24.lost both legs, one eye and his hope for the future. TRANSLATION: I
:02:24. > :02:31.wanted to be a doctor. I cannot walk to school any more. When I see
:02:31. > :02:41.others going I wish I could join them. Tribal leaders gathered in
:02:41. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:47.Islam has -- Islamabad to condemn the strikes. In the audience, a
:02:47. > :02:57.teenager who loved football and computers. His family told us he
:02:57. > :03:06.
:03:06. > :03:13.was killed by a groan with his 12- year-old cousin. -- drone. He was
:03:13. > :03:16.only 16 years old. The truth about the strikes is often obscured.
:03:16. > :03:20.Pakistani officials claimed that four militants were killed, not two
:03:20. > :03:27.young boys. Evidence about the hidden victims of this covert war
:03:27. > :03:34.is being gathered by the British legal charity. War tugs at my
:03:34. > :03:44.heartstrings with this case is that this was five in August of last
:03:44. > :03:49.year and was the miss of the killed a small child. -- missile. Protests
:03:49. > :03:58.call for justice in pack is a's court. The government turns a blind
:03:58. > :04:05.eye. -- Pakistani. Joan attacks are counter-productive. Campaigners
:04:05. > :04:10.warned they just bring up more hatred of the West -- drone.
:04:10. > :04:18.Washington will probably be unmoved by all of this. Increasingly these
:04:18. > :04:22.are its weapons of choice. Three months ago Firman was
:04:22. > :04:27.declared in several parts of Somalia. -- famine. To make things
:04:27. > :04:36.more complicated, tens of thousands of Somalis that the violence to
:04:36. > :04:42.Ethiopia. Aid operations there have been rams up but now there are new
:04:42. > :04:48.challenges with the arrival of the baize. -- reigns.
:04:48. > :04:55.In the midst of the Horn of Africa's worst emergency for years,
:04:55. > :05:05.preparations for the Monsen. An entire family construct a hearts
:05:05. > :05:11.
:05:11. > :05:14.fit for a Groom and pride -- monsoon. TRANSLATION: I want in
:05:14. > :05:20.making nice wedding for him but there is no water. People are
:05:20. > :05:24.getting thirsty. It is too difficult. These are people on the
:05:24. > :05:30.front line of this drought. There is a remarkable stoicism in this
:05:30. > :05:36.pastoral community, even when the pressure on them is very obvious.
:05:36. > :05:46.This way of life is that this here. Their lives is bound up with the
:05:46. > :05:48.
:05:48. > :05:54.fate of their animals. Climate change is making the weather more
:05:54. > :06:00.unpredictable. There is now a so- called safety net to help people.
:06:00. > :06:05.In this village they built small firms in return for food aid. It
:06:05. > :06:15.provides irrigation for their otherwise dry fields. 8 million
:06:15. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:25.people are being helped by the safety net. House last have been
:06:25. > :06:33.able to build ravines. That is a great achievement. In another
:06:33. > :06:37.village, these women have tried to go beyond dependence on food
:06:37. > :06:47.handouts. That is one of the key test of the strategies being
:06:47. > :06:52.employed throughout this rural area. Beyond that, so mullions are
:06:52. > :06:57.escaping from the famine of their land across the border -- Somalis.
:06:57. > :07:04.The rains will be a blessing if they can help the recovery but they
:07:04. > :07:11.can also be a curse. In the newest of the camps, they are seen a rise
:07:11. > :07:17.in pneumonia and diarrhoea. It is raining every day. The people live
:07:17. > :07:22.in a precarious conditions. We are seeing a bias in diseases. There is
:07:22. > :07:29.a concern children who did gain some weights in the last few weeks
:07:29. > :07:35.may be pushed back -- a rise in diseases. In this intensive feeding
:07:35. > :07:45.tent, an 18-month old baby fights for his life. They battle to save
:07:45. > :07:47.
:07:47. > :07:55.Cholsey with severe malnutrition and other complications -- children.
:07:55. > :08:03.The devastating loss of livestock in many places and the potential
:08:03. > :08:07.threat to the food supply has destabilise the region.
:08:08. > :08:12.From food insecurity to over- indulgence. Even in India, with
:08:12. > :08:17.millions of people living in poverty, medical experts say
:08:17. > :08:21.prosperity is leading to some Indians eating too much. Almost one
:08:21. > :08:25.in five adults and the country are now overweight. Officials and
:08:25. > :08:31.police officers have been told to slim down and take regular exercise.
:08:31. > :08:36.Some politicians are even resorting to undergoing we last surgery. --
:08:36. > :08:41.weight loss. Fitting a gastric band, shrinking
:08:41. > :08:47.the stomach, and the appetite. This operation cost more than $12,000
:08:47. > :08:55.and can take up to four hours. This doctors says he is rarely out of
:08:55. > :09:01.surgery these days. Obesity is on the rise. A global policy group
:09:01. > :09:05.estimates one in five people in India are overweight. I believe
:09:05. > :09:14.India is paying the price for its growing affluence. We have diseases
:09:14. > :09:22.that affluence brings including diabetes and obesity. Politicians
:09:22. > :09:27.are one sector of society that are taking up these procedures. This
:09:27. > :09:35.man is one of more than 20 elected officials to be operated on in the
:09:35. > :09:44.past two years. He has lost more than 30 kilograms. I was feeling
:09:44. > :09:53.very bulky. Politicians never get enough sleep. They do not deter the
:09:53. > :09:59.proper times. -- eat at. They are always putting on weight. Way last
:09:59. > :10:05.shops stock everything boats are a new phenomenon in India -- weight
:10:05. > :10:08.loss. Piling on of the pound has not been seen as a major health
:10:08. > :10:15.concern so far here but officials are trying to address the problem
:10:15. > :10:19.now. As well as fighting crime, these police officers in Mumbai are
:10:19. > :10:23.fighting the flab. They have been ordered to work out as boss of
:10:23. > :10:32.their daily routine. James have been installed in police stations -
:10:32. > :10:37.- as part of their daily routine. - - James. -- gymnasiums. Obesity
:10:37. > :10:47.because India is predicted to rise. Getting the country to stay in
:10:47. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:52.shape may be a big exercise in Uncertainty around the euro has
:10:52. > :10:59.upset the market and led to a prolonged economic crisis. But the
:10:59. > :11:08.debt problems are not causing concern across the entire continent.
:11:08. > :11:14.Our correspondent travelled to Poland to find out more. They are
:11:14. > :11:20.not in the euro and the currency is week so exports are booming.
:11:20. > :11:26.would not be saying if we were in the eurozone. Right now as the
:11:26. > :11:33.economy is prospering only because we are outside the eurozone.
:11:33. > :11:39.Outside the euro, but importantly, inside the EU. Another subway line
:11:39. > :11:47.in Warsaw fuelling growth, jobs and the envy of much of the rest of the
:11:47. > :11:50.Continent. There is a real sense of drive, energy and enthusiasm in
:11:50. > :11:59.Poland which is difficult to find in the rest of the Continent these
:11:59. > :12:04.days. Poland is leaving the European dream and bought three
:12:04. > :12:14.speaking the EU Ayres stagnating around it. There is little talk of
:12:14. > :12:20.looking to China and other emerging economies. If Europe does stagnates,
:12:20. > :12:25.Poland will lose some of its export markets. How often do you hear this
:12:25. > :12:35.from the Central Bank these days? It looks as if the Polish economy
:12:35. > :12:41.is resistant to crisis. Because you are nothing the eurozone. But also
:12:41. > :12:47.because we have not allowed to our public finances to get out of hand,
:12:47. > :12:52.even if we have some problems now. They are disappearing very quickly.
:12:52. > :12:58.Do you really want to join a club where finances are added hand?
:12:58. > :13:06.the club is in order, yes. This is the only Polish haircut you hear
:13:06. > :13:11.spoken about. Like many entrepreneurs, this woman is not
:13:11. > :13:18.concerned about Europe's problems and sees Polland's future at tied
:13:18. > :13:26.up in deeper integration. You have to be in involved with other
:13:26. > :13:31.countries. Use think joining the euro is important? Yes. But for now
:13:31. > :13:37.Polland's building and investment Burmese insulating it. He needs to
:13:37. > :13:43.join the euro? BBC News, Warsaw. Rising crime and increasing
:13:43. > :13:49.political tensions have forced many US baseball teams to pull out of
:13:49. > :13:55.their academies in Venezuela. Still, the country remains the number to
:13:55. > :14:00.source of players. People are wondering how much longer Venezuela
:14:00. > :14:06.can stay in the game. Our correspondent reports. This is a
:14:06. > :14:13.young picture hoping for success in the US. Baseball is one of few
:14:13. > :14:23.areas where there are strong ties between Venezuela's and the US.
:14:23. > :14:31.team estimate it to the Major League. -- is to play in the Major
:14:31. > :14:37.League. Government currency controls, tax and employment
:14:37. > :14:42.regulations mean it is getting increasingly difficult. Tiger's
:14:42. > :14:48.Scout knows what it is like to battle with bureaucracy. Lots of
:14:48. > :14:53.teams have left because of political problems. The Govan makes
:14:53. > :15:01.too many rules and the safety of the streets is pretty bad. -- the
:15:01. > :15:07.government makes too many rules. is famously hostile to the US in
:15:07. > :15:14.most other regards. He has expropriated assets of US companies
:15:14. > :15:18.operating in Venezuela in the past, creating uncertainty in the
:15:18. > :15:24.business community. That is not the only challenge to running a
:15:24. > :15:31.business in Venezuela. It is rated in the bottom 10% for these of
:15:31. > :15:35.getting business down because of bureaucracy. This clothing importer
:15:35. > :15:39.and retailer has little option but to live with the problems.
:15:39. > :15:43.TRANSLATION: Everything here is complicated but when you want to do
:15:43. > :15:52.something you cannot allow yourself to see it as complicated. You have
:15:52. > :15:57.a job to do and you just get on with it. Back at the ball park, the
:15:57. > :16:03.Detroit Tigers are determined to stick it out. But others have given
:16:03. > :16:08.up. Over a dozen major league teams used to have academies here. Now
:16:08. > :16:12.just five are left. Much of the country's home-grown talent is
:16:12. > :16:19.already having to grow up in academies in the US or the
:16:19. > :16:22.Dominican Republic. BBC News. In Libya, the damage done to the
:16:22. > :16:28.nation's cultural heritage during this year's unrest is sadly
:16:28. > :16:32.becoming clearer. Thousands of priceless items have gone missing
:16:32. > :16:38.from Libyan museums, most apparently stolen during the
:16:38. > :16:42.conflict to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi. One of the biggest losses
:16:42. > :16:47.is the so called tracer of Benghazi, an agent collection of jewellery,
:16:47. > :16:52.coins and statues. -- treasure of Benghazi. Our correspondent reports.
:16:52. > :16:57.It houses one of the best collections of antiquities in the
:16:57. > :17:04.region, but for now Tripoli's Museum is firmly closed. These
:17:04. > :17:09.display cases are still empty. The head of the antiquities department
:17:09. > :17:14.said that with what happened in Iraq in 2003 in mind, they took
:17:14. > :17:22.special precautions to do their collections safe. We heed the
:17:22. > :17:25.collections in many places. For example, sometimes we build a wall
:17:25. > :17:33.and painted it the same colour as the room and put the precious
:17:33. > :17:37.things behind it. A ceiling in a bank vault was no deterrent to what
:17:37. > :17:42.UNESCO has called one of the largest thefts of archaeological
:17:42. > :17:49.material in history. The safe was in deep and another chest similar
:17:49. > :17:54.to this one was stolen. Priceless coins, jewellery, statues from
:17:54. > :18:00.Libya's Greek and Roman past have gone. These are pictures of the
:18:00. > :18:05.kinds of coins that are missing. Because the treasure of Benghazi
:18:05. > :18:10.was never properly documented it may be difficult to trace.
:18:10. > :18:17.represents a large segment of human history in that area. This is a
:18:17. > :18:25.huge loss for the beer and the world. In Tripoli's Museum there
:18:25. > :18:31.was some revolutionary vandalism. This is the proclamation of Colonel
:18:31. > :18:37.Gaddafi's revolution. And this is the Jeep he used when he came to
:18:37. > :18:42.power, its headlights smashed. But the museum's fine Roman statues are
:18:42. > :18:47.still standing proud and there is re-live that so much of Libya's
:18:47. > :18:52.fast archaeological wealth escaped unscathed. Staff say it will be a
:18:52. > :18:56.while yet before they can reopen these galleries to the public. In
:18:56. > :19:02.these uncertain times they do not want to take any risks with their
:19:02. > :19:09.precious heritage. Until the authorities are happy that Libya's
:19:09. > :19:16.borders are secured, the antiquities custodians will play it
:19:16. > :19:21.safe. BBC News. Staying with the theme of culture but on a happier
:19:21. > :19:26.note, one of the world's Peter theatres, the Bolshoi in Moscow,
:19:26. > :19:30.has finally reopened after six years of renovation. President
:19:30. > :19:36.Dimitry Medvedev was among those attending a Gulmarg performance. It
:19:36. > :19:39.has undergone a very extensive reconstruction process which at
:19:39. > :19:46.times was tainted by allegations of corruption. Our correspondent
:19:46. > :19:50.reports. It was the must have ticket of the year. A gala concert
:19:50. > :19:55.to mark the reopening of the Bolshoi Theatre. There has been no
:19:55. > :19:59.performance since July 2005. Tonight's concert is the end of a
:19:59. > :20:09.six-year battle to bring the theatre back to its glory from the
:20:09. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:17.time of the tsars. The renovations cost �0.5 billion. Mikhail
:20:17. > :20:27.Gorbachev and Dimitry Medvedev were there. Many of the Bolshoi's ballet
:20:27. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:48.stars were there. Including principaldancer, Maria Alexandrova.
:20:48. > :20:54.Between final rehearsals she gave me a tour of the building.
:20:54. > :20:58.TRANSLATION: We all know we have to keep the history and the traditions
:20:58. > :21:04.of this place, so this is a very happy moment for us. I have tears
:21:04. > :21:07.in my eyes I am so happy. During the renovation all the Soviet
:21:07. > :21:10.emblems like the hammer and sickle were removed and, as ever in modern
:21:10. > :21:12.Russia, the eye-watering cost of the building work brought
:21:12. > :21:15.allegations of corruption. But there was also traditional
:21:15. > :21:25.craftsmanship. The gold-leaf was polished using vodka and squirrel's
:21:25. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:35.tails. This lithograph made in 1856 shows the year that Alexander the
:21:35. > :21:38.second was crowned. Communist Party rallies and the Second World War -
:21:38. > :21:45.it has survived both of these. It has managed to keep its reputation
:21:45. > :21:53.as the home of world ballet. Some claim that the restoration has