:00:04. > :00:14.mis-selling of payment protection insurance to some customers. Now it
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:00:21. > :00:27.is time for cabby mac Reporters. -- time for Reporters. A decade of
:00:27. > :00:33.progress is in danger. Orla Guerin finds that Afghan women are worried
:00:33. > :00:39.about the withdrawal of Western forces. Under fire from the Taliban,
:00:39. > :00:43.Quentin Somerville reports from a NATO outpost in eastern Afghanistan
:00:43. > :00:53.that was attacked by militants. Christian Fraser meets the exiled
:00:53. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :01:04.in Paris, fighting to topple Syria's regime. A graffiti artist
:01:04. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.in New York creating memorials with a very personal connection. Women's
:01:09. > :01:13.rights activists in Afghanistan say the international community is
:01:13. > :01:20.preparing to abandon them in their rush to withdraw troops from the
:01:20. > :01:26.country. Women's rights has been one of the reasons given for
:01:26. > :01:30.toppling the Taliban, but they fear that advances could be reversed if
:01:30. > :01:35.a peace deal is done with the Taliban. They believe women and
:01:35. > :01:40.their concerns could be side land at the conference on the future of
:01:40. > :01:45.Afghanistan. Our correspondent reports. Fashioning a new future
:01:45. > :01:52.for themselves and their country. Every stitch is testament to a
:01:52. > :01:58.fragile freedom. Under the Taliban Afghan women were trapped at home,
:01:58. > :02:03.uneducated and unemployed. Scroll forward ten years and they make up
:02:03. > :02:10.half the workforce at this design company where they work alongside
:02:10. > :02:17.men. This woman says she is proud to be the breadwinner for her two
:02:17. > :02:22.younger brothers. The company's founder worries about the outlook
:02:22. > :02:27.if there is reconciliation with the insurgents. None of the Taliban
:02:27. > :02:37.have said they are moderate. We are fooling ourselves if we believe
:02:37. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:44.that the Taliban has changed their tune or philosophy on mandate. They
:02:44. > :02:48.have not claimed that they have changed. There are big plans for
:02:48. > :02:54.this business. They hope to begin exporting to the US and Europe and
:02:54. > :03:00.to create a few hundred jobs. All of that might be possible in the
:03:00. > :03:06.future if that future is not shaped by the Taliban. In areas under
:03:06. > :03:12.Taliban control women are still voiceless and helpless. This 25-
:03:12. > :03:16.year-old woman's final moments are captured in this January footage.
:03:16. > :03:24.For the crime of adultery the Taliban's turned her and then shot
:03:24. > :03:30.her dead. This is another of their targets, a prominent Member of
:03:30. > :03:37.Parliament who survived a Taliban ambush on her car last year. This
:03:37. > :03:39.outspoken activist refuses to be silence, but she fears that Afghan
:03:39. > :03:49.women could soon be abandoned by the international community which
:03:49. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:55.promised them so much. They seemed to turn their face to the wall on
:03:55. > :04:00.the issues and just leave us. That could put us even more at risk
:04:00. > :04:05.because we have been outspoken about what we want. Her eldest
:04:05. > :04:10.daughter is studying hard to be an aerospace engineer. But she and her
:04:10. > :04:16.younger sister are afraid for themselves and their mother. They
:04:16. > :04:23.want a future outside Afghanistan. BBC News, Kabul. Tensions between
:04:23. > :04:27.native forces and Pakistan have he took a low point since the alliance
:04:27. > :04:32.killed 24 Pakistani troops in a cross-border air strike. The
:04:32. > :04:39.government in Islamabad has reacted very angrily. Militants are
:04:39. > :04:44.crossing regularly from Pakistan to attack US and Afghan forces.
:04:45. > :04:51.Quendon Somerville was with troops when the outpost was attacked by
:04:51. > :04:56.insurgents firing across the Pakistan border. In the skies above
:04:56. > :05:06.Afghanistan's most eastern edge, a delivery to a remote American base.
:05:06. > :05:10.The airdrop landed right on target just 5km from the Pakistan border.
:05:10. > :05:19.As Afghan and US soldiers go to retrieve the supplies, insurgents
:05:19. > :05:23.in the hills nearby are watching. Suddenly the bases under red-tagged.
:05:23. > :05:28.You have just heard another explosion near the base. That is
:05:28. > :05:33.the third we have heard. That landed just outside the perimeter
:05:33. > :05:43.walls. Some of the shelling watch coming from insurgents across the
:05:43. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:54.border inside Pakistan. Charlie Company were quick to respond. The
:05:54. > :06:00.company's sergeant to explain the origin of the attacks. It seems
:06:00. > :06:09.like they are coming from the east. They are. And that he is the way we
:06:09. > :06:13.would expect them to fire. It is the quickest way out of the area.
:06:13. > :06:22.With each shelling, the insurgents were narrowing their aim and
:06:23. > :06:28.getting closer to their target. As the shells continued to fall, a 16
:06:28. > :06:33.fighters were called in. Heavy artillery hit positions a few
:06:33. > :06:38.hundred metres inside Pakistan, bringing the attack to an end. No-
:06:38. > :06:44.one on the base was injured. This is a border under strain like never
:06:44. > :06:50.before. Insurgents move freely across it and it hardly seems to
:06:50. > :06:57.exist. BBC News, southern Afghanistan. The Arab League and
:06:57. > :07:01.now be looking more united on Syria, but it is a different story at the
:07:01. > :07:05.UN where there are deep divisions within the Security Council. The US
:07:05. > :07:08.and other Western powers want decisive action on the bloodshed in
:07:09. > :07:15.Syria, but Russia is sticking to its view that political dialogue is
:07:15. > :07:20.needed. A key question is what kind of government would replace the
:07:20. > :07:24.Assad regime? The most prominent opposition groupies the Syrian
:07:25. > :07:30.National Council. Its exiled leadership is based in Paris and
:07:30. > :07:34.Christian Fraser has been meeting some of its key figures. It is the
:07:34. > :07:39.kind of VIP security commonly reserved for high-ranking diplomats
:07:40. > :07:46.and politicians. Hurtling to meetings under 24-hour police
:07:46. > :07:50.protection is neither of those, not yet. But as part of the new Syrian
:07:50. > :07:55.opposition, she and her co- conspirators are higher than the
:07:55. > :07:58.targets as they attempt to bring down the Assad regime. We have
:07:58. > :08:06.different working habits and come from different professional
:08:06. > :08:11.horizons. We are physically not always able to meet. Skype is our
:08:11. > :08:16.strategic tool to connect with each other. Setting the mechanisms for
:08:16. > :08:25.working is quite a challenge. world leaders are beginning to pay
:08:25. > :08:28.attention. Recently the SNC travel to Russia, Britain, China and
:08:28. > :08:32.Turkey. In its bid to win international approval, the
:08:32. > :08:36.fledgling opposition is moving quickly to give the appearance of a
:08:36. > :08:41.transitional government in waiting. There are lessons to be learned
:08:41. > :08:45.from other countries which form part of the Arab Spring, but some
:08:46. > :08:49.intellectuals believe that Western powers are putting too much onus on
:08:49. > :08:56.the SNC and at the same time playing into the hands of the Assad
:08:56. > :09:02.regime. We are asking it to prove that it is viable, United, coherent,
:09:02. > :09:09.a valid alternative to the regime. And of course it is not because no
:09:09. > :09:15.regime survives for that long by allowing an alternative to survive.
:09:15. > :09:20.The French Foreign Minister has now met twice with the SNC leader and
:09:20. > :09:26.there is a complication. The involvement of a free Syrian army,
:09:26. > :09:31.the defectors turning their guns on the regime. The normal reaction
:09:31. > :09:36.would provoke civil war inside Syria and could be the worse
:09:36. > :09:42.situation for the country. As the threat of civil war men's, so the
:09:42. > :09:47.shuttle diplomacy gathers phase. Next month the SNC leader well over
:09:47. > :09:54.see the election of an assembly with permanent staff in Paris and
:09:54. > :09:59.Cairo. They hope to bring together as many factions as they can and
:09:59. > :10:09.the greater its success the more isolated President Assad will
:10:09. > :10:11.
:10:11. > :10:18.In Libya is more than one month since the country was declared
:10:18. > :10:26.liberated but there are still stockpiles of weapons around. The
:10:26. > :10:32.West has expressed concern that they could find their way into the
:10:32. > :10:37.hands of foreign another -- militants.
:10:37. > :10:45.Libya is not yet completely at points -- peace. Although it has
:10:45. > :10:50.been an extraordinary few months live almost seems normal -- and
:10:50. > :10:57.life almost seems normal only a fraction of weapons have been
:10:57. > :11:07.returned. Ordinary people took up Ham's -- arms against the regime.
:11:07. > :11:09.
:11:09. > :11:18.Now, with the guns almost silent, we discover the weapons rooms of
:11:18. > :11:23.Colonel Gaddafi. They are almost empty. In the grounds of this
:11:23. > :11:30.nearby hotel are further signs of plunder. This massive trench
:11:30. > :11:39.concealed an arsenal of weapons. In included rocket propelled grenades
:11:39. > :11:47.and machine-guns. We even found fielders from a chemical respirator.
:11:47. > :11:55.-- filters. How much is still out there? We're heading east to find
:11:55. > :12:01.out. My guide gives assurances at the weapons are safe. He says the
:12:01. > :12:08.Web -- rebels will not sell them or smuggle them across the border. He
:12:08. > :12:13.tells -- shows us what they have secured. This is one of 13 Scud
:12:13. > :12:19.missiles salvaged from the desert. It is not these kind of war
:12:19. > :12:27.trophies that are worrying the world. It is these. Picture here is
:12:27. > :12:33.a rebel fighter with a shoulder launched a missile. Portable and
:12:33. > :12:40.easy to use it is also easy to hide. It is the weapon of choice for Al-
:12:40. > :12:48.Qaeda. Americans say they could be 20,000 of them. They worried they
:12:48. > :12:54.could end up in the wrong hands. have made an investigation for all
:12:54. > :13:01.those weapons. Despite extraordinary access to such bars
:13:01. > :13:08.of weapons we have seen no evidence of the portable missile so powerful
:13:08. > :13:14.they could bring a plane down. The old military assets of Libya
:13:14. > :13:17.lobbied used by a new army. Reports that some weapons across borders is
:13:17. > :13:22.shaking the confidence of neighbours.
:13:22. > :13:27.Iran has more than one million historical sites, many of them
:13:27. > :13:34.dating back thousands of years. They have been given or cockles
:13:34. > :13:44.status by UNESCO. There is concern about damage that has been downed
:13:44. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:53.by elements and modernisation. Trying to fix the damage to this
:13:53. > :14:01.monument, the world's oldest. It is under the threat of destruction.
:14:01. > :14:05.Iran has more than one million listed monuments. In recent years
:14:05. > :14:12.many been destroyed during danger of being damaged. The destruction
:14:12. > :14:18.comes in different forms. Some say this site is under threat because
:14:18. > :14:25.of new the discovered oil and gas sites nearby. TRANSLATION: Natural
:14:25. > :14:31.factors including wind and rain for her contributed to the damage to
:14:31. > :14:34.the site. Historical experts say that many sites are badly managed.
:14:34. > :14:43.People in charge of doing these things do not know the basics of
:14:43. > :14:52.what they're supposed to be doing. And, to be frank, they don't even
:14:52. > :15:00.bother to consult with specialists. Nature or mismanagement? The cracks
:15:00. > :15:06.are spreading over historical sites. The safety of this 16th century
:15:06. > :15:16.imperial palace is now the centre of attention for archaeologists.
:15:16. > :15:16.
:15:16. > :15:21.They blame it tourists and site Segers -- site Sears. Also at a
:15:21. > :15:31.nearby transport facility. Preservation efforts are now under
:15:31. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:36.way but some critics take more than two decades to complete.
:15:36. > :15:43.TRANSLATION: Diesel important places and we need to spend more
:15:43. > :15:48.time to keep them in shape -- these are all important. In the past year
:15:48. > :15:53.Iran registered more sites on the World Heritage List. Archaeologists
:15:53. > :15:57.say that much more must be done to preserve it even more.
:15:57. > :16:07.It is just over one year since the blow-out of the Deepwater Horizon
:16:07. > :16:13.at wreak. And now a new series of world is about the dark in even
:16:13. > :16:17.deeper water. It would take place in Cuban waters not far from the
:16:17. > :16:23.Florida coast. International oil companies are lining up to take
:16:23. > :16:29.part but the plans have angered environmentalists as well as the
:16:29. > :16:39.Cuban-American lobby. Cuba has some oil production
:16:39. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:48.although its small onshore sites do not provide -- only provide a magic
:16:48. > :16:58.-- minority of its oil needs. Offshore they believe there is much
:16:58. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:20.wills -- Wells starting from next year. The Cuban ageing leadership
:17:20. > :17:26.hopes that it will make Cuba more independent. It is a nightmare for
:17:26. > :17:36.anti-Cuba and lobbyists. The drilling will take place out at sea.
:17:36. > :17:44.Just 15 -- 50 miles away from a Florida. If there was an accident
:17:44. > :17:51.that is where the oil spill would washer saw -- washed ashore. Under
:17:51. > :17:55.the terms of the trade embargo and nobody could come to the assistance
:17:55. > :18:03.of Cuba. The Barack Obama administration is in a difficult
:18:03. > :18:09.position. An election is looming and the Cuban-American lobbying --
:18:09. > :18:15.lobby wants action to stop the drilling taking place.
:18:15. > :18:23.Environmentalists and the oil industry want the Americans to work
:18:23. > :18:30.with Cuba. We need to prepare them for the kind of things they need to
:18:30. > :18:35.know it to make sure we are protected in terms of a spill.
:18:35. > :18:45.US clean-up terms -- firms would be allowed to operate in Cuban waters
:18:45. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:50.if needed. In return American officials could inspect the Chinese
:18:50. > :18:55.wreak. If you drive through the streets of
:18:55. > :19:00.many major at cities you are bound to see walls covered in graffiti
:19:00. > :19:07.but for some artists in New York there are comes with a stronger
:19:07. > :19:17.message. A group designs memorials to those who have died in the South
:19:17. > :19:23.Bronx. Graffiti murals cannot -- grow out
:19:23. > :19:30.of the Bronx in the 1980s and 1990s. It was one of the birthplaces of
:19:30. > :19:35.the movement. This is one of the ponies. He is one of the artists in
:19:35. > :19:39.this group. Images and paintings like this
:19:39. > :19:44.belong in neighbourhoods like this because this is what will bring art
:19:44. > :19:50.and culture to a lot of kids in the neighbourhood. Over the years the
:19:50. > :19:56.group has grown from an outside -- outlaw groups to well-respected
:19:56. > :20:06.artists. They have never forgotten their roots. They have never
:20:06. > :20:07.
:20:07. > :20:16.forgotten gun violence. This is mad mark. In one if his gigs his
:20:16. > :20:21.stopped a guide from coming in and the guy came back and shot him.
:20:21. > :20:30.lot of things have changed but sadly a lot of things have not.
:20:30. > :20:37.sad Bronx is still one of -- South Bronx is still one of the poorest
:20:37. > :20:46.areas in the country. Since 2009 the murder rate is up by 29%.
:20:46. > :20:54.Notice, like that of a 24-year-old man. His mother and sister asked
:20:54. > :21:00.for a smaller, more personal memorial. I cried myself to sleep
:21:00. > :21:08.every night. Christine is not the anyone who has had to deal with
:21:09. > :21:15.this kind of pain. After her brother spent decades trying to
:21:15. > :21:21.bring attention to the issue of violence it hit him. He was killed
:21:21. > :21:31.by a stray bullet at a barbeque. He was only 24. You never know what's
:21:31. > :21:37.
:21:37. > :21:43.coming around the corner. There is no real guarantee for anyone. I'm
:21:43. > :21:50.still going to write his name and dedicate everything to him. It is