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That's the latest BBC News. Now, it As North Korea celebrates the | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
centenary of its founding father, Damian Grammaticas gets their | :00:27. | :00:30. | |
clients inside the secretive country. | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
Will Ross returns to northern Uganda to find children no longer | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
living in fear of being abducted by the your's Resistance Army. | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
-- Lord's Resistance Army. And a report from Naples on the | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
rise of the poll -- melodic pop stars whose music is to go down | :00:46. | :00:54. | |
well with the Mafia. Welcome to Reporters. North Korea | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
is of course one of the world's most reclusive and repressive | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
regimes. And it has just staged the biggest celebration in its history. | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
They marked the 100 anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founding | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
father, Kim Il Sung. Journalists were invited to see show farms and | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
factories and Pyongyang wanted to show off its latest satellite | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
rocket, which many believed was a long-range missile test. But the | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
rocket exploded shortly after take- off. Damian Grammaticas was the | :01:25. | :01:29. | |
only British broadcaster It allowed inside the country for the | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
anniversary. -- broadcast allowed. | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
Vast and empty streets. Not a shopfront or and it anywhere. | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
Welcome to the world's last Stalinist state, preparing a party | :01:42. | :01:49. | |
for its dead but eternal leader, Kim Il Sung. Even the walls are | :01:49. | :01:59. | |
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being watched. It is like faces. Acting on cue, every single | :02:01. | :02:09. | |
one in a crowd of perhaps 100,000. It is the start of the week of | :02:09. | :02:18. | |
celebrations. And the emotion, almost exaggerated. North Korea's | :02:18. | :02:27. | |
two former dictators are revered like gods. The nation is told to | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
give thanks for the nation they are told is a powerful and prosperous | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
nation. Few would recognise the country as | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
powerful or prosperous but what sustains it is a personality cult | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
built around the Kim dynasty. As the crowds dispersed, we were told | :02:44. | :02:52. | |
we could not talk to any of them. Instead, we were brought to this | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
model silk spinning factory. It has never fired a single worker, I was | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
told. Apparently, it is all down to the generous guidance of the two | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
Keehan's. Kim Il Sung, always grinning in every in each, and his | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
less smiley son. Under their watch, the workers get interactive | :03:13. | :03:19. | |
instruction in mathematics, physics and English. This birthday | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
celebration for Kim Il Sung is the biggest national event in our | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
country. I will celebrate by working even harder. This woman has | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
spent almost 30 years labouring here. Like everyone, she sticks to | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
the same script. That the father and son deserve the credit for | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
everything. TRANSLATION: When they were alive, they instructed us to | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
provide close for the people. This year, we have exceeded annual quota | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
in just three months. Ours is of course a highly controlled visit. | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
The ladies we just spoke to, as soon as we stopped talking to them, | :03:56. | :04:01. | |
they stopped work. Outside, there are glimpses of the different North | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
Korea that flash past. We would like to stop and see them but we | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
cannot. We were whisked past grim- looking villages and people toiling | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
by hand in their fields to be shown this. 8,000 hectares fruit farm, | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
all perfect rows. -- a thousand hectares. It is the way North Korea | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
wants to be seen. Ordered, efficient, a modern miracle. | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
TRANSLATION: I am very happy working here. It is thanks to look | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
-- to the leaders who have ruled North Korea since it was founded. | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
Everyone here keeps telling us how wise and benevolent the ruling | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
dynasty are. The inspiration for this place, we are told, all came | :04:47. | :04:51. | |
from the leader, Kim Jong Il. It is down to his wise guidance and his | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
investments. But there is always the impression nothing is quite as | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
it seems. The workers did not actually look to be doing much. And | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
right in the middle, she is putting the box back on the line. Cartons | :05:03. | :05:09. | |
of Jews going round and round. But North Korea says it is | :05:09. | :05:15. | |
misunderstood. -- juice. That is why it showed us a new farm | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
breeding turtles, an expensive delicacy. It cost millions so I | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
asked when it would make a profit. TRANSLATION: It is hard to explain | :05:24. | :05:31. | |
to you capitalists. To ask, profit does not matter. -- to us. But not | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
far away, mauled their fields. The theme park under construction. | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
more their fields. Lines of Xavi hearts. Contradictions of a country | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
that struggles to feed its people. Yet its leader has grandiose dreams. | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
-- lines of shabby huts. It is now almost five years since | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
the Lord's Resistance Army left northern Uganda. The rebels, many | :05:57. | :06:06. | |
of whom were abducted bring children, have continued to cause | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
atrocities across Eastern Congo and South Sudan. But the north of | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
Uganda is for the first time in decades enjoying peace. A East | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
Africa Correspondent has returned to Kitgum from where he recorded | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
for the BBC at the height of the conflict. | :06:24. | :06:28. | |
There is laughter in the dawn chorus these days. Unlike five | :06:28. | :06:36. | |
years ago, when the war was on, the children of northern Uganda are now | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
safe. May we stand still for the national anthem. The hunger to | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
learn is strong but it is not interrupted by the terror of | :06:45. | :06:52. | |
rewarding rebels. During that time, they had the trauma of running here | :06:52. | :06:58. | |
and there. Especially if they had grunge -- gunshots. That was a time | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
when many young children were abducted. When I was here in | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
northern Uganda at the height of the conflict, at about this time of | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
day when the sun was setting, there was an extraordinary spectacle. | :07:09. | :07:13. | |
Thousands of children would abandon their homes and walked to shelters | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
like these because the risk of abduction was so high. At least | :07:20. | :07:24. | |
here they have some protection against the Lord's Resistance Army | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
rebels who stalked the villagers, forcefully recruiting child | :07:29. | :07:34. | |
soldiers. The last time I met Geoffrey was nine years ago. He had | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
just been rushed to hospital after the rebels hacked off his fingers, | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
ears and lips. TRANSLATION: -- unable to write and forced to give | :07:46. | :07:49. | |
up school, Jeffrey says he is determined his three children get | :07:49. | :07:56. | |
an education. As he struggles to move on with his life, Jeffrey says | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
he has since met and even be given the young man who mutilated him. On | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
the other side of the same market, a man who terrorised these | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
communities for years. Despite countless testimonies from people | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
who escaped captivity, this former commander denies being responsible | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
for leading the race to abduct children. TRANSLATION: People are | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
still very angry with me. I have not been accepted back in the | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
community. In fact, I fear someone will poison me so I do not touch | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
locally brewed drinks any more. Northern Uganda is still haunted by | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
the war, which lasted more than 20 years. A huge effort is now needed | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
to halt this brutalised region recover and to reconcile Community | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
is. -- help this. At least the children are now free to dream of | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
more than just survival. The future of Greece in the | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
eurozone remains uncertain. But in one town at least, the euro is no | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
longer seen as the only currency of the future. Trade in Volos in | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
central Greece has set up an internal system which works through | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
bartering and exchanging goods and services. Our correspondent Mark | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
Lowen has been to seen the idea in action. | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
A wander down to Volos market and one thing you will not need is | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
money. From handicrafts the food, everything is for sale through TEM, | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
a new alternative currency. Locals build up credit by offering goods | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
also a of us has forced there there are bad you the his recording in a | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
sense sure, due to net were, allowing them to spend the currency | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
on whatever they choose. He traditional by three exist do this | :09:42. | :09:50. | |
return it to to date's Green is for us there -- return it to today's | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
Greece. I can use it to exchange it for what I can offer. We have | :09:55. | :10:03. | |
reached the bottom of our lives. Now, we can think in a different | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
way. The network has built up over 800 members since it began and it | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
is growing every day. A grassroots initiative for people struggling to | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
afford things with euros. And it has spawned other buttering | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
exchange systems around the country as Greeks look for new ways to beat | :10:21. | :10:31. | |
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Volos is suffering like many Greek cities. The alternative currency | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
has re-energised a community searching for a glimmer of hope. | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
The Mayor has backed the project but thinks two currencies can't co- | :10:43. | :10:53. | |
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exist. We think it is a good way out of the deep economic and social | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
crisis. It is an initiative that supplements the euro but does not | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
replace the Europe. It is gaining pace. This is a local business | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
using the network. It gives fresh opportunities to the workers. | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
TRANSLATION: We can buy bread and meat in exchange for our products | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
and the girls can go to the hairdresser. I grew up in a village. | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
This was how it used to work in the old days before money was involved. | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
The next generation is benefiting. Parents who can no longer afford | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
these workshops for their children can pay in part with TEM. The euro | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
may not be forced out but there is now an alternative and which many | :11:42. | :11:49. | |
other pending. A simple idea given this community fresh optimism. -- | :11:49. | :11:58. | |
giving. There can't be many capital cities | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
like Berlin - destroyed and split for half a century and then opening | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
up again for business. The city is famous for its underground arts and | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
music scene. Some residents fear this sub culture is under threat as | :12:10. | :12:20. | |
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new developments begin to take over. This is one of Berlin's iconic | :12:23. | :12:32. | |
buildings. Known as the Tahalis, it has been home to down-at-heel | :12:32. | :12:40. | |
artists for 20 years. It is earmarked for development. Berlin's | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
Mayor once called this city poor but sexy. But not so poor anymore. | :12:46. | :12:52. | |
Residents say Berlin is changing. Berlin is getting more posh and is | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
losing more of the artist's. This is not Berlin any more. A short | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
distance away, buskers and detain people at an open-air market in an | :13:07. | :13:15. | |
upcoming area. This was a mixed area in the old East Berlin, but | :13:15. | :13:24. | |
now it is upwardly-mobile. There are more restaurants, bars, shops. | :13:24. | :13:29. | |
They are for people who have a lot of money. Big corporate money has | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
come into Berlin. Potsdamer Platz are on the rota of the old Berlin | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
Wall and to look like -- looks like any of the world's corporate | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
complexes. In came lawyers and accountants and professionals. | :13:43. | :13:46. | |
There are tensions between this new money and all the residents were | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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being priced out. -- Alder. This is the latest battlefield. A grungy, | :13:57. | :14:03. | |
run-down part of the city. It is also a piece of prime real estate | :14:03. | :14:11. | |
in a global city where the money is rushing in. There was a scheme to | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
cite an exhibition sponsored by BMW and the cook and I'm foundation of | :14:16. | :14:26. | |
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the York -- Guggenheim foundation of New York. But it was cancelled. | :14:26. | :14:30. | |
But the city government is driving through change to make Berlin more | :14:30. | :14:39. | |
prosperous. No more poor but sexy. Berlin does not have the number of | :14:39. | :14:47. | |
jobs that it needs. It is a mix of old and new light all cities. But | :14:47. | :14:53. | |
grunge Berlin is wary of capitalism. 10 billion have the jobs it needs | :14:53. | :15:03. | |
and keep its altar, gritty side? -- alter. | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
Chile is renowned for its copper mines. It produces one third of all | :15:08. | :15:16. | |
the world's crop up. It amounts to 70% of all Chilean exports. With | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
the mining Broome, farmers and food producers have to compete with | :15:19. | :15:27. | |
mining companies for an essential resource - water. | :15:27. | :15:33. | |
Not so long ago, these vineyards in Copiapo Valley where grain. Now, | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
they added. Water from a natural underground reservoir is now being | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
pumped by a mining company digging for copper. Farmers say conditions | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
in his belly are ideal for agriculture. The on going mining | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
boom is changing everything. Just like farms and vineyards, mining | :15:54. | :16:01. | |
companies need water. As more of them come to this analysis, this | :16:01. | :16:10. | |
war for water rages on. The mining firms have money on their side. | :16:10. | :16:15. | |
Many farmers decide to sell because the offers are so attractive. Some | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
resist but say the conditions for vineyards have become harder. | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
TRANSLATION: It is a family business. We have been growing | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
grapes here since 1948. But it is becoming harder. A few years back, | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
I had to pump water from 60 metres underground. Now I have to get it | :16:37. | :16:47. | |
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from over 140 metres away. It is so vital for Chile's economy that it | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
is hard for small growers to challenge it. But the state is | :16:52. | :17:02. | |
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aware of the issue. If Chile would like to continue to be a mining | :17:06. | :17:15. | |
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country and a country that has extra value from agriculture, we | :17:17. | :17:23. | |
need to make sure that everybody has enough water. While the | :17:23. | :17:30. | |
government is busy, growers in Copiapo Valley know that if there | :17:30. | :17:38. | |
is no progress soon, they vineyards might end up like this. | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
Over the years, at the Italian city of Naples has developed its own | :17:43. | :17:50. | |
tradition of music. The Neomelodic style. Widely popular across Italy, | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
there are now complains that the songs are a little too authentic. | :17:54. | :18:01. | |
The musicians are accused of failing to oppose the power of the | :18:01. | :18:09. | |
mafia. Love, heartache, happiness and | :18:09. | :18:17. | |
desire. The themes are not exactly new. But this is just a little | :18:17. | :18:27. | |
different. It is a love song for Naples. Rosario is a rising star in | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
the Neomelodic music scene. Often singing in the Neapolitan dialect, | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
local artists connect with the fans in the streets where the style | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
emerged. But some critics ask why the influential stars do not | :18:47. | :18:50. | |
confront some of Naples's tougher issues, like poverty and | :18:50. | :18:55. | |
joblessness. Rosario says that is the last thing his fans want to | :18:55. | :19:05. | |
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hear. TRANSLATION: I only sing love songs. I prefer to avoid the social | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
problems because my audience is not a target that cares about issues in | :19:13. | :19:23. | |
Naples. They are teenagers. here in Naples, being planned it is | :19:23. | :19:29. | |
not the only criticism levelled at the Neomelodic scene. A much more | :19:29. | :19:34. | |
serious allegation is directed at some singers. The critics say that | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
the music appeals a bit too close to the criminal underworld that | :19:39. | :19:45. | |
plagues Naples. They say some songs, lyrics almost seemed to empathise | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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with the men of violence. A song about the execution of someone who | :19:55. | :20:02. | |
has betrayed a boss in the Naples Mafia. It is not true that the boss | :20:02. | :20:10. | |
is evil, go the lyrics. We have to respect him. A local investigated | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
journalist condemns this fawning over the gangsters. TRANSLATION: | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
When you write songs that glamorise these characters, you risk being an | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
apologist for the mafia and that is a bad example for young people. The | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
business around these people is often brought by mafia clans. -- | :20:31. | :20:40. | |
often have rolled. Rosario except that enables, sometimes the worlds | :20:40. | :20:48. | |
of the artist and gangster converge. TRANSLATION: We're just sinners and | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
we do not ask for a criminal record of the people we perform for. I can | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
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seen at the party of a worker, the Mayor or anybody else. But he would | :21:05. | :21:10. |