:00:04. > :00:14.who have better lives thanks to Jack Ashley.
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:00:22. > :00:26.Now it is time for Reporters. Inside Syria in the week following
:00:26. > :00:30.the ceasefire, we report from the north of the country on the
:00:30. > :00:36.continuing violence. The death toll grows on the world's
:00:36. > :00:41.highest battlefield, but on the geisha, we find most of the
:00:41. > :00:45.casualties are killed by the harsh weather conditions.
:00:45. > :00:50.Daniel Sanford Report on the female punk protest is to claim they are
:00:50. > :00:54.being punished by Vladimir Putin and the Russian patriarchy.
:00:54. > :01:04.We report from cancers on the army chaplain whose actions in the
:01:04. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.Korean war made him not just a hero but a saint. -- from Kansas.
:01:09. > :01:15.Welcome to Reporters. The death toll has continued to rise in Syria
:01:15. > :01:18.since the ceasefire brokered by the UN came into effect on 12th April.
:01:19. > :01:23.UN human rights investigators say they have received reports of
:01:23. > :01:27.shelling and a rests by government troops. Rebel forces are also not
:01:27. > :01:33.without blame, they are being accused of executing captured
:01:33. > :01:38.soldiers. Access to the country for foreign journalists is restricted
:01:38. > :01:45.that our correspondent and cameraman had been inside Idlib
:01:45. > :01:49.province in northern Syria and this is a compilation of his reports.
:01:49. > :01:55.There is supposed to be a truce in Syria, in part, it does not sound
:01:55. > :02:01.like it. At best, the calm feels uneasy, and the ground remains
:02:01. > :02:06.highly dangerous. We moved with rebel fighters into an area, and
:02:06. > :02:11.northern town firmly under the grip of President Assad's men. The Free
:02:11. > :02:20.Syrian Army relies on stealth and cunning, they know these reads well.
:02:20. > :02:25.To abandoned flats, they bear the scars of the battles fought in them.
:02:25. > :02:28.But the rebels are vastly outgunned and are unable to resist it --
:02:28. > :02:32.resist the ferocious government offensive that swept through this
:02:32. > :02:36.region just days ago. The international community talks of
:02:36. > :02:43.ceasefires and peace plans, but the view from the ground is very
:02:43. > :02:47.different. TRANSLATION: They are buying time. The government lies to
:02:47. > :02:51.the people, it lies to the whole world so it is not surprising they
:02:51. > :02:55.were like two Kofi Annan as well. They have not stopped shooting.
:02:56. > :03:01.Down below, you can see not all government forces have withdrawn.
:03:01. > :03:05.Every few minutes, there are short bursts of gunfire. We do not know
:03:05. > :03:11.which side his shooting, but whoever is responsible, they
:03:11. > :03:16.believe that the peace plan is shaky. We are just overlooking a
:03:16. > :03:21.town. There is some traffic moving in the distance but the government
:03:21. > :03:26.is in control. They have set up checkpoints and you can see a tank
:03:26. > :03:30.moving. You can hear the sound of gunfire. This is a few days after
:03:30. > :03:34.the ceasefire was supposed to have taken place. We saw government road
:03:34. > :03:39.blocks on a road into town, stopping and checking vehicles,
:03:39. > :03:46.looking for the men they caught terraceds, the soldiers of the
:03:46. > :03:51.rebel army. -- they called terrorists. The rebels are defeated
:03:51. > :03:55.and bloodied, but not bowed. They have moved back in bypassing main
:03:55. > :04:01.roads and cities. Their cause, a mission to protect their homes and
:04:01. > :04:10.families. This is what passes for a ceasefire in President Assad's
:04:10. > :04:17.Syria. It started early. With the helicopter gunship staking its
:04:17. > :04:21.claim to the skies. Unleashing its deadly consignment on the ground.
:04:22. > :04:26.We were told that soldiers were advancing in two villages nearby
:04:26. > :04:34.and we were told to leave. It was a taste of the fear and panic that
:04:34. > :04:38.too many Syrians had endured for more than a year. The last half-
:04:38. > :04:42.hour, this helicopter has been flying over this part of Syria
:04:42. > :04:48.where we have been living. We have heard the sound of it firing every
:04:48. > :04:53.few moments down on to the ground. There are a lot of Free Syrian Army
:04:53. > :05:03.rebels in the area, but also civilians. This is clear proof that
:05:03. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:07.Assad's government is not abiding by the ceasefire. Commander Abu
:05:07. > :05:12.Muhammed it told us they had been shooting and shelling. There was
:05:12. > :05:18.supposed to be a ceasefire, but there is not. He and his men stayed
:05:18. > :05:22.behind in a vain attempt to defend the village. The area is home to
:05:22. > :05:28.hundreds of civilians, people who say their only crime has to be --
:05:28. > :05:32.has been to call for freedom. Those who did -- who could get out did.
:05:32. > :05:37.No time to collect belongings are only seconds to escape. The
:05:37. > :05:47.children already know the meaning of beer. This ten-year-old said
:05:47. > :05:47.
:05:47. > :05:54.simply, I am scared. What should I say? Kofi Annan is in his country,
:05:54. > :05:59.I am in my country. What kind of thing can he do? Nothing to say.
:05:59. > :06:05.Today was proof that nobody can shield these children. We watched
:06:05. > :06:15.many families flee to safety and we watched many rebel fighters beaten
:06:15. > :06:18.
:06:18. > :06:26.back and bloodied. The army shot at us from their vehicles and
:06:26. > :06:29.helicopters, he says, I was injured were two others. From what we saw,
:06:29. > :06:35.today's battle was started and finished by the government. Kofi
:06:35. > :06:41.Annan's peace plan calls for an end to violence, but it seems the words
:06:41. > :06:46.of the international community mean nothing on the ground in Syria.
:06:46. > :06:50.This struggle is about their future, the girls of the family may be
:06:50. > :06:56.young, but they already know the language and the loss of Syria's
:06:56. > :07:00.revolution. Last week, this area was under attack, but today, women
:07:00. > :07:07.and girls are Dead are to leave their homes once again. Coming back
:07:07. > :07:13.onto the streets with a call for a change, baps louder than ever. --
:07:13. > :07:20.perhaps. It is a mistake to think that all
:07:20. > :07:25.Syrians share their view. Some see these people as an Islamic -- a
:07:25. > :07:35.threat. After so much death, oppositions have only hardened.
:07:35. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:44.Fear is never far away. President Assad's army is slaughtering us, he
:07:44. > :07:49.says. When Kofi Annan left last time, they attacked us, she said.
:07:49. > :07:52.She has no faith the UN monitors will make a difference. After the
:07:52. > :07:57.bloodshed of the last few weeks, the truth is that these people have
:07:57. > :08:06.come too far and lost too much to give up now. In the words of one,
:08:06. > :08:11.we will carry on protesting until the last man standing.
:08:11. > :08:15.Three women detained for singing a political punk song in Moscow's
:08:15. > :08:19.main cathedral had been refused bail and will remain in prison
:08:19. > :08:24.until they are tried in June. The members of the group called Pussy
:08:24. > :08:29.Riot, they face seven years in jail. The actions of the group sparked
:08:29. > :08:39.furious debate about the role of the Church, which has asked for the
:08:39. > :08:39.
:08:39. > :08:43.women to be treated severely. This frenetic dance in one of the
:08:43. > :08:49.holiest part of Moscow's main cathedral started a furious debate
:08:49. > :08:54.in Russia about freedom of speech, politics and the church. The group
:08:54. > :09:01.of women in balaclavas, shouted a song laced with obscenities,
:09:02. > :09:06.calling on the Virgin Mary to free Russia From Vladimir Putin. Two
:09:06. > :09:10.weeks after the provocative performance, the arrests are began.
:09:10. > :09:15.Plane clothing policemen in expensive cars and carrying guns
:09:15. > :09:19.started to round of the women up. So far, three members of Pussy Riot
:09:19. > :09:23.had been caught, two mothers of young children. They are being held
:09:24. > :09:30.in prison while they await trial for hooliganism. Amnesty
:09:30. > :09:39.International had declared them to be prisoners of conscience. They
:09:39. > :09:44.have the right to express views that are secular. In their tiny
:09:44. > :09:51.flat in north Moscow, Nadia Tolikonikova's family are missing
:09:51. > :09:56.her badly. Her daughter has been told that her mother is in prison.
:09:56. > :10:04.The decision to jail the woman goes to the very top of Russia's
:10:04. > :10:08.politics, to Vladimir Putin. When I heard that she was being held
:10:08. > :10:18.because some bad people started to lock her up in AKG, this is exactly
:10:18. > :10:22.
:10:22. > :10:28.what has happened. But the greatest controversy has been the
:10:28. > :10:32.patriarch's involvement. Heat is the head of the Church. He said
:10:32. > :10:41.that the Devil was laughing at the faith. That angered many liberals
:10:41. > :10:44.who believe the Church should have forgiven the women. There
:10:44. > :10:54.desecration of a holy place had planned to the flames of religious
:10:54. > :10:55.
:10:55. > :11:02.hatred. -- fanned the flames. have to make sure that nothing of
:11:02. > :11:08.that kind happens again. She has been imprisoned for six weeks,
:11:08. > :11:18.caught up in Russia's increase in the Machiavellian world of power,
:11:18. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:28.Pakistan has promised it will not stop until it recovers all of the
:11:28. > :11:34.bodies of those killed when an avalanche swept through the
:11:34. > :11:38.Himalayas. The place known as the world's
:11:38. > :11:45.highest battlefield is a high risk environment.
:11:45. > :11:50.We were flown in over jagged mountain peaks pristine and
:11:50. > :11:54.unforgiving. A haunting frozen no man's land. High in the Himalayas,
:11:54. > :11:59.we received access to the treacherous terrain around the
:11:59. > :12:07.glacier, one of the world's most remote battlegrounds. The area is
:12:07. > :12:17.now a scene of continuous searching and unspoken grief. 129 Pakistani
:12:17. > :12:18.
:12:18. > :12:24.troops like buried here beneath more than 200 feet of snow -- lie.
:12:24. > :12:29.You can really get a sense of what a challenge this operation is. We
:12:29. > :12:34.are 13,000 feet above sea level. We are at the mercy of the elements.
:12:34. > :12:39.The operation continues night and day. But rescuers must contend with
:12:39. > :12:43.extreme cold, blizzard conditions and the risk of additional
:12:43. > :12:47.avalanches. But they keep working hour after hour, desperately hoping
:12:47. > :12:51.to find some of their brothers in arms.
:12:51. > :12:56.The sense of loss is there because they were our colleagues and we eat,
:12:56. > :12:59.sleep and live with them every minute. That has not affected or
:12:59. > :13:06.diminished our morale to get them out.
:13:06. > :13:12.This tragedy has provoked calls in Pakistan for a pull out from the
:13:12. > :13:18.glacier. 3,000 Pakistani soldiers have died here since the conflict
:13:18. > :13:24.began in 1984. 90% were killed by the conditions. Not by combat.
:13:24. > :13:28.Critics say this Waste Land is not worth one more life. I put that to
:13:28. > :13:33.the Pakistan army chief of staff. He does not often speak to the
:13:33. > :13:43.media. What he said was even rarer. He suggested that troops should
:13:43. > :13:48.leave the glacier because of environmental damage. We cannot
:13:48. > :13:56.afford to be firing guns in the glacier regions. We understand that.
:13:56. > :14:06.We are not here because we want to be here.
:14:06. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:13.Could there be a thorn in action -- thaw. Relations between Pakistan
:14:13. > :14:17.and India heart-warming but for now, these two nuclear-armed nations are
:14:17. > :14:22.still fighting for the glacier region - whatever the cost.
:14:22. > :14:26.A row has broken out in the Iraqi government over the construction of
:14:26. > :14:31.an oil pipeline through the ancient city of Babylon. The Ministry of
:14:31. > :14:35.Tourism has taken the oil ministry to court, saying that the pipeline
:14:35. > :14:39.passes through the outer walls of Babylon and is endangering
:14:39. > :14:44.undiscovered ruins underneath. Oil ministry officials say there is no
:14:44. > :14:50.proof of any remains in the area. The new pipeline links the southern
:14:51. > :14:57.oil city of Basra with the capital Baghdad.
:14:57. > :15:05.These crumbling bricks were once part of the magnificent palace of
:15:05. > :15:07.King Nebuchadnezzar. Iraqi antiquities officials say there is
:15:07. > :15:13.more a buried underground and they are worried that undiscovered
:15:13. > :15:17.treasures are at risk. Buried underneath this hill, according to
:15:17. > :15:22.the antiquities department, is the wall of the ancient city of Babylon.
:15:22. > :15:26.It goes down this way, where the oil pipeline will cut through the
:15:26. > :15:35.wall and into the city. The newly constructed pipeline will carry oil
:15:35. > :15:40.from Bass for out to bat at -- Basra.
:15:40. > :15:45.When they lay in the oil pipe, they did not find anything. There is
:15:45. > :15:50.nothing in that area. When they quit the second one in, they found
:15:50. > :15:53.nothing. When they put in the third pipe, they found nothing.
:15:53. > :15:59.Antiquities officials consider the pipeline a threat to what they say
:15:59. > :16:02.are fragile ruins underneath. They want the pipelines to be diverted.
:16:02. > :16:08.TRANSLATION: Another problem is that the board of antiquities is
:16:08. > :16:13.working hard to get Babylon listed as a World Heritage site. The
:16:13. > :16:17.pipelines threaten this and may even prevent it from happening.
:16:17. > :16:20.These posters outside the National Museum of Art of a campaign to
:16:20. > :16:24.protect the ruins and heat is just the beginning.
:16:24. > :16:28.TRANSLATION: We are taking the Ministry of Oil to court because
:16:28. > :16:30.they have violated the law. We believe are the result will go in
:16:30. > :16:36.our favour and will prove that we were correct to take this measure
:16:36. > :16:41.to protect Babylon. Even if it does, Babylon's status
:16:41. > :16:45.remains under threat. The criteria for a World Heritage site includes
:16:45. > :16:49.authenticity and many of these remains lie under a fake
:16:49. > :16:54.reconstruction. The his palace built by Saddam as
:16:54. > :16:58.saying overlooks the heart of the ancient city. It is a mixture of
:16:58. > :17:02.ruins and a new structures built on top of them. It is difficult to
:17:02. > :17:07.distinguish the old from the new. The Lion of Babylon has survived
:17:07. > :17:12.almost intact, symbolising the reality of Warriors protecting
:17:12. > :17:18.their city. Dreams of glory have long-term had the rulers of this
:17:18. > :17:25.land. Today, it is the dream of oil that could prove impossible to
:17:25. > :17:30.resist. Now to the heroic service of one US
:17:30. > :17:33.Army chaplain more than half a century ago. You probably have
:17:33. > :17:38.never heard of Father Emil Kapaun but his actions during the Korean
:17:38. > :17:48.war made him not only a hero but some say a saint who should be
:17:48. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:58.canonised by the Roman Catholic Church.
:17:58. > :18:02.(GUNFIRE). Father Emil Kapaun was a US army
:18:02. > :18:10.chaplain who came from a small Kansas farming town and ended up on
:18:10. > :18:17.the front lines of the Korean War. We had a difficult time and were
:18:17. > :18:22.trapped. I still wonder how we got out alive. No food for two days and
:18:22. > :18:27.no water for one day. Those words were some of the last he would ever
:18:27. > :18:32.write. Even the years since, many have called him a hero. Recently,
:18:32. > :18:36.two groups have investigated his life. First, the Catholic Church.
:18:36. > :18:42.To prove that Father Emil Kapaun led a life of heroic virtue and
:18:42. > :18:45.sanctity so that he could possibly be made a saint. And the Kansas
:18:45. > :18:50.lawmakers the dishing the defence department to get him the metal,
:18:50. > :18:55.come the highest award any American servicemen can receive. He lived a
:18:55. > :19:01.life that was unique and I definitely believe he is deserving
:19:01. > :19:06.of this muddle. A saint and a war hero. It is
:19:06. > :19:11.unprecedented. But what did he do to deserve this?
:19:11. > :19:16.Advocates say it began during the winter of 1950. Witnesses said
:19:16. > :19:20.Father Emil Kapaun's unit was surrounded, that he stayed behind
:19:20. > :19:24.with the injured even though he might not make it out. During
:19:24. > :19:30.earlier battles, he went beyond the normal duties of a chaplain and
:19:30. > :19:34.even ran into the line of fire. There are reports from his soldiers
:19:34. > :19:37.that talk about him coming to them when they were under fire. Father
:19:37. > :19:43.Emil Kapaun going out there when there was sniper fire coming on,
:19:43. > :19:49.coming to them to talk to them. that November, was surrounded, he
:19:49. > :19:53.ended up in a brutal prison camp. While his strength wasted away, he
:19:53. > :19:57.still seemed to be everywhere in the prison camp, stealing food for
:19:58. > :20:03.the sick, comforting the dying and scavenging supplies for everyone
:20:03. > :20:09.except for himself. Survivors said that he did more than anyone to
:20:09. > :20:14.keep them alive until he eventually died. One prisoner wrote that he
:20:14. > :20:22.saved his life. He helped me stay alive when time was so simple. It
:20:22. > :20:28.was easier to die than to live in those days.
:20:28. > :20:33.I could not imagine him being that way because I just figured that he
:20:33. > :20:39.was a good parish priest. News of his exploits overwhelmed his
:20:39. > :20:49.sister-in-law when the word reached home. For him to take punishment of
:20:49. > :20:51.
:20:51. > :20:55.the way that he did up their... I figured that he was under God's
:20:55. > :20:59.care. Father Emil Kapaun's presence looms large in his home town. There
:20:59. > :21:05.is the Church where he said his first mass and a statue in his