01/07/2012 Reporters

defeated Marcos that doubters just after 11 o'clock. -- defeated his

opponent. Time for Reporters. Inside Syria after two weeks of

Vettel fighters in the country's north. A series of special reports.

Going to the heart of the conflict with an exclusive of at how the

fighting and the suffering is getting worse. Looking at the

unlikely Kellyville rematch from the Paris Games in 1,900. -- only

vague. In Syria, there has been heavy

fighting between government forces and rival fighters despite more

international attempts to try to ease the virus. A gathering of EU

foreign ministers explored a series of new sanctions have is the Assad

regime. Turkey has called on leaders to consider the shooting

down of one of his military jets as an attack on the NATO alliance.

This comes at the UN says that violence in Syria is spiralling out

of control, with civilians facing increasing danger. Our

correspondent and caravans then to two weeks in the northern province

of Idlib with groups opposed to the Assad regime. These reports contain

distressing images. Forged in the fires of war, a new kind of rebel

army is emerging. Video, battle- hardened and more organised than we

have seen before. Over two weeks, we were given exclusive access. 12

battalions and hundreds of men staff, they are working together

for the first time. Armed with a few more weapons and a lot more

ammunition, these are desperate men and desperate measures. Because the

deadly package being delivered on the motorcycle is an IED. It is a

sign that the rebels are also changing strategy and tactics. The

line between life and death is perilously thin. The men creep onto

land controlled by the military, down the road from an army base.

The volley is carefully positioned and heaving. This tactic is now

being used across Syria. TRANSLATION: We are still weak,

that is why we are forced to make our own IEDs. They give us extra

strength. We do not have any help from outside. Our people are being

slaughtered and no-one else cares. We dash across the main road where

the government tanks patrol. The rebel fighters move into place.

This is an audacious operation. That checkpoint down the hill is

acting as bait to lure government troops out of their compound and

into their tanks, down the road, which is where they will detonate

the IED. This is the rival army going on the offensive. The tanks

advance, opening fire. For a while, we are stuck. The rebels do not

expect the army to come from behind and with the IED now in the wrong

place, they have had to run away. They were outgunned and outflanked

and the operation is a failure. But what has now changed is the rebels'

ability to respond so that when one battalion is in trouble,

reinforcements arrive quickly. They moved in to a revolt area as the

army deploys tanks and heavy machine-guns down the road. The

fighters know this land well and they move in, forcing the army to

withdraw. We have hit armoured vehicles, the commander says.

Imagine their terror. It does not really matter who they support.

Millions of people are caught up in a conflict of they did not choose,

that the world seems unable to stop. And as the rebels come together and

go on the offensive, it is a conflict that is spiralling out of

control. Night time, just over the border

from Turkey, the army is raining shells onto towns and villages.

Under the searing heat of a blood red sky, the forces of war advance.

Russian-made helicopters take to the skies, firing at rebel fighters.

The violence is spiralling out of control. This is where some of the

artillery landed. It is difficult to see what the value of the attack

was. As far as we know, no fighters were here, just six boys sleeping.

Another father mourns as the innocent suffer the most. One of

his sons is now dead. The others are injured. We were taking to see

the boys, injured and in hiding. The family say they cannot take

them to hospital for treatment, afraid they will be arrested if

they do. He rebels say this is why they fight but in a deadly cycle,

the bloodshed only grows. This a two-year-old boy struggled to tell

his story. TRANSLATION: The Syrian army did this to me. The rebels

promise revenge as they vie to attack an army checkpoint. This is

by far the largest group we have seen. Hundreds of fighters from

Idlib. Like many, they are now getting help from across the border

in Turkey. Each unit is given his orders. The fighters are tense as

they go through their final checks. They hope the world will help but

armed with guns and bullets, remains and home-made pipe-bombs,

they are no longer waiting for anyone else. And the ceasefire? The

UN six-point plan has been pushed aside. TRANSLATION: There have been

many massacres here. All that men, women and children. Is this the

ceasefire you are talking about? There is no ceasefire. There has

not been one. The operation is bomb. Driven by anger and adrenalin, the

fighters advance. The group ahead has opened fire too early, alerting

the army. The fighters throw all their firepower at the military

base. This size are now locked into this conflict, neither giving way.

There is no turning back. Once again, it looks like the level plan

has failed because shooting broke out too early. (GUNFIRE). For the

moment, they are cornered in the back alley is. This is a rare

insight into what is happening across the north as both sides

slugged it out to control the north of Syria. There is a vehicle coming,

let's go! The government calls these men terrorists and armed

gangs. They say they are freedom fighters. Either way, many fear a

future of more bloodshed. Thousands have already been killed and parts

of Syria are descending into civil war.

There are fears that she had just militants are strengthening their

hold over parts of Africa. Mali was once seen as one of the most stable

democracies in the Co chief -- continent. But after a military

coup and lots of turmoil, there are concerns that it is now becoming a

base for his list insurgence. His report contains disturbing images.

Timbuktu, famously low load and famously tolerant. A magnet for a

adventurous tourists. No more. Islamist fighters linked to Al-

Qaeda have seized an area the size of France in northern Mali. The

rules have changed abruptly. A public flogging for a man found

guilty of drinking alcohol. Note the pale man on the right in green.

It is thought that fighters on places like Pakistan are now coming

to the region. This local says that she had will not stop Vettel Sharia

law is in place across Mali. There are other, more moderate forces

among these title fight is just a length for power. But the

possibility of a new base for extremism just south of the

Mediterranean is ringing alarm bells. There is a significant

number of foreign fighters in northern Mali. Al-Qaeda is a cancer

that can grow and spread unless it is counted to where it is found.

The turmoil in northern Mali has already triggered a military coup

in the capital. Now, neighbouring countries want to send in troops to

stop the chaos spreading further afield. Until a few months ago,

this was one of Africa's most stable democracies but the piece

has unravelled here with dizzying speed. Mali is not Somalia for

Afghanistan but it is in trouble, if a threat to the region and

beyond. Marlene's musicians summarise the mood of popular

frustrations. This is everyone's fight, they say. They what the Liz

Ellis defeated at their country reunited. We should never have come

to this point. The only solution we have is a military solution. In the

meantime, more families are escaping from the chaos in places

like Timbuktu. TRANSLATION: It is sad, very sad. This man is one of

300,000 people forced to flee his home as an African success story

The United Nations is concerned about spread of hatches in the

wards of hospitals where parents can place an unwanted child none --

anonymously for it to be cared for and adopted. They are spreading in

many parts of Europe and the UN Committee on the rights of the

child contravene the rights of children to know who their

biological parents are. Baby Crew, the sign says, pointing the way to

a journey no mother wants to take. In a perving suburb, there is a

part for desperate mothers, unable to cope with their newborn babies -

- billion. This is the baby box, inside warmth and comfort. And in

this specialist unit, a new light up -- life with adoption. Ten years

ago, this mother took that route. She is young and in anguish. The

father was absent, so she gave her son away. But she changed her mind

five days later. The TRANSLATION: I came back because it was my child.

I had been confused at first but when I came back, I noticed that

the first time, the colour of his eyes and his hair. The baby helped

me get my life together. There are about 200 of these Baby Boxes in

Europe and the people behind and said that the benefits are obvious,

they save lives. But the critics, including the UN Committee that the

protection of the rights of the child, disagree, saying it is much

more complex. Tarts psychologist Kevin Browne wrote a report for the

UN. It says that the had just deny children the right to know who

their parents are. They take away the right of the child to their

identity, to their genetic make-up and background. And a family

upbringing, with biological well as Yves. Baby hatches are not a new

idea. Medieval cathedrals like this one in Italy had windows specially

built so that mothers could pass their babies in through for

adoption. Now they are making a comeback. But times have changed.

The critics say that today's baby had just might discourage women

from coming to a maternity unit to have a baby, they might encourage

dangerous, secret birds at home. Berlin's first baby box was set up

by Gabriella, some mothers would not just dump unwanted babies in

dangerous places. TRANSLATION: You should know who your biological

parents are, but you can only be interested in that when you are

alive, and therefore, it is very important to have the chance to be

alive, that is even more important than knowing who is my mother.

says that about two babies per year get left here. Each one is given a

new life. Pakistani officials say they are doing their best to save

one of the most important archaeological sites in South Asia.

It was one of the first plan cities to have been built anywhere in the

world. But as we report, some experts fear that it may soon be

lost. The should be a side that is cherished, it is one of the first

cities to be created anywhere in the world. It once housed thousands

of citizens. Arguably, it had the most advanced Architecture of its

time. There were double storey homes, with their own water supply.

Only around 10% of the Bah site has been excavated, the most impressive

are the streets and the urban planning. The lower town for the

working classes and another town for the wealthy. You can see some

of the splendour and the elite of the city would have lived ever

there and some of those walls are thousands of years old. But there

were similar walls on this mound as well. Over the last ten years or so,

they have crumbled and they are now nothing more than a pile of bricks.

There are real concerns that without proper conservation, more

of this incredible start -- site could go the same way. Sold,

atmospheric moister and rain are eating away at the base of the

walls. The Pakistani authorities have done very little to

effectively protects them. 8 in the museum he was looted, with many of

the most valuable outbacks going missing. Humidity, and direct

sunlight. This doctor is one of Pakistan's most eminent

archaeologists and she has looked on in despair at the decline for

many years. But she says that the deterioration has accelerated of

late because of poor conservation. There is a drastic change and is

quite upsetting. I think that the real white silk -- archaeologists

would be upset. I think that if it goes on like this, it won't survive.

The local government says that it is forming a plan to save the site,

but time is fast running out to stop the greatest archaeological

treasure of Pakistan being lost forever start -- forever. You

probably do not associate the Olympics with cricket but it did

make one appearance at the Paris Games in 1,800. A team from England

beat a side from France and 112 years later, that piece of sporting

history has been re- created. We went along to watch. In the grounds

of a French chateau, a very English setting. Armed with a fait a fine

crop of tea, the air cricketers are a key to mark a unique as a

boarding -- sporting occasion. The stage is set for the rematch of the

1,900 Olympic cricket final between England and the reigning silver

medallists, France. By sleaze do can say that he wants something

today. Today, to wander -- on a London 2012, the MCC are playing a

France selecting, young, improving Ante keen to pit their wits against

experience opposition. It is a big- match and it is a good chance Russ

as well. In 1,900, the French side was drawn from the two best cricket

clubs in Paris. They played an English team from the West Country.

It was the only time that cricket could be played at the Olympics,

and it was just as well that England prevailed. It was said that

all those years ago, in 1,900, that France is never going to be much

good at cricket, because they are too excitable, and they cannot set

their minds to the job. Or France have done wonderful things in sport

at the use -- over the years and that is why I am so delighted that

they are bringing cricket into French schools and that is for

women as well as men. How do you direct a Frenchman to deep backward

square leg? I can tell you, because I had this book that creates the

wonderful language of cricket into French. For instance, a leg-spinner

is a prowler. And how about this one? A wicket maiden, a crowned

Virgin. Sadly, on this occasion, the French batsmen showed some of

the same over exuberance that defined their team in 1,900 and we

are -- they were dismissed for 74. 112 years of history, the French

were still be worried -- runners up, but it is not going to be long