:00:19. > :00:22.able to attend. If We report from the Sinai desert
:00:22. > :00:30.where a fence is being built to stop Islamist extremists crossing
:00:30. > :00:35.into Israel from Egypt. We meet the only Afghan athlete at
:00:35. > :00:37.the Paralympics in London. Learning the hard way, we report
:00:37. > :00:47.from the amazing self-taught musicians in the National Youth
:00:47. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:58.Orchestra of Iraq. Israel's defence minister has
:00:58. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:10.praised Egypt's efforts to stop militants in the Sinai desert. Last
:01:10. > :01:14.month armed insurgents staged a raid into Israel's territory.
:01:14. > :01:20.Israel fears that the new government will be less interested
:01:20. > :01:26.in maintaining control. If good fences make good neighbours,
:01:26. > :01:31.Israel-Egypt are looking like very good neighbours. The Israeli
:01:31. > :01:41.government is working on a 240 kilometre fence. The aim, to keep
:01:41. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:47.the uncertainties of the Arab Spring safely on the other side. On
:01:47. > :01:56.the Israeli side they are working the potato fields as normal. In
:01:56. > :02:01.August, Islamists crashed through the fence near these fields. They
:02:02. > :02:05.were intercepted and killed. The attack has changed the atmosphere.
:02:05. > :02:11.This has always been called the Peace Fence. We have never been
:02:11. > :02:21.threatened from Sinai. We hope this is an isolated incident and it
:02:21. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:27.doesn't happen again. For more than 30 years the peace treaty has kept
:02:27. > :02:37.this border quiet. It never created warm relationships, but it meant an
:02:37. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:53.absence of conflict. Things are now Four times Israel and Egypt went to
:02:53. > :02:56.war in the Sinai desert. These images from 1967. When they finally
:02:56. > :03:06.stopped fighting in 1969 it brought a kind of stability to the Middle
:03:06. > :03:08.
:03:08. > :03:11.East. -- 1979. The frontier between Egypt and Israel is long and lonely.
:03:11. > :03:18.Israelis see it as a soft target for any extremists trying to cross
:03:19. > :03:22.it. They trusted Hosni Mubarak to keep the border quiet. Now that
:03:22. > :03:30.Egypt has a President from the Muslim Brotherhood, they are not so
:03:30. > :03:40.sure. At this Red Sea resort, which is on the border, it is business as
:03:40. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:47.usual. In the hills above the town, an anti-missile battery keeps watch.
:03:47. > :03:56.TRANSLATION: Peace suits everyone. The Egyptians have poured billions
:03:56. > :04:00.of dollars into tourism. I hope they protect that investment. We
:04:00. > :04:05.will certainly protect ourselves. Israel got decades of stability and
:04:05. > :04:15.of peace in the Sinai. On the border, they watch anxiously for
:04:15. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:19.signs of change. More than 4,000 athletes are in
:04:19. > :04:22.London competing for the Paralympics. One weightlifter from
:04:22. > :04:32.Afghanistan stands out for his determination to succeed despite of
:04:32. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:39.difficulties back home. Fahim Rahimi has made it to the
:04:39. > :04:42.Paralympics but he shouldered his burden on his own. This
:04:43. > :04:48.weightlifter has got no coach, no financial support, he can only use
:04:48. > :04:58.the gym in Kabul because they do not charge him. He had his leg
:04:58. > :04:58.
:04:58. > :05:02.blown off by a mine in Afghanistan's civil war. No
:05:03. > :05:08.sophisticated prosthetics here. He still has the plastic one he was
:05:08. > :05:12.given by the Red Cross. TRANSLATION: Every young person
:05:12. > :05:16.hopes they will do something for their country. I want to fly the
:05:17. > :05:20.Afghan flag all over the world. It is a big thing for one of us to go
:05:20. > :05:24.to the Paralympics. Fahim Rahimi is the only athlete who will represent
:05:24. > :05:28.Afghanistan. One success story in a country where there are so many sad
:05:28. > :05:35.tales. This is how amputees can end up, beggars on the streets. Thanks
:05:35. > :05:40.to war, their numbers are being added to all the time. This 18-
:05:40. > :05:44.year-old was paralysed just a few weeks ago. He was hit by shrapnel
:05:44. > :05:54.from a Taliban rocket. His ambitions do not extend to the
:05:54. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:02.Paralympics yet. He just wants to be able to move around by himself.
:06:02. > :06:09.But there is help at hand. The Red Cross factory, the place that gave
:06:09. > :06:12.Fahim Rahimi his leg, is producing 15,000 artificial limbs a year. In
:06:12. > :06:16.Afghanistan there are thought to be tens of thousands of people who
:06:16. > :06:19.have been made disabled by many years of conflict. These people are
:06:19. > :06:27.just learning to use their new prosthetic limbs. They will need
:06:28. > :06:31.care in some form or other for the rest of their lives. But sport is
:06:31. > :06:38.starting to be seen as a factor that could make a difference for
:06:38. > :06:44.Afghanistan's disabled. There has been a profound change in those who
:06:44. > :06:48.have taken it up. They were not convinced to be able to do anything.
:06:48. > :06:58.Rather than just dragging around, now they have seen they can be
:06:58. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:02.players, champions, heroes in a way. Fahim Rahimi says he will not be
:07:02. > :07:12.satisfied with anything other than a medal, but he is already an
:07:12. > :07:16.
:07:16. > :07:21.inspiration to those in Afghanistan. Jordan's coach to the polls in
:07:21. > :07:31.October to elect a new parliament. -- the people of Georgia go to the
:07:31. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:37.polls. A new party funded by a billionaire tycoon has emerged. The
:07:37. > :07:41.fight is getting nasty. In his James Bond-style fortress
:07:41. > :07:46.overlooking the capital, Georgia's richest man keeps his billion-
:07:46. > :07:50.dollar art collection. But some of the pieces are replicas. The
:07:50. > :07:56.original site kept in London. He says that as Opposition leader he
:07:56. > :08:01.is being targeted by the Government. He fears is it could be seized. The
:08:01. > :08:08.authorities have fined him more than $200 million. Allegedly for
:08:08. > :08:12.illegally funding is part me. -- his party. He says it is the
:08:12. > :08:16.president's way of crushing opponents. TRANSLATION: He has
:08:16. > :08:20.managed to persuade the US and Europe he is building a real
:08:20. > :08:28.democracy. Nothing like that is happening in this country. He is
:08:28. > :08:35.popular among older and poorer voters. He do it so for $100
:08:35. > :08:40.million to charity. -- donates over. He says the government does not do
:08:40. > :08:45.enough to combat poverty. Opposition Mac campaign officers
:08:45. > :08:49.are springing over the country. But the government says that he is
:08:49. > :08:58.tampering with the political landscape. His actions are nothing
:08:58. > :09:04.more than voter breviary. bribery. It is a risky thing for a
:09:04. > :09:13.Georgia's development at towards democracy. When he came to power in
:09:13. > :09:18.2003, the President swept aside the Soviet-era elite. He made the
:09:18. > :09:23.streets safe. There are fears that without him the country would slip
:09:23. > :09:28.back into chaos. His ruling party is ahead in the polls and is seen
:09:28. > :09:34.as moderate and pro-Western. The biggest test is whether the
:09:34. > :09:40.government can treat the opposition fairly.
:09:40. > :09:45.The government of Mali in West Africa is calling on the
:09:45. > :09:53.international community to help combat Islamist extremists who have
:09:54. > :09:58.taken over two-thirds of the country.
:09:58. > :10:04.We were allowed to spend some time with the Mali Army.
:10:04. > :10:14.On patrol with the Mali Army. This heavily armed convoy is on the
:10:14. > :10:15.
:10:15. > :10:20.lookout for Islamist insurgents. They have kicked Mali's honey from
:10:20. > :10:27.the north of the country. Their commander admits that the morale is
:10:27. > :10:33.low. He insists that his nation will win the fight to come. Without
:10:33. > :10:38.any external assistance we can't fully deal with this situation.
:10:38. > :10:45.Training is being stepped up. But taking the north without new funds
:10:45. > :10:50.and equipment is way off target. The patrol has stopped. The reason
:10:50. > :10:58.for that is that beyond this point, the land is under the control of
:10:58. > :11:04.Al-Qaeda Link Islamic extremists. In the capital, politicians doubt
:11:04. > :11:08.that Mali can face the extremists alone. They have been trained to
:11:08. > :11:17.face these kinds of people. But we do not have the numbers, equipment
:11:17. > :11:23.or training. People have little to sing about here. This volunteer
:11:23. > :11:31.militia is driven by locals. Many of these people fled their homes in
:11:31. > :11:35.the north. Now they want them back. What they lack in weapons, they
:11:36. > :11:41.make up for in enthusiasm. TRANSLATION: I am here for the
:11:41. > :11:47.laugh of my country. I want to help our fighters, mothers, sisters and
:11:47. > :11:55.brothers. I do not worry about being killed because the blood that
:11:55. > :11:59.has already been shed is part of me. The West African regional bloc is
:11:59. > :12:06.offering to put 3,000 boots on the ground. It lacks international
:12:06. > :12:16.funding to get them there. This should worry the world, a spokesman
:12:16. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:23.says. All of the region is in danger. All of Africa is in danger.
:12:23. > :12:28.More than 2,000 people in Mali flee to neighbouring regions. It is
:12:28. > :12:38.already a regional problem. Military intervention could soon
:12:38. > :12:40.
:12:40. > :12:46.Half of the 4 million foreigners in Malaysia are thought to be illegal
:12:46. > :12:52.immigrants. The government has begun to offer amnesty and work
:12:52. > :13:00.visas last year. The amnesty deadline has passed and there are
:13:00. > :13:04.still many illegals working in the country.
:13:04. > :13:09.A wake-up call at 2am at a construction site. Immigration
:13:09. > :13:14.officials are on the hunt for illegal workers. This man try to
:13:14. > :13:21.hide underneath the bed. He does not have the proper documents says
:13:21. > :13:29.the officer. Some did not have time to put on shoes. All of the workers
:13:29. > :13:35.have been rounded up on this construction site. You can see some
:13:35. > :13:40.people who have got the wristbands, they tried to run away from the
:13:40. > :13:45.officials when they were doing the cheque. This raid could have been
:13:45. > :13:49.avoided. Last year the government began offering illegal immigrants
:13:49. > :13:54.amnesty and work payments if they registered with officials.
:13:54. > :13:57.Employers say the system was poorly set up. By the time the amnesty
:13:57. > :14:06.ended in April, one million illegals were still outside the
:14:06. > :14:13.system. Selmar admits she is one of them. She is terrified of being
:14:13. > :14:18.deported back to Indonesia, her job is all she has. I tried to become
:14:18. > :14:23.legal, I could not afford the registration fees. I have no
:14:23. > :14:28.savings. It these immigrants will spend the night in detention.
:14:28. > :14:38.Foreign workers are often blamed for crime and for keeping wages are
:14:38. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:50.low. Malaysia is short of labour. Industries like pig farming rely on
:14:50. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:02.foreigners. Most of collations are Muslim and consider peaks dirty. --
:15:02. > :15:07.Malaysians. He earns two times more here than he does at Indonesia. He
:15:08. > :15:13.has now been legalised. Before I had a work permit I was worried I
:15:13. > :15:19.would be arrested or deported. I never left this farm and I felt
:15:19. > :15:24.trapped. Now I have been legalised I can go out. But his legal status
:15:24. > :15:29.in Malaysia is temporary. Once the visa expires next year the
:15:29. > :15:32.government expects these foreigners to go back. So long as immigrants
:15:32. > :15:36.and a better immigrant -- a better living here than back home, some
:15:36. > :15:46.say there will be plenty of illegals willing to replace these
:15:46. > :15:49.workers. The idea of growing grapes and making wine in a tropical
:15:49. > :15:54.region was laughed that for years by international experts. As the
:15:54. > :16:04.popularity of drinking wine has grown in Asia, so has the desire to
:16:04. > :16:12.
:16:13. > :16:19.make it. We report from Thailand. On the edge of a national park in
:16:19. > :16:23.the hills of Bangkok, one of four vineyards in Khao Yai. The owners
:16:23. > :16:31.have ambitious plans to rescue a product that ten years ago was a
:16:31. > :16:36.culinary joke. Wine connoisseurs have regarded Thailand's wine and
:16:36. > :16:45.short of unprintable. And vineyards like is that awful reputation is
:16:45. > :16:50.being turned around. Our climate is not for grapes. Undaunted, she is
:16:50. > :16:55.growing them all the same. Just 25 years-old, she is the daughter of
:16:55. > :17:04.the estate owner. She was trained in Australia. She has managed to
:17:04. > :17:10.sidestep many of the articles for making wine in the tropics. --
:17:10. > :17:16.obstacles. We have had graduates from overseas who have been
:17:16. > :17:26.educated overseas and properly trained. We came back and started
:17:26. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:31.to improve the techniques in the vineyards and the winery. To make
:17:31. > :17:39.our once more complex. Changing the habits of wine-drinkers will take
:17:39. > :17:49.time. This restaurant stocks 220 different types of wine. None of
:17:49. > :17:51.
:17:52. > :18:01.them are from Thailand. The wind belong to the Roman Empire. In
:18:01. > :18:06.Thailand... They do such a good job. -- wine belonged. They are not
:18:06. > :18:16.there yet in terms of consistency will stop they have to work more on
:18:16. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:29.it. -- consistency. In the short time, Thailand's industry will have
:18:29. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:39.to be happy with picking up awards. Learning an instrument is hard
:18:39. > :18:43.enough, to do it when you are scared for your life and without
:18:43. > :18:46.any teachers, that makes it a very difficult task. For one group of
:18:46. > :18:50.teenagers in Iraq, music practice was not homework, it was an escape
:18:50. > :18:55.from a world of car bombs and chaos. We have been to meet the group
:18:55. > :19:01.dubbed the world's greatest musicians. The National Youth
:19:01. > :19:05.Orchestra of Iraq prepare for their first concert in Britain. I am a
:19:05. > :19:15.cellist. Teenagers can get up to all sorts of forbidden things in
:19:15. > :19:19.
:19:20. > :19:24.secret. Tuqa took up the cello, a girl playing a Western instrument,
:19:25. > :19:30.she lives in fear. When I first started it was very hard for a girl
:19:30. > :19:40.to play music. I had to walk far from my school. The cello case is
:19:40. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:54.very big. People would always notice what I was carrying. Zuhal
:19:54. > :20:01.grew up in Baghdad. In 2003 when Britain and America invaded, that
:20:01. > :20:10.was the end of music lessons. But she persevered. I download sheet
:20:10. > :20:16.music. I practise and play. teacher? No. She has formed an
:20:16. > :20:18.orchestra, auditions are sent in on YouTube. Because learning an
:20:18. > :20:24.instrument is difficult enough, learning instrument in Iraq over
:20:24. > :20:27.the last ten years, you can only begin to understand the problems.
:20:27. > :20:31.Some of them discovered their instruments by watching something
:20:31. > :20:38.on the television and falling in love with it. They had to ask their
:20:38. > :20:41.friends, what is the name of that instrument? They some have got hold
:20:41. > :20:44.of one, usually a pretty poor one, they downloaded the fingering from
:20:44. > :20:52.the internet. They taught themselves to play. I am a flute
:20:52. > :21:02.player. How long have you have been playing? Five years. Have you ever
:21:02. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:17.had a teacher? No. I am a double bass player. Again, no lessons. He
:21:17. > :21:24.just watched videos on YouTube. During a ten-minute break during
:21:24. > :21:33.rehearsals, it is suddenly party time. Too many here grew up indoors,