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different numbers to crunch. There will be more on that and all the | :00:01. | :00:05. | |
day's stories on the channel throughout the night. Now on BBC | :00:05. | :00:15. | |
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Welcome to Reporters. I'm cash and Madeira. From here in the world's | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
newsroom we sent out correspondence to bring you the best stories from | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
across the globe. -- we send out correspondents. We report from | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
northern Nigeria on the toxic legacy of gold mining. Fergal Keane | :00:39. | :00:46. | |
meets the Syrian teenage graffiti artists whose slogans helped to | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
ignite the revolution. And revving up the crowds in South Africa. We | :00:51. | :00:59. | |
go round in circles with the spinners are Johannesburg. We start | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
in Northern Nigeria where hundreds of children have died and thousands | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
of others have been infected in one of the worst cases of lead | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
poisoning in the world. In the last four years around 460 children | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
under the age of five have died from their exposure in the province | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
are, where properties different ed communities have resorted to | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
illegally mining gold -- poverty stricken communities. We report | :01:26. | :01:31. | |
from one of the worst-affected villages. Some of the worst | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
affected victims of the lead poisoning crisis. Symptoms here | :01:35. | :01:42. | |
include paralysis and even brain damage. In the village four-year- | :01:42. | :01:50. | |
old can neither here nor speak. Her mother says they used to process | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
cold at home and this is how her daughter was contaminated. -- Col. | :01:56. | :02:01. | |
Has rich gold deposits. These miners take incredible risks | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
spending days underground trying to dig their way out of poverty. They | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
bring the rocks here for processing. But there's a high concentration of | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
extremely toxic lead in the dust that is released. Experts say that | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
the levels are the highest in the world. A lot of the processing used | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
to happen here in the village. Even now the men are bringing the dust | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
back home on their tools and clothes. For the children this | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
creates a poisonous playground. At least eight villagers in this area | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
have been contaminated in what has been one of the world's worst cases | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
of lead poisoning. Hundreds of children have died and thousands | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
more have been left needing urgent medical attention. Here that | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
includes more than half of all children under six. This treatment | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
centre is run by the age group doctors Without borders. Children | :02:54. | :02:59. | |
receive medication which helps to clear the lead from their bodies. - | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
- age group. This can take 15 years. Aid groups worried that the | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
government may not have the capacity to take over this | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
treatment. The Minister of Health and the Federal Minister of Health, | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
they are not active on the ground. We have not seen them. LED | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
treatment is complicated. It needs a lot of training. To the | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
government denies the accusation and puts the blame back on the | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
community itself. This is a man- made disaster. It is not a natural | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
disaster. Illegal mining is the only reason for this. Lack of | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
awareness is behind it. We have got to take action. Government will | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
continue to take all steps to protect the lives and well being of | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
these people. Efforts are now under way to clean up the environment. | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
Toxic soil is replaced with clean earth. It is slow work, partly | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
because they don't have the equipment the government was | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
supposed to supply. Medical help can only be given once all the | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
poisonous soil has been removed, and that hasn't happened in village. | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
Aid agencies and villagers asking why the government has not been | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
treating this as an emergency, because that's what it is. Gold | :04:19. | :04:24. | |
mining may be lucrative, but leg is proving to be a highly damaging by | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
product. As long as mining is allowed to continue thousands of | :04:28. | :04:38. | |
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The conflict in Syria is now in its third year. It's thought and 70,000 | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
people have lost their lives during that time. The catalyst seems to be | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
the moment where a young schoolboy is painted anti-regime graffiti on | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
a wall in the City of Dera'a -- where young schoolboys. Their | :04:56. | :05:02. | |
subsequent torture and death caused The likes of Dera'a, the city where | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
schoolboys helps to ignite a revolution -- lights. On this | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
nondescript wall they sprayed the most daring worst imaginable, the | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
call for the end of the regime. -- words. Now two years on many of | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
those responsible for that graffiti are scattered into exile. These | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
boys of Dera'a hold hands, a sign of the friendship forged by | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
dramatic events. They were 13 and 14 when they watched the Arab | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
Spring unfolding on television. TRANSLATION: We came out of school | :05:38. | :05:42. | |
and saw Libya and other countries' names on the walls. So we bought | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
spray tans and rode our names, and called for the downfall of the Al | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
Assad regime. -- wrote to. What were you thinking when you did | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
that? We thought we were playing, it was also UN. 15 other boys from | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
the school were arrested and tortured -- it was for fun. That | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
led to the biggest demonstrations the regime face. Dera'a became the | :06:07. | :06:11. | |
cockpit of revolt. But for some local boy is it meant torture and | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
death. 15-year-old Hamza al-Khateeb was brutally beaten and his body | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
was mutilated -- boys. Tahmer al- Shari, also 15, was tortured and | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
killed. On both sides of this conflict the young have been | :06:25. | :06:33. | |
traumatised. The UN has warned of a lost generation of Syrian children. | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
TRANSLATION: My childhood has been lost. Many houses, including mine, | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
have been destroyed. I want to go back to Syria. And children from | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
Dera'a are still fleeing. These boys attend the UN school at | :06:56. | :07:00. | |
Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The schools they left behind are unable | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
to function. 12-year-old Moussa wants to be a maths teacher and | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
speaks hopefully of going home. TRANSLATION: I'm encouraging myself | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
and my family not to be scared, and not to be surprised by what we will | :07:15. | :07:21. | |
find when we come back. When we go back. There's far more certainty | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
among children than adults. They have suffered much, but something | :07:25. | :07:34. | |
of the original spirit of Dera'a Now here's a shocking statistic | :07:34. | :07:38. | |
which sheds light on a hidden problem. In India every two hours a | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
woman dies of an abortion that goes wrong. The stigma associated with | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
pregnancy, especially where the foetus is a girl, often leads women | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
to backstreet abortion clinics where treatment is illegal and | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
unsafe. Sanjoy Majumder has been to Maharashtra, and a warning, this | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
report is harrowing. Terrified and traumatised. This 22-year-old was | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
raped in her village. It's taken her a long time to find help. This | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
clinic is 90 kilometres away from her home. She is five months | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
pregnant and desperate for an abortion of her unborn child. | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
Completely illegal in India, but almost impossible to achieve for | :08:24. | :08:32. | |
many. TRANSLATION: I went to many doctors. But they all refused to | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
help me. I'm too frightened to speak about it openly in my village. | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
It will shame of my family and no- one will marry me. -- shame my | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
family. Many Indian women are forced to accept any available help | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
from unqualified, sometimes unscrupulous doctors. And when they | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
eventually get to a proper medical facility like this one they are | :08:58. | :09:07. | |
often critically ill. Then the Asian becomes serious and they go | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
into shock -- patient. They go into septicaemia and they died. Every | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
two hours a woman dies in India... Because of an abortion that has | :09:18. | :09:24. | |
gone horribly wrong. The result of ignorance, especially about the law, | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
made worse by social attitudes. It's in communities like is that | :09:28. | :09:34. | |
the problem is most acute. Much of rural India is cut off from quality | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
healthcare. Because it is socially conservative there's a real stigma | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
attached to the issue. So if a woman from here wants to get an | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
abortion it's quite difficult for her to find a doctor whose either | :09:48. | :09:57. | |
qualified or even willing to carry it out. -- who is either. Some are | :09:57. | :10:03. | |
trying to change that. This doctor talks through a particularly | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
difficult procedure to his young trainees. His patient has had an | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
abortion elsewhere, but has developed medical complications. | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
Nurses comfort her as the doctor tries to repair the damage. India's | :10:18. | :10:21. | |
healthcare system is failing its women because of poor awareness, | :10:21. | :10:28. | |
prejudice and apathy, especially towards those who need it most. | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
Back at the clinic the young woman will survive, even be able to have | :10:32. | :10:42. | |
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children again. But there are It's almost a year since Nicolas | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
Sarkozy left office, losing an election that became a referendum | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
on his style and personality. And he was replaced of course by the | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
man they dubbed Mr Normal, Francois Hollande. The ex-president is now | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
under investigation over illegal party funding. But as Mr Hollande's | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
popularity wanes, the polls are suggesting a possible surprise | :11:05. | :11:14. | |
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He left the Palace pledging never to return. Less than a year on, | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
polls suggest that if an election was held today, the former | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
President would trounce the incumbents Francois Hollande. Since | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
May, his appearances have been few and far between. He is still the | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
preferred candidate for 2017. not exactly in, he is not | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
absolutely out. He lets everybody understand what they want. Some of | :11:45. | :11:51. | |
his supporters think the boy back. Others say it is not possible. | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
it in his favour? In a way. The French have long endorsed in a | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
soldier for the ex-presidents. Perhaps it is not Nicolas Sarkozy | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
day and four, his energy rather. His chances of a comeback will | :12:05. | :12:13. | |
depend on his ability to be a complete reversal of the last | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
presidential campaign. Francois Hollande customers of this is to | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
normal. Amid the conception that he is to normal, the attitude of | :12:22. | :12:28. | |
Nicolas Sarkozy has taken on a new low were. There is a potential | :12:28. | :12:36. | |
problem. Magistrates in Bordeaux are investigating allegations he | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
took illegal party donations. So high are the stakes that the | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
investigating judge even received a death threat, a bullet in the post. | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
TRANSLATION: Politicians must be aware that in democracy, justice | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
and judges must be respected. There will be violence an controlled | :12:58. | :13:03. | |
reactions to the kind of rhetoric we have heard. Equally poisonous | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
was the leadership battle to replace Nicolas Sarkozy. The new | :13:09. | :13:14. | |
leader has been bitterly contested. While he remains in charge for now, | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
a failed contest needs the strike leaves the door open. Nicolas | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
Sarkozy is there in the mind of everybody. He knows that and is | :13:23. | :13:32. | |
playing it well. He will have these people talk in his own place. | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
primaries to pick the next candidate would come until 2016. It | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
will give Nicolas Sarkozy plenty of time to clear his name. He is a | :13:41. | :13:48. | |
wily campaigner. In Pakistan, it is unprecedented | :13:48. | :13:55. | |
for a woman from a tribal area to take part in elections, until now. | :13:55. | :13:59. | |
One woman is standing as an independent in the upcoming | :13:59. | :14:02. | |
elections in one of the two constituencies of the northernmost | :14:02. | :14:12. | |
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part of Pakistan's tribal region. Getting ready to meet the voters, a | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
new face in politics in the tribal region. She is stepping outside of | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
her home and into the political arena. It is a historic journey in | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
a place where women do not go far without male permission. She hits | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
the campaign trail with a female relatives by her side. On the | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
doorsteps, she is getting a warm reception from local women. She is | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
already sounding like a seasoned politician. Give me your vote, she | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
says. After that, I will try to solve your problems. She says | :14:50. | :14:57. | |
women's needs will be top of her agenda. There is a lot of poverty | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
here, she told us. Women have no health and education facilities. I | :15:02. | :15:09. | |
want to tackle this. Women and men are equal. In this conservative | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
region, she may struggle to win a seat. She is an independent | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
candidate with no party machine. On the streets, some local men are | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
ready to back her. TRANSLATION: It is good that a woman from our area | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
is standing. It is really important. I am planning to vote for her and | :15:29. | :15:36. | |
help us succeed. This house worth who cannot read or write once more | :15:36. | :15:43. | |
girls' schools, in an area where militants keep on the strain. She | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
is treading a risky path. This pioneering woman says her safety is | :15:47. | :15:56. | |
in the hands of God. Increasing numbers of the Iranians are | :15:57. | :16:01. | |
settling in the former Soviet state of Georgia. Some say they are being | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
forced to move because of Iran's poor economy. Others blame | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
persecution by authorities. Overall, Georgia has in the number of | :16:11. | :16:17. | |
foreign visitors arriving increase by 60%. Our correspondent has more. | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
The circulation of this week the magazine for Iranians living in | :16:21. | :16:27. | |
Georgia has quadrupled since it was set up seven months ago. He hopes | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
Iranians settle in Georgia by explaining quarter and four | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
editions, and giving advice on starting business. Its owner says | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
many are moving here because they cannot cope with the inflation in | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
the run. Many say the economy is being hit because of sanctions | :16:41. | :16:48. | |
being imposed by the West's. Georgette is an attractive option | :16:48. | :16:56. | |
for some. It is close, and Iranians do not need a visa. There are | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
Iranians with money who like to invest in Georgia. They find | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
Georgia as a business hub at the moment. The economy is growing. | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
This toy manufacturer is one of the many Iranians looking to snap up a | :17:11. | :17:18. | |
business here. He runs a consistency that sees up to 15 | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
people a day, helping Iranians set up a business in Georgia. In Iran, | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
it is getting impossible to do business. The currency is | :17:28. | :17:37. | |
constantly losing value. We buy something today ends in that day, | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
the money will go up and we will lose money. Georgia was once part | :17:42. | :17:49. | |
of an Iranian empire. A lot of home. Georgia hopes that the influx | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
of Iranians will boost the economy. The chairman's to Georgia is how to | :17:54. | :18:00. | |
have a good relationship with Iran without antagonising the US. Some | :18:00. | :18:08. | |
people are a leading Iran because they say they are persecuted there. | :18:08. | :18:15. | |
They are handing out the Bible in Farsi. That is impossible in Iran. | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
This critic claims he spent 40 days in solitary confinement and was | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
beaten by police. If you are a Muslim and you convert to | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
Christianity, this government will cause problems in Iran. You can go | :18:30. | :18:37. | |
to prison easily. For these new arrivals it is hard to find work. | :18:37. | :18:41. | |
Employment -- unemployment is high in Georgia. At least they have | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
found a place where they can freely express a religion and opinions. | :18:48. | :18:52. | |
Rip up engines, fast cars and daring stunts used to be a ritual | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
associated with South African Dexter's in the 1990s. Since being | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
made legal, motor spinning has become one of the country's fast- | :19:02. | :19:12. | |
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growing motor sports. Our correspondent has more. If you are | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
a driving instructor, look away now. In South Africa's townships, | :19:18. | :19:25. | |
spinning is the big craze. This gives burning rubber a new meaning. | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
Within minutes, reckless drivers called spinners take a driving | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
passion to Dearing levels in spectacular fashion. It started in | :19:37. | :19:43. | |
the township many years ago. There is not one specific township that | :19:43. | :19:46. | |
start of the sport. If we look at South Africa as a whole, almost | :19:46. | :19:52. | |
every township has got a spinning crew, a legacy and somebody is a | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
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legend that people look up to. many covered one of South Africa's | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
most finest spinners. Because I'm in the car with him, he has | :20:09. | :20:17. | |
sure about that right now. If it hadn't been for the sport, he says | :20:17. | :20:26. | |
his life would have turned out differently. Personally for me as I | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
get into the sport I would go round the block doing tricks and a | :20:30. | :20:36. | |
practice. I enjoy the sport, it keeps me busy. A lot of guys in the | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
neighbourhood are doing the wrong thing, drugs, housebreaking, | :20:39. | :20:47. | |
stealing. Spinning has become a legalise spectator sport. It | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
started as against a ritual in the country's townships. It has a | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
fearsome reputation. In the 1990s, one against a was killed, his | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
friends would steal a car, spinet at his funeral, and then set it | :21:01. | :21:11. | |
alight. Behind the scenes, an army of mechanics are working constantly | :21:11. | :21:21. | |
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