:00:00. > :00:17.British and Belgium school children. Time for Reporters.
:00:18. > :00:27.Welcome to Reporters. We send out correspondence to bring you the best
:00:28. > :00:34.stories from across the globe. In this week's programme ` a report on
:00:35. > :00:39.the race to get venues ready for the World Cup finals in Rozelle.
:00:40. > :00:47.TRANSLATION: There won't be enough hotel rooms for the fans. Inside
:00:48. > :00:52.story. China closes its forced labour cams. We talked away person
:00:53. > :00:57.about her years of abuse. The guards beat me after it refused to do more
:00:58. > :01:03.work. They covered my mouth and pulled my hair. They punched me.
:01:04. > :01:08.Torn between East and West. Steve Rosenberg reports on protests in
:01:09. > :01:16.Ukraine as Kiev was in EU trade deal on hold. On the hunt for the goose a
:01:17. > :01:22.call. Tom joins those prepared to risk life and limb for the Spanish
:01:23. > :01:32.seafood delicacy. These rather ugly looking things fetch a high price at
:01:33. > :01:38.auction. Drums, dancers, and dunes. Musicians from around the world at
:01:39. > :01:45.the festival in the desert. Everyone was dancing. It was wonderful music.
:01:46. > :01:48.It has produced some of the world's greatest footballers but the big
:01:49. > :01:56.question is, will bristle give us a great World Cup? Seven months to go
:01:57. > :01:59.until the finals begin. Organises only have a few weeks left to get
:02:00. > :02:04.all the stadiums ready. The governing body of world football,
:02:05. > :02:07.FIFA has to want that there will be no compromise over the deadline for
:02:08. > :02:11.the delivery of World Cup venues by the end of December. There was also
:02:12. > :02:16.concerned at this week after a train collects the killing two people in
:02:17. > :02:25.Sao Paulo at the stadium. Two construction sites. They are
:02:26. > :02:33.struggling to meet deadlines. It is the rainy season and they are up
:02:34. > :02:40.against the clock trying to finish this arena before FIFA's strict
:02:41. > :02:45.deadline. The roof still isn't finished. Only half of the seats are
:02:46. > :02:52.installed. When the skies open, almost everything comes to a
:02:53. > :02:56.standstill. This is being built with ?200 million of public money. Even
:02:57. > :03:00.though the local team really attracts more than 3000 fans,
:03:01. > :03:12.officials say the expense is justified. TRANSLATION: This brings
:03:13. > :03:18.us motivation to move past the challenges we have had. If they are
:03:19. > :03:25.confident about making it, more than 1000 miles to the south, this is the
:03:26. > :03:30.situation which is much more critical. And about seven months,
:03:31. > :03:36.Stephen could be leading his English team up the steps of on side perhaps
:03:37. > :03:45.Lionel Messi for Argentina in a vital match. There are doubts
:03:46. > :03:49.whether this stadium will be ready. A huge building site, another arena
:03:50. > :03:55.built with public money in a remote part of Brazil. No pitch, no seats,
:03:56. > :03:57.no roof. This is a gamble to use the World Cup as a beacon for
:03:58. > :04:04.development and it may have backfired. Local officials are
:04:05. > :04:08.admitting that they won't make deadline. TRANSLATION: We should be
:04:09. > :04:14.finished between the 15th and 20th of January. This is a local official
:04:15. > :04:17.in charge of the stadium. You almost casually adds that there won't be
:04:18. > :04:25.enough hotel rooms for the fans but the city will manage. Now, there
:04:26. > :04:30.won't be a World Cup, is the cry from the streets and met increasing
:04:31. > :04:40.angry at and so much public money being spent on new stadiums. The way
:04:41. > :04:46.the money is being handled, there is corruption. It is not in our
:04:47. > :04:49.interests. Tear gas and rubber bullets have been used by police.
:04:50. > :04:53.Some protesters have resorted to violence. Organises said the
:04:54. > :05:00.demonstrations will continue throughout the World Cup. Brazilians
:05:01. > :05:05.love of football and many say the country needs the investment and the
:05:06. > :05:13.new stadiums. FIFA has some tough decisions to make.
:05:14. > :05:17.Re`education through labour camps is a clumsy title for a brutal system.
:05:18. > :05:21.It has allowed Chinese police to send people to prison for up to form
:05:22. > :05:28.a key is without a trial and with little chance of appeal. People have
:05:29. > :05:35.and in this way since the 1950s across China. Beijing says it will
:05:36. > :05:36.abolish the camps. We have spoken to a former inmate who wrote a diary of
:05:37. > :05:47.her abuse. TRANSLATION: This is a secret diary smuggled out
:05:48. > :05:51.of a labour camp. It was written by this woman, documenting the horror
:05:52. > :05:55.of her detention. Snatched off the streets by police following a land
:05:56. > :06:00.dispute, she was locked up for two years. Forced to make coats for the
:06:01. > :06:08.military, she still pieces of cloth to write her diary. It is a rollcall
:06:09. > :06:13.of her abuse. TRANSLATION: The guard started beating me after I refused
:06:14. > :06:17.to do more work. They covered my mouth, pulled my hair, then they
:06:18. > :06:23.punched me. They told me, this is what happens of a don't follow
:06:24. > :06:26.orders. Established over half a century ago, China's network of
:06:27. > :06:35.re`education camps was initially used to house political opponents.
:06:36. > :06:43.Some people have been detained up to four years without a trial. This man
:06:44. > :06:51.says the closure of the camps is good news. TRANSLATION: The reality
:06:52. > :06:57.is that dissidents will still be dealt with harshly but by different
:06:58. > :07:06.means. For those like this woman, it is impossible to forget what they
:07:07. > :07:10.lived through. TRANSLATION: They treated us like animals but we are
:07:11. > :07:15.human beings. We just want to be citizens and have our rights that
:07:16. > :07:19.everyone else. By abolishing the camps, the Communist parties as it
:07:20. > :07:25.is promoting the rule of law but at the same time it, China's leaders
:07:26. > :07:33.are attracting dissent. Many like that woman believed the party will
:07:34. > :07:37.still find a way of locking them up. Ukraine is a nation torn between
:07:38. > :07:41.East and West. It is divided over whether to forge closer links with
:07:42. > :07:45.Europe or the look eastwards and join Russia's economic bloc. A
:07:46. > :07:49.decision to put on hold an historic trade deal with the EU last week led
:07:50. > :07:57.to the biggest anti`government protest since the Orange Revolution
:07:58. > :08:03.in 2004. Russia has been accused of putting political and economic
:08:04. > :08:14.pressure on the Ukraine. It is a story of love and bitter rivalry.
:08:15. > :08:20.Two suitors, want fair Lady. `` won ``one fair lady. The European union
:08:21. > :08:25.and Russia have been competing for closer ties with Kiev but who will
:08:26. > :08:30.she embrace? Ukraine has had a big decision to make. On one hand,
:08:31. > :08:32.should it signed an historic trade agreement with the European Union
:08:33. > :08:36.that would turn this country very much towards Europe, or should it
:08:37. > :08:41.look East and join Russia's economic bloc was to mark the pressure on
:08:42. > :08:48.Ukraine to decide one way or the other has been huge. That includes
:08:49. > :08:54.economic pressure. Earlier this year, Russia banned imports from
:08:55. > :08:57.Ukraine's largest confectionery company. The trade restrictions on
:08:58. > :09:01.other Ukrainian companies were made and it is a strong hint that Kiev
:09:02. > :09:08.should think twice before distancing itself from Moscow. The whole world
:09:09. > :09:15.has a clear understanding of this. It is a form of pressure. It is a
:09:16. > :09:22.pressure on Ukraine. It is necessary to teach... To make a decision about
:09:23. > :09:25.our future development. That pressure has had an effect. Last
:09:26. > :09:31.week, Ukraine's government announced it had put on hold the association
:09:32. > :09:36.agreement with the EU. It would concentrate instead on repairing
:09:37. > :09:42.economic ties with Moscow. TRANSLATION: Over last year trade
:09:43. > :09:52.between Russia Ukraine fail by 25%. That is a huge blow. `` fell by. All
:09:53. > :09:57.we got were declarations that Ukraine would profit in the medium
:09:58. > :10:02.to long`term. The government 's decision has sparked anger on the
:10:03. > :10:06.streets. In Kiev, pro` EU protesters have clashed with riot police. They
:10:07. > :10:11.accuse the authorities are dragging Ukraine back to the Soviet Union.
:10:12. > :10:14.They have demanded the release from jail the Opposition Leader and
:10:15. > :10:20.former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The ruling party are not
:10:21. > :10:26.willing to embrace European standards and values in order to
:10:27. > :10:31.play according to the rules of the European Union. These protesters say
:10:32. > :10:35.they will stay on the streets until Ukraine's government chooses a
:10:36. > :10:43.different path. One that leads to Europe.
:10:44. > :10:46.Lebanon with its vibrant nightlife is often seen as one of the more
:10:47. > :10:52.liberal countries of the Middle East. It has a reputation of a
:10:53. > :10:56.predominantly conservative region that has relatively tolerant of gay
:10:57. > :10:59.people. Campaigners say they are increasingly concerned that this is
:11:00. > :11:05.changing. Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that homosexual men are
:11:06. > :11:14.subjected to abuse by police. In the Lebanese capital, our correspondent
:11:15. > :11:20.reports. Beirut comes alive under darkness. It is liberal and modern,
:11:21. > :11:24.London vars and clubs. We masculinity matches stereotypes. The
:11:25. > :11:31.city has an underground gay scene that is private yet very much alive.
:11:32. > :11:35.Lebanon became the first country to declassify homosexuality as a
:11:36. > :11:41.disease that still has legislation which could be used to criminalise
:11:42. > :11:46.homosexuals. Beirut is often thought of as a safe haven for gay people
:11:47. > :11:51.across the Arab world. In countries like Saudi Arabia, being homosexual
:11:52. > :11:55.can lead to the death penalty. Recently, much has happened here it
:11:56. > :12:00.has revealed cracks in the city's liberal facade. There have been
:12:01. > :12:07.claims here that lease have in subject in gay people to intrusive
:12:08. > :12:13.anal testing. This man who does not want to show the space says he was
:12:14. > :12:16.arrested for being gay. He claims doctors conducted an intimate
:12:17. > :12:22.inspection on him to find out if he had had homosexual sex. It was
:12:23. > :12:26.really demeaning. It made me feel I do not have body rights. I was
:12:27. > :12:32.depressed for a long time and very resentful. Human Rights Watch says
:12:33. > :12:37.even though the government has condemned and banned this kind of
:12:38. > :12:42.testing, it is still going on. We are very concerned about the problem
:12:43. > :12:47.of abuse against gays and lesbians and transgender people in Lebanon.
:12:48. > :12:51.The wave which they are treated by wider society and the torture and
:12:52. > :12:57.ill treatment they are subjected to in police cells and in detention. We
:12:58. > :13:05.have documented serious patterns of abuse. Some people insist that
:13:06. > :13:12.homosexuality is wrong. Male and female. This is normal life. Not
:13:13. > :13:15.male and mail or female and female. These kind of use are in line with
:13:16. > :13:26.the religious teachings of Islam but there is an argument here that
:13:27. > :13:31.people should move with the times. A BBC investigation into the online
:13:32. > :13:34.retailer Amazon has uncovered working conditions that an expert
:13:35. > :13:40.says could cause mental and physical illness. Amazon says that staff
:13:41. > :13:48.safety as its number one priority and that official safety inspections
:13:49. > :13:53.have not raised concerns. Through an agency, the undercover worker got a
:13:54. > :13:59.job at the Amazon's vast Swansea warehouse. This business millions of
:14:00. > :14:05.us will shop in their websites, the order comes to a place like this and
:14:06. > :14:10.our reporter's job is to get what you buy from the shelves. The job is
:14:11. > :14:20.controlled by this handset. It seems to each item and counts down how
:14:21. > :14:24.long it thinks he should take. Sometimes, the motion sensor
:14:25. > :14:44.lighting does not work but the handset keeps counting. Information
:14:45. > :14:58.from the handset is sent to the reporter's managers, they can see if
:14:59. > :15:05.he is not going fast enough. We are machines. We are robots. We plugged
:15:06. > :15:09.the scanner and we hold that, but we may as well be plugging it into
:15:10. > :15:17.ourselves. We do not inspire souls. The company says productivity
:15:18. > :15:20.targets are set object of the based on previous performance levels
:15:21. > :15:29.achieved by the workforce. Ad showed the footage of his work to some
:15:30. > :15:33.leading experts on stress at work. It gives you the time to get your
:15:34. > :15:39.next location. The characteristics of this type of job, the evidence
:15:40. > :15:43.shows, increase risk of mental illness and physical illness. Amazon
:15:44. > :15:49.says safety of staff as its number one priority. It says an independent
:15:50. > :15:52.expert appointed by the company advised that the picking job as
:15:53. > :15:57.summer to jobs and many other industries and is not increase the
:15:58. > :16:01.risk of mental and physical illness. Adam has resigned but the company
:16:02. > :16:07.says that in,000 new recruits are joining them over the Christmas
:16:08. > :16:13.period. `` 15,000. They are cold wet and ugly and slimy but in Spain they
:16:14. > :16:19.are a seafood delicacy. Boosting barnacles on the rocky coastline of
:16:20. > :16:23.northern Spain. In the tough economic times today, many Spaniards
:16:24. > :16:33.are prepared to risk life and limb to collect them. Some even prepared
:16:34. > :16:43.to break the law to do so. As the waves crash in, they retreat. But
:16:44. > :16:52.Suzanne and her three says it is always returned to the edge of the
:16:53. > :16:58.rocks. `` three sisters. There they chip away, and pluck a valuable
:16:59. > :17:04.prize from the rocks. Gooseneck barnacles, not even on the menu in
:17:05. > :17:11.much of the world. Here in Spain they are a seafood delicacy. You can
:17:12. > :17:21.see the force of the water currents are extremely strong. It is because
:17:22. > :17:24.of the risk, we are in the far north`west tip of Spain, currents
:17:25. > :17:29.are extremely strong. This is the Atlantic Ocean. Because of the
:17:30. > :17:35.risk, these idly looking things fetch a high price at auction. In
:17:36. > :17:39.tough economic times, more people are collecting them without a
:17:40. > :17:49.licence. Although it is a risky job, it is quick money. So at midnight, a
:17:50. > :17:55.patrol. This man scales the coastline that night vision
:17:56. > :18:07.binoculars. By day, they show us what they had seized. 20 kilos with
:18:08. > :18:10.hundreds of euros of legal catch. But for this man who has been
:18:11. > :18:18.unemployed for two years, collecting barnacles without a licence as a
:18:19. > :18:25.last resort. It means he and his daughter have food to eat. So many
:18:26. > :18:30.people do it, there is no other way for us to learn so we can eat. There
:18:31. > :18:36.are no FAQ is here, only two of work for tourism during the summer. The
:18:37. > :18:41.more barnacles people collect, the less the legal catch pictures that
:18:42. > :18:46.option. And less money for these Spanish sisters who run a risk,
:18:47. > :18:59.gathering their catch and retreating, to avoid the powerful
:19:00. > :19:04.force of the sea. Now for an exotic mixture of drums, dancing and jeans.
:19:05. > :19:10.The fourth ever festival took place in cynical west Africa this week.
:19:11. > :19:14.Musicians from as far away as Brazil joined local talent from places like
:19:15. > :19:30.Mali, Guinea and Mauritania for a week and of farm in the sun. Drums,
:19:31. > :19:36.dancers and jeans. Four of four years, a small annual music event
:19:37. > :19:42.gathers hundred in the desert. In this festival, local troops like
:19:43. > :19:47.this one from the late `` a neighbouring village can shear the
:19:48. > :19:50.applause of international musicians. For this first edition of the
:19:51. > :19:56.festival, bands from the region and beyond have travelled to perform in
:19:57. > :20:01.a stage set up in the middle of sand dunes. One of them as a group of
:20:02. > :20:06.Tuareg musicians whose history is emblematic of the recent trouble in
:20:07. > :20:14.the region. The music as the cake of rock 'n' roll and then nostalgic
:20:15. > :20:20.tune of Tuareg blues. `` has the tech. The musicians of this band met
:20:21. > :20:23.and could dial in the troubled towns in the north of Mali. Growing up,
:20:24. > :20:29.they witnessed the Tuareg rebellion of the 90s and were influenced as
:20:30. > :20:39.much by traditional Tuareg music is they were by Western rock stars like
:20:40. > :20:43.Eric Platt is or Mark Knopfler. It is not only about the Tuareg
:20:44. > :20:49.situation. I'm sure thousands of people who suffer summer
:20:50. > :20:55.conditions, indigenous people, all over the world who suffer from
:20:56. > :20:58.injustice. I sing for all of them. Their themes and brand of music have
:20:59. > :21:06.clearly gone down well with the fans this weekend. I have come from Saint
:21:07. > :21:12.Louis. It is extraordinary what we have seen here. I love the singing
:21:13. > :21:19.and the bands. Everybody is dancing. Wonderful music. It is not only
:21:20. > :21:28.Kalashnikovs that have their work, it is also guitars, and drums. This
:21:29. > :21:32.festival will be the place they come to sing for peace while
:21:33. > :21:42.festival`goers finds new ways of enjoying the beauty of the desert.
:21:43. > :22:12.That looks like fun. That is all from reporters for this week.
:22:13. > :22:14.December is here. And winter, three months which for statistical
:22:15. > :22:19.purposes make up meteorological winter. A quiet start, things will
:22:20. > :22:23.be different by the end of this week. A quiet start to December and
:22:24. > :22:29.winter because of high pressure around. Plenty of cloud filtering
:22:30. > :22:32.south over the United Kingdom. If you enjoyed some sunshine on
:22:33. > :22:35.Saturday, you will not have it but despite the cloud, it will be mainly
:22:36. > :22:39.dry. For early risers, some drizzly outbreaks towards western coasts and
:22:40. > :22:41.hills. A few brighter breaks when the sun is up in eastern Scotland
:22:42. > :22:42.and north`east