:00:00. > :00:20.I'm back at the top of the hour. Now it is time for Reporters.
:00:21. > :00:27.Welcome to Reporters, I'm Philipa Thomas, from the world news room we
:00:28. > :00:34.bring you the best stories from across the globe. This week. Foreign
:00:35. > :00:41.military aircraft, this is Chinese navy. Stand off in the skies above
:00:42. > :00:45.the South China Seas. Rupert Wingfield haste flies over one of
:00:46. > :00:50.the most contested areas in the world. Our captain has said we are a
:00:51. > :00:55.civilian aircraft and not a military aircraft. But it didn't make any
:00:56. > :01:04.difference they just repeated that threat. We must leave the area.
:01:05. > :01:11.Inside Columbia's cocaine panel. We join Columbian and British forces as
:01:12. > :01:18.they take down a coke Tain lab. -- cocaine has been. This is the final
:01:19. > :01:23.product. That is the cocaine that is sold opt streets of Britain, Europe
:01:24. > :01:30.and America. A matter of life and death, why spending time in a coffin
:01:31. > :01:41.is the latest motivational tool for South Korean workers. I have my rice
:01:42. > :01:50.and plan Tain and chicken and this. It feels just like home. And a taste
:01:51. > :01:51.of home. We ask why African food hasn't caught on in Britain's
:01:52. > :02:03.restaurants. We start with a rare glimpse of
:02:04. > :02:15.China's expansion in the South China Seas. It is one of most contested
:02:16. > :02:20.areas in the world. But that has not discouraged China, which is building
:02:21. > :02:31.huge artificial islands. The islands are difficult to reach, but Rupert
:02:32. > :02:40.Wingfield Hayes flew into China's self-declared security zone and this
:02:41. > :02:46.what is he found. It is just before dawn on this Philippine island. Even
:02:47. > :02:53.at this hour, it is hot, but there is no sign of the trouble brewing a
:02:54. > :02:57.few hundred miles out to sea. I'm about to take off on a trip the
:02:58. > :03:03.Chinese Government has tried to stop. As we roll down the runway, we
:03:04. > :03:14.are all tense. No one has tried what we are about to do. We are heading
:03:15. > :03:22.south wrest towards a number of Chinese controlled atolls, where the
:03:23. > :03:27.Chinese have been doing massive line reclamation. We want to see what
:03:28. > :03:33.they're doing and see if the Chinese will try to stop us. Because the
:03:34. > :03:41.whole area is according to most countries international air space.
:03:42. > :03:45.Just 140 nautical miles from the Philippine coast we spot new land.
:03:46. > :03:49.This place is called Mischief Reef. Until a year ago there was nothing
:03:50. > :03:56.here, just a submerged atoll. Now look at it. Millions of tonnes of
:03:57. > :03:59.material have been dredged up to build this new island. As we close
:04:00. > :04:24.to 12 nautical miles this. Down below we with see a pair of
:04:25. > :04:32.Chinese navy ships. Our pilots want to turn away. They're nervous. Wear
:04:33. > :04:39.civilian aircraft flying over international waters, but we are
:04:40. > :04:44.being threatened. We are What we have got is the Chinese sending out
:04:45. > :04:48.that message, foreign military aircrat, leave this area
:04:49. > :04:52.immediately, Chinese and in English, our captain has responded saying we
:04:53. > :04:57.are a civilian aircraft, not a military aircraft. But it didn't
:04:58. > :05:03.make any difference. They just repeated that threat to leave the
:05:04. > :05:08.area over and over again. As we fly on, the full extent of the
:05:09. > :05:17.construction is revealed. The lagoon is teeming with ships. A cement
:05:18. > :05:22.plant is visible and a clear view of the new runway they're building. A
:05:23. > :05:29.Chinese fighter take off here could reach the Philippine coast in nine
:05:30. > :05:35.minutes. In the last year, China has built at least seven new islands and
:05:36. > :05:42.three new run ways. One here at Mischief Reef. The biggest is at
:05:43. > :05:51.Fiery Cross. The aim is to reinforce China's claim to the whole of the
:05:52. > :05:53.South China Sea. America and its allies are now responding and over
:05:54. > :06:12.the radio we hear one of them. What we are hearing is an Australian
:06:13. > :06:17.military aircraft asserting freedom of passage. More than 40% of the
:06:18. > :06:27.world's trade passes through the waters below us. China is determined
:06:28. > :06:32.to assert its control. America and its allies say they won't let that
:06:33. > :06:40.happen. But as we have found out, it may already be too late.
:06:41. > :06:52.Now from the skies over the South China Seas to one of the most
:06:53. > :07:05.violent part of South America and the war on drugs. Ian Panel joined
:07:06. > :07:10.British and Columbian forces as they gained access to a makeshift cocaine
:07:11. > :07:16.laboratory discovered deep in the Columbian forest. This is report
:07:17. > :07:20.from a town that is considered the country's cocaine capital. It is one
:07:21. > :07:29.of the most violent cities in South America. Britain's travel advice is
:07:30. > :07:33.- don't come here. It is notorious for its chop houses, where gang
:07:34. > :07:38.dismember their rivals and body parts float in the water. It is also
:07:39. > :07:45.where much of the cocaine that reaches Britain comes from. The
:07:46. > :07:50.trade that shatters a community and forces children into a world of
:07:51. > :07:55.violence and abuse. So much blood has been spilled in a war that's
:07:56. > :08:04.gone on for so long few realise it hasn't ended. We travelled with the
:08:05. > :08:09.elite jungle forces in search of the crop that spawns this billion dollar
:08:10. > :08:14.industry and despite huge changes here, Columbia is again the world's
:08:15. > :08:19.leading producers of cocaine. America's involvement here is well
:08:20. > :08:22.known. Now for the first time, British officers have agreed to
:08:23. > :08:28.emerge from the shadows and talk to the BBC about their role in the war
:08:29. > :08:34.on drugs. We exchange intelligence, we work specifically cases with
:08:35. > :08:41.these law enforcement agencies. In order to A have an impact on
:08:42. > :08:46.specific networks by seizing drugs, arresting people and seizing their
:08:47. > :08:50.assets. But also by helping the country to stabilise itself by
:08:51. > :08:54.making an impact on the organised criminals which cause so much harm
:08:55. > :09:02.here. The Government says things are improving here. But tell that to
:09:03. > :09:06.Maria. When she dared to stand up to the drug gangs, her 15-year-old son
:09:07. > :09:13.was gunned down. When her daughter dared to testify in court, they came
:09:14. > :09:19.for her. Maria has had to abandon his home, but she refuses to be
:09:20. > :09:25.silent. TRANSLATION: I don't know if they did it to punish me, because I
:09:26. > :09:29.always try to help the youngsters. They didn't just kill the child,
:09:30. > :09:34.they killed the family. The choices are often stark for the sons and
:09:35. > :09:40.daughters of Columbia's poor. Children become recruits or victims
:09:41. > :09:43.of gangs. And when day passes to night, it is the others who come out
:09:44. > :09:51.to work. We were taken to meet one of them. An asass sin who kills
:09:52. > :09:58.people for his boss. Just one of the many responsible for the blood that
:09:59. > :10:08.runs through this city's streets. A secret meet ing was set where a
:10:09. > :10:12.young man confessed to a life of crime that started when he was a
:10:13. > :10:19.child. Can you explain the life of this. Many things, death, jail, drug
:10:20. > :10:24.trafficking. The boss calls me. And tells me we have to kill this guy
:10:25. > :10:33.and if he says I have to kill, I kill. If he says I have to chop, I
:10:34. > :10:38.chop. And I get a reward. If someone is disrespectful they have to be
:10:39. > :10:43.cut, killed, chopped. Few survive this world, the profits can be
:10:44. > :10:53.great, so too the losses. Death or jail. For tin side story of the
:10:54. > :10:57.trade we met a British drug trafficker serving time in Columbia.
:10:58. > :11:07.For security reasons, we can't show his identity. Cocaine is such a
:11:08. > :11:13.fashionable drug and the money is so good people will say yes. That makes
:11:14. > :11:23.the risk worth taking. If you're talking about a yearly salary being
:11:24. > :11:26.earned, then yes. I don't think the trafficking will stop or the
:11:27. > :11:33.consumption. Nor will the war on drugs. High in the hills on the
:11:34. > :11:38.border antinarcotics police move in. They have a tip there is a cocaine
:11:39. > :11:43.lab here. Most of the gang escape and only one arrest made. A local
:11:44. > :11:51.farmer tempted by the chance of some extra cash for his family. He is
:11:52. > :11:57.likely to get five years in prison. Because this is where he had been
:11:58. > :12:02.working. A cocaine production site hidden deep in the woods. Officers
:12:03. > :12:07.were deployed after midnight and they have moved on to the site. The
:12:08. > :12:12.people here ran away. They made one arrest. This is the key part of has
:12:13. > :12:18.been tri. The paste is brought up the hill and processed and this is
:12:19. > :12:24.the final product. That is the cocaine that is sold on the streets
:12:25. > :12:31.of Britain, Europe and America and will be taken across the border and
:12:32. > :12:35.shipped overseas. It is worth a handful of pounds here, but in
:12:36. > :12:43.Britain it is probably thousands of pounds worth. Britain's national
:12:44. > :12:47.crime agency took part and we spoke to one officer, but we can't
:12:48. > :12:54.identify him. It is important to Britain, because all the labs that
:12:55. > :12:59.we blow up, all the cocaine that is seized is cocaine that is not going
:13:00. > :13:04.to UK, Europe and the United States and everything we stop here stops
:13:05. > :13:09.the supply in the UK. Explosives are rigged and the British officer and
:13:10. > :13:16.Columbian police pull back, knowing tomorrow this fight starts again. In
:13:17. > :13:27.a war against cocaine that may well be impossible to win.
:13:28. > :13:37.This is the morbid the way to appreciate life to experience death?
:13:38. > :13:41.Well in an attempt to deal with stress, some companies in South
:13:42. > :13:47.Korea are making their workers take part in their own mock funerals and
:13:48. > :13:57.it is one of many strange tools for motivating staff. It is the most
:13:58. > :14:05.bizarre ritual. The coffins are ready. The company these Koreans
:14:06. > :14:14.work for has brought its employees together to contemplate the meaning
:14:15. > :14:21.of life. And death. Eyes are moist. They have written final letters to
:14:22. > :14:26.their loved ones. Then at the grim climax of a simulated mass funeral,
:14:27. > :14:32.they get into the caskets, which are knocked shut. Inside they're
:14:33. > :14:40.confined in darkness and contemplation for ten minutes. And
:14:41. > :14:44.then they see the light! TRANSLATION: I realised I made lots
:14:45. > :14:50.of mistakes. I hope to be more passionate in the work I do and
:14:51. > :14:54.spend more time with my family. The aim is to instill a love of life and
:14:55. > :14:59.to teach workers to appreciate the good things, rather than seeing the
:15:00. > :15:06.down side. The president of company told me he wants to strengthen the
:15:07. > :15:10.sense of corporate togetherness. TRANSLATION: Our company's always
:15:11. > :15:14.encouraged employees to change their way of thinking. It was about to
:15:15. > :15:18.bring about a real difference. I thought going inside a coffin would
:15:19. > :15:27.be such a shock it would reset their minds for a fresh start in
:15:28. > :15:34.attitudes. And there is another office ritual. Forced laughter.
:15:35. > :15:38.Every morning at work the supervisor oversees employees all laughing
:15:39. > :15:43.together as one. The workers say they have value the coffin ritual
:15:44. > :15:44.and the laughter, but it is hard to know how enthusiastic they really
:15:45. > :16:03.are. Korean companies devise all kind of
:16:04. > :16:07.bonding exercises, this competition from cradle to grave. It makes for a
:16:08. > :16:13.strong economy. Whether it also makes for haar Yoni and happy --
:16:14. > :16:30.harmony and happiness is not clear. I think most people know British
:16:31. > :16:35.astronaut Tim Peake went into space this week. But not many know what he
:16:36. > :16:39.will be doing there. He could be involved in experiments on
:16:40. > :16:45.everything from whether bacteria can survive in space, to brain research.
:16:46. > :16:52.Here is our guide to the work of the International Space Station and what
:16:53. > :16:57.it is meant to achieve. Wild excitement in London during the
:16:58. > :17:04.launch. 3,000 children caught up in exactly the kind of enthusiasm that
:17:05. > :17:12.Tim Peake wants to inspire. And watching closely the first Brit ton
:17:13. > :17:21.to go into space. I did it 24 years ago and Tim is doing that. For six
:17:22. > :17:27.months this will be Tim Peake's home. Everything will be weightless.
:17:28. > :17:35.It makes life unusual. So you can't watch your hair in the normal way.
:17:36. > :17:40.You use dry shampoo. There are no bedrooms, you zip yourself into a
:17:41. > :17:44.pod. That is good for strengthening. And you have to exercise for two
:17:45. > :17:49.hours a day to avoid your muscles wasting away. So it will be a
:17:50. > :17:56.strange existence on the International Space Station and will
:17:57. > :18:02.take some getting used to. It is the largest structure assembled in
:18:03. > :18:07.sprays. -- space. It is about 250 miles above us. That may not sound
:18:08. > :18:15.much, but it is beyond the atmosphere. This outpost of humanity
:18:16. > :18:19.is travelling around earth at 17 and a half thousand miles an hour.
:18:20. > :18:26.Because each orbit takes 90 minutes, the crew can see at least 15 sun
:18:27. > :18:30.rises and sun sets every day. The space station was built over the
:18:31. > :18:38.last 15 years and one module is European. Here it is. It is called
:18:39. > :18:42.Columbus, a laboratory where Tim will spend much of his time. Let's
:18:43. > :18:46.imagine we could be inside it. It is cramped. Filled with experiments
:18:47. > :18:52.that make use of the weightless conditions of space. One project
:18:53. > :18:57.looks at metal alloys to work out how they can be improved for the
:18:58. > :19:03.devices we use. Another is testing if bacteria can survive in space, to
:19:04. > :19:10.see if they could be living on Mars. And there is a study on fluids act
:19:11. > :19:16.inside the brain. That could help with medical problems. Here in
:19:17. > :19:19.Southampton they're testing a new system for measuring pressure inside
:19:20. > :19:23.the brain and they're looking forward to what Tim Peake finds out.
:19:24. > :19:28.For decades the Government never wanted to pay for British
:19:29. > :19:33.astronauts, now Tim Peake is the first to have official backing with
:19:34. > :19:41.an investment of ?16 million. Others say it will enthuse others. They can
:19:42. > :19:43.walk out and see him go over, a direct personal connection with
:19:44. > :19:50.opportunity that exists in the future. We have to invest not just
:19:51. > :19:53.in health and welfare, but also in research and development and
:19:54. > :19:57.exploration and opportunities for the future and a space station is
:19:58. > :20:05.the most stunningly successful example of that. Here are some of
:20:06. > :20:11.the next generation. At Tim Peake's old school. I can't believe someone
:20:12. > :20:16.from here is actually going up in space to the national space sfags.
:20:17. > :20:26.Are you proud of him? Yes really. Cool that somebody who is... Used to
:20:27. > :20:30.come to our school is actually going up into space. Until next June, Tim
:20:31. > :20:37.Peake will be in orbit doing research to help future explorers
:20:38. > :20:47.and inspiring now scientists and astronauts. We all
:20:48. > :21:01.favourite Indian, Chinese or European restaurant, but not
:21:02. > :21:07.reflected in the restaurant scene. We have been finding out why African
:21:08. > :21:12.food hasn't caught on in Britain. London, one of food capitals of the
:21:13. > :21:21.world. There is no limit to the delights you can find in this
:21:22. > :21:29.bustling city. But despite the number of Africans here, the
:21:30. > :21:37.continent's types of cuisine don't seem to have caught on. Well, one
:21:38. > :21:43.woman is hoping to change that. I like to describe us as functional
:21:44. > :21:47.eaters, we eat to survive. The whole razzmatazz with French cuisine, we
:21:48. > :21:53.don't have it and it doesn't have to be you know at that level.
:21:54. > :21:56.is no reason why we can't present our food better than we do, which is
:21:57. > :22:04.where I come in, that is what I have been doing for the last few years.
:22:05. > :22:08.British/Nigerian, a communitier scientist, he worked as a management
:22:09. > :22:16.consultant for an accounting firm, but now she is just calls herself a
:22:17. > :22:22.foodie. Potato salad. A few years ago she quit her job to make her
:22:23. > :22:29.dream happen. Introducing Nigerian cuisine to the rest of the world.
:22:30. > :22:37.Chilliies. Next she began a cook out, inviting friends to her
:22:38. > :22:49.house to share in her passion. So I have got my rice, boiled plantain.
:22:50. > :22:55.It feels like home. But what do others make of the food? It is
:22:56. > :22:57.amazing. We weren't used to this Nigerian food, because we are
:22:58. > :23:06.Spain. It is spicy and it is amazing. The food is great and
:23:07. > :23:14.flavourful and bountiful as well. I love the food. It is a great mixture
:23:15. > :23:23.of fresh veg, salad, cooked and spicy. So for me it is fabulous.
:23:24. > :23:29.Judging from this reaction, she might be on to something. Her next
:23:30. > :23:40.stop - opening her own restaurant and putting Nigerian food on
:23:41. > :23:41.London's culinary map. That is all from Reporters for this week.
:23:42. > :24:07.Goodbye for now. You have to pinch yourself. It is
:24:08. > :24:12.less than a week to the big day and it has been another mild day. We
:24:13. > :24:14.haven't