28/12/2011 BBC News at Six

Today at Six: Thousands of North Koreans gather to say an official

farewell to Kim Jong Il. It's the first of two days of funeral

services for the dictator they called The Dear Leader.

Many North Koreans appeared overcome with emotion as the world

tries to make sense of the new regime there. Also: A new contract

for Bombardier, securing jobs in Derby with Government help.

It's great news, especially over the Christmas period and there's

been people that have been laid off, so they're probably feeling sad

over Christmas about losing their jobs, but now they can see a little

glimmer of hope in the future. After this Indian student was shot

dead on Boxing Day, police in Salford now arrest a fourth

teenager. From the depths of the Indian Ocean,

the remarkable discoveries made by British scientists.

Good evening. In North Korea thousands of people have gathered

for the start of two days of funeral services for Kim Jong Il,

the dictator who died before Christmas. The procession, led by

his son and successor Kim Jong Un, is being watched closely by the

world community for any clues about the balance of power in the new

regime. The BBC is not allowed into North Korea, so our world affairs

editor, John Simpson, reports from neighbouring South Korea.

Good one The weeping announcer, doleful music, the slow movement of

Kim Jong Il's cortege, it was all intensely choreographed, with the

young, completely inexperienced Kim Jong Un taking over, this is a

difficult moment for the North Korean dictatorship.

And since the Government demanded grief, the crowds provided it, in

bucketloads. A bit of this may even be genuine, but each one of these

people knows it's what's expected of them and occasionally you catch

a glimpse of a soldier filming the crowd, so they don't forget. A

select few talked to camera T doesn't exactly sound spontaneous.

The snow is falling like tears, he says, how could the Heavens not cry

cry when we have lost our General, who was a great man from the

Heavens? Down here in Seoul, stuff like that

just sounds absurd. But is any of the grief genuine? This is Jung

Gwang-Il, he did time in a northern labour camp, then escaped to South

Korea. TRANSLATION: The people we saw get more food and

consumer goods, so maybe they had a reason to cry. But those in the

countryside who have nothing won't be sorry he is dead. The succession

has now passed peacefully to the third generation of the family

business. But Kim Jong Un is so young and inexperienced he will

need backup. The man walking behind him here is his uncle, who will be

a key player. Still, Kim Jong Un has the right credentials.

elite of North Korea know that they need him. They need a blood

descendent for their legitimacy. Once they lose that, they're in

trouble. But it's a worrying inheritance all the same. This year

hasn't been a good one for dictators.

For the latest we can talk to John in Seoul. You mentioned the

succession there in your report, are there any more clues today

about the nature of this new regime that's emerging? It's too early for

that. We did get one little PR touch from the team that are trying

to create a kind of legend, a myth about the new man, just as they

created them about his father and grandfather. They said that Kim

Jong Un had been - felt so sorry for all the people freezing out in

the cold that he ordered hot drinks to be taken to them. Now, you and I

may think that's pretty small stuff, but here you can see the direction

that they want to go in, the loving kind of leader, the man who thinks

about the people T won't necessarily be true, who knows

whether it will be true, but that's the direction it's going to. It's

just simply that these are difficult days for dictators and

North Korea is the hardest, nastiest dictatorship still left

affloat. Who knows whether it can swim for all that much longer.

Thank you. The trainmaker Bombardier, based in

Derby, has been awarded a new contract worth �188 million. But

the deal to build carriages for the rail company Southern was funded,

in part, by a Government subsidy worth �80 million. The Department

for Transport had been criticised for rejecting Bombardier for a much

bigger Thameslink contract worth �1.4 billion. From Derby, Anthony

Bartram reports. Trains have been built in Derby for

over a century. 2011 has been one of the toughest in Bombardier's

history and fears for its future brought people out on to the city

streets in their thousands to protest about the loss of 1400 jobs

and a crucial Government contract to overseas competition. But new

work announced today brings some consolation and security. It's

great news, especially over the Christmas period and there's been

people that have been laid off, so they're probably feeling sad over

Christmas about losing their jobs, but now they can see a little

glimmer of hope in the future. train-makers change of fortune has

been welcomed, but unions say the scale of the new order has to be

taken in context. Bombardier's successful contract with Southern

Trains is worth �188 million. It's been subsidised by Government to

the tune of �80 million. In June, the company failed to get the

Thameslink contract, valued at �1.4 billion.

The Department of Transport awarded it instead to Siemens of Germany.

think this is a substantial contract. It will see work for the

next 12-18 months take place. It's one of a number the Government will

be putting out to tender over the coming years, we are putting a huge

amount of investment into our railways at the moment. Today's

announcement will be welcome news to Bombardier's workforce which is

enjoying its Christmas break and the company says the decision was a

vote of confidence in its work. But one thing Bombardier won't be drawn

on is what impact this order will have on future jobs on this site.

Production lines get moving again in the new year with engineers

looking forward to 130 new carriages to build and breathing

space perhaps to secure even more work here.

Police in Salford investigating the murder of an Indian student have

made a fourth arrest. Anuj Bidve was shot in the early hours of

Boxing Day. One man and three teenagers are now being questioned.

A gentle man who brought a smile to anyone's face, speaking from India

over the internet Anuj Bidve's cousin says they're struggling to

come to terms with his death. were extremely shocked, but his

parents, grandparents and family now getting older they're

completely shatter stkpwhrd in Salford today forensic officers

were back at the place where the student was shot dead in front of

his friends. It's been almost three days and every inch is still being

searched. But why was Anuj Bidve shot?

Detectives believe his killer asked him for the time, he replied and

it's then thought the gun was fired at point blank range. The shock of

what's happened is beginning to show on the streets. It's not just

sadness felt here in Salford, it's embarrassment, too. Local people

won't be interviewed because they say this shooting has brought shame

on the community. They feel sorry for the family in India. We will be

travelling to the UK to get Anuj Bidve's body back to India and we

will come there and talk to all authorities to explain the process

and we will try and get his body back to India.

Anuj Bidve's family hope to be in England by the end of the week.

They say they want justice for the 23-year-old who only came to

Manchester that night to enjoy the festivities, but died on a street

thousands of miles from home. A young woman found stabbed to

death in Borehamwood Hertfordshire has been named as Catherine Wynter.

The body was discovered 8.00am yesterday morning by her mother.

But the police believe she was killed on Boxing Day night, stabbed

to death as she babysat her sister's two children, a three-

year-old and a four-year-old. She was last seen alive at 7.30pm,

after that it's unclear exactly what happened. Two men have been

arrested, an 18-year-old and 26- year-old. They are known to have

been known by Catherine. They're being questioned in a local police

station at the moment. What's not clear at this stage is what the --

whether the two children witnessed the attack. They're with specially

trained police officers who are trying to get information from them.

In Syria, state television reports that 755 people being held for

their role in the uprising have been released. All detained

protesters are meant to be freed under a peace plan set out by the

Arab League, whose monitors are continuing their visit to the

country. But the UN estimates that some 14,000 have been detained

during the protests and more than 5,000 killed by President Assad's

forces, as Caroline Hawley reports. Reassuring may have been the

verdict of the Arab League but this is footage posted on the internet

by opposition activist who is fear the observers will not be allowed

to see the true face of the Syrian regime.

We can't be sure exactly where or when it was filmed but it appears

to show clashes in the town of Homs yesterday. The very day the Arab

League monitors arrived. Under the terms of the peace plan, peaceful

demonstrations are supposed to be allowed. Freeing political

prisoners is another of the key demands of the agreement and today

in a gesture to the observers the Syrian authorities say they've

released 755. But that's a small fraction of the thousands being

held and Human Rights Watch says it's been told that as many as 600

detainees may have been transferred to military sites to hide them from

the Arab monitors. State-run television showed their

visit to Homs, all quiet when this was filmed. The observers are led

by a Sudanese General and accompanied by the Syrian

authorities. And there are only 60 of them at the moment. Far too few,

critics say, for the crisis Syria is in. The regime is attempt ing to

use this for public relations purposes, the question is are these

monitors there to sightsee, be part of regime's public relations

apparatus? At the moment it's toothless. The mission is meant to

help stem the bloodshed but the toll is rising all the time. These

are Syrians being treated in hospital just inside Lebanon,

refugees still frightened to be identified after they fled.

She has shrapnel in the head, he says, we had to come here so she

could be properly treated. The credibility of the Arab League

monitors is on the line and with the violence apparently continuing

in Homs today, even in their presence, the omens for their

mission are not good. At the Old Bailey, the judge at the

Stephen Lawrence murder trial has told jurors to set aside any

emotion in their deliberations. David Norris and Gary Dobson deny

murdering the black teenager in south-east London in 1993. The

defence says that forensic evidence against them was contaminated. The

judge said sympathy for the Lawrence family, or anger at the

nature of the attack, could not guide the jury's verdict, as Tom

Symonds reports. The final final act of this high

profile trial, 18 years after the stabbing of Stephen Lawrence. His

family, including his brother Stewart, here on the right, have

all been in court. Defendants Gary Dobson and David Norris were

brought from prison by van for the judge's summing up. Mr Justice

He set out for the jury the routes they must take to reach a verdict.

He said they had to be sure forensic evidence came from Stephen

Lawrence, and that there had been no contamination of the evidence

while in storage bags. They had to be sure either defendant had been

present and participating in the attack.

To be guilty of murder, the defendant must have intended to

kill Stephen or cause him serious harm. But under the laws of joint

enterprise, if they realised another member of the group

intended to kill, that could also be murder. The jury can consider

manslaughter, as an alternative. The judge has been summarising all

of the evidence, including eyewitness descriptions of the

attack here on this road in Eltham and the detailed views of forensic

scientists. He told the jury they had to be sure of their verdicts,

but also that this trial wasn't some sort of detective novel where

all the loose ends were tied newspaper the final chapter, there

might be some unanswered questions once they had made their decisions.

David Norris and Gary Dobson both deny murder. The jury will begin

considering its verdicts tomorrow. Palestinian police have intervened

to stop a fight between rival priests at the Church of the

Nativity in Bethlehem. Around 100 Greek Orthodox and Armenian clerics

fought with brooms as they cleaned the church in preparation for the

Orthodox Christmas. There's been tension in the past between the

various Christian denominations sharing the church.

A chimpanzee believed to have starred in a number of Hollywood

films has died. It's even claimed that Cheetah was the famous co-star

with Johnny Weissmuller in the Tarzan films of the 1930s. The

owners of the animal sanctuary in Florida where he died say he was 80

years old. A team of British scientists has

captured images of very rare species in some of the most

inaccessible parts of the Indian Ocean. They've been surveying

volcanic underwater vents where they found a remarkable array of

creatures living in the heated waters. They believe some of the

species may be new to science, as Daniel Boettcher reports.

A dark and mysterious world almost 3,000 meeters beneath the surface

of the Indian Ocean, these volcanic vents spew out superheated water.

It's an extreme environment. It's home to strange specially adapted

creatures. Researchers using a remote-controlled robot have been

surveying an area in the south-west Indian ridge, comparing it with

other ridges where life has already been well documented. And they

believe some of the species they found may be new to science. For

example, this yeti crab, it's unlike species recorded in the

Pacific. It's like a crossroads for marine life. Our task is to

understand how creatures are related to other species elsewhere

in the world and by studying these animals we hope to better

understand how kwraels -- animals disperse and evolve in the deep

ocean. Volcanic vents support unusual food chains which rely on

chemical energy, rather than sunlight. Because the the vents

aren't around for long creatures have to be able to move between

them to survive. As technology improves, scientists aren't the