:00:11. > :00:17.A fresh bail out deal for Greece could be approved by European
:00:17. > :00:21.ministers in the next few few hours. Was it a set-up? Mexican police
:00:22. > :00:26.investigate the riot that killed 44 people. UN inspectors arrive in
:00:26. > :00:31.Tehran, but will they get to see the nuclear sites?
:00:31. > :00:36.Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme:
:00:36. > :00:39.It helped cause the disastrous floods, how the BBC discovers
:00:39. > :00:46.illegal logging continues in the Philippines.
:00:46. > :00:56.How the Royal seal of approval is giving British designer a boost at
:00:56. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:04.Hello. The Greek government says it has
:01:05. > :01:10.met all the requirements it needed to for the bail out package and it
:01:10. > :01:13.believes a deal will be done today. Eurozone ministers are in Brussels
:01:13. > :01:17.to decide whether to give the go ahead for the deal and the French
:01:17. > :01:20.Finance Minister has said all elements are in place. But even if
:01:20. > :01:23.this round of funding goes through there are still fears Greece will
:01:23. > :01:33.eventually have to default and public anger remains very visible
:01:33. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:38.This country is sinking deeper into recession and hopes of a way out
:01:38. > :01:42.are fading. But the Government is pushing on, desperate to secure the
:01:42. > :01:48.country's vital bail out money which it hopes will be released at
:01:48. > :01:51.a eurozone finance meeting later today. TRANSLATION: It can't wait
:01:52. > :01:57.anymore. The Greek Parliament met last week and committed itself to
:01:57. > :02:01.important structural reforms that are John are ongoing. The political
:02:01. > :02:05.commitments are made. It can't wait any longer. In March Greece has
:02:05. > :02:10.financial deadlines and is a country that could go bankrupt.
:02:10. > :02:16.This is a crucial moment for Greece as it teeters towards the edge. At
:02:16. > :02:19.stake is the country's 130 billion euro bail out, a 70% reduction in
:02:19. > :02:26.Greece's private debt is likely. The aim is to cut the country's
:02:26. > :02:31.debts to a more sustainable level, around 120% of GDP by 2020. Greece
:02:31. > :02:35.maybe edging towards its 130 billion euro bail out, but the fear
:02:35. > :02:37.is it won't be enough to save this country, with the recession deeper
:02:37. > :02:42.here than previously thought, another injection of cash might be
:02:42. > :02:47.needed to prop up this flailing economy, but for now, nobody in
:02:47. > :02:50.Europe seems willing to pay. And that is the worrying prospect
:02:50. > :02:59.here, that for all the pain, it won't be enough.
:02:59. > :03:03.Greeks are stretched to break point. TRANSLATION: I don't see light in
:03:03. > :03:07.the horizon. No matter how many loans we receive, if we don't start
:03:07. > :03:12.producing something to stand on our own two two feet, we will never
:03:12. > :03:16.have recovery in Greece. Even if they cut all pension, all
:03:16. > :03:23.benefits from the unemployed, from everyone, the problem will not be
:03:23. > :03:28.solved. It is a dead end. The worst riots in years engulfing
:03:28. > :03:33.Athens as Parliament passed the austerity package. How much more
:03:33. > :03:43.can people here take and will Europe feel it is time to cut this
:03:43. > :03:45.Jamesy Robertson is here. We have - - Jamie Robertson is here. We have
:03:45. > :03:48.had this statement saying the Greeks are making the sacrifices
:03:48. > :03:54.necessary, but the technical problems are being discussed. What
:03:54. > :04:02.do they mean? It is a nice phrase. It is about preferences or
:04:02. > :04:08.priorities of institutal partners or member of states. It means they
:04:08. > :04:13.can't come to an agreement. Are they going to get to the end by
:04:13. > :04:16.the day? Greece could be close to bagging its second bail out. Greece
:04:16. > :04:21.finds it hard to stick to its promises and usually the State and
:04:22. > :04:24.its politicians that are blamed for not collecting more tax income. Our
:04:24. > :04:28.business correspondent has been talking to a small business owner
:04:28. > :04:32.who says the Greek people must take responsibility for the financial
:04:32. > :04:35.mess they are in. We will soon lose count for the
:04:35. > :04:42.people looking for work on the streets. This man has a family of
:04:42. > :04:48.five and used to own a business employing is 14 people building
:04:48. > :04:55.swimming pools. Now he does odd jobs for people for as little as
:04:55. > :05:03.five euros. Many people won't pay Government tax on their bills. He
:05:03. > :05:10.says there is little incentive to submit honest paper paperwork. He
:05:10. > :05:14.says many citizens try to dodge tax. If they say this costs 100 euro, we
:05:14. > :05:21.sometimes ask if you will not give me a receipt, we will give it to
:05:21. > :05:31.you for 80 euro. The State loses taxes, loses income and this is our
:05:31. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:36.problem, but if if five million people do that, there is a problem.
:05:36. > :05:39.EU Finance Ministers are are gathering in Brussels and they are
:05:39. > :05:44.they are being asked to sign up to the biggest bail out yet. Each time
:05:44. > :05:50.they demand that in return, Greece changes its ways. So more tax is
:05:50. > :05:54.paid and collected so Athens starts to get to to grips with its debts.
:05:54. > :06:02.So far, there is not much evidence on the ground that the country is
:06:02. > :06:06.yet turning over a new leave. Even with another bail out deal,
:06:06. > :06:10.experts are saying that getting Greece's economy to grow again will
:06:10. > :06:13.be the challenge in the long-term. The focus so far was too much on
:06:13. > :06:18.austerity and too little on growth and we saw the Greek economy was
:06:18. > :06:22.shrinking heavily over the past two years. And it is very difficult for
:06:22. > :06:27.the Greek economy to restart again and growth and I think that will be
:06:27. > :06:31.a big issue for the next five or six years, but nevertheless that it
:06:32. > :06:35.will there will be no intention, even if the Greek economy continue
:06:35. > :06:40.to shrink, there will be no intention from the other
:06:40. > :06:48.governments to get Greece go out of the euro area.
:06:48. > :06:54.Japan Japan reported a hi-def sit. -- deficit. Its fuel imports went
:06:54. > :07:04.up because most of its nuclear reactors were shut. That is making
:07:04. > :07:04.
:07:05. > :07:13.Not since records began in 1979 have Japan's imports so far
:07:13. > :07:18.outstripped its exports. In January, the trade deficit was a record
:07:18. > :07:23.1.475 trillion yen, that's $19 billion. That's not good news for a
:07:23. > :07:28.country that relied on exports for growth. Japan was the first Asian
:07:28. > :07:33.nation to grow rich by selling its goods abroad. At one time, it was
:07:33. > :07:36.criticised for its surpluses, but not now. The strength of the
:07:36. > :07:43.Japanese yen is making manufacturing here less profitable.
:07:43. > :07:48.In the last 12 months alone, the Japanese currency has risen by 8%,
:07:48. > :07:53.compared to rival South Korea's 1%. There has been pressure on imports
:07:53. > :07:59.too. The nuclear crisis at Fukushima and safety fears means
:07:59. > :08:03.that almost all of the country's nuclear reactors are off line. To
:08:03. > :08:08.generate enough electricity to keep the lights on, Japan is turning
:08:08. > :08:16.more and more to natural gas and oil and of course, in this energy
:08:16. > :08:23.poor country, gas and oil oil are imported.
:08:23. > :08:33.Moves by Iran to withhold oil sales to the UK and France has pushed the
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:34. > :08:39.price of crude oil to a high. Crude rose over 1.5%. That was on
:08:39. > :08:43.the New York exchange. EU member states agreed to stop importing
:08:43. > :08:47.Iranian oil from the 1st July. The other big stories, China made a
:08:47. > :08:52.move to make it easier for banks to lend. Economic growth at over 8% a
:08:52. > :08:56.year has been slowing down for the last five months. By cutting back
:08:56. > :08:59.on the amount that the bank needs to hold in reserve, the Central
:08:59. > :09:04.Bank hopes to encourage more lending and that lifts hopefully
:09:04. > :09:08.growth back towards the 10% level which is where they want it.
:09:08. > :09:12.That had a positive effect particularly that China move had a
:09:12. > :09:16.positive effect on the markets. I am not sure if you can see the
:09:16. > :09:20.figures. There is the European markets. All are looking positive.
:09:20. > :09:25.The higher oil price is a concern. People are worried about whether
:09:25. > :09:29.that will have a dampening effect. The euro is getting stronger. It is
:09:29. > :09:32.up nearly 133 which it hasn't been at for a highly and there is --
:09:32. > :09:35.highly and there is Brent Crude up over 1%.
:09:35. > :09:41.That's the business business news. Thank you very much. Expectation of
:09:41. > :09:44.a deal on the euro, perhaps. We are receiving reports from Syria
:09:44. > :09:49.that army reinforcements are heading towards Homs. The
:09:49. > :09:53.Associated Press has been quoting a Syrian based activist as saying
:09:53. > :10:00.that three columns of troops, including tanks are moving towards
:10:00. > :10:04.the the city. The Government continues to shell the Baba Amr
:10:04. > :10:09.neighbourhood. In Mexico, 44 people have died in a
:10:09. > :10:12.prison riot. Security officials say members of rival drugs cartels
:10:12. > :10:15.confronted each other with stones and home-made weapons. An
:10:15. > :10:21.investigation is underway to see if some of the prison guards colluded
:10:21. > :10:29.in the fight by unlocking doors, separating two wings of the jail.
:10:29. > :10:34.Once again, Latin America's jails in the spotlight for all the wrong
:10:34. > :10:39.reasons. Rival gangs inside this prison in northern Mexico start add
:10:39. > :10:42.fight in which dozen were killed. There is speculation there may have
:10:42. > :10:46.been involvement by some of the guards as the two groups should
:10:46. > :10:52.have been kept in separate wings. Again, overcrowding was a serious
:10:52. > :10:57.issue. 3,000 inmates, inside a facility facility built for only
:10:57. > :10:59.1500. Outside the prison gates, desperate
:10:59. > :11:05.family members waited anxiously for news.
:11:06. > :11:09.TRANSLATION: We want them to listen to us. There are many family
:11:09. > :11:13.members here and there are many more innocent prisoners inside that
:11:13. > :11:18.are injured. We need ambulances. We want the governor to listen to us,
:11:18. > :11:23.but they are not listening. The authorities took back control
:11:23. > :11:28.of the building by force. But as the hours passed, the number of
:11:28. > :11:36.dead continued to rise. This is the second major prison
:11:36. > :11:43.riot in northern Mexico in a month. It comes days after a fire in a
:11:43. > :11:47.jail in Honduras. Over 350 people people were killed with many men
:11:47. > :11:52.men trapped in their cells. There is no explanation as to how the
:11:52. > :11:57.fire in Honduras began with a riot and electrical fault having been
:11:57. > :12:01.suggested by the Government. As in Honduras, Mexico is now
:12:01. > :12:06.looking hard at the way its prisons are run and the way its prisoners
:12:06. > :12:16.are treated, but many victims families are very very sceptical
:12:16. > :12:20.that such soul searching will You are watching BBC World News.
:12:20. > :12:30.How the Kate effect is giving British designers a boost ahead of
:12:30. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:40.Now the man tipped to be the next president of China has wrapped up
:12:40. > :12:45.his three day trip to Ireland, his only stop in the EU before he heads
:12:45. > :12:50.to Turkey. Ruth McDonald reports. Ireland always gives a warm welcome
:12:50. > :12:54.to its VIP guests, but this visit is particularly special.
:12:54. > :13:00.The last time Mr Xi was in Ireland was nine years ago. He He returns
:13:00. > :13:07.as one of the most important important men in the in the world.
:13:07. > :13:13.There is delight in in Irish Government circles that hosting
:13:13. > :13:19.China's next leader. Ireland is the only stop on
:13:19. > :13:23.president's itinerary. Ireland does $10.5 billion worth of trade with
:13:23. > :13:28.China each year. Both countries would like that to grow. James
:13:28. > :13:33.Lynch's farm in County Clare has never had such a distinguished
:13:33. > :13:38.guest. Mr Xi Was here to look at Irish farmling methods and found
:13:38. > :13:44.himself being introduced to a familiar sounding calf.
:13:44. > :13:49.We will be calling this calf after yourself.
:13:49. > :13:55.Farms like this one are crucial to Ireland's plans to significantly
:13:55. > :14:00.increase its agricultural exports in the coming years. Years China is
:14:00. > :14:08.a vast market with over one billion mouths to feed. Mr Xi was keen to
:14:08. > :14:12.study the Irish experience. He was very interested. He has a huge
:14:12. > :14:15.interest in in agriculture, he wanted to know about the quality
:14:15. > :14:24.standards in Ireland and what is associated with the production of
:14:24. > :14:33.Irish food. Stress has been on the mutual
:14:34. > :14:40.benefits between the countries. Mr Xi stopped off at the cliffs of
:14:40. > :14:50.Mohar. Mr Xi's Irish trip will be shown on TV screens all over China,
:14:50. > :14:51.
:14:51. > :14:56.making investors aware of what An avalanche killed three people in
:14:56. > :15:02.the North West of the United States. The deaths happened in an off
:15:02. > :15:12.limits area. There have been 70 meters of snow in recent days.
:15:12. > :15:13.
:15:13. > :15:16.Meteorologists warned of a risk of This is BBC world news. The
:15:16. > :15:21.headlines for you: The Greek Finance Minister said his country
:15:21. > :15:26.has done everything necessary to receive a fresh eurozone bail out.
:15:26. > :15:31.And was the Mexico prison riot that killed 44 people started
:15:31. > :15:34.deliberately to allow inmates to escape?
:15:34. > :15:38.Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have arrived
:15:38. > :15:42.in Iran's capital, Tehran, hoping to get officials to agree to talk
:15:42. > :15:46.about its nuclear weapons programme, something which Iran has always
:15:46. > :15:53.denied. Over the weekend, western diplomats told journalists that
:15:53. > :16:00.Iran appeared to be expanding an underground facility near the city
:16:00. > :16:05.of Qom. Heading for Iran, inspectors making their second
:16:05. > :16:08.journey to Tehran in less than a month. Looking for answers to
:16:08. > :16:14.growing international concerns about Iran's nuclear programme.
:16:14. > :16:18.hope to have a couple of good days in Tehran. Certainly the spirit
:16:19. > :16:24.with which we are going there - importantly though we hope we can
:16:24. > :16:28.have some concrete results after this trip. The highest priority
:16:28. > :16:33.remains, of course, the possible military dimensions, of Iran's
:16:33. > :16:36.nuclear programme. It's not clear whether they'll have access to
:16:36. > :16:41.Iran's nuclear facilities. Their visit lasts just two days - hardly
:16:41. > :16:46.enough time to get answers about Tehran's nuclear ambitions. The
:16:46. > :16:53.visit comes amid growing tensions between Iran and the west. On
:16:53. > :17:00.Sunday, Iran said it had halted oil sales to France Britain in
:17:00. > :17:05.retaliation for a ban on Iranian oil, which begins in July. The US
:17:05. > :17:10.has imposed financial sanctions on Iran. Israel suggested it may
:17:10. > :17:17.consider a strike against the nuclear facilities should diplomacy
:17:17. > :17:21.fail. Something which America's top soldier has warned against. Iran
:17:21. > :17:25.continues to insist that its nuclear programme is peaceful. This
:17:25. > :17:30.was President Ahmadinejad last week, showing off the use of locally-made
:17:30. > :17:36.nuclear fuel in a reactor. Despite Iran's claims, the international
:17:36. > :17:41.pressure on the country shows no sign of easing.
:17:41. > :17:46.An explosion has ripped through a polling station in the southern
:17:46. > :17:49.Yemeny city of Aden, one day before the country holds Presidential
:17:49. > :17:57.elections. The Vice-President is the only candidate in tomorrow's
:17:57. > :18:01.vote after a year of protest forced President Saleh to end his 33-year-
:18:01. > :18:08.old -rule. The economic crisis is ramping up social tensions in
:18:08. > :18:16.Greece, far beyond the discord over austerity cuts. The country is
:18:16. > :18:21.often a first port of call for illegal migrants. Now many are
:18:22. > :18:30.caught up in a cycle of poverty which is impossible to escape. Paul
:18:30. > :18:33.Mason travelled to Patras. In the port of Patras you can still
:18:33. > :18:39.find some Greeks with spare change, but away from the music, the cafes
:18:39. > :18:47.and the shoppers, hides a much darker side to the Greek economic
:18:47. > :18:52.nightmare. These young men are illegal migrants waiting to board
:18:52. > :18:56.trucks and hitch a ferry ride to Italy. Most will fail and go back
:18:56. > :19:02.at dawn to sleep in this disused factory which has become hope.
:19:02. > :19:06.Abdul, from Darfur, told me he's been here too long. In the factory
:19:06. > :19:14.here I have six months and three months in a train there. You have
:19:14. > :19:18.lived here six months. We came here I have sipbgs months
:19:18. > :19:21.here. The men are from Sudan, Afghanistan and North Africa, but
:19:21. > :19:27.have been forced together by an economic crisis which has made it
:19:27. > :19:31.harder to get out of Greece than it was to get in. Wassim, from Kabul
:19:32. > :19:35.says he has a wife and children in London. He has been deported to
:19:35. > :19:41.Afghanistan and makes it back to here. The story he tells of Greece
:19:41. > :19:46.is not a happy one. This is not Europe. It doesn't feel like
:19:46. > :19:50.Europe? No. I used to live in London. This does not look like
:19:50. > :19:58.Europe. The police can hit you. The people cannot swear at you for no
:19:58. > :20:01.reason. The people hit us, like animal. The men curl around me,
:20:01. > :20:04.showing wounds where they have clashed with the police and far-
:20:04. > :20:10.right groups in the town. All they want to do is leave, but the crisis
:20:10. > :20:16.has meant less trucks and less charity from local people. Local
:20:16. > :20:21.NGOs say the situation is not going to improve any time soon.
:20:21. > :20:29.racism is getting worse. The media, they are also, they support this
:20:29. > :20:32.racism because they want to show that the immigrants are the enemies
:20:32. > :20:36.and they are responsible for the situation, so as to hide, in my
:20:37. > :20:41.opinion, the real responsibilities. The economic crisis is ramping up
:20:41. > :20:45.the social tensions in Greece. Attacks on migrants are on the
:20:45. > :20:50.increase. The Greek Government has better things to do than to record
:20:50. > :20:54.them. The irony is few of these men want to be here, but geography and
:20:54. > :21:02.fate have trapped them in the very country least equipped or minded to
:21:02. > :21:05.cope with them. It's now two months since the
:21:05. > :21:10.devastating floods that hit the southern Philippines, killing more
:21:10. > :21:12.than 1,000 people. Officials admit that deforestation was the cause of
:21:13. > :21:17.much of the destruction. The Government says it is trying to
:21:17. > :21:26.stop any more trees being cut down. The BBC has seen evidence that
:21:26. > :21:29.Our correspondent reports from Iligan, one of the worst affected
:21:30. > :21:34.areas. The logs that destroyed Iligan are now being used to
:21:34. > :21:38.rebuild it. Two months after torrential rains
:21:38. > :21:44.brought devastation to this part of the pill feens, there's a grow --
:21:44. > :21:51.Philippines, there's a growing realisation that it was not the
:21:51. > :21:56.waters but the logs it brought with it which were the biggest killer.
:21:56. > :22:01.The risk would be reduced by more than half. So if we have something
:22:01. > :22:08.like 750 people who died, maybe half of those lives were caused by
:22:08. > :22:14.the logs. In total more than 1,000 people
:22:14. > :22:19.died when Tropical Storm Washi hit. Rivers burst their banks. Cut trees
:22:19. > :22:24.smashed into people's homes. The President has banned all logging.
:22:24. > :22:29.It depends where you live as to how strict it is enforced. Down here,
:22:29. > :22:34.which bore the brunt of the destruction, it is almost impose
:22:34. > :22:40.tobl get a permit to log. Up stream, where most of the logs came from,
:22:41. > :22:45.it is much easier. With an armed escort, we travelled up river, into
:22:45. > :22:50.the mountains. Rebel groups operate here. Central Government's ability
:22:50. > :22:57.to enforce the law is weak. At a local saw mill, villagers spoke
:22:57. > :23:02.openly about their dependence on illegal logging. This woman says
:23:02. > :23:07.she sees big companies logging any way. What her community is doing is
:23:07. > :23:13.only small scale. He says he's got to support his
:23:13. > :23:18.family. He's got no other choice, but to keep cutting down trees. So
:23:18. > :23:24.the logging continues. This consignment was only caught because
:23:24. > :23:30.the vehicle was involved in a traffic accident. Inside mahogany,
:23:30. > :23:36.worth nearly $10,000. The police say they are doing their best. For
:23:36. > :23:41.local campaigners, that's still not good enough. You know, in the
:23:41. > :23:45.Philippines we have good policies. We have obviously good policies but
:23:45. > :23:50.the problem is the implementation. Those who lost their homes in the
:23:50. > :23:59.floods now live in temporary camps. For them, live changed overnight.
:23:59. > :24:04.Stopping the loggers is going to take much longer.
:24:04. > :24:08.Now, the fashion industry is worth more than $30 billion to the UK
:24:08. > :24:12.economy. This week, all the experts are in town for London Fashion Week.
:24:12. > :24:16.At a time when things are looking up for the British retail sector,
:24:16. > :24:22.designers say the best boost for the industry has been, yes, the
:24:22. > :24:27.Duchess of Cambridge. Fashion fit for a princess, or at
:24:27. > :24:31.least a Duchess. This is British designer's Alice Temperley's latest
:24:31. > :24:37.collection. It is one of the biggest shows, not least because of
:24:37. > :24:40.who wears the brand. Both the Duchess of Cambridge and her sister
:24:40. > :24:46.have worn Temperley on public occasions.
:24:46. > :24:50.In the hours after she wears either high street or a British designer
:24:50. > :24:56.Internet searches and sales spike by as much as 500%. She has won
:24:56. > :25:01.wonders. She looks fantastic. She's a lovely girl. She supports British
:25:01. > :25:05.fashion by wearing just British fashion. She's a fantastic
:25:06. > :25:10.ambassador. She has breathed a new life back into the Royal Family.
:25:10. > :25:15.She's fantastic. In just a decade Alice Temperley's business has
:25:15. > :25:24.grown to sell in 37 countries. With a workshop in London and branding
:25:24. > :25:28.itself as quintessentially British. The first ever study by the British
:25:28. > :25:36.Fashion Council estimated the industry was worth �21 billion to
:25:36. > :25:41.the UK economy. It provided 800,000 jobs and was responsible for 1.7%
:25:41. > :25:45.of the GDP. That is more than the car industry. There's a lot going
:25:45. > :25:49.on for Britain. There is Kate Middleton, there's Downton Abbey
:25:49. > :25:56.and there are the Olympics. It's the perfect storm for the brand.
:25:56. > :26:00.And the made in Britain brand has a lot of cache globally. It is not
:26:00. > :26:07.just Temperley which is benefits. These are the opulent surroundings
:26:07. > :26:10.of the Mulberry fashion show, and luxury brands like this are getting
:26:10. > :26:20.front seats into worldwide expansion. By 2015 Asia will
:26:20. > :26:24.account for 20% of all luxury good sales. Mulberry and Burberry a are
:26:24. > :26:29.well known labels over there. According to the designer, London
:26:29. > :26:33.is making business sense too. we've managed to do as the fashion
:26:34. > :26:38.capital in recent years. We have proved to the world that we have an
:26:38. > :26:42.amazing wealth of creative talent who can be commercially viable.
:26:42. > :26:46.Because of this, designers like Stella McCartney return to London
:26:46. > :26:50.for the first time in a decade to show. The challenge will be to keep
:26:50. > :26:54.her here. Much more of course at the website