:00:14. > :00:23.An immediate ceasefire in Syria and access for emergency aid - the
:00:23. > :00:30.demands of 70 countries gathering in Tunis. Protests breakout for a
:00:30. > :00:40.4th day against the burning of the Koran. Lloyd's announces a lost
:00:40. > :00:43.more than $5 billion last year. Also coming up... After three
:00:44. > :00:53.decades a court in Australia is set to make a judgment on whether a
:00:54. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :01:04.dingo was to blame for a baby's death. This Brazilian rescue Polly
:01:04. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:13.cop -- helicopter that broke apart on landing. An international
:01:13. > :01:16.conference on Syria is expected to call for an immediate ceasefire to
:01:16. > :01:18.allow urgent access to Homs and other areas under attack. The
:01:18. > :01:21.Friends of Syria group brings together foreign ministers and
:01:21. > :01:23.senior officials from about 70 Arab and Western countries for a meeting
:01:23. > :01:26.in Tunisia. Syrian opposition leaders are also attending.
:01:26. > :01:28.Meanwhile, the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been
:01:28. > :01:30.appointed special envoy to Syria. Latest reports from opposition
:01:30. > :01:40.activists in Homs say continued shelling has today killed another
:01:40. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:47.five people. Mounting dismay at the plight of civilians caught in the
:01:47. > :01:52.spiralling violence in Syria, now in Tunisia, the outside world today
:01:52. > :01:59.will be searching for a way to help them. We hope to see new pledges of
:01:59. > :02:04.emergency assistance for Syrians court in Al-Asad's stranglehold and
:02:05. > :02:11.international corporation and pressure on Damascus to convince it
:02:11. > :02:15.to allow humanitarian aid to those who need it most. All ready,
:02:15. > :02:19.Syria's main opposition group has called for Freeserve pastures, one
:02:19. > :02:24.to bring in aid from Jordan to Derek, one from Lebanon into Homs
:02:24. > :02:29.and the third from Turkey into it lid. Over 70 countries will be
:02:29. > :02:32.represented in Tunis, opposition leaders hope the sheer size of the
:02:32. > :02:38.conference will pile on the pressure. I ideally you would like
:02:38. > :02:42.to see this conference declaring in Syria in humanitarian crisis, this
:02:42. > :02:49.would force international powers to act immediately and forcefully in
:02:49. > :02:52.order to stop the atrocities committed. But the problem is no
:02:52. > :02:57.aid can reach Homs unless President Assad agrees to a truce and there
:02:57. > :03:05.is no sign yet he will. The one country might have listened to,
:03:05. > :03:10.Russia, has refused to come to the conference. There will be a
:03:10. > :03:13.impressive array of countries to show support for there Syrian
:03:13. > :03:23.opposition but when it comes to immediate humanitarian aid for
:03:23. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :03:29.those people inside Homs, that will So what might be achieved at the
:03:29. > :03:34.conference. I'd put that question to be Professor of International
:03:34. > :03:39.Relations in the Middle-East from LSE. We should not expect any major
:03:39. > :03:44.breakthrough decisions. The major goal of the meeting is to increase
:03:44. > :03:53.the pressure on the government and find ways to help the opposition.
:03:53. > :04:00.In the words of Mr Hague, the idea is to find the Western powers, Arab
:04:00. > :04:05.League, of Turkey to increase pressure on the government to hope
:04:05. > :04:10.they will buckle under the pressure. I do not think President Assad will
:04:10. > :04:15.answer the demands by the Western powers. And Russia and China are
:04:15. > :04:19.not taking part so they maintain their position. Think of Libya, a
:04:19. > :04:23.similar grouping took place, both Russia and China were part of the
:04:23. > :04:27.grouping, the fat this meeting taking place in Tunis tells us a
:04:27. > :04:30.great deal about the failure international -- the failure of
:04:30. > :04:35.international diplomacy. This meeting is taking place outside of
:04:35. > :04:40.the United Nations. Both Russia and China are not part of it which
:04:40. > :04:44.tells you a great deal about the limits of the options the Western
:04:44. > :04:48.powers and Syria's friends have and that is why I do not think we
:04:48. > :04:52.should expect a major critical breakthrough decisions. I am not
:04:52. > :04:58.trying to say the meeting is that important. The international
:04:58. > :05:02.community has options in the sense that they are trying to strangle
:05:02. > :05:05.the Syrian economy, in the sense of arming the opposition but so far
:05:05. > :05:09.the Western powers in the international community have not
:05:09. > :05:19.made a decision to go to militarised the uprising because if
:05:19. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:27.they do this would plunge Syria into civil war. Hundreds of
:05:27. > :05:37.protesters have gathered in Afghanistan. Five different groups
:05:37. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:47.of protesters are heading towards Protesters have taken to the
:05:47. > :05:51.streets after Friday prayers and not just here in the capital where
:05:51. > :05:56.we have demonstrations in several districts, but also in a number of
:05:56. > :06:00.parts of the country in the north, west and east. So far not much
:06:00. > :06:04.happening in the south. In the capital five different locations
:06:04. > :06:07.are involved. The authorities are concerned about two of those
:06:07. > :06:12.demonstrations which were heading towards sensitive locations. We
:06:12. > :06:17.know the Afghan National Army has fired in the air to deter one group
:06:17. > :06:22.of protesters and they ran a road which leads to the Afghan Ministry
:06:22. > :06:26.of Defence but also to NATO headquarters and the US Embassy.
:06:26. > :06:32.Today we are seeing that the authorities seem to be acting early
:06:32. > :06:35.to block protests getting close to any of those installations.
:06:35. > :06:38.Although the demonstrations are taking place we are not so far
:06:38. > :06:42.received reports of violence on the scale we have seen a recent days.
:06:42. > :06:47.There is one report of a protester being wounded in the capital by
:06:47. > :06:51.police firing in the air but so far that is the any report of Casualty
:06:52. > :06:57.-- reported casualty. Does President Karzai think there is
:06:57. > :06:59.anything more that can be done to bring this protest to an end?
:06:59. > :07:03.government is stressing that the appropriate response is to wait for
:07:03. > :07:07.the government inquiry that is taking place, a joint inquiry being
:07:07. > :07:11.carried out by Afghan representatives and NATO
:07:11. > :07:15.representatives. President Kasai has welcomed the apology he
:07:15. > :07:19.received from Barack Obama and said it was an appropriate apology. We
:07:19. > :07:23.have had a call from a group of Afghan lawmakers and some religious
:07:23. > :07:26.leaders who are part of the probe into the events. They issued a call
:07:26. > :07:32.for restraint, they asked demonstrators not to depart any
:07:32. > :07:38.further protests and stay off the streets. -- take part in any. But
:07:38. > :07:41.many are using the anger afghans feel to incite violence. We had
:07:41. > :07:47.appeals by the Taliban are asking people to get out onto the streets
:07:47. > :07:51.to target NATO bases, convoys, forces. The Taliban said they
:07:51. > :07:55.should be captured, beaten and killed. Undoubtedly, authorities
:07:55. > :08:03.are concerned about the Taliban as well as incitement coming from
:08:03. > :08:09.other areas in some religious leaders and parliamentarians.
:08:09. > :08:16.looks like you will be a fierce weekend of campaigning between
:08:16. > :08:22.Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. A ballot will be held on Monday. Mr
:08:22. > :08:27.Rudd quit the government on Monday. He says the party will lose the
:08:27. > :08:33.next election unless he is put back in the top job. I believe that to
:08:33. > :08:37.do the best for Australia and Labour things had to change. It is
:08:37. > :08:44.no secret that our government has a lot of work to do if it is to
:08:44. > :08:48.regain the confidence of the Australian people. Julia has lost
:08:48. > :08:54.the trust of the Australian people and starting on Monday I want to
:08:54. > :08:56.start restoring that trust. response Julia Gillard told a news
:08:56. > :09:03.conference the choice of leader should be based on strength of
:09:03. > :09:06.character. The choice the nation faces in my -- the nation and my
:09:06. > :09:10.parliamentary colleagues based on Monday is the choice as to who has
:09:10. > :09:16.got the character, temperament, strength to deliver on behalf of
:09:16. > :09:21.the Australian people. This is not celebrity Big Brother, it is about
:09:21. > :09:30.working out who can lead the nation, who has the ability to get things
:09:30. > :09:33.done? Austrian doctors T2 -- treating the Dutch prince says he
:09:33. > :09:38.suffered brain damage after being buried by an avalanche last week
:09:38. > :09:43.and may not regain consciousness. He was buried under snow for about
:09:43. > :09:48.15 minutes before being rescued while on his skiing holiday. MRI
:09:48. > :09:52.scans have shown his brain suffered massive damage in the avalanche. He
:09:52. > :10:00.is 43, he will be moved at a later date to a private clinic for
:10:01. > :10:05.further treatment. Now the business news...
:10:05. > :10:08.Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 group of
:10:08. > :10:12.nations will gather in Mexico later. The question will be funding for
:10:12. > :10:16.Europe. Eurozone officials are asking countries with big exchange
:10:16. > :10:23.reserves to lend billions of Bob dollars to a financial stability
:10:23. > :10:26.fund. -- billions of dollars. Eurozone leaders have been on a
:10:26. > :10:30.long running charm offensive with China to persuade it to bolster
:10:30. > :10:35.their bail-out fund. In Mexico they will press their suit again, but
:10:36. > :10:38.they face a tough diplomatic challenge. China is angry at how
:10:39. > :10:44.European states have treated it since the last time it helped to
:10:44. > :10:49.avert a financial disaster. China, Russia, Brazil, India all
:10:49. > :10:53.contributed to the IMF after 2008 and were promised a return more
:10:53. > :10:57.power and influence in the IMF. That deal has not been delivered on.
:10:57. > :11:02.The Europeans in particular have been slow to give up their seats to
:11:02. > :11:05.let that happen. Eurozone countries are building up a firewall to
:11:05. > :11:10.prevent the debt crisis in Greece spreading to countries like Italy
:11:10. > :11:18.and Spain. The fighting fund to counter any run on the markets
:11:19. > :11:24.against their government bombs. The current fund contains 410 billion
:11:24. > :11:28.euros. In July there will be a permanent fire well, the European
:11:28. > :11:32.stability mechanism which will have 500 billion euros in it. Chinese
:11:32. > :11:36.leaders have told the Europeans to build the wall higher. To an extent
:11:36. > :11:41.it is a storming tactic, it is saying to Europe help yourself
:11:41. > :11:45.first, then we will come and support you. The idea that China, a
:11:45. > :11:49.so-called red light, could come riding to Europe's rescue is
:11:49. > :11:54.helping to calm fears on international financial markets,
:11:54. > :11:58.staving off the run on euros government bonds and even if China
:11:58. > :12:03.is writing cheques right now, the idea will eventually stepping is
:12:03. > :12:12.also helping reassure the markets. And that buys eurozone governments
:12:12. > :12:15.more time. Yearly profits for Volkswagen
:12:15. > :12:22.doubled in 2011 after a delivered a record number of vehicles. They
:12:22. > :12:25.made net profits of 15.8 billion euros, around $21 billion, compared
:12:25. > :12:28.with the 7.2 billion euros it earned in 2010. It delivered more
:12:28. > :12:36.than a 0.2 million vehicles to its global customers, an increase of
:12:36. > :12:40.almost 15% on the 2010 figures. I am joined by our BBC business
:12:40. > :12:45.reporter and a car industry analyst. How do they do it and why are they
:12:45. > :12:51.doing so well? For starters they need to boost volume, they have
:12:51. > :12:56.done that by introducing classics like the Golf convertible or the
:12:57. > :13:00.new Beetle, all with cutting-edge models from Aldi that I eating into
:13:00. > :13:06.and catching up with BMW. On the other hand, there is the profit
:13:06. > :13:09.thing. They are benefiting from economies of scale, they are
:13:09. > :13:18.sharing parts across all the different brands they have within
:13:18. > :13:22.the group and this is cutting costs. We are talking big economies like
:13:22. > :13:26.China, really turned on by their brand. Absolutely. Although Europe
:13:26. > :13:30.is one of the markets grabbing a lot of headlines because of all the
:13:30. > :13:34.difficulties. China and the rest of Asia where growth is so strong,
:13:34. > :13:39.that is the battleground up against the competition. Given they are
:13:39. > :13:45.sitting on a pretty big cash pile, does that now mean buying Porsche
:13:45. > :13:50.is a certainty? There are no certainties but the likelihood of
:13:50. > :13:55.Porsche being part of the group in some way at some stage remains high.
:13:55. > :14:01.It is not really about cash, it is about the complications due to the
:14:01. > :14:06.way this long saga has been handled over the years. They have also said
:14:06. > :14:10.they want to out strip and outpace General Motors as the world's
:14:10. > :14:15.biggest car manufacturer. Is that a pipe dream, or sustainable? By some
:14:15. > :14:18.measures they already are. They are worth about twice as much in terms
:14:18. > :14:25.of market capitalisation, they are the second most valuable carmaker
:14:25. > :14:28.after Toyota or. In terms of volume they arguably almost greater --
:14:28. > :14:32.also greater than General Motors because the figures include over a
:14:32. > :14:37.million cars sold in China by a joint venture and according to some
:14:37. > :14:45.analysts those figures should not be counted. They did not got state
:14:45. > :14:50.The British bank, Lloyds, which is partly state-owned, has announced
:14:50. > :14:54.that it made a huge loss last year. The bank's net loss of more than $4
:14:54. > :14:57.billion dwarfed its loss in 2010 of just over $500 million. The result
:14:57. > :15:01.was partly because it had to pay billions of dollars in compensation
:15:01. > :15:04.to people who were mis-sold insurance. The bank says it has
:15:04. > :15:14.reduced bonus awards to its employees by 30% to less than $600
:15:14. > :15:22.
:15:22. > :15:28.Time now to take a look at the financial markets. Some hope that
:15:29. > :15:33.America holds the key. We are expecting some data coming through.
:15:33. > :15:37.Consumer confidence numbers coming through from Michigan. Also about
:15:37. > :15:43.how sales. If they are positive they will pick up on the data which
:15:43. > :15:47.came out yesterday. It sends out the message that, even though
:15:47. > :15:51.Europe is still wrestling with the crisis of the eurozone debt
:15:51. > :15:55.situation, perhaps some hope is coming through from the United
:15:55. > :16:05.States. We have had some pretty positive numbers heading in the
:16:05. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:11.A 4th inquest has begun into the death of a baby girl who
:16:11. > :16:21.disappeared from a tent in the Australian outback more than 30
:16:21. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:26.years ago. The girl's mother, Lindy Chamberlain, insisted she had been
:16:26. > :16:29.taken by a wild dog - a dingo - while they were camping. She was
:16:29. > :16:32.convicted of the baby's murder in 1982 but freed four years later
:16:32. > :16:33.when the baby's jacket was found near a dingo's lair. Duncan Kennedy
:16:33. > :16:36.reports. 31 years after her daughter disappeared, Lindy
:16:36. > :16:46.Chamberlain was back in a courtroom, but this time to present new
:16:46. > :16:53.evidence to a coroner. The girl was three years old when she vanished.
:16:53. > :16:57.They were camping in the outback. The body was never found. In 1982,
:16:57. > :17:01.Lindy Chamberlain was jailed for the murder. It was only when the
:17:01. > :17:07.jacket turned up in a dingoes Den four years later that Mrs
:17:07. > :17:11.Chamberlain was released. Rumours persisted over her involvement. She
:17:11. > :17:15.and her former husband asked for a new hearing to present their own
:17:15. > :17:21.findings, cataloguing dozens of dingo attacks on humans, dating
:17:21. > :17:25.back to the 1980s. By calling for another inquest, they are looking
:17:25. > :17:29.for one more thing in this long- running case. For a coroner to
:17:29. > :17:34.record formally and finally that it was the dingo they killed their
:17:34. > :17:40.daughter. After the hearing she spoke of her hopes in the case.
:17:40. > :17:48.gives me hope this time that Australians will finally be warned
:17:48. > :17:54.and realise that dingoes are a dangerous animal. I also hope that
:17:54. > :18:01.this will give a final finding, which closes the inquest into my
:18:01. > :18:05.daughter's death, which so far has been standing open and unfinished.
:18:05. > :18:10.The coroner's ruling is expected next week. They believe that
:18:10. > :18:13.dingoes will be officially blamed and end three decades of rumour,
:18:13. > :18:23.speculation and heartache of what became Australia's most divisive
:18:23. > :18:27.
:18:27. > :18:37.Still to come: What you do with a bridge you cannot use any more? We
:18:37. > :18:43.
:18:43. > :18:48.Thousands of residents of Syria have fled the country into
:18:48. > :18:53.neighbouring countries, like Jordan. We have this report. No wonder some
:18:54. > :18:58.of these children looked a bit bemused. The girls and boys and a
:18:58. > :19:03.front three rows are all from Syria. A few weeks ago they were cowering
:19:03. > :19:08.in their homes under fire from the guns of their own government. In
:19:08. > :19:13.the safety of Jordan, some have been given places in local schools.
:19:13. > :19:23.The latest shaky images from Syria show up anti-government protests in
:19:23. > :19:23.
:19:23. > :19:28.several towns. Despite the obvious dangers. Many are being killed and
:19:28. > :19:33.there is a humanitarian crisis. This civil servant fled with his
:19:33. > :19:38.family when he was ordered to shoot protesters in Homs. It has been
:19:38. > :19:43.deeply traumatic, especially for the children.
:19:43. > :19:47.TRANSLATION: Psychologically it has affected them really badly. They
:19:47. > :19:52.would not leave my side because they were so scared. They were
:19:52. > :19:56.afraid of any noise, asking me if it was a sniper or of a man.
:19:56. > :20:01.Thousands of Syrian refugees have crossed these borders into the
:20:01. > :20:04.safety of Jordan. We have learnt that Syrian officials on the other
:20:04. > :20:08.side have been physically preventing people from leaving.
:20:08. > :20:14.Those wanting to escape the fighting were having to do so
:20:14. > :20:18.illegally, often through minefields. The town of Daraa, where there has
:20:19. > :20:27.been heavy fighting, is visible from the Jordanian side. One
:20:27. > :20:32.suggestion is to open an -- a humanitarian corridor. With more
:20:32. > :20:37.than 70,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan, they raise a heavy burden
:20:37. > :20:42.on the UN refugee agency and the Jordanian government. -- there is
:20:42. > :20:48.at a heavy burden. They are scared of coming to authorities. They are
:20:48. > :20:54.scared of coming here. Preparations for a more permanent refugee camp
:20:54. > :21:04.are already been made, as the fighting continues and more Syrians
:21:04. > :21:22.
:21:22. > :21:28.The headlines: The friends of Syria group of 70 countries will call for
:21:28. > :21:33.an immediate ceasefire and access for aid as they gather later in
:21:33. > :21:39.Tunis. Protests have broken out across Afghanistan for a 4th day
:21:39. > :21:45.against the burning of prams on a US base. There are reports from
:21:45. > :21:53.southern Somalia of an air strike killing several Al-Shabab relatives
:21:53. > :22:03.-- militants. It is not clear who carried out the raid. Our
:22:03. > :22:03.
:22:03. > :22:08.correspondent, based in Kenya, gave me more details. It certainly seems
:22:08. > :22:12.to be a fairly comprehensive airstrike in this area, south of
:22:12. > :22:17.the capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabab have cordoned off the area where
:22:17. > :22:22.the attack happened so it is difficult to get accurate
:22:22. > :22:26.information. We are hearing at least two cars were destroyed and
:22:26. > :22:30.four militants were killed. There are suggestions that three of the
:22:30. > :22:36.four of foreign fighters who had gone to work for Al-Shabab in what
:22:36. > :22:40.they see as a jihadist war. Who would have carried out the attack?
:22:40. > :22:45.It is difficult to know. The Kenyans have been in Somalia,
:22:45. > :22:48.fighting Al-Shabab in recent months. The Kenyans are saying it is not
:22:48. > :22:55.them. The Americans rarely talk about any of their activities when
:22:55. > :22:59.it comes to air strikes and trains. Interestingly, 24 hours ago,
:22:59. > :23:03.Hillary Clinton, speaking in London, said airstrikes would not be a good
:23:03. > :23:08.idea and added there was no reason to believe anyone, including the
:23:08. > :23:14.United States, was considering them. We know airstrikes have gone on in
:23:14. > :23:21.the last few months. No one seems prepared to own up and say, yes, it
:23:21. > :23:31.is us, possibly out of fear of a backlash should there be civilian
:23:31. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:38.casualties. Much of the recent focus in the euros and has been on
:23:38. > :23:42.Greece. But given the size of its economy and its problems, it is in
:23:42. > :23:47.Italy that the future of the single currency might be decided. Both
:23:47. > :23:51.Venice and the Italian economy are in the same boat. Can you save the
:23:52. > :23:58.conjuror that putting a city like this in peril. Restoration is a
:23:58. > :24:03.constant battle. Sharp cuts are taking their toll.
:24:04. > :24:09.TRANSLATION: It is hard to tape -- say whether it is fair or not. The
:24:09. > :24:15.central government is putting itself first and asking us for more
:24:15. > :24:20.sacrifices. We have less money to maintain everything. Here is one of
:24:20. > :24:25.ah thing that is not being cut, no huge scheme to build multiple
:24:25. > :24:32.barriers. -- one thing. In a time of austerity, the Government has
:24:32. > :24:36.released another 600 million euros for this project. It is part of a
:24:36. > :24:42.multi- billion Euros investment in infrastructure. The Government is
:24:42. > :24:48.hoping to boost economic growth in this way. It has created jobs. The
:24:48. > :24:53.economic impact is pretty limited. We do need this kind of investment
:24:53. > :24:58.but it is a long-term strategy. We will not see the effects next year
:24:58. > :25:03.or in a couple of years. It would take a long time. In Italy it takes
:25:03. > :25:07.a long time to get authorisation. In fairness, as across the country,
:25:07. > :25:11.other battles are being fought. Closed professions are up in arms
:25:11. > :25:18.about liberalisation. Pharmacists are among those rejecting the
:25:18. > :25:28.bitter medicine of competition. This is a revolution because we
:25:28. > :25:31.
:25:31. > :25:36.lose business because of this In a city, in a country where
:25:36. > :25:41.tradition is so important, making huge changes too deeply rooted,
:25:41. > :25:46.restrictive employment practices, is a massive change. A big
:25:46. > :25:51.adjustment for Italian society. The Government says it is do or die. In
:25:51. > :25:55.other words, you cut in efficiency and more competition means more
:25:56. > :26:00.opportunity. Not that -- not for these protesters outside Venice
:26:00. > :26:06.Station that have been laid off by the train company. Mario Monti has
:26:06. > :26:11.to play his part, says Salvatore. Italy is facing a real emergency.
:26:11. > :26:16.We want our jobs back. challenge for Venice, Italy and
:26:16. > :26:26.Mario Monti, how do you fix what is broker without destroying what you
:26:26. > :26:40.
:26:41. > :26:46.already have? -- broken. This is a helicopter in northern Brazil. The
:26:46. > :26:53.pilot was OK but I do not think the helicopter will be going up again.