:00:13. > :00:16.A gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform has killed two NATO troops.
:00:16. > :00:20.A warning of an impending catastrophe in Niger - we'll have
:00:20. > :00:22.the latest from a leading aid agency working there.
:00:22. > :00:28.President Obama calls for Chinese support in the fight against
:00:28. > :00:30.nuclear weapons. Welcome to BBC World News. Also in
:00:30. > :00:40.this programme: Titanic director, James Cameron,
:00:40. > :00:50.
:00:50. > :00:53.resurfaces from the deep after diving to the bottom of the ocean.
:00:53. > :00:57.In Afghanistan, a gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform has killed two
:00:57. > :01:00.NATO troops in the south of the country. The attack appears to be
:01:00. > :01:05.the latest in a string of shootings in which Afghan security forces
:01:05. > :01:09.have turned on their international colleagues. The attacker died when
:01:09. > :01:14.coalition forces returned fire. Afghan security forces say the
:01:14. > :01:22.shooting happened inside the main NATO base in Lashkar Gah. The BBC's,
:01:22. > :01:31.Bilal Sarwary, is in Kabul and gave us the latest on the shooting.
:01:31. > :01:37.We understand that an individual wearing an army uniform, an Afghan
:01:37. > :01:45.army uniform opened fire at two NATO service members. Reports say
:01:46. > :01:52.the gunman was killed as well by coalition forces. But it has
:01:52. > :01:57.confirmed to the BBC the soldier was a member of the Afghan National
:01:57. > :02:01.Army and killed two NATO service members and was shot dead. It has
:02:01. > :02:07.been a difficult time in Afghanistan in recent weeks, is
:02:08. > :02:11.this connected to recent tensions or is it a one off? One thing the
:02:11. > :02:17.Afghan national security forces have been having a huge problem
:02:17. > :02:23.with, is the issue of rogue soldiers and Taliban ill filtration.
:02:23. > :02:28.We have seen similar instances for the last 18 months were members of
:02:28. > :02:31.the police and army have turned their guns on their coalition
:02:31. > :02:37.partners. The Afghan Government has failed to come up with a strategy
:02:37. > :02:41.to prevent that. Afghan officials at this stage are saying they are
:02:41. > :02:45.investigating the matter. We do not know if it has been connected to
:02:45. > :02:48.the events of the last few weeks. The spectre of famine is once again
:02:48. > :02:51.casting its shadow over swathes of West Africa with the UN and
:02:51. > :02:55.international aid agencies warning of a looming food crisis in the
:02:55. > :03:00.Sahel region after successive poor harvests. Niger is particularly at
:03:00. > :03:03.risk. Our correspondent, Andrew Harding, reports from the village
:03:03. > :03:13.of Kassi-Tondi, about three hours drive north east of the capital
:03:13. > :03:17.Niamey. This is one way to try to fight
:03:17. > :03:23.malnutrition and push back the sounds of the Sahara. We are on an
:03:23. > :03:29.arid plain in the centre of Niger. There are hundreds of women piling
:03:29. > :03:33.stones and rocks onto these banks. These are ditches they have dug to
:03:33. > :03:37.catch the rainwater which falls very rarely hear. The idea being
:03:37. > :03:43.once the rain has been trapped they can bring the fields back to life
:03:43. > :03:47.and plan their crops. That is in the longer term, but in the shorter
:03:47. > :03:52.term they have been paid $2 a day by the World Food Programme or the
:03:52. > :03:59.equivalent in food, for their time in labour. It allows them and their
:03:59. > :04:04.families to have enough to eat the the coming months. Last year's
:04:04. > :04:08.harvest was very poor, there is it insecurity and highly her food
:04:08. > :04:13.prices. The extra cash is badly- needed and it is this kind of work
:04:13. > :04:18.that will hopefully prevent a famine breaking out in Niger.
:04:18. > :04:23.President Obama has been meeting Chinese leader on the sidelines of
:04:23. > :04:27.a major Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea. The US President has
:04:27. > :04:35.said that two countries have a joint interest in non-nuclear
:04:35. > :04:40.proliferation. President, Father, Commander In
:04:40. > :04:45.Chief and now an honorary graduate. At the University of foreign
:04:45. > :04:49.studies to date, President Obama came in all of his roles with one
:04:49. > :04:55.message. He said America had more nuclear weapons than it needed and
:04:55. > :04:59.was committed to leading by example. I say this as President of the only
:04:59. > :05:05.nation ever to use its nuclear weapons. I say this as a commander
:05:05. > :05:10.in chief who know that a nuclear codes are never far from my side.
:05:10. > :05:14.Most of all I say it as a father, once my young daughters to grow up
:05:14. > :05:21.in a world where ever think they know and love can be instantly
:05:21. > :05:24.wiped out. Speaking directly to North Korea's leaders, he said
:05:24. > :05:29.nuclear weapons had not delivered security, dignity or respect North
:05:29. > :05:34.Korea had sought, but had undermined it. Looking across the
:05:34. > :05:39.demilitarised zone on Sunday, his first glimpse inside the closed,
:05:39. > :05:43.Communists state, he said he was struck between the two differences
:05:43. > :05:48.between the two sides. North Korea is not coming to the summit, and is
:05:49. > :05:54.not on the agenda. This is about preventing nuclear material falling
:05:54. > :06:00.into the hands of nuclear terrorist groups, not about disarmament. But
:06:00. > :06:07.North Korea is just an hour's drive away, and President Obama's speech
:06:07. > :06:11.and schedule showed just how much part of the discussion it is. I
:06:11. > :06:14.asked Lucy Williams and for more on what President Obama and the
:06:15. > :06:24.Chinese leader are expected to have talked about question mark
:06:24. > :06:29.President Obama was due to discuss a number things with President Lee
:06:29. > :06:33.Myung-Bak. We got a bit of a Haynes what
:06:33. > :06:39.President Obama might be saying to his Chinese counterpart from his
:06:39. > :06:43.press conference on Sunday, were the American President said China's
:06:43. > :06:48.approached to North Korea so far was not working and urge them to
:06:48. > :06:52.get much tougher. There has been much discussion and also the
:06:52. > :06:56.question of Iran in recent months. Is that likely to be part of the
:06:56. > :07:02.discussions? That is something else are we are told will be part of the
:07:02. > :07:06.discussions between the two President's. China is part of the
:07:07. > :07:13.Security Council and has influenced on what kind of sanctions may be
:07:13. > :07:17.applied to Iran if it continues. But also, China is a major energy
:07:17. > :07:22.importer, and in previous situations has sometimes decided
:07:22. > :07:27.its energy needs are a part of that decision in needs to make. I think
:07:27. > :07:32.it will be something else they need to talk about. They have a lot of
:07:32. > :07:36.differences on having perceived Iran's nuclear programme. Whether
:07:36. > :07:42.they perceive it to be a threat, or how much of a threat. They are
:07:42. > :07:46.pretty far our part on that issue. But on the issue of North Korea,
:07:46. > :07:52.Iran is intimating it is wanting to get tougher with Pyongyang and has
:07:52. > :07:55.limited influence over North Korea, but is trying to do more to
:07:55. > :07:59.persuade North Korea to fall in line.
:07:59. > :08:03.The German Chancellor has told the BBC it would be a political mistake
:08:03. > :08:10.if Greece was to lead the eurozone. In an exclusive interview for
:08:10. > :08:15.Newsnight, Angela Merkel, said Germany would do everything it can
:08:15. > :08:19.to hold the economy together. TRANSLATION: Agrees has explained
:08:19. > :08:23.it wants to remain in the Euros. It is trying to overcome its major
:08:23. > :08:26.weaknesses. Be they in the administration or the
:08:26. > :08:32.competitiveness of the business community, it is going to be a long
:08:32. > :08:38.and arduous road. We had taken the decision to be in a currency union.
:08:38. > :08:42.This is not only a monetary decision, it is a political one. It
:08:42. > :08:46.would be catastrophic if we were to say to one of those who have
:08:46. > :08:51.decided to be with us, we no longer want to you. Incidentally, the
:08:51. > :08:55.treaties don't allow for that anyway. People all over the world
:08:55. > :09:01.will ask, who will be next? The Euro area would be incredibly
:09:01. > :09:05.weekend. The export nation Germany, in particular benefits from the
:09:05. > :09:11.Euros. It would be a huge political mistake to allow Greece to leave.
:09:11. > :09:15.That is why we will be clear with Greece. We will say, if you want to
:09:15. > :09:20.be part of a common currency, you have to do your homework. But at
:09:20. > :09:26.the same time we will always support to use.
:09:26. > :09:29.The Angela Merkel. Aaron, Germany have got some more numbers out
:09:30. > :09:37.today? This is a closely watched business
:09:37. > :09:43.confidence survey. Again, I have to say, a small spark of good news, it
:09:43. > :09:48.has risen for March, up for the 5th month in a row. The survey talks to
:09:48. > :09:53.around 7,000 corporate leaders from all sorts of funds and gauges
:09:53. > :09:57.optimism and pessimism. It has risen but only by a short amount.
:09:57. > :10:03.But going forward, there are lot of worries the German economy is
:10:03. > :10:08.losing momentum, even the President of the institute said the German
:10:08. > :10:12.economy is losing momentum. Germany is always an interesting story,
:10:12. > :10:18.because it always appears to be this island of happiness. But can
:10:18. > :10:26.it remain an economic island? The answer appears to be, no. Let's
:10:26. > :10:30.listen to Stephen Evans, and he explained to me what the picture is.
:10:30. > :10:36.There is a slight rise in confidence. 7,000 enterprises have
:10:36. > :10:42.been contacted and it gauges how optimistic and pessimistic they are.
:10:42. > :10:47.This slight rise in optimism, but not a very much. You have to assume
:10:47. > :10:54.it is basically flat. There is a signs of a slowdown, maybe a
:10:54. > :10:59.slowdown in China having an impact. So much of German manufacturing
:10:59. > :11:04.heads out to the east, either in the form of machine tools for
:11:04. > :11:08.German factories all in the form of flash cars for the new rich in
:11:08. > :11:13.China. So the assumption is, a slowdown in China will eventually,
:11:13. > :11:17.perhaps quite soon, impact on Germany. But the confidence does
:11:17. > :11:21.remain there, and certainly a lot more confidence than in other
:11:21. > :11:27.countries. A lot of worries surrounding the whole eurozone
:11:27. > :11:32.crisis. What I have been reading, Germany may bow to international
:11:32. > :11:39.pressure and increased the eurozone's firewall, basically? Can
:11:39. > :11:43.you explain that in more detail? Angela Merkel has been resisted to
:11:43. > :11:48.increasing the firepower of the central bail-out funds in Brussels.
:11:48. > :11:54.She has indicated very, very strongly, when one fund it reaches
:11:54. > :11:58.the end of its life, it should die. The views from others like from
:11:58. > :12:04.Brussels and the IMF, is somehow the fund has to be bolstered. There
:12:04. > :12:08.are indications she is realising the pressure is pretty relentless
:12:08. > :12:12.on Germany to increase the size of the fund. Finance ministers meet
:12:12. > :12:20.towards the end of the week, and the expectation is that pressure
:12:20. > :12:24.will be pretty, pretty fierce on her. The signs seem to be that
:12:24. > :12:29.pressure may be bearing fruit and there may be some relaxation.
:12:29. > :12:34.talk about China, the number of Chinese firms and households unable
:12:34. > :12:39.to pay their loans has risen. China Construction Bank said the bad
:12:39. > :12:43.loans rose by 10% in the last three months. We are talking about the
:12:43. > :12:50.second biggest lender in the world, who said most of the default was in
:12:50. > :12:53.the property sector. The rising number of bad loans at
:12:53. > :12:58.China Construction Bank is another piece of news underlining the
:12:58. > :13:03.difficulties facing this country's economy. Following the financial
:13:03. > :13:07.crisis, China kept itself afloat with government's stimulus and easy
:13:07. > :13:11.money, fuelling a massive splurge of property building and
:13:11. > :13:15.investments elsewhere. It could not last for ever, not least because of
:13:15. > :13:20.the risk of stoking inflation and the question is, not whether but by
:13:20. > :13:24.how much the economy is likely to slow. Increasing numbers of bad
:13:25. > :13:30.loans are a good indicator of the slowdown in manufacturing, property
:13:30. > :13:34.and in the retail sectors. There is a knock on effect, because the more
:13:34. > :13:38.banks have to set aside to cover such loans, the less they have for
:13:38. > :13:42.lending. Let's touch on some of the other
:13:42. > :13:48.business stories around the world. We have been talking about high oil
:13:49. > :13:54.prices and they have not helped China. The oil giant in China
:13:54. > :13:58.reported a modest profit and could not pass on the high cost to
:13:58. > :14:04.consumers and that eats into its profits.
:14:04. > :14:10.Fiat is to close two of its plans this week during a month of strikes
:14:10. > :14:16.by its drivers. It will lay off workers temporarily near Naples and
:14:16. > :14:21.close another facility in southern Italy later in the week. And there
:14:21. > :14:24.are protests against Government measures which have certainly
:14:25. > :14:34.raised fuel prices. Cannot escape them at the moment.
:14:34. > :14:42.Investors are concerned in the Asian market about this cooling
:14:42. > :14:48.effect we are seeing coming out of the Chinese economy. It is a bit of
:14:48. > :14:52.a mixed bag as you can see. China and the eurozone continue to rate
:14:52. > :14:58.and the eurozone continue to rate on investor's minds.
:14:58. > :15:08.This is BBC World news: Franz's newest theme park are plans and
:15:08. > :15:12.
:15:12. > :15:16.He was speaking soon after his arrival and the current President
:15:16. > :15:21.admitted defeat. Tom Esslemont reports.
:15:21. > :15:28.After a chaotic and at times violent campaign, jubilation. These
:15:28. > :15:34.are the supporters of the man who will now lead Senegal, Macky Sall.
:15:34. > :15:38.TRANSLATION: I am very happy, he is young, very polite, courteous, and
:15:38. > :15:43.really he deserves this. Everybody was hoping he would win. This is
:15:43. > :15:48.the man he beat, his former political mentor, Abdoulaye Wade,
:15:48. > :15:51.who changed the constitution to try to secure a third day in -- third
:15:51. > :15:57.term in office. His attempt to cling to power sparked scenes like
:15:57. > :16:04.this, upsetting the tranquillity in West Africa's most stable democracy.
:16:04. > :16:09.It was at times a bit campaign. This man, a musician, wanted to run
:16:09. > :16:14.but was disqualified by five constitutional judges. So who is
:16:14. > :16:19.Macky Sall? He was born for a modest family in the western city.
:16:19. > :16:23.His father, a civil servant, his mother a not sell up. He was partly
:16:23. > :16:27.educated in France and held a number of ministerial posts and his
:16:27. > :16:31.predecessor, including that of Prime Minister. Now he has many
:16:31. > :16:38.tasks on his hands, among them the food crisis gripping the Sahel
:16:38. > :16:44.region. But in the capital, where once there was violence, people are
:16:44. > :16:50.now seeing a new era. Surely a sense of optimism that Senegal's
:16:50. > :16:56.new leader will want to preserve. Japan's shut down they know their
:16:56. > :17:04.nuclear power station, bringing it one step closer to suspending its
:17:05. > :17:09.atomic energy programme. -- cat down another nuclear power station.
:17:10. > :17:15.There is much more on our website. I should just tell you about David
:17:15. > :17:19.Cameron, the British Prime Minister, who was of course and a fire for
:17:19. > :17:23.the political lobbying system. He is due to make a speech in the next
:17:23. > :17:26.few minutes on Alzheimer's and tackling that, but he is expected
:17:26. > :17:36.to make some remarks at the top of that on the current political
:17:36. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:41.scandal here in London. More on This is BBC World News, and Geeta
:17:41. > :17:45.Guru-Murthy. A rogue Afghan army soldier has killed two NATO troops
:17:45. > :17:49.at their base in the south of the country. Aid agencies are warning
:17:50. > :17:53.of a looming food crisis in the chair, saying it could turn into a
:17:53. > :17:57.catastrophe unless millions of dollars of extra funding is secured.
:17:57. > :18:00.-- Niger. The Pope is moving on to visit Cuba
:18:00. > :18:05.after ending his stay in Mexico by giving an outdoor Mass for an
:18:05. > :18:08.estimated 300,000 people. His trip to commis Cuba is being seen as a
:18:09. > :18:13.chance for the Church to revive the flagging faith of the people and
:18:13. > :18:20.perhaps increase its influence. -- Communist Cuba.
:18:20. > :18:25.This is Santiago, the cradle of the Cuban revolution, the first stop on
:18:25. > :18:29.this communist island for Pope Benedict. That is because it is
:18:29. > :18:33.also home to the most important Catholic shrine. Cubans flopped our
:18:33. > :18:38.Lady of Charity for help with everything from freeing political
:18:38. > :18:42.prisoners to success in sport. That is despite four decades of state
:18:42. > :18:48.atheism. The basilica has been spruced up for the Pope with money
:18:48. > :18:53.from the Church abroad. We have been working 24 hours a day
:18:53. > :18:57.for five weeks, this man says, but it is an honour to be involved.
:18:57. > :19:02.Pope Benedict is coming here as a pilfering, visiting the shrine in
:19:02. > :19:05.the anniversary year of the patron saint of Cuba. -- as a pilgrim. But
:19:05. > :19:09.the people have great expectations for his visit. The Church hopes the
:19:09. > :19:13.visit can help boost its appeal and influence. Only a fraction of
:19:13. > :19:18.Cubans regularly go to Mass, although it is now possible to be
:19:18. > :19:21.Catholic and communist here. TRANSLATION: The Pope will
:19:21. > :19:29.reinforce the Chechen strengthen our pastoral walk far this year,
:19:29. > :19:32.and I think he will bring a message of hope. -- he will reinforce the
:19:32. > :19:36.church and strengthen our pastoral work for this year. The people
:19:36. > :19:40.think the Pope can help with everything. Let's see if he brings
:19:40. > :19:45.us prosperity, this teacher tells me, that is what we hope for, and
:19:45. > :19:48.friendship not just with America but with the world.
:19:48. > :19:52.Workers have been here preparing Revolution Square for the Pope for
:19:52. > :19:56.weeks. He has already courted controversy by saying communism has
:19:56. > :20:03.failed, but here he will be saying Mass watched over by an image of
:20:03. > :20:06.the dark Castro. -- Fidel Castro. Hollywood director James Cameron
:20:07. > :20:10.has become the first person in more than half a century to reach the
:20:10. > :20:15.deepest place and out. The director of the film Titanic made the dive
:20:15. > :20:19.11 kilometres down in a specially designed submarine. He tweeted,
:20:19. > :20:23.hitting bottom never felt so good. He spent three hours filming and
:20:23. > :20:27.exploring the doubts of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. It was the
:20:27. > :20:32.first solo dive to reach the bottom of the trench. The only previous
:20:32. > :20:37.man's descent was in 1960. Rebecca Morelle joined us from the nearest
:20:37. > :20:43.landmass to the Mariana Trench and gave us the latest on the dive.
:20:43. > :20:47.At the moment, about 300 kilometres out to sea, the director is
:20:47. > :20:52.celebrating, having made the deepest dive to the deepest blaze
:20:52. > :20:57.on the planet. He has been waiting for days to go at there, the
:20:57. > :21:02.weather has been atrocious, but they had a clear spell, and he went
:21:02. > :21:06.for it. It took him two and a half hours to descend to the bottom.
:21:06. > :21:12.This submarine sliced through the water like a vertical torpedo. He
:21:12. > :21:15.had a few hours to roam around and see what was down there, then
:21:15. > :21:20.straight back up to the surface where he is now celebrating. I know
:21:20. > :21:25.when you're telling about this a few days ago, it looked and sounded
:21:25. > :21:29.quite extraordinary and terrifying, but he has come back safely. Was he
:21:29. > :21:34.surprised by what he saw? Well, we have not been able to speak to him
:21:34. > :21:40.just yet, but some of the creatures he might have seen Dan there, these
:21:40. > :21:50.weird shrimp tied creatures which can grow up to 1 ft long. -- down
:21:50. > :21:55.there. Jellyfish, frustrations. -- crustaceans. He said he was really
:21:55. > :21:59.interested in filming the life that exists down there, and the deep
:21:59. > :22:03.ocean is so little explored, chances are he has probably seen
:22:03. > :22:09.seven new species. And it is of course pitch-black and freezing
:22:09. > :22:14.cold, and their work rate risks with this. Yes, that is right. It
:22:14. > :22:20.is not a very comfortable dive. He spent hours curled up and a timely
:22:20. > :22:25.metal sphere unable to stretch his arms or his legs. -- curled up in a
:22:25. > :22:29.tiny metal sphere. If the submarine had been compromised, it would have
:22:29. > :22:34.imploded in milliseconds. Even more frighteningly, if communications
:22:34. > :22:39.had failed. But that did not happen, he has come back safely, and he
:22:39. > :22:43.wants to go back down again. If you are looking for something
:22:43. > :22:48.different from a theme park, France might have the answer. They are
:22:48. > :22:52.planning one based on Napoleon Bonaparte. Hugh Schofield reports.
:22:52. > :22:55.Perfecting the technique, in a field in north-east France,
:22:55. > :22:59.Napoleon enthusiasts are in training for a re-enactment of one
:22:59. > :23:03.of his battles. The guns, the clothes, the drill, all straight
:23:03. > :23:07.out of the history books. The attention to detail is a telling
:23:07. > :23:12.tribute to the man they have chosen as their hero. The fascination with
:23:12. > :23:17.Napoleon has proved highly enduring, which explains why there is such
:23:17. > :23:23.enthusiasm now for this latest idea, which is a Napoleon theme park. For
:23:23. > :23:27.now, it is only a plan, but it is perfectly serious. They want to
:23:27. > :23:34.build the park here in this town, scene of one of his last victories
:23:34. > :23:40.in 1814. The mayor once the first stone laid in 2014, the 200th
:23:40. > :23:44.anniversary. It will be done properly, he insists, not just a
:23:44. > :23:49.new Disneyland, education as well as fun.
:23:49. > :23:54.And, usefully, the park has the backing of this man, Charl Napoleon,
:23:54. > :24:00.current head of the Bonaparte family. -- Charles. People come to
:24:00. > :24:03.be interested to new technologies, history, through entertainment. We
:24:03. > :24:10.pass along time of our life in entertainment, you know, doing
:24:10. > :24:16.something different than working, so, well, they will know a bit more
:24:16. > :24:19.about Napoleon during this time. I think it is good. One of the
:24:19. > :24:23.highlights of the spring tourist season in Paris is this, the coach
:24:23. > :24:28.that Napoleon rode in at the Battle of Waterloo. That and the hat and
:24:28. > :24:34.coat that he was wearing. The lure lives on, two centuries after his
:24:34. > :24:39.final defeat, the emperor strikes back.
:24:39. > :24:44.Now, South Africa, where four Nobel Peace Prize winners, Albert Luthuli,
:24:44. > :24:54.Desmond Tutu, and former President F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are
:24:54. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :24:59.being honoured through music. Our correspondent Milton Nkosi has more.
:24:59. > :25:05.The quartet of peace rehearsal is in full swing. The hand-crafted
:25:05. > :25:09.instruments were made by a master Craftsman in Cape Town. Each
:25:10. > :25:16.instrument is the specially designed to be compatible so they
:25:16. > :25:20.are all in perfect harmony. The violins are Albert Luthuli, Desmond
:25:20. > :25:30.Tutu, FW de Klerk and the first black President of South Africa,
:25:30. > :25:30.
:25:30. > :25:35.Nelson Mandela, the cello. So what does it mean to play this song on a
:25:35. > :25:40.violin named after are that it really? I did not know him, of
:25:40. > :25:50.course, because he died before I was born. He was a teacher, and I
:25:50. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:58.teach the violin, so he was trying to lift up society. The time for
:25:58. > :26:05.practice is over, and it is show This concert is held at the cradle
:26:05. > :26:10.of humankind, a World Heritage Site. The purpose of these instruments is
:26:10. > :26:15.to promote peace, reconciliation and hope for a country emerging
:26:15. > :26:22.from apartheid. Well, there is much more on all of
:26:22. > :26:28.our new stories at the website. David Cameron, as I said, doing his
:26:28. > :26:32.speech in the next few minutes on the British political scandal here,
:26:32. > :26:36.when the Conservative Party have been filmed, one of their financial
:26:36. > :26:43.fundraisers has been filmed secretly by a newspaper, and that
:26:43. > :26:46.has caused a huge political set of ructions. David Cameron is due to