:00:17. > :00:23.Anger on Spain's streets. Madrid prepares to slash billions from its
:00:23. > :00:28.budget. French police arrest Islamist militants in dawn raids.
:00:28. > :00:34.Palestinian protests taking place to mark land Derek and loss of Arab
:00:34. > :00:41.land to Israel. -- Land Day. Welcome to BBC World News. Also in
:00:41. > :00:49.this programme: The extradition of the British man accused of plotting
:00:49. > :00:59.to murder his British wife is temporarily halted. George Galloway
:00:59. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:09.Windsor shock by-election victory. Massive budget cuts are expected to
:01:09. > :01:11.be announced today in Spain. The country is in recession again and
:01:11. > :01:17.has the highest level of unemployment in the EU. Protestors
:01:17. > :01:23.and police clashed yesterday during a general strike. Joining me from
:01:23. > :01:32.Madrid is the BBC's Tom Burridge. I asked him what was expected in the
:01:32. > :01:36.next few hours. We are expecting an austere budget. It is worth looking
:01:37. > :01:41.back and seen what has happened since the new government came into
:01:41. > :01:46.power. When he came to power, he announced austere measures and
:01:46. > :01:52.reforms and spending cuts and tax increases. They were controversial
:01:52. > :01:58.at the time. Brussels have lent on Madrid. They said the deficit
:01:58. > :02:02.hardship -- targets are not enough and they have had to cut further.
:02:02. > :02:05.They have realised the public finances it was passed on by the
:02:05. > :02:12.previous social -- socialist government were much worse than
:02:12. > :02:17.they had thought. We saw those protests getting pretty heated
:02:17. > :02:22.yesterday. How will this affect ordinary people? How difficult
:02:22. > :02:27.would it be for the Government to bring the public with it? There is
:02:27. > :02:30.lot of opposition in Spain. The Government feels those are
:02:30. > :02:35.necessary to cut the high unemployment and a huge problem
:02:35. > :02:39.that Spain has with its economy by trying to make a more flexible
:02:40. > :02:45.labour market and easier for companies to fire people and easier,
:02:45. > :02:51.in the longer term, to hire people. There are wider reforms, cuts to
:02:52. > :02:56.have and education, things such Spanish people hold dear. The
:02:56. > :03:00.unions are warning for more social unrest to come. We will see more
:03:00. > :03:04.protests and more strikes. The Government says it needs to rein in
:03:05. > :03:10.its spending and cut budget deficit to reassure the markets so it can
:03:10. > :03:17.keep borrowing at sensible rates. This all stresses the need even
:03:17. > :03:23.more for some kind of safety fire Walk in the eurozone. Absolutely.
:03:23. > :03:28.That is what the eurozone finance ministers have been discussing.
:03:28. > :03:32.According to the Austrian Finance Minister, she has come out and
:03:32. > :03:38.confirm that all 17 eurozone economies and governments have
:03:38. > :03:45.agreed to raise the firewall - we're talking about the rescue pot.
:03:45. > :03:51.They have raised it to 800 billion euros. But that is not enough?
:03:51. > :03:55.is the problem. 300 billion of those euros has already been spent.
:03:55. > :04:03.It has been released in the forms of bail out. We're looking at a
:04:03. > :04:07.rescue pot. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
:04:07. > :04:12.Development told us earlier this week that the eurozone needs a
:04:12. > :04:17.rescue part of at least one trillion euros to be able to handle
:04:17. > :04:24.any future financial shocks. Let's listen to what the experts say.
:04:24. > :04:30.They say it is good but not enough. This will protect one traditional
:04:30. > :04:36.country - a large one - Spain. This country is small enough to fit into
:04:36. > :04:40.the new rescue shield if necessary. It will show that Germany continues
:04:40. > :04:44.to back the European rescue operations, which is also a
:04:44. > :04:48.positive sign. There have been doubts in the past when German
:04:48. > :04:53.politicians resigned and German central bankers resigned over
:04:53. > :04:59.Europe, that Germany would continue to support the area. That is
:04:59. > :05:06.positive. The rescue fund is not enough to protect Italy. That is
:05:06. > :05:14.what markets will focus on. An independent investigation has found
:05:14. > :05:20.that a factory in China which produces iPhones for Apple, it has
:05:20. > :05:30.shown excessive risks at Foxconn factories. Apple said it fully
:05:30. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:41.accepts recommendations of the port -- the report. Auret Fan Heerden is
:05:41. > :05:46.the President and CEO Fair Labor Association. There have long been
:05:46. > :05:55.concerned on the production lines for the Chinese making iPhones and
:05:55. > :06:00.iPads for apple. -- Apple. There are long periods of overtime,
:06:00. > :06:07.sometimes without fair compensation, and stretches of shifts lasting up
:06:07. > :06:11.to 11 consecutive days without brakes. We found 15 findings. Some
:06:11. > :06:16.are violations of the FLA code of conduct and some of violations of
:06:16. > :06:21.the labour law and some are areas of weakness. All the workers
:06:22. > :06:26.surveyed were employed by Foxconn. Apple and Foxconn Sen able to
:06:26. > :06:30.change practices to ensure that no one works more than 49 hours a week
:06:30. > :06:35.and that pay for workers will be increased to compensate for the
:06:35. > :06:40.shorter shifts. Critics of Apple have long argued its dominant role
:06:40. > :06:45.in the industry has made it can squeeze suppliers on price so that
:06:45. > :06:49.they have to squeeze workers' pay and conditions. I have spoken to
:06:49. > :06:56.some workers who tell me they willingly volunteer for excessively
:06:56. > :07:00.long ships because they could not make enough money otherwise. --
:07:00. > :07:03.shifts. Consumers want their gadgets cheap. The Fair Labour
:07:03. > :07:08.Association report is the clearest indication yet as to what that
:07:08. > :07:11.means for those who make the gadgets. Apple is not the only one
:07:11. > :07:16.failing to ensure its suppliers meet the basic guidelines but it is
:07:16. > :07:26.one of the biggest. If its workers are paid more for less work, the
:07:26. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:37.rest of the industry may have to follow. That was Jon Sudworth.
:07:37. > :07:44.Let's join Stuart Miles. This is not a new story. We have heard
:07:44. > :07:51.previous problems at these factories. We had a spate of worker
:07:51. > :07:59.suicides. How damning is this report for Apple? If it is easy for
:07:59. > :08:04.Apple to distance itself. It is a supplier of Apple. Apple were
:08:04. > :08:08.involved. They have commissioned a report and hope he will act upon it.
:08:08. > :08:13.It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference to the prices or
:08:13. > :08:17.the profit that Apple can make from the products. Some will be watching
:08:17. > :08:24.this and going, hang on, aren't you talking about the most valuable
:08:24. > :08:29.company in the world? It is -- it has more money than the whole
:08:29. > :08:34.country of Poland. Surely they can afford to pay the workers were than
:08:34. > :08:38.the $400 a month they are earning. You would like to think so. The
:08:38. > :08:43.best way to show you distinct as to whether you like practices or not
:08:44. > :08:49.is not to buy their products. There are plenty of other alternatives
:08:49. > :08:53.that you can go and buy. They might not be as great a product that if
:08:53. > :09:00.you do not like what Apple art dealing with Foxconn in China - the
:09:00. > :09:06.best way to show them is not to buy their products. The I want talk
:09:06. > :09:10.about Research In Motion, the makers behind BlackBerry. -- I want
:09:10. > :09:14.to talk. How significant was it when the boss said we are now going
:09:14. > :09:21.to refocus our efforts on the corporate customer and not the
:09:21. > :09:25.individual consumer? This is interesting. When you are -- when
:09:25. > :09:32.he first joined, he said everything is fine and nothing needed to be
:09:32. > :09:37.changed. He has had a wake-up call. I have been talking to BlackBerry.
:09:37. > :09:40.They are very focused on the consumer market. It seems to be
:09:40. > :09:44.making sure they are efficient where they are supposed to be
:09:44. > :09:49.efficient and not forgetting their core business, which is the
:09:49. > :09:54.business customer. They are very much engaged in dealing with the
:09:54. > :10:00.consumer. They have some new consumer devices coming. There is a
:10:00. > :10:06.new operating system coming at the end of the Year, which is very
:10:06. > :10:12.Consumer Focus. Let's take a quick look at the markets. Asian markets
:10:13. > :10:19.are down. This is what the European markets are doing as I speak. They
:10:19. > :10:24.continue edging up slightly higher. It is taking advantage of the last
:10:24. > :10:29.date of the quarter. The markets will breathe a sigh of relief that
:10:29. > :10:34.the war chest in the eurozone is being increased to 800 billion
:10:34. > :10:39.euros. Then there will probably turn their attention back to Italy
:10:39. > :10:46.or something like that. It is not big enough at the moment to handle
:10:46. > :10:51.further hiccups in Italy. French believe has arrested 19 suspected
:10:51. > :11:01.Islamist and seized weapons including assault rifles in raids
:11:01. > :11:06.across France. Mohamed Merah were shot dead in Toulouse. More
:11:06. > :11:09.operations to arrest Islamist extremists were planned. Christian
:11:09. > :11:19.Fraser told me that French police are not linking today's rains
:11:19. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:24.directly with Mohamed Merah or's investigation. -- raids. President
:11:24. > :11:29.Sarkozy has third he will crack down on their own Islamist groups,
:11:29. > :11:36.websites and supporters. As part of that ongoing investigation, we have
:11:36. > :11:46.seen raids in Toulouse, at Nantes come up Marseilles and in the Paris
:11:46. > :11:47.
:11:47. > :11:54.suburbs as well. These are the anti-terror police. -- Nantes,
:11:55. > :12:00.Marseilles. At one flat in Montauk, we have seen quite a hall of
:12:00. > :12:06.weapons coming out. These people were known to the intelligence
:12:06. > :12:13.agency, known around the country. President Sarkozy was quoted as
:12:14. > :12:18.saying this was a little like the 9/11 attacks. We are in the midst
:12:18. > :12:23.of an election campaign. How much is this a political issue still now
:12:23. > :12:28.in the country? I do not think you can underestimate how deeply it was
:12:28. > :12:32.felt in France over recent weeks. It was the biggest manhunt and the
:12:33. > :12:42.nature of the killings - those killed at point blank range and in
:12:43. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:49.the space of a week - it did create anxiety, apprehension and fear. I
:12:50. > :12:55.suppose it was France's 9/11. You also have to see it within the
:12:56. > :13:00.prism of the election that is just weeks away. Security and crime is
:13:00. > :13:04.right at the forefront of the campaign of President Sarkozy. It
:13:04. > :13:08.has shifted the emphasis away from the problems with the economy. No
:13:08. > :13:14.surprise to see him talking about this this morning and warning that
:13:14. > :13:23.further rates are coming. Still to come, UK tanker drivers ruler
:13:23. > :13:33.strike action over Easter. -- will out. Find out the controversial
:13:33. > :13:34.
:13:34. > :13:38.owner of this mansion a little later. This weekend it is the Dubai
:13:38. > :13:44.World Cup - the world's richest horse race. Huge amounts of money
:13:44. > :13:54.had been spent in bringing the sport to buy. Are its efforts
:13:54. > :13:54.
:13:54. > :14:01.paying off? -- Dubai. The Dubai World Cup is the product large
:14:01. > :14:05.man's ambition and large amounts of wealth. -- amounts of ambition. At
:14:05. > :14:11.the early morning training sessions, those on the track of all competing
:14:11. > :14:17.for a piece of that wealth to take home with them. 14 horses will be
:14:17. > :14:23.competing with an unrivalled amount of prize money. They will be
:14:23. > :14:30.competing on this race track. It cost $1.3 billion. It is all down
:14:30. > :14:36.to one man. He has become one of the key players and biggest
:14:36. > :14:39.spenders in the global horseracing industry. Some in the industry
:14:39. > :14:44.estimates Sheikh Mohammed represents a third of the entire
:14:44. > :14:48.horseracing business. The sport is about tradition and winning the
:14:48. > :14:55.older races is worth much more than the new ones, no matter what the
:14:55. > :15:02.prize money. Can it be taken seriously? You look at the horses
:15:02. > :15:05.he had won this event and they are closing in to being part to the
:15:05. > :15:13.kind of courses who had won of the Kentucky Derby, the Prix de la Arc
:15:13. > :15:18.de Triomphe, it is about establishing that track record and
:15:18. > :15:22.we have to wait. One problem it faces is that this season is short
:15:22. > :15:27.and hot summer temperatures make breeding thoroughbreds impossible.
:15:27. > :15:33.To bye is looking at alternative ways to raise the profile of the
:15:33. > :15:38.industry. -- Dubai. We're trying to get people involved as ownerships.
:15:38. > :15:44.We're trying about and trying to get interest for the fans and
:15:44. > :15:49.people interested in the sport. The interest of the business people in
:15:49. > :15:59.Dubai. It is a task. We're a young and fairly new in thoroughbred
:15:59. > :16:03.racing. For those on the track this week, the business of winning races
:16:03. > :16:13.and prize money is taken seriously. It would take a while longer before
:16:13. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:19.This is BBC World news. The headlines:. Bang on the speak --
:16:19. > :16:23.streets of Spain, but posterity stands as Spain prepares to slash
:16:23. > :16:31.billions from its budget -- or austerity. Israeli security forces
:16:31. > :16:35.used water cannon as Palestinians mark Land Day. A British
:16:35. > :16:43.businessman wanted in South Africa has had his extradition temporarily
:16:43. > :16:46.halted by the High Court in Britain. Shrien Dewani is accused of
:16:46. > :16:49.arranging the murder of his 28- year-old wife, Anni, who died
:16:49. > :16:52.during the couple's honeymoon. She was found shot dead in an abandoned
:16:52. > :16:56.taxi in Cape Town in November 2010. Dewani's lawyers say he has severe
:16:56. > :17:03.post-traumatic stress and is too sick to stand trial. With the
:17:03. > :17:07.latest on that hearing Clive Coleman is at the High Court. What
:17:07. > :17:12.has the court ruled today? The they have effectively overruled the
:17:12. > :17:19.initial decision in the lower court which said that even having
:17:19. > :17:23.considered Sri under one a man - he's mental illnesses, and he was
:17:23. > :17:26.suffering from two of these defined mental illnesses, severe depression
:17:26. > :17:31.and post-traumatic Trek -- stress disorder, it no light of that it
:17:31. > :17:34.would not be -- it would not be just to send him back to South
:17:34. > :17:40.Africa. Today on appeal at the High Court they have said that they
:17:40. > :17:43.disagree with the decision of the lower court and they have remitted
:17:43. > :17:48.the matter back to the lower court that have remitted it back with a
:17:48. > :17:55.heavy hint to the judge in the lower court that at the moment,
:17:55. > :17:59.bearing in mind his current mental health. It would be unjust and
:17:59. > :18:05.oppressive to extradite him back to South Africa, so there will be
:18:05. > :18:11.another hearing in the lower court and if the judge agrees that he is
:18:11. > :18:15.unfit then it will be adjourned, and some mechanism for periodically
:18:15. > :18:21.reviewing his mental health will be made. He is detained under the her
:18:21. > :18:24.mental health act -- under the Mental Health Act, but some
:18:24. > :18:31.mechanism in reviewing his recovery from those illnesses will have to
:18:31. > :18:35.be found. Thank you very much indeed. Israeli forces are on high
:18:35. > :18:45.alert for mass demonstrations which are taking place across Israel and
:18:45. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:49.the Palestinian territories. Israeli forces are on high alert in
:18:49. > :18:51.anticipation of mass demonstrations expected to take place across
:18:51. > :18:54.Israel and the Palestinian territories. These are live
:18:54. > :19:00.pictures coming in, and there are various protests coming in, as they
:19:00. > :19:05.mark the 36th anniversary of Land Day. We have seen numbers of people
:19:05. > :19:09.on the streets and tear-gas and water cannon being fired by the
:19:09. > :19:13.authorities to try and keep order. There have been fears that things
:19:13. > :19:19.could escalate. There are hopes that things could stay calm, but
:19:19. > :19:29.several areas are seeing Palestinians out on the streets in
:19:29. > :19:32.
:19:32. > :19:35.protest. George Galloway has won a by-election here in the UK,
:19:35. > :19:37.inflicting a shock defeat on the opposition Labour Party, who had
:19:37. > :19:41.held the constituency seen 1974. Mr Galloway, representing the Respect
:19:41. > :19:51.Party that he set up, polled 18,341 votes - a majority of more than
:19:51. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :19:57.10,000 over Labour. This, the most sensational result in British by-
:19:58. > :20:05.election history, bar none represents the Bradford Spring.
:20:05. > :20:13.This is an uprising amongst thousands of people, many of them
:20:13. > :20:21.young people never involved in the political process before. They have
:20:21. > :20:25.demonstrated in this mammoth majority, this man of the vote --
:20:25. > :20:33.mammoth vote, a total rejection of the three major parties on the
:20:33. > :20:37.British political scene. A woman has suffered serious burns while
:20:37. > :20:39.trying to pour petrol from one container to another in her home in
:20:39. > :20:43.the North of England. Earlier this week the UK government minister
:20:43. > :20:46.said people might consider storing fuel in case of a strike by petrol
:20:46. > :20:53.delivery drivers but was forced to apologise after fire safety
:20:53. > :20:58.officials warned it could be dangerous. Joining us from
:20:58. > :21:02.Westminster is Rob Watson. Obviously for this woman this is a
:21:02. > :21:08.very serious incident and politically it is also very
:21:08. > :21:11.difficult for the government. does add to their huge discomfort.
:21:11. > :21:16.Because the Conservative-led coalition has been accused of
:21:16. > :21:20.getting itself into a total shambles over the potential fuel
:21:20. > :21:24.strike or the strike by those drivers to deliver fuel. And this
:21:24. > :21:28.only makes it that bit worse. And in a serious way, because obviously
:21:28. > :21:34.there have been a lot of taunts and jokes about government incompetence
:21:34. > :21:40.but somebody getting 40% burns really not just his up in quite a
:21:40. > :21:47.different way. -- notches it up. This goes back to France is more
:21:47. > :21:53.advising people to store petrol in jerry cans and it looks now like
:21:53. > :21:58.this has heavily backfired. This is what happened at the start of the
:21:58. > :22:02.week and was immediately condemned by the union that represents fire
:22:02. > :22:04.brigade workers. They said, not only is this dangerous it is
:22:04. > :22:08.actually against the law to stop out on large amounts of petrol
:22:08. > :22:16.inside from house, so it makes things very difficult and what we
:22:16. > :22:21.have seen is the most extraordinary political backfire because they had
:22:21. > :22:24.hoped to try and use the potential strike by workers who are part of a
:22:24. > :22:28.union that provides the greatest financial backing for the chief
:22:28. > :22:34.opposition party here, the Labour Party, and instead it has turned
:22:34. > :22:37.into chaos and mayhem are for the government. There are few things
:22:37. > :22:41.that the government likes less than being seen as incompetent by the
:22:41. > :22:47.voters, but this coalition, at this time, is being seen very much in
:22:47. > :22:55.that way. A Rob Watson, thank you very much indeed. The international
:22:55. > :22:58.envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, it springs -- expects his plans to be
:22:58. > :23:02.enforced immediately. He said the deadline was now for the Syrian
:23:02. > :23:07.regime to cease all violence. Kofi Annan is arranging trips to Iran
:23:07. > :23:12.and Saudi Arabia seeking support for the police plan. One of the dry
:23:12. > :23:17.starts on year -- on record in Portugal has barked forest fires.
:23:17. > :23:20.The worst in the northern city has drawn 155 firefighters backed by 40
:23:20. > :23:25.vehicles to fight the blaze. Portugal is divided into two
:23:25. > :23:27.weather conditions with the South experiencing rain and hail. A
:23:27. > :23:31.policeman in eastern Afghanistan has shot dead nine of his
:23:31. > :23:34.colleagues as they lay sleeping in a checkpoint. Reports say amongst
:23:34. > :23:37.those killed were his own brother as well as the command of the post
:23:38. > :23:41.and his two sons. The gunman is said to have escaped with all of
:23:41. > :23:47.his weapons, and the motives are unclear, but authorities are
:23:47. > :23:51.blaming the Taliban for the incident. A multi-million dollar
:23:51. > :23:53.London mansion that belonged to one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons is due to
:23:53. > :23:56.be handed over to Libya's transitional authorities. The house
:23:56. > :24:03.in one of the city's most exclusive neighbourhoods was owned by Saadi
:24:03. > :24:06.Gaddafi, the ousted leader's footballer son. It's the first
:24:06. > :24:09.successful asset recovery case brought to a UK court by a country
:24:09. > :24:12.swept up in the Arab Spring. The BBC's Rana Jawad has been given
:24:13. > :24:17.rare access to the property. This is one of the most affluent
:24:17. > :24:23.areas in London. Hamstead, home to the rich, famous, or in the case of
:24:23. > :24:30.this House, the infamous. Nestled in a quiet cul-de-sac, commonly
:24:30. > :24:34.known as millionaire's row is Sade Gaddafi's mansion. Its property,
:24:34. > :24:36.and sleek interior design at large is like an indoor cinema, sauna and
:24:37. > :24:42.swimming pool is expected to be in the hands of the new Libyan
:24:42. > :24:46.authorities within weeks. He was the ex-footballer with a reputation
:24:46. > :24:50.for being a playboy, but he was rarely seen here, however one
:24:50. > :24:54.neighbour tells us that when he did come around it was with a big
:24:54. > :24:57.entourage in a limousine with blacked-out windows. There is
:24:57. > :25:02.certainly enough space to entertain them. We are told the House is
:25:02. > :25:08.likely to go on sale and it has been valued at up to $16 million.
:25:08. > :25:10.But who would want to live in a house like this? It is not dripping
:25:10. > :25:15.with guilt or gold everywhere, which used to be the way forward.
:25:15. > :25:20.It is actually quite an understated house. It is a proper home. It is
:25:20. > :25:26.not a palace by any means. A banker could go for this or a mini
:25:26. > :25:30.oligarch as well as an Arab sheikh. The former Libyan regime and
:25:30. > :25:33.members of the Gadaffi family were not only interested in buying
:25:33. > :25:36.properties in the quiet rents are very -- residential area of
:25:36. > :25:40.Hampstead. They also interested in commercial investments, like this
:25:40. > :25:45.building here in London's busy Oxford Street. But it is not always
:25:45. > :25:49.easy to track down these assets. Much like the mansion in Hampstead,
:25:49. > :25:52.he could have been bought by an offshore company. -- it could have
:25:52. > :25:56.been bought. Last week a Libyan diplomat received a tip-off
:25:56. > :26:00.claiming this white Ferrari carrying Libyan number plates
:26:00. > :26:06.belonged to the former regime. It is now under investigation by the
:26:06. > :26:10.new Libyan government. The Gaddafi leadership also has bank accounts,
:26:10. > :26:18.shares and investments in the UK and other countries. These assets
:26:18. > :26:21.are really difficult to find an also difficult to claim that. -- to
:26:21. > :26:26.claim back. We are working with private firms, some individuals,
:26:26. > :26:32.and seeking the assistance and corporations of other governments
:26:32. > :26:35.to find this property first and then to claim them back. The recent
:26:35. > :26:39.High Court ruling on this controversial property is seen as a
:26:39. > :26:42.landmark case in asset recovery. It is the first of its kind since the
:26:42. > :26:50.Arab Spring and could set a precedent for similar cases in the
:26:50. > :26:53.future. Before we go, we can take you back