30/03/2012 BBC World News

Anger on Spain's streets. Madrid prepares to slash billions from its

budget. French police arrest Islamist militants in dawn raids.

Palestinian protests taking place to mark land Derek and loss of Arab

land to Israel. -- Land Day. Welcome to BBC World News. Also in

this programme: The extradition of the British man accused of plotting

to murder his British wife is temporarily halted. George Galloway

Windsor shock by-election victory. Massive budget cuts are expected to

be announced today in Spain. The country is in recession again and

has the highest level of unemployment in the EU. Protestors

and police clashed yesterday during a general strike. Joining me from

Madrid is the BBC's Tom Burridge. I asked him what was expected in the

next few hours. We are expecting an austere budget. It is worth looking

back and seen what has happened since the new government came into

power. When he came to power, he announced austere measures and

reforms and spending cuts and tax increases. They were controversial

at the time. Brussels have lent on Madrid. They said the deficit

hardship -- targets are not enough and they have had to cut further.

They have realised the public finances it was passed on by the

previous social -- socialist government were much worse than

they had thought. We saw those protests getting pretty heated

yesterday. How will this affect ordinary people? How difficult

would it be for the Government to bring the public with it? There is

lot of opposition in Spain. The Government feels those are

necessary to cut the high unemployment and a huge problem

that Spain has with its economy by trying to make a more flexible

labour market and easier for companies to fire people and easier,

in the longer term, to hire people. There are wider reforms, cuts to

have and education, things such Spanish people hold dear. The

unions are warning for more social unrest to come. We will see more

protests and more strikes. The Government says it needs to rein in

its spending and cut budget deficit to reassure the markets so it can

keep borrowing at sensible rates. This all stresses the need even

more for some kind of safety fire Walk in the eurozone. Absolutely.

That is what the eurozone finance ministers have been discussing.

According to the Austrian Finance Minister, she has come out and

confirm that all 17 eurozone economies and governments have

agreed to raise the firewall - we're talking about the rescue pot.

They have raised it to 800 billion euros. But that is not enough?

is the problem. 300 billion of those euros has already been spent.

It has been released in the forms of bail out. We're looking at a

rescue pot. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development told us earlier this week that the eurozone needs a

rescue part of at least one trillion euros to be able to handle

any future financial shocks. Let's listen to what the experts say.

They say it is good but not enough. This will protect one traditional

country - a large one - Spain. This country is small enough to fit into

the new rescue shield if necessary. It will show that Germany continues

to back the European rescue operations, which is also a

positive sign. There have been doubts in the past when German

politicians resigned and German central bankers resigned over

Europe, that Germany would continue to support the area. That is

positive. The rescue fund is not enough to protect Italy. That is

what markets will focus on. An independent investigation has found

that a factory in China which produces iPhones for Apple, it has

shown excessive risks at Foxconn factories. Apple said it fully

accepts recommendations of the port -- the report. Auret Fan Heerden is

the President and CEO Fair Labor Association. There have long been

concerned on the production lines for the Chinese making iPhones and

iPads for apple. -- Apple. There are long periods of overtime,

sometimes without fair compensation, and stretches of shifts lasting up

to 11 consecutive days without brakes. We found 15 findings. Some

are violations of the FLA code of conduct and some of violations of

the labour law and some are areas of weakness. All the workers

surveyed were employed by Foxconn. Apple and Foxconn Sen able to

change practices to ensure that no one works more than 49 hours a week

and that pay for workers will be increased to compensate for the

shorter shifts. Critics of Apple have long argued its dominant role

in the industry has made it can squeeze suppliers on price so that

they have to squeeze workers' pay and conditions. I have spoken to

some workers who tell me they willingly volunteer for excessively

long ships because they could not make enough money otherwise. --

shifts. Consumers want their gadgets cheap. The Fair Labour

Association report is the clearest indication yet as to what that

means for those who make the gadgets. Apple is not the only one

failing to ensure its suppliers meet the basic guidelines but it is

one of the biggest. If its workers are paid more for less work, the

rest of the industry may have to follow. That was Jon Sudworth.

Let's join Stuart Miles. This is not a new story. We have heard

previous problems at these factories. We had a spate of worker

suicides. How damning is this report for Apple? If it is easy for

Apple to distance itself. It is a supplier of Apple. Apple were

involved. They have commissioned a report and hope he will act upon it.

It will be interesting to see if it makes a difference to the prices or

the profit that Apple can make from the products. Some will be watching

this and going, hang on, aren't you talking about the most valuable

company in the world? It is -- it has more money than the whole

country of Poland. Surely they can afford to pay the workers were than

the $400 a month they are earning. You would like to think so. The

best way to show you distinct as to whether you like practices or not

is not to buy their products. There are plenty of other alternatives

that you can go and buy. They might not be as great a product that if

you do not like what Apple art dealing with Foxconn in China - the

best way to show them is not to buy their products. The I want talk

about Research In Motion, the makers behind BlackBerry. -- I want

to talk. How significant was it when the boss said we are now going

to refocus our efforts on the corporate customer and not the

individual consumer? This is interesting. When you are -- when

he first joined, he said everything is fine and nothing needed to be

changed. He has had a wake-up call. I have been talking to BlackBerry.

They are very focused on the consumer market. It seems to be

making sure they are efficient where they are supposed to be

efficient and not forgetting their core business, which is the

business customer. They are very much engaged in dealing with the

consumer. They have some new consumer devices coming. There is a

new operating system coming at the end of the Year, which is very

Consumer Focus. Let's take a quick look at the markets. Asian markets

are down. This is what the European markets are doing as I speak. They

continue edging up slightly higher. It is taking advantage of the last

date of the quarter. The markets will breathe a sigh of relief that

the war chest in the eurozone is being increased to 800 billion

euros. Then there will probably turn their attention back to Italy

or something like that. It is not big enough at the moment to handle

further hiccups in Italy. French believe has arrested 19 suspected

Islamist and seized weapons including assault rifles in raids

across France. Mohamed Merah were shot dead in Toulouse. More

operations to arrest Islamist extremists were planned. Christian

Fraser told me that French police are not linking today's rains

directly with Mohamed Merah or's investigation. -- raids. President

Sarkozy has third he will crack down on their own Islamist groups,

websites and supporters. As part of that ongoing investigation, we have

seen raids in Toulouse, at Nantes come up Marseilles and in the Paris

suburbs as well. These are the anti-terror police. -- Nantes,

Marseilles. At one flat in Montauk, we have seen quite a hall of

weapons coming out. These people were known to the intelligence

agency, known around the country. President Sarkozy was quoted as

saying this was a little like the 9/11 attacks. We are in the midst

of an election campaign. How much is this a political issue still now

in the country? I do not think you can underestimate how deeply it was

felt in France over recent weeks. It was the biggest manhunt and the

nature of the killings - those killed at point blank range and in

the space of a week - it did create anxiety, apprehension and fear. I

suppose it was France's 9/11. You also have to see it within the

prism of the election that is just weeks away. Security and crime is

right at the forefront of the campaign of President Sarkozy. It

has shifted the emphasis away from the problems with the economy. No

surprise to see him talking about this this morning and warning that

further rates are coming. Still to come, UK tanker drivers ruler

strike action over Easter. -- will out. Find out the controversial

owner of this mansion a little later. This weekend it is the Dubai

World Cup - the world's richest horse race. Huge amounts of money

had been spent in bringing the sport to buy. Are its efforts

paying off? -- Dubai. The Dubai World Cup is the product large

man's ambition and large amounts of wealth. -- amounts of ambition. At

the early morning training sessions, those on the track of all competing

for a piece of that wealth to take home with them. 14 horses will be

competing with an unrivalled amount of prize money. They will be

competing on this race track. It cost $1.3 billion. It is all down

to one man. He has become one of the key players and biggest

spenders in the global horseracing industry. Some in the industry

estimates Sheikh Mohammed represents a third of the entire

horseracing business. The sport is about tradition and winning the

older races is worth much more than the new ones, no matter what the

prize money. Can it be taken seriously? You look at the horses

he had won this event and they are closing in to being part to the

kind of courses who had won of the Kentucky Derby, the Prix de la Arc

de Triomphe, it is about establishing that track record and

we have to wait. One problem it faces is that this season is short

and hot summer temperatures make breeding thoroughbreds impossible.

To bye is looking at alternative ways to raise the profile of the

industry. -- Dubai. We're trying to get people involved as ownerships.

We're trying about and trying to get interest for the fans and

people interested in the sport. The interest of the business people in

Dubai. It is a task. We're a young and fairly new in thoroughbred

racing. For those on the track this week, the business of winning races

and prize money is taken seriously. It would take a while longer before

This is BBC World news. The headlines:. Bang on the speak --

streets of Spain, but posterity stands as Spain prepares to slash

billions from its budget -- or austerity. Israeli security forces

used water cannon as Palestinians mark Land Day. A British

businessman wanted in South Africa has had his extradition temporarily

halted by the High Court in Britain. Shrien Dewani is accused of

arranging the murder of his 28- year-old wife, Anni, who died

during the couple's honeymoon. She was found shot dead in an abandoned

taxi in Cape Town in November 2010. Dewani's lawyers say he has severe

post-traumatic stress and is too sick to stand trial. With the

latest on that hearing Clive Coleman is at the High Court. What

has the court ruled today? The they have effectively overruled the

initial decision in the lower court which said that even having

considered Sri under one a man - he's mental illnesses, and he was

suffering from two of these defined mental illnesses, severe depression

and post-traumatic Trek -- stress disorder, it no light of that it

would not be -- it would not be just to send him back to South

Africa. Today on appeal at the High Court they have said that they

disagree with the decision of the lower court and they have remitted

the matter back to the lower court that have remitted it back with a

heavy hint to the judge in the lower court that at the moment,

bearing in mind his current mental health. It would be unjust and

oppressive to extradite him back to South Africa, so there will be

another hearing in the lower court and if the judge agrees that he is

unfit then it will be adjourned, and some mechanism for periodically

reviewing his mental health will be made. He is detained under the her

mental health act -- under the Mental Health Act, but some

mechanism in reviewing his recovery from those illnesses will have to

be found. Thank you very much indeed. Israeli forces are on high

alert for mass demonstrations which are taking place across Israel and

the Palestinian territories. Israeli forces are on high alert in

anticipation of mass demonstrations expected to take place across

Israel and the Palestinian territories. These are live

pictures coming in, and there are various protests coming in, as they

mark the 36th anniversary of Land Day. We have seen numbers of people

on the streets and tear-gas and water cannon being fired by the

authorities to try and keep order. There have been fears that things

could escalate. There are hopes that things could stay calm, but

several areas are seeing Palestinians out on the streets in

protest. George Galloway has won a by-election here in the UK,

inflicting a shock defeat on the opposition Labour Party, who had

held the constituency seen 1974. Mr Galloway, representing the Respect

Party that he set up, polled 18,341 votes - a majority of more than

10,000 over Labour. This, the most sensational result in British by-

election history, bar none represents the Bradford Spring.

This is an uprising amongst thousands of people, many of them

young people never involved in the political process before. They have

demonstrated in this mammoth majority, this man of the vote --

mammoth vote, a total rejection of the three major parties on the

British political scene. A woman has suffered serious burns while

trying to pour petrol from one container to another in her home in

the North of England. Earlier this week the UK government minister

said people might consider storing fuel in case of a strike by petrol

delivery drivers but was forced to apologise after fire safety

officials warned it could be dangerous. Joining us from

Westminster is Rob Watson. Obviously for this woman this is a

very serious incident and politically it is also very

difficult for the government. does add to their huge discomfort.

Because the Conservative-led coalition has been accused of

getting itself into a total shambles over the potential fuel

strike or the strike by those drivers to deliver fuel. And this

only makes it that bit worse. And in a serious way, because obviously

there have been a lot of taunts and jokes about government incompetence

but somebody getting 40% burns really not just his up in quite a

different way. -- notches it up. This goes back to France is more

advising people to store petrol in jerry cans and it looks now like

this has heavily backfired. This is what happened at the start of the

week and was immediately condemned by the union that represents fire

brigade workers. They said, not only is this dangerous it is

actually against the law to stop out on large amounts of petrol

inside from house, so it makes things very difficult and what we

have seen is the most extraordinary political backfire because they had

hoped to try and use the potential strike by workers who are part of a

union that provides the greatest financial backing for the chief

opposition party here, the Labour Party, and instead it has turned

into chaos and mayhem are for the government. There are few things

that the government likes less than being seen as incompetent by the

voters, but this coalition, at this time, is being seen very much in

that way. A Rob Watson, thank you very much indeed. The international

envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, it springs -- expects his plans to be

enforced immediately. He said the deadline was now for the Syrian

regime to cease all violence. Kofi Annan is arranging trips to Iran

and Saudi Arabia seeking support for the police plan. One of the dry

starts on year -- on record in Portugal has barked forest fires.

The worst in the northern city has drawn 155 firefighters backed by 40

vehicles to fight the blaze. Portugal is divided into two

weather conditions with the South experiencing rain and hail. A

policeman in eastern Afghanistan has shot dead nine of his

colleagues as they lay sleeping in a checkpoint. Reports say amongst

those killed were his own brother as well as the command of the post

and his two sons. The gunman is said to have escaped with all of

his weapons, and the motives are unclear, but authorities are

blaming the Taliban for the incident. A multi-million dollar

London mansion that belonged to one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons is due to

be handed over to Libya's transitional authorities. The house

in one of the city's most exclusive neighbourhoods was owned by Saadi

Gaddafi, the ousted leader's footballer son. It's the first

successful asset recovery case brought to a UK court by a country

swept up in the Arab Spring. The BBC's Rana Jawad has been given

rare access to the property. This is one of the most affluent

areas in London. Hamstead, home to the rich, famous, or in the case of

this House, the infamous. Nestled in a quiet cul-de-sac, commonly

known as millionaire's row is Sade Gaddafi's mansion. Its property,

and sleek interior design at large is like an indoor cinema, sauna and

swimming pool is expected to be in the hands of the new Libyan

authorities within weeks. He was the ex-footballer with a reputation

for being a playboy, but he was rarely seen here, however one

neighbour tells us that when he did come around it was with a big

entourage in a limousine with blacked-out windows. There is

certainly enough space to entertain them. We are told the House is

likely to go on sale and it has been valued at up to $16 million.

But who would want to live in a house like this? It is not dripping

with guilt or gold everywhere, which used to be the way forward.

It is actually quite an understated house. It is a proper home. It is

not a palace by any means. A banker could go for this or a mini

oligarch as well as an Arab sheikh. The former Libyan regime and

members of the Gadaffi family were not only interested in buying

properties in the quiet rents are very -- residential area of

Hampstead. They also interested in commercial investments, like this

building here in London's busy Oxford Street. But it is not always

easy to track down these assets. Much like the mansion in Hampstead,

he could have been bought by an offshore company. -- it could have

been bought. Last week a Libyan diplomat received a tip-off

claiming this white Ferrari carrying Libyan number plates

belonged to the former regime. It is now under investigation by the

new Libyan government. The Gaddafi leadership also has bank accounts,

shares and investments in the UK and other countries. These assets

are really difficult to find an also difficult to claim that. -- to

claim back. We are working with private firms, some individuals,

and seeking the assistance and corporations of other governments

to find this property first and then to claim them back. The recent

High Court ruling on this controversial property is seen as a

landmark case in asset recovery. It is the first of its kind since the

Arab Spring and could set a precedent for similar cases in the

future. Before we go, we can take you back