:00:49. > :00:51.Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme: Burma plans legal
:00:51. > :00:54.reforms to end all media censorship reforms to end all media censorship
:00:54. > :01:04.in what has been one the world's most secretive regimes. Plans for
:01:04. > :01:12.
:01:12. > :01:14.an overhaul of the welfare system The wife of one of China's most
:01:14. > :01:19.prominent politicians has been given a suspended death sentence
:01:19. > :01:22.after a court found her guilty of murdering a British businessman. Gu
:01:22. > :01:27.Kailai admitted to poisoning Neil Heywood in a hotel room last
:01:27. > :01:31.November. The death sentence is expected to be commuted to life
:01:31. > :01:41.imprisonment - which could mean up to 14 years behind bars. Damian
:01:41. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:46.Grammaticas sent this report. The murder of Neil Hayward plunged the
:01:46. > :01:52.Communist Party in China into crisis. Now it is attempting to
:01:52. > :01:58.contain the fall-out. Many believe the guilty verdict was directed
:01:58. > :02:04.from the very top. Gu Kalai was scared before - spared the full
:02:04. > :02:08.death penalty. She was spend a minimum of 14 years in jail. Judges
:02:08. > :02:13.accepted her claim. She had had a breakdown and was not in full
:02:13. > :02:18.control of her actions. She had confessed to killing the British
:02:18. > :02:24.businessmen, fearing he was going to harm her son. She poisoned him
:02:24. > :02:29.in this hotel last year after a huge property deal went sour. Her
:02:29. > :02:35.husband, Bow, once tipped to become one of China's top leaders later
:02:35. > :02:42.this year, has been suspended by the party. Did he know about the
:02:42. > :02:46.crime or the cover up? Was he involved in any way? The death
:02:46. > :02:52.triggered the biggest political scandal China has seen in decades
:02:52. > :02:55.with the regulation -- allegations of abuse of power at the highest
:02:55. > :03:00.level. It is hoped this verdict will put the lid on that, just as
:03:00. > :03:07.it prepares for its leadership transition this autumn when a new
:03:07. > :03:10.generation will take power in China. What's become one of the bloodiest
:03:10. > :03:13.labour disputes in recent South African history is coming to a head
:03:13. > :03:16.- with miners at the Marikana pit near Johannesburg being told that
:03:16. > :03:20.they could be sacked if they don't return to work. The original
:03:20. > :03:23.dispute was over pay and conditions. It then led to a number of violent
:03:23. > :03:26.clashes, which left strikers and some police officers dead. Last
:03:26. > :03:36.Thursday, 34 miners were shot dead by police, who say they were acting
:03:36. > :03:42.in self-defence. Some workers have turned up for the shift so far. Our
:03:42. > :03:47.correspondent says many are waiting to hear from union leaders. Lonmin
:03:47. > :03:50.says 30% of workers have arrived for work. Those who have not
:03:50. > :03:57.pitched up for work and now starting together elsewhere because
:03:57. > :04:03.they want to be addressed by union leaders. We also understand the
:04:03. > :04:09.Inter ministerial committee, they have now concluded their meeting.
:04:09. > :04:15.We are expecting a press conference soon. This is gathering so much
:04:15. > :04:19.international attention. We have heard from Jacob Zuma declaring an
:04:19. > :04:26.official day of mourning. Authorities are very aware of the
:04:26. > :04:30.attention. They are very much aware. That is why the inquiry commission
:04:30. > :04:35.needs to be appointed as soon as possible. That will be little
:04:35. > :04:40.consolation for the mine workers who have died. He wants answers as
:04:40. > :04:48.soon as possible. What is happening at the moment where the process is
:04:48. > :04:53.still ongoing? There is another scene in which 259 mine workers,
:04:53. > :04:57.who were arrested on Thursday shortly after the shooting where
:04:57. > :05:04.the mine workers died, they are appearing in court for various
:05:04. > :05:07.charges, including armed robbery and public violence. They are
:05:07. > :05:16.demanding to see - is never the wives have arrived in court and are
:05:16. > :05:21.demanding to see their husbands. -- the wives have a right in court.
:05:21. > :05:26.Lawyers for Pussy Riot will appeal to the conviction. On Friday, the
:05:26. > :05:33.three women were sentenced to two years in jail after staging an
:05:33. > :05:39.anti- Vladimir Putin post -- protest in a Moscow cathedral.
:05:39. > :05:43.South Korea's ruling Conservative Party has picked its candidate for
:05:43. > :05:48.the presidential election. She is the daughter of the country's
:05:48. > :05:52.former dictator, who was assassinated in 1979. Should she
:05:52. > :05:56.win the vote, she will become South Korea's first female leader. The
:05:56. > :06:00.Duke of Edinburgh left hospital earlier after spending five nights
:06:00. > :06:08.being treated for recurrence of a bladder infection. He has been
:06:08. > :06:15.discharged from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary a few hours ago. Now all
:06:15. > :06:20.the latest business news. I spoke earlier about the protesting and
:06:20. > :06:27.the controversy regarding the Lonmin mine. It is a massive
:06:27. > :06:34.platinum producer, it isn't it? different prices and two different
:06:34. > :06:41.directions at the moment. Platinum prices are on the up. The prices
:06:41. > :06:47.have hit a six-week high. They are touching almost $1,400. Lonmin
:06:47. > :06:53.shares keep falling. Today they are around the 5% mark. They continue
:06:53. > :06:59.trading at the moment in London. It is of the back of a 15% fall. Six
:06:59. > :07:04.consecutive days, we have seen the shares sliding. One issue is the
:07:04. > :07:09.share price. Another is the prolonged dispute. The chief
:07:09. > :07:13.executive is seriously ill in hospital. It has the most pressured
:07:13. > :07:18.balance sheet probably in the sector. It will probably need to
:07:18. > :07:24.refinance its debt and may need to raise $1 billion on the market. It
:07:24. > :07:28.is only worth 2 billion. I put all those issues to the experts earlier.
:07:28. > :07:33.I'm think the City is beginning to factor in the fact it is very
:07:33. > :07:42.likely Lonmin will have to come back to the equity markets. Even
:07:42. > :07:47.before this, it was relatively tight on its banking covenants.
:07:47. > :07:51.With little production or less production coming out of the mind
:07:52. > :07:57.at the moment when they told us how much production may expect to have
:07:57. > :08:03.lost. As the strike goes on, they lose more production and more
:08:03. > :08:08.revenue. In the end, if things go on like fact, there comes a point
:08:08. > :08:13.where there will breach the banking covenant and raise equity before
:08:13. > :08:16.them. They do not want to get to that point. Unless they can
:08:16. > :08:23.forecast how the strike will develop, that is probably the
:08:23. > :08:30.likely direction. Let's talk about commodity prices - in particular
:08:30. > :08:38.platinum prices. They have been low due to the slump of the car
:08:38. > :08:42.industry. We have seen the price creeping up of the back of this.
:08:42. > :08:47.Could it keep pushing prices up in one direction and that is higher?
:08:47. > :08:57.It will certainly push it up higher. Whether that is a structural or
:08:57. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:06.secular trend Orsett tickled trend remains to be seen. -- a cyclical
:09:06. > :09:11.trend. There is certainly not growing demand for this. Jury is
:09:11. > :09:16.the other big market for platinum and that is not growing strongly
:09:16. > :09:23.either. -- jewellery. It is all about supply and demand. The reason
:09:23. > :09:27.it is up at the moment is because Lonmin in South Africa. That
:09:27. > :09:31.produces all of the world's platinum - all of the Western
:09:31. > :09:37.world's platinum. You are taking out supplier that and even if
:09:37. > :09:44.demand stays the same, you would expect demand to go up a bit.
:09:44. > :09:48.Production from the Lonmin minds will come back again. -- mines
:09:48. > :09:52.macro. When they go back into production, unless there is a
:09:52. > :09:57.fundamental shift in the world economy, you would expect to see
:09:57. > :10:03.the price come back down again. this becoming a pattern or trend in
:10:03. > :10:08.South Africa? We have seen very similar labour disputes at mines
:10:08. > :10:13.macro in that country. Does this highlight broader problems with a
:10:13. > :10:19.labour relations in South Africa? It is not only South Africa. It is
:10:19. > :10:24.actually a lot of the world which have seen disputes arise recently.
:10:24. > :10:30.There have been disputes in Peru, in West Africa, East Africa,
:10:30. > :10:35.Central Africa as well. Not only South Africa. Of all these
:10:35. > :10:39.countries, it has the largest and most developed mining industry. It
:10:39. > :10:46.is the mining industry with the most complicated labour relations
:10:46. > :10:51.as well. These are very interwoven with more general sub African
:10:51. > :10:55.National political complications and tensions as well. -- South
:10:55. > :11:01.African. Its most obvious and a significant and is the largest in
:11:01. > :11:05.South Africa. Tensions are brought up in South Africa and encompass
:11:05. > :11:10.Africa generally and a lot of the developing world. This could
:11:10. > :11:17.certainly be make or break me -- week for Research In Motion, the
:11:17. > :11:22.company that makes the BlackBerry. It has unveiled a new version. It
:11:22. > :11:27.is hoped it will create enough sales to revive its fortunes.
:11:27. > :11:34.Shares have lost three-quarters of their value. The blackberry has
:11:34. > :11:38.fallen behind its rivals like the iPhone. -- BlackBerry. There are
:11:39. > :11:43.pockets of people for whom the BlackBerry is very popular. At the
:11:44. > :11:50.moment, for a lot of those people, the next purchase will probably not
:11:50. > :11:53.be a BlackBerry. They need to have the device that is ready for its
:11:53. > :11:59.six has -- existing users when they come to buy a new mobile phone
:11:59. > :12:04.saying, I'm going to get a new BlackBerry instead of an iPhone or
:12:04. > :12:10.Samsung or what ever. Greece is expected to make a �3.8 billion
:12:10. > :12:16.debt repayment to the Central Bank today. Last week it auctioned off
:12:16. > :12:22.short-term bonds which it expected to use to make the payment. Greece
:12:22. > :12:26.is under extreme pressures. The Prime Minister is expected to ask
:12:26. > :12:31.for a two-year extension to the deadline that international lenders
:12:31. > :12:35.have set when he meets the lenders of Germany and France later this
:12:35. > :12:41.week. BAA is to say it will sell Stansted Airport after losing an
:12:41. > :12:46.appeal against the competition ruling. In 2009, the company was
:12:46. > :12:51.ordered to sell both Stansted and Gatwick airport, plus either
:12:51. > :12:56.Edinburgh or Glasgow in Scotland. Sylvester Stallone muscled his way
:12:56. > :13:05.to top of the US box-office over the weekend. His film debuted at
:13:05. > :13:10.number one, making $29 million on that weekend. The sequel elbowed
:13:10. > :13:15.out the Bourne Legacy, which took second place on its second weekend
:13:15. > :13:21.with $70 million. That is it. Sylvester Stallone back in the big
:13:21. > :13:31.box office charts. Fancy it? Nur Tatar. I mean, yes, I would love to
:13:31. > :13:36.see it. -- no. Tony Scott, who is famous for Hollywood hits like Top
:13:36. > :13:40.Gun or Days of Thunder has died in Los Angeles. His death is being
:13:40. > :13:50.investigated as a suicide. The younger brother of Ridley Scott
:13:50. > :13:55.
:13:55. > :14:00.Tony Scott was born in North Shields but made his name in
:14:00. > :14:06.Hollywood. Top Gun launched him into the top flight as well
:14:06. > :14:11.respected action movie director in 1986. Working with Tom Cruise again
:14:11. > :14:17.on Days of Thunder. There were rumours top than 2 might soon go
:14:17. > :14:27.into production. -- Top Gun. Denzel Washington was another actor he
:14:27. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:33.often worked with. He produced Pelham 123 as well. It was
:14:33. > :14:39.producing he had focused on in recent years, often working with
:14:39. > :14:46.his elder brother, Ridley Scott. They worked on prime-time
:14:46. > :14:50.television dramas as well as the big screen hits. Tony Scott parked
:14:50. > :14:54.his car on a well-known Suspension Bridge in Los Angeles. Witnesses
:14:54. > :15:00.said he jumped to his death into the harbour below. A coroner said
:15:00. > :15:07.he left a note in his car and added there was nothing to suggest it was
:15:07. > :15:12.not suicide. There were many tributes to his life and work in
:15:12. > :15:17.the film industry. He was just an incredibly stylistic director. If
:15:17. > :15:21.you look at his movies from his debut to the last movie, the
:15:21. > :15:26.evolutionary style is phenomenal. For a director to keep pushing
:15:26. > :15:31.himself visually and stylistically is amazing. On Twitter, some well-
:15:32. > :15:36.known names left accolades. Stephen Fry was deeply saddened to hear
:15:36. > :15:46.about the news. The fine film-maker and the most charming, modest man,
:15:46. > :15:50.
:15:50. > :15:54.And, there were many more tributes to him. We have rules that are not
:15:54. > :16:04.open to interpretation. From Hollywood to around the world. He
:16:04. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:08.was married and had twin boys. He You're watching BBC World News.
:16:08. > :16:11.Still to come - with nine days to go until the start of the
:16:11. > :16:14.Paralympics, Britain sets a tough target for its medal haul. And how
:16:14. > :16:23.two storms triggered some unusual weather and a rare sight on Lake
:16:23. > :16:30.Michigan. Britain's debate with Ecuador over what should happen
:16:30. > :16:32.next to the founder of Wikileaks, Julien Assange, has widened. Now a
:16:33. > :16:35.group of South American countries is backing Ecuador's stance.
:16:35. > :16:38.Ecuador says that the UK threatened to remove its London embassy's
:16:38. > :16:40.official status and send police to arrest Mr Assange, who is facing
:16:40. > :16:48.extradition proceedings to face sexual assault allegations in
:16:49. > :16:51.Sweden. Now the UNASUR regional group says it supports Ecuador in
:16:51. > :17:01.the face of British colonialism. Our correspondent, Will Grant, has
:17:01. > :17:04.
:17:04. > :17:09.more. As Mr Assange's reporters were making their feeling known
:17:09. > :17:14.outside the embassy, across the Andes there was a similar show of
:17:14. > :17:20.unity. In Ecuador's second city, foreign ministers from across South
:17:20. > :17:26.America attended a hastely assembled meeting to discuss what
:17:26. > :17:32.Ecuador the British wrath against its integrity at the embassy in
:17:32. > :17:39.London. It was thought the British could illegally enter the embassy
:17:39. > :17:41.to arrest Mr Assange. Britain was then accused of colonialism.
:17:42. > :17:47.TRANSLATION: The decision was unanimous. Other countries put
:17:47. > :17:54.their differences aside. Coming quickly on the heels of what was
:17:54. > :17:59.seen as a heavy handed approach when it came to Argentina's claim
:17:59. > :18:03.on the Falklands, the episode has done further to -- done little to
:18:03. > :18:06.further the British reputation. The last point on the document
:18:06. > :18:11.presented by the member states calls on members to continue the
:18:11. > :18:15.dialogue and negotiation to find a mutually acceptable solution. With
:18:15. > :18:18.Mr Assange still holed up inside the embassy in London and the
:18:18. > :18:28.British authorities saying they will arrest him the moment he steps
:18:28. > :18:35.outside, finding any solution is going to be complicated. Thousands
:18:35. > :18:38.of people have been ordered to leave their homes in northern
:18:38. > :18:42.California. There are a number of buildings which have already been
:18:42. > :18:46.destroyed by wildfires. High winds are helping to spread the flames.
:18:46. > :18:51.It's still no clear what begun the fire. Officials say it is likely
:18:51. > :19:01.that they were caused by lightning strikes. You can get in touch with
:19:01. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:10.me and the team on Twitter. This is BBC World News. The headlines - a
:19:10. > :19:13.Chinese court has handed down a suspended death sentence to Gu
:19:13. > :19:19.Kailai, the wife of the disgraced politician, Bo Xilai, for the
:19:20. > :19:23.murder of a British businessman. South Africa's striking miners face
:19:23. > :19:33.dismissal if they don't return to work after a week of violence in
:19:33. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:44.which dozens were killed. People who receive welfare payments in
:19:44. > :19:47.Australia won't be given cash in the future. Instead, they will have
:19:47. > :19:50.to use a pre-paid card. The government says it wants to ensure
:19:50. > :19:52.that the money is spent on the right things and protect the
:19:52. > :19:59.vulnerable. But critics say that it stigmatises claimants. Duncan
:19:59. > :20:07.Kennedy has travelled to Alice Springs to see new scheme in action.
:20:07. > :20:11.Is this the future, the basic card? Barbara Shaw is one of those forced
:20:11. > :20:16.to accept the card, with three young children, half her monthly
:20:16. > :20:20.welfare income now has to be spent using the card, which Barbara says
:20:20. > :20:25.is an insult. It's actually stigmatising the people and I guess
:20:26. > :20:30.I feel that way as well. If you don't - if you have a basic card
:20:30. > :20:36.you have treated differently. a second-class citizen? Yeah. In my
:20:36. > :20:40.case definitely. Barbara must now use Government-approved shops and
:20:40. > :20:45.can only buy essential supplies with the card. Everything from food
:20:45. > :20:49.and soap to electricity and rent. No alcohol or gambling is allowed.
:20:49. > :20:56.She says people stare and whisper when she uses it, knowing she's on
:20:57. > :20:59.welfare. What do you think about her having to use it here? I feel
:21:00. > :21:03.very uncomfortable. Despite the objections, especially in the
:21:03. > :21:06.poorer and more rural areas, the Australian Government is now
:21:06. > :21:11.rolling out this programme across much of the country. It believes
:21:11. > :21:17.it's leading the world in terms of allocating welfare payments to the
:21:17. > :21:21.more vulnerable in society. Even if there is some shame attached to it.
:21:21. > :21:26.So controversial is the new card, there have been street protests.
:21:27. > :21:31.Critics say the cards amount to state control over family budgets.
:21:31. > :21:35.But they have their supporters like Karen Tremain, a single mother of
:21:35. > :21:39.two, who uses one voluntarily, because she says it helps her
:21:39. > :21:44.manage her limited income. wouldn't be in the situation that
:21:44. > :21:49.I'm in now and I would have lost my house and my kids and I would
:21:49. > :21:54.probably be on the streets. Yeah, it's the best thing I've ever done.
:21:54. > :21:59.The Government says it has a duty to put people on cards, especially
:21:59. > :22:04.when children's welfare is at risk. I've had a lot of clients where
:22:04. > :22:07.it's stopped an eviction. They can actually decide where their
:22:07. > :22:12.payments are to go into the priority needs and they know that
:22:12. > :22:17.they are going to go to be paid. Families still get some cash, but
:22:17. > :22:20.most income comes through the cards. Supporters say it's the new
:22:20. > :22:23.responsible way of managing state benefits, but opponents like
:22:23. > :22:33.Barbara believe it's a patronising intrusion into private family
:22:33. > :22:36.business. No sooner have we said farewell to the Olympians of 2012,
:22:36. > :22:40.than the Paralympians prepare to take to the pool, track and field.
:22:40. > :22:43.Members of the British team are due to arrive at their training camp in
:22:43. > :22:48.Bath in south-west England, and the Games themselves will begin in nine
:22:48. > :22:53.days. They have a tough task ahead, with a target to win at least 103
:22:53. > :22:56.medals. Earlier, I spoke to former Paralympian swimmer, Marc Woods,
:22:56. > :23:03.from our studio in Salford in the north of England and asked him if
:23:03. > :23:07.the medal target brought too much pressure. There's always some
:23:07. > :23:10.pressure, but the individuals won't feel that, because they'll be
:23:10. > :23:14.focused on what they've got to deliver and 103 is only one more
:23:14. > :23:20.than what we won in Beijing, so you would hope we have stepped forward.
:23:20. > :23:24.I think we can do 103. Where's our strongest event? Where are we
:23:24. > :23:27.likely to see most the medals - track, field, pool? Well, I'm
:23:27. > :23:34.slightly biased, because I'm a swimmer, so I will be say swimming.
:23:34. > :23:39.We tend to pick up a fair number of medals there. Across the sports, as
:23:39. > :23:43.you say, track and field and the equestrian team is very strong. We
:23:43. > :23:49.are looking for our first gold in the sailing. Across the board we
:23:49. > :23:53.have some great athletes. mentioned you are a swimmer. You
:23:53. > :23:57.are rather modest. You are a four- time gold medalist. It's great
:23:57. > :24:02.having you talking about the atmosphere, but I manage this time
:24:02. > :24:07.it will be a little more lively, because of the success of London
:24:07. > :24:10.2012? Absolutely. Everybody's really enjoyed the Olympics and now
:24:10. > :24:15.the Paralympics brings something different, but quality of sport as
:24:15. > :24:20.well. We have got the huge heritage about paralympic sport. We kind of
:24:20. > :24:22.invented it and we have been growing it in terms of the media
:24:23. > :24:26.coverage and the general public awareness and now it looks like it
:24:26. > :24:31.will sell out, so it's a great opportunity for athletes from
:24:31. > :24:34.around the world to really enjoy top-quality sport in some great
:24:34. > :24:40.facilities, with people who really want to be there. Do you think this
:24:40. > :24:45.will set the bar even higher for the rest of the world for Rio 2016?
:24:45. > :24:50.Absolutely. I think it will be very tough to follow. I'm sure Rio will
:24:50. > :24:56.do their best to do that. They have a very strong team generally and
:24:56. > :25:06.have been growing their sports in Brazil. The atmosphere in the
:25:06. > :25:07.
:25:07. > :25:13.venues around London, it will be electric. Burma's Information
:25:13. > :25:17.Ministry, says it's ending all cenorship of the country's media.
:25:17. > :25:23.The Press Scrutiny and Registration Department said as of Monday,
:25:23. > :25:27.reporters would no longer have to submit their work to state censors
:25:27. > :25:30.before publication. During nearly five decades of military rule in
:25:30. > :25:38.Burma, censorship applied to everything from newspapers to song
:25:38. > :25:41.lyrics. To Libya and 3 supporters of Muammar Gaddafi have been
:25:41. > :25:48.detained in connection with two bomb attacks in Tripoli on Sunday.
:25:48. > :25:53.It was a year that the regime was facing its final days of control.
:25:53. > :26:03.Our reporter joins us from friply. Rana, a year on, but signs of
:26:03. > :26:10.support for the Gaddafi rulers? Certainly, given the car bombings
:26:10. > :26:14.that we saw yesterday, they claimed the lives of two people. We have
:26:14. > :26:19.heard from officials blaming it on Gaddafi supporters, although this
:26:19. > :26:23.hasn't been independently verified. In reality, no-one has - no group
:26:23. > :26:30.has really claimed any of these incidents, whether in Benghazi or
:26:30. > :26:35.Tripoli. Of course, there are still some people in Libya that do
:26:35. > :26:38.support Muammar Gaddafi, even though he has been killed since the
:26:38. > :26:45.uprising and there's a network of support on some level, but I don't
:26:45. > :26:49.think a lot of people believe that it's deeply rooted to the extent
:26:49. > :26:57.where they can change things around. That's given what happened last