:00:14. > :00:19.We need more time. The Greek Prime Minister asks for breathing space
:00:19. > :00:23.to implement austerity cuts. Two South African farm workers are
:00:23. > :00:28.sentenced over the murder of the white supremacist leader Eugene
:00:28. > :00:36.Terreblanche. And Russia has joined the World
:00:36. > :00:44.Trade Organisation, it is the 156th member to do so. Welcome to BBC
:00:44. > :00:54.World News. Also to come: After nearly three decades of renovation,
:00:54. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:10.Florence's gates of paradise are Hello, the head of the euro-zone's
:01:10. > :01:13.finance minister's Group, Jean- Claude Juncker, will hold talks in
:01:13. > :01:17.the next few hours over whether Greece should be given the next
:01:17. > :01:21.stage of its bail-out. The Greek prime minister says his country
:01:21. > :01:28.needs more time to bring in the Budget reforms. He has also said
:01:28. > :01:33.that does not mean additional cash will be needed. The charm offensive
:01:33. > :01:36.begins for an Thomas Samaras. He wants more time to pay back
:01:36. > :01:39.Greece's debt and he will make his case to the man who heads up the
:01:40. > :01:43.group of euro-zone finance ministers will stop in an interview
:01:43. > :01:49.with a German newspaper said the Greek Prime Minister has outlined
:01:49. > :01:54.what he plans to ask for. Let me be very explicit, he says, weak demand
:01:54. > :02:00.no additional money, all we want is a bit of air to breathe to get the
:02:00. > :02:05.economy running. More time does not mean more money. But Europe's
:02:05. > :02:08.effective paymaster, Jean-Claude Juncker, is expected to tell
:02:08. > :02:16.Antonis Samaras that Greece must stick to the timeline and continue
:02:16. > :02:19.to make cuts if it wants its next bail-out instalment. Greece needs
:02:19. > :02:25.31.5 billion euros within the next few weeks to avoid defaulting on
:02:25. > :02:29.its debt. The price is that it has to make 11.5 billion euros worth of
:02:29. > :02:34.spending cuts, they target that after he was elected Antonis
:02:34. > :02:38.Samaras had been confident there could be good achieved. We will
:02:38. > :02:42.implement what must be implemented, we would change what must be
:02:42. > :02:48.changed in order to meet our targets. With him now asking for
:02:48. > :02:51.more time there is growing doubts about whether Greece can meet
:02:51. > :02:56.expectations. The Greek Prime Minister will head out on a tour of
:02:56. > :03:01.Europe this week, hoping to win over the German Chancellor and the
:03:01. > :03:04.French President. Developments in Greece are being
:03:04. > :03:08.followed in Germany. Our correspondent in Berlin takes a
:03:08. > :03:13.look at whether the German public is willing to support Greece as it
:03:13. > :03:19.tries to sort out its financial problems. There is a lot of
:03:19. > :03:24.understanding. Sometimes German public opinion is overstated as
:03:24. > :03:29.being very anti-bail-out and getting harder. But if you ask them,
:03:29. > :03:33.do you want to keep the euro and Greece in the euro? They are
:03:33. > :03:37.sympathetic to that. If the Chancellor wants to help Greece in
:03:37. > :03:43.a substantial way she will have to go to the Bundestag, elected by the
:03:43. > :03:47.German people. They find the Greek Prime Minister making a direct
:03:48. > :03:55.appeal to them. The headline read the drachma was a catastrophe for
:03:55. > :04:00.us. But the bones of it is we do not want more money, but we need a
:04:00. > :04:04.breathing space to get our economy going so tax revenues can rise. We
:04:04. > :04:09.have a whole string of meetings today and the rest of the week
:04:09. > :04:13.involving Berlin, Athens and Paris and basically the appeal will be
:04:13. > :04:18.made by this guy it to the people with the money in the hope for
:04:18. > :04:24.breathing space. Will he get it? If you listen to the rhetoric from
:04:24. > :04:29.German politicians, he won not. But if you look at the fine print of
:04:29. > :04:35.what the leaders are saying, there is some leeway to have delayed, but
:04:35. > :04:42.no leeway for up a new batch of money. I know you look at the euro-
:04:42. > :04:48.zone, but I want to talk about other things going on. Let's talk
:04:48. > :04:53.about Russia. The 156th member of the World Trade Organisation, it
:04:53. > :05:00.has taken 20 years. But it is official today, so at least we can
:05:00. > :05:08.say that. The last major global economy to become a member. It has
:05:08. > :05:13.been a long time coming. But there are all sorts of pros and cons. It
:05:13. > :05:20.is a very different time for Russia joining compared to the likes of
:05:20. > :05:27.China. When China joined in 2001, that period of time we were on the
:05:27. > :05:33.cusp of the global, economic boom. It was all on debt as we know now,
:05:33. > :05:38.but Tynan joined and its exports rose 20% every year and foreign
:05:38. > :05:42.exporters poured money into China making it the second largest
:05:42. > :05:47.economy where it sits today. It will not be the same story for
:05:47. > :05:50.Russia because 2012 is a different picture. Let's hear some more
:05:50. > :05:55.analysis from an expert in the field of all things Russian and
:05:55. > :05:59.economics. Let's hear from our Moscow correspondent about the
:05:59. > :06:04.significance of finally Russia joining the World Trade
:06:04. > :06:11.Organisation. It is the largest economy currently outside and it
:06:12. > :06:15.has the biggest population in Europe, 140 million people, it is a
:06:15. > :06:20.significant economic player. Historically Russia has tended to
:06:20. > :06:24.go its own way. They have had a very different economic Review of
:06:24. > :06:29.the world. But ever since then Russians have felt they could use a
:06:29. > :06:33.sharp elbows to get their way in negotiations in business. There is
:06:34. > :06:37.still disagreement amongst the elite about this, that they need to
:06:37. > :06:42.buy into this world trade system and go along with that, although
:06:43. > :06:46.there is a lot to be done in terms of sorting out bureaucracy and
:06:46. > :06:56.corruption and the role of law before international companies can
:06:56. > :06:59.feel safe investing. We can speak to a Rushall -- Russian analyst and
:07:00. > :07:05.I asked her about the potential benefits and the downsize for
:07:05. > :07:11.Russia. It is a big game changed poor Russian consumers because this
:07:11. > :07:15.would mean they will be the biggest winners. They will have cheaper
:07:15. > :07:21.goods and more choice. It is good news for Russian exporters because
:07:21. > :07:26.they will take advantage of the lower tariffs. This will also
:07:26. > :07:34.create predictability, hopefully, in the long run in Russia's
:07:34. > :07:44.business environment. There are at the pluses, so what are the
:07:44. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:53.Commons? Of course there are. The WTO entry is a long-term issue. The
:07:53. > :07:56.benefits will not happen overnight. At the beginning we will see the
:07:56. > :07:59.disadvantages that the accession brings, especially for those
:07:59. > :08:04.countries who are not competitive and who are in need of
:08:04. > :08:09.modernisation. This openness to more trade and competition will put
:08:09. > :08:14.pressure on these companies either to get out or to modernise. This
:08:14. > :08:20.may bring unemployment in certain sectors, especially in cities that
:08:20. > :08:26.have single industries. We are looking into the down sides as well.
:08:26. > :08:32.One interesting aspect of all of this is the comparisons to China.
:08:32. > :08:38.China joined the WTO in 2001 and many will say since then that is
:08:38. > :08:42.when we saw this enormous bloom. Exports in China were up 20% every
:08:42. > :08:47.year and foreign investors poured money into the country. They are
:08:47. > :08:54.wondering if that will happen for Russia. But if we look at the
:08:54. > :08:59.global, economic climate, it is very different. Yes, when it comes
:08:59. > :09:04.to external factors, the investors across the world are a bit wary. In
:09:04. > :09:09.some ways the Russians are unlucky because they are joining the WTO at
:09:09. > :09:13.a time when there is not much foreign investment. But on the
:09:13. > :09:19.other hand, the bottom line is that Russia and China are very different
:09:19. > :09:26.economies. China has been incredibly large labour markets and
:09:26. > :09:32.it was a great place to invest for producers. The Russian population
:09:32. > :09:36.is not as big as China's and Russian economies are heavily
:09:36. > :09:42.dependent on the oil and gas sector and it is not diversified. There
:09:42. > :09:47.are fundamental differences when it comes to the two economies. The US
:09:47. > :09:50.authorities are investigating the Royal Bank of Scotland for possible
:09:50. > :09:55.breaches around sanctions. The Federal Reserve is looking into
:09:55. > :10:03.deals done by the bank after receiving information from RBS 18
:10:03. > :10:09.months ago. The Standard Chartered Bank agreed to pay around $75
:10:09. > :10:16.million Cowes in fines. The banking experts have been telling us that
:10:16. > :10:20.the RBS case has his differences. In fact, they are telling us it is
:10:20. > :10:26.more serious. The fundamental problem is their problem of
:10:26. > :10:31.perception. Most European banks assume somebody is innocent until
:10:31. > :10:35.proven guilty. But America wants British banks and foreign banks to
:10:35. > :10:39.assume they are guilty until proven innocent because of the sanctions
:10:39. > :10:48.in place. That culture will difference is causing the problem.
:10:48. > :10:51.That is it with the business. have got some breaking news. First,
:10:51. > :10:56.the locked-in Syndrome sufferer Tony Nicklinson who lost his High
:10:56. > :11:01.Court battle last week, where he wanted the legal right to end his
:11:01. > :11:09.life when he chooses with a doctor's help, he has died today.
:11:09. > :11:15.There has been a brief statement. His law firm says Tony Nicklinson
:11:15. > :11:20.from Trowbridge died this morning at home. I quote, this is to notify
:11:20. > :11:26.you of the sad that there of Tony Nicklinson at approximately 10:00am
:11:26. > :11:31.this morning, this is UK time. It also asks for the family's privacy
:11:31. > :11:37.to be respected. We have not had any more details issued about the
:11:37. > :11:42.circumstances of his death. More breaking years, the former fugitive
:11:42. > :11:51.tycoon Asil Nadir, has been found guilty of a further six charges of
:11:51. > :11:57.theft at the Old Bailey. The former tycoon who was famed, being accused,
:11:57. > :12:01.of stealing �1.3 million to secretly by Polly Peck shares to
:12:01. > :12:08.bolster the Stock Exchange prize. He has been found guilty of these
:12:08. > :12:13.extra charges. Other news and a South African court has sentenced
:12:13. > :12:16.two farm workers over the murder of the way supreme is Eugene
:12:16. > :12:20.Terreblanche. There was heavy security outside court in the
:12:20. > :12:24.north-western town of Ventersdorp as Chris Mahlangu was sentenced to
:12:24. > :12:30.life imprisonment. Patrick Ndlovu, who was acquitted of murder, has
:12:30. > :12:34.been given a two-year suspended sentence for breaking and entering.
:12:34. > :12:42.The murder of Eugene Terreblanche continues to overshadow events in
:12:42. > :12:47.the town. Our correspondent reports now on a legacy of racial division.
:12:47. > :12:52.Almost two decades since the dawn of democracy it appears nothing
:12:52. > :12:57.much has changed in the rural town of Ventersdorp. With its Dutch
:12:57. > :13:01.Reform churches, once temples of apartheid rule, this is the
:13:01. > :13:07.birthplace and headquarters of former white supremacist leader
:13:07. > :13:13.Eugene Terreblanche. His murder by a black farm worker two years ago
:13:13. > :13:18.ignited fears of a political plot aimed at killing white farmers.
:13:18. > :13:23.Chris Mahlangu, an illegal Zimbabwean in a grand, confessed to
:13:23. > :13:30.the murder, saying he attacked his employer over a dispute over wages.
:13:30. > :13:39.Local farmers are a flayed black people are targeting white farmers.
:13:39. > :13:42.It looks like they are afraid of white farmers and they are after us.
:13:42. > :13:49.However farmworkers say their working conditions are still
:13:49. > :13:54.appalling. This lady was a farm labourer for 15 years and resigned
:13:55. > :13:59.after an altercation with her boss. TRANSLATION: Might employ her beat
:13:59. > :14:04.me up after I asked for a bigger salary and I hit back. Farm workers
:14:05. > :14:08.are still suffering, nothing has changed. Both racial groups
:14:08. > :14:14.continue to look over their shoulders in Ventersdorp as there
:14:14. > :14:17.are constant fears of a race war. Not even Ventersdorp can escape the
:14:17. > :14:24.inevitable as barriers between black and white collapse 18 years
:14:24. > :14:28.after the end of apartheid. This family have beaten the odds. Their
:14:28. > :14:33.mixed-race marriage is still considered a criminal offence by
:14:33. > :14:42.white supremacists. This relationship has brought a lot of
:14:42. > :14:50.change in Ventersdorp. It is dangerous for us, but I do not care,
:14:50. > :14:54.we love each other. We will change this township. If change is to come
:14:54. > :15:04.to this divided town, they are an example to those who wish to find
:15:04. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:11.You're watching BBC World News. Still to come: the flame up on top
:15:11. > :15:21.of the mountain. The Paralympic torch begins its journey across the
:15:21. > :15:30.UK. Thousands of people have lined the streets of Addis Ababa there to
:15:30. > :15:32.pay their respects to the Prime Minister. State media have reported
:15:32. > :15:35.that the Deputy Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn would take
:15:35. > :15:38.over until elections in 2015. The BBC's Noel Mwakugu is in Addis
:15:38. > :15:42.Ababa. He says there have been emotional scenes in the capital
:15:42. > :15:48.this morning. It was a very emotional moment. When the body
:15:48. > :15:53.landed at the international airport, people were wailing. It was
:15:53. > :15:57.emotional. Women where lying on the floor. This morning, they are still
:15:57. > :16:02.trying to digest the news that the man they have known as their leader
:16:02. > :16:09.for 20 years is no more. We need to think what happens over the next
:16:09. > :16:14.few days with regards to his burial. The Government officials are
:16:14. > :16:19.expected to make a formal announcement later today on what
:16:19. > :16:23.plans have been put in place for the funeral. We hear from some
:16:23. > :16:30.people it could be within the week. They have announced they will be a
:16:30. > :16:39.week of national mourning. He passed away in Belgium. Let's talk
:16:39. > :16:49.about the succession. The acting Prime Minister, does he consolidate
:16:49. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:56.this role and continue? Will it be opened up? He has been on the foot
:16:56. > :17:03.steps for some time. Many people consider him as a moderate. There
:17:03. > :17:08.has been some underlying political tensions within the ruling
:17:08. > :17:13.coalition. Some argue that since he is a moderate and he comes from
:17:13. > :17:18.South Ethiopia, he might be able to control the underlying political
:17:18. > :17:24.tensions and might stand up as a good leader. Some argue he may not
:17:24. > :17:27.be firm enough to control the political situation there is in
:17:27. > :17:30.Ethiopia. The coroner's office in Los Angeles says there appear to be
:17:30. > :17:36.no signs that the film director, Tony Scott, was suffering from a
:17:36. > :17:39.brain tumour. Tony, perhaps best known for the film Top Gun, fell to
:17:39. > :17:42.his death from a bridge in the city on Sunday afternoon. Police are
:17:42. > :17:51.treating it as suicide. His family have told investigators that he was
:17:51. > :17:56.not suffering from any serious This is BBC World News. The
:17:56. > :17:59.headlines: The Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, has again called
:17:59. > :18:02.for more time to carry out spending cuts and economic reforms. In an
:18:02. > :18:07.interview with a German newspaper, Mr Samaras said Greece needed
:18:07. > :18:10.breathing space to revive its economy. Two South African farm
:18:10. > :18:19.workers are sentenced over the murder of white supremacist Eugene
:18:19. > :18:22.Clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in Lebanon's northern town
:18:22. > :18:26.of Tripoli have continued for a second night. Seven people have
:18:26. > :18:29.been killed so far and more than 70 people have been wounded. The
:18:29. > :18:34.clashes are down to hostility between the two communities due to
:18:34. > :18:37.tensions over the war in Syria. The BBC's Barbara Plett is in
:18:37. > :18:45.neighbouring Beirut, from where she told that the tensions were local
:18:46. > :18:49.to Tripoli, as well as related to the current tensions in Syria.
:18:49. > :18:55.tensions between the two communities are permanent since a
:18:55. > :19:01.couple of decades. They are related to internal dynamics. Since the
:19:01. > :19:05.conflict in Syria started, they have escalated and broken out into
:19:05. > :19:12.violence. It is because the sectarian lines in Tripoli are the
:19:13. > :19:20.same as they are in Syria. You have a small Alawite community living in
:19:20. > :19:29.Tripoli in this silly Muslim town. The Alawites support the regime in
:19:29. > :19:33.Damascus. -- this Syrian town. That has caused eruptions into violence
:19:33. > :19:39.several times and deadly clashes before - this time we are hearing
:19:39. > :19:44.that seven people were killed. They have gone on for some time. Gunfire
:19:44. > :19:50.was heard throughout the night. That has now pretty much died down.
:19:50. > :19:58.It is not clear if that means this particular battle is over or if
:19:58. > :20:07.both sides are taking a rest and it will resume later in the day.
:20:07. > :20:13.wildfires have broken out in Spain. The fire in the FA has destroyed
:20:13. > :20:23.large areas of agricultural land. There have also been wildfires on
:20:23. > :20:24.
:20:24. > :20:27.the Canary Islands and on the southern Mediterranean coast in
:20:27. > :20:30.Spain. They are known as the Gates of Paradise. A magnificent set of
:20:30. > :20:33.doors in Florence, weighing nine tonnes, are one of the defining
:20:33. > :20:35.works of the Italian Renaissance. But they have been out of the
:20:35. > :20:38.public eye for nearly three decades while being renovated. Allan
:20:38. > :20:43.Johnston has been given an exclusive look at the masterpiece.
:20:43. > :20:48.There is a crowd like this here almost all the time. Every day
:20:48. > :20:58.thousands pause to take in one of the sides of Florence. The great
:20:58. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:05.Golden Gates in San Giovanni. They are just copies. These are the
:21:05. > :21:11.original doors. They have been hidden from public view for decades,
:21:11. > :21:16.undergoing restoration. We were given special access - a chance to
:21:16. > :21:24.see the work being done on a masterpiece. It is more than 500
:21:24. > :21:33.years old. It tells 10 Tales From the Old Testament. None other than
:21:33. > :21:37.Michelangelo named the doors - so beautiful he said - they could be
:21:37. > :21:42.the gates of paradise. The renovation programme is almost
:21:42. > :21:48.complete. This has not only been a job for scalpels. New pioneering
:21:48. > :21:54.laser techniques had to be developed. The project has taken 27
:21:54. > :22:01.years. What a difference it has made it! Before, the panels were
:22:01. > :22:06.covered in the crime of centuries. Now, back to their best. They have
:22:06. > :22:12.allowed us to get right up close. Part of what is so impressive is
:22:12. > :22:18.the detail and the drama there you can see in each scene. Take this
:22:18. > :22:23.one. The boy warrior, David, cuts of the head of the giant, Goliath,
:22:23. > :22:28.who he famously killed with his slingshot. The doors will not be
:22:28. > :22:32.put back in their original setting out in the piazza. They are too
:22:32. > :22:39.delicate for that now. There will be shown and special conditions in
:22:39. > :22:43.a museum. There is no manual of the history of Western art. It does not
:22:43. > :22:49.give the place of honour to the stores. To have been without them
:22:49. > :22:54.for more than a quarter of a century, to have had to see them
:22:54. > :23:04.only in books - in small reproductions - really has been a
:23:04. > :23:08.kind of fast. The artist worked this lightness of himself into his
:23:08. > :23:13.creation. -- like Nurse. If he is looking down on it now, he would
:23:13. > :23:17.surely approve of what the restorers have done. The lighting
:23:17. > :23:23.of the Paralympics flame has been taking part on the highest peaks in
:23:23. > :23:27.each of the four nations which make up the United Kingdom. This was the
:23:27. > :23:32.scene a short while ago on top of Mount Snowdon in Wales. Teams of
:23:32. > :23:39.Boy Scouts have been taking part. Now the torches are lit, they will
:23:39. > :23:42.begin their journey to the Olympic stadium in Stratford in East London.
:23:42. > :23:52.The BBC's Hywel Griffith joined us from Snowdon in Wales where he
:23:52. > :23:55.
:23:55. > :24:00.Despite the conditions, they managed it within a couple of
:24:00. > :24:06.minutes. I suppose they use some boy scout ingenuity. A group of 16
:24:06. > :24:10.walked from the bottom, joined by Lord Coe and one very important
:24:10. > :24:16.person. You were chosen as the torch-bearer for this. You are part
:24:16. > :24:20.of a group of people with different abilities. You have bipolar
:24:20. > :24:25.disorder. How did it feel holding that flame high above the highest
:24:25. > :24:32.point in Wales? It felt absolutely incredible. It was amazing to be
:24:32. > :24:37.able to do that. What will people take from the Paralympic Games?
:24:37. > :24:41.Will it help them understand different abilities? It will
:24:41. > :24:47.underline the fact that everyone in society has something to offer,
:24:47. > :24:51.despite some prejudices that might still be around. You walked all
:24:51. > :24:56.away. Exercise is one way which helps people with different
:24:56. > :25:02.conditions to manage it. That is true. How did you find the walk?
:25:02. > :25:08.was quite tough going. It was good - very good. Especially good to
:25:08. > :25:14.becoming as part of a group, a team. We all encouraged each other.
:25:14. > :25:22.are planning to walk back down. What are you hoping to seat in the
:25:22. > :25:28.Paralympics? I do not know. What impresses me is a wheelchair racing.
:25:28. > :25:34.I'm not sure what it is called. Tanni Grey-Thompson is a Welsh
:25:34. > :25:37.Paralympian. You hope that people will follow her example.
:25:37. > :25:43.Congratulations on becoming the first torch-bearer in Wales. Three
:25:43. > :25:47.other flames are being lit in England, Scotland and Northern
:25:47. > :25:51.Ireland as well. They will be joined together before coming to
:25:51. > :25:56.the Olympic Park in London. Now some news which has broken in the
:25:56. > :26:01.last half an hour. Asil Nadir has been convicted of more Polly Peck
:26:01. > :26:09.thefts. He was the head of the Polly Peck empire more than 20
:26:09. > :26:14.years ago. He has been convicted of nine thefts totalling around �28.5
:26:14. > :26:19.million. The jury is still continuing to deliberate on two
:26:19. > :26:24.remaining counts. More news as that develops. We have also had another
:26:24. > :26:30.piece of breaking news. Sad news that Tony Nicholson, the man who
:26:30. > :26:36.has been fighting for the right to die, who lost his High Court case
:26:36. > :26:43.on 16th August, he has passed away today. His family said he passed
:26:44. > :26:49.away at 10am today in the UK. His son has messaged saying it is a