24/08/2012 BBC World News

Anders Behring Breivik is declared sane and given a prison sentence

after massacring 77 people last year. A smile as the verdict was

read out, he was given a maximum jail term of 21 years but that

could be extended. Lance Armstrong gives up the fight against doping

allegations. He seems certain to lose the titles which made him the

world's most successful cyclist. More time to pay, that's what The

Greek Prime Minister wants. Reports emerged that Spain is in talks on

You join me live outside Oslo District Court, where Anders

Breivik has been given the maximum sentence of 21 years for killing 77

people in twinned terror attacks last July. The judges found him to

be sane when he carried out the atrocity. In theory, that sentence

amounts to 100 days for each of his 77 victims. In practice, though, it

could be a lot longer. After 10 years, his psychiatric condition

will be evaluated and he will be detained for as long as it is felt

that he is a danger to society. After that, there was a detailed

explanation of that ruling. Again, we heard the harrowing scenes that

unfolded here in Oslo just about 50 yards from where we are standing

now, when that huge bomb was detonated by Breivik before he then

made his way to Utoeya Island. They also described the scenes that

unfolded there. TRANSLATION: Heartbreaking scenes

unfolded as people who'd, round and swam for their lives, while at the

same time trying to help and comfort each other. In some places

the living and the dead lay side by side. Some were paralysed by fear

as they were being shot at. Some pretended to be dead while others

beg for their lives. Partly to calm them down, partly also to bid

farewell. That term of 21 years in prison, as opposed to an indefinite

term inside a secure mental hospital, is the result that Anders

Breivik himself was hoping for. He said that to be incarcerated in a

mental institution would be a fate worse than death. He said that if

he was found to be in St he would appeal that ruling. We have just

had confirmation that Anders He will not be appealing and he

accepts the ruling and the sentence. I enjoy and outside the court by

two people, both of whom survived that date last year. First, you

were on the island that day. Tell us about your experience. I was at

the summer camp to have a lecture and we heard about the bomb in Oslo

and I had to stay on the island and wait. I started hearing something

that I thought were firecrackers. A lot of people thought so.

Eventually it was clear something more dangerous had happened and

somebody came in and shouted we had to leave the building. That is

where I saw the first people who were lying outside. I still did not

know that they were shot, I thought there was some kind of accident.

But I ran down the hill and I saw the first person who was shot. They

were shot in several places, the mouth amongst them. She said, if I

die here, please remember you are all fantastic. That was a very

emotional thing. I did not know until a month afterwards that she

survived it because a lot of people did not. For quite a few minutes

after words I ran along with the others to get away from the sound

of shooting. When I thought things were being wrapped up I saw sirens

and I could hear helicopters, so I thought everything was going to be

all right. That is when he showed I turned my back on him and ran

into the water alongside. I'd been feeling quite certain I would be

shot at that point. But I was lucky not to be. I was just a few metres

from the place where he killed the last five youngsters. A truly

terrifying experience. 69 people lost their lives that day on Utoeya

Island. How has your life being in the 13 months since. I have felt

sadness and fatigue after words. On the other hand, my partner was six

months pregnant when this happened and we had our first child a few

months after the events at the Utoeya. So it's been lots of

emotions being mixed up in the year afterwards. But I feel Hewitt -- I

feel huge sadness every time I think about the people who lost

their lives. Today it was a very factual and almost clinical, a list

of the people who have lost their lives both in the government

quarters and at the island. It is difficult to hold the tears back.

You were in court today to watch Breivik being sentenced, how did

you feel? I was relieved that the sentence was prison, that he was

considered St. I think it's been quite obvious during the whole

process that he knew extremely well what he was doing. This was an act

of political terror, which was very much thought through by him. It was

part of his ideal of how things should be and how things should be

changed by use of violence. We need to understand it as such and not

see this as something that just came from nowhere and that we can

forget about it. Many people have talked about wanting now, 13 months

on, to close this chapter. How much will Today's sentence help that

process? It is a partial closer -- closure. Hopefully we are not going

to think that much about Anders Breivik as a personnel, but rather

focus on other things, how to go on as a society. We need to see that

the political context in which this took place, the political movement

of which he is an exponent of, it is there also. It was there before

him and it is there after him. We need to tackle that as a political

factor with political means. also had experience of that awful

day. Described to us what happened to you. I wasn't the government

quarters, it was my last day at work as a political adviser in

government. I was leaving my office, basically in the car-park when the

bomb was exploded. I walked out of my office with a close colleague

who stood next to Breivik's car, waiting for me to come up from the

garage. She died. I survived. Climbed out of the buildings, two

blows up to get out. Just after the bomb exploded. To give people some

context, we are standing just 50 yards from the building where it

happened. Unimaginably awful time for you. Just described for as if

you can your journey since. last 13 months, I share with a lot

of people that were close that day, every mixed period afterwards... To

me, it is a period of sadness and anger about what happened. But also

a very strong feeling of belonging and strength. As soon afterwards

joined the our organisation of which I am now the secretary

general of, it was very much affected by the Utoeya shootings.

We lost one of our volunteers there. To me, the strength that I found

inside the organisation has been very important, to rebuild after

words. The strength that I found with close friends and daughters

and my family has been very important. And there's a very

strong commitment among many of us that we are going to fight a lot

harder to make sure that right-wing extremist groups do not get

recruitment. There's also this burning feeling of wanting to fight

harder against right-wing extremism and racism, which this stems from.

What impact do you think of today's ruling will have on that fight?

think a lot of us felt and feel relieved today. One, because it is

a closing of one chapter in this long book that we are reading

somehow. Secondly, because we've sort of demonstrated very strongly

as a nation, as organisations that we do respect democracy, we have

respect for the legal system and we remain committed to that core

values of social democracy. But there is also a third thing which

is very strong. A relief about him being found responsible.

Responsible, and that this was a political attack. That is important

to many of us. Thank you for speaking to worse. The court

session is at the moment in recess for the next few moments. When they

come back they will continue that lengthy 90 page explanation of the

sentence that was handed down to date. That maximum 21 year term,

which could in effect be much longer. When they have completed

their explanation and reading of that document, Anders Breivik

himself will be given the opportunity to speak. However, we

have in the last few moments have it confirmed that he accepts this

ruling and will not appeal. From You are watching BBC World News. It

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For many residents living in Beijing, the pollution has become

something they just have to live with. But now, two students from

the United States of trying to raise awareness of the problem.

They are running workshops for local people on how to build their

own air quality sensors. Beijing's pollution problem stems from its

geography and that it burns 25 % of its trash. But there's a lot of

people and a lot of cars. From my own personal experience with

pollution in Beijing, it was seeing the worst of it in the spring. IMA

landscape architecture student. I am here with my project partner,

Deren Guler, doing a workshop where we are putting pollution sensors on

to kites. We wanted to tap into this traditional art of kite-flying

in China. We could really use this as a way to engage in dialogue

about urban air quality. The people who come to our workshop are old

Beijingers, long-time City residents. As they go through the

workshop and we talk to them more about air pollution, and once they

see the light on the sense that changing, I think there is a sense

of action that starts to happen. You really feel like you can start

to change things instead of just We are hoping that people will gain

more awareness about the environment and how they can help

air pollution. But also start to feel a sense of urgency and

monitoring the environment for themselves. Today we have beautiful

blue sky is, the reading is green. We are hoping that Beijing has a

A couple of other stories: There is AB38 tagging project to investigate

the behaviour of the UK's largest and, which is not big I have to say.

They will attach thousands of sensors to hairy wood ants. There

was the lighting of the cauldron for the Paralympics in Trafalgar

Square in London today. The games are just days away now. This is BBC

World News: The headlines, Anders Behring Breivik is declared sane

and given a prison sentence of 21 years after massacring 77 people in

Norway last year. Now the business news. The euro-zone is hogging the

headlines. Starting with Greece, the Greek Prime Minister is

battling to keep his country in the euro and is pleading with his

European partners for more time. The tension in the financial

markets is shifting to another a huge front, which is Spain. Reuters

news sites same Madrid is already in negotiations for more financial

aid. The Spanish Government has refused to comment. Spain has

already won approval for up to 100 billion euros of loans. No money

has been released yet for this, which is to help the banking system.

It would help bring down its borrowing costs on the bond market

and avoid a full bail-out as has happened in Greece, Portugal and

Ireland. My colleague in Barcelona has explained why Spain's By Nigel

problems are hard to get a hand on. What is interesting about Spain in

comparison to Greece is people do not blame for Germany or the

European Union, but their own Government. At the regional level,

the regions are responsible for one out of every four Euros spent, at a

regional level Spain has been on a spending spree. Every little town

wanted its own science park, its airport. There are so many white

elephant projects being built in this country that have been built

without knowing what they will be used for. Spanish people are angry

about the lack of responsibility. Because of the regions in Spain and

the layers of responsibility, you do not have any accountability. It

is very hard for Madrid to force the regions to come into line

because the right wing party in Government is depending on the

nationalist parties in power in many of the regions for their

support to stay in power. That is what is happening in Spain. We can

speak to a strategist at Rabobank in London. And after it she was

more worried about this. It has to be Spain. If you were to take

Greece, Portugal and Ireland at a few were to add together their GDPs

and doublet, it is only a little bigger than the Spanish one. That

is why Spain is so important. If investors stepped away from Spain,

Italy would be next, one of the largest economies in the world, not

that different to France. Spain is the most important part of the

euro-zone crisis right now. Greece is important, but it is unimportant

sideshow. It will remain problematic for years, but Spain is

the crux of the crisis. The global court tussle between two of the

world's biggest technology countries -- companies has moved on.

A court in Seoul ruled that the US had giant apple and a Korean

electronics company, Samsung, have both infringed each other's patents.

If any court was going to look favourably on Sampson's claims

against its smartphone rival, you think it would be here on its home

turf. But a court in South Korea has ruled both the technology

giants beat to each other's patents in their mobile devices. Apple

violated two of Samson's telecommunications patents and

Sampson infringed one with a bounce back screen. The court ordered both

companies to pay financial penalties and has ordered some

burgeons of the I found and iPad and Samsung's galaxy s to be taken

off the shelves. The ban only applies in South Korea, but the

ruling comes as a jury in California is deliberating end a

similar US-based trial with higher stakes. The verdict at this court

house is expected soon and is likely to have an impact on the

lucrative smartphone industry. Apple is seeking $2.5 billion in

damages from Samsung alleging it copied the design of its iPhone and

iPad. Samsung denies it and has counter-sued Apple for allegedly

breaching patents on his three-day she technology.

Australia's commodity boom is over according to the country's

Resources Management. BHP Billiton shelve a $14 billion expansion plan

in southern and western Australia. When is a boom bust? The question

currently dominating the thoughts and words of Australia's mining

industry and its politicians. The ministry in charge of resources

started all the talk rolling with this. The commodity price boom is

over and anyone with half a brain knows that. Price falls are one

indication things are not going well, cuts in investment are

another. Big companies have big mining projects as Chinese demands

are wavering. We have seen a drop off in the enthusiasm for these

projects. This week the Olympic dam project was shelved by BHP Billiton.

The Australian Government keeps insisting there are hundreds of

billions of dollars of investing projects in the pipeline. We should

not be optimistic about investment growth. We are likely to see the

projections for a future projects being wound back. The mining boom

has cushioned Australia through the worst of the global, financial

crisis. It has got 5% unemployment and 3% growth. But is it all over?

That is premature. Is it slowing, changing and adapting? Yes, that is

spot on. That is business.

The US Anti-Doping Agency says it is going to seek to impose a

lifetime ban on the cyclist Lance Armstrong and to strip him of all

his titles and records, including the unprecedented seven Tour de

France titles he won between 1999 and 2005. It follows last's are

strong's own decision to drop his fight against claims that he use

performance enhancing drugs during his career. After years at the top

of his sport, beating cancer before winning the Tour de France a record

seven times in succession, Lance Armstrong has finally given up

fighting drugs charges. His decision not to contest US Anti-

Doping Agency accusations leaves him open to a lifetime's cycling

band and to have all his titles taken away. But he does say he

never took banned substances or performance enhancing drugs. He

called the anti-doping agency's case against him one-sided and

unfair and an unconstitutional witch hunts which had taken its

toll on his family and his Cancer Foundation. The 40 year-old was

tested hundreds of times during his long career and retired from the

sport last year without being charged following a two-year

federal criminal investigation. But the US Anti-Doping Agency pursued

him into retirement and took his decision not to defend himself as

an admission of guilt. If he was innocent, he would have stated as

much by rebutting the evidence, testing the evidence, cross-

examining the witnesses. That will not now happen and the leaves it

open to him by keeping his evidence hidden. But Lance Armstrong

challenges the anti-doping agency and his titles. But by giving up

the fight he risks losing his legacy as one of the world's

greatest sports men. A New Zealand a man dubbed the accidental

millionaire has been sentenced to more than four-and-a-half years in

prison for theft. Leo Gao was mistakenly given a $10 million

overdraft by his bag. He siphoned off millions and fled the country

before being arrested in Hong Kong. His former girlfriend was also

found guilty and sentenced to nine months home detention and order to

pay back $12,000 in reparations. He became a multi-millionaire

overnight, but it was not quite a dream come true. In 2009, Leo Gao

asked is back for a $100,000 overdraft. A blunder saw that

extended to $10 million. He and his girlfriend then fled the country,

having withdrawn $6.7 million before the bank realised its

mistake. $600,000 was sent to other accounts and more than $2 million

to China and Hong Kong. The runaway millionaires were arrested

separately last here. Nearly $4 million is still missing. Time to

tell you about and enthusiasts in Hawaii who has hauled in a

worldwide record of Marlyn, but failed to net thousands of dollars

in prize money. That is the catch. It was a monster. 463 kilos. It