:00:12. > :00:19.The US hands over control of Bagram Prison, transferring 3000 Taliban
:00:19. > :00:23.fighters and terrorism suspects to Army bomb disposal experts are at
:00:23. > :00:26.the home of the British couple shot dead in the French Alps as a
:00:26. > :00:30.potentially explosive substance is found.
:00:30. > :00:34.Unrest spreads in South Africa as striking workers ignored calls by
:00:34. > :00:38.Marikana bosses to return to work. Workers at the goldmine have also
:00:38. > :00:43.downed tools. Welcome to BBC World News. Also
:00:43. > :00:50.coming up: her it is farewell from London 2012 as the Paralympic Games
:00:50. > :01:00.closed with a spectacular ceremony. And President Obama is literally
:01:00. > :01:11.
:01:11. > :01:14.swept off his feet by a fan in The United States has handed over
:01:14. > :01:17.control of a controversial prison to the Afghan government despite
:01:17. > :01:21.the apparent disagreements between the sides on the fate of hundreds
:01:21. > :01:25.of inmates. A major questions remain over the fate of Bagram
:01:25. > :01:29.prison's more than 3000 inmates, including around 50 foreigners not
:01:29. > :01:33.covered by the agreement. The Afghan government ruled out any
:01:33. > :01:36.question of a delay to the handover, to be marked by a ceremony at what
:01:36. > :01:44.is officially called the Parwan Detention Facility, adjacent to the
:01:44. > :01:48.US base of Bagram north of Kabul. President Hamid Karzai has long
:01:48. > :01:52.demanded that Afghanistan take formal control of the prison. It
:01:52. > :01:56.has known it would have a significant bearing on long-term
:01:56. > :01:59.Afghan-US relations. Today at the detention facility next to the US
:01:59. > :02:03.airfield at Bagram, it was handed over at the ceremony, Afghan
:02:03. > :02:07.officials calling it a proud day. The Americans maintained that
:02:07. > :02:12.Bagram had played its part in securing the future of the country.
:02:12. > :02:15.We transferred more than 3000 Afghan detainees into your custody
:02:15. > :02:18.at an expedient rate and ensured that those who threatened the
:02:18. > :02:23.partnership of Afghanistan and coalition forces would not return
:02:23. > :02:26.to the battlefield. But even as the handover was taking place, there
:02:26. > :02:30.were still disagreements over the fate of hundreds of the inmates and
:02:30. > :02:34.over the interpretation of the memorandum of understanding between
:02:34. > :02:38.the US and the Afghan authorities. The Americans still want to be able
:02:38. > :02:43.to conduct their own interrogations. They don't trust the Afghan
:02:43. > :02:49.government to hold these high-value targets because of concerns about
:02:49. > :02:53.corruptions and detainees escaping and whether they will get adequate
:02:53. > :02:56.guarantees that they will not face the risk of torture in the Afghan
:02:56. > :03:01.detention facilities. demonstrates a key underlining
:03:01. > :03:05.problem as the US and its allies increasingly handover security
:03:05. > :03:08.control to the Afghans in the country as a whole. It is
:03:08. > :03:14.unfortunate that after 11 years of this partnership, where we have
:03:14. > :03:20.signed a strategic agreement with the US, we are still talking about
:03:20. > :03:24.issues of trust. The United States needs to trust its staff and
:03:24. > :03:27.partners. One happens now at Bagram, with its controversial history
:03:27. > :03:33.surrounding the agreement of detainees, will be closely watched
:03:33. > :03:36.in Afghanistan and far beyond. A third of the South African
:03:37. > :03:39.workforce has downed tools at a gold Fields mine west of
:03:39. > :03:43.Johannesburg in the latest Labour stoppage to hit the mining sector
:03:44. > :03:47.of Africa's largest economy. Up to 15,000 workers are said to be
:03:47. > :03:53.involved. This comes just under a week after a strike ended at
:03:53. > :03:56.another part of the same mind. Let's get more from our reporter in
:03:56. > :04:06.Johannesburg. What is going on in different parts of the country
:04:06. > :04:11.today? On the pattern Amal -- mind belt in Marikana, the miners who
:04:11. > :04:15.were striking for a salary increase last month have come out again to
:04:15. > :04:21.march to demand the same salary increase. They are saying that
:04:21. > :04:26.following the shootings that led to 34 people dying last month, it has
:04:26. > :04:31.not resulted in a new salary. So they are still striking for the
:04:31. > :04:39.very reason that led them to that fatal shooting protest. But in
:04:39. > :04:42.another part of the country, a gold mine which is run by another
:04:42. > :04:48.country, 50,000 miners have downed tools over there since the night
:04:48. > :04:55.shift began. They are also demanding a pay hike and other wage
:04:55. > :04:58.negotiations. That is what is going on in South Africa today.
:04:58. > :05:04.politically difficult is this getting for the government?
:05:04. > :05:10.Feelings are clearly very strong among the workforces. Everybody who
:05:10. > :05:16.is anybody is involved in this platinum mine strike. The
:05:16. > :05:24.government is involved, Labour is involved, the politicians, anyone
:05:24. > :05:30.has been there. Other unions signed a peace accord last week to try and
:05:30. > :05:36.defuse the tensions. The alarm in platinum mine is the third largest
:05:36. > :05:42.platinum producer on the planet. So the peace accord was meant to try
:05:42. > :05:48.and calm the tension so that the heightened at spirit there comes
:05:48. > :05:53.down and the violence is taken away. But that has not happened, because
:05:53. > :06:03.of the miners still want a salary increase of 12,500 rand per month,
:06:03. > :06:04.
:06:04. > :06:06.which is about $1,500 a month. Aaron is here now with all the
:06:06. > :06:15.business. Francois Hollande is under pressure. He came out with a
:06:15. > :06:22.speech last night? He has the world on his shoulders. The French
:06:22. > :06:26.President has come under criticism for dragging his feet on how he
:06:26. > :06:31.turns -- plans to turn around the economy. He did a big TV interview
:06:31. > :06:35.last night. He said "my mission is a recovery plan, and the time frame
:06:35. > :06:40.is two years". So he says he will turn around the economy in two
:06:40. > :06:45.years. Many are saying good luck, Mr President. He said he wants to
:06:45. > :06:49.combat high joblessness. French unemployment is 10%. Among under
:06:49. > :06:56.25s, it is nearly 23%. There is falling competitiveness in the
:06:56. > :06:59.country and a serious deficit. How will he do it? He says there will
:06:59. > :07:05.be $38 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts. He will stick to
:07:05. > :07:09.their controversial 75% tax rate on the bridge for those who earn more
:07:09. > :07:16.than EUR1 million. It is causing a lot of French people to buy London
:07:16. > :07:22.property. We can speak now to the head off economic European research
:07:22. > :07:27.at Deutsche Bank. Let's start with that quote by the French President
:07:27. > :07:31."my mission is a recovery plan. The time frame is two years". Can
:07:31. > :07:36.Francois Hollande turn the economy around in two years? Have probably
:07:36. > :07:41.not, but at least he can deliver on some crucial issues, in particular
:07:41. > :07:45.the deficit issue, which is probably within the grasp of the
:07:45. > :07:51.French administration to bring the deficit back in line with the
:07:51. > :07:56.European targets. France came out with a deficit last year which will
:07:56. > :08:03.probably end up at 4.5% this year. Next year will be a very important
:08:03. > :08:09.goal. It has been reformed yesterday by Hollande that on
:08:09. > :08:17.structural issues, dealing with competitiveness, he can start
:08:17. > :08:21.reforms. But it will take time before we see the payout. The
:08:21. > :08:26.question is what kind of competitiveness we will have by the
:08:26. > :08:30.time he seeks re-election in five years' time. You say he can try to
:08:30. > :08:34.tackle the deficit. I assume that is what is behind the tax increases
:08:34. > :08:41.and government spending. But how did that go down on the ground in
:08:41. > :08:47.France, given that EUR25 billion worth of tax cuts and another EUR10
:08:47. > :08:53.billion in government spending cuts, how will that go down given that
:08:53. > :08:58.they are the biggest tax hikes in France in three decades? It is a
:08:58. > :09:03.tall order, especially in a situation where the overall tax
:09:03. > :09:08.burden in France is already very high, one of the highest in the
:09:08. > :09:15.OECD. It will not go down well. It is never pleasant to hear about tax
:09:16. > :09:21.hikes. But in the short run, you have a fair body of evidence that
:09:21. > :09:24.says that if you have to cut a deficit in times of a single
:09:24. > :09:30.downturn, which is the situation right now, it is better to do it
:09:30. > :09:34.via tax hikes than for via expenditure cuts. It sounds
:09:35. > :09:40.counter-intuitive, but this is the experience of the last 30 years.
:09:40. > :09:43.From may macro point of view, it is right to focus at least in the
:09:43. > :09:51.first instance on taxes rather than expenditure. In political terms,
:09:51. > :09:57.there is a cost. But from what I heard yesterday, it seems that he
:09:57. > :10:02.would try to shield his own electoral base from the wrath of
:10:02. > :10:10.the tax hikes. You probably know that in France, only half of French
:10:10. > :10:13.households pay income tax at all. So if you move on income tax, you
:10:13. > :10:18.will only hurt at the upper end of the income distribution. I would
:10:18. > :10:25.also expect a lot of tax hikes on the business sector. This is
:10:25. > :10:32.probably wear things will be most sensitive. Everyone is focusing on
:10:32. > :10:36.the 75% tax. That sends a signal to successful people who want to stay
:10:37. > :10:42.in France. But the key will be the kind of treatment that the
:10:42. > :10:50.corporate sector gets, because in France, the corporate sector is
:10:50. > :10:56.Oren day -- already under pressure. Let's stay with the Eurozone. The
:10:56. > :10:58.Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has a key meeting with the
:10:58. > :11:00.nation's international lenders on Monday. Representatives from the
:11:00. > :11:04.European Central Bank, European Commission and International
:11:04. > :11:09.Monetary Fund are assessing whether Greece should receive another $40
:11:09. > :11:13.billion a bail-out loans. They want Greece to save another $15 billion
:11:13. > :11:19.from its budget in return. But the ruling coalition is struggling to
:11:19. > :11:22.agree on those measures. The senior currency strategist at RBC capital
:11:22. > :11:29.markets explained the to a situation that the Government finds
:11:29. > :11:33.itself in. The problem is that the government has an agreement of
:11:33. > :11:38.sorts. Andy Trotter have arrived and said some of these measures
:11:38. > :11:45.will not bring some of the measures -- the savings you think they will.
:11:45. > :11:47.So some of the measures have been questioned. EUR3.5 billion of
:11:47. > :11:51.measures, they want further clarification on. Until those
:11:51. > :11:56.measures are decided, they can't put it to Parliament and Greece
:11:56. > :11:59.can't get its next batch of bail- out funds. Last week, I was
:11:59. > :12:04.speaking to our correspondent in Athens, who was painting the very
:12:04. > :12:07.sad human side of what is happening in Greece. Parents are fostering
:12:07. > :12:14.kids out because they can't afford to feed them. There are pensioners
:12:14. > :12:18.who may have to live on EUR100 a month. Surely as the head of the
:12:18. > :12:23.Democratic Left says "Greeks have reached their limits on their
:12:23. > :12:28.insurance with austerity measures", that is the problem, isn't it?
:12:28. > :12:32.human cost of this crisis has been enormous increase. Many of these
:12:32. > :12:34.measures have been horizontal. They have been imposed across the board.
:12:35. > :12:40.Part of the reason for that was because they have to be imposed
:12:40. > :12:44.quickly. In many places, there was not the framework to be more
:12:44. > :12:49.targeted. If this Greek government is to survive, it will have to get
:12:49. > :12:54.more targeted in its measures and do more on tax evasion, which is
:12:54. > :12:59.something when not enough work has been done.
:12:59. > :13:03.There is a sad human side going on in Greece. We talk about yields and
:13:03. > :13:08.costs of borrowing and the economy shrinking, but there is real stuff
:13:08. > :13:11.going on. That is it with the business.
:13:11. > :13:14.Police searching the southern England home of the family gunned
:13:14. > :13:19.down in the French Alps have extended the cordon around the
:13:19. > :13:22.house and evacuated neighbouring homes. Two girls survived the
:13:22. > :13:25.attack near Annecy in south-east France, which left their parents,
:13:25. > :13:29.grandmother and a French cyclist dead. The four-year-old girl is
:13:29. > :13:34.back in the UK and her seven-year- old sister has been taken out of a
:13:34. > :13:37.medically induced coma in a French hospital. Our correspondent is
:13:37. > :13:47.outside the family home in Claygate in Surrey. I asked him about the
:13:47. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:57.latest developments. This morning, everyone was outside the property.
:13:57. > :14:01.The police quickly moved everyone down the road. Then they said they
:14:01. > :14:05.were building discordant. You can see the bomb disposal truck behind
:14:05. > :14:09.me from the Royal Logistic Corps. The Army Corps have been brought in
:14:09. > :14:13.by the police. When the police suspect there is something they are
:14:13. > :14:18.not sure of which might be some sort of potentially dangerous
:14:18. > :14:22.device, they call in the Royal Logistic Corps. So at the moment,
:14:22. > :14:26.the police have said an assessment is being done of whatever this item
:14:26. > :14:30.or items that were found in the House of our, to establish if they
:14:30. > :14:37.are a threat. Under police have been searching that house for a few
:14:37. > :14:41.days now? Yes, this is the third day of searching of this house. We
:14:41. > :14:46.understand the French police were leading the investigation, so they
:14:46. > :14:49.instructed the British police on the search. The British police are
:14:49. > :14:53.assisting the French police. Something has been going on for the
:14:53. > :14:56.last two days. Whether it is something that has been overlooked
:14:57. > :15:03.or whether the search was so meticulous that they have only just
:15:03. > :15:08.got to this dangerous item this morning, is unclear. But we do
:15:08. > :15:11.understand that at the back of the al-Hilli home it is a big garden --
:15:11. > :15:15.a large workshop, with that elaborate electronic locks on it
:15:15. > :15:21.and there are large power cables going into it. I cannot surmise
:15:21. > :15:28.about what might be inside. Saad al-Hilli did work in the satellite
:15:28. > :15:32.industry as an engineer. He worked nearby in the town of Guildford.
:15:32. > :15:36.Whether there is some connection to his work to what was going on in
:15:36. > :15:41.the House and the developments this morning, I can't say at the moment.
:15:41. > :15:45.But this is a fast-moving investigation. We have had
:15:45. > :15:50.confirmation from France that the elderly woman who was killed was
:15:50. > :15:54.indeed the girls' maternal grandmother. That information has
:15:54. > :15:57.just come through. But on the ground where you are, what is the
:15:57. > :16:03.reaction of people who have been suddenly told that they have to
:16:03. > :16:07.leave their homes? It is twofold. This is a well-to-do part of
:16:07. > :16:12.southern England. The houses here are big and the people would be
:16:12. > :16:16.deemed rather middle-class. They have a very nice, sort of sleepy
:16:16. > :16:20.lifestyle here. It is not an area where these types of things would
:16:20. > :16:24.usually be associated with. And suddenly, they have this horrendous
:16:24. > :16:32.tragedy taking place to a family in their road. So there is obviously
:16:32. > :16:36.deep shock amongst everyone here. The neighbours are all out. If you
:16:36. > :16:39.move the camera around, you can see the tremendous media interest.
:16:39. > :16:43.Neighbours are standing in their front gardens. They say the police
:16:43. > :16:46.are not telling them anything more than they are telling us, only that
:16:46. > :16:50.there is a potential threat and they have been told to leave their
:16:50. > :17:00.houses. So there was the shock of what happened last week, followed
:17:00. > :17:15.
:17:15. > :17:25.You're watching BBC World News. A lift for President Obama as he is
:17:25. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:34.lifted by a pizza shop owner. A navy SEALs has talked about the Al-
:17:34. > :17:39.Qaeda compound in Pakistan. This is the man who took part in the
:17:39. > :17:43.killing of a salmon -- Osama Bin Laden. His account is at odds which
:17:43. > :17:50.says Osama Bin Laden were shot inside a room. Speaking for the
:17:50. > :17:55.first time, he said he was shot as he put his head around a door.
:17:55. > :18:02.guy sticks his head around a corner, he could have a gun. You do not
:18:02. > :18:09.wait for a grenade being thrown down a hall or a suicide vest.
:18:09. > :18:12.Navy's SEALs said they needed absolute proof. These were some of
:18:12. > :18:19.the most important voters I had taken him my life. Make sure I do
:18:19. > :18:23.it right with good angles. -- important photographs. You have to
:18:23. > :18:25.clean the face to make it as identifiable as possible. The issue
:18:26. > :18:31.was complicated because they helicopter had crashed and the
:18:31. > :18:36.operation took longer than planned. Six hours later, President Obama
:18:36. > :18:39.and as the success to the world. Tonight, I can report to the
:18:39. > :18:48.American people... Have and later met privately with the team are
:18:48. > :18:56.asking who had fired the fatal bullet. -- and later met privately.
:18:56. > :19:02.We did not tell him who had shot him. It is not about who the one
:19:02. > :19:06.person was. It is about a team. Pentagon is unhappy about book,
:19:06. > :19:10.claiming it contained sensitive operation and that marketing is in
:19:10. > :19:14.breach of a secrecy agreement. It is not clear whether the
:19:14. > :19:19.administration is willing to take action against one of the men who
:19:20. > :19:27.killed Osama Bin Laden. Israeli warplanes carried out a series of
:19:28. > :19:32.air strikes against the Gaza Strip early today. Residents have talked
:19:32. > :19:35.of scenes of destruction. The planes were targeting sites of
:19:35. > :19:42.terrorist activity and came in reply to rocket attacks against the
:19:42. > :19:46.South of Israel. Yesterday, Palestinian militants fired rockets
:19:46. > :19:56.on southern Israeli towns but there were no casualties. More on the
:19:56. > :19:58.
:19:58. > :20:00.The headlines: The US military has formally handed over control of
:20:01. > :20:04.Bagram Prison to the Afghan authorities, though the two still
:20:04. > :20:07.disagree about the fate of hundreds of inmates. A bomb disposal unit is
:20:07. > :20:13.at the home of the British couple shot dead in the French Alps last
:20:13. > :20:22.week. Experts are carrying out an assessment of what's described as a
:20:22. > :20:26.potentially explosive substance. Red Cross officials in Kenya say at
:20:26. > :20:30.least 32 people have been killed in fresh ethnic clashes in the
:20:30. > :20:38.country's coastal region. An official said 300 people a tactic
:20:38. > :20:44.in a village, burning houses. It centres on a long-running dispute
:20:44. > :20:47.between two ethnic groups. The head of the Kenya Red Cross joins me now.
:20:47. > :20:57.What is the latest situation and how many people have been injured
:20:57. > :20:58.
:20:59. > :21:08.or killed? The latest figures are that they are attacking the
:21:08. > :21:18.villages and 32 people lost their lives. 25 of them were civilians.
:21:18. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:28.Others were injured. It is possible that 160 homes were burnt. People
:21:28. > :21:35.have been displaced. They have been having medical attention. The ice
:21:35. > :21:45.has been ongoing for weeks. -- this has been. Hope for the sense will
:21:45. > :21:47.
:21:47. > :21:51.come and prevail. -- headphone a sense will come and prevail.
:21:51. > :21:54.Apologies about the quality on that line. At least 17 people have been
:21:55. > :21:57.killed and 40 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in the city of
:21:57. > :22:00.Aleppo in northern Syria. State media says two hospitals and a
:22:01. > :22:04.school were largely destroyed by a big car bomb near the city stadium.
:22:04. > :22:14.This comes as the new UN envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, is beginning his
:22:14. > :22:16.
:22:16. > :22:21.We learned about more of the explosions. A according to Syrian
:22:21. > :22:26.state to the, the number of people killed in the bombing, more or less
:22:26. > :22:32.in the centre of town, near to the City Stadium, has gone up to 29
:22:32. > :22:36.killed and round about 50 wounded. They talk of people on the spot -
:22:36. > :22:41.people screaming and very distraught - saying it was a
:22:41. > :22:45.terrorist attack, killing their sons and family members and so on.
:22:45. > :22:50.The Free Syrian Army has said it was responsible for this blast. In
:22:50. > :22:55.contrast to the official account, which said it was a car bomb
:22:55. > :22:58.involving 1000 kilograms of explosives, the FSA said it
:22:58. > :23:03.smuggled the bombs into a building with the hope of collaborators
:23:03. > :23:08.because the buildings are concerned are two hospitals and a school.
:23:08. > :23:14.They said they had been taken over by troops. Two conflicting accounts.
:23:14. > :23:19.You can see from the images, a huge distraction and a very high number
:23:19. > :23:24.of casualties. Very similar scenes not so far away on the eastern side
:23:24. > :23:31.of Aleppo. A very big building there was demolished by what at
:23:31. > :23:36.this say were barrel bombs - barrels full of TNT, thrown out of
:23:36. > :23:41.military aircraft. A lot of casualties, they named five people
:23:41. > :23:46.who died. Others are unaccounted for and buried under the rubble.
:23:46. > :23:49.Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of London for one
:23:49. > :23:54.last chance to cheer run British athletes from the Olympic and
:23:54. > :23:58.Paralympic Games. The spectacular closing ceremony last night marked
:23:59. > :24:03.the end of an amazing summer of sport. Coldplay and an all-star
:24:03. > :24:10.support cast brought the curtain down on the most watched and best-
:24:10. > :24:16.attended Paralympic Games of all time. Out with a bang. The closing
:24:16. > :24:20.ceremony of the Paralympics to the final curtain up on the 2012 Games.
:24:20. > :24:29.The Skype over the Olympic path in the East End of London litter up in
:24:29. > :24:33.a frenzy of fireworks. -- the sky in the east end of London. Rihanna
:24:33. > :24:38.and Jay Z provided the music. A fitting send-off for the
:24:38. > :24:42.Paralympians who had made the Games. As the Paralympic Games draw to a
:24:42. > :24:46.close for another four years, organisers can rest assured they
:24:46. > :24:52.have been the most popular Paralympics ever. 2.7 million
:24:52. > :24:56.tickets have been sold. Already people are speaking about the
:24:56. > :25:00.legacy. People will never think about sport in the same way again
:25:00. > :25:04.and they were never think about disability in the same weight
:25:04. > :25:09.either. As the athletes who had been credited with bringing
:25:09. > :25:13.Paralympic sport to a wider audience, people like Oscar
:25:13. > :25:23.Pistorius, the first double amputee to compete in both the Olympic and
:25:23. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:30.Paralympic Games. People were able to reflect on this sport as sport
:25:30. > :25:35.by people who had disabilities. Perceptions have changed. Time now
:25:35. > :25:39.have to pass the baton to Brazil. The mayor of Rio accepted the flag
:25:39. > :25:49.from the London Mayor, Boris Johnson. The countdown begins to
:25:49. > :25:52.
:25:52. > :25:56.The end of a pizza shop in Florida surprised President Obama, and no
:25:56. > :26:00.dent his security team, when he gave him a huge bear-hug, lifting
:26:00. > :26:05.him off the ground. The President visited him during his campaign
:26:05. > :26:08.tour because he had been encouraging blood donors in the
:26:09. > :26:13.community. Another election campaign visit and another photo
:26:13. > :26:17.opportunity. The President was not come -- prepared for his latest
:26:17. > :26:26.encounter with the electorate in the not inconsiderable shape of
:26:26. > :26:30.this Florida pizza shop owner. The man who runs a community blood
:26:30. > :26:36.donation operation is a registered Republican but says he is embracing
:26:36. > :26:42.the President's election campaign. Mr Obama said he had a big heart as
:26:42. > :26:50.well as big pecks. You a power lifter? I got caught up in the
:26:50. > :26:55.moment. He had me and I gave him a great big bear hug. It was crazy.