:00:10. > :00:13.Welcome to BBC World News. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney target voters
:00:13. > :00:16.in crucial swing states, as the US presidential election enters the
:00:16. > :00:19.final day of campaigning. And, as America recovers from
:00:19. > :00:23.Superstorm Sandy,we find out how the residents of Staten Island feel
:00:23. > :00:26.about casting their vote. Greece is under the spotlight yet
:00:26. > :00:30.again, as officials try to implement more tough austerity
:00:30. > :00:39.measures. Welcome to BBC World News.
:00:39. > :00:42.Also in this programme: an investigation into New Zealand's
:00:42. > :00:44.worst mine disaster. For Caught, hook, line and sinker.
:00:44. > :00:54.We visit the Taiwanese restaurant where customers catch their own
:00:54. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:05.There's just one campaigning day left in the US presidential
:01:05. > :01:13.election, and both candidates are doing everything they can to win
:01:13. > :01:16.over undecided voters in what have become crucial swing states.
:01:16. > :01:25.The 2012 presidential campaign has been the most expensive in US
:01:26. > :01:29.history. Estimates suggest it will end up costing $2.5 billion. That
:01:29. > :01:32.works out to about $20 dollars per vote. So where does the money come
:01:32. > :01:35.from? The Republican and Democratic party committees raise money for
:01:35. > :01:38.their respective candidates. But more than $700 million is raised
:01:38. > :01:41.from donations of under �2,500 given by individual Americans.
:01:41. > :01:45.Money is also collected by political action committees or
:01:45. > :01:48.groups, known as Super PACs. Super PACs spend millions of dollars on
:01:48. > :01:50.TV advertising hoping to influence the electorate. Around $600 million
:01:50. > :01:54.has been raised by them in this election campaign.
:01:54. > :01:57.The latest polls suggest that the race is still too close to call,
:01:57. > :02:03.with President Obama and Mitt Romney on pretty much level-pegging.
:02:03. > :02:13.Jane O'Brien reports from Washington.
:02:13. > :02:14.
:02:14. > :02:17.Fired up and ready to vote, Stevie Wonder exhorting the Democratic
:02:17. > :02:27.faithful in Ohio to give the President another four years in
:02:27. > :02:29.
:02:29. > :02:33.Ohio could hold the key to this election. One reason why Barack
:02:33. > :02:36.Obama will be returning here on Monday, the final lap of a frenetic
:02:36. > :02:39.campaign trail before the country goes to the polls on Tuesday.
:02:39. > :02:43.is not just a choice between two candidates or parties, but between
:02:43. > :02:50.two different visions of America. It is a choice between a return to
:02:50. > :02:59.the top down policies that crushed our economy. Or, the strong,
:02:59. > :03:03.growing middle class based policies that are getting us out of a crisis.
:03:03. > :03:12.Governor Romney will also be back in Ohio, but on Sunday he was also
:03:12. > :03:16.focusing on Pennsylvania. Where he and his wife arrive by bus. Like
:03:16. > :03:18.much of the country, opinion polls show this to be a deeply divided
:03:18. > :03:28.state the former Massachusetts governor will desperately need if
:03:28. > :03:37.he loses Ohio. Let's make sure every single person
:03:37. > :03:41.we know gets out and votes on Tuesday! What makes this rally, and
:03:41. > :03:44.your work inspiring, is because you care about America. It is a
:03:44. > :03:48.campaign about our country, the future we leave to our children. We
:03:48. > :03:53.thank you. We ask you to stay at it all the way until victory on
:03:53. > :04:00.Tuesday night. The polls show the President with a slight lead, but
:04:00. > :04:04.the percentage is small, and voters are disgruntled. If there are any
:04:04. > :04:12.undecided Americans out there, the next few hours will be critical to
:04:12. > :04:16.winning them over. Two foreign workers have been killed and a
:04:16. > :04:19.third injured following a series of bomb attacks in Bahrain.
:04:19. > :04:22.Authorities say the blasts in the Bahraini capital Manama, were
:04:22. > :04:26.caused by at least five home-made devices. The state news agency
:04:26. > :04:29.described the explosions as acts of terrorism. The police have already
:04:29. > :04:32.been the target of several bomb attacks in Bahrain, but such an
:04:32. > :04:38.attack in the middle of Manama is rare.
:04:38. > :04:43.Tour we know who or what is behind these attacks? We do not, but the
:04:43. > :04:46.conflict in Bahrain has been getting increasingly bitter. The
:04:46. > :04:50.government has banned all demonstrations, many of the
:04:50. > :04:54.demonstrators have been committed to peaceful opposition to the
:04:55. > :05:00.government, but some must be feeling the only way forward is
:05:00. > :05:07.violence. It is unusual to see bomb attacks like this in the centre.
:05:07. > :05:15.There have been attacks on police in outlying villages. But in the
:05:15. > :05:22.centre, this is a new development. Some Asian expert workers were
:05:22. > :05:30.among those killed? Reportedly, they were street cleaners, one,
:05:30. > :05:36.apparently, kicked one of the bombs which set it off, and it killed him.
:05:36. > :05:41.A third person was also injured. How much pressure is on the
:05:41. > :05:45.government now have to sort out this ongoing crisis? There is
:05:45. > :05:52.pressure, the United States has condemned this new ban on
:05:52. > :06:02.demonstrations. Bahrain does have strong allies, including Saudi
:06:02. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:10.Arabia. Juliette joins me now with the
:06:10. > :06:12.business. It's a crucial week for Greece, as
:06:12. > :06:15.the government attempts to drive through budget savings and reforms
:06:15. > :06:23.that will keep its international lenders happy. Today, a new
:06:23. > :06:27.austerity package will be presented to Parliament. It amounts to $17
:06:27. > :06:31.billion worth of cost cuts and tax increases. It also includes reforms
:06:31. > :06:33.to the labour market that will make it easier to hire and fire staff.
:06:34. > :06:36.Parliament is expected to vote on both measures on Wednesday.
:06:36. > :06:39.Meanwhile, Greece's main public and private sector unions are planning
:06:39. > :06:41.a two-day strike, starting on Tuesday, to protest against the
:06:41. > :06:44.legislation. Sony Kapoor is the managing
:06:44. > :06:52.director of the think-tank Re- Define. He said that the poor
:06:52. > :06:56.relationship between Greece and its creditors is creating big problems.
:06:56. > :07:00.And we are basically stuck in a trap, where the creditors and the
:07:00. > :07:05.European partners do not trust the Greek government or the Greek
:07:05. > :07:10.people to deliver on the reforms, hence, want to continue to push
:07:10. > :07:14.them closer to the edge. Things are desperate, there is an incentive to
:07:14. > :07:18.reform. The problem is this strategy also means there is a
:07:19. > :07:23.large amount of economic uncertainty, it drives Investment
:07:23. > :07:27.away, it stops people spending. It sharply reduces any revenue that
:07:27. > :07:32.might arise from privatisation because the economic prospects look
:07:32. > :07:38.so gloomy. We are stuck in this trap were the loss of trust has
:07:38. > :07:43.pushed us into a position which is undermining the Greek economy in a
:07:43. > :07:47.very substantial way, and is eating away at the social and political
:07:47. > :07:50.fabric. France has asked one of its most
:07:50. > :07:52.respected businessmen to find out how to make the country more
:07:52. > :07:58.competitive. Today, Louise Gallois, the former head of Airbus owner,
:07:58. > :08:00.EADS, delivers his report to the government. -- Louis. His
:08:00. > :08:03.recommendations are expected to include rethinking the country's
:08:03. > :08:06.controversial 35-hour working week. But it seems the government is
:08:06. > :08:14.already trying to distance itself from his ideas. Maddy Savage
:08:14. > :08:17.reports from Paris. Four workers here at one of the
:08:17. > :08:23.factories for Peugeot, the word, competition, is one they have heard
:08:23. > :08:26.a lot. Two weeks ago, their bosses accepted the first step out for of
:08:26. > :08:30.France's car industry since the start of the financial crisis,
:08:30. > :08:35.admitting they had failed to adapt to an increasingly tough
:08:35. > :08:37.environment. There is a meltdown in the steel industry, this plant in
:08:37. > :08:47.eastern France used to be a key supplier for companies across
:08:47. > :08:51.Europe. But it is about to close. Demands -- demand for still is
:08:51. > :08:57.reducing. The government recognises this is part of a national problem
:08:57. > :09:01.with competitiveness. TRANSLATION: We need to sort out our finances
:09:01. > :09:05.and economy. The aim is to have a stronger economy that is more
:09:05. > :09:10.innovative but stronger exports, which can hold its own on world
:09:10. > :09:15.markets, particularly in the European market. For earlier this
:09:15. > :09:21.year, businessman Louise Gallois, who used to run the aerospace group
:09:21. > :09:28.EADS, was asked for possible solutions. His report is suspected
:09:28. > :09:32.-- expected to suggest longer hours for employees. Last week, the
:09:32. > :09:35.country's Prime Minister hinted the government would consider extending
:09:35. > :09:42.the working week, but backtracked during a heated debate in
:09:42. > :09:45.Parliament. TRANSLATION: I am going to disappoint you, my position has
:09:46. > :09:51.always been, that is why I always opposed your policies, the legal
:09:51. > :09:56.limit should be 35 hours. This will not change as long as the left is
:09:56. > :10:03.in power. When ministers discussed the full -- discuss the full report
:10:03. > :10:08.on Tuesday, the speed of reforms is likely to be a key issue. Russian
:10:08. > :10:12.changes to -- rushing changes is something the Prime Minister is
:10:12. > :10:15.keen to avoid, but critics say the country needs to act quickly to
:10:15. > :10:19.stop further investments being driven abroad.
:10:19. > :10:22.Japan's biggest car maker has seen a tripling of its quarterly profits.
:10:22. > :10:28.Toyota also said it's confident about the year ahead, despite its
:10:28. > :10:31.difficulties in China. But the picture wasn't rosy across
:10:31. > :10:39.the board, as our correspondent in Tokyo Rupert Wingfield Hayes told
:10:39. > :10:44.me earlier. Big there is an ongoing political spat between China and
:10:44. > :10:49.Japan, which got very nasty in September, when many Japanese
:10:49. > :10:55.countries were closed down, there were attacks on Japanese factories
:10:55. > :11:00.and businesses in China. Toilet her reported a fall of 50% in sales in
:11:00. > :11:05.China and says it has lost 200,000 sales in China because of that. The
:11:05. > :11:10.other thing about these figures is that they look great, but Toyota
:11:10. > :11:13.was starting from a low base and if it hadn't been for the fact that
:11:13. > :11:21.2011 was such a terrible year for them, perhaps these results would
:11:21. > :11:25.not look quite as good as they do. In other business news: Banking
:11:25. > :11:28.giant HSBC says it will set aside an extra $800 million to cover
:11:28. > :11:31.fines from US authorities. The fines relating to the breaking of
:11:31. > :11:36.laws preventing money laundering. The bank also said that first half
:11:36. > :11:39.profits have halved to just under $2.5 billion.
:11:40. > :11:43.Ryanair says profit rose 10% in the first half of the year, to $765
:11:43. > :11:47.million. Europe's biggest low-cost carrier was helped by higher fares,
:11:47. > :11:57.and a lower fuel bill. Passenger numbers were also boosted by the
:11:57. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:02.London Olympics. A look at the financial markets,
:12:02. > :12:10.losses across the board. Not surprising. This is a decisive
:12:10. > :12:20.political week. There will be a change of leadership in China.
:12:20. > :12:27.
:12:27. > :12:31.Markets do not like uncertainty. A you are watching BBC World news.
:12:31. > :12:40.America's 30 no committee is making its voice is heard, but who will be
:12:40. > :12:47.be shouting for in this election? - - Latino.
:12:47. > :12:54.A remarkable relationship between a fighter pilot and the man who shot
:12:54. > :13:00.him down is being celebrated. The two men hope their story will
:13:00. > :13:07.promote peace. In Belgrade, the memories are still
:13:07. > :13:15.fresh. Just 13 years ago, NATO air strikes rocked the city. Operation
:13:15. > :13:18.Allied Force lasted three months. Belgrade still bears the scars. The
:13:18. > :13:25.forces of the former Yugoslavia also made their mark, they shot
:13:25. > :13:31.down the biggest prize of all, a US Air Force F 117, the supposedly
:13:31. > :13:35.invincible Stealth fighter. Mayday, Mayday! Now, the main protagonists
:13:35. > :13:44.in that instant are reliving it at the premiere of The Second Meeting,
:13:44. > :13:49.a film which brought them together. Dale Zelko, was the stuff fighter
:13:49. > :13:53.pilot. The wreckage is in a museum here. He is far from bitter about
:13:53. > :13:58.the extent. The hostilities are history, and
:13:58. > :14:04.Dale Zelko has come to express his friendship to the man who shot him
:14:04. > :14:09.down, Sultan Danny. He is explaining to his own children and
:14:09. > :14:14.others what exactly happened on that night in 1999. Zoltan Dani
:14:14. > :14:19.finds it easy to laugh with the man who once came to bomb his country.
:14:19. > :14:23.The relationship has flourished off screen, with strong bonds forged
:14:23. > :14:28.between the Serbian and American families.
:14:28. > :14:34.TRANSLATION: We are already talking about visiting his home next year,
:14:34. > :14:39.and setting the date. My Missus is learning English now she -- so she
:14:39. > :14:44.can communicate better. We are thinking about the future.
:14:44. > :14:51.Now, the former foes are not just breaking bread together but making
:14:51. > :14:55.it. Or, in this case, apple strudel. Zoltan Dani has become a Baker
:14:55. > :14:59.since retiring from the military. The two men hope the world will see
:14:59. > :15:09.their friendship as a message of peace and demonstrate that getting
:15:09. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:28.to know the enemy may be a lot Our main headline - - Barack Obama
:15:28. > :15:32.and Mitt Romney are approaching the final day of the election campaign,
:15:32. > :15:39.with intense campaigning taking place. The election takes place as
:15:39. > :15:46.the eastern seaboard continues to recover from Hurricane Sandy. Some
:15:46. > :15:50.residents of Staten Island told us what they felt about voting at a
:15:50. > :15:56.time like this. We are going to Staten Island to do search-and-
:15:56. > :16:03.rescue, give out food and first aid to people. We were here the night
:16:03. > :16:09.of the storm. The water just came so fast. It was so nerve-racking.
:16:09. > :16:19.We had the dog in the house. I took the dog on my shoulder, and just
:16:19. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:27.took off. My neighbour passed away. This is a piece of material from
:16:27. > :16:31.the construction site up the block. A lot of foundations were taken out.
:16:31. > :16:36.If we had left two minutes later, it probably would have killed us,
:16:36. > :16:40.too. I don't think people in this area are as concerned about voting
:16:40. > :16:44.as they are about taking care of their personal lives. The other
:16:44. > :16:48.thing is that the normal voting areas are the local schools, but
:16:48. > :16:52.some of them are still shut down. At this time of disaster, I do not
:16:52. > :16:59.know how the turnout will be. Staten Island is known as the
:16:59. > :17:04.forgotten Burrow. This area looked more like a war-zone. We had a lot
:17:04. > :17:10.of deaths. Some are unreported. One neighbour unfortunately lost her
:17:10. > :17:15.mother, a 90-year-old woman. They did not leave on time, they could
:17:15. > :17:19.not leave, because the storm was getting worse and worse, and they
:17:19. > :17:24.tried to hold on to furniture, thinking that this might help them
:17:24. > :17:32.from getting taken over by the sea. Unfortunately, as the water rose,
:17:32. > :17:37.she panicked and had a heart attack. And they both had hypothermia. Does
:17:37. > :17:43.bring a tear to the eye, when I see my belongings destroyed, but the
:17:43. > :17:48.first thing I think of his, people lost more. We will have to move
:17:48. > :17:57.forward. It is important to vote. I know where to go. If they do not
:17:57. > :18:01.open, I'm sure they will direct people to different locations.
:18:01. > :18:05.far as the political aspect of it is concerned, at this point, it is
:18:05. > :18:10.not on my mind, because there is too much to worry about. I kind of
:18:10. > :18:17.feel like it should be on hold. Give people time to think about
:18:17. > :18:20.what they want to do. This is going to take your mind off it, you
:18:20. > :18:27.cannot think clearly and vote for who you want, if you're thinking
:18:27. > :18:30.about what food you're going to meet tomorrow. Staying in the US,
:18:31. > :18:34.one community which is becoming increasingly influential in the
:18:34. > :18:38.political system is the Latino population. They are starting to
:18:38. > :18:48.make their voices heard, but who will they be shouting for this time
:18:48. > :19:00.
:19:00. > :19:10.around? We have been to two cities We are here in west Los Angeles. My
:19:10. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:15.parents are from Mexico. My name is Nicholas, I am 26 years old, I come
:19:15. > :19:25.from an Argentinian family, and there was born and raised in this
:19:25. > :19:26.
:19:26. > :19:30.beautiful city in Florida. It is a community of 97% Latino, where we
:19:30. > :19:40.cherish our culture, where we celebrate the same cultural
:19:40. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:45.traditions that our parents did, when they were living in Mexico.
:19:45. > :19:51.You can walk through here at any given time, and you're overwhelmed
:19:51. > :19:55.by the culture. We are more than 80% Cuban down here now, but we are
:19:55. > :20:04.rebuilding ourselves as a great American city, while still
:20:04. > :20:10.maintaining our Hispanic culture. Knowing that it is election season,
:20:10. > :20:13.I think the most important thing for our community is to participate.
:20:13. > :20:18.We can have representatives that will really stand up for the
:20:18. > :20:28.working class, who fight for education and healthy communities.
:20:28. > :20:36.If our community does not participate, we will find laws
:20:36. > :20:42.which criminalise our communities. I think the main issues are
:20:42. > :20:46.certainly economic growth. This is not a very rich city. We are very
:20:46. > :20:52.much middle to lower-class. The financial crisis has meant there
:20:53. > :20:57.has been a lot of loss of work. There are fewer chances of
:20:57. > :21:05.progressing. It is hard, because when you have a family, if you have
:21:05. > :21:09.three little kids, you are trying to feed them every day, it is tough.
:21:09. > :21:14.I think Latinos do want to participate. They want to be part
:21:14. > :21:19.of the process. But historically, they have been disenfranchised. It
:21:19. > :21:23.is up to us, it is in our hands, that we can participate, and things
:21:23. > :21:29.have changed. There is no longer are sleeping giant. We are awake
:21:29. > :21:33.and we are going to make a difference. A computer expert at
:21:33. > :21:39.the Vatican is on trial accused of aiding and abetting Pope Benedict's
:21:39. > :21:43.former butler to steal sensitive documents. He is accused of helping
:21:43. > :21:53.him to leak the papers, including letters to the Pope, alleging
:21:53. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :21:57.corruption in the Vatican's dealings. About 1,000 opposition
:21:57. > :22:02.activists are protesting in Kiev over what they say was fraud in the
:22:02. > :22:05.recent parliamentary elections. A week after voting closed, the
:22:05. > :22:10.authorities still have not published the final results. The
:22:10. > :22:13.opposition says the ruling party has rigged the ballot. An official
:22:13. > :22:18.investigation into the Pike River disaster in New Zealand has
:22:18. > :22:23.concluded that the mine's owners have warned that levels of methane
:22:23. > :22:29.gas had reached dangerous levels. The explosion two years ago killed
:22:29. > :22:33.29 workers. Duncan Kennedy reports. For nine days, a series of
:22:33. > :22:38.explosions destroyed the mine on New Zealand's South Island, with
:22:38. > :22:42.nobody knowing if the 29 men had survived. Now, a Royal Commission
:22:42. > :22:49.has concluded they probably died after the first explosion, which
:22:49. > :22:53.was the result of a build-up of methane gas. Their families were
:22:53. > :22:57.devastated and demanded answers. A Royal Commission was set up, which
:22:57. > :23:02.has now concluded that it was a preventable accident - the result
:23:02. > :23:06.of the company putting production targets before safety and a
:23:06. > :23:11.government which failed to enforce health and safety standards. It is
:23:11. > :23:15.possible but that it -- that if they had done their job better, it
:23:15. > :23:19.is possible that those men might not have died. The report found
:23:19. > :23:21.that 21 warnings about methane levels were ignored in the days
:23:21. > :23:26.before the first explosion. It blamed the Government for not
:23:26. > :23:31.stopping production before safety standards were in place. They
:23:31. > :23:36.became a bureaucratic organisation, which lost its way. Health and
:23:36. > :23:39.safety became relegated to just another part of the business.
:23:39. > :23:44.Rachel's partner was among those killed. Speaking before the report
:23:44. > :23:53.was published, she remembers him as a loving man, enjoying the delights
:23:53. > :24:01.of his first child. Very flamboyant, outgoing, caring, and just a really
:24:01. > :24:05.nice guy, really. She looks so like him. The New Zealand minister for
:24:05. > :24:09.labour has now resigned, following the report. The former chief
:24:09. > :24:14.executive of the mine, once seen as a hero for his response to the
:24:14. > :24:19.disaster, now faces a series of charges relating to health and
:24:19. > :24:26.safety. They families say they want criminal prosecutions. The police
:24:26. > :24:31.inquiry is still under way. Now, it has one of the biggest fishing
:24:31. > :24:39.industries in the world, but some urban Taiwanese are cutting their
:24:39. > :24:44.ties with the sea, and instead, fishing for shrimp from indoor
:24:44. > :24:49.pools in restaurants. This report from Cindy Sui. Fishing has moved
:24:49. > :24:59.indoors. As you can see, there are several large pools, and the owners
:24:59. > :25:04.have put shrimps into them. People pay by the sight -- by the hour to
:25:04. > :25:09.catch them and eat them. It costs about $10 per hour, and it is the
:25:09. > :25:15.same price no matter how many shrimps you catch. The bait
:25:15. > :25:24.consists of tiny dried shrimp and chicken liver. I'm going to ask
:25:24. > :25:29.some regular customers to show me how it is done. This man says the
:25:29. > :25:33.trick is to put just a small piece of bait on the hook, so it will fit
:25:33. > :25:43.inside the mouth of the shrimp. Some prefer to bring their own
:25:43. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:48.fishing rod and bait. My first shrimp, and it took only 10 minutes.
:25:48. > :25:58.But credit goes to Mr rear. TRANSLATION: We come here because
:25:58. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:06.the kids like it. -- Mr Lee. TRANSLATION: It is cheaper to do it
:26:06. > :26:11.this way. If you were to rent a boat to go fishing, it is expensive
:26:11. > :26:21.and risky. For many people, there is nothing like the joy of catching
:26:21. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:27.your own meal. Then, people get to savour the rewards of their hard
:26:27. > :26:32.work. This activity is so popular that places like this one are open
:26:32. > :26:38.24 hours a day. They can get as many as 100 customers at a time.
:26:38. > :26:42.For people like me and my cameraman, who have been here for four hours
:26:42. > :26:47.and caught only one shrimp, there is no need to be discouraged.