08/11/2012 BBC World News

As China begins the process of handing over power to a new

generation of leaders, the outgoing President calls for an end to

corruption. Raise the public's awareness of anti-corruption and

reform in key areas. Beerly a week after Superstorm Sandy, residents

of New York face further weather chaos, with snow and high winds.

Bishop Justin Welby is to be named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.

Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme: The battle

to save the euro continues. A narrow "yes" vote in Athens gives

breathing space to the European Central Bank. As the handover of

power gets under way in China, we will examine trade links between

Hello. Welcome. It is all change in China - the process of a once in a

decade power transfer in the world's most populous country has

begin. The Congress of the Communist Party has started. What

will happen over the next week? More than 2,200 delegates from

across China will gather in Beijing for the Congress. It has been

meeting since the 1920s and is held every five years. It provides a

platform to assess the country's progress and announce new policies.

This year is particularly important, because it marks the once in a

decade leadership change. The current President, Hu Jintao is

expected to be replaced by Vice- President Xi Jinping. Well, the

President has opened the Congress with a call to colleagues to combat

corruption, but maintain firm political control.

They came from across China - the hand-picked delegates from, a

Communist Party, 80 million strong. This is political theatre on a

grand scale. It is a display of unity. After a deck daid in power

the President is stepping down. Under his leadership, China has

become the world's second largest economy. His successor, Xi Jinping,

looked on, surrounded by former leaders. The President highlighted

the country's achievements, but warned corruption could prove fatal

to the party. TRANSLATION: We must crack down on corruption at all

times and thoroughly investigate cases of corruption. Anyone who

breaks the law, whoever they are, must be brought to justice, without

mercy. Away from the Congress, normal life

continues. In China the party decides. The public has no say. The

future of one billion-plus people will be decided by just a handful

of men. This woman says that the President has done a great job and

she is confident he will pick the right successor. But this man

doesn't want to talk about politics. He says he will get in trouble as

soon as we leave. It is a reminder that despite all the remarkable

changes this country remains an authoritarian state. China may be

richer than it was ten years ago, but it is not necessarily better

off. There is growing public resentment here over official

corruption and the gap between rich and poor and how the new leaders

address these issues will almost certainly define their decade in

power. Joining me from Hong Kong is

Raymond Li, the head of the BBC's Chinese service. No swing states,

no polls showing leaders are neck and neck, but apart from that,

there's little difference in how much influence Chinese politics has

on the rest of the world? Absolutely, given the status of

China now adays in the global world and also the dominance of the

economy and, so I think, in many ways, perhaps the leadership

changes in China, we are more important than the one in America

and given the fact we are predicting the Chinese economy will

be the largest in the world in the next ten or 15 years. People may

not have a say, they may not be able to vote, but when they talk

about combating corruption, bridging the gap between rich and

poor, just how genuine is that? Well, certainly, I think in the way

Chinese leaders are also very keen to resolve the issues. There's no

doubt about it. They realise the seriousness of the issues. It was

mentioned at the party Congress earlier today. If they cannot

resolve the corruption issues, actually that will be the end for

the country and for the party. So, it's fair to say they are also very

keen to resolve the issue. However, to many people in China, I think

what they are expecting from the party Congress this time is some

real measures from the senior party leaders and actions, rather than

just empty talk. Unfortunately, so far, they have not seen much in

that front. Just how much of a clampdown has there been on

dissidents and people wanting to express their views during this

week? Well, in a way that we already know that there is very

heavy security and implemented in Beijing, around Beijing and even

before the party conference started. Actually, start from the beginning

of November, a lot of security measures already are implemented.

But then, I have to say, this is nothing really new in China. Even

before, when ever there was a big event or big day, and similar kind

of measures would be implemented by the authorities to ensure nothing

will happen which they don't like to see. Raymond Li, in Hong Kong,

thank you. Here in Britain, the Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby l be

confirmed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury. He has been a Bishop

for less than a year. If confirmed, he will be the spiritual leader of

77 million Anglicans around the world. An official announcement is

expected on Friday. Bishop Justin Welby belongs to the Evangelical

wing of the Church. He did not start out as a front-runner. He has

an unusual CV. He spent 11 years as an oil executive before retraining

as a priest. He said he was unable to get away from the sense of God

calling. He become involved in conflict-resolution in Africa.

Attempting to build peace in Nigeria. He was made Bishop of

Durham a year ago. He comes from an establishment background. He was

educated in Eton. He is married with six children. One of whom died

in a car crash as a baby. Let's get more from our correspondent who is

in Durham. Hello. Yes, people here in Durham

City saying, if he was given the top job, they could not think of

anybody better. That is, because as you say, he's only been here a year.

He's made a huge impression. He is part of a team of people looking at

the regeneration of the north-east of England. He has spoken publicly

about job losses here in the past. It is his personality too. He is

known for his sense of humour. When he was consecrated a year ago, the

BBC asked him, what is it like to be the fourth most senior cleric in

the Church of England? He said, I am the most newly ordained, so I am

the less experienced. Let's speak now to our guest. Tell us more

about this man tipped to get the top job? He is a nice guy. Everyone

who meets him gets on with him. He has a gift to speak to all kinds of

people. Six weeks ago, I was being introduced to my new parish. We had

a large congregation and lots of families A lot of people with young

children worry how their children will act. He stood up and said, how

lovely to see the people here. He said he had five childrens. He said

he can shout louder than any child, please don't worry about your

children making a noise or running away. It created a lovely, opening

atmosphere. That is such a gift. What challenges do you think he

faces if and when he's given the job as Archbishop of Canterbury?

The big one coming up, before he starts the job is the vote in the

General Synod in two weeks' time, on whether we'll have women Bishops

in the Church of England. That is Rowan Williams hopes will be his

legacy. It will be a big job for Of sound) He will be hoping that

goes through in a couple of weeks. Briefly, he is the Archbishop's

special envoy to Africa at the moment. Has that stood him in good

sted? I am sure his experience in Africa will be important. His

experience as envoy is recentch he has a huge amount of experience

working in, particularly Nigeria, doing conflict-resolution there.

Africa is such an important part of the worldwide community of

Anglicans. As we know this morning, Justin Welby is involved in to the

investigation into thely bore fixing scandal. When it comes to

the global economy, he has said, "people need hope." That is

important, because whoever gets the... (loss of sound.) Apologyed

for the loss of sound at the end -- apologies for the loss of sound at

the end there. New York and New Jersey have been hit by another

powerful storm. Strong winds and heavy snow have disrupted the

clean-up efforts and caused homes to lose power. Bob McGee is the

spokesman for conEddie son, one of the local -- for Con Edison, one of

the local energy suppliers. We have 50,000 knocked out yesterday. It

came up the coast and we still have about 71,000 without service, out

of one million. How much help are you getting?

we have got great co-operation from both the state and the city, of

course, as well as the Federal Government. We know that the larger

discussion needs to come out of this because way beyond what any

utilities can do to protect their systems, if anything, this is about

how to protect the city's entire infrastructure, including

residential and business communities from ever having to go

through this again. What suggestions are you making to the

Government? We are bound to be talking about climate change again

- this is bound to be something that could be hitting America and

these parts of America more frequently. Is there anything you

can do to stop the loss of PowerGen, on this scale? Well, this is a

larger discussion that we're going to have to have with engineers,

urban planners, climate experts, Government leaders. Clearly,

difficult choices will have to be made, weighing both the risks and

the costs. We have seen how great the risks can be. The costs of

changing the way we deliver energy and trying to completely insulate

it from Mother Nature's wrath will be astronomical. It will mean some

hard choices. We know that, right now, life is not a matter of

holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well. We have a

lot of utility workers and mutual aid utility companys from around

the country, who have come in to help us get these people back

online. Greece voted through important austerity measures last

night. You can almost hear the sigh of relief at the central bank.

is right. Mario Draghi and his colleagues are meeting to discuss

the eurozone, interest rates, what they are going to do to help boost

that flailing economy and of course that narrow vote in Greece has

allowed them to take a breather and adopt a wait-and-see policy. All

likelihood is they will keep interest rates steady. Earlier, I

spoke to Paul Mortimer Lee, from BNP Paribas, who told me he

believes they will have to have a cut in interest rates. Nijhuis --

in any case November is a likely -- December is a likely month to cut

rates. For the moment, as you said, it is in the politicians' court to

do something. The danger is that the politicians don't seem to want

to do very much. The reason is that the market tension has gone away.

To be honest, they have become a little complacent. And general

consensus seems to be that, more interesting than the ECB meeting

itself, will be what Mario Draghi has to say jft wards. What are

markets want -- afterwards. What are markets wanting to hear from

him? They want to hear that the ECB can and will act once Spain applies

for a programme from the European Stability Mechanism. I don't think

Mr Draghi will disappoint them. The markets will continue to anticipate

that at some stage Spain will ask for the crash and the ECB will then

buy its debt. Unfortunately, the day that that is likely to happen,

Spain keeps getting put back, it is looking likely we'll have to wait

until next year, until the next phase of action is delivered. For

the moment, we have got words. The words are comforting and markets

are complacent. You mention Spain there, of course - the other key

economy and focus is Greece. How important was it for the ECB and

for Mario Draghi that that austerity bill did get voted

through, albeit by the slimmest of The Greek bail out is up to the IMF

and other members of the troika, it is a government-to-government loan,

if you like. It is important that Greece took these measures to pave

the way for the next slab of cash in its bail out. But there are

still substantial obstacles to overcome in Greece. The debt is

likely to peak at a massive 190 % of GDP. How are they going to get

that down to something which is sustainable? Those questions have

not been answered. Thank you. China is in the process of choosing

its leaders for the next decade at a Communist Party's 80th National

Congress in Beijing. The congress will run for a week, after which Hu

Jintao is expected to be replaced as leader by Xi Jinping. China's

decade-long economic boom now faces a variety of Headwinds. One nation

that is keeping a close eye on developments in Chinese leadership

this week is India, as the BBC's Yogita Limaye explains.

Chinese exports to India are three times those of India's exports to

the country. Relations have also been strained by an ongoing border

dispute but dialogue has been improving. Recently, trade

ministers next. That is why the change in Chinese leadership is

being watched closely here at the India summit of the World Economic

Forum by both the government and the business community. China is an

important part of the country for India, it is their neighbour, the

largest trading partner and we remain engaged. At the same time,

continue trying to create a balance and we are seeking markets for the

IT contracts, for what the government and Indian

pharmaceuticals. Some other business stories.

Commerzbank made a profit which was lower than expectations. Germany's

number two banks said it expects a week end to the. It has made no

comment on German press reports that the Bank is set to slash 6,000

jobs. French bank Societe Generale has

reported an 8.6 % fall in their third quarter net profits. The huge

slump in earnings comes as it has been hit hard by losses in Greece

when it sold off a subsidiary with a loss of 100 million euros. That

effectively met wipe out the benefits of a brooding trading

revenues. -- of improving trading revenues.

The aircraft group EADS has... Hawker Beech Croft sort of fall.

Hawker is seeking a new owner after talks with a potential Chinese

buyer collapsed. India's Kingfisher airline says it

lost almost $114 million in the three months to September, after a

steep decline in revenues. The debt-ridden Airlines has been

grounded for weeks after a protest by unpaid staff and concerns about

safety. It says it is preparing a plan to show two regulators and

traders shortly. Now a look at the markets. In

Europe they have recovered from the losses they made in yesterday.

Traders are anxious ahead of the ECB meeting to see what Mario

Draghi has to say. You are watching BBC World News.

Still to come: Tour de France winner and Olympic gold medallist,

Bradley Wiggins, is hospitalised after colliding with a car.

The Australian government has begun an investigation into the slaughter

of more than 20 thousands sheep in Pakistan. The decision follows the

broadcast of graphic video showing the cull being carried out in an

often brutal manner. Australia has also suspended the shipment of live

sheep to Pakistan while the investigation continues. This

report contains graphic images. To the slaughter took place in

Karachi two months ago, but these pictures have only just emerged.

The Pakistani authorities as the animals were infected. The

Australians denied it. It is the brutal way in which the sheep were

killed which has called such shock in Australia. The animals had their

throats cut without being electronically stunned first and

many were still breathing when they were dumped in pits. It really

pulls the heart strings on farmers. We spend our lifetime raising stock

and to see them treated but that is pretty devastating. 20,000 sheep

were slaughtered over 100 days. Julia Gillard, the Australian Prime

Minister, has called on her Pakistani counterpart to carry out

a full inquiry. I was very clear about Australia's concerns, very

strong in raising those concerns and very clear that this is

something which has distressed the Australian people. While many

countries preferred to import live sheep for their own religious and

cultural reasons, welfare groups say this slaughter in Pakistan

shows the time has come to ban such exports. It we should not export

animals to countries like Bahrain and Pakistan which can act in such

a capricious, unfounded and inhumane way. It is because of

concerns like that that the Australian farmers' federation has

put a ban on live exports to Pakistan, just like they did last

year with cattle to Indonesia, after similar shocking footage

emerged of animals being mistreated. Many countries ship animals around

the world. This latest incident shows the system is still flawed.

There has been a large explosion in an electricity parked in the

Netherlands. A boiler exploded sending clouds of steam into the

sky. Officials say no one was injured and power supplies have not

This is BBC World News, the headlines.

As China begins the process of handing over power to a new

generation of leaders - the outgoing president calls for an end

to corruption. Bishop Justin Welby is to be named

the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of 77 million

Anglicans. The winner of this year's Tour de

France, the cyclist Bradley Wiggins, is recovering in hospital after a

collision with a car while cycling near his home in Lancashire.

Wiggins was reported to have rib, hand and wrist injuries from the

incident but they are not sure thought to be serious. Dan Roan has

been finding out what happened. Just outside this garage, you can

see this here. This was on a busy dual carriageway. INAUDIBLE. A

white Vauxhall Astra car was coming out of here. The only signs of any

incident are the wing mirror which is in bits on the grass beside us.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 43 seconds

Eyewitnesses I have spoken to say When it comes to Bradley Wiggins,

there is a special concern. There are no racist to worry about in the

immediate future. -- there are no races but to worry about. We await

further developments. The Syrian President Bashar al-

Assad has again refused to be forced out of power, saying he will

live and die in Syria. In an interview with Russia TV, Assad

vowed to stay in the country and said he was not a puppet of the

West. It comes just days after the British prime minister David

Cameron suggested the Syrian leader could be allowed safe passage out

of the country if it would guarantee an end to the violence.

Finally, a Picasso masterpiece is to be auctioned today. The 1932

painting is one of nine works up for sale at Sotheby's. The auction