09/11/2012 BBC World News

The new Archbishop of Canterbury says he is looking forward to the

role, but acknowledged division over women bishops and gay

partnership. Above all, in the church, we need to create safe

spaces for these issues to be discussed in the honesty and love.

He 8,000 refugees reportedly flee Syria for Turkey in 24 hours.

Welcome to BBC World News. The as the Chinese Communist Party

chooses a new leader, and two years of sluggish performance, is the

economy on the up again? Newspaper reports about HSBC say

the bank is investing allegations In the last few minutes, it's been

announced that the new spiritual leader for millions of Anglicans

around the world will be the Bishop of Durham, the Right Reverend

Justin Welby. The British Prime Minister's office confirmed the

news just a short time ago, with Bishop Welby to succeed Dr Rowan

Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury, next year.

He has already been speaking at Lambeth Palace where he

acknowledged some of the key challenges facing the Church.

I will be voting in favour, and during my voice to many others in

urging these are not to go forward with this change. In my own diocese

and before I was a Bishop, I have always recognised and celebrated

the remarkable signs of God's grace and action in the ministries of

Benny who cannot agree with this change in all good conscience. I

value and learn from them and want the place -- want the Church to be

a place where we respect people deeply. We also face deep

differences on the issue of sexuality. It is absolutely right

for the state to define the rights and status of people cohabiting in

different forms of relationship. Including civil partnerships. We

must have no truck with any form of homophobia in any part of the

Church. The Church of England is part of the worldwide Church, and

has was was pities that come from those links. What the Church does

here deeply affects the already greatly suffering churches in

places like Nigeria. I support the House of Bishops statement in

summit in answer to the government consultation on same-sex marriage.

But they are you also know I need to listen attentively to the

communities and listen to my own thinking carefully. I am always

averse to the language of exclusion when what we are called to his love

in the same way as Jesus Christ loves us. Above all, we need to

create safe spaces for these issues to be discussed in honesty and in

the larder. Just to clarify, he was voting in

favour of, the ordination of women as bishops.

Syria's largest opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, is

deciding whether to agree to a plan for a unified leadership. Talks in

Qatar's capital, Doha, could produce a single opposition group

with billions of dollars of international support. Meanwhile,

reports indicate about 8,000 refugees have passed into Turkey in

the last 24 hours, including 26 Syrian army officers, two of whom

are generals. The BBC's Imogen Foulkes is in

Geneva, where the UN is discussing humanitarian aid to Syria. She has

spoken to the UN Refugee Agency. They couldn't necessarily confirm

an exact figure of 8,000, but the people on the ground are saying a

large number of people have been fleeing into Turkey, in the last 24

hours. I was told that this is a big number of people. What we are

seeing is, as the aid agencies and International Red Cross has been

saying this week, the humanitarian situation in Syria is getting worse

by the day, by the hour. That is why the aid agencies are meeting

here, to try to step up their operation in Syria. A key question

is, can they get in, get access? I have heard Syrian diplomats have

come to this reading, there was a question whether they would come.

The ambassador to the United Nations is taking part, perhaps

that is a hopeful sign. Aid agencies say, it cannot come soon

enough for the two million people in need, inside Syria. Interesting

there are so many reportedly senior officers within that latest batch

of 8,000. I suppose the humanitarian aspect is what they

are focusing on, were you are? obviously, if these reports of

defections among senior military figures are confirmed, that would

give many people an indication of a significant shift in the nature of

the con slate in Syria. As you say, the key issue for the Geneva wing

of the United Nations, is how to get a Eid, food, medical suppliers,

it into Syria. The refugees fleeing across the borders are being

relatively well cared for, I am told. They have fled their homes

which is a traumatic thing. Inside Syria, we are no there are many

tens of thousands of people who are not being reached. Areas where the

conflict is raging, people without medical care, food or shelter.

Jamie joins me now with the business news.

HSBC's operating practices are coming under fire once again.

According to a UK newspaper, the bank is investigating allegations

of money laundering. Tax authorities have reportedly

obtained bank account details from branches in Jersey, where criminals

are allegedly holding funds. HSBC said that it is conducting an

investigation, but the bank has not been contacted by the British tax

authorities at this time. Theo Legget is our business

correspondent, who has been following this story.

When we say allegations of money- laundering, there are no

allegations of actual criminal activity yet? It is a question of

insinuation. We know a list of people who are British residents

holding accounts at HSBC in Jersey, have been passed to the UK tax

authorities. They are looking for any evidence that tax is being

elevated or avoided. It adds a little spice to the story, the fact

some of these people, according to the Daily Telegraph, are rather

unsavoury characters, including a drugs dealer and convicted arms

dealer. We do not know whether the money these people supposedly put

into these accounts, was obtained by fair means or foul. It is quite

legal for a drugs dealer to have an account in Jersey, it is a question

of where the money comes from. Whether her if tax has been paid on

legitimate money, it from that account. There are residents from

other people around the world. strikes me that there is an

atmosphere, not a witch hunt, perhaps that people are keen to

find those who are dodging taxes. It is easy to see why the climate

has changed. With the economic downturn, there is a climate of

austerity, the idea people are avoiding taxes does not go down

well. It does not look good for HSBC. This week, it had to double

the amount it was setting aside for potential money-laundering finds in

the United States. It stands accused by a Senate committee of

allowing its Mexican subsidiary to act as a channel for drugs money.

It doesn't look good at all. It is not looking good rather than not

being good. Nothing concrete has been found here.

A As China's Communist Party meets to choose its leaders for the next

decade, there is growing evidence of a turnaround in the economy,

after almost two years of flagging growth. Industrial production,

retail sales and infrastructure investment were all up strongly in

October, and inflation eased to a near three-year low. Dr Liu Qian,

deputy director of the China Forecasting Service at the

Economist Intelligence Unit, is in our Beijing bureau. Are you

encouraged by these figures, are they fairly solid? Absolutely. The

data we are seeing today is firmly telling us the Chinese economic

growth is picking up in the 4th quarter and in the next year.

is this because of stimulus packages by the government? That is

a good question. Definitely, it there is a lot of delayed effects

coming from the monetary easing we saw a few months ago. There are lot

of recently approved infrastructure projects. I would say that, in

general, we can see both in export turns and the property market, they

are warming up. We have strong reasons have to believe that the

Chinese economy can pick up once again. Do you think there will be a

change of direction by the new government in turns of economic

policy? I would not say so at all, in fact, the key word for the party

Congress would be stability. The most important thing is we have a

smooth transition of government, and that means, don't even expect

any significant economic policies in the next year. Stability is most

important. There will be a lot of discussions and pilot programmes. I

would expect, starting from 2014, the economic and political reforms

kicking in. In other business news this Friday.

Diageo, the owner of brands such as Johnny Walker Whiskey and Smirnoff

Vodka, has bought a controlling stake in India's United Spirits for

$1bn. It gives the group a large slice one of the world's fastest

growing markets. And it gives VJ Mallya, the Indian businessman

selling the stake, much-needed cash to help rescue his ailing

Kingfisher Airlines. News this morning of a major

restructuring at Spanish airline Iberia. Parent company

International Airlines Group, which also owns British Airways, says it

will cut 4,500 jobs at Iberia, and cut its fleet by 25 planes, five

long-haul and 20 short-haul. The group says Iberia lost $343 million

in the first nine months of the year. It's hoping to stem those

losses by they middle of next year. Part of the plan, its bid to take

over Spain's second largest carrier, the budget airline Vueling.

Still to come, the UK says it is ending aid to India, as parts of

the country become more prosperous. The former American congresswoman

shot through the head at a political event in Arizona last

year, has come face-to-face with her attacker at his sentencing.

Jared Loughner was jailed for life for killing six people and wounding

more than a dozen others, among them, the Democrat politician,

Gabrielle Giffords. Our correspondent, Rajesh Mirchandani,

reports from Washington. You as Jared Loughner paused

brought to court, there was little doubt about the outcome, he knew he

would never walk three. The troubled young man seen in this

chilling picture, was sentenced to seven life sentences and 140 years

in prison. Also riding, his target, Gabrielle Giffords, who gave up

Congress to focus on her recovery. She still walks with a lap and has

speech difficulties. In court, her husband said to Jared Loughner, who

have not dented her commitment to make the world a better place. It

was are too macro years ago that Jared Loughner opened fire at a

political event here, six people died. A dozen were wounded. After

sentencing, one survivor relived the moment. He got about 10 feet

from me, he pointed his gun at me. He reached to grab it with the

other hand. I ducked, I felt the bullet go across the back of my

head. The while in custody, Jared Loughner was treated for

schizophrenia, and was declared at one point unfit to stand trial. He

Seven members of an elite US Navy Seal team, including one who

participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in this

compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan, have been reprimanded for

disclosing classified material while working as paid consultants

on a video game, called Medal of Honor. The game doesn't recreate

the Bin Laden mission, but it does portray realistic raids. The

Defense Department confirmed an additional investigation is being

carried out into whether more Seals The US says Iran attacked one of

its unmanned drone aircraft in international air space over the

Gulf last week. The defence department said Iranian jets fired

multiple rounds at the drone. It wasn't hit and returned to base

safely. The US says the drone did not enter Iranian territory.

This is BBC World News. These are the headlines: Former oil

executive has been appointed as the leader of the Anglican Church.

Reports say 8,000 refugees have fled from Syria to Turkey in just

24 hours. The British Government has

announced that it's to stop all aid to India in 2015. The financial

assistance will be provided for another two years but no new

commitments will be made, so between now and 2015, aid will be

reduced by around $320 million a year. We can speak to Emma from

Oxfam, Head of Public Services and development finance for the charity

which has called the decision, I understand, too hasty. Why do you

think? It's important to recognise the great commitment the UK

Government's made to ensure aid is helping the poorest people. Our

concern is that a third of the world's poorest people live in

India and we are worried this is too hasty as it could take a life

line away. Even the Indian government suggests that it's

hardly a drop in their ocean, they can manage themselves? Of course,

you know, the ideal is that the Indian Government is able to raise

taxes from wealthy corporations and individuals in order to fill the

gaps in its budget, but the fact is, the Indian government's only

spending 0.9% of its budget on health care, for a big growing

country, that's a drop in the ocean, it's the lowest expenditure on

health and aid has really helped to turn some of the health problems

India's had around, for instance in the mid 90s, you saw hundreds of

people dies of polio and aid has helped make sure no child dies of

it today. That's why we think the decision was hasty. Is it time for

the Indian government to take greater responsibility for its own,

if it can afford it, while that money doesn't disappear does it, it

can be used in other parts of the world? We think this announcement

puts the onus on the British Government and on the Indian

government to make sure that the poorest people are not left behind

and that the result of any cooperation between now and 2015

and thereafter really is helping and targeting the world's poorest

people. That said, we are in a situation where India is a growing

economy, it does have money, it believes it can manage it itself

and you will be able to see, one would expect, that the �200 million

a year, $ 340 could be spent in areas where it's needed more?

important thing to remember is that in India, 250 million people go to

bed hungry every day and I don't think that the British taxpayer

would be against supporting those poor people in a country where the

average income is ten times less than that of Britain. What we are

calling for is to make sure is the poorest people don't suffer as a

result of changing the arrangements between the UK and India, because

that's a lot of the world's poorest people living in that country.

backlog of immigration and asylum seekers cases in the UK is said to

be spiralling out of control. That's the conclusion of a group of

Members of Parliament in a highly critical report into the work of

the UK Border Agency. They're warning that attempts to clear the

backlog of 300,000 cases could lead to an amnesty for immigrants with

no right to be in the UK. The BBC's Tom Symonds reports.

In May, it was as big as the population of Cambridge. By July,

the Home Affairs Select Committee said Newcastle-upon-Tyne, now the

MPs are measuring the immigration backlog by country. Iceland has a

population of just over 300,000. And the total immigration backlog

for the last three months is 302, 064. That includes what is called

the migration refusal pool of 174, 057 who should have left Britain

because they don't have the right to stay. 25,000 live asylum cases

are currently being dealt with and a controlled archive of 74,000 past

asylum cases which are outstanding. This number at least is falling.

But the MPs say more needs to be done.

It's spiralling out of control. They need to take urgent action to

deal with cases quickly to close those cases and then remove people

from the country who've no right to be here.

The committee's concerned that the rush to remove failed immigration

applicants will result in rushed decision-making and an amnesty for

some applicants. The Government says every day it's getting harder

to be an illegal immigrant with restricted benefits and health care,

along with tests for foreign students and more cases fought in

the courts. If you go back one year, Christina

Fernandez was riding high, re- elected as the President in

Argentina with control of both chambers of congress, her power and

popularity were undisputed. She's facing a backlash now though. Tens

of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets complaining

the street's become riddled with crime and political corruption. A

sea of people with one common demand - change. They came in huge

numbers, rising inflation, violent crime and political corruption

among the issues that have prompted so many people to take to the

streets. TRANSLATION: I don't feel they acknowledge our rights as

citizens. The lack of public safety has already taken something from me.

I woke up one morning with a gun pointed at my head. TRANSLATION:

There's no justice. Without it, there's corruption and insecurity.

There's no health care, no education, nothing. These protests

are named after the pots and pans participants bang to draw attention

to their cause. The demonstrators hope the President is listening.

She was re-elected for a second term but her approval ratings have

dropped. She'll attempt to hold on to power by ending constitutional

term limits. The streets were still packed after sundown. Supporters of

the President have dismissed the protesters as part of a wealthy

elite, manipulated by opposition parties and the media. Protest

organisers say the people taking part come from a broad cross

section of society who've had enough of an administration they

believe has failed. How the Government will respond to these

protests isn't clear, but they're becoming increasingly hard to

ignore. An Australian mother of six has

walked free from a court in Malaysia after drug trafficking

charges against her were unexpectedly dropped. Emma Louise

Lagool from Melbourne's been accused of possessing more than a

kilo of methamphetamine. She faced a death sentence if found guilty.

The end of an ordeal and the chance for a father and daughter to

embrace. Emma faced drug trafficking charges for which she

could have been hanged if convicted. I'll not take things for granted.

What did you take for granted before? Life, freedom. She's been

in jail since July and says she'd been too trusting of a former

boyfriend. I'm not angry with him any more, I'm angry with myself.

Why? For being stupid. She'd told the court that the drugs

belonged to her Nigerian boyfriend who disappeared when she was

arrested. The car where the drugs were found was not hers and her

lawyer says she had no idea the drugs were there.

It's more than reasonable to believe that she's not been

involved in the trafficking. She's a person who is innocent, had no

knowledge that in the car where she was going temporarily, there was

drugs. Her father could barely express his

sense of relief at her release. We've been close to doing stupid

things. We thought we'd never see her again. It's been really hard.

She must stay in Malaysia to give evidence against her ex-boyfriend

who's been arrested since, but all she wants now is to see her six

children again in Australia. The British Army's cricket team has

become something of an unexpected sensation in Pakistan. There hasn't

been an international match in the country for three years because of

security issues, but the team, made up of serving military personnel,

has completed a tour there and has become front-page news in the

process. Aleem Maqbool went to the last match against the Pakistani

Army in Rawalpindi. There's been no test cricket for the past few years

because of security but this is the last match in an international tour

of a different type. This had rave reviews over if last week in

Pakistan. This is the British Army team playing the Pakistani Army,

but they've also played Pakistan Cricket Board 11 as well, with the

cap tan of the British team Jack Princely. How has this been?

Fantastic. None of us thought we'd get the opportunity to play at

Rawalpindi stadium and play against the Pakistani side. You have been

on the front-pages of the newspapers, you took the wickets of

three test players yesterday. That's something else isn't it?

It's a bit surreal, you know. I don't think you can... I was stood

there yesterday and to take a step back and make it all sink in a bit,

I had to do that. The Sri Lankan squad was attacked

here in 2009. These cricketers all serving British military personnel

have had an apparently safe tour, albeit under tight security.

I think this is a good initiative taken by the British Army. If the

British Army can come and play, we are coming to the stage when the

full English team and the English players could come and play in

Pakistan. The amount of coverage this tour got with the matches

being shown live on national TV, it's an indication of how hungry

Pakistanis are for international sport to return here. The

cricketing authorities will be hopping that the British Army team

have played some part in ensuring that happens.

I want to close with some pictures of the man who will be the next

Archbishop of Canterbury, starting in the New Year. Bishop of Durham,