:00:12. > :00:18.Syrian aircraft bomb a rebel-held town on the border with Turkey,
:00:18. > :00:25.killing at least six people. After making further cuts to their
:00:25. > :00:30.budget, the financial problems in Greece top the agenda of the
:00:31. > :00:35.eurozone minister meeting. Venice - three-quarters of the city is under
:00:36. > :00:39.water. Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme: After a
:00:39. > :00:44.series of scandals including paedophiles, Australia's Prime
:00:44. > :00:47.Minister announces a national inquiry. And the BBC says it is
:00:47. > :00:57.changing its editorial chain of command, after a row over an
:00:57. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.inaccurate report into allegations of child abuse.
:01:09. > :01:16.Syrian aircraft have bombed a rebel-held town on the border with
:01:16. > :01:26.Turkey, killing at least six people. The attacks sent up huge plumes of
:01:26. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :02:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 69 seconds
:02:35. > :02:39.black smoke and sent scores of hit Turkish territory they will hit
:02:39. > :02:43.back. They are restricted to a local responsibility-of--- response.
:02:43. > :02:48.Neither sigh want to get involved in a conflict, in a war along their
:02:48. > :02:58.border, and the same goes really for the Israelis on the Golan
:02:58. > :02:59.
:02:59. > :03:03.Heights where there was a similar This comes at a time when we have
:03:03. > :03:07.seen the opposition movements - they have come together and found a
:03:07. > :03:12.potential new leader. That is right. They have a new body - this new
:03:12. > :03:16.coalition, which takes in not just the Syrian National Council, which
:03:16. > :03:20.is the existing umbrella group, which had been seen as a bit
:03:20. > :03:26.dilapidated and out of touch, but a lot of other groups and people
:03:26. > :03:33.perhaps more in touch with what's going on the ground. They have
:03:33. > :03:36.elected a new President. He's now actually on his way to the Arab
:03:36. > :03:40.League in Cairo, along with a Prime Minister, who will introduce him
:03:40. > :03:49.and push strongly to get recognition by the Arab League of
:03:49. > :03:57.this new coalition and perhaps even League, as a first tangible step
:03:57. > :04:03.for recognition of this new body. The Greek Parliament has approved
:04:03. > :04:07.the country's 2013 budget. The vote, which was passed by a
:04:07. > :04:12.majority comes as eurozone Finance Ministers meet in Brussels to
:04:12. > :04:17.discuss whether the austerity measures go far enough. If they do
:04:17. > :04:21.40 billion of bail out funds will be released. If they are not, the
:04:21. > :04:24.Prime Minister says the country will run out of money by the end of
:04:24. > :04:28.the week. Is this another sticking plaster for Greece? Our
:04:28. > :04:31.correspondent is in Brussels. is one of the reasons why this
:04:31. > :04:36.latest tranche of bail out money has not been paid for so long. It
:04:36. > :04:41.is five months late now. There was a feeling, in certain quarters,
:04:41. > :04:45.Germany along -- among them, that it could not just be another
:04:45. > :04:49.sticking plaster and more robust measures need to be put in place.
:04:49. > :04:53.Greece feels it has fulfilled its side of the bargain. There are many
:04:53. > :04:57.people who feel we have seen this before, but measures which have
:04:57. > :05:01.been approved in Parliament simply don't get implemented properly. The
:05:01. > :05:06.money will not be paid today. There's an assumption that
:05:06. > :05:09.eventually and probably fairly soon that next tranche of bail out loans
:05:09. > :05:14.will be released for Greece. There are problems. Most people agree
:05:14. > :05:18.that Greece needs more time to fulfil its bail out commitments.
:05:18. > :05:24.More time means more money. There is disagreement about who should
:05:24. > :05:29.pay for that. Between the EU and the IMF, there are disagreements
:05:29. > :05:35.still about how to make Greek debt in the long-term more sustainable.
:05:35. > :05:39.You look at the numbers and they still don't look very good. The BBC
:05:39. > :05:44.is shaking up its news management in the wake of a crisis which hit
:05:44. > :05:47.the corporation when it broadcast a TV report wrongly implicating a
:05:47. > :05:53.former British political figure in child sex abuse. The corporation
:05:53. > :05:56.says the changes will address the lack of clarity around the
:05:56. > :05:59.editorial chain of command. The resignation of George Entwistle has
:05:59. > :06:04.been followed by this announcement that two more senior managers will
:06:04. > :06:08.step aside. We are seeing pictures here of Lord Patten and George
:06:08. > :06:13.Entwistle. The director of news and her deputy will be replaced in
:06:13. > :06:19.their daily duties pending the results of an inquiry looking at a
:06:19. > :06:24.separate report into child abuse by Jimmy Savile was dropped N the past
:06:24. > :06:32.hour, David Cameron, has criticised the amount of money the out going
:06:32. > :06:36.director will get as a payoff. That is just over $700,000.
:06:36. > :06:41.The Culture Secretary also weighing in to criticise the BBC Trust?
:06:41. > :06:45.is right. Politicians like to keep the BBC at arm's length, because it
:06:45. > :06:49.is editorry rally independent of the Government. At the same time, I
:06:49. > :06:53.think they feel on this occasion they can comment on it. There's
:06:53. > :06:56.been criticism that paying this amount of money to the outgoing
:06:56. > :07:00.Director-General is basically a reward for failure and we're
:07:00. > :07:04.expecting questions to be asked about this in the House of Commons
:07:04. > :07:10.later. So, the BBC are under a new bit of pressure when it comes to
:07:10. > :07:15.whether they should have signed off that amount of money when he left.
:07:15. > :07:18.George Entwistle will have on-going duty to the BBC as the events
:07:18. > :07:21.unfold. There are a few changes within management that are being
:07:21. > :07:25.announced at the moment? That is right. We have heard today that the
:07:25. > :07:29.head of news and the deputy head of news have had to step aside. I
:07:29. > :07:33.think this is really just a sign of how serious the episode has been
:07:33. > :07:37.for the BBC. The BBC has been in the headlines now for weeks
:07:37. > :07:41.relating to two sets of child abuse allegations. Although it really
:07:41. > :07:46.comes down to one programme - the flagship programme, Newsnight -
:07:46. > :07:50.nevertheless t danger for the BBC is its whole journalism stable has
:07:50. > :07:53.been tarnished. That is why we are seeing a clear-out now. Of course
:07:53. > :07:59.there are many critics of the BBC - the newspapers here in Britain have
:07:59. > :08:01.had a go. Lots of front pages over the past few days and also
:08:02. > :08:09.internationally some critics have been weighing in. That is right. It
:08:09. > :08:15.is interesting when you look at the comment abroad. China, central
:08:15. > :08:20.television saying it casts doubt over the BBC's credibility. Another
:08:20. > :08:25.saying a hat trick of trouble for the news gaibt. It is fair to say -
:08:25. > :08:28.- giant. It is fair to say there is a lot on networking sites and the
:08:28. > :08:33.BBC are getting e-mails supporting BBC journalists, particularly when
:08:33. > :08:37.it comes to area like Syria or Burma. Areas where the BBC still
:08:37. > :08:40.has a very strong news presence. Of course it is a world away from the
:08:40. > :08:45.kind of scandal that has mired Newsnight.
:08:45. > :08:48.Thank you very much. Now, a combination of heavy rains and
:08:48. > :08:55.strong winds has caused flooding in a number of areas across Italy.
:08:55. > :09:02.Homes have been had to evacuated in Tuscanny. The rains have produced
:09:02. > :09:07.one of the highest water levels since the rains began. It has left
:09:07. > :09:11.two-thirds of the city submerged. Barriers will not be operational
:09:11. > :09:14.before 2014. In Australia, the Prime Minister,
:09:14. > :09:17.Julia Gillard, has announced a national inquiry into how
:09:17. > :09:24.institutions have reacted to child sex abuse allegations there. She
:09:24. > :09:29.made the announcement after a senior policeman claimed the chath
:09:29. > :09:34.lick church delayed evidence of abuse and conspired to disrupt
:09:34. > :09:40.police investigations. There have been too many revelations of adults
:09:40. > :09:44.who have averted their eyes from this evil. It is appropriate for
:09:44. > :09:50.there to be a national response through a Royal Commission. This, I
:09:50. > :09:56.hope, will help, but I specifically hope its recommendations will help
:09:56. > :10:06.us ensure that this never, ever happens again.
:10:06. > :10:06.
:10:06. > :10:15.Well, the South Korean singer has won Best Video for of course the
:10:15. > :10:25.worldwide single. The reward was presented by David Hasslehoff.
:10:25. > :10:34.
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:10:42. > :10:49.supporting me, my video. I thank you so much and all the great
:10:49. > :10:55.support from Korean. You have to follow that! I can't! We are
:10:55. > :11:02.talking Starbucks, Amazon, Google. Do they pay tax? Should they?
:11:02. > :11:04.these big corporations here in the UK paying enough corporate tax?
:11:04. > :11:07.Senior officials from those companies will be asked that
:11:07. > :11:11.question. They will have to answer it today. They are facing a UK
:11:12. > :11:16.parliamentary committee. It is a taxation committee. It's been in
:11:16. > :11:20.the headlines for, well of late over here. If you look at some of
:11:20. > :11:27.the numbers - Starbucks, for example has paid $13 million in
:11:27. > :11:31.corporation tax over the past 14 years. Google paid $9 million last
:11:32. > :11:39.year. The company generated $600 million in turnover. Look at Amazon
:11:39. > :11:44.- the UK's largest online retailer, which generated sales of nearly $5
:11:44. > :11:54.billion. Corporation tax - zero. That is the big question. Questions
:11:54. > :12:01.are being asked about the system and how to go about it. It makes it
:12:01. > :12:04.very attractive. Britain is not the only one who, I would not say tax
:12:04. > :12:09.loopholes. It is a complicated system. Let's listen to Bill
:12:09. > :12:14.Dodwell, a tax expert from Deloitte. I think we have to look and see
:12:14. > :12:18.what happened here. Those, many of those sales may not have taken
:12:18. > :12:23.place actually in the UK from activities taking place here. They
:12:24. > :12:27.may well have sold into the UK from elsewhere. That's perfectly
:12:27. > :12:32.legitimate for companies to do. So, you have to look and see what is
:12:32. > :12:35.going on in a particular country and if something is happening, then
:12:35. > :12:44.tax it. If nothing is happeninging there and you are simply selling to
:12:44. > :12:48.customers here, then you should not have ex -- expect to pay tax on
:12:48. > :12:58.profits. Let's talk about Portugal, because its finances will be under
:12:58. > :13:02.the microscope over the next few days. Officials from the troika, -
:13:02. > :13:06.they begin their latest quarterly review on Portugal's progress and
:13:06. > :13:10.implementing that bail out. It coincides with a visit from
:13:10. > :13:16.Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who is insistent on the need for
:13:16. > :13:21.more austerity, which angers many on the ground in Portugal.
:13:21. > :13:23.Saturday saw the latest in a series of protests against the right of
:13:23. > :13:29.centre Government's draft budget for next year. This time it was
:13:29. > :13:33.members of the military, contesting the cuts foreseen in the budget. On
:13:33. > :13:37.Monday, many Portuguese are expect come on to the streets to protest
:13:37. > :13:40.against Angela Merkel, who is to make a flying visit to the country.
:13:40. > :13:44.The German Chancellor will hold talks with Portugal's President and
:13:44. > :13:48.Prime Minister, who seems to agree with her on the need for more
:13:48. > :13:54.austerity for the country to keep to its eurozone bailout. Monday
:13:55. > :13:59.sees the start of the sixth quaurtdly review of Portugal's bail
:13:59. > :14:03.out progress. Portugal has earned praise for its deficit-cutting
:14:03. > :14:11.efforts. Exports too are doing relatively well, as European
:14:11. > :14:18.officials noted last week. external adjustment is shaped by
:14:18. > :14:24.the shifts to what is the production of tradable goods and
:14:24. > :14:31.services within vulnerable countries. This is particularly
:14:31. > :14:37.true for Ireland, but also increasingly for Spain, Portugal
:14:37. > :14:42.and Slovenia. The troika's last review warned of the hefty tax
:14:42. > :14:45.increases might choke off growth, making the deficit target harder to
:14:45. > :14:50.reach. Many Portuguese fear a recessionry spiral has set in and
:14:50. > :14:56.have, in large numbers, been clam bouring for a change of course.
:14:56. > :15:03.Last week, police marched against the budget to the same Parliament
:15:03. > :15:08.building officers had ringed to protect from protestors just days
:15:08. > :15:14.before. The other business news making headlines today: Olympus has
:15:14. > :15:18.reported a first-half profit of $100 million. They have recovered
:15:18. > :15:22.from that accounting scandal that emerged last year and cost just
:15:22. > :15:27.over $7 billion. Back in September they received a boost from Sony,
:15:27. > :15:32.which said it would invest $50 billion in Olympus, the company.
:15:32. > :15:38.India's factories slowed down. Everything they factories churn out
:15:38. > :15:44.fell nearly 0.5% over the month. Economists are expecting an output
:15:44. > :15:48.to pick up to expand. India's economy - it has been hit by rising
:15:48. > :15:53.interest rates and the decline of export markets, in particular
:15:53. > :15:58.Europe. Hong Kong will have more jobs in the financial services
:15:58. > :16:03.industry than London by 2015. That is according to CCER. The report
:16:03. > :16:13.says by 2015 Hong Kong will be the world's main financial centre and
:16:13. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:20.Singapore will be close to In the three months to the end of
:16:20. > :16:29.September, the world third largest economy shrank at a rate of 3.5%.
:16:30. > :16:33.That is the worst since last year. Our reporter explained why Japan is
:16:33. > :16:39.struggling. The contraction of 3.5% from last year leaves, but if you
:16:39. > :16:44.look at from the previous quarter, the economy also shrunk by under 1%
:16:44. > :16:49.and many economists are forecasting the economy will shrink again in
:16:49. > :16:52.the next quarter. If that happens Japan will be officially back in a
:16:52. > :16:56.recession. The country's economy has been recovering rather resill
:16:56. > :17:01.yently after the earthquake last year, but that is partly thanks to
:17:01. > :17:05.the Government spending a lot of money on rebuilding and
:17:05. > :17:11.implementing subsidies, but those measures are starting to finish,
:17:11. > :17:15.and that is partly why we are seeing this dismal figure, but also,
:17:15. > :17:19.their other factors affecting Japan's economy such as the debt
:17:19. > :17:24.crisis and a slow down in China, Japan's largest trading partner. As
:17:24. > :17:29.we have been talking about the strength of the Japanese yen,
:17:29. > :17:33.affecting the country's export performance, on top of that Japan
:17:33. > :17:38.had territorial dispute with China, in September, which is still kind
:17:38. > :17:42.of ongoing, and that let anti-Japan protest in China so even though
:17:42. > :17:46.that happens in September, that is starting to affect some numbers out
:17:46. > :17:51.of Japan, as well, so very tough time, going forward for Japanese
:17:51. > :17:55.companies and the economy. So not good news for Japan. That is
:17:55. > :18:01.driving the markets in Asia down, a bit of a worry about that. It is
:18:01. > :18:05.interesting to see London being overtaken so quickly. To see it in
:18:05. > :18:09.black-and-white is salutary. You are watching BBC World News. Still
:18:09. > :18:19.to come. More people are choosing to learn English in the Philippines
:18:19. > :18:21.
:18:21. > :18:28.but will they end up speaking tag lish instead? Now, west African
:18:28. > :18:33.leader say they end to -- intend to send troops to Mali to recapture
:18:33. > :18:38.the area from Islamist rebels. Organising and deploying the
:18:38. > :18:43.soldiers could take months to implement. This report. It is more
:18:43. > :18:47.than seven months since radicals took advantage of the chaos
:18:47. > :18:51.following a military coup and seized control of northern Mali.
:18:51. > :18:56.The militants have imposed strict Sharia law on the communitys they
:18:56. > :19:01.now control, and destroyed tombs in the ancient city of Tim buck too.
:19:02. > :19:06.Thousands of people have fled the area to neighbouring countries,
:19:06. > :19:11.including niedgeier and more Tain ya. -- Niger. It is not just the
:19:11. > :19:17.people of Mali who feel threatened. Other African countries and a wider
:19:17. > :19:23.global community are concerned that Mali mieb might become a safe haven
:19:23. > :19:28.for Al-Qaeda to launch attacks. A a meeting on surpbgsd plans were
:19:28. > :19:33.announced for a force of 3,000 soldiers, drawn from countries
:19:33. > :19:39.including Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and Burt Bacharach. The Nigerian
:19:39. > :19:44.President told the meeting that Mali's neighbours had to unite, to
:19:44. > :19:51.impose stable. One of the lessons, years of conflict management in our
:19:51. > :19:58.region, have taught us, is to treat conflicts in one country as it is a
:19:58. > :20:02.challenge, acquiring a common response. The plans could take some
:20:02. > :20:11.while to implement though. They have to secure the agreement of the
:20:11. > :20:15.African Union and the UN Security Council. A ruling on whether the
:20:15. > :20:19.radical cleric qat can be deported to Jordan is expected to be given
:20:19. > :20:22.by judges in the UK today. The European Court of Human Rights
:20:22. > :20:26.previously blocked the deportation, saying there was a real risk that
:20:26. > :20:31.evidence obtained by torture would be used against him. The British
:20:31. > :20:35.Government says it secured assurances he will get a fair trial
:20:35. > :20:41.but these are disputed by his lawyers. Nur tiingures show the
:20:41. > :20:45.number of homeless in Australia rose by 17% between 2006 and 2011.
:20:45. > :20:50.Much of the increase was accounted for by migrants. The rise in
:20:50. > :21:00.numbers despite a pledge by the the Government in 2008 to halve
:21:00. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:05.homelessness in Australia in a decade. This is BBC World News. The
:21:05. > :21:13.headlines. Syrian aircraft have bombed a rebel held town on the
:21:13. > :21:16.border of Turkey, sending civilians fleeing. Eurozone ministers are
:21:16. > :21:21.meeting with financial problems in Greece the top of the agenda. Here
:21:21. > :21:25.is a difficult question. Where in the world do they speak English as
:21:25. > :21:28.a second language more than just about anywhere else? It is said to
:21:28. > :21:35.be the Philippine, so students look for cheaper ways to travel and
:21:36. > :21:41.learn the language, more are looking to the Philippines P Have
:21:41. > :21:46.you guys heard of the words first impressions? This man is learning
:21:46. > :21:51.English n the Philippine capital. He is from Saudi Arabia, but his
:21:51. > :21:57.classmates are from Taiwan, Libya and Japan. Other students are from
:21:57. > :22:02.Belgium and Brazil. They are all here because they can get good
:22:02. > :22:07.quality teaching for a fraction of what it would cost in the United
:22:07. > :22:13.Kingdom or America. Everyone speaks English very well here, the accent
:22:13. > :22:17.very good. It is a cheap place to stay and learn. There are about 100
:22:17. > :22:21.million peel in the Philippines, most speak at least some English.
:22:21. > :22:27.The Government proudly states this is the third largest English
:22:27. > :22:34.speaking nation the world. That is sort of true. Hello circumstances I
:22:34. > :22:41.can have a coconut please How many? Just one. That kind of English is
:22:41. > :22:44.typical through the Philippines. It is eng lish with the local language
:22:44. > :22:48.mixed in. That must make it difficult for foreigners who are
:22:48. > :22:53.studying English know what is English and what is Philippine
:22:53. > :22:57.English. But this hasn't deterred people from coming here. Every year,
:22:57. > :23:06.the number of foreign students goes up. Immigration data shows there
:23:06. > :23:10.are three times as many now as there were three years ago. The
:23:10. > :23:16.Philippines doesn't just attracts students who want to learn English.
:23:16. > :23:21.Lis bet ta speaks it. She has come here from Russia to do an
:23:21. > :23:25.engineering degree, language isn't a problem because most courses are
:23:25. > :23:30.taught in English. Here it is much cheaper compared to in other
:23:30. > :23:35.countries. I checked about Australia and New Zealand, but it
:23:35. > :23:45.is too much, so my parents cannot afford it. Do you think the
:23:45. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:49.education level is the same here? Sure. I think it is very good. This
:23:49. > :23:54.university believes the teefpg it provides can match up to that
:23:54. > :23:58.anywhere in the world. And with the cost of being a student rising
:23:58. > :24:02.every year, and the competition for jobs tougher than ever, it is not
:24:02. > :24:09.surprising that more and more people are looking further afield
:24:09. > :24:16.for for good quality cheap education. Now, power station here
:24:16. > :24:26.in the UK are going to be paid to burn wood instead of coal as trees
:24:26. > :24:27.
:24:27. > :24:32.absorb carbon dioxide. Green groups have criticised the scene. It is
:24:32. > :24:37.cold outside. But trust a dog to nab the warmest spot in the house.
:24:37. > :24:41.At their home in Yorkshire, the Goulder family get the wood burner
:24:41. > :24:47.going when the nights draw in. It is a bit of evident but it is worth
:24:47. > :24:53.it. Love the fire. Lovely to look at. But if it takes this to help
:24:53. > :24:59.heat a room for a few hours what would it take to run a power
:24:59. > :25:04.station burning wood? Drax Power Station in Yorkshire is the big
:25:04. > :25:09.nest the UK. Coal is what generates heat here to make the power. Burr
:25:09. > :25:17.coal produces too much of the CO2 helping to disrupt the climate, so
:25:17. > :25:22.the use of coal is going to be halved. And here is what will be
:25:22. > :25:27.burned instead. Wood and other plant material together known as
:25:27. > :25:31.biomass. Lengths of birch branches are being shredded for the furnace.
:25:31. > :25:37.Plants absorb CO2 while they are growing, so the Government says
:25:37. > :25:42.this system helps the environment. It is hard to grasp the scale of
:25:42. > :25:48.all this. Just imagine how much wood this place will need to burn,
:25:48. > :25:52.nearly 7 million tonnes of it every year. The great majority imported
:25:52. > :25:58.from the USA and Canada Environmentalists fear the impact
:25:58. > :26:03.on the world's forests of burning more and more wood, and they say it
:26:03. > :26:09.won't help the climate in time. When you burn wood it is CO2 that
:26:09. > :26:13.comes out just as when you burn coal. While the tree will regrow
:26:14. > :26:18.and recapture that car borpbgs it can take decades for that to happen.
:26:18. > :26:26.If we want to stop dangerous climate change, we need to cut
:26:26. > :26:34.emissions now. The truck delivering the wood producing CO2. So does
:26:34. > :26:38.turning the wood into dry pellets. But Drax boss say it is still
:26:38. > :26:43.worthwhile. We are confident we are delivering major carbon savings.
:26:43. > :26:47.There is am sustainable biomass available. We only burn the