:00:11. > :00:15.A senior American Journal is investigated over inappropriate e-
:00:15. > :00:19.mails to a woman involved in the scandal surrounding the former head
:00:19. > :00:23.of the CIA. The radical Muslim cleric added
:00:23. > :00:27.Kabbala has been released from jail after winning the latest round of
:00:27. > :00:32.his battle against deportation. -- Abu Qatada.
:00:32. > :00:36.Doctors tell a breakthrough after helping a man chapter in a bit of
:00:36. > :00:42.State -- trapped into a bit of State to communicate.
:00:42. > :00:51.Welcome to BBC World News. Also, shaped like a pyramid and holding
:00:51. > :01:01.more than 50,000 books - the Dutch library wing praise for his design.
:01:01. > :01:16.
:01:16. > :01:19.The Pentagon says it is investigating the most senior
:01:19. > :01:22.commander in Afghanistan over alleged in a prepared
:01:22. > :01:27.communications with a woman linked to the scandal surrounding the
:01:27. > :01:32.former CIA director David Petraeus. The investigation centres on
:01:32. > :01:36.General John Allen's links with Jill Kelley. She said she received
:01:36. > :01:44.threatening e-mails from the woman with whom the former director of
:01:44. > :01:49.the C I A, David Petraeus, admitted having an affair. A short time ago,
:01:49. > :01:53.I spoke to our correspondent who tubby more about the new
:01:53. > :01:56.investigation. This is a very tangled web.
:01:56. > :02:00.Essentially, what seems to have happened is that Paula Broadwell,
:02:00. > :02:06.the woman who had an affair with General Petraeus, she seems to have
:02:06. > :02:12.been sending e-mails to Jill Kelley, critically Mills, E Mills that
:02:12. > :02:17.appear to be addressing in nature. That is how it got into the grips
:02:17. > :02:21.of the FBI. Now, as part of that investigation, this link between
:02:21. > :02:25.General Alan and Jill Kelley has been revealed. We don't know the
:02:25. > :02:29.nature of the link, whether this is a romantic affair. We don't know
:02:29. > :02:33.what is happening. This is a scandal that has cost the Americans
:02:33. > :02:39.one of the most prominent military figures of his generation, and it
:02:39. > :02:45.is now causing great questions over General Alan as well.
:02:45. > :02:55.Leon Panetta has put out a statement saying he will remain --
:02:55. > :02:56.
:02:56. > :03:02.remain the general. Clearly, he is a canny man in
:03:02. > :03:08.military terms. He has been successful in Afghanistan. He has
:03:09. > :03:12.been nominated to have NATO's top military commander in Europe. His
:03:12. > :03:17.confirmation hearings were due to be held. That whole process has
:03:17. > :03:22.been suspended for the time being. There will be lots of questions
:03:22. > :03:28.asked about this. Some will be about the FBI's role and timing in
:03:28. > :03:33.the whole thing. How much did they know? There will be questions about
:03:33. > :03:38.the moral dimension as well. Is it necessarily right, in this day and
:03:38. > :03:43.age, that senior figures like this step aside for an affair? Some
:03:43. > :03:48.people will say yes, this is a matter of honour. Others will
:03:48. > :03:56.presumably say that America has lost one of its most talented
:03:56. > :04:01.military commanders. Clearly, this scandal threatens to undo the
:04:01. > :04:06.career of another prominent and capable military man.
:04:06. > :04:10.Within the past hour, the radical cleric Abu Qatada has been released
:04:10. > :04:15.from a top-security prison in the UK. Yesterday, he won the later
:04:15. > :04:23.stage in a battle to avoid being deported to Jordan, where he faces
:04:23. > :04:28.trial on terrorism charges. Those pictures are Justine. The BBC's
:04:28. > :04:33.Legal correspondent has this report. He has been described as a tree
:04:33. > :04:37.dangers individual, a threat to national security. -- truly
:04:37. > :04:41.dangerous. Attempts to be deport him have been blocked by the
:04:41. > :04:45.European Court of Human Rights, and yesterday, British judges backed
:04:45. > :04:48.Europe. In the Commons, Theresa May said the government would be
:04:48. > :04:55.appealing. He has a long-standing association
:04:55. > :04:59.found he provides a religious to do the Katia for acts of terror.
:04:59. > :05:05.The government wanted to put Abu Qatada on a plane to Jordan.
:05:05. > :05:08.Theresa May had gone there to help to cut a deal. The government said
:05:08. > :05:14.it had received a series's that evidence obtained through torture
:05:14. > :05:21.would not be part of the case against him. -- assurances.
:05:21. > :05:26.Yesterday's judge says there's a risk of such events being used. In
:05:26. > :05:36.the spring he was removed from the cows - what a house where he had
:05:36. > :05:40.The forced exit strategy that the government had planned has been
:05:40. > :05:46.derailed by yesterday puzzling ruling. Today, Abu Qatada is due to
:05:46. > :05:56.return to his family, although he will be subject to a 16 hour curfew
:05:56. > :06:00.
:06:00. > :06:04.All the business news now. A controversial departure for
:06:04. > :06:09.Microsoft? Absolutely. This shocking news,
:06:09. > :06:15.surprising. These are the words in Madrid used by those following the
:06:15. > :06:20.technology used -- world. We are talking about Steven Sinofsky, who
:06:20. > :06:29.is, or was, important for this company. He was behind the whole
:06:29. > :06:39.Windows eight launch, a month ago. He was seen as the future. The
:06:39. > :06:39.
:06:39. > :06:49.baffling question is why warp -- is Egon? Microsoft is not saying why.
:06:49. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:59.President Obama said it is about It has the technology industry not
:06:59. > :07:09.up in arms, but certainly surprised. We are seeing some amazing changes
:07:09. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:18.in the industry. Only last month, two executives left Approach. --
:07:18. > :07:22.Apple. I spoke to our technology correspondent, who had this to say.
:07:22. > :07:27.It is difficult to underestimate how important Steven Sinofsky was
:07:27. > :07:33.in the Microsoft world. After the chief-executive, he was the most
:07:33. > :07:42.well-known face in the company. He would be on stage for the big
:07:42. > :07:51.presentations. He was more exuberant even than his boss. He
:07:51. > :07:57.was widely seen as a successor to him. The press release announcing
:07:57. > :08:03.this as a bland headline. It says he is going, but says nothing about
:08:03. > :08:08.why. Very interesting. It appears his e-mail to staff says, listen,
:08:08. > :08:13.no conspiracy theories. This is very normal. I wanted to go off and
:08:13. > :08:16.do something different. This seemed like a good time to do it. Let's
:08:16. > :08:22.move on. The British energy secretary will
:08:22. > :08:29.make a statement later today House of Commons over claims that the
:08:29. > :08:31.wholesale gas price has been manipulated. The Financial Services
:08:31. > :08:39.Authority, the regulator, is investigating some unusual price
:08:39. > :08:44.movements in the most active gas market in Europe. It is important
:08:44. > :08:52.to stress that all of the UK's Big Six energy suppliers have denied
:08:52. > :09:00.any involvement. David Hunter is an analyst. He joins us now. David,
:09:00. > :09:06.let's start with this. Can you explain in layman's terms how, on a
:09:07. > :09:11.day-to-day basis, how the wholesale gas market works.
:09:11. > :09:17.Gas producers sell gas into the UK. That could be from the Middle East,
:09:17. > :09:24.by tanker. That is then traded on the markets. Most of the trades
:09:24. > :09:29.that are done our court over the counter trades. They are between
:09:29. > :09:36.two parties trying to buy and sell. What we are looking at today is how
:09:36. > :09:41.the prices are assessed. It is not on an exchange like the FTSE 100.
:09:41. > :09:45.They are less transparent. They rely on AGC to come up with the
:09:45. > :09:51.price. Because it is a market, it is open
:09:51. > :09:58.for manipulation. If you were to manipulate the prices... How would
:09:58. > :10:02.you do that? Clearly today we are looking at an
:10:02. > :10:06.investigation. Nobody has confirmed anything being done wrong.
:10:06. > :10:10.Hypothetically we are looking at how you might manipulate the market,
:10:10. > :10:14.and if trades are reported that are, for example, in this case, it has
:10:14. > :10:19.been suggested that trades were reported lower than the prevailing
:10:19. > :10:23.market rate, if those are reported to the reporting agency, they may
:10:23. > :10:27.take those into account and publish a closing price that was lower than
:10:27. > :10:31.might actually otherwise have been the case.
:10:31. > :10:34.What is going on in this whole energy markets across the world? We
:10:34. > :10:39.have seen other allegations and cases in the United States
:10:39. > :10:46.involving, for example, the Californian electricity market. Now
:10:46. > :10:49.this. His is a sign that we are seeing regulators getting more
:10:49. > :10:54.aggressive? International regulators had been
:10:54. > :10:58.looking at the regulation of the markets and how trading works.
:10:58. > :11:02.Clearly it is important, as all of us are consumers, that we have
:11:02. > :11:09.trust in the markets. Anything to shake that faith is not welcome. We
:11:09. > :11:13.need to seek the regulators looking at this robustly. We hope to rule
:11:14. > :11:20.out any market manipulation. But if there's anything wrong, we have to
:11:20. > :11:25.fix it. If there are issues, there will be a big call for greater
:11:25. > :11:35.transparency, possibly moving towards an exchange trade system,
:11:35. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:42.where the trades are more David, thank you.
:11:42. > :11:48.Let's touch on some of the other business news. The Greek government
:11:48. > :11:53.has managed to sell just over $5 billion of short-term bonds, short-
:11:53. > :11:57.term debt. The funds are needed, though, to cover a payment that is
:11:57. > :12:01.due this Friday. Greece needs the money because it has not yet
:12:01. > :12:06.received the next chunk of bailout money. Eurozone ministers agreed
:12:06. > :12:12.earlier in the week to give Greece two more years. They have got a
:12:12. > :12:15.deadline of 2016 to meet all of those deficit reduction targets.
:12:15. > :12:22.Vodafone has seen a huge decline in the value of its businesses in
:12:22. > :12:27.Spain and Italy. To cover that it has taken a near $9.5 billion
:12:27. > :12:33.charge, meaning it made a loss of $3 billion in the first half of the
:12:33. > :12:43.year. The TV executive said he did not expect any improvement in the
:12:43. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:48.near future. -- the chief executive. All these big corporations with
:12:48. > :12:53.businesses operating down there are suffering.
:12:53. > :13:00.Other news, and Palestinian workers have begun the process leading to
:13:01. > :13:05.the exhumation of a body of their late leader, Yasser Arafat. Reports
:13:05. > :13:10.said that stones are being removed. This follows claims in a TV
:13:10. > :13:15.documentary earlier this year that Yasser Arafat may have been
:13:16. > :13:21.poisoned. He died in a French military hospital in 2004. Our
:13:21. > :13:26.correspondent said the exhumation has not started yet.
:13:26. > :13:30.It is a pretty Grant's tomb in the presidential compound. Overnight,
:13:30. > :13:38.it has been sealed off. They have put a lot of blue tarpaulin around
:13:38. > :13:43.the tomb so you can't actually see in. A lot of the roads surrounding
:13:43. > :13:46.be compelled have been sealed off. The exhumation has not begun but
:13:46. > :13:55.they expect it to happen in the next few weeks.
:13:55. > :13:58.Just remind us exactly what the allegations are?
:13:58. > :14:05.This stemmed from a television documentary that came out earlier
:14:05. > :14:13.this year, which alleged that Yasser Arafat was poisoned using a
:14:13. > :14:17.radioactive element. The channel had carried out some tests or some
:14:17. > :14:23.of his clothing that had been passed to them by his widow, who is
:14:23. > :14:28.based in France. The scientists doing the test were from a Swiss
:14:28. > :14:34.laboratory. They are due here in a few weeks. In France, after the
:14:35. > :14:44.widow puzzler request, there is a formal murder request. -- the
:14:44. > :14:54.You're watching BBC World News. Still to come: Images show evidence
:14:54. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:00.of new tests at a North Korean Today, millions of Hindus in India
:15:00. > :15:04.and the rest of the world are celebrating Diwali. The five-day
:15:04. > :15:07.festival of lights is one of the most important events in the Hindu
:15:07. > :15:10.calendar. One of the people who'll be celebrating is the Bollywood
:15:10. > :15:13.actor, Dharmendra, who's in Britain for a film shoot. The BBC's Shabnam
:15:13. > :15:19.Mahmood has been speaking to him about his latest project, and
:15:19. > :15:28.started by asking what Diwali means to him.
:15:28. > :15:36.We just wish each other are, let us care for each other, let us love
:15:36. > :15:43.each other, a feeling of brotherhood. Meade, I am working,
:15:43. > :15:51.to me, work is worship now. If I am not working, I feel I am not
:15:52. > :15:59.anything. You were here shooting a new film, Yamla Pagla Deewana.
:15:59. > :16:07.get up early, at 7am, and finish quite late. The rain and cloud, as
:16:07. > :16:11.you always say, the UK weather is unpredictable. We are enjoying it.
:16:11. > :16:17.You are in Leicester and Birmingham when many film-makers would choose
:16:17. > :16:24.for London. Why did you decide on the Midlands? This is the
:16:24. > :16:30.requirement of our story. One of the characters belongs to that area.
:16:30. > :16:36.Birmingham and Leicester. So that is why we are there. We are getting
:16:36. > :16:43.very beautiful locations, the University of Leicester, they are
:16:43. > :16:48.very co-operative, we are grateful to them. We are celebrating 100
:16:48. > :16:53.years of Hollywood. You have been in the industry for five decades.
:16:53. > :17:00.How do you think the industry has changed to appeal to a global
:17:00. > :17:09.audience? Nowadays, stories are predictable. Still people would go
:17:09. > :17:19.to see it. Now, it is more towards reality. People have started loving
:17:19. > :17:27.fast food, they love fast pictures! They don't have time much. They get
:17:27. > :17:37.bored. In our day, it was slow, nice and, deep. Now, this
:17:37. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:42.This is BBC World News. The headlines: The top American
:17:42. > :17:45.commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is to be investigated
:17:45. > :17:48.over emails to a woman at the heart of the Petraeus scandal.
:17:48. > :17:57.The radical Muslim cleric, Abu Qatada, has been released on bail
:17:57. > :18:01.in Britain after avoiding A Canadian man, who was believed to
:18:01. > :18:04.be in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to
:18:04. > :18:08.communicate to scientists that he is not in any pain. Scott Routley,
:18:08. > :18:10.who suffered a serious head injury when he was involved in a car
:18:10. > :18:13.accident, was asked questions while having his brain activity scanned.
:18:14. > :18:17.It's the first time that a non- responsive severely brain damaged
:18:17. > :18:20.patient has been able to respond regarding their care. Our health
:18:20. > :18:24.correspondent Fergus Walsh has more. Scott Routley is about to show he
:18:24. > :18:30.can communicate with his mind, rather than his body. Doctors
:18:30. > :18:35.thought he was vegetative, unaware of himself, or the outside world.
:18:35. > :18:40.want you to imagine you are playing tennis. Imagine him playing tennis
:18:40. > :18:46.produces a distinct pattern of brain activity which shows up on
:18:46. > :18:52.the screen as read. Inside the scanner, he starts to respond,
:18:52. > :18:58.revealing he has a conscious, thinking mind. Tell us whether you
:18:58. > :19:05.are in any pain. A crucial question for the well-being of patients. His
:19:05. > :19:11.stance suggests he clearly answers no. This is the first time that we
:19:11. > :19:15.have asked a patient a question in the scanner which is actually
:19:15. > :19:21.relevant to their clinical situation. This technique has
:19:21. > :19:25.already been validated in leading journals. The results have
:19:25. > :19:30.delighted his family. They thought he could sometimes respond with his
:19:30. > :19:36.thumb or his eyes. They say their observations were dismissed as
:19:36. > :19:40.wishful thinking. Scientists say the scans could be used to improve
:19:40. > :19:43.its patients' quality of life, by checking if they are happy with the
:19:43. > :19:48.times they are fed or washed, or with the entertainment they are
:19:48. > :19:52.shown. Newly released satellite images
:19:52. > :19:55.appear to show that North Korea has been conducting tests at a rocket
:19:55. > :19:58.launch site. These pictures show a facility, where US academics
:19:58. > :20:01.believe, rocket engines to have been tested. Analysis of the Sohae
:20:01. > :20:04.launch site suggests that North Korea has conducted at least two
:20:04. > :20:07.tests of large rocket motors since its failed rocket launch in April.
:20:07. > :20:10.The US-Korea Institute said it remains unclear whether the North
:20:10. > :20:16.is preparing another launch, but predicted it may embark on new
:20:16. > :20:26.rocket and nuclear tests in 2013. Our correspondent Lucy Williamson
:20:26. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:30.has this assessment from Seoul. Analysts say the satellite photo
:20:30. > :20:35.shows evidence of two rocket motor tests, one of which seems to be for
:20:35. > :20:40.a rocket much larger than North Korea has tried in the past. They
:20:40. > :20:45.say the photos show evidence of construction, again to try to house
:20:45. > :20:49.a large a missile. Those findings will cause a lot of worry in Seoul
:20:49. > :20:54.and Washington because of fears that North Korea is trying to
:20:54. > :20:59.develop a long-range missile which could one day be used to carry
:20:59. > :21:03.nuclear weapons. There have so far been no responses from South Korea
:21:03. > :21:07.as candidates for the upcoming presidential election continue to
:21:08. > :21:11.set out their plans for how to improve relations with the north.
:21:11. > :21:14.Three people have died in floods that continue to worsen across
:21:14. > :21:17.northern Italy. The trio were killed when their car plunged off a
:21:17. > :21:20.collapsed bridge near the town of Grosseto. Emergency teams in
:21:20. > :21:23.Tuscany have been helping rescue hundreds of people. The Tuscan
:21:23. > :21:27.regional president is reported to have asked the army to deploy
:21:28. > :21:31.troops to help cope with the emergency.
:21:31. > :21:34.The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has urged China to
:21:34. > :21:37.investigate the causes of a series of self-immolations by Tibetans. He
:21:37. > :21:40.was speaking during a visit to Japan. At least eight self-
:21:40. > :21:42.immolations have been reported in the last week in China's Tibetan
:21:42. > :21:52.region. Tibetan activists say the self-immolations are protests to
:21:52. > :21:56.
:21:56. > :21:59.highlight Tibetan unhappiness with Chinese rule.
:21:59. > :22:02.China's Communist Party will choose the country's next leaders this
:22:02. > :22:05.week. But what direction will they take once in power? One suggestion
:22:05. > :22:09.is to try to emulate Singapore. It's said the soon-to-be Chinese
:22:09. > :22:12.President Xi Jinping may look to the country as a model for
:22:12. > :22:15.potential reform in China. So what makes Singapore so attractive to
:22:15. > :22:17.the Chinese? Sharanjit Leyl has more from the city state.
:22:17. > :22:19.Peter Chang Leah's a comfortable life in Singapore with his family.
:22:19. > :22:22.The lives of his teenage children couldn't be more different to the
:22:22. > :22:27.one he enjoyed as a child, growing up in a rural village, during
:22:27. > :22:32.China's Cultural Revolution. Life was hard. Determination and a bit
:22:32. > :22:36.of luck paid off, he says, and led him to where he is now. Singapore
:22:36. > :22:40.may be home, but China is where he makes most of his money in a
:22:40. > :22:46.successful property venture, and he still takes an interest in how
:22:46. > :22:52.things around her. I think the past generation of the leaders, they
:22:52. > :22:58.didn't do enough to reform the system. Therefore, there is this
:22:58. > :23:05.corruption, this still happens. So, I am hopeful that this new
:23:05. > :23:09.generation of leaders can tackle that problem. Whether the Singapore
:23:09. > :23:14.system is unrealistic or not, I think by and large it is a good
:23:14. > :23:20.model to follow, but it has to be adapted into the Chinese system.
:23:20. > :23:25.China's new leaders may agree, they have made subtle signals towards
:23:25. > :23:30.reform, and one way to achieve it say insiders is to emulate
:23:30. > :23:34.Singapore. The island has made a success of its open market economy,
:23:34. > :23:38.and is ranked consistently as one of the least corrupt in the world.
:23:38. > :23:43.Singapore has been dominated by one party since its independence, and
:23:43. > :23:48.this tight grip on controlled say academics is one reason why it is
:23:48. > :23:54.so attractive to China's next leaders. The characteristics China
:23:54. > :24:02.is interested in is maintaining political control within a one-
:24:02. > :24:06.party state. At the same time, how to enjoy a economic vibrancy.
:24:06. > :24:11.are common trait between the two, more than some to the centre of the
:24:11. > :24:14.Singapore population are descended from southern China, a shared
:24:15. > :24:21.language and cultural identity has made China's rulers look towards
:24:22. > :24:26.this tiny island. This is the Singapore River. 100 years ago,
:24:26. > :24:32.immigrants from China landed and worked alongside its banks. They
:24:32. > :24:36.flocked here for it better life, something they continue to do today.
:24:36. > :24:41.Singapore is still a lure for immigrant Chinese, one reason why
:24:41. > :24:45.China is taking a closer look. It may be too soon for Peter to return
:24:45. > :24:49.to his Chinese home town. He and his family are living the Singapore
:24:50. > :24:52.dream. A new library in the Netherlands is
:24:52. > :24:56.winning praise from architects for its striking design. The building,
:24:56. > :25:06.which is shaped like a pyramid, holds more than 50,000 books. Anna
:25:06. > :25:07.
:25:07. > :25:10.Holligan went to Rotterdam to take a look.
:25:10. > :25:20.The architects believe this could be the single biggest bookcase in
:25:20. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:26.the world. Around 50,000 books in here, everything from classic HG
:25:26. > :25:33.Wells, to the contemporary Steig Larsson. It is designed to maximise
:25:33. > :25:43.the amount of space for books. whole idea was to actually
:25:43. > :25:46.
:25:46. > :25:49.celebrate the book. That's the whole reason why we actually
:25:49. > :25:52.flipped the way of a library. Very enclosed, archiving valuable books.
:25:53. > :26:02.Flipping it inside out. To make this pyramid structure where you
:26:02. > :26:06.could wander around and have the sense of infinity basically. What
:26:06. > :26:08.makes this library so special is that it's built on the principles
:26:08. > :26:14.of sustainability. All the bookshelves are made from recycled
:26:14. > :26:24.plastic bags. We make one or two modules. One for shelves. One for
:26:24. > :26:26.
:26:26. > :26:30.the standing parts. It still has a sense of real material, it looks a
:26:30. > :26:34.bit like wood, it feels warm. It has a texture like wood would have
:26:34. > :26:44.if you cut it. It has this comfortable and nice feel to it,
:26:44. > :26:49.
:26:49. > :26:53.while it is a recycled product. There will always be ordering your