:00:13. > :00:17.Britain and France call in their Israeli ambassadors as concern
:00:17. > :00:20.grows over plans to expand settlements in the occupied
:00:20. > :00:25.territories. Japan orders emergency inspections
:00:25. > :00:29.of tunnels across the country after one collapsed killing nine people.
:00:29. > :00:34.Tackling tax avoidance - the British Government promises to
:00:34. > :00:37.crack down on some big companies with small tax bills.
:00:37. > :00:42.Welcome to BBC World News. Also in this programme - who is
:00:42. > :00:47.next in the bail out club? Social services Cyprus. Eurozone officials
:00:47. > :00:57.try to work out a rescue package for the island. And it's 20 years
:00:57. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:13.Hello and welcome. The UK's summoned Israel's ambassador in
:01:13. > :01:16.London over plans to expand settlement building in the
:01:16. > :01:19.Palestinian territories. The Foreign Office dismissed reports
:01:19. > :01:22.that the UK Ambassador could be withdrawn from Israel as
:01:22. > :01:28.speculation. Ban Ki-Moon's condemned the expansion plan. We'll
:01:28. > :01:33.be live later on this for more. First this report.
:01:33. > :01:38.It's the prospect of more Israeli developments like this one that is
:01:38. > :01:44.focusing minds at the UN. Plans have been announced to build 3,000
:01:44. > :01:49.new Jewish settler homes like these in the occupied West Bank,
:01:49. > :01:51.including east Jerusalem. A statement issued by a UN
:01:51. > :02:01.spokesman on behalf of the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon,
:02:01. > :02:15.
:02:15. > :02:18.gave a stark assessment of the Earlier, the Israeli Cabinet
:02:18. > :02:23.officially rejected the UN General Assembly vote to recognise
:02:23. > :02:27.Palestine as an observer state. It said it wouldn't make this much
:02:27. > :02:31.transfer of tax revenues that it collects on behalf of the
:02:31. > :02:34.Palestinian Authority. The position of new building developments was
:02:34. > :02:38.made clear. TRANSLATION: Today, we are building
:02:38. > :02:43.and will continue to build in Jerusalem and in all areas that are
:02:43. > :02:47.on the state of Israel's map of strategic interests. Mahmoud Abbas
:02:48. > :02:52.who heads the Palestinian Authority was hailed a hero on his return to
:02:52. > :02:57.Ramallah. At a rally held in his honour, he told supporters, the
:02:57. > :03:05.world was on their side. Mr Abbas also made references to
:03:05. > :03:11.the challenges that lay ahead. TRANSLATION: Yes to the state of
:03:11. > :03:18.Palestine, tkwro the freedom of Palestine. -- yes to the freedom of
:03:18. > :03:22.Palestine. Yes to the independence of
:03:22. > :03:27.Palestine. No to the aggression, settlements and occupation.
:03:27. > :03:35.After two years of stalled peace talks, a return to the negotiating
:03:35. > :03:39.table now looks even less likely. Let's go to the Foreign Office in
:03:39. > :03:43.Central London. Our correspondent, Richard Galpin is there. The
:03:43. > :03:46.British and French have called in the Israeli ambassadors. Is this
:03:46. > :03:50.anything more than a slap on the wrist? Certainly the line I'm
:03:50. > :03:55.getting from the British Foreign Office here is that it was to
:03:55. > :03:59.express the strength of concern that the British Government has for
:03:59. > :04:03.what Israel is threatening to do with this massive building of
:04:03. > :04:08.settlements with 3,000 homes and also the cutting off of the tax
:04:08. > :04:13.revenues which Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinians. So that
:04:13. > :04:16.was clearly made, those concerns were expressed in the meeting
:04:16. > :04:19.between the British Foreign Office minister who's responsible for the
:04:19. > :04:22.Middle East and the Israeli ambassador which took place earlier
:04:22. > :04:32.this morning. What officials are saying is that they are now waiting
:04:32. > :04:35.to see what the next steps may or may not be. They are looking at
:04:36. > :04:39.what other countries are doing. Obviously, maybe there's a bit of
:04:39. > :04:45.coordination going on with the French also summoning the
:04:45. > :04:51.ambassador there, but I think probably everybodylike looking to
:04:51. > :04:54.see what action the US may or may not take. Its reHaitianship with
:04:54. > :04:58.Israel is pivotal. I don't know if there's been reaction from the
:04:58. > :05:02.Israelis here in London but there was speculation that Britain and
:05:03. > :05:08.France would withdraw their own ambassadors from Israel itself?
:05:08. > :05:12.that's right. That's been speculation in the media I think
:05:12. > :05:18.mostly. What Foreign Office officials are saying is that
:05:18. > :05:21.nothing else is imminent and that talk of withdrawing the British
:05:21. > :05:24.Ambassador from Israel is and remains absolutely speculation.
:05:24. > :05:27.They are clearly not ruling out any possibilities. They are saying
:05:27. > :05:32.there could be a whole range of different steps that they could
:05:32. > :05:37.take. I think at the moment, they are still waiting. Talks are still
:05:37. > :05:40.going on. I think they want to see whether Israel will reconsider this
:05:40. > :05:45.announcement. It's obviously only at the moment an announcement. It
:05:45. > :05:49.has to be seen whether it's implemented in any way or whether
:05:49. > :05:53.steps are taken towards implementation. Then we will see
:05:53. > :05:58.how the international community reacts.
:05:58. > :06:08.Richard Galpin, thank you very much indeed.
:06:08. > :06:12.Emergency roadworks are taking place in Japan after the roof fell
:06:12. > :06:18.in. It underwent a major inspection two months ago and there were no
:06:18. > :06:22.problems reported. Questions are being asked about how and why the
:06:22. > :06:25.Sasago tunnel collapsed. I asked our correspondent to explain the
:06:25. > :06:33.government's position? Government's immediately ordered
:06:33. > :06:37.inspections to be carried out on this tunnel to check whether the
:06:37. > :06:41.other tunnel which didn't collapse is being inspected, starting today.
:06:41. > :06:46.That's not the end of it, and there are at least 20 tunnels around
:06:46. > :06:50.Japan that are of a similar design and age and those will now need to
:06:50. > :06:54.be inspected too to see if they have the similar sorts of faults. I
:06:54. > :06:58.think there's also a focus now on the sort of inspections that were
:06:58. > :07:02.done on the tunnels over the years. This is a 35-year-old tunnel and we
:07:02. > :07:06.understand now that the inspection mainly was just a visual inspection,
:07:06. > :07:10.a man going in with a flash light and having a look at the ceiling to
:07:10. > :07:13.see if it's OK. Clearly those inspections were not thorough
:07:13. > :07:18.enough because they did not pick up on the faults that led to this
:07:18. > :07:25.collapse. But aren't the companies regulate and inspected in some way
:07:25. > :07:30.themselves? Yes, of course they are. Japan's
:07:30. > :07:34.private highway network - sorry the network is privately run but it's
:07:34. > :07:36.regulate bid the transport ministry and there are regulations on how
:07:36. > :07:40.often inspections should be done and what way they should be done
:07:40. > :07:44.and indeed an inspection was carried out just two months ago. I
:07:44. > :07:47.think there will be questions asked once again about whether Japan's
:07:47. > :07:51.regulations are tough enough and whether they were carried out to
:07:51. > :07:55.the full letter of the law. Remember, of course, that there
:07:55. > :08:01.were huge questions in the investigation into the Fukushima
:08:01. > :08:03.nuclear disaster as to whether Japan's nuclear industry was also
:08:03. > :08:07.complacent and didn't really have safety systems in place for the
:08:07. > :08:10.sort of disaster that happened here last year which led to the multiple
:08:10. > :08:14.meltdowns at the nuclear power plant.
:08:14. > :08:17.Some of the best-known multinational companies like
:08:17. > :08:20.Starbucks, Google and Amazon are being accused of immorally
:08:20. > :08:24.minimising their UK tax bills by the Government spending watchdog.
:08:24. > :08:28.They are not doing anything illegal, but the UK's Public Accounts
:08:28. > :08:32.Committee says that many multinationals are exploiting the
:08:32. > :08:36.law. Here is our business correspondent, Theo Leggett.
:08:36. > :08:40.They're household names, doing business up and down the UK, but
:08:40. > :08:44.they pay very little corporation tax. Two weeks ago, bosses from
:08:44. > :08:47.Starbucks, Google and Amazon were called before the Public Accounts
:08:47. > :08:54.Committee to explain why. Why on earth do you manipulate your
:08:54. > :09:00.accounts so that you get awhich -- away with not paying corporation
:09:00. > :09:02.tax in the UK? Respectfully, I would disagree with that
:09:02. > :09:05.characterisation. We do not man it late anything... The committee
:09:05. > :09:09.decided that big firms are deliberately exploiting loopholes
:09:09. > :09:13.in the tax system, sending profits abroad or basing operations in
:09:13. > :09:18.countries with lower taxes. Margaret Hodge says that's unfair.
:09:19. > :09:22.We want a level playing field and, at the moment, the big corporations
:09:22. > :09:26.are getting an unfair advantage because they are avoiding paying
:09:26. > :09:31.corporation tax whilst the little corner coffee shop or the local
:09:31. > :09:35.book shop is being harassed by the tax authorities for their money and
:09:35. > :09:40.they're having to pay more tax than the global companies. Such pressure
:09:40. > :09:45.may be paying off. Starbucks now says it wants to rebuild public
:09:45. > :09:48.trust and it's talking to HMRC and the Treasury about its taxes. What
:09:48. > :09:52.companies like Starbucks and Amazon and Google are doing is perfectly
:09:52. > :09:54.legal, but the committee thinks the tax authorities can do more the
:09:54. > :09:58.ensure they collect every penny they can and it wants the
:09:58. > :10:04.Government to make sure that in future, if companies make profits
:10:05. > :10:07.in Britain, they pay tax here as well. The BBC's Political
:10:07. > :10:12.Correspondent says the British Government says it's determined to
:10:12. > :10:16.try and crack down on tax avoidance. It's become very political this
:10:16. > :10:19.area because it's essentially boiling down to fairness in a
:10:19. > :10:26.period of austerity. So, as we heard in that report, what these
:10:26. > :10:29.companies are doing is not illegal. They are exploiting perfectly legal
:10:29. > :10:32.loopholes. As we heard from the committee, many people find it
:10:32. > :10:36.immoral. That's why today the Government's announced more
:10:36. > :10:42.resources to clamp down on this kind of behaviour and to make sure
:10:42. > :10:45.that these companies do pay more tax. But it is a difficult area
:10:45. > :10:48.because these companies are multinationals so they are able to
:10:48. > :10:52.move their money around and it's a very grey area.
:10:52. > :10:54.We have already seen, for example, France, the Government there being
:10:55. > :10:59.criticised for being anti-business, the British Government's got to be
:10:59. > :11:04.careful, hasn't it? It has, but I think what's interesting is when
:11:04. > :11:07.you've watched ministers appear on Breakfast programmes this morning,
:11:07. > :11:10.they're often asked whether they would still buy coffee from
:11:10. > :11:15.Starbucks or whether they'll do their Christmas shopping on Amazon
:11:15. > :11:20.and you do get this sense of almost a kind of grass roots crusade going
:11:20. > :11:25.on here. I think that's why star bucks have this morning said that
:11:25. > :11:28.they will look at their tax obligations in the UK. They realise
:11:28. > :11:33.that there is a reputational damage which can be done here and why they
:11:33. > :11:37.do need to, in a sense, rebuild trust.
:11:37. > :11:41.Interesting stuff seeing how that one unfolds. You are talking Cyprus
:11:41. > :11:44.today? Indeed, eurozone Finance Ministers meeting today and they're
:11:44. > :11:48.shifting their focus with Greece firmly behind them. They are
:11:48. > :11:54.shifting focus to Cyprus now because two weeks ago, Cyprus said
:11:54. > :11:58.it had asked for a bail out, possibly as much as 17.5 billion
:11:58. > :12:03.euros, $23 billion or equivalent to the island's total annual economic
:12:03. > :12:06.output. Ministers must find out how much the Cypriot banking system
:12:06. > :12:10.particularly which was heavily exposed to Greece needs
:12:10. > :12:13.recapitalisation. Only then can they work out the size of that bail
:12:13. > :12:18.out. We've also had the latest figures
:12:18. > :12:23.on manufacturing activity in China and the euro-using countries. There
:12:23. > :12:28.are signs that China's factory bosses are feeling more positive.
:12:28. > :12:31.The manufacturing recovery gained momentum in November and HSBC's
:12:31. > :12:36.purchasing managers index, that's a survey of manufacturing bosses,
:12:36. > :12:41.rose to 50.5. Now, anything above 50 indicates activity is expanding
:12:41. > :12:48.and this was the first expansion in 13 months. Eurozone PMI figures
:12:48. > :12:51.also rose to 46.2 in November. Still below the 50 mark there.
:12:52. > :12:56.Germany's manufacturing sector shrank for the ninth straight month
:12:56. > :12:58.in November, although at a slightly slower pace than in the previous
:12:58. > :13:02.month. All the signs are that the core
:13:02. > :13:08.European economies are also likely to suffer negative GDP growth. If
:13:08. > :13:10.you look at even economies such as Germany or France which have strong
:13:10. > :13:14.domestic fundamentals, even they are starting to feel the head winds
:13:14. > :13:19.from the European debt crisis. What we'll see in the fourth quarter is
:13:19. > :13:23.negative GDP rates across much of Europe, applying to the eurozone
:13:23. > :13:29.and many European economies outside the eurozone, the UK for example
:13:29. > :13:33.could suffer a negative GDP reading. Every cloud has a silver lining and
:13:33. > :13:36.in the US the devastation wrought by Hurricane sandy's pushed up
:13:37. > :13:39.demand for new cars as those affected head to show rooms to
:13:39. > :13:43.replace damaged vehicles. November's sales figures will
:13:43. > :13:51.reflect this later when they come out this Monday. It's providing a
:13:51. > :13:57.welcome boost for the recovering US car industry. In New York's Staten
:13:57. > :14:04.Island, life after Hurricane Sandy is still a work in progress. Cars
:14:04. > :14:07.damaged by saltwater, sit as nature left them, now unsalvagable. That's
:14:07. > :14:14.where Ronnie Demarco comes in. His firm pays cash for flooded car,
:14:14. > :14:23.giving the owners its value as scrap metsal minus their towing fee
:14:24. > :14:27.-- metal. This one in particular is a 9le. -- 98. The woman loved this.
:14:27. > :14:30.People get emotional when their prized Mo petions have to go.
:14:30. > :14:36.Brooklyn, New York, this show room's been swamped with buyers
:14:37. > :14:41.replacing cars destroyed by Sandy. Sales for November are twice the
:14:41. > :14:45.normal level -- prized possessions. All my sales guys, me and myself
:14:45. > :14:50.and three other managers have been working non-stop 12 hours a day
:14:50. > :14:54.around-the-clock. Our business from what we used to do has doubled. For
:14:54. > :14:58.all the customers, we are trying to help them as much as we can. Even
:14:59. > :15:02.in the short time we have been here, a customer's come in looking to
:15:02. > :15:08.replace her car flooded during Hurricane Subpoena candy. All of
:15:08. > :15:13.this is helping to boost sales -- Hurricane Sandy. It's believed that
:15:13. > :15:17.when you factor in November's data, sales for this year could top 15
:15:17. > :15:21.million. For this month I think Hurricane Sandy is going to help
:15:21. > :15:25.drive demand higher than we'd normally see and then it's the
:15:25. > :15:29.underlying US recovery which will be a key factor as well as consumer
:15:29. > :15:33.confidence is improving and used car prices still are very high.
:15:33. > :15:39.That's pushed people into new vehicles. With more than 200 cars
:15:39. > :15:48.destroyed by superstorm Sandy, the extra demand for new vehicles may
:15:48. > :15:56.Some other stories making headlines now onus international chief
:15:56. > :16:03.executive, Tom Mocrigge will leave his role at the end of December. He
:16:03. > :16:07.replaced Rebekah Brooks, is stepping down to pursue "outside
:16:07. > :16:12.opportunities." The chairman and chief executive of news executive
:16:12. > :16:17.said that his decision was entirely his own. Singapore airlines says it
:16:18. > :16:23.is in talks to sell its 49% in Virgin Atlantic. Several news
:16:23. > :16:28.agencies reporting that Delta Airlines is the interested party.
:16:28. > :16:35.Billionaire Richard Branson holds a controlling 51% of Virgin. A
:16:35. > :16:40.partnership with Virgin would allow Delta to access the lucrative
:16:40. > :16:47.transatlantic market between the US and London. Today is the 20th
:16:47. > :16:51.anniversary of the SMS. The first one ever sent was "merry
:16:51. > :16:57.Christmas." A greeted sent by a Vodafone engineer to his colleagues.
:16:57. > :17:01.We know how popular they are. In 2010, 6.1 trillion messages were
:17:01. > :17:05.sent worldwide. Breaking that down for you it is roughly 200,000 per
:17:05. > :17:15.second. OK, let's see how European markets are doing this hour. They
:17:15. > :17:18.have been climbing all day. The FTSE hovering around the 5800 mark.
:17:18. > :17:23.Better than expected manufacturing data coming out of the eurozone.
:17:23. > :17:29.That the way business looks. Back to you. 20 years since texting -
:17:30. > :17:36.well stay with us, because the Pope is joining Twitter now to spread
:17:36. > :17:41.the gospel. The Catholic Church trying to get new followers online.
:17:41. > :17:49.Now, a small shop in Delhi University has stopped students
:17:49. > :17:53.from photo copying books after three leading publishers took it to
:17:53. > :17:58.court, Oxford and Cambridge University press and Taylor &
:17:58. > :18:02.Francis told the shop they were reproducing their books in an
:18:02. > :18:07.unauthorised manner. They are not demanding special facilities, nor
:18:07. > :18:12.are they protesting against rising fees. These students are mobilising
:18:12. > :18:18.support for this - a small photo copying facility on the campus. For
:18:18. > :18:22.years, this printing shop has been copying books for students, but now
:18:22. > :18:27.renown publishers, including Oxford and Cambridge University Presses
:18:27. > :18:34.have taken out an order banning the practise. They accuse the owner of
:18:34. > :18:39.practicing by violating laws. had such a large income would I not
:18:39. > :18:43.use it to buy copyrights directly? I charge very little. These are the
:18:43. > :18:47.cheapest rates in India. university authorities gave the
:18:47. > :18:53.shop a license to operate with fr the campus. Now they are not
:18:53. > :19:03.willing to contest the publishers in the court. If you take this book
:19:03. > :19:04.
:19:04. > :19:10.in Indian history N an order shop it would cost $22. Here a student
:19:10. > :19:15.could get copy for $2. Students and even some authors have accused the
:19:15. > :19:20.publishers of putting profit before knowledge. The pulishers say they
:19:21. > :19:25.had no option but to take legal action. As soon as we photo copy a
:19:25. > :19:31.full chapter, then you are in violation of some rule. We are
:19:31. > :19:37.asking you for a small amount to go back to the author - a small amount
:19:37. > :19:43.to go back to the publisher. But that argument has failed to
:19:43. > :19:47.convince the students here. seems as if they are presuming we
:19:47. > :19:52.should buy the entire book for like a couple of chapters, which is not
:19:52. > :19:57.practical at all. There is a huge appetite for education in India,
:19:57. > :20:07.but this pact between the publishers and the photo copy shop
:20:07. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:18.is threatening to create hurdles in This is BBC World News.
:20:18. > :20:22.The headlines for you: Britain and France summon their Israeli
:20:22. > :20:25.ambassadors to protest against plans to expand settlements in the
:20:25. > :20:31.occupied territories. Japan is conducting emergency inspections of
:20:31. > :20:36.road tunnels, following a collapse which killed nine people. Now, Pope
:20:36. > :20:41.Benedict is to start Tweeting in eight languages from a personal at
:20:41. > :20:46.next week in an effort to try and spread the message of the Roman
:20:46. > :20:52.Catholic Church. The Vatican say the first Tweets on December 12th
:20:52. > :20:57.will be to answer questions about faith. His Twitter will be @
:20:57. > :21:04.pontifex. It means "Pope" in lat tan. It is thought the 85-year-old
:21:04. > :21:10.pontiff is unlikely to Tweet himself. Apparently he prefers
:21:10. > :21:20.writing in long hand. The Vatican has always been quite
:21:20. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:27.interested in being in the Vanguard of new technology. The inventor of
:21:27. > :21:33.radio set up the first radio station for the Vatican as long ago
:21:33. > :21:39.as 1931. So, I think the Church, the Catholic Church is conscious
:21:39. > :21:42.that it's a very interesting way of propagating the gospel message to
:21:42. > :21:48.try and use social media. This is an experiment and they will see how
:21:48. > :21:52.it goes on. Do you think the Vatican will get involved in
:21:52. > :21:56.debates - many controversial debates around the Catholic Church
:21:56. > :22:02.and its policies? I am sure they will get people Tweeting about this.
:22:02. > :22:06.I am sure it will be re-Tweeted. I received my first Tweet from
:22:07. > :22:11.somebody I thought was Pope Benedict a year ago. I enquired at
:22:11. > :22:17.the Vatican whether it was true or a fake. They told me, in fact, it
:22:17. > :22:22.was a fake - it's an imposter. So there are several people who are
:22:22. > :22:29.using Twitter to even to mock the Pope, which is not very nice.
:22:29. > :22:34.We know the Pope's Twitter. We expect followers very quickly.
:22:34. > :22:39.President Morsi faces a growing rebellion from the judicial system
:22:39. > :22:44.with the court refusing to oversee a vote on the new constitution. A
:22:44. > :22:47.standoff began when the President issued decrees giving himself
:22:47. > :22:51.sweeping powers. Opposition groups are planning protests against the
:22:51. > :22:55.group tomorrow. I spoke to our correspondent in Cairo. I asked if
:22:55. > :22:59.Egyptians will see the judges as fighters for democracy or part of
:22:59. > :23:03.the old elite of the former President, Mubarak? It depends
:23:03. > :23:07.which camp you are in here of this very divided nation. Yes, there has
:23:07. > :23:13.become an alliance between the judges and the opposition, but of
:23:13. > :23:17.course in the past the judges were criticised for being people and it
:23:17. > :23:21.is true that many were appointed, if not directly by President
:23:21. > :23:25.Mubarak, certainly in the time of President Mubarak. The people who
:23:25. > :23:29.don't like the judges will say, hey, it is brave for you to stand up for
:23:29. > :23:32.your independence now, but we didn't hear so much under President
:23:32. > :23:36.Mubarak. There is suspicion about them. At the same time, I think
:23:36. > :23:39.plenty of other people think they are standing up for a principal,
:23:39. > :23:43.the principal of judicial independence, which has been
:23:43. > :23:47.tramped over, according to the opposition, by President Morsi.
:23:47. > :23:50.ordinary people, the fears of the institution being increasingly
:23:50. > :23:55.Islamist, how might that affect people in their day-to-day lives?
:23:55. > :23:58.Well, if you look at the way the constitution is written, yes, it
:23:58. > :24:02.has the same reference to Islamic principals as the whole Mubarak
:24:02. > :24:06.constitution. But there's an awful lot of stuff there in the
:24:06. > :24:10.constitution that the opponents say could be used to steer this country
:24:10. > :24:15.in a more Islamist direction. For example, the reference to family
:24:15. > :24:19.values, saying that women have got to balance their work and home life
:24:19. > :24:26.and a lack of reference to equality between men and women. All of this,
:24:26. > :24:29.it is said, is a way in which gives a shelter to encourage more
:24:29. > :24:33.Islamist legislation, more legislation pushing Islamic values
:24:33. > :24:36.in the country, and less freedoms on the country. Obviously
:24:36. > :24:40.supporters of the constitution don't agree with that. But that is
:24:40. > :24:44.the fear really. Very strong fear by the opponents of it, that this
:24:44. > :24:49.country is moving from one tyranny, if you like, to another one. And
:24:49. > :24:53.this time more ideological. North Korea is pushing ahead with
:24:53. > :24:57.plans to carry out a rocket launch later this month saying the aim is
:24:57. > :25:02.to put a satellite into space. The United States, Russia and China
:25:02. > :25:07.insist the country should stick to the ban on ballistic missile tests.
:25:07. > :25:10.Our correspondent is in South Korea. This report has come from the main
:25:10. > :25:15.news agency. It is sourced to an unnamed Government source. It is
:25:15. > :25:20.not something we can at the moment independently confirm. These are
:25:20. > :25:23.sensitive details. It usually takes a day or so before details are
:25:23. > :25:27.confirmed. Certainly this country's main news agency say they are
:25:27. > :25:32.getting reports that the first stage of North Korea's three-stage
:25:32. > :25:36.rocket has been installed on the launch pad. And the planned launch
:25:36. > :25:41.could happen as early as next Monday, is that right? It could
:25:41. > :25:48.happen as early as next Monday. They have given a window of the
:25:48. > :25:52.10th-22nd December to carry out this launch. That fall close to the
:25:52. > :25:57.South Korean Presidential elections on the 19th. It covers the period
:25:57. > :26:00.when North Korea will mark the first anniversary of their former
:26:00. > :26:04.ruler's death. A lot of events going on during that window.
:26:04. > :26:09.Although some people seem to think that if the launch is being
:26:09. > :26:19.prepared as soon as it seems to be, then North Korea may be looking to
:26:19. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:26.carry it out -- -- carry it out sooner. Barack Obama has told Led
:26:26. > :26:33.Zeppelin they still rock. He presented them with an award.
:26:33. > :26:39.Robert Plant, Jade Jones and Jimmy Page were among performers given
:26:39. > :26:44.the Kenny awards. Plant said Led Zeppelin's music had the roots in
:26:44. > :26:50.American music. To be part of Led Zeppelin, put the music and put it
:26:50. > :26:54.through the blender and develop so many styles within it, I am very,