:00:14. > :00:18.Hello. This is BBC World News. Our top stories: Pakistan's Supreme
:00:18. > :00:22.Court orders the arrest of the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf
:00:22. > :00:27.on corruption charges. France keeps up its military action
:00:27. > :00:31.against Islamist rebels in Mali after the UN backs its intervention.
:00:31. > :00:33.The European Court of Human Rights rules that a Christian woman did
:00:33. > :00:39.face religious discrimination when she was not allowed to wear a cross
:00:39. > :00:43.at work. And, it may be the most advanced
:00:43. > :00:53.fuel efficient passenger yet in the world but airlines are getting
:00:53. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:06.worried about a bumpy ride for the Hello and welcome to our new
:01:06. > :01:10.studios here in the heart of London. We are now in the BBC's new
:01:10. > :01:14.Broadcasting House and the world's newsroom. We start in Pakistan
:01:14. > :01:18.today where the Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of the Prime
:01:18. > :01:22.Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and 15 others over corruption charges.
:01:22. > :01:29.denies taking a bribe in 2010 whilst he was Minister of Water and
:01:30. > :01:33.Power. This couldn't come at a more tense time in the country. A cleric
:01:33. > :01:36.is leading protesters in the capital with demands for reforms.
:01:36. > :01:41.Our correspondent is following the story in Islamabad and was in the
:01:41. > :01:44.crowd of protesters when they found out about the arrest warrant.
:01:44. > :01:47.Certainly for the Government Pakistan's beleaguered Government,
:01:47. > :01:52.it really couldn't be worse. This case has been going on for more
:01:52. > :01:55.than a year. It involved not only the Prime Minister, Raja Pervez
:01:55. > :01:59.Ashraf, but 15 other officials. They're all accused of corruption
:01:59. > :02:03.in the establishment of power plants and this was at a time when
:02:03. > :02:07.the Prime Minister was Minister for water and power. Now the arrest
:02:07. > :02:12.order was given this morning. We were down among the demonstraters,
:02:12. > :02:15.the anti-Government protesters who have massed on the approach road to
:02:15. > :02:20.parliament. I can tell you when that news broke there was euphoria.
:02:20. > :02:25.There was wild cheering, people were jumping in the air and hugging
:02:25. > :02:28.each other. I saw men weeping and others kissing the ground. They
:02:28. > :02:33.certainly interpret this as a signal that things are going their
:02:33. > :02:35.way, even though, of course, Pakistan's Supreme Court is an
:02:35. > :02:39.independent institution. The protesters would see this as
:02:39. > :02:42.further evidence that those in Government in Pakistan are corrupt,
:02:42. > :02:45.that's their main complaint. They have been insisting that the
:02:45. > :02:49.Government should resign, not only the Government, the federal
:02:49. > :02:54.Government here in Islamabad, but also the four provincal governments.
:02:54. > :02:58.For the Government this is another trouble on another front on its own
:02:58. > :03:03.doorstep. In recent days it's been dealing with a crisis in the south-
:03:03. > :03:08.west where more than 100 Shi'ite Muslims were killed in a double
:03:08. > :03:12.bomb attack. That crisis was more or less defused, then the mass
:03:12. > :03:16.protest rally came to the capital and now we have this instruction
:03:16. > :03:20.for the Prime Minister to be arrested. Certainly analysts here
:03:20. > :03:24.see this as a worrying development as something that will provoke
:03:24. > :03:33.further instability here at a time when things are already very shaky
:03:33. > :03:43.and Pakistan's democracy is looking particularly fragile. Thank you.
:03:43. > :03:47.
:03:47. > :03:51.With me is a representative from the URDU Service. This Government
:03:51. > :03:56.has had issues with the military leadership and then with the
:03:56. > :03:59.country's judiciary. What it has demonstrated is that it has managed
:03:59. > :04:02.to last and it's barely two to three months away from the next
:04:02. > :04:05.general election. The Prime Minister will hang on until then?
:04:05. > :04:08.Even if he is arrested he can get bailed out and there's nothing that
:04:08. > :04:10.can force the Government to change the Prime Minister if the
:04:10. > :04:16.Government doesn't want to. Thousands of people are on the
:04:17. > :04:21.streets. Is the two acts that we are seeing co-ordinated or not?
:04:21. > :04:25.looks like a typical Pakistani political drama where a set of
:04:25. > :04:30.random things are kind of tend to happen at the same time and a lot
:04:30. > :04:38.is - the people gathered there are there at the call of leader who is
:04:38. > :04:47.not a political leader. He doesn't join political party. He runs
:04:47. > :04:52.religious sepl inaries. So these don't seem to be co-ordinated.
:04:52. > :04:59.obviously we have also had criticism from the Indian Prime
:04:59. > :05:03.Minister apparently today on the the Kashmir question. Elections
:05:03. > :05:07.coming up. It doesn't nothing to bring stability to this beleaguered
:05:07. > :05:09.country. A few hours ago we did get a statement from the Prime
:05:09. > :05:13.Minister's office saying he had consulted all major political
:05:13. > :05:19.leaders in the country and they all agreed that they must focus on the
:05:19. > :05:23.next elections coming up and nothing should change ash traeurily
:05:23. > :05:30.or outside the constitution and that is as stable as it goes.
:05:30. > :05:40.you very much. French air strikes have pounded
:05:40. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:44.targets in the western Mali town of Diabaly. France says the military
:05:44. > :05:48.intervention will continue for as long as necessary. These are the
:05:48. > :05:51.latest pictures from the capital which remains calm at the moment.
:05:51. > :05:54.The fighting is happening a few hundred kilometres to the north but
:05:54. > :05:58.regional military commanders are meeting in the city today to try
:05:58. > :06:01.and work out their plans for combating the threat in the north.
:06:01. > :06:06.Their operation has now renewed backing from the UN Security
:06:06. > :06:11.Council. The French President has been visiting his country's
:06:11. > :06:17.military base in Abu Dhabi where he said more troops will be sent to
:06:17. > :06:21.support operations in Mali. TRANSLATION:
:06:21. > :06:25.Last night we carried out more successful strikes and achieved our
:06:25. > :06:30.objectives. We have full confidence in the operational speed with which
:06:30. > :06:36.we will be able to hold the aggressors and terrorists first and
:06:36. > :06:44.foremost. Also, in the co-operation of African forces that still need
:06:44. > :06:49.another week or so to deploy fully to help restore Mali's ter are to
:06:49. > :06:54.kwrael spweg --'s integrity. least 19 people have been killed in
:06:54. > :06:58.a train crash in Egypt. More than 100 others were injured. It was
:06:58. > :07:03.carrying army recruits to Cairo when two carriages derailed in a
:07:03. > :07:08.suburb and collided with a goods train. Lance Armstrong has now
:07:08. > :07:12.recorded an interview to be shown on Thursday with Oprah Winfrey.
:07:12. > :07:15.It's the subject of speculation the world over. The burning question is
:07:16. > :07:20.whether or not he has admitted to taking performance-enchancing drugs
:07:20. > :07:25.during his successful career. The trial has started in Germany of a
:07:25. > :07:28.married couple charged with spying for Russia more than two decades.
:07:28. > :07:32.Prosecuters say the couple used false passports to settle in the
:07:32. > :07:35.former west Germany in the 1980s. They're alleged to have passed
:07:35. > :07:38.information initially to the Soviet Union and after the collapse of
:07:38. > :07:42.commune toeufpl Russia's intelligence service.
:07:42. > :07:46.-- Communism. A British Airways employee who says
:07:46. > :07:50.she was discriminated against at work because of her faith has won a
:07:50. > :07:53.landmark legal battle at the European Court of Human Rights. She
:07:53. > :07:58.took the airline to a tribunal after she was forced out of her job
:07:58. > :08:01.for wearing a cross in breach of company uniform codes. Her case was
:08:01. > :08:08.rejected in Britain. But today European judges have found in her
:08:08. > :08:12.favour. They ruled against three more Christians who launched
:08:12. > :08:15.similar action. There were four apelants in total, four British
:08:15. > :08:18.citizens who said that two things had happened to them, that the UK
:08:18. > :08:22.law had failed to protect their religious freedom and also that
:08:22. > :08:25.they had been discrim tphaeulted against -- discriminated against at
:08:25. > :08:31.work because they were manifesting their religious phraefs as
:08:31. > :08:34.Christians. -- beliefs. One case was upheld today. A woman was
:08:34. > :08:37.working at check-in at British Airways and had insisted on visibly
:08:37. > :08:41.wearing a cross around her neck. British Airways said this was
:08:41. > :08:45.against uniform policy and she ended up being forced out of her
:08:45. > :08:50.job. But today the European Court said that wasn't right. They said
:08:50. > :08:54.her freedom of religion had been violated, that's article nine of
:08:54. > :08:58.the convention, it said, in this case there was a balance between
:08:58. > :09:03.the right to manifest her religious belief, versus British Airways wish
:09:03. > :09:06.to project a a corporate image and according to the court British
:09:06. > :09:10.domestic courts had got that balance a little bit wrong, they
:09:10. > :09:14.had gone in favour of BA and their desire to uphold that corporate
:09:14. > :09:17.image, whereas really they should have given her the right to
:09:17. > :09:22.manifest her religious beliefs. The interesting thing about this is
:09:22. > :09:25.that one of the other apelants failed in her claims. She had been
:09:25. > :09:28.wearing her cross. She was a nurse, she had been working for 30 years
:09:28. > :09:34.in the same hospital. One day her employers said, you can't wear that
:09:34. > :09:39.cross any more. Today the European Court said that her case could not
:09:39. > :09:45.be upheld because that cross was in contravention of health and safety
:09:45. > :09:50.guidelines. Business now. Is The Dreamliner
:09:50. > :09:53.optimistically named? We are talking about the fasters
:09:53. > :09:58.selling passenger jet in the world. The reason it's the fastest selling
:09:58. > :10:04.is it's the most advanced and fuel efficient passenger jet in the
:10:04. > :10:07.world but The Dreamliner is having a bumpy ride. Japan's transport
:10:07. > :10:11.Minister said that passenger confidence in the jet is now at
:10:11. > :10:15.stake. It follows the investigations in Japan and the US
:10:15. > :10:19.after a series of incidents including a fuel leak, a fire, and
:10:19. > :10:23.a cracked cockpit window. More than 800 of those jets have been ordered
:10:23. > :10:28.by carriers around the world. I have to say airlines in Japan are
:10:29. > :10:35.by far the biggest customers. Our Tokyo customer says there's a lot
:10:35. > :10:39.at stake for Boeing. The big thing about the 787 Dreamliner is the
:10:39. > :10:44.weight. It's lighter than previous generation aircraft because it's
:10:44. > :10:48.made of a lot of lightweight materials, about 50% of the
:10:48. > :10:52.aircraft is made of carbon fibre. That means for the airlines huge
:10:52. > :10:58.savings in the long run on fuel and that means more profits for
:10:58. > :11:03.airlines, as well. The airline industry is fiercely competitive
:11:03. > :11:13.and that's the reason why there are now more than 800 of these planes
:11:13. > :11:15.
:11:15. > :11:22.on order by airlines around the world, particularly here in Japan.
:11:22. > :11:25.There is an enormous amount riding on this single model of aircraft
:11:25. > :11:29.because it is, I don't think there's been another aircraft that
:11:29. > :11:34.has initial orders of more than 800 before in the history of airline
:11:34. > :11:39.manufacturing. We will keep across that story. Some news from South
:11:39. > :11:42.Africa's mining sector. With the world's top platinum producer Anglo
:11:42. > :11:48.American Platinum. It's reorganising its business in a move
:11:48. > :11:52.that could lead to 14,000 job cuts. Most of the job losses will be in a
:11:52. > :11:59.complex which was blighted by strikes and violent clashes last
:11:59. > :12:04.year. It agreed to raise wages for staff but made some huge losses
:12:04. > :12:07.during that dispute. It's a difficult tightrope they're walking.
:12:07. > :12:11.It's a carefully worded statement. They've hinted they're going to try
:12:11. > :12:17.to reinvestigate into South Africa and create 14,000 jobs which is
:12:17. > :12:22.what they're laying off in the future. But that I think is just
:12:22. > :12:26.saying, we are still committed to the country but cannot have this
:12:26. > :12:30.volatile labour pricing we have had in the past because it makes the
:12:30. > :12:35.mines unviable for long-term capital expenditure.
:12:36. > :12:39.He was explaining that this deal sends a message to those unions.
:12:39. > :12:42.Let's talk about cars, in particular Japanese car giants,
:12:42. > :12:49.they're still hurting from the politically-driven backlash they
:12:49. > :12:53.suffered at the hands of Chinese consumers last year. Toyota and
:12:53. > :12:56.Nissan say sales to China have sunk due to that island dispute. They're
:12:56. > :13:05.hoping to come back with vengeance, particularly in the US market where
:13:05. > :13:11.they are showing their latest models at the Detroit Motor Show.
:13:11. > :13:16.Toyota showed off its vision of the next generation Corolla. It's
:13:16. > :13:20.perhaps a reflection of the company's newfound confidence which
:13:20. > :13:23.is wellplaced because there are reports that the company is once
:13:23. > :13:27.again the world's top seller. It comes after a difficult few years
:13:27. > :13:32.for the company in which it suffered recalls here in the United
:13:32. > :13:36.States, weather-related problems and a Chinese boycott of its cars
:13:36. > :13:42.because of a political dispute between the two countries. Now back
:13:42. > :13:45.here in Detroit things are looking up. The mood at toy is very
:13:45. > :13:49.positive -- at Toyota is positive. We think things are moving in a
:13:49. > :13:53.good direction from us that's driven by new products, exciting
:13:53. > :13:56.new products with new technology, great new styling from Toyota, that
:13:56. > :14:04.you probably haven't seen from us before. So we are excited about
:14:04. > :14:13.that. But nobody can afford to take it
:14:13. > :14:19.easy. Of course now it's focusing on the luxury market, and this is
:14:19. > :14:24.its latest offering. It's not been a bad year for Detroit's home grown
:14:24. > :14:28.car industry. This is generating a lot of headlines here, but it's not
:14:28. > :14:37.the only reason GM has to celebrate. Last year it enjoyed its best year
:14:37. > :14:40.of sales ever in China and it's hoping that new products like this
:14:40. > :14:45.Corvette will drive sales even higher in Asia.
:14:45. > :14:49.A sharp looking car! Let's talk about sharp, because shares in
:14:49. > :14:53.Sharp and other Apple suppliers have fallen after reports of a cut
:14:53. > :14:57.in orders for the iPhone 5. Apple has Halfsined orders for screens
:14:57. > :15:04.and other components for its latest model according to a newspaper.
:15:04. > :15:07.Shares in display panel maker Sharp dropped 7% in Tokyo trade.
:15:07. > :15:13.Keep your eyes on Facebook because it's holding a special event at its
:15:13. > :15:17.headquarters in California later today. There's speculation about
:15:17. > :15:21.what the company is going to say. Investors are hoping for something
:15:21. > :15:31.big, possibly around the mobile sector business where the company
:15:31. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:47.Instagram has seen a drop in users. The company had to move back on
:15:47. > :15:51.Copyright rules. Let's take a look at the markets. There's a lot to
:15:51. > :15:58.focus on on both sides of the Atlantic. The boss of the US
:15:58. > :16:01.Federal Reserve had a few comments, and Germany is certainly occupying.
:16:01. > :16:05.The German economy shrank in the The German economy shrank in the
:16:05. > :16:15.last three months of last year by 0.5 %. It was more than expected.
:16:15. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:21.It highlights that the eurozone mess continues to bite at Germany.
:16:21. > :16:26.The US economic recovery is at risk unless Congress can get together
:16:26. > :16:31.and agree to raise the US borrowing limit. That is still the big debate.
:16:31. > :16:35.We had the fist of Cliff, and now We had the fist of Cliff, and now
:16:35. > :16:44.we have got the fiscal fumble. I quite like the cars as well!
:16:44. > :16:50.Thank you very much. We have got gridlock coming up. We
:16:50. > :16:55.are looking for the World's worst traffic jam. We challenged our
:16:55. > :17:05.correspondence to take on the world's busiest cities. And Indians
:17:05. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:13.may have migrated to Australia Bolivia has managed to rejoin the
:17:13. > :17:16.UN's anti-drugs convention despite allowing farmers to grow coca
:17:16. > :17:19.leaves. It's a big success for the country's president, Evo Morales,
:17:19. > :17:21.who pulled out of the agreement last year saying it criminalised a
:17:21. > :17:25.traditional way of life. But several countries are very unhappy
:17:25. > :17:31.with Bolivia's return. This is now an internationally
:17:31. > :17:35.approved activity, so long as you do it in Bolivia. The country's
:17:35. > :17:41.cocoa leaf farmers spent Monday celebrating a diplomatic victory
:17:41. > :17:49.which preserves their right to grow and chew coca leaves. Thousands of
:17:49. > :17:53.them took to the streets to mark the occasion.
:17:53. > :17:58.TRANSLATION: We feel like the world has done justice for cocoa leaf
:17:58. > :18:02.producers. We feel like they had given us back our dignity and the
:18:02. > :18:06.world has recognised that we are not bad people.
:18:06. > :18:11.The marchers sang the praises of a clever piece of diplomacy. Last
:18:11. > :18:15.year, Bolivia pulled out of the Convention on Narcotic drugs. The
:18:16. > :18:18.agreement banned production of opium, heroin, cannabis and cocaine
:18:18. > :18:23.was that the government said it would rejoin on one condition -
:18:23. > :18:27.that it would not ban coca leaf production. The US and some
:18:27. > :18:32.European countries objective, but they did not have enough votes to
:18:32. > :18:38.stop Olivia's return. However, the government says it will still be
:18:38. > :18:42.tough on the production and trafficking of cocaine.
:18:42. > :18:46.TRANSLATION: With radar on the borders, we can reduce drug
:18:46. > :18:50.trafficking significantly, even if we cut to eradicate it. That way,
:18:50. > :18:53.processing chemicals don't come in. Cocaine doesn't go out. Bolivia
:18:53. > :19:01.would no longer be a transit country.
:19:01. > :19:09.I out in the Andes, presidents have long treed -- chewed coca leaves to
:19:09. > :19:19.combat outages sickness. The country's commitments to the anti-
:19:19. > :19:20.
:19:20. > :19:23.narcotics cause is about to face its toughest test.
:19:23. > :19:25.Coca-Cola has launched an advert addressing obesity for the first
:19:25. > :19:27.time on television. The two-minute commercial highlights the firm's
:19:27. > :19:30.record of making low-calorie drinks and reminds viewers all foods
:19:30. > :19:40.contain calories. The ad, which aired on US cable networks on
:19:40. > :19:54.
:19:54. > :19:56.Monday, follows mounting pressure Pakistani security forces clash
:19:56. > :20:02.with anti-corruption demonstrators trying to approach the parliament
:20:02. > :20:04.building in Islamabad. The UN Security Council has given
:20:04. > :20:14.its backing to France's military intervention against Islamist
:20:14. > :20:18.fighters in Mali. At some point Micra, you will have
:20:18. > :20:23.been stuck in traffic. As part of our series, we send some
:20:23. > :20:27.correspondence out to see how far they could get in one hour. Today,
:20:27. > :20:37.our correspondent takes on another in Paris for the gridlocked a World
:20:37. > :20:45.
:20:46. > :20:50.Right now, we are on Lagos mainland, trying to get across the city. This
:20:50. > :20:54.is the business district. It is usually quite a task because of the
:20:54. > :20:58.numbers of cars, the numbers of vehicles moving across the city.
:20:58. > :21:05.Not just that, but the road networks don't seem to be able to
:21:05. > :21:09.handle the volume of traffic. The challenge is to drier 14
:21:09. > :21:16.kilometres from this part of north- east Paris, through the rush-hour
:21:16. > :21:23.traffic, to the town hall. -- to drive 14 commanders.
:21:23. > :21:30.Sadly, the daily commute is no such picture postcards. Parisians live
:21:30. > :21:38.beyond the outer ring road, which is interminable. Most mornings, it
:21:38. > :21:42.is solid. It appears there is a problem ahead.
:21:42. > :21:49.Everybody seems to be going off the road. This is typical in Lagos. OK,
:21:49. > :21:55.I think there's and accident ahead. Once I had escaped the purgatory,
:21:55. > :21:57.it was in a city paradise. Not bad for the first day of the sales.
:21:57. > :22:04.Although it was not all plain sailing.
:22:04. > :22:14.Come on, come on, come on! We have just joined the road. You can hear
:22:14. > :22:15.
:22:15. > :22:21.the furious hooting going on. We are on another stretch of road,
:22:21. > :22:31.approaching more traffic. Of course, there's always the push
:22:31. > :22:32.
:22:32. > :22:38.by, and in Paris, the public bike. It is the Republic. And, yes,
:22:38. > :22:48.infuriatingly quicker. -- it is popular. In the end, we took 47
:22:48. > :22:51.
:22:51. > :22:56.It has been a tiring hour. But it is over now and we have travelled a
:22:57. > :23:03.total of 9.3 kilometres. So, with the time to spare for a
:23:03. > :23:13.pit stop, we were off again, to the Arc de trilled, for a dizzying lap
:23:13. > :23:27.
:23:27. > :23:37.In Lagos, they got 9.3 kilometres. Alas there in LA is in the lead,
:23:37. > :23:46.
:23:46. > :23:50.Our final challenge tomorrow sees In Australia, the children are
:23:50. > :23:53.taught that the Aborigines lived in isolation. That has now been
:23:53. > :23:58.challenged by a research suggesting that Indians reached the Continent
:23:58. > :24:02.long before. A study of Aboriginal DNA suggests that Australia
:24:02. > :24:06.experienced a wave of migration from India 4,000 years ago.
:24:06. > :24:16.Scientists think the new inhabitants port advance Stentor,
:24:16. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:22.and perhaps even dogs. -- brought advanced stones. I was just saying
:24:22. > :24:26.that my family are from South India, the ancient Indians. There has long
:24:26. > :24:30.been talk of a link to the Aborigines. How extensive is this
:24:30. > :24:34.research? It is interesting. There have been
:24:34. > :24:43.some hints that other people came into Australia to kind off up this
:24:43. > :24:47.eclectic mix of jeans with in the Aborigines. But until this study,
:24:47. > :24:51.it has not been proven. This was about 40,000 years ago. The first
:24:52. > :24:57.humans migrated from Africa and somehow made this amazing journey
:24:57. > :25:01.to Australia. But then scientists think, well, nobody else came in
:25:01. > :25:06.for tens of thousands of years until the first Europeans. What the
:25:06. > :25:10.study shows is that was not the case. In fact, about 4,000 years
:25:10. > :25:15.ago, a second wave of migration reached Australia. That was from
:25:15. > :25:19.India. And they brought all sorts of
:25:19. > :25:23.developments? That is right. They have used genetic technology to
:25:23. > :25:26.date back to the period that the Indians arrived. When they look at
:25:26. > :25:31.the archaeological record and the fossil record, they can see which
:25:31. > :25:36.are things turned up at about the same time. One of these things were
:25:37. > :25:39.quite intricate stone cutting tools. The scientists suspect that the
:25:39. > :25:43.people of right and the Indian sub- continent port those along. The
:25:44. > :25:47.interesting thing is they might have brought some animals. The
:25:47. > :25:52.dingo is the most Australian of all the animals. But now they think it
:25:52. > :25:57.is likely that wild dogs, the ancestors of dingoes, were brought
:25:57. > :26:01.by the Indians. I have not had that before! You can
:26:01. > :26:11.sometimes see a facial resemblance between the dreaded in Indians and
:26:11. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:20.the Aborigines. -- the Indians. It paints a picture of how our
:26:20. > :26:24.ancestors moved around the world. They compared Aboriginal DNA with
:26:24. > :26:31.genetic material from people from other parts of the world. What they
:26:31. > :26:35.found was that the DNA of the Aborigines and Indians mingled
:26:35. > :26:38.around 4,000 years ago. It is amazing how they can date it back
:26:38. > :26:42.in this way. Using this technique, they are finding all sorts of
:26:42. > :26:46.interesting things about how our ancient in -- ancestors moved
:26:47. > :26:52.around. It is fascinating. The question is