:00:12. > :00:15.$:/STARTFEED. Hello. This is BBC World News. Our top
:00:15. > :00:19.stories: The first prosecution witness has been giving evidence in
:00:19. > :00:23.the trial of five men accused of raping and killing a medical
:00:23. > :00:27.student in Delhi. A five-year-old boy is rescued after being held
:00:27. > :00:32.hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in the US state
:00:32. > :00:37.of Alabama. The US Government says it will sue
:00:37. > :00:43.credit rating agency Standard & Poor for its part in the global
:00:43. > :00:53.financial crisis. And fans are warming up for the final stages of
:00:53. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:09.$:/STARTFEED. The trial of five men accused of the gang rape and murder
:01:09. > :01:13.of a young woman in Delhi has begun hearing from the first of 80
:01:13. > :01:16.prosecution witnesses. The case has been fast-tracked following a
:01:16. > :01:21.national outcry in India about the treatment of women. Key testimony
:01:21. > :01:25.will come from the victim's male friend who was with her when she
:01:25. > :01:30.was attacked. She arrived in court in a wheelchair. All five
:01:30. > :01:40.defendants have pleaded not guilty, the sixth is too young to be tried
:01:40. > :01:47.
:01:48. > :01:52.in an adult court. Our The first person to take the stand
:01:52. > :01:57.was the friend of the victim. His testimony is critical. It was him
:01:57. > :02:01.who provided the early statements to the police, based on which they
:02:01. > :02:06.arrested the five men now being tried for her rape and murder. 13
:02:07. > :02:11.charges in all, including gang rape, murder, destruction of evidence and
:02:11. > :02:15.criminal conspiracy. Now, several other witnesses will take the stand
:02:15. > :02:19.in the days to come, including key police officers who were at the
:02:19. > :02:24.scene of the crime, forensic experts, as well as doctors who
:02:24. > :02:29.treated the woman here in Delhi and Singapore in a last-ditch attempt
:02:29. > :02:34.to save her life. This comes against the background of many
:02:34. > :02:40.protests and also the Government trying to respond by changing the
:02:40. > :02:45.law but still complaints that not enough is being done? That's right.
:02:45. > :02:49.Ever since the attack, especially after the woman died of her
:02:49. > :02:55.injuries two weeks after she was assaulted on board the bus here in
:02:55. > :02:59.Delhi, we have had massive, massive reaction in the way of protests
:02:59. > :03:02.taking place, not just from activists, but many normal people
:03:03. > :03:07.taking to the streets very angry at what happened, not just seeking
:03:07. > :03:11.justice in this case, but as you rightly pointed out, focusing on
:03:11. > :03:14.how women in India are treated. Over the weekend, the Government
:03:14. > :03:20.passed a new anti-rape law signed by the President which means it's
:03:20. > :03:27.already come into fef ect. Under this law, anyone convicted of gang
:03:27. > :03:31.rape or rape ago minor will face a minimum punishment of prison and in
:03:31. > :03:36.extreme cases... FBI agents have stormed an
:03:36. > :03:40.underground bunker in Alabama finally putting an end to a six-day
:03:40. > :03:48.stand-off in which a Vietnam War veteran's been holding a five-year-
:03:48. > :03:53.old boy hostage. Jimmy Lee Dykes kidnapped the boy, known as Ethan.
:03:53. > :03:59.He took the child to an underground bunker at his home after shooting
:03:59. > :04:03.the bus driver dead. Negotiations deteriorated. Law enforcement
:04:03. > :04:07.officers stormed the bunker, rescuing the boy and killing his
:04:07. > :04:13.attacker in the process. Jane Little has the details.
:04:13. > :04:17.A seven-day stand-off came to an abrupt end when the FBI stormed an
:04:17. > :04:23.underground bunker here in rural Alabama. Officers raided the bunker
:04:23. > :04:27.and rescued the boy within seconds after negotiations with his captor,
:04:27. > :04:32.Jimmy Lee Dykes broke down. Dykes was confirmed dead though no
:04:32. > :04:37.details were given. The boy, known only as Ethan, was described as
:04:37. > :04:41.physically unharmed and was taken to a local hospital.
:04:41. > :04:45.Ethan's ordeal began last Tuesday when Dykes boarded his school bus
:04:45. > :04:51.and demanded two boys between the ages of six and eight.
:04:51. > :04:55.The driver, chuck Poland, blocked his path and was shot dead. Dykes
:04:55. > :05:00.then grabbed Ethan. The 65-year-old Vietnam veteran was
:05:00. > :05:05.described by neighbours as an angry man who patrolled his property with
:05:05. > :05:08.a gun. He was facing a court case for threatening neighbours and was
:05:08. > :05:13.said by one to have Bean beaten her dog to death.
:05:13. > :05:18.During the siege, negotiators kept talking to Dykes and he allowed
:05:18. > :05:21.them to pass toys, food and medicine through a ventilation pipe.
:05:21. > :05:26.Ethan is said to have Asperger's Syndrome.
:05:26. > :05:32.Over the past 24 hours, our communications with the subject had
:05:32. > :05:36.deteriorated and we were certainly concerned for the safety of the
:05:36. > :05:43.child. I can tell you that I've been to the hospital, I have
:05:43. > :05:47.visited with Ethan. He's doing fine. He's laughing, joking, playing,
:05:48. > :05:55.eating. The things that you would expect a normal five or six-year-
:05:55. > :06:01.old young man to do. Vigils were held each day at night
:06:02. > :06:05.for him. Birthday cards were made for him, it's iz sixth birthday on
:06:05. > :06:10.Wednesday and now there is cause for celebration -- his sixth
:06:10. > :06:13.birthday on Wednesday. The US Government plans to sue the
:06:13. > :06:17.influential ratings agency Standard & Poors over the credit crunch five
:06:17. > :06:20.years ago. It's accusing the highly respected financial institution of
:06:20. > :06:24.avoiding triple-A status to mortgage bonds which it knew
:06:24. > :06:30.weren't a safe investment. The credit crunch and subsequent
:06:30. > :06:34.financial downturn were triggered by a crisis in so-called subprime
:06:34. > :06:37.mortgages. Stocks in credit ratings agencies
:06:37. > :06:42.plunged following the news that the US Government intends to take
:06:42. > :06:45.action against one of them. For the first time since the 2008 financial
:06:45. > :06:49.crisis. The key function of ratings
:06:49. > :06:54.agencies is to assess the credit worthiness of bonds so that
:06:54. > :06:59.investors know where it's safe to put their money. But the US Justice
:06:59. > :07:05.Department alleges that Standard & Poors improperly gave high ratings
:07:05. > :07:10.to some mortgage-backed securities. They then plunged in value, helping
:07:10. > :07:13.trigger the 2008 financial crash and the global economic problems
:07:13. > :07:18.that followed. Standard & Poor say they regret some of their ratings
:07:18. > :07:22.failed to meet the conditions in the mortgage market during that
:07:22. > :07:25.tumultuous time but that a Department of Justice lawsuit would
:07:26. > :07:28.be entirely without factual or legal merit.
:07:28. > :07:32.The lawsuit would bring civil, rather than criminal charges,
:07:32. > :07:37.against the agency, but if eventually found guilty, Standard &
:07:38. > :07:42.Poors could face fines and limits on how it does business.
:07:42. > :07:48.It's unclear why regulators are focusing on Standard & Poor's, but
:07:48. > :07:54.this case could set a precedent of Government action against other
:07:55. > :07:58.major Wall Street players. Bangladesh's real jous party says
:07:58. > :08:05.it will protest against a tribunal which convicted one of its leaders
:08:05. > :08:10.of war crimes. Abdul Quader Mollah was jailed for atrocities carried
:08:10. > :08:18.with the Pakistani Army more than 40 years ago. His party, Jamaat-e-
:08:18. > :08:21.Islami, says the party is politically motivated.
:08:21. > :08:25.Our correspondent is in Dhaka where he's been following the case. The
:08:25. > :08:30.international crimes trubyuenl set up by the Bangladesh government has
:08:30. > :08:34.found Mr Abdul Quader Mollah, the senior leader of the Jamaat-e-
:08:34. > :08:41.Islami, guilty of mass murder. He's been sentenced to life in prison
:08:41. > :08:46.for the crimes he committed in 1971. The courtroom was packed with
:08:46. > :08:51.observers, lawyers and media, as the judge read out the verdict. Mr
:08:51. > :08:56.Abdul Quader Mollah shouted slogans against the judge as and when the
:08:57. > :09:00.judgment was read out. This trial's divided the nation. The main
:09:00. > :09:04.opposition Nationalist Party describes this as a short trial and
:09:04. > :09:07.the ruling party was carrying out political - however, the Government
:09:07. > :09:12.says there are many families in Bangladesh who want answers for
:09:12. > :09:17.what really happened in 1971. Official estimates say more than
:09:17. > :09:21.three million people were killed during the war. That's why the
:09:21. > :09:26.Government here set up this International Crimes Tribunal in
:09:26. > :09:30.2010 to try those Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with
:09:30. > :09:34.Pakistani forces and carrying out atrocities. The supporters of
:09:34. > :09:39.Jamaat-e-Islami have been holding violent protests for the last few
:09:39. > :09:44.months, demanding the release of the leaders and also they warn that
:09:44. > :09:47.the trial could be stopped as more witnesses are expected in the
:09:47. > :09:52.coming months, there is concern that it could lead to more violence.
:09:52. > :09:56.Stay with us. Coming up on BBC World News. Smile for the camera.
:09:56. > :10:03.We will report from the Oscar nominees traditional lunch in
:10:03. > :10:08.Beverly Hills two weeks before the big night.
:10:08. > :10:12.Now, they were branded Ireland's fallen women from single mothers to
:10:12. > :10:18.victims of abuse. Thousands were sent to wash away their sins in
:10:18. > :10:22.institutions run by nuns. The Magdalene Laundrys claim to have
:10:22. > :10:27.been been helping troubled girls, instead they were forced to work
:10:27. > :10:30.without pay and held without their consent. An official report reveals
:10:30. > :10:35.how much successive Irish Governments knew. This report from
:10:35. > :10:41.Dublin. This is how life in the magistrate la din Laundrys was
:10:41. > :10:46.presented to the outside world -- Magdalene laundry. The reality was
:10:46. > :10:50.different. Some fell pregnant, often through abuse, others were
:10:50. > :10:54.simply recruited for their labour. Everyone was taken from me, my name,
:10:54. > :10:58.my rights as a child to play with other children outside, my rights
:10:58. > :11:02.to communicate with others. forgotten corners of Irish
:11:02. > :11:07.cemeteries lay the few memorials to the thousands of women who lived,
:11:07. > :11:11.worked and often died in the labour laundrys of Ireland. They were
:11:11. > :11:15.nicknamed the Magdalenes, often portrayed as prostitutes, when in
:11:15. > :11:20.reality they were anything but. Patricia's sister-in-law was never
:11:20. > :11:28.told why she was taken. She was effectively kidnapped in so far as
:11:29. > :11:31.she was driven by a policeman under false pretences to do 20 years of
:11:32. > :11:39.effective slavery and incarceration. The report will concentrate on what
:11:39. > :11:42.the authorities knew about what was really happening. The state was
:11:42. > :11:47.involved in numerous respects. They were not only sending in girls and
:11:47. > :11:55.women through the courts, through mother and baby homes, they were
:11:55. > :11:59.also ignoring the fact that these women were kept, there was no
:11:59. > :12:04.follow-up to see if they were released. Vital to the victims is
:12:04. > :12:14.recognition that they didn't deserve to be imprisoned.
:12:14. > :12:22.Members of Cambodia's Royal Family have scattered the ashes of the
:12:22. > :12:25.late person who died. It was his cremation in Phnom Penh yesterday -
:12:26. > :12:31.- King Norodom Sihanouk. The former King, a towering President during
:12:31. > :12:41.the six decades of his nation's history died of a heart attack at
:12:41. > :12:43.
:12:43. > :12:47.the age of 89 in Beijing in October This is BBC World News. The latest
:12:47. > :12:52.headlines for you: The first prosecution witness has
:12:52. > :12:57.started to give evidence in the trial of five men accused of raping
:12:57. > :13:00.and killing a medical student on a bus in Delhi. A five-year-old boy
:13:00. > :13:04.held hostage for a week has been freed unharmed after police killed
:13:04. > :13:09.his captor in the US state of Alabama.
:13:09. > :13:16.Now, British mms gets their first chance to vote later today on
:13:16. > :13:21.whether to legalise gay marriage. - - British MPs. Reports suggest more
:13:21. > :13:24.than 100 of David Cameron's MPs are opposed to it that they may vote
:13:24. > :13:28.against. Now to Paris, because there's been issues there, protests
:13:28. > :13:34.for and against new legislation on the same subject. First of all the
:13:34. > :13:44.debate closer to home with our Political Correspondent, nay Joe
:13:44. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:51.mist grimly. -- Mayo mist Grimley. The -- Naomi
:13:51. > :13:54.Grimley. It's thought when this vote takes place, as many as 100
:13:54. > :13:59.MPs from David Cameron's Conservative Party might rebel
:13:59. > :14:02.against his wishes. That's because they're traditionalists and believe
:14:02. > :14:06.that marriage should, strictly speaking, be between a man and a
:14:06. > :14:10.woman. They don't buy David Cameron's argument that extending
:14:11. > :14:18.it to all couples would help stabilise society.
:14:18. > :14:24.Hugh sew field in Paris, we have seen people on the streets of Paris
:14:24. > :14:28.-- Schofield. On this issue, how widely is this felt to be of real
:14:28. > :14:33.concern? It's a very devisive issue and the fact that we are in the
:14:33. > :14:38.middled of a marathon two weeks of debates in Parliament with special
:14:38. > :14:42.weekend sittings and late-night sits and very venomous language
:14:42. > :14:46.from both sides in the chamber shows how devisive and sensitive
:14:46. > :14:48.the issue is. There are some differences with Britain, but
:14:48. > :14:52.broadly it's a similar kind of debate which divides the country
:14:52. > :14:56.down the middle. The differences are that in Britain you have a
:14:56. > :15:00.split in the Conservative Party but here in France, it's pretty much a
:15:00. > :15:04.left-right ding dong, the left and ruling left are behind the measure
:15:04. > :15:09.to extend marriage to gays and adoption rights to gays and broadly
:15:09. > :15:12.speaking, the centre right is against it. In Parliament, we'll
:15:12. > :15:17.seek a very, very bitter Parliamentary battle going ahead
:15:17. > :15:21.last week and lasting for another week to come -- see a very, very
:15:21. > :15:24.bitter Parliamentary battle. this believed to be a moral
:15:24. > :15:29.principle or is this politics because David Cameron's trying to
:15:29. > :15:32.position to reformers who want to take on the right-wing of his own
:15:32. > :15:37.party? He's inCesc tent that he believes this in his heart of
:15:37. > :15:41.hearts and he says that it's a moral issue about modern equality.
:15:41. > :15:47.Of course, it does help him as well because he's always tried to define
:15:47. > :15:52.himself as a moderniser in a traditional party. So he believes
:15:52. > :15:57.he can afford to have this row with his own MPs because he believes
:15:57. > :16:01.that in future, the British public just won't worry about this, indeed
:16:01. > :16:04.the polls suggest that broadly people are in favour. Here in
:16:04. > :16:09.France, is there a sense that the changes are going to come at some
:16:09. > :16:19.point down the track? We have seen the debate in other parts of the
:16:19. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:26.People look back at the movement for civil partnership which is
:16:26. > :16:30.started in France 15 years ago. They happened and there was not a
:16:30. > :16:36.huge social crisis afterwards. The centre-right, the opposition, would
:16:36. > :16:39.say at some point you have to say too much. We are tankering with
:16:39. > :16:44.ancient institutions and it is dangerous. The centre-right would
:16:44. > :16:48.also argue there is a certain degree of deception in what the
:16:48. > :16:53.Government is doing, because there's been removed from this Bill
:16:53. > :17:02.other aspects far more controversial, such as the right
:17:02. > :17:07.for assisted child driverry, sperm donors and they will say there'll
:17:07. > :17:11.be these other step which is are not included in the Bill for
:17:11. > :17:14.political reasons. Thank you both very much indeed.
:17:14. > :17:16.A week after the horrific fire which killed 237 people in Brazil,
:17:16. > :17:20.the university where most of them studied has reopened. Santa Maria
:17:20. > :17:29.University says it will now build a memorial to those who died in the
:17:29. > :17:34.fire at a local nightclub. Alpa Patel reports. Most walked in
:17:34. > :17:39.silence. Some carried signs. All grieving for the friends they have
:17:39. > :17:45.lost. The first day back was never going to be easy. Most of those
:17:45. > :17:49.killed in the fire over a week ago were students from this university.
:17:49. > :17:54.This mother of a university student says they are crying, they are too
:17:54. > :17:58.young to be hurting. As they gathered in prayer they remembered
:17:58. > :18:03.their friends. One professor here lost more than 15 students from his
:18:03. > :18:09.class. TRANSLATION: It is a semester which will end in a very
:18:09. > :18:12.unusual way. We will have to work very hard at being flexible and
:18:12. > :18:15.introduce alternative activities so we can remember the people that
:18:15. > :18:19.passed away in a positive way, and what they represented to the
:18:19. > :18:26.university with their dreams for the future and their willingness to
:18:26. > :18:31.grow. The blaze was one of the deadliest in Brazil's history. And
:18:31. > :18:35.it has brought the safety of public buildings into sharp focus.
:18:35. > :18:39.Hundreds of places have been temporarily closed for not
:18:39. > :18:45.complying with safety rules. Brazil is working hard to restore
:18:45. > :18:49.confidence. But it seems the damage caused by this fire may take some
:18:49. > :18:52.time to repair. To football now, and preparations
:18:52. > :18:54.are getting under way for the semifinals of the Africa Cup of
:18:54. > :18:57.Nations on Wednesday. Focus on Africa's Peter Okwoche has been to
:18:57. > :19:07.Durban's beach zone to find out what Mali fans think of their
:19:07. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:16.forthcoming match against Nigeria. Out, out, in. We all thought Ghana
:19:17. > :19:23.would make the semifinals. There are two other teams still in it.
:19:23. > :19:29.Mali the third best team in Africa, and my side, Nigeria. There is an
:19:29. > :19:37.old saying that says know thine enemy. I'm about to meet some Mali
:19:37. > :19:45.fans to find out what they are all about.
:19:45. > :19:50.It is nice to see the competition still alive and well.
:19:50. > :20:00.I knew they would be here. It's the Mali fans chilling on the beach.
:20:00. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:09.You guys had better pack your bags and go home. My friend, do you
:20:09. > :20:19.honestly believe that the Eagles of Mali can defeat the Eagles of
:20:19. > :20:26.
:20:26. > :20:30.Nigeria? We can beat them, we can wipe them 3-06789 my friend, I
:20:30. > :20:40.think you are wasting your time in South Africa. We shall see on
:20:40. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:47.Wednesday, good luck. Bon chance. Those guys are clearly nuts and
:20:47. > :20:51.have no idea what they are talking about, but before I meet them again
:20:51. > :20:54.at the semifinals I have to head across town for one final piece of
:20:54. > :20:58.business. One of the problems that the organisers of this competition
:20:58. > :21:07.have faced is the state of the pitchs. Some of them are truery
:21:07. > :21:12.awful, so I'm here at the moetzs Stadium to -- Moetzs Stadium to --
:21:12. > :21:19.Moses stadium to find out what the pitch is like. I'm a man in a hurry
:21:19. > :21:28.and the guys have told me this is the best way to inspect the pitch.
:21:28. > :21:33.3, 2, 1 go! No, don't let anyone tell thaw that was me screaming up
:21:33. > :21:39.there. One thing I can tell you is that that pitch is in top shape.
:21:39. > :21:43.Bring it on! Peter Okwoche there completely unbiased and we hope he
:21:43. > :21:45.enjoys the party! It may sound like something from a
:21:45. > :21:48.science fiction novel, but scientists have succeeded in
:21:48. > :21:50.building a bionic man, and it turns out he was considerably cheaper
:21:50. > :21:53.than $6 million. Complete with working organs, synthetic blood and
:21:53. > :22:00.functioning limbs, he'll go on display this week at the Science
:22:00. > :22:09.Museum in London. Our reporter, John Maguire, has been to meet him.
:22:09. > :22:13.The Bionic Man, build cost around $1 billion. We reckon he is the $1
:22:13. > :22:20.billion Dollar Man. His artificial heart is pumping the artificial
:22:20. > :22:27.blood all around his system. Some of these medical organs are ufpltd
:22:27. > :22:31.some of them are going through clinical trials. We have a lung, a
:22:31. > :22:36.pancreas and artificial limbs, all put together as part of a special
:22:36. > :22:40.project. Rich Walker is the robotics man. You've drawn these
:22:40. > :22:45.elements together. How significant is he? We found this project really
:22:45. > :22:50.significant. When we started, we had no idea just how close we had
:22:50. > :22:54.got to rebuilding a human being and being able to pick and choose
:22:54. > :22:58.between the body parts available to put together something just like a
:22:58. > :23:01.human was really a powerful experience for us. We've been
:23:01. > :23:06.saying it is a little light science fiction, but some of this equipment,
:23:06. > :23:11.the limbs most obviously, are in use right now? Yes, some of these
:23:11. > :23:15.parts are on people who are walking around because of these parts. The
:23:15. > :23:22.artificial retina is in use throughout the world. From the
:23:22. > :23:26.state of the art in robotics and medicine we've given this amazing
:23:26. > :23:30.hybrid. Professor From the University College London, this is
:23:30. > :23:36.your bit here I think. Describe to us the elements that you've worked
:23:36. > :23:40.on, and with your elements they've been used? We made the trachea and
:23:40. > :23:49.we put it in the patient. The patient is now about 18 months
:23:49. > :23:55.alive, healthy, in Iceland. And we made our synthetic material. We put
:23:55. > :24:00.them together. Also we make arteries for hearts. We make
:24:00. > :24:10.arteries for legs and so on. They are going for clinical trial in six
:24:10. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:15.months' time. And we make also the ureter and the plaider here. -- and
:24:15. > :24:21.the bladder here. You are used to working on some of those organs in
:24:21. > :24:30.isolation. What's it like to see the components asemled in this
:24:30. > :24:35.replica? -- assembled in this replica? The hands and arms and
:24:35. > :24:40.face together and I was putting everything inside together. It was
:24:40. > :24:43.really exciting not just for me and my research team, but to look at
:24:43. > :24:47.all these different organs coming from different countries. He to
:24:48. > :24:56.test it and put them together. Incredible.
:24:56. > :24:59.They are all live and kiblging in Hollywood. -- kicking.
:24:59. > :25:02.The Hollywood awards season is in full swing, and this year's Oscar
:25:02. > :25:05.hopefuls gathered in Beverly Hills for one of the movie industry's
:25:05. > :25:08.traditional set pieces - the nominees' luncheon. It's an annual
:25:08. > :25:10.ritual that gives the stars a break from the serious business of
:25:10. > :25:13.competing. Peter Bowes reports. The ultimate power lunch. More than
:25:13. > :25:22.160 Oscar nominees enjoying their moment in the spotlight and a class
:25:22. > :25:27.photo. Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally
:25:27. > :25:31.Field leads the pack with 12 nominations. Alongside the veterans,
:25:31. > :25:35.nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis. She's the youngest ever nominee for
:25:35. > :25:45.Best Actress. I'm happy and excited but it is something that you never
:25:45. > :25:50.think will happen at your age. a science fantasy adventure...
:25:50. > :25:57.Affleck's Argo is favourite. He says he is just happy to be at the
:25:57. > :26:06.party as a producer. I don't get into worrying too much about who
:26:06. > :26:12.got wide and who got wide - and who didn't get wide. I've had many
:26:12. > :26:17.years watching at home. Most girls dream about their wedding dress but
:26:17. > :26:21.I always dream about the Oscar dress. This year I thought, suck it
:26:21. > :26:26.up, wear a corset. I'm going for fashion this time. At this stage in
:26:26. > :26:29.the Oscars race, all the nominees are treated like winners. But
:26:29. > :26:33.there's still two weeks of campaigning to go before these guys
:26:33. > :26:39.are handed out on Hollywood's biggest night.
:26:39. > :26:47.I want to show you pictures from the Antarctic. A brand-new British
:26:47. > :26:52.research station has opened today, 100 years after Captain Scott's