:00:16. > :00:21.Hello. I am Tim Wilcox with BBC World News. Our top stories:
:00:21. > :00:23.In an hour, the magistrate will decide whether Oscar Pistorius gets
:00:23. > :00:26.bail. Tension in the West Bank as
:00:26. > :00:29.protesters gather to call for the release of four prisoners who are
:00:29. > :00:31.on hunger strike. Almost 8,000 people died in Haiti's
:00:31. > :00:33.cholera outbreak. Now the UN refuses to compensate victims
:00:33. > :00:36.despite evidence it began at a peacekeeping base.
:00:36. > :00:46.And Australia's men's relay squad admits using a sedative banned by
:00:46. > :00:48.
:00:48. > :00:53.their national Olympic committee before the London Games. I have a
:00:53. > :01:03.lot of regrets, but I don't feel it affected my performance, and my
:01:03. > :01:09.
:01:09. > :01:12.preparations continued on as per Hello.
:01:12. > :01:15.A decision on whether to free the Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius
:01:15. > :01:19.on bail is expected an hour from now. The prosecution and defence
:01:19. > :01:22.teams have wrapped up their final arguments at a court in Pretoria.
:01:22. > :01:25.It's now up to a magistrate to decide whether there's any risk in
:01:25. > :01:27.letting the athlete free before his trial begins. Pistorius is accused
:01:27. > :01:36.of premeditated murder over the death of his girlfriend Reeva
:01:37. > :01:39.Steenkamp. He denies the charge and says he mistook her for an intruder.
:01:39. > :01:47.We should warn you that Richard Galpin's report contains flash
:01:47. > :01:50.photography. Oscar Pistorius being brought once
:01:50. > :02:00.again to the court from the police station in Pretoria, where he's
:02:00. > :02:03.been held now for more than a week. This time, though, a decision is
:02:03. > :02:10.expected on whether he'll be allowed out on bail or kept in
:02:10. > :02:13.custody for months before the full trial starts. The court heard more
:02:13. > :02:18.arguments from prosecutors that Pistorius should be kept in custody
:02:18. > :02:23.because of the degree of violence in this case and because, they say,
:02:23. > :02:28.Pistorius might try to flee. The shooting took place in his home in
:02:28. > :02:33.the early hours of Valentine's Day. Prosecutors allege Pistorius got
:02:33. > :02:38.out of his bed and shot through the door of the toilet, knowing his
:02:38. > :02:44.girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was in there. But his defence lawyers say
:02:44. > :02:48.he thought a burglar had broken into the house and was inside.
:02:48. > :02:54.Throughout this week, members of Pistorius' family have come to
:02:54. > :02:59.court to support him. Today, his coach was also here, hoping
:02:59. > :03:05.Pistorius will be granted bail. he gets bail, I believe he must get
:03:05. > :03:11.- or will get - is that - give him space with the family, close family,
:03:11. > :03:16.and that's it. I know the people, they mean good, but you must give
:03:16. > :03:23.him space. Oscar Pistorius should find out if he'll get bail or not
:03:23. > :03:29.in the next couple of hours. For the very latest on the case,
:03:29. > :03:38.our correspondent Andrew Harding is in court C at that magistrate's
:03:38. > :03:42.court in Pretoria. You can follow him on Twitter. That's @BBCAndrewH.
:03:43. > :03:47.Much more on the website, of course. That is bbc.co.uk/news. Stay with
:03:47. > :03:51.us. You're watching BBC World News for that decision which we expect
:03:51. > :03:54.in just under an hour's time. A crowd of Palestinian protestors
:03:54. > :03:57.is gathering for a second day outside a prison in Ramallah, where
:03:57. > :03:59.four inmates are staging a hunger strike. Tension is already high
:03:59. > :04:04.following clashes yesterday with the Israeli security service in
:04:05. > :04:10.which more than 60 people were injured. These are the pictures
:04:10. > :04:15.live from the West Bank now. Friday prayers has taken place. Hundreds
:04:15. > :04:18.of Palestinians gathering outside the prison where these four inmates
:04:18. > :04:27.are serving their term despite being charged with any particular
:04:27. > :04:30.crime. One of the men has been on hunger strike off and on for more
:04:30. > :04:33.than 200 days. And the BBC's Jon Donnison joins us
:04:33. > :04:37.now from outside Ofer Prison on the West Bank. He says the violence
:04:37. > :04:40.seems to be escalating. Well, we've got several hundred, I would say,
:04:40. > :04:45.Palestinian protesters gathering. The clashes have started within the
:04:45. > :04:49.last hour. Let's just have a look at the scene behind me. You can see
:04:49. > :04:53.the rows of Israeli military vehicles. We have had large volleys
:04:53. > :04:56.of tear gas being fired. It looks like the Palestinians have set
:04:56. > :05:00.something on fire behind that building there, and we have heard
:05:01. > :05:05.just in the last few minutes the sound of gunshots. It sounds like
:05:05. > :05:09.possibly rubber bullets. We did get reports yesterday of live fire. As
:05:09. > :05:14.you say, this is the second day of protests. We can have a look at
:05:14. > :05:17.some of the images from yesterday, a pretty violent scene. We had
:05:17. > :05:22.Palestinians throwing stones and Molotov cocktails that sort of
:05:22. > :05:28.thing, and the Israelis responding with, in some cases, live fire.
:05:28. > :05:32.Palestinian doctors say one person was injured from live fire, over 20
:05:32. > :05:35.injured by rubber bullets. Some of these prisoners I think have been
:05:36. > :05:42.on hunger strike for 200 days or more. What sort of condition are
:05:42. > :05:46.they in? Well, they have been on what people are calling
:05:46. > :05:50.intermittent hunger strike - one of them for more than 200 days, the
:05:50. > :05:54.other three for several months. I don't think they're in a great
:05:54. > :06:01.condition, as you might expect. Doctors who visited them say one of
:06:01. > :06:06.the prisoners, who has been on this intermittent hunger strike for 200
:06:06. > :06:10.days, weighs perhaps as little as 45 kilos. Throughout his hunger
:06:10. > :06:14.strike he has been having water and glucose and vitamins, but
:06:14. > :06:19.nevertheless still in a pretty bad way. What those protesters have
:06:19. > :06:23.been protesting against is Israel's use of administrative detention, in
:06:23. > :06:28.other words, Israel's legal system where they can detain Palestinians
:06:28. > :06:31.without trial or charges even if they think those prisoners are a
:06:31. > :06:36.security threat. So far, the protests we have seen regarding
:06:36. > :06:42.this hunger strike have been relatively small. I think most
:06:42. > :06:47.Palestinians are very sympathetic to the polite -- plight of these
:06:47. > :06:50.prisoners. I think a lot of Palestinians have other things to
:06:50. > :06:56.worry about at the moment, notably, economic conditions and struggling
:06:56. > :07:01.to get by, so the scale of the demonstrations hasn't been
:07:01. > :07:04.extensive so far, but it could escalate. You can hear in the
:07:04. > :07:09.background what sounds like gunshots.
:07:09. > :07:12.Just hours after two bombs in the Indian city of Hydrabad killed at
:07:12. > :07:16.least 15 people, the Indian Government said it had had warnings
:07:16. > :07:21.of a general, not specific, attack over the past three days. More than
:07:21. > :07:25.a hundred people were injured as two separate bombs were detonated
:07:25. > :07:34.almost simultaneously in the city's market area. Our correspondent says
:07:34. > :07:40.India has been on high alert since it hacked the Kashmiri separatist
:07:40. > :07:43.Ashmal Guru earlier this month. days ago the Indian Home Ministry
:07:43. > :07:47.saying they received this information, suggesting there could
:07:47. > :07:51.be attacks in several Indian cities, including Hyderabad, to that's
:07:51. > :07:54.getting a lot of concern here, a lot of questions in the Indian
:07:54. > :07:59.media over whether this attack could have been prevented. Now,
:07:59. > :08:05.what we understand was that it appears to have all the hallmarks
:08:05. > :08:09.of a coordinated attack - two bombs set off in close succession,
:08:09. > :08:13.clearly designed to cause maximum casualties. Now, at the moment,
:08:13. > :08:19.officials have not suggested who they believe could be responsible,
:08:19. > :08:25.but there's speculation that it may be linked to the hanging two weeks
:08:25. > :08:28.ago of Afsal Guru, who was convicted for involvement in the
:08:28. > :08:32.2001 attack on the Indian Parliament. The country has been on
:08:32. > :08:36.alert since then, but at the moment, no claim of responsibility, and
:08:36. > :08:40.officials not wanting to point the finger. Andrew North from Delhi.
:08:40. > :08:50.The United Nations has formally rejected claims for compensation
:08:50. > :08:52.
:08:52. > :08:55.from victims of a cholera outbreak in Haiti. Scientists have traced it
:08:55. > :08:58.back to a peacekeeping base on the island.
:08:58. > :09:07.Haiti had been cholera free for a century. That was until three years
:09:07. > :09:13.ago. The disease has infected more than 600,000 people and left almost
:09:13. > :09:18.8,000 dead. Cholera is a bacterial infection caused by contaminated
:09:18. > :09:23.drinking water. It causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting. There is
:09:23. > :09:28.mounting evidence it was introduced through leaking sewage pipes at a
:09:28. > :09:34.UN camp housing infected Nepalese peacekeepers. A group called the
:09:34. > :09:37.Institute for Justice and Democracy had been lobbying the UN to pay
:09:37. > :09:43.substantial compensation claims, but the UN does not accept
:09:43. > :09:47.responsibility and now have formally rejected the claim.
:09:48. > :09:52.United Nations advised the claimants' representatives that the
:09:52. > :09:59.claims are not receivable pursuant to Section 29 of the Convention on
:09:59. > :10:02.the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations. The Secretary-
:10:02. > :10:08.General telephoned the Haitian president to inform him of the
:10:08. > :10:10.decision and to reiterate the commitment of the United Nations to
:10:10. > :10:17.the elimination of cholera in Haiti. Not good enough, say the lawyers
:10:17. > :10:22.representing the victims. Clearly, what happens now is we begin to
:10:22. > :10:26.decide where we're going to sue the UN, and we believe that the
:10:27. > :10:32.Secretary-General has to be held accountable. It's quite immoral to
:10:32. > :10:38.put it bluntly for the Secretary- General to deny all responsibility
:10:38. > :10:43.here, to not even admit after 15 months that they were the cause of
:10:43. > :10:49.the worst cholera epidemic in the world today. And it is that fact
:10:49. > :10:54.that has brought further desperation to a nation already
:10:54. > :11:01.crippled by the devastating earthquake three years ago. With
:11:01. > :11:07.just two days to go until Italy holds a general election, one in
:11:07. > :11:09.three voters say they haven't made up their minds. After years of
:11:10. > :11:12.recession, the economy is the top priority for most voters, and
:11:13. > :11:15.nowhere more so than in the economic heart of Italy, Milan. The
:11:16. > :11:19.capital of the Lombardy region is the latest stop on Katya Adler's
:11:19. > :11:23.election journey. Glamorous Milan is known as the
:11:23. > :11:27.business capital of Italy, providing a large chunk of the
:11:27. > :11:31.country's economic wealth. It's long provided a stark contrast to
:11:31. > :11:37.the stagnant south of the country, but now Italy is in a Deep Purple
:11:37. > :11:44.recession, and the crisis -- deep, deep recession, and the crisis is
:11:44. > :11:47.felt here in the north too. We have come to there cafe favoured by
:11:47. > :11:51.millnese businessmen and women to ask what changes they'll be voting
:11:51. > :11:55.for in the upcoming election. main problem is to access credit.
:11:55. > :12:01.Banks are nowadays getting more and more closed because there is a huge
:12:01. > :12:07.distance between young entrepreneurs and the world of
:12:07. > :12:13.business and the world of finance. We are in Milan, which is the
:12:13. > :12:21.capital of finance, and still there is some big issues regarding the
:12:21. > :12:26.opportunity to borrow some money to start something.
:12:26. > :12:30.TRANSLATION: Our economy isn't just linked to domestic politics. It's
:12:30. > :12:34.also linked to Europe and countries outside. Jobs that used to be in
:12:34. > :12:44.Italy are now going to emerging countries. We're left paying huge
:12:44. > :12:46.
:12:46. > :12:49.taxes, but have fewer and fewer In order to give a good feeling to
:12:49. > :12:56.the international investment and so on, we should have a strong
:12:56. > :12:59.government, and I don't think we're having the right politician now to
:13:00. > :13:04.have a strong government. We need reforms. We need something that's
:13:04. > :13:10.changed, and without a strong government, this cannot happen.
:13:10. > :13:19.Italy's economic problems go back further than the current crisis.
:13:19. > :13:22.Even before 2008, its growth and GDP terms ranked between Liberia -
:13:22. > :13:28.the concern is whatever government is formed after these elections it
:13:28. > :13:31.won't be strong enough to pass the deep structural changes the country
:13:31. > :13:36.so needs. Stay with us on BBC World News.
:13:36. > :13:41.Still to come: Give us back our Banksy - the
:13:41. > :13:46.London residents race to stop the sale of a mural by the celebrated
:13:46. > :13:50.artist. The United States has accused
:13:50. > :13:54.Russia of exploiting a human tragedy after the death of a three-
:13:54. > :14:02.year-old Russian boy who had been adopt by an American family. The
:14:02. > :14:11.authorities are still investigating how Max Shatto died. The case has
:14:11. > :14:21.been used to justify a complete ban on US adoption in Russia. The case
:14:21. > :14:27.
:14:27. > :14:31.The two children were adopted into an American family in Texas. In
:14:31. > :14:34.January Max was found dead - he was actually found dying, then taken to
:14:34. > :14:39.hospital and found dead. The circumstances around that death are
:14:39. > :14:43.unclear. Texas police are investigating, but as you say, no
:14:43. > :14:46.most post or autopsy has produced conclusive results yet. On Monday,
:14:46. > :14:51.Russian officials started describing this as a murder, saying
:14:51. > :14:59.the boy had been killed by his adoptive murder. The back ground to
:14:59. > :15:03.that is all adoptions by Americans from Russia were ended at the
:15:03. > :15:08.beginning of the year. We have seep an extraordinary spectacle this
:15:08. > :15:12.week of official after official, Parliamentarian after
:15:12. > :15:18.Parliamentarian going on about this death, and the natural mother of
:15:18. > :15:28.the boy appearing on TV saying her son wants his brother back. Now
:15:28. > :15:30.
:15:30. > :15:40.he's lost a son and wants her son back. Late last night the UN
:15:40. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:53.It seems he is trying to persuade Russian officials this should no
:15:53. > :15:59.longer be exploited for official and political ends. What sort of
:15:59. > :16:03.figures have been going to the States in recent years? It is
:16:03. > :16:09.thousands and thousands. In those thousands, 20 children have died
:16:09. > :16:13.and that has been appointed in Russia, over 17 years, 20 children
:16:13. > :16:23.who were adopted to America have died. It has become a huge source
:16:23. > :16:27.
:16:27. > :16:30.of controversy here. This is BBC World News. The latest
:16:30. > :16:34.headlines: Not long now until the family of Oscar Pistorius find out
:16:34. > :16:42.if he will get bail while he awaits trial on charges of murdering his
:16:42. > :16:45.girlfriend. We expect that decision in about 45 minutes.
:16:45. > :16:53.Palestinian protestors are gathering for a second day outside
:16:53. > :16:55.a prison in Ramallah, where four inmates are staging a hunger strike.
:16:55. > :16:57.Before last year's Olympics, the media christened them, "The Weapons
:16:57. > :17:00.of Mass Destruction". But despite the hype, Australia's men's
:17:00. > :17:04.freestyle swimming relay team failed to win a medal at the London
:17:04. > :17:06.Games. Now, it turns out that they may have been dabbling with a
:17:06. > :17:09.recreational drug, Stilnox. Officially taken as a sleeping pill,
:17:09. > :17:17.it's legal to buy over the counter but banned by the Australian
:17:17. > :17:22.Olympic Committee. As a senior member of the team I
:17:22. > :17:26.should have stood up and shown more leadership at the time for that I
:17:26. > :17:31.am truly sorry. I have put my body on the line and Mike physical state
:17:31. > :17:34.over the years to be a proud member of this team. I am deeply sorry my
:17:34. > :17:40.actions in not taking more leadership on the might have
:17:40. > :17:44.brought us to this point. A lot of soul-searching. One of the
:17:44. > :17:48.producers on this programme, was formerly a sports reporter in
:17:48. > :17:52.Australia, and has raised the team has come under fire in the
:17:52. > :17:56.Australian media. Australians winning has hit an all-time low.
:17:56. > :18:01.After that performance at London Olympics, their worst performance
:18:01. > :18:09.in 20 years. And now this revelation of a recreational drug.
:18:09. > :18:15.The way it came about is when the actual team boss of the swimmers
:18:15. > :18:23.was asking some of the more senior swimmers like James Magnusson, and
:18:23. > :18:27.Aaron some of an. It came about the use the drug. It came about they
:18:27. > :18:37.mixed it with a lethal cocktail of energy drinks. And that basically
:18:37. > :18:37.
:18:37. > :18:47.led to what was a pretty romper as senior members of the relay team
:18:47. > :18:52.started disturbing other guests at a Manchester hotel. By cricket or
:18:52. > :18:58.footballing standards, this is nothing, is it? That is what they
:18:58. > :19:08.tell you. There has been an interview with Emily Seebohm, the
:19:08. > :19:14.female member of the swimming team. She said she received two phone
:19:14. > :19:24.calls from the men's team, after 11:30pm, and some of them were
:19:24. > :19:25.
:19:25. > :19:31.pretty crude. I don't think it was as E -- early as they made out.
:19:31. > :19:37.In Mali, 15 Islamist fighters had been killed with French and Molly
:19:37. > :19:42.in troops yesterday. According to the French defence minister. The
:19:42. > :19:51.fighting erupted after Islamists were reported to have infiltrated
:19:51. > :19:56.the town in northern Mali. Let's be to a spokesman from BBC Africa. It
:19:56. > :20:02.shows how volatile the situation is? The situation is still volatile
:20:02. > :20:06.because the fighting is on and off. We thought the Islamists had pulled
:20:06. > :20:12.out of the city, but this is not the case. They keep coming back and
:20:12. > :20:16.try to put up fierce resistance. Where have these people been
:20:16. > :20:21.hiding? There was a time French forces swept the town to clear it
:20:21. > :20:27.of any Islamists, thinking they had gone into the desert. Are they be
:20:27. > :20:31.protected by the local population? It is hard to say, up to now people
:20:31. > :20:35.have been reporting. They keep telling the French people were they
:20:35. > :20:41.thought those Islamists were hiding. But the group who came back
:20:42. > :20:47.yesterday, came from somewhere else. It is not clear from were exactly,
:20:47. > :20:51.but they came from somewhere else. Then they came back. They thought
:20:51. > :20:56.they would seize the mayor's office, which they did not succeed in doing.
:20:56. > :21:02.What does this mean for the longevity of the French presence?
:21:02. > :21:08.The French troops were so Pope -- supposing to stop to pull out in
:21:08. > :21:18.early March. It is clear they won't do that. Because if they withdraw
:21:18. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:26.in early March, it means they will have to leave behind them, chaos.
:21:26. > :21:28.The Oscars awards ceremony takes place this weekend. Aside from the
:21:28. > :21:30.glamour of competing Hollywood blockbusters, two Israeli produced
:21:30. > :21:33.films are going head-to-head for the title of best documentary. The
:21:33. > :21:36.Gatekeepers and 5 Broken Cameras both deal critically with the
:21:36. > :21:39.Israeli Palestinian conflict. But they examine it from very different
:21:39. > :21:41.viewpoints. Kevin Connolly reports from the West Bank village of
:21:41. > :21:51.Bal'in where there are weekly protests against Israel's actions
:21:51. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:57.They may not look like the stuff of an Academy Award, but one day these
:21:57. > :22:02.may be the most famous pieces of smashed equipment in cinema history.
:22:02. > :22:07.His camera saved my life. Five Broken cameras, tells the story of
:22:07. > :22:11.life under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. This man started
:22:11. > :22:15.recording the story of weekly protests against the building of an
:22:15. > :22:21.Israeli security wall. He says Israeli soldiers broke the camel's
:22:21. > :22:27.one after the other. The Israeli director helped to make the simple
:22:27. > :22:31.story into a powerful documentary. He says the film and the publicity
:22:31. > :22:36.surrounding the Oscars means the Palestinian cause will now be
:22:36. > :22:42.centre-stage around the world. think people will be shocked by the
:22:42. > :22:49.film and be shocked by the story. For them, it is a new thing to note.
:22:49. > :22:54.It is more about the daily life of the Palestinians under Israeli
:22:54. > :22:59.control. One rival for the documentary Oscar, the gatekeepers.
:22:59. > :23:05.A remarkable historical documents of a film built around interviews
:23:05. > :23:11.of every living former director of the Israeli security agency. It is
:23:11. > :23:14.an inside track on the history of modern Israel, in which the spy
:23:14. > :23:19.masters are weary pragmatists, often frustrated with politicians.
:23:19. > :23:25.I asked the director if we should be surprised to see his role and
:23:25. > :23:29.the Palestinians at the Oscars, having seen them at the knitters
:23:29. > :23:34.sitting table we used? It shows the world of the international
:23:34. > :23:40.community, are much more interested in this Palestinian and Israeli
:23:40. > :23:47.conflict. I think it is sad, it should change. Every film that
:23:47. > :23:51.makes it to Oscar might travels a long road. Few, surely so long as
:23:51. > :23:58.these two contenders from the Middle East. It is a long way from
:23:58. > :24:00.the West Bank to Hollywood two films are about to do what the
:24:00. > :24:10.politicians of the Middle East have failed to do, and that is put the
:24:10. > :24:12.
:24:12. > :24:15.peace process back on the world's agenda.
:24:15. > :24:18.A celebrated piece of work by the British street artist, Banksy, has
:24:18. > :24:25.found itself on the other side of the world in a Miami auction house.
:24:25. > :24:28.last week. It's now up for sale with a price tag of $500,000. Local
:24:28. > :24:29.residents say they'd like their artwork back, but that's looking
:24:29. > :24:35.increasingly unlikely. Lucas de Jong reports.
:24:35. > :24:40.It is the wall that was Banksy, and now blank. Slave-labour appeared
:24:40. > :24:43.overnight during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in May, and as
:24:43. > :24:49.mysteriously as it appeared, it was gone again, disappearing last week
:24:49. > :24:52.and rumoured to be removed by the owner of the building. Now it has
:24:52. > :24:57.turned up in an upmarket Miami auction house, that plans to sell
:24:57. > :25:01.it this weekend. For locals who thought the art work was a piece of
:25:01. > :25:06.their community, it is a case of midnight robbery. I am gobsmacked,
:25:06. > :25:11.gobsmacked, gobsmacked. I think it should be brought back. He should
:25:11. > :25:16.be kept here for the community and representing the struggle of the
:25:16. > :25:22.community. The auction house behind the sale disagrees. They say it was
:25:22. > :25:25.acquired legally and will be sold legally. Some people in England are
:25:25. > :25:31.complaining the work had been stolen. It is incorrect. The work
:25:31. > :25:36.was painted on a private war, and the owner can do whatever he wants
:25:36. > :25:42.with his own wall. Banksy captured the world's attention in the early
:25:42. > :25:45.2000, when his social and political satire graffiti started appearing
:25:46. > :25:52.on walls of the world's most famous cities. Now the world is worried,
:25:52. > :25:57.if the sale goes ahead, others could soon be stripped for cash.
:25:57. > :26:00.real worry when Banksy starts to be removed and sold for high prices,
:26:00. > :26:03.they might start to disappear across the world and find
:26:03. > :26:08.themselves, not in your neighbourhood, but in an auction
:26:08. > :26:12.house. The painting will be auctioned on Saturday where it is
:26:12. > :26:22.expected to earn more than half a million dollars. One owner truly
:26:22. > :26:23.
:26:23. > :26:25.tried to take Banksy straight to the bank.
:26:25. > :26:28.He's the character that the Republican's presidential candidate,
:26:28. > :26:31.Mitt Romney, wanted to ban. But Sesame Street's Big Bird is back as
:26:31. > :26:36.a player in American politics. is important to get your body
:26:36. > :26:41.moving every day, to help keep you healthy. Look, I'm getting moving
:26:41. > :26:44.right now, by jogging. The friendly yellow bird has been given an
:26:44. > :26:47.reprieve following the republicans' defeat. He's endorsing First Lady,