10/05/2013 BBC World News

top stories: The case against Castro. Prosecutors say they will

seek murder charges against the man suspected of imprisoning three women

for a decade. This child kidnapper operated a torture chamber in the

heart of our city. The horrific brutality and torture that the

victims endured for a decade is beyond comprehension.

More violence in Pakistan at the end of a bloody election campaign.

The robbers who held up a bank with a laptop!

Washington certainly seems to think he is Prince Charming. Harry gets a

Rop ciaos welcome on his tour of the United States. -- rapturous welcome

breaking news from Bangladesh where rescue workers say they have found a

survivor in the wreckage of the building that collapsed 17 days ago.

More than 1,000 people are now known to have died. Rescuers found a woman

in the debris and she waved her hand. Bangladesh's chief fire chief

says the woman appears to have been trapped in an air pocket between a

beam and a column. We will bring you more details as they come to hand.

Very good to have some good news from the area.

The man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them hostage for a

decade could face the death penalty in the United States. Prosecutors in

Cleveland say Ariel Castro faces hundreds, possibly thousands of

charges. One for each act of sexual violence allegedly committed against

the women who were imprisoned in his home. They are also pursuing charges

of aggravated murder over claims that he forced his hostages to

miscarry. Grim details of the women's

decade-long ordeal between the walls of this suburban house are slowly

starting to emerge. With their alleged captor, Ariel Castro, now

the one in captivity, it's been claimed one of the women was

impregnated several times and then forced to miscarry. Which, as well

as rape and kidnapping, would mean aggravated murder charges, according

to the local prosecutor, charges which carry the death penalty.

child kidnapper operated a torture chamber and private prison in the

heart of our city. The horrific brutality and torture that the

victims endured for a decade is beyond comprehension. One of those

victims, Gina DeJesus, enjoyed a rapturous homecoming. During her cap

-- captivity, her mother would pass Ariel Castro on the street and

exchange pleasantries. I pasted by that street. I was two blocks away

from her. Ariel Castro's mother has asked for forgiveness for those held

captive. "My son is sick" she told reporters. "I had nothing to do with

what he did." At the same time as three families are being reunited,

another is being torn apart. At least four people have been

killed in a bomb in north-west Pakistan on the eve of the country's

general election. Another explosion damaged the offices of the Pakistans

peoples party -- of the Pakistan peoples party. Tomorrow's poll marks

an historic moment. Live to Pakistan now and to Lyse Doucet. It looks

very calm and peaceful where you are now. It is a day of reflection. But

reports of more violence and fears about tomorrow, election day on

Saturday? Yes, this seems to be a country of two elections. Great

enthusiasm and determination to vote in some parts of the country. In

others, a lot of fear and violence. These are being described both as

the bloodiest elections in Pakistan's history, but also the

first youth elections. Some 40 million young Pakistanis will be

eligible to vote for the first time. The big question is will there be

attacks? Pakistani also be watching, but so will be the many

international Pakistani election observers. The chief observer for

the European Union is with me. You did put out a statement saying you

were concerned about the level of violence. It has been so high it

would be hard to call this election free and fair? It has been high in

parts of the country. In Punjab, most of the seats are contested.

Karachi has been affected. There are two more relevant parties standing

now. There is this enthusiasm to hold this election. There is a will

of all contesting parties to have the elections held. You were an

observer in 2008. Are you seeing some improvements this time in terms

of the election machinery? Indeed. There are certain discussions. It is

not about massive vote-rigging. We have an independent e electricion

commission that doesn't follow the orders of the ruling party. There is

high respect for the e electricion Commissioner. -- Election

Commissioner. I understand of the 70,000 polling stations, half are

described as "sensitive". Will there be enough observation there to see

whether or not the voting day itself is without incident? Well, we are

able to cover around 190 of the constituencies. The national

observers, the network with their 46,000. Our sample... We will talk

to you again, but thank you very much for joining us on the eve of

these critical elections in Pakistan's history. They are

unpredictable. No-one can say with certainty who is going to win and

that has added another layer of excitement. We will continue to

watch the proceedings today and tomorrow and, of course, when the

results come in. Thank you very much. We will be joining you then to

keep you up-to-date on the election in Pakistan.

More now on our top story. Rescue workers finding a survivor in the

rubble of the building that collapsed 17 days ago. Now known to

have killed more than 1,000 people. Rescue workers today have found a

survivor. For more on that, we are joined by our correspondent from the

BBC Bengali Service. Tell us any more news that you have about this

woman who appears to have been pulled out alive? Yes, a few moments

ago, the woman she was rescued from the rubble and now she has been

taken to the combined military hospital nearby. When I came here

two hours back, the rescue operation for people who are co-ordinated this

found the woman wo was screaming from the rubble. Within a few

minutes, hundreds of rescue workers encircled that area. They cleared

the rubble from there. The rescue parties brought her out of the

rubble. Now she has been taken to the combined military hospital. The

people in charge of this operation, they were extremely surprised to see

this development. Two weeks back, they never believed that anybody

might be found inside alive. It is a miracle. Now they are going slow to

see if there is anybody alive inside the rubble. They were telling us

that they might rap up the rescue operation within a few days. Now,

they are going very slow because the woman was rescued a few moments

back, so it gave them hope, if anybody remains alive in the rubble,

that is why they are again taking it very cautiously. After such terrible

news, a death toll of 1,000 we are being told, it is wonderful to have

news of somebody still being pulled out alive. Now, we did see pictures

of bulldozers there. I understand that rescue workers have been told

to stop operating heavy machinery in case someone else is under the

rubble alive? Yes. They are using heavy machinery, but they are being

cautious right now. They are going a bit slow. They are using the heavy

machinery. They are doing it manually right now. Still, mainly

people in the area, they are saying people are still missing. In each

area, the rescue team involved are saying the chances of finding

someone alive after eight or nine days is very low. But now this

miracle has happened. A few of the heavy machinery has been taken out

of the site. Some drops of hope there in Dhaka. Thank you very much

for joining us. Now it may be one of the biggest

bank thefts in history. A gang armed not with guns or knives, not wearing

masks, but with old hotel cards and laptops. They managed to steal more

than $45 million in the space of a few hours. That is according the

prosecutors in the United States. We have been speaking to our technology

correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones. I asked him how the gang did it.

really frightening things. They basically got the money out of cash

machines. That is frightening. More frightening is the fact that to do

that, they hacked into the databases of at least two financial

institutions, credit card processors. What they then did was

acquire, according to this document, this indictment, the PIN numbers and

the details relating to some of these debit cards, these debit cards

that were already loaded with cash. They got the PIN numbers. They

changed the limits of the amount of cash you could withdraw on them and

they then sent that information to their associates around the world

who immediately launched this kind of concerted attack on these cash

machines. We shouldn't applaud crime. It is quite ingenious. How

common is this kind of thing? very, very scary. We don't really

know how common this is. Obviously, banks are not that keen on telling

the world when they have been hacked. What is remarkable about

this is that we hear a lot about hacking and about what are called

"denial of service attacks" on major websites and banks. Usually, they

don't worry no -- and no financial service information has been

released. In this case, they got to the crown jewels, that enabled them

to go to banks, stick a card in a machine and walk away with a lot of

money. Rory Cellan-Jones. Do stay with us on BBC World News.

Still to come: A new challenge for Somalia's doctors as violence

subsides in the country. You might think of Paris when you

think of Chanel, but the fashion house is spreading its wings. And

its creative designer is known for his extravagant star-studded shows

in locations vibing Venice and Moscow. Now, Singapore. It is the

first time that the designs have been seen on the catwalk in an Asian

city. Dressed for the part, night to celebrate macro-dancer's influence

on the world. The fashionable elite were on a select a guest list

including celebrities and international fashion press who

entered a reconstructed abandoned building for the unveiling of the

new collection. It's the first time in the city has been chosen for such

a show and the choice reflects the rising influence of Asian consumers

of luxury brands, a reality the creative director is too aware of.

Fashion is important for everybody, therefore they love fashion, they

love the European labels. Asian markets have been growing in the

double digits for macro-company and its European counterparts. Europeans

economic problems have meant many luxury brands are now looking to

Asia. Even though the clothes out of the reach of many here, not so for

Asia's wealthy buyers. Last time he was in Singapore there was the

1980s, and how I have a T-shirt autographed by him so I'm dressing

up to pay tribute to him tonight. It's amazing that the show was in

Singapore. It reaffirms Singapore's position as a fashion capital of

Asia. Not just Asia, but globally. Seems like this fashion show are

commonplace in fashion capitals like London, Paris and New York but

increasingly, they are happening in places like Singapore. As Asia's

economies grow and Europe starts to slow down, luxury fashion houses

like macro-company and others are increasingly looking to the Asian

consumer to boost sales. This is BBC World News. The latest headlines.

Rescue workers in Bangladesh find a survivor in the rubble of a building

that collapsed 17 days ago. More than 1,000 people died in the

disaster. A bombing in Pakistan at the end of a violent election

campaign, in which over 100 people have been killed. The British

Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson has died in a yachting accident in San

Francisco. He was crewing a boat during a practice session for the

America's Cup, when it capsized. Peter Bowes reports. Capsised in the

San Francisco bay, the scene minutes after Andrew Simpson somehow became

trapped beneath his 22 metre boat. It's not known what led to the

double Olympic medallist falling into the water but it's believed he

may have been there for ten minutes. He was eventually pulled into a

support vessel but efforts to revive the British sailor were

unsuccessful. Artemis is a Swedish team due to race two both in the

America's Cup in the summer and it has left the team in a state of

disbelief. We obviously had a tragic day today on the bay, and our

thoughts and prayers are with Bart Simpson's family, his wife and kids.

And also with the rest of the team-mates. Andrew Simpson was 36,

and had been sailing since he was a boy and was a world-class

competitor. In the Star class he won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics

in 2008 and last year's London games, took silver. The America's

Cup race is due to run from July until September. Race officials must

now focus on an investigation into the cause of this tragic accident.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron is making a flying visit to

Russia today for talks with Vladimir Putin. He's travelling 2,000 miles

to visit the Russian President at his residence in Sochi on the Black

Sea, which will host next year's Winter Olympics. The BBC's Daniel

Sandford is in Sochi. He says the conflict in Syria is expected to

dominate the leaders' discussion. think to get anything concrete today

is probably optimistic. The deterioration of the situation in

Syria in terms of the Israeli air strikes, concerns about the possible

use of poison, is concentrating minds more. We can see it coming

together of events, John Kerry coming this week, Syria high on the

agenda, David Cameron visiting today, Syria high on the agenda and

then David Cameron going to Washington next week to meet Barack

Obama and Syria is high on the agenda and then peace talks later

this month and then the G8 summit in Northern Ireland next month is an

opportunity several times for some of the key players in this to

discuss Syria and they all realise the urgency. Of course, that does

not mean it is necessarily going to produce a peaceful result because

it's a very bloody civil war and President Assad is entrenched and

the opposition in Syria is becoming entrenched as well but everyone now

realises that they have got to get a way out of this sooner rather than

later and not let it drag on like Bosnia for four years. Prince Harry

has begun a seven-day tour of the US with a welcome fit for a pop star.

He met the First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House, before going to

an exhibition about the landmine charity supported by his late

mother, Princess Diana. Nicholas Witchell reports from Washington.

CHEERING His reputation has preceded him. The

last time he was in the USA, there was that a game of strip billions in

Las Vegas which made headlines around the world. This time he's

here on official business with a serious agenda. The first stop,

Capitol Hill, the subject was landmines, yet the object of

greatest interest for many was Harry himself.

CHEERING Crammed into corridors, hiding

behind pillars, and leaning over balconies where members of staff

from America's parliament building extending a warm and an almost

exclusively male welcome to Harry. -- female. Michelle Obama hosted a

reception for mothers and children from military families who greeted

his unannounced arrival. Well? Surprise!

LAUGHTER He's in the USA for one week,

stepping forward like as elder brother to take on a greater share

of royal duties now. In his case, with a strong emphasis on the shared

sacrifice of British and American armed forces. Later today, he will

later be at the tomb of America's unknown soldier at Arlington

National Cemetery. Hospitals in Somalia are facing an unexpected

problem. As security improves in Mogadishu, they are treating fewer

victims of violence. But doctors at the capital's Medina Hospital say

they have noticed an increase in patients with routine conditions

like appendicitis or hernias. It's a new challenge for them, as Lu Yang

reports. Bullet wounds, shellshock, shrapnel injuries. They have seen

many of the horrors of Somalia 's war at the macro-hospital in

Mogadishu. Supported by the International Red Cross, it has the

biggest emergency care unit in the history and used to admit thousands

of patients per year but since 2011, security in the capital has been

improving. And staff are finally seeing a reduction in the number of

war injuries. You can use it as a thermometer, the security of the

city. Seeing how much has decreased, the wounded people,

meaning the situation has improved. As it returns to normality, after

more than two decades of conflict, the doctors are facing a different

set of challenges. Civilians are now flocking into the hospital with more

everyday complaints like hernias, cysts and appendicitis. Less

critical cases are seen here in these tents. In the maternity ward,

this woman has come to give birth to her seventh child and until

recently, she wouldn't have been able to make the 300 kilometre

journey here. I live far away and was not expecting to come to the

hospital. The baby was in danger so they took media to deliver for the

operation. The hospital is facing an unusual problem, they are not

equipped to deal with routine procedures. The problem Somalia is

facing if we don't have well-equipped intensive care units

to treat patients so I think that's what's most needed right now.

International Red Cross and world health organisation are training

healthcare workers across central Somalia to help deal with these new

conditions they are seeing. Violence in Somalia has affected the lives of

tens of thousands of people over the years and as the country stabilises,

the hope is that medical staff will, at last, be able to

concentrate on the everyday needs of their patients. Now a remarkable

story from Brazil. A woman has survived being shot in the mouth

with a harpoon. For those of you who are squeamish, you may want to look

away. Her husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, hitting

her spine, just below her skull. Doctors say the harpoon came within

one centimetre of killing her that they now expect her to make a full

recovery and an investigation is underway but police think it was an

accident. It's become a symbol of environmental pollution in Mexico

City, an island made entirely out of empty plastic bottles. Complete with

a house on top. A man collected more than 100,000 used bottles, they will

put under planks of wood which constitute the Islands foundation

and then covered in sand. Every day he rose his bow to the shore to

promote his project to people from all over the world and spread

environmental awareness. A reminder of our incredible top story. Rescue

workers in Bangladesh say they have found a survivor in the wreckage of

a building that collapsed 17 days ago. They heard a woman screaming, "

I am here" from inside the debris and they were able to pull her out.

This was a moment when they took out of the rubble and into an

ambulance. More than 1000 people are now known to have died when the

story structure came down. A fire service official said the woman

could have survived by eating food reserves and drinking water that had

been pumped into the building. We are hearing that she does not have

any serious injuries. She was able to talk to rescue workers. Soldiers

at the site described her as being in remarkable good shape despite her

ordeal. We have heard from a BBC reporter at the site that heavy

machinery is now not being used, just in case there are further

survivors. They are really in need of some good news with, the number