:00:14. > :00:23.This is BBC World news. The top stories: Feedback get tough on
:00:23. > :00:29.racism in football, but will it Unemployment hits a new record high
:00:29. > :00:35.in Europe. Zairean rebels appealed for help after President Assad
:00:35. > :00:45.tightens his grip. NASA warns, astronauts could risk high levels
:00:45. > :00:57.
:00:57. > :01:02.Welcome. Racism in football has long been a problem on and off the
:01:03. > :01:07.pitch. Today, the governing body of football has voted to bring in
:01:07. > :01:12.difficult new sanctions for fans and players alike. They are holding
:01:12. > :01:17.their annual conference in Mauritius. Perhaps the luxury of
:01:17. > :01:21.setting oil the wheels of football diplomacy. Will these new penalties
:01:21. > :01:31.actually work? Sepp Blatter urged delegates to make a statement of
:01:31. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:43.their support. The chairman of the task force has asked us to stand
:01:43. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:54.against racism, so please stand against racism. Everybody stand.
:01:54. > :01:58.The there is also scepticism about how far the changes will go.
:01:58. > :02:08.sports reporter Richard Conway is at the conference, he explained the
:02:08. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:15.new rules. FIFA say this is a historic day for football. They
:02:15. > :02:19.have voted in favour to enact these tougher penalties for racism and
:02:19. > :02:24.discrimination on and off the field of play. We will see a five game
:02:24. > :02:29.minimum ban for players who racially abuse opponents, and teams
:02:29. > :02:33.whose supporters commit offences will face penalties such as having
:02:33. > :02:38.their ground closed, sections of their ground closed, if they
:02:38. > :02:43.offences are repeated, things will get bigger, relegation, points
:02:43. > :02:48.deductions, elimination from competition such as the World Cup.
:02:48. > :02:51.They want to see these regulations enforced worldwide, they are
:02:51. > :02:59.calling on members' associations, all 209 of them, to get tough, two
:02:59. > :03:07.these rules. We will have to see what happens. The Football
:03:07. > :03:14.Association in England have taken their own action. A European
:03:14. > :03:19.Association has imposed at 10 game ban. As the global governing body,
:03:19. > :03:23.FIFA wants to see this enacted throughout football. They say this
:03:23. > :03:28.is a historic day. The hunt is on for the 1% of associations who
:03:28. > :03:34.voted against this measure. Sepp Blatter said this was probably a
:03:34. > :03:38.voting glitch. A former political prisoner took to the stage to
:03:38. > :03:44.congratulate the delegates on taking the decision, but he warned
:03:44. > :03:49.that the 1% showed there was still a fight. Strong words from him,
:03:49. > :03:56.strong words from Sepp Blatter. Football will look to get tough
:03:56. > :04:00.against racism, and it believes it has the power to make a change.
:04:00. > :04:03.figures for unemployment in Europe are out today, and they make
:04:03. > :04:09.depressing reading for those looking for jobs and for government
:04:09. > :04:19.also. The latest results show the unemployment rate reaching a record
:04:19. > :04:24.
:04:24. > :04:28.high of 12.2% in countries that use the euro. Our Economics
:04:28. > :04:32.Correspondent is here. The overall figure is especially bad for the
:04:32. > :04:40.young, people coming out of school and university are struggling to
:04:40. > :04:45.get a job, literally thousands of applicants for one job. It is much
:04:45. > :04:49.worse than it is for the adult population. It is very nearly 25%
:04:49. > :04:53.of young people who would like to work are unable to get jobs. In
:04:53. > :04:59.some countries, the figures are much worse than that. One thinks of
:04:59. > :05:05.Greece, where it is over 60%, and Spain, where it is over 50%. People
:05:05. > :05:09.speak about the lost generation, and it is easy to see why. The fact
:05:09. > :05:14.that the numbers have gone down in Germany will surely make people say
:05:14. > :05:17.this demonstrates the unfairness of the eurozone. It's certainly
:05:18. > :05:22.demonstrates that it is very difficult to make the eurozone work
:05:22. > :05:27.when you have countries that have developed very wide differences in
:05:27. > :05:33.competitiveness. Some people will say it is an indication of the
:05:33. > :05:36.unfairness of it all. I suspect ultimately, we may well see some
:05:36. > :05:42.significant financial transfers when from Germany to the likes of
:05:42. > :05:47.Greece before this crisis is over. In the meantime, we are going to go
:05:47. > :05:52.through a very painful adjustment period, where things are not too
:05:52. > :05:55.bad at all in the likes of Germany and Austria, and things are really
:05:56. > :06:00.painful for others in the likes of Greece and Spain. Some countries
:06:00. > :06:03.going through this adjustment have made progress. Ireland, for example,
:06:03. > :06:11.one of the countries receiving a bail-out, has seen unemployment
:06:11. > :06:14.come down in the last 12 months by 1.1%. It is the exception. Most of
:06:14. > :06:23.the countries in the firing line have seen their unemployment rate
:06:23. > :06:32.rise. We are just going to take you to Woolwich, because Woolwich
:06:32. > :06:37.barracks in London, south London, the Queen has been visiting the
:06:37. > :06:46.barracks. We have just been getting live pictures in, I don't know
:06:46. > :06:51.whether we can get those to you. This is the place in London where
:06:51. > :06:55.Lee Rigby was murdered last week. The Queen has just gone into the
:06:55. > :07:03.barracks, we have missed those shots of her. The royal visit was
:07:03. > :07:06.planned before it the murder took place in Woolwich. It is thought,
:07:06. > :07:10.given what happened in the last few days, the Queen will have a private
:07:10. > :07:17.meeting with the soldiers, senior officers, along with others
:07:17. > :07:21.involved in co-ordinating the barracks. We will try and get you
:07:21. > :07:30.the latest pictures of when the Queen emerges. Some more top
:07:30. > :07:37.stories: China's new president has been denounced by families of the
:07:37. > :07:42.victims of Tiananmen Square. He was publicly criticised for failing to
:07:42. > :07:47.put in place any political reform since taking over in March. Scores
:07:47. > :07:54.of democracy protesters died during protests in the Beijing square in
:07:54. > :07:59.1989. The surviving Boston Marathon suspect has recovered enough to
:07:59. > :08:05.walk. He is currently being held in a prison hospital. His elder
:08:05. > :08:09.brother was shot and killed in a police manhunt during the blast.
:08:09. > :08:13.Nigeria has improved a parliamentary bill that would make
:08:13. > :08:20.gay marriage a criminal offence, punishable by up to 14 years in
:08:20. > :08:29.prison. Any public displays of affection would be banned. The bill
:08:29. > :08:30.needs to be endorsed by the President before it becomes law.
:08:30. > :08:38.There is fresh evidence that President Assad is tightening his
:08:38. > :08:42.grip on Syria, bolstered by fighters from Lebanon. The BBC has
:08:42. > :08:46.been told up to 600 people are trapped in rebel areas with no
:08:46. > :08:50.access to medical help. In an interview with the Lebanese
:08:50. > :08:57.television channel, President Assad has claimed his army now holds the
:08:57. > :09:02.balance of power in the country. Outnumbered, not just by government
:09:02. > :09:07.forces but by foreign fighters from the Lebanese militant group.
:09:07. > :09:12.Zairean rebels have been under attack in recent weeks. -- rebels
:09:12. > :09:16.in Syria. People are trapped there, and there are continuing calls to
:09:16. > :09:26.negotiate. This is the most pressing crisis in world affairs
:09:26. > :09:28.
:09:28. > :09:31.today. The continued flow of weapons to the regime, the
:09:31. > :09:39.difficulties and disagreements about attending the Geneva talks,
:09:39. > :09:43.do not help all to resolve this crisis. It is the potential flaw of
:09:43. > :09:49.these types of weapons into Syrian government hands that the
:09:49. > :09:52.international community is worried about. Russian surface-to-air
:09:52. > :10:00.missiles that enabled the Assad regime to shoot down incoming
:10:01. > :10:05.missiles. In a recorded interview, President Assad said Russia is
:10:05. > :10:15.fulfilling its missile contract with Syria. It seems the air
:10:15. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:24.defence system has not yet arrived. We are negotiating with the
:10:24. > :10:27.Russians. We are continuing to implement these contracts. The
:10:27. > :10:30.Syrian meeting in Istanbul dismissed another claim by
:10:30. > :10:36.President a sad that peace talks would need to be approved in a
:10:36. > :10:42.referendum. It said the opposition was stepping up its approach.
:10:42. > :10:51.now have more than 100 Free Syrian Army fighters across Syria heading
:10:51. > :10:55.to join fighters to defend the city. The clashes continue, and so do the
:10:55. > :11:05.deaths. Reports overnight suggest an American woman who had converted
:11:05. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :11:11.to Islam was killed while fighting Stay with us on BBC World news.
:11:11. > :11:16.Still to come: Cutting back on lighting up. Can Russia's many
:11:16. > :11:21.smokers cope with new curbs on their habit? Travel to the red
:11:21. > :11:31.planet could prove a step too far, NASA warns astronaut could risk
:11:31. > :11:31.
:11:31. > :11:37.Government forces in led the are trying to regain control after
:11:37. > :11:40.militia groups killed two members of security patrols. Since the fall
:11:40. > :11:49.of Colonel Gaddafi, Benghazi has been awash with weapons, making it
:11:49. > :11:53.difficult to impose order. Now the authorities are fighting back. A
:11:53. > :11:58.major show of strength. The sirens in this impromptu Parade are
:11:58. > :12:02.relentless. It is an attempt by a weak government to make its
:12:02. > :12:07.presence felt on the streets. The newly equipped and heavily armed
:12:07. > :12:12.security forces a rare sight for the people Benghazi. This is what
:12:12. > :12:17.prompted it. A string of explosions in the city, including this police
:12:17. > :12:24.station. It was blown up twice in less than one week. The
:12:24. > :12:29.perpetrators are still at large. have a problem with the spread of
:12:29. > :12:34.weapons in the city. The criminals are better armed than we are. This
:12:34. > :12:42.is the reality in Libya. This is a stark illustration of what the
:12:42. > :12:46.police force are up against here. convince the people Benghazi they
:12:46. > :12:50.can take charge of security. For the last two years, the militia has
:12:50. > :12:53.roamed the streets. Many of them fought against the Gaddafi forces
:12:53. > :13:00.during the Revolution and now they refused to handed their weapons to
:13:00. > :13:05.a government they say they cannot trust. No one has handed over their
:13:06. > :13:08.weapons because the state of Libya is yet to be established. Many
:13:08. > :13:13.supporters of Colonel Gaddafi still work in government, which is why
:13:13. > :13:16.the fighters are keeping their weapons. There have been many
:13:16. > :13:21.demonstrations against the power of the militia and their refusal to
:13:21. > :13:25.give up arms. People say they have had enough. They what official
:13:25. > :13:30.forces in charge. Now the Government has finally responded.
:13:30. > :13:36.The special forces of the army have been deployed and about applying --
:13:36. > :13:41.now deploying -- now patrolling the streets. How long can this last?
:13:41. > :13:45.More than anything, people long for security. Well there is a general
:13:45. > :13:49.sense of relief now that the government forces are on the
:13:49. > :13:59.streets, there is a feared this will not last long, and the City
:13:59. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:12.could once again descend into This is BBC World news. The latest
:14:12. > :14:17.headlines: FIFA adopt tough measures to stop racism in football.
:14:17. > :14:27.New sanctions could mean a ban from future World Cups. Bad news on the
:14:27. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:42.jobs front for Europe. Unemployment So many of those unemployed in
:14:42. > :14:48.Europe will be in Greece. It has the highest jobless rate in the
:14:48. > :14:55.region and it is the young who are affected the most. More than 60% of
:14:55. > :15:00.the under 25s art out of work. They are the crisis generation,
:15:00. > :15:04.school leavers who dreamt of a stable job, of a future full of
:15:04. > :15:12.opportunity, but instead unemployment and uncertainty
:15:12. > :15:19.Beckham. How to stay positive is the hardest problem to solve.
:15:19. > :15:24.not fair what the future of Greece will hold. A lot of unemployment,
:15:25. > :15:30.not good opportunities, so we have to go abroad. It will be very
:15:30. > :15:37.difficult to find a job in my country, but I will try hard. And
:15:37. > :15:41.with the help of God, I think, I will find a job. Before Greece's
:15:41. > :15:48.first bail-out three years ago and the spending cuts that followed,
:15:48. > :15:56.unemployment was only 12%. Now it has gone up to 27%. And among young
:15:56. > :16:03.people it was 31.2% and today it is a staggering 64.2%. Recession has
:16:03. > :16:08.hit hard, but it is the austerity demanded by Greece's international
:16:08. > :16:13.lenders that has had such a devastating impact. And so the
:16:13. > :16:19.brightest light Christian I leaving. Greek emigrating to Germany rose by
:16:19. > :16:24.over 42% last year. She plans the same. The brain drain well make it
:16:24. > :16:30.hard for Greece to recover. I do not want to leave my family, my
:16:30. > :16:38.mother and my father. I will not have friends. At least in the first
:16:38. > :16:44.year it will be difficult to find friends. But I have no choice.
:16:44. > :16:48.it is a sacrifice you are willing to make? Yes. But some are fighting
:16:48. > :16:53.back. This youth start-up trains volunteers for events and
:16:53. > :16:57.exhibitions. At 22 years old the entrepreneurs want to inspire
:16:57. > :17:04.others with their spirit, refusing to accept the scourge of
:17:04. > :17:10.unemployment. Many people think that today's time, the financial
:17:10. > :17:14.crisis, is like death. I believe we can shape our future in the way we
:17:14. > :17:19.want to shake it. The young people have to show the way and lead to
:17:20. > :17:25.the path, we have to become the leaders of Greece. A small success
:17:25. > :17:29.story in an otherwise bleak climate. Greece meets his youth to rebuild
:17:29. > :17:35.it in years to come, but for now they are too often the victims of
:17:35. > :17:39.the country's economic collapse. Smoking has been banned in lots of
:17:39. > :17:46.countries, but Russia, which has one of the highest smoking rates
:17:46. > :17:49.and the world, has been reluctant to follow up. On Saturday a new law
:17:49. > :17:55.restricting smoking in some public areas and a ban on advertising
:17:55. > :17:59.comes into effect. We went to the city of Yaroslavl to see if it will
:17:59. > :18:06.have any effect. At the Yaroslavl cigarette factory
:18:06. > :18:11.another batch of tobacco leaves hitched -- hits the production line.
:18:11. > :18:16.Tobacco was once forbidden in Russia. 400 years ago people who
:18:16. > :18:21.were caught smoking had their noses cut off and were exiled to Siberia.
:18:21. > :18:26.It is a little different now. 400 billion cigarettes are produced in
:18:26. > :18:31.Russia every year. It is a giant industry run by multinational
:18:31. > :18:37.companies. You can see why Russia is such an important market for
:18:37. > :18:42.tobacco companies by comparing the global figures. In the UK, on
:18:42. > :18:48.average 37 packets of cigarettes are smoked per person per year. In
:18:48. > :18:53.the United States it is 51, but a rush and smoked double that amount,
:18:53. > :18:58.139 packets of cigarettes every year. And that has consequences for
:18:58. > :19:02.public health. It is estimated every year up to half a million
:19:02. > :19:07.Russians die from smoking-related diseases. That is the equivalent of
:19:07. > :19:11.the entire adult population of PowerMac wiped out every single
:19:11. > :19:18.year. At the regional hospital they are offering free check-ups to
:19:18. > :19:23.encourage smokers to kick the habit. TRANSLATION: All we can do is
:19:23. > :19:29.inform patients of the consequences. Doctors do not have the power to
:19:29. > :19:34.ban smoking. But the authorities are trying to restrict it. From
:19:34. > :19:38.June 1st, Russians will not be allowed to smoke on buses or trains
:19:38. > :19:45.or within 50 metres of the entrances to airports and railway
:19:45. > :19:50.stations. I will give up smoking -- I will not get up smoking. I will
:19:50. > :19:54.watch out by the police. I cannot give up smoking says step Lanna, I
:19:54. > :20:00.have got such a stressful job, I have to deal with people all day
:20:01. > :20:06.long. Under the new law street kiosks must stop selling cigarettes
:20:06. > :20:14.a year from now. Prices will rise. All restaurants must become no-
:20:14. > :20:17.smoking. Vladimir is unimpressed. TRANSLATION: There is an oil
:20:17. > :20:21.refinery just down the road and I am sure it is a million times more
:20:21. > :20:29.harmful to people than cigarettes, but no-one is going to close that
:20:29. > :20:33.down, are they? But will the law reduced rations' addiction. In a
:20:33. > :20:41.country where 40% of the population smokes, it will not be easy to
:20:41. > :20:45.change the bad habits of a lifetime. The destruction of tropical
:20:45. > :20:51.rainforest is having an even worse impact on the environment than was
:20:51. > :20:55.previously thought. Deforestation in Brazil is causing trees to
:20:55. > :21:00.produce smaller, weaker seeds that are less likely to succeed in
:21:00. > :21:04.repopulate in the species. They think this has been triggered by
:21:04. > :21:09.the loss of large birds from the forest which have beaks a large
:21:10. > :21:15.enough to disperse the seeds. A hurricane in southern Mexico has
:21:15. > :21:18.forced thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes.
:21:18. > :21:22.Hurricane Babara hit land on Wednesday causing widespread
:21:23. > :21:28.destruction and flooding. Three people were killed and 12 fishermen
:21:28. > :21:32.were reported missing. It has been downgraded, but forecasters are
:21:33. > :21:37.warning it could return. Homes under water, possessions
:21:37. > :21:42.destroyed. The storm may have passed here, but the clean-up is
:21:42. > :21:48.just beginning. Where to start when you are faced with this? This
:21:48. > :21:56.woman's house is one of at least 200 affected in the town of San
:21:56. > :22:01.Pedro. The roof blew off, she says, and water came into my house.
:22:01. > :22:06.Everything got wet. Hurricane-force winds map of up to 95 kilometres an
:22:06. > :22:12.hour hit southern Mexico on Wednesday. The heavy rain that came
:22:12. > :22:18.with it flooded whole communities. The hurricane has suddenly crept up,
:22:18. > :22:25.this woman says, and they evacuated us. In some areas people had no
:22:25. > :22:29.choice but to leave their homes and many have not been able to return.
:22:29. > :22:34.TRANSLATION: We have five communities which were evacuated
:22:34. > :22:37.and we have an average of 1000 people staying in shelters.
:22:37. > :22:42.devastating start to what forecasters are predicting will be
:22:42. > :22:46.an extremely active hurricane season. Hurricane Barbara could be
:22:46. > :22:54.back. The US National hurricane centre has predicted it could hit
:22:54. > :23:00.Mexico again. As we reported earlier, Queen Elizabeth is
:23:00. > :23:04.visiting the barracks in London where sojourn Drumoak Lee Rigby was
:23:04. > :23:10.murdered last week. She arrived a few moments ago and it is thought
:23:10. > :23:13.she would have a private meeting with the soldier's senior officers
:23:13. > :23:18.along with others involved in co- ordinating the response to his
:23:18. > :23:28.death. He was attacked as he returned to the barracks in which
:23:28. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:34.after working at the Tower in London. This visit by the Queen was
:23:34. > :23:39.pre-arranged before any of this happened. His Brazil ready to host
:23:39. > :23:43.next year's football World Cup? That is the question many in the
:23:43. > :23:48.game were asking after a judge suspended the match due to be
:23:48. > :23:53.happening between England and Brazil. He said the stadium was
:23:53. > :23:58.unsafe despite an expensive refurbishment. That decision has
:23:58. > :24:02.been overturned, but few are reassured. England's footballers
:24:02. > :24:09.arrived in Brazil yesterday after a long transatlantic flight knowing
:24:09. > :24:14.there had been concerns about the stadium readiness, but unaware that
:24:14. > :24:19.their match might be in jeopardy. We have had a lot of reassurances,
:24:19. > :24:24.but our main priority is to be here this week and to be as open and as
:24:24. > :24:28.accessible to people as we can be and to enjoy the experience. As the
:24:28. > :24:34.England players loosened up on the beach a Brazilian judge issued an
:24:34. > :24:40.injunction suspending Sunday's game, the first official match due to be
:24:40. > :24:45.played at the new stadium. He ruled there was simply not enough public
:24:45. > :24:50.safety guarantees at the stadium which has just undergone a $400
:24:50. > :24:55.million refurbishment. Although the pitch and the seating had been
:24:55. > :25:02.completed, the judge referred to a significant amount of rubble still
:25:02. > :25:06.relying around outside the stadium. But later last night the relevant
:25:06. > :25:10.safety requirements were satisfied and the game would go ahead. But
:25:10. > :25:17.this is a huge embarrassment for Brazil ahead of next year's World
:25:17. > :25:21.Cup. FIFA has repeatedly criticised slow progress, not just here, but
:25:21. > :25:28.at several other Brazilian stadiums which are blighted by building
:25:28. > :25:32.delays, roots damaged by rain and contractual disputes. Sending
:25:32. > :25:37.someone to walk on Mars has been the dream of many scientists for
:25:37. > :25:42.decades. When the Curiosity Rover landed there last year it seemed it
:25:42. > :25:46.might be a step closer to be possible. But data gathered by the
:25:46. > :25:54.robot has concluded what many suspected, that astronauts would
:25:54. > :25:58.suffer from dangerously high levels of radiation. Myers is the next
:25:58. > :26:03.frontier for human space exploration, but this adventure now
:26:03. > :26:08.carries a serious health warning. Using instruments on Nasa's
:26:08. > :26:13.Curiosity Rover scientists have measured the radiation and a
:26:13. > :26:18.astronaut would receive. They found a journey to the Red Planet would
:26:18. > :26:21.be the most dangerous part of the mission. Aston us would be
:26:21. > :26:27.bombarded with cosmic rays from space and it would increase their
:26:27. > :26:31.chances of getting cancer and could damaged tissue in the brain. For
:26:31. > :26:36.NASA that does is so high it is above their current safety limits,
:26:36. > :26:41.but now private companies have also set their sights on the red planet
:26:41. > :26:44.and are searching for volunteers. Also for the glory of being first
:26:44. > :26:52.to Sept Look on Martian soil it could be a risk some people are