:00:11. > :00:16.top stories. Chinese state media says 119 people have been killed in
:00:16. > :00:19.a fire at a slaughterhouse in the east of the country. Protests
:00:19. > :00:25.continue in Istanbul for a fourth day, as Turkey's Prime Minister
:00:25. > :00:27.blames extremists for anti-government demonstrations. In
:00:27. > :00:33.Moscow, the trial of five men accused of murdering the journalist
:00:33. > :00:35.Anna Politkovskaya has got under way. And as countries across central
:00:35. > :00:45.Europe shore up their flood defences, after several days of
:00:45. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:06.torrential rain, we go to Germany to known to have died in a fire at a
:01:06. > :01:10.poultry processing plant in northeast China. It's feared the
:01:10. > :01:13.number of dead will rise, as many people are still missing. It's
:01:13. > :01:17.thought the fire took hold after three explosions in an electrical
:01:17. > :01:23.system. It then spread rapidly through a complicated lay-out of
:01:23. > :01:30.buildings. The rescue operation is still going on. Let's speak to the
:01:30. > :01:34.our correspondent John Sudworth who's in Shanghai. Fire crews have
:01:34. > :01:41.been trying to bring the situation under control all day. Around midday
:01:41. > :01:46.today, the blaze were said to have brought under control was still
:01:46. > :01:51.burning. And, although we have had these continuous updates as the
:01:51. > :01:56.number of confirmed dead reported by the official Chinese state media
:01:56. > :01:59.here has been rising, what we don't know yet is much about the cause.
:01:59. > :02:07.Some suggestion, as you say, there were explosions in an electrical
:02:07. > :02:10.circuit and other reports also say a leak of ammonia gas may have been
:02:10. > :02:14.one contributing factor. Apparently, it's often used in the
:02:14. > :02:17.cooling systems in meat processing plants. And the Chinese authorities
:02:17. > :02:21.say that, as you would expect, an investigation will be launched into
:02:21. > :02:27.the cause but what we have been hearing again on official state
:02:27. > :02:31.Chinese media is harrowing reports from those who managed to escape,
:02:31. > :02:36.talking of chaos and confusion, the lights going out, and, more
:02:36. > :02:40.worryingly perhaps, talking of blocked exits. Suggestions at least
:02:40. > :02:43.one of the factory gates may have been locked and the firefighters
:02:43. > :02:47.themselves saying that the difficulty of accessing this plant
:02:47. > :02:56.has hampered their rescue efforts. Already questions being raised about
:02:56. > :03:01.the whole safety of this building and the company who own it? That's
:03:01. > :03:06.right. I mean, we don't know yet, of course, what the cause was and we
:03:06. > :03:12.expect more information to come out about that over the next few days
:03:12. > :03:20.and weeks. But it certainly raises questions. China is a country in
:03:20. > :03:25.which industrial accidents are sadly all too common. Some suggestions,
:03:25. > :03:29.when reporting other incidents, that safety regulations have been lax.
:03:29. > :03:38.What we can say about this plant is that it's not an old antiquated
:03:38. > :03:44.facility, at all. It was apparently set up in 2009, employs 1200 people,
:03:44. > :03:48.and produces 67,000 tonnes of processed chicken a year. So it's by
:03:48. > :03:53.no means a small or antiquated facility. I think, given the fact so
:03:53. > :03:57.many people have died in this incident, it will, inevitably, raise
:03:57. > :04:00.questions about safety standards across the industry. John, thank
:04:00. > :04:04.you. Nine school children have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in
:04:04. > :04:07.Afghanistan. A policeman also died. Police say the bomber, who was on a
:04:07. > :04:10.motorbike, was attempting to blow up a US military patrol at a market in
:04:10. > :04:14.Paktia province in the east of the country. The children were out from
:04:14. > :04:18.school on their lunch break. It's believed up to 15 other people were
:04:18. > :04:22.wounded. The former president of Taiwan has tried to commit suicide
:04:22. > :04:25.in prison, where he is serving a 19-year sentence for corruption.
:04:25. > :04:31.Chen Shui-bian is reported to have used a towel in the attempt but was
:04:31. > :04:34.stopped by guards in a prison bathroom. He is now said to be in a
:04:34. > :04:38.stable condition. The former president was being treated for
:04:38. > :04:42.depression at a prison hospital. The Turkish President Abdullah Gul has
:04:42. > :04:45.just appealed for calm on national TV. It follows three nights of
:04:45. > :04:50.bloody street battles between the police and protestors angered by the
:04:50. > :04:53.government's plans to redevelop a park in Istanbul. A short time ago
:04:53. > :05:03.the Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the park was no longer
:05:03. > :05:03.
:05:03. > :05:09.the issue. TRANSLATION: There are people forced
:05:09. > :05:12.into these protests organised by extremists. This has got nothing to
:05:12. > :05:22.do with the region because there isn't any region about cutting down
:05:22. > :05:22.
:05:22. > :05:26.trees there. Our correspondence is in Ankara for us. It's interesting
:05:26. > :05:31.that we have seen these protests spread. How widespread the
:05:31. > :05:38.demonstrations? This morning is a completely different scene from what
:05:38. > :05:41.we saw yesterday in the capital of Turkey. I just came back from the
:05:42. > :05:47.main square where people were protesting and gathering yesterday
:05:47. > :05:54.and life has resumed to its normal base this morning. The traffic is
:05:54. > :06:00.back to normal, and the shops are opening a game. The shop owners also
:06:00. > :06:07.woke up this morning to assess the damage to their shops that opening
:06:07. > :06:12.game. Some windows were smashed. -- some shops are opening again. There
:06:12. > :06:19.is graffiti all over the place and people are trying to clear the
:06:19. > :06:25.damage and to clean the damage. Now, we saw a pattern in the last couple
:06:25. > :06:29.of days, demonstrations being calm in the morning and heating up in the
:06:29. > :06:33.afternoon and evening. Whether this will happen again this evening, we
:06:33. > :06:39.are not sure. The weekend is over and people are back to work, or to
:06:39. > :06:42.schools and university. What is your sense of the likely reaction to the
:06:42. > :06:50.statements we have seen in the last hour or so from the Prime Minister
:06:50. > :06:56.and the President? Well, people here agree with this vision. They think
:06:56. > :07:01.that it's not any longer and matter of demolishing the square or cutting
:07:01. > :07:06.some trees down. It's a question of the protest is being angry over the
:07:06. > :07:10.policies of this government, the protest is feeling that they don't
:07:10. > :07:13.have any trust in the government any more and they have lost faith in the
:07:13. > :07:17.government. And many other people who were here yesterday and
:07:17. > :07:21.extremely angry, we spoke to them and they said they don't care any
:07:21. > :07:25.more whether the project is a construction project and it goes
:07:25. > :07:29.ahead or not. What they want is seen as the government changing its
:07:29. > :07:32.policies. Some people were even asking for the minister to resign.
:07:32. > :07:35.Thanks very much indeed. The trial of five men charged with murdering
:07:35. > :07:39.the prominent Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, has got under
:07:39. > :07:44.way. She was highly critical of the Russian government and its military
:07:44. > :07:48.action in Chechnya. In 2006, she was found shot dead in a lift at her
:07:48. > :07:57.block of flats in Moscow. Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg
:07:57. > :08:01.explained more. The five suspects have already been brought to the
:08:01. > :08:05.Moscow city court today for what is a preliminary hearing to discuss
:08:05. > :08:10.procedural matters ahead at the start of the trial. This is being
:08:10. > :08:17.held behind closed doors, today's preliminary hearing. Interestingly,
:08:17. > :08:23.three of the men in the dock have already been tried for Anna
:08:23. > :08:28.Politkovskaya's murder in 2009 and the men were Rustam, Ibragim and
:08:28. > :08:33.Dzhabrail Makhmudov. In 2009, they were acquitted of the murder and
:08:33. > :08:36.walked free but that verdict was later overturned by Russia's Supreme
:08:36. > :08:46.Court and that's why they are back in the dock today. Along with two
:08:46. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :08:55.other men, one who pulled the trigger and also the man who
:08:55. > :08:59.organised the assassination of Anna Politkovskaya. Countries across
:08:59. > :09:03.central Europe are shoring up their flood defences after several days of
:09:03. > :09:10.torrential rain. Water is swamping low-lying areas and swollen rivers
:09:10. > :09:13.are threatening to burst their banks. In Germany alone, at least
:09:13. > :09:15.four people have died or are missing and hundreds have been moved to
:09:15. > :09:18.safety. The Czech government has declared a nationwide state of
:09:18. > :09:22.emergency. Earlier, I asked the BBC's Steve Evans in Berlin, which
:09:22. > :09:27.areas were worst hit. Write down the river Danube from the south-east of
:09:27. > :09:32.Germany seems to be particularly bad. Prague, you mentioned, not on
:09:32. > :09:38.the Danube but high flooding. The problem seems to be the don't quite
:09:38. > :09:43.know where it's going to stop. The forecasters say the rain is going to
:09:43. > :09:49.ease. But they then warned that the reign of the previous week, really,
:09:49. > :09:54.is continuing to go into the rivers. There's all kinds of secondary
:09:54. > :09:59.implications to this. Shipping on the River Rhine and the River
:10:00. > :10:04.Danube, two big commercial waterways, have been stopped in part
:10:04. > :10:08.because the level of the water is too high and too close to the
:10:08. > :10:12.bridges for ships to get underneath. There have been rail links and road
:10:12. > :10:17.links across Central Europe are broken and, in the meantime, a
:10:17. > :10:21.frantic hunt for sandbags, the army is in three countries, involving
:10:21. > :10:27.themselves to make sure the damage goes no further. There's obviously
:10:27. > :10:34.been many days of rain. What is the forecast for the days ahead?
:10:34. > :10:38.forecast is that the rain will ease. But, as I say, the water keeps
:10:38. > :10:41.coming because in Austria for example, they are basically had two
:10:41. > :10:46.months rain, what they would expect to get from two months rain at this
:10:46. > :10:52.time of year in the space of pretty much two days. So there's an awful
:10:52. > :10:56.lot of water still slurry and often mountains into these rivers, and
:10:56. > :11:03.even if the rain eases immediately, the waters are still expected to
:11:03. > :11:13.rise. Stay with us on BBC World News. Still to come: We meet one of
:11:13. > :11:14.
:11:14. > :11:17.Hollywood's newest acting dynasty's. to the polls to elect a new
:11:17. > :11:20.president. Eight candidates are running for the job to replace
:11:21. > :11:23.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has been in power since 2005. It's been a
:11:23. > :11:29.controversial selection procedure, and all of them have been strictly
:11:29. > :11:32.vetted by the authorities. But once voted in, just how much power will
:11:32. > :11:41.the winner actually have? The BBC's Rana Rahimpour explains who does
:11:41. > :11:44.what in Iran's political system. Welcome to our virtual stateroom in
:11:44. > :11:48.the Iranian president 's office. Everyone is asking who will be the
:11:49. > :11:53.next person to sit here in the President's chair? The one man we
:11:53. > :11:56.know won't be here is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is bowing out after
:11:56. > :12:02.eight years in office. Whoever replaces him will be the head of
:12:02. > :12:06.Iran's government. But like Mr Ahmadinejad, he will have a Rand's
:12:06. > :12:10.supreme leader looking over his shoulder. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is
:12:10. > :12:15.Iran's most powerful man. And it is here in his office that the new
:12:15. > :12:21.president will be confirmed. It is the supreme leader, and not the
:12:21. > :12:24.president, who has the final say on major issues. He is the
:12:24. > :12:29.commander-in-chief, responsible for the nuclear policy, and he has the
:12:29. > :12:34.last word on foreign affairs in particular relations with the West.
:12:34. > :12:38.But it's not just a supreme leader that the new president will have to
:12:38. > :12:43.reckon with. It's also the Iranian parliament. Members of this
:12:43. > :12:46.Parliament meet here in this chamber and can call the president to
:12:46. > :12:53.account. They approve the president 's new laws, his ministers, and his
:12:53. > :12:58.budget. If he wants to push through his agenda, he needs their backing.
:12:58. > :13:01.Without it, there is potential for serious political conflict. Despite
:13:01. > :13:06.these limits on his power, don't think that the man who is going to
:13:06. > :13:09.sit in this chair doesn't matter. The new president will be
:13:09. > :13:13.responsible for the everyday business of running the country. It
:13:13. > :13:19.will be his job to manage the economy at a time when Iran faces
:13:19. > :13:25.sanctions and soaring inflation. And he is the face of Iran abroad, going
:13:25. > :13:29.on state visit and addressing the United Nations. Under Mahmoud
:13:29. > :13:33.Ahmadinejad, Iran has been at odds with the West over its nuclear
:13:33. > :13:38.programme and inside the country, protests have been silenced. So,
:13:38. > :13:48.whoever sits in this chair will play an important role in setting up the
:13:48. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:56.path that Iran will follow over the headlines: Chinese state media say
:13:56. > :14:02.119 people have been killed in a fire at a slaughterhouse in the east
:14:02. > :14:04.of the country. And protests continually stumble from fourth day
:14:04. > :14:08.as Turkey's Prime Minister blames extremists for anti-government
:14:08. > :14:11.demonstrations. 20 years ago, Croatia was in the middle of a
:14:11. > :14:15.savage war for its independence, fighting to break away from what was
:14:15. > :14:20.Yugoslavia. In four week's time, it will become the latest member, the
:14:20. > :14:23.28th, of a different conglomeration of states. The European Union. It's
:14:23. > :14:33.the first of the main participants from the Balkan Wars to join. Our
:14:33. > :14:37.Europe correspondent, Chris Morris, reports. Well away from Croatia's
:14:37. > :14:42.tourist hot spots we are driving into this town - an unremarkable
:14:42. > :14:50.place, but fum of symbolism. 18 years ago it was the capital of a
:14:50. > :14:57.break away Serb republic. Boris fought in the war. Two decades
:14:57. > :15:07.on, he's unemployed and as Croatia prepares to join the EU, feeling
:15:07. > :15:11.
:15:11. > :15:15.forgotten, hoping for more. Lots of places in Croatia, I think there is
:15:15. > :15:23.a lot of progress made until now and with the European Union, I believe
:15:23. > :15:28.it could be even better. A different Croatia - a vineyard on this island.
:15:28. > :15:32.But here too, joining the EU is seen as an economic choice. They've had
:15:32. > :15:37.problems with some regulations. There are concerns about cheap
:15:37. > :15:45.foreign wines flooding into the country. Ease of access to the huge
:15:45. > :15:50.EU market is a cause for optimism. TRANSLATION: We are looking forward
:15:50. > :15:53.to better links with Europe and the rest of the world, fewer
:15:53. > :15:59.administrative barriers and less paperwork. It will bring better
:15:59. > :16:06.light to the wine makers, to those of us who work hard and a have a
:16:06. > :16:15.good quality product. The The old town here has seen old towns rise
:16:15. > :16:18.and fall. Now a new era beckons. EU funds will h re refurbish crumbling
:16:18. > :16:22.buildings in this World Heritage Site. It will take time. Many Croats
:16:22. > :16:30.would like change across their society to come more quickly. They
:16:30. > :16:35.hope to give something back to the EU once they join. There are reason
:16:35. > :16:39.reasons, but I believe in some way the European Union, it is the
:16:39. > :16:42.destiny of all the countries. Maybe in Europe, this European Union
:16:42. > :16:47.should be also reinvented in a way and I think that all the countries
:16:47. > :16:51.which are not part of the European Union should be part of the process
:16:51. > :16:56.of reinventing a better European Union. There is a certain irony in
:16:56. > :17:01.Croatia joining the EU just as the union is facing a crisis of identity
:17:01. > :17:05.and debate is raging in Britain on whether to leave. Just think where
:17:05. > :17:10.this place was 20 years ago and how far it has come. They are going into
:17:10. > :17:19.this with their eyes open, knowing that the streets of the union aren't
:17:19. > :17:22.Lebanese security sources say several Syrian rebel fighters have
:17:22. > :17:27.been killed in clashes with Hezbollah inside Lebanon. The
:17:27. > :17:32.fighting broke out near the border with Syria, east of the Beqaa
:17:32. > :17:37.Valley. It comes a day after rockets and mortars were fired into the same
:17:37. > :17:43.area, the Hezbollah stronghold. Counting the cost - a sign that the
:17:43. > :17:47.civil war in Syria is further destabilising neighbouring Lebanon.
:17:47. > :17:53.Sunday saw the worst clashes yet between Syrian rebels and Hezbollah
:17:53. > :17:56.militants, in the north, near the border. Hezbollah is fighting along
:17:56. > :18:01.alongside pro-Government forces. They are trying to gain control of a
:18:01. > :18:05.Syrian town. It has born the brunt of heavy fighting in recent week,
:18:05. > :18:10.with reports from activists of heavy shelling and regime air strikes in
:18:10. > :18:16.the town. This is why it is strategically important to both
:18:16. > :18:23.sides. A regime victory would solidity the President's control
:18:23. > :18:29.over Homs. It would strengthen links from Damascus. If the rebels take
:18:29. > :18:33.control of the town, they maintain a supply-line to Lebanon, whilst
:18:33. > :18:38.hampering Assad's control of the area. So far neither side has been
:18:38. > :18:44.able to deliver a decisive blow. The town is embell mattic of what is
:18:44. > :18:48.happening in the civil war - recent gains, but not enough to quash the
:18:48. > :18:53.rebels and inaction by a divided international community on what to
:18:53. > :18:59.do. The Gulf Arab countries have waded in, announcing action against
:18:59. > :19:09.Hezbollah for interfering. We need a very clear message to Hezbollah that
:19:09. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:16.if such intervention continues, and if such intervention also - local
:19:17. > :19:22.affairs continues, then the countries will lock and take in
:19:22. > :19:29.certain procedures against Hezbollah. This unverified footage
:19:29. > :19:33.appears to show a senior Free Syrian Army commander visiting Qusair. He
:19:33. > :19:38.along with senior commanders vow to bring more men and supplies. Neither
:19:38. > :19:45.side willing to give up. A troubling sign for Lebanon, increasingly being
:19:45. > :19:50.pulled into Syria's war. A controversial American doctor claims
:19:50. > :19:57.he can cure cancer. His patients come from around the world. Here in
:19:57. > :20:02.the UK celebrities have helped send money to send British patients to
:20:02. > :20:08.his clinic. It has been dismissed by mainstream medicine and authorities
:20:08. > :20:13.have tried to close him down. Why has he been able to sell an unprove
:20:13. > :20:17.unproven remedy for 30 years? When Luna was 18 monthses old, her
:20:17. > :20:22.parents were given the worst possible news. She was diagnosed
:20:22. > :20:26.with a rare and aggressive brain tumour. She is one-and-a-half.
:20:26. > :20:30.Babies don't get cancer. It was like a car crash. It was awful. She had
:20:30. > :20:34.three operations on her brain to try and remove the tumour. They didn't
:20:34. > :20:38.work. Her parents refused to accept that all they could do was to wait
:20:38. > :20:42.for her to die. They were desperate for other options, that is when they
:20:42. > :20:47.found the doctor. It was all about hope. It was all about hope. He said
:20:47. > :20:52.he hoped to cure my daughter. The plan was to cure Luna. That was his
:20:52. > :20:57.plan. The doctor claims to have discovered a revolutionary and
:20:57. > :21:00.nontoxic treatment. He thinks the cure for cancer can be found inside
:21:00. > :21:07.our bodies, substances in blood and urine, which switch off cancer
:21:07. > :21:11.cells. Here in the UK stars like Peter Kay and Rufus Hound have
:21:11. > :21:17.raised cash in good faith. Let's go there now, all put a couple of quid
:21:17. > :21:22.on it, whatever you can afford - amazing, right! Amazing!
:21:22. > :21:27.Hello. How are you. But the doctor's experimental treenlt is not
:21:27. > :21:32.recognised by -- treatment is not recognised by mainstream medicine.
:21:32. > :21:36.This doctor treats children with cancer and runs one of the biggest
:21:36. > :21:40.research projects into brain tumours. I understand that draw is
:21:40. > :21:43.very attractive. Unfortunately the results are not published in any
:21:43. > :21:47.form that is acceptable to the scientific community. What do you
:21:47. > :21:51.think about somebody like the doctor who says he has a break through in
:21:51. > :21:56.terms of a cure for cancer, but he doesn't share it. I think it is
:21:56. > :21:59.unethical. The doctor says he's not allowed to share his results before
:21:59. > :22:04.they are formally published later this year. The medical authorities
:22:04. > :22:08.in America have told us that's not true. Pleased to meet you, doctor.
:22:08. > :22:13.People say what you do is sell hope. That is what you do - you step in
:22:13. > :22:17.and you sell hope. What do you make of that? Many foolish people. I am
:22:17. > :22:22.telling you I am dealing with science. Can you imagine the US
:22:22. > :22:26.Government, for many years, that they would not allow me to be here
:22:27. > :22:34.if I only sold hope, without any hard evidence. The treatment did not
:22:34. > :22:40.work for Luna. She died last August. She does not reject going. If I had
:22:40. > :22:46.not have gone I would have been here without any daughter, saying, "I
:22:46. > :22:50.only I had tried it." If he is a fraud he's a bad man. But at the end
:22:50. > :22:53.of the day, if you are told your child will die, you will try
:22:53. > :22:57.anything, anything. It is easy to understand the families who look for
:22:57. > :23:07.every last chance. What is harder to understand is how the doctor has
:23:07. > :23:12.been allowed to sell an experimental treatment for the past 30 years.
:23:12. > :23:19.Now, Hollywood has a few acting disthatsties, sons and daughters
:23:19. > :23:25.following in the foots of their parents. You might think of the
:23:25. > :23:33.Douglases, kirk and Michael. Now there is another - the Smiths, Will
:23:33. > :23:39.and his son Jaden. They have made a film together. In the field, you are
:23:39. > :23:44.emotionally unpredictable. You confuse courage with recklessness.
:23:44. > :23:49.Will and Jaden Smith, very nice to see you. I am glad you brought a
:23:49. > :23:53.prop in case you lose interest in the interview. This ru bix cube is
:23:53. > :23:58.it to keep you occupied because it can get tiring. It is just people
:23:58. > :24:03.think you are smart when you do it. I like to play with it. I am afraid
:24:03. > :24:13.I am going to have to challenge you. How quickly can you do it? Not quick
:24:13. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:27.enough before this interview is again. So, what is it like working
:24:27. > :24:32.with dad? It's fun, because on set he's kind of like a walking
:24:32. > :24:38.dictionariry. Anything you need to know he'll tell you. Do you find you
:24:38. > :24:47.sometimes get annoyed with him? mean, sometimes when he trying to
:24:47. > :24:52.kiss me in public... I'm not do going to do it. He tries to kiss me
:24:52. > :24:56.all the time. It is important for kids to feel loved. Do you feel
:24:56. > :25:01.loved when I try and kiss you on your mouth? That is the last thing
:25:01. > :25:06.that comes across my mind. Temperatures on this planet
:25:06. > :25:10.fluctuate dangerously. . Everything has evolved to kill humans. What is
:25:10. > :25:15.your best parenting tip, Will, as somebody who has been very
:25:15. > :25:21.successful? Well, you know the jury is still out. It seems to be going
:25:21. > :25:29.well right now. And Jaden, is there something you wish you could do that
:25:29. > :25:34.your parents won't let you? No! you feel pretty respected. I wanted
:25:34. > :25:39.to stick my hand in the cake the other day. It was Mother's Day. He
:25:39. > :25:45.said, daddy, I just want to grab the cake. We said, sure, baby, come on,
:25:45. > :25:49.let's do it. And in that idea, saying no, that is not how you do
:25:49. > :25:56.it. The other way, sure, baby, go ahead. Jaden and his friends were
:25:56. > :26:04.like, cool, we can do that - we can eat the cake like that? And you did?
:26:04. > :26:09.Willow went first. She went, all right! She had cake all over her
:26:10. > :26:14.arm. Jaden kind of looked and looked at his friends and everything,
:26:14. > :26:20.Willow is looking and it was much less fun than she thought, so Jaden
:26:20. > :26:25.went and grabbed a knife and cut himself a piece of cake. Well, it is
:26:25. > :26:29.delightful to talk to you and being given the waving arms by everybody,
:26:29. > :26:36.which you cannot see. It is delightful. Thank you so much. It is
:26:36. > :26:40.lovely to see you. I will let you get on with the Rubik's Cube. News
:26:40. > :26:44.coming to us from South Africa, it has been reported by Reuters that a