:00:15. > :00:19.Morgan T Wright votes in his bid to become Zimbabwe's next president.
:00:19. > :00:28.Robert Mugabe signals he would be prepared to step down.
:00:28. > :00:33.If you lose, you must surrender to those who have one. If you win,
:00:34. > :00:36.those who have lost must also surrender to you. Chinese try to
:00:36. > :00:41.escape record temperatures of a summer heatwave.
:00:41. > :00:45.It has so far claimed at least ten lives in Shanghai. The American
:00:45. > :00:50.soldier Bradley Manning faces a lengthy jail term for espionage.
:00:50. > :00:54.This is a different story, with the footman from Calcutta who has had to
:00:54. > :01:04.go home because his fees are for working at Buckingham Palace has
:01:04. > :01:24.
:01:24. > :01:28.Might Zimbabweans vote for a new president? Or will Robert Mugabe be
:01:28. > :01:33.re-elected? That is what voters are deciding in the fiercely contested
:01:33. > :01:39.presidential and parliamentary elections. The president is 89, he
:01:39. > :01:44.once a seventh consecutive term. His party denies accusations that it has
:01:44. > :01:49.doctored the voter roll. Voting is well under way, with long queues
:01:49. > :01:55.reported. The main challenger, the leader of the movement for
:01:55. > :02:02.Democratic change, and current Prime Minister, has cast his vote. Leaving
:02:02. > :02:08.the polling station, he described the mood and his hopes.
:02:08. > :02:13.It is an emotional moment when you see these people. After all of the
:02:13. > :02:21.conflict, the sub struck the stalemates, the hostility, there is
:02:21. > :02:27.a sense of calmness, that finally Zimbabwe will be able to move on
:02:27. > :02:31.again. Robert Mugabe is expected to vote at any time.
:02:31. > :02:35.He has said that after a 33 year rule, he will step down if the vote
:02:35. > :02:45.goes against him. You must surrender to those who have
:02:45. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:58.one. If you win, those who have lost must also surrender to year. I will
:02:58. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:06.Many Zimbabweans have raved the cold this morning to cast their ballots.
:03:06. > :03:12.A lot of them did not want to talk about politics, and all they wanted
:03:12. > :03:19.to do was go and vote. There are queues around me everywhere, a lot
:03:19. > :03:27.of people woke up and started queueing up at 5am. Tell us how you
:03:27. > :03:33.feel. I feel very excited about voting. It is very peaceful, there
:03:33. > :03:38.is no violence. Some Zimbabweans have told us they are relieved that
:03:38. > :03:43.these elections are relatively peaceful, compare to those in 2008,
:03:43. > :03:48.which were marred by high levels of violence and integration. More than
:03:48. > :03:51.9700 polling stations across the country, and 14,000 observers have
:03:51. > :03:58.been sent through for these elections. The pie minister has
:03:58. > :04:01.raised some concerns are saying that he believes the voters' role has
:04:01. > :04:08.been manipulated. But the same time, Robert Mugabe says he is
:04:08. > :04:13.willing to step down if he loses. We will have analysis of the options
:04:13. > :04:16.shortly. At least ten people have died of
:04:16. > :04:22.heat stroke in Shanghai as the city experiences one of its hottest
:04:22. > :04:30.summers in 140 years. Temperatures rose to 35 degrees or higher for 24
:04:30. > :04:34.days this month. Even by Chinese standards, it is a
:04:34. > :04:39.sweltering summer. With record temperatures, everyone is trying to
:04:39. > :04:49.cool off. At this pool, there is barely enough room to stand, never
:04:49. > :04:53.mind swim. Not that that appeared to put anybody off. TRANSLATION: It is
:04:53. > :04:56.like a cauldron of boiling dumplings, B Moore, the merrier.
:04:56. > :05:03.Force Shanghai, it has been the hottest summer in more than a
:05:03. > :05:08.century. One local TV station cooked up this stunt, frying pork chops
:05:08. > :05:12.outdoors. It has gone viral. The authorities have issued a heat alert
:05:12. > :05:16.in nine provinces will stop for now, there is little chance of any
:05:16. > :05:24.respite. Forecasts suggest sweltering temperatures for at least
:05:24. > :05:29.another week. The American soldier Bradley Manning
:05:29. > :05:33.faces up to 136 years in prison for leaking top secret government
:05:33. > :05:37.documents to the website WikiLeaks. He has been acquitted of the most
:05:37. > :05:42.serious charge against him, aiding the enemy. The process of sentencing
:05:42. > :05:45.him is due to begin on Wednesday afternoon.
:05:45. > :05:48.Investigations into the railway accident in Spain that killed 79
:05:48. > :05:54.people show the driver was on the phone at the time of the crash. The
:05:54. > :05:58.court heard that Francisco's that he was talking to an official of the
:05:58. > :06:04.National rail company. He faces possible charges of multiple
:06:04. > :06:07.negligent homicide. A new UN force in the Democratic Republic of Congo
:06:07. > :06:16.has given residents to disarm #48 to disarm.
:06:16. > :06:21.They warn falsehood be used if they fail to do so. Rebels are accused of
:06:21. > :06:24.killing civilians in the region around the city.
:06:24. > :06:29.Violence against civilians in Afghanistan has been rising this
:06:29. > :06:34.year, according to a report from the UN. 1300 people have died since the
:06:34. > :06:41.start of the year. A number of children being killed, 30% higher
:06:41. > :06:46.than the same period last year. I asked our correspondence what else
:06:46. > :06:51.he was told at a briefing on those figures by the UN. Civilians are
:06:51. > :06:55.still taking the brunt of the conflict here in Afghanistan.
:06:55. > :06:58.What will be disappointing for the Afghan government and the
:06:58. > :07:04.international community is that the number of civilian casualties had
:07:04. > :07:08.been going down, but these latest figures show a huge increase, around
:07:08. > :07:14.23%, in deaths and injuries. According to the UN, the country
:07:14. > :07:16.appears to be becoming slightly more dangerous. The reason is the
:07:16. > :07:22.handover of security from the international forces to the Afghans
:07:22. > :07:28.themselves. That transition is proving problematic. Most of the
:07:28. > :07:32.deaths and injuries are still being caused by improvised explosive
:07:32. > :07:37.devices, especially roadside bombs. But more and more people are being
:07:37. > :07:43.caught up in the battles between the Afghan forces and the insurgents,
:07:43. > :07:46.the Taliban, obviously. What is especially alarming for the UN, more
:07:46. > :07:51.and more civilians are also being targeted deliberately.
:07:51. > :07:56.Looking at the data which I am reading, it also talks about
:07:56. > :08:01.recording a 76% increase in civilian casualties as a result of insurgents
:08:01. > :08:11.targeting civilian government employees, offices and district
:08:11. > :08:12.
:08:12. > :08:17.headquarters. It is down to the insurgents. Yes, and what they are
:08:17. > :08:21.trying to do is create a climate of fear in many areas so that people do
:08:21. > :08:27.not want to take a public office, do anything which brings them into
:08:27. > :08:33.conflict with the Taliban, who want to take over. They are killing
:08:33. > :08:37.judges, public officials, and further down the scale,
:08:37. > :08:42.schoolteachers, anything like that, there is such a widespread of
:08:43. > :08:47.targets. What concerns the UN is these targeted killings of
:08:47. > :08:52.civilians, and the fact that so many are being caught out, by being in
:08:52. > :08:57.the wrong place at the wrong time. Buckingham Palace footman who played
:08:57. > :09:01.a starring role in announcing the birth of Prince George last week has
:09:01. > :09:08.left his job because his fees are to be here in Britain expired. These
:09:08. > :09:16.are the pictures from last week, he is handing the announcement of the
:09:16. > :09:26.world baby to the easel. Now he has had his renewal application rejected
:09:26. > :09:35.
:09:35. > :09:42.was a training in hotel management. What is being said by his parents?
:09:42. > :09:45.This is where his journey began, he was here for two years, from 2008 to
:09:45. > :09:51.2009. I spoke to his principle, she said he was well behaved, perfect
:09:51. > :09:56.for the Royal family, quite quiet, and very serious about his work. She
:09:56. > :09:59.said when she saw him on TV, she could not believe that one of her
:09:59. > :10:03.students had done this, but he is not the first from this college to
:10:03. > :10:10.work for the Royal family, and she said that his parents have said very
:10:10. > :10:15.little so far, but she believes that he has come back, he will then try
:10:15. > :10:20.to reapply to go back to the UK. I have spoken to others, that is where
:10:20. > :10:26.his heart is, to go back and work for the Royal family once again. It
:10:26. > :10:30.is an amazing story, this boy from Calcutta who became part of the big
:10:31. > :10:34.as news story of the year. He got training in Edinburgh before he went
:10:34. > :10:42.to Buckingham Palace, but there is a deeper problem, the tween India and
:10:42. > :10:47.the UK, about the Indian anger over the difficulty of getting access,
:10:47. > :10:51.for Indians who want to get a better life in Britain. You hit the nail on
:10:51. > :10:56.the head, many students who are inside, studying, their dream is to
:10:56. > :11:00.go to the UK, this city has close links, this is to be the British
:11:00. > :11:03.capital, they feel they can have a better life, that they can conjure
:11:03. > :11:05.the British capital, they feel they can have a better life, that they
:11:05. > :11:13.can cogitate to British society. But that is what is happening here.
:11:13. > :11:17.Initially, it was a two-year period, but he has had to come back. A lot
:11:17. > :11:21.of Indian students are angry, but in his case, he is not speaking to the
:11:21. > :11:29.press, he wants to keep his head down, and be back where he thinks he
:11:29. > :11:35.belongs, with the Royal family in the UK.
:11:35. > :11:39.You are with BBC World News. Still to come, after the huge protests
:11:39. > :11:44.over redeveloping a park in Istanbul, we examine the
:11:45. > :11:47.authorities' big plans for Turkey's future, as the country's biggest
:11:47. > :11:56.city. And, we preview the third Ashes test
:11:56. > :11:59.between England and Australia, which starts tomorrow.
:11:59. > :12:04.A court hearing in Italy with potentially huge implications for
:12:04. > :12:08.the government is into its second day. Silvio Berlusconi is trying to
:12:08. > :12:12.have his conviction for tax fraud overturned. It relates to TV right
:12:12. > :12:21.ought by one of his companies. If he fails, he could be jailed and barred
:12:21. > :12:27.from public office. Outside Italy's highest court,
:12:27. > :12:31.activists urged the not to overturn a ruling that blogs Silvio
:12:31. > :12:40.Berlusconi from holding public office. The banner reads, nobody is
:12:40. > :12:44.more equal than others in front of the law. TRANSLATION: We are afraid
:12:44. > :12:47.that, if he is convicted and blocked from political office, the problem
:12:48. > :12:53.will not be legal, it will be political, because the committee
:12:53. > :12:57.must decide if they approve banning him from office or not. The former
:12:57. > :13:01.Italian Prime Minister was convicted last October of tax fraud and
:13:01. > :13:05.sentenced to four years in prison. With a five-year ban on public
:13:05. > :13:11.office. An appeals court upheld that rolling. This is his final appeal.
:13:11. > :13:14.His lawyers have vowed to deliver a win for him. If his conviction is
:13:14. > :13:24.upheld, it is thought his departure could destabilise the coalition
:13:24. > :13:26.
:13:26. > :13:30.government. CANCELLATION: He is powerful, they just him, he has been
:13:30. > :13:35.holding powerful 25 years, and if his party leaves's loses him, it
:13:35. > :13:45.loses almost everything. TRANSLATION: Lets hope the judges
:13:45. > :13:50.know what they are doing. Plenty has been said about the three-time
:13:50. > :13:56.former Prime Minister, who is facing a criminal case that could also see
:13:56. > :14:02.him banned from political life. In June, he was convicted of paying for
:14:02. > :14:11.sex with an underage erotic dancer. And of abusing his power following
:14:11. > :14:16.lurid tales of so-called bunga bunga parties. There will be more
:14:16. > :14:20.controversy ahead. Authorities in Panama have found
:14:21. > :14:24.more parts for fighter jets and military vehicles the in the North
:14:24. > :14:34.Korean ship seized from Cuba. They have discovered these aircraft
:14:34. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:42.engines. You are with BBC World News. The
:14:42. > :14:48.latest headlines. Voting is under way in Zimbabwe's presidential
:14:48. > :14:54.election. Robert Mugabe says he will step down if he loses. China is in
:14:54. > :14:59.the grip of a heatwave that has killed ten people in Shanghai as
:14:59. > :15:05.temperatures soared to record levels. Now to Brazil and
:15:05. > :15:11.authorities in real delusion Nero are trying to work out how a burst
:15:11. > :15:17.water main killed a young girl. The damaged caused many families from
:15:17. > :15:25.their homes and injured several others. The water began gushing out
:15:25. > :15:32.at around six in the morning. The giant fountain crashing into
:15:33. > :15:42.buildings in the west end of Rio. A pipeline had burst and the jet was
:15:43. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:51.so strong that it tore down 15 houses and turned over cars. Locals
:15:51. > :16:01.scrambled to get out as gallons of water flooded their homes. The water
:16:01. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:09.was waist high in some places. The neighbourhood is a poor area. The
:16:09. > :16:17.people who live here have little to begin with. The damage caused by the
:16:17. > :16:25.burst pipe is devastating. This man is just thankful his family is safe.
:16:25. > :16:31.We really only last the things inside the house thank goodness.
:16:31. > :16:40.Workers are doing everything they can to fix the pipe.
:16:40. > :16:48.investigation is already under way. But that is little comfort to those
:16:48. > :16:58.who are homeless. In June the Turkish commercial
:16:58. > :16:59.
:16:59. > :17:08.centre Istanbul sought huge protest over plans to redevelop one of its
:17:08. > :17:13.most popular parks. But the government is still making noises
:17:13. > :17:22.about making big changes to Turkey's largest city. What exactly
:17:22. > :17:32.do they have planned? The many conquests of this city are written
:17:32. > :17:33.
:17:33. > :17:41.in its skyline. Every leader who rules Istanbul tries to reshape it.
:17:41. > :17:48.Turkey's government wants to change the way this city looks. Perhaps
:17:48. > :17:55.more so than any other administration in decades. But
:17:55. > :18:05.construction is political in this city and so the government's
:18:05. > :18:05.
:18:05. > :18:15.ambition has run into trouble. The Prime Minister wants to transform
:18:15. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:28.the area into a replica military barracks. He is trying to conquer
:18:28. > :18:36.this area by means of architect Joe. This city is also bidding for the
:18:36. > :18:46.2020 Olympics. If it gets the games then this stock will be turned into
:18:46. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:59.the home of a new stadium. It is quite as city for a property
:18:59. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:11.developer. This man says Istanbul needs to more homes and much more
:19:11. > :19:20.infrastructure. We have two create a lot of new infrastructure and sort
:19:20. > :19:28.out quality public transportation. For a decade this government has
:19:28. > :19:37.tried to change the look and the nature of its biggest city. But the
:19:37. > :19:46.ambition now faces resistance. Imposing that vision become at a
:19:46. > :19:55.cost. Tomorrow the third Ashes test between England and Australia gets
:19:55. > :20:05.under way. They're out training today. What about the injured Kevin
:20:05. > :20:05.
:20:06. > :20:12.Pietersen? There was a concern but he has trained well this morning.
:20:12. > :20:22.For 45 minutes he batted and walked away with no problem after that calf
:20:22. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:32.strain. So great news for England. It looks as if their top seven will
:20:32. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:44.remain unchanged. But where will Monty Palace Tharp fit in? He has
:20:44. > :20:46.
:20:47. > :20:56.been called in. The sun is expected to come out on Thursday. I'm not
:20:57. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:06.sure if they would like a baked old Trafford pitch. Here is Jimmy
:21:06. > :21:16.Anderson and what he thinks about the England prospects for a series
:21:16. > :21:17.
:21:17. > :21:27.whitewash. There can be extra pressure. But the guys seem to
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:33.really enjoy that pressure and thrive on it. It is great to see.
:21:33. > :21:42.Hopefully they can go from strength to strength. Australian batting has
:21:42. > :21:50.been a big problem so far. Hoping to recall David Warner. He is rumoured
:21:50. > :21:59.to be slotted in at number three on Thursday. That will give them some
:21:59. > :22:09.punch to their batting line-up. He was actually suspended for punching
:22:09. > :22:13.
:22:14. > :22:20.the England batsman in a bar and also for a night Twitter rant. He is
:22:20. > :22:28.a fiery character but they will love to have him back on the side. He
:22:28. > :22:35.brings a lot of energy to the group. He can put some real pressure
:22:35. > :22:45.on England. Now to the Zimbabwe election. President Mugabe has just
:22:45. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:55.cast his vote. He has already Africa's oldest leader at 89. He is
:22:55. > :23:00.running for election for the seventh time. Doctor Sue Onslow joins me
:23:00. > :23:10.from the Institute of Commonwealth studies. Are we entering a post
:23:10. > :23:20.Robert Mugabe era is like I do not think that he will take the
:23:20. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:28.presidential position. Even if he is voted in? Not at aged 89, he will
:23:28. > :23:37.not see it out. He is ill and he is old. He has been ill for some time
:23:37. > :23:47.even though that has been denied. What about the mood in the country?
:23:47. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:53.With the dollar giving a new stability to the country? It is
:23:53. > :23:59.about the credibility of the African union as well. This is a very
:23:59. > :24:09.significant election. 64 million could be registered to vote. What
:24:09. > :24:10.
:24:10. > :24:16.are you detecting in these rallies for Mugabe? I think there is an
:24:16. > :24:23.extraordinary energy to register the vote. I think it will be judged to
:24:23. > :24:31.be a credible election. Under the constitution they do not have to
:24:31. > :24:38.announce the result until the 5th of August. A remarkable film has shown
:24:38. > :24:47.life inside a prisoner of war camp. The footage was made by French
:24:47. > :24:53.business during the Second World War. More now from Paris. 1940. The
:24:53. > :24:59.surroundings of a prison camp in North East Austria holding 5000
:24:59. > :25:06.French officers. This rarely seen footage is a 30 minute documentary
:25:06. > :25:13.shot in secret by the prisoners themselves. Risking death, they
:25:13. > :25:21.recorded it on a secret camera. It was concealed in a hollowed out
:25:21. > :25:29.dictionary. It is what they filmed that makes it all the more
:25:29. > :25:37.remarkable. One former inmate was part of the escape committee. We dug
:25:37. > :25:44.a number of tunnels from the huts and the guards always found them.
:25:44. > :25:51.They were looking for the earth we dug out. But they did eventually
:25:51. > :26:01.find a way. The Germans allowed the inmates to build an open-air
:26:01. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:09.theatre. Now they had half the distance to go. The malnourished men
:26:09. > :26:16.said to work. They were university confesses, geologists and
:26:16. > :26:23.architects. They made the calculation is exact day. There was
:26:23. > :26:31.so little space in the tunnel, we were forced to lie in the foetal
:26:32. > :26:37.position. All the time we imagine the worst, the German firing squad
:26:37. > :26:44.that would be waiting at the end of the tunnel. Once they had gone
:26:44. > :26:51.beneath the wire they were still deep inside German occupied