:00:08. > :00:15.Hello, this is BBC World News, the top stories:
:00:16. > :00:18.At least 30 people are killed in southern Yemen after simultaneous
:00:18. > :00:22.attacks on military targets. Greenpeace urges Russia to release
:00:22. > :00:25.its protest ship after it was stormed by armed men in the Arctic
:00:25. > :00:28.Ocean. Syria's Deputy Prime Minister says
:00:28. > :00:30.neither side can win the country's Civil War.
:00:30. > :00:34.neither side can win the country's And why Singapore has been rapidly
:00:34. > :00:52.to become a playground for the super-rich.
:00:52. > :00:58.Hello and welcome. We start in Yemen, where a series of attacks on
:00:58. > :01:02.military bases have left at least 40 people dead. Ten soldiers were
:01:02. > :01:07.killed when gunmen attacked the military headquarters in the town of
:01:07. > :01:13.Maisa, apparently without any warning -- in the town of Maifaa.
:01:14. > :01:18.There were also attacks in the Shabwa province, killing 30 people.
:01:18. > :01:22.These are the latest pictures of the aftermath of the attack in Shabwa.
:01:22. > :01:25.It is thought that Islamic militants with links to Al-Qaeda were
:01:25. > :01:30.responsible, although no group has yet issued a reform will claim full
:01:30. > :01:33.responsibility. BBC Arabic have been following the story and Toby White
:01:33. > :01:36.Al-Qaeda militants would be blamed for the attacks.
:01:36. > :01:42.-- told me why. The attacks are the hallmarks of
:01:42. > :01:46.Al-Qaeda. Most of the attacks claimed by Al-Qaeda in the past, a
:01:46. > :01:50.car bomb has been used, and that is typical of Al-Qaeda in Yemen as
:01:50. > :01:54.well. The attacks, the number of casualties, also bear the hallmarks
:01:54. > :01:58.of similar attacks from Al-Qaeda in the past. That is what the Yemeni
:01:59. > :02:04.officials are saying. Why have we seen this sudden attack,
:02:04. > :02:07.with quite a large potential loss of life here? Why are we seeing this
:02:07. > :02:12.now? Obviously, according to a senior
:02:12. > :02:18.Yemeni police officer, who spoke to several news agencies, the attack
:02:18. > :02:22.was some sort of a surprise for the soldiers. The reports we are getting
:02:22. > :02:27.is that the attacks happened at the very early hours of the morning and
:02:27. > :02:33.the soldiers were not even up from their beds. Due to the nature of
:02:33. > :02:39.that province in Yemen, we only got to hear about this at a very late
:02:39. > :02:44.time. However, it also seems that the attack was well-prepared, and
:02:44. > :02:49.well-planned. In one attack, for example, at least 20 soldiers were
:02:49. > :02:52.killed, we are hearing there has been a brief exchange of fire and
:02:52. > :02:57.the guards at the gates were overpowered easily. And then there
:02:57. > :03:02.has been a car bomb and the gate was just ripped apart and on they went,
:03:02. > :03:07.inside the camp itself. Where are we with the balance
:03:07. > :03:11.between the US assault, effectively, on Al-Qaeda, and the
:03:11. > :03:18.resistance? Well, so far, the US has managed,
:03:18. > :03:23.along with the cooperation of Yemeni authorities, it seems, has managed
:03:23. > :03:30.to kill a number of senior Al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen, including the most
:03:30. > :03:35.wanted man for a long time in Yemen. So far, the fight goes on,
:03:36. > :03:41.because Al-Qaeda is not giving up, and this seems to be the nature of
:03:41. > :03:46.the group. There has been an attack on three
:03:46. > :03:52.buses carrying soldiers in Sinai. Witnesses say there was a huge
:03:52. > :03:55.explosion as the soldiers were being transferred in northern Sinai, but
:03:55. > :03:59.security officials say no one was injured as the explosions happened
:03:59. > :04:04.after the buses had gone by. The environmental group Greenpeace
:04:04. > :04:07.says 30 of its activists are being held at gunpoint after Russian
:04:07. > :04:11.security officers stormed a ship in the Arctic. They say their members
:04:11. > :04:15.were taking part in a protest against oil drilling by the Russian
:04:15. > :04:23.company three. Ben Stewart, head of media at Greenpeace, spoke to me and
:04:23. > :04:29.gave me as -- and update -- by the Russian Barclays three. They are
:04:29. > :04:34.still on the Arctic Sunrise, which is still in the same place as it was
:04:34. > :04:40.when it was stormed by the Russian agent, but we are reading the same
:04:40. > :04:43.reports as you are, which is that the ship is going to be taken into
:04:43. > :04:45.Murmansk, which will take two or three days. I got a call from a
:04:45. > :04:49.friend of mine which was from the three days. I got a call from a
:04:49. > :04:54.mess of the Arctic Sunrise and he said he was under armed guard. He
:04:54. > :05:04.gave me an account and it seemed that 15 armed agents of the FSP, the
:05:04. > :05:06.new name for the KGB, came down and abseiled onto the helicopter deck of
:05:06. > :05:10.new name for the KGB, came down and the Arctic Sunrise. They were armed
:05:10. > :05:17.with handguns, rifles and knives, and they began rounding up my
:05:17. > :05:19.colleagues, all of whom are peaceful people committed to a cleaner and
:05:20. > :05:24.more peaceful world. They were taken people committed to a cleaner and
:05:24. > :05:28.into the mess and held under on guard. The Greenpeace guys were in
:05:28. > :05:32.the communications room, which was secure with a locked door, but the
:05:32. > :05:36.agents managed to break it down. It took 35 minutes and they were taken
:05:36. > :05:40.into the mess. They are under armed guard, that was the situation
:05:40. > :05:44.overnight. We haven't had communication for several hours and
:05:44. > :05:48.are very worried. And just reading something from a Russian security
:05:48. > :05:50.official, who has said that the Greenpeace activists have been
:05:50. > :05:56.detained because they carried out a criminal act and attempted to
:05:56. > :06:01.infiltrate the oil rig, violating a 500 metre restricted access zone and
:06:01. > :06:04.were tugging a large object which resembled either an unidentified
:06:04. > :06:10.explosive device or research equipment, which is a violation of
:06:10. > :06:16.federal law, and it is also punishable by Russian criminal law.
:06:16. > :06:24.Surely these direct action tactics are juvenile and disruptive? Is
:06:24. > :06:29.claimed that it is an unexploded device, I know exactly what that
:06:29. > :06:30.thing was and it is incredibly disingenuous of the Russian
:06:30. > :06:35.authorities to say anything else, they know what it was. It was a pod,
:06:35. > :06:41.it is made of foam, about the size of a car, it weighs about town and
:06:41. > :06:44.it is bright yellow. It is a survival pod, it keeps people want
:06:44. > :06:48.and you hang it at the bottom of the oil rig so protesters could do what
:06:48. > :06:51.they wanted to do safely and responsibly, which is what we were
:06:51. > :06:54.trying to do. We are launching a protest against Arctic oil drilling,
:06:54. > :06:59.which we regard as incredibly irresponsible.
:06:59. > :07:02.At the two and a half years of increasingly brutal conflict in
:07:02. > :07:07.Syria, the country's Deputy Prime Minister says the civil War has
:07:07. > :07:10.reached stalemate. In an interview with the newspaper the Guardian,
:07:10. > :07:14.Qadri Jamil says neither side can defeat the other and if a proposed
:07:14. > :07:20.peace conference ever gets underway in Geneva, he will call for a
:07:20. > :07:24.cease-fire. So how significant is this statement? Jim Muir is in
:07:24. > :07:27.Beirut. I think that basically, it shows
:07:27. > :07:34.that the Russians are getting serious about preparations for
:07:34. > :07:38.so-called " Geneva two" . This settlement process, the talks, have
:07:38. > :07:41.stalled, the once they were hoping to get going on a parallel track to
:07:41. > :07:49.the chemical weapons agreement. Qadri Jamil is regarded, rightly or
:07:49. > :07:53.wrongly, as one of Russia's men in Damascus. He was educated in Russia,
:07:53. > :07:58.he was a member of the Communist Party in Syria until it was squeezed
:07:58. > :08:03.in a roundabout 2,000, and he a recent addition the Government,
:08:03. > :08:07.although he has the post of Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs.
:08:07. > :08:10.He says he is speaking with the authority of the Government, but it
:08:10. > :08:15.seems to be very much part of a Russian push. The deputy Russian
:08:15. > :08:18.Foreign Minister is in Damascus, meeting not just with top regime
:08:18. > :08:24.officials but members of what you would call the soft opposition, who
:08:24. > :08:27.the Russians would like to have a alongside the more or less XL Syrian
:08:27. > :08:33.National Council edition as partners in that discussion in Geneva --
:08:33. > :08:37.excite old Syrian national coalition.
:08:37. > :08:40.News of the cease-fire this morning in Syria as well, but not involving
:08:41. > :08:48.government troops. Instead, this is rival rebel groups, who have agreed
:08:48. > :08:50.to cease hostilities and exchange prisoners in the northern town of as
:08:50. > :08:55.az. A group of leading doctors from
:08:55. > :08:58.around the world say there have been deliberate and systematic attacks on
:08:58. > :09:01.hospitals in Syria. In a letter published today in the medical
:09:01. > :09:05.journal the Lancet, they say horrific injuries are going
:09:05. > :09:08.untreated and life-saving operations are being performed without any
:09:08. > :09:12.anaesthetic. They warn that the conditions are ripe for an epidemic
:09:12. > :09:18.which could sweep beyond Syria's borders.
:09:18. > :09:26.Syria's ever worsening Civil War has laid waste to towns and cities
:09:26. > :09:28.across the country. So much so that thousands of casualties from the
:09:28. > :09:33.fighting are now being treated in makeshift clinics like this. Many
:09:33. > :09:40.others received no treatment at all. According to the letter published in
:09:40. > :09:43.the Lancet today. It also says Syria's doctors and nurses are being
:09:43. > :09:51.deliberately and systematically targeted, as are the hospitals.
:09:51. > :09:56.Fear of being attacked from the air is particularly acute. No surprise,
:09:56. > :10:01.then, that thousands of medical staff have joined the exodus from
:10:01. > :10:07.Syria. They are seeking shelter in neighbouring countries. But by
:10:07. > :10:12.becoming refugees, they have compounded the problems for those
:10:12. > :10:18.still in Syria, trying to keep some kind of medical service going for
:10:18. > :10:20.those in need. In response to the letter in the Lancet, the Prime
:10:20. > :10:25.Minister David Cameron says Britain will call for full, unfettered
:10:25. > :10:31.humanitarian access in Syria at next week's meeting of the UN General
:10:31. > :10:35.Assembly. But the lives of an increasing number of Syrian people
:10:35. > :10:43.depend on the country's medical services and supplies being restored
:10:43. > :10:47.as quickly as possible. Public anger is growing in Pakistan
:10:47. > :10:50.over a number of attacks on young girls. Among the cases which have
:10:50. > :10:56.made headlines recently the gang rape of a five-year-old, twins
:10:56. > :11:02.abandoned on a railway line and a baby girl thrown into a river by her
:11:02. > :11:12.own father. Now Imams in mosques across Pakistan are being asked to
:11:12. > :11:17.read sermons on a special day in Islamabad.
:11:17. > :11:21.The imam in this mosque in central Islamabad is giving his weekly
:11:21. > :11:25.Friday service, but this week it is a special message. People are
:11:25. > :11:31.Friday service, but this week it is praying here that daughters are a
:11:31. > :11:35.blessing and not a curse, saying that the country needs to do that
:11:35. > :11:44.and the Council of Imams and priests feel they need to tell people that
:11:44. > :11:52.because it follows a serious case against children. A girl of five was
:11:52. > :11:54.gang raped but the case which marked this was a father in Lahore throwing
:11:54. > :12:01.his one and a heart -year-old daughter into a river because he
:12:01. > :12:07.wanted a son. -- one and a half. There is a lot that needs to change
:12:07. > :12:11.in terms of culture and it is a culture really across South Asia
:12:11. > :12:12.which regards sons as being better than daughters and there are big
:12:13. > :12:16.which regards sons as being better problems in terms of the legal
:12:16. > :12:19.system as well, in terms of prosecuting those who perpetrate
:12:19. > :12:23.crimes against young girls, but this is at least a start here at Friday
:12:23. > :12:27.prayers, which are just about to get underway, and for that, as I say,
:12:27. > :12:34.the Government and the Imam Council has to be given some credit.
:12:34. > :12:37.Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:
:12:37. > :12:46.The homeless man whose honesty has earned him 1,000 -- $100,000.
:12:46. > :12:51.Weather warnings have been issued in Hong Kong and southern China ahead
:12:51. > :12:54.of the arrival of a typhoon. It is forecast to be one of the strongest
:12:54. > :12:58.storms of the year and is expected to pass between Taiwan and the
:12:58. > :13:02.Philippines before hitting the Chinese coast later this weekend.
:13:02. > :13:06.Heavy rain is expected and meteorologists say there could be as
:13:06. > :13:10.much as 20 millimetres per hour at the heart Gazprom height of the
:13:10. > :13:18.storm and winds could be in excess of 85 kilometres per hour. -- at the
:13:18. > :13:19.heart of the storm. Protesters have been stopped as they
:13:19. > :13:26.marched towards the Kings Palace in Protesters have been stopped as they
:13:26. > :13:33.camp oh dear. The election was -- Cambodia. The opposition party are
:13:33. > :13:36.disputing an election result. The monks came to the royal palace
:13:36. > :13:41.with a clear message for the Cambodian king. They want the king
:13:41. > :13:47.to delay the opening of Parliament until differences over the contested
:13:47. > :13:52.election can be resolved. TRANSLATION: We are united and we
:13:52. > :13:54.are praying for peace and we to say to the king not to show buyers to
:13:54. > :14:00.are praying for peace and we to say one party. The appeal of the monks
:14:00. > :14:04.is against the King's intervention this week in which he urged
:14:04. > :14:09.politicians to take their seat in parliament. Cambodian opposition
:14:09. > :14:11.parties have threatened to boycott the National Assembly meeting until
:14:11. > :14:15.there is an independent investigation into claims of
:14:15. > :14:19.electoral fraud. Cambodia remains in political deadlock, in spite of
:14:19. > :14:24.three days of talks between the Prime Minister's party and the
:14:24. > :14:28.opposition. The two parties have agreed to some political reforms,
:14:28. > :14:33.but the ruling party insist there will be no investigation, unless
:14:33. > :14:38.there is a resolution soon, it is clear the protests are set to keep
:14:38. > :14:42.growing. If you are hoping that someday,
:14:42. > :14:49.someone will find a trace of live on Mars, that might have taken a bit of
:14:49. > :14:53.a knock, because NASA's Curiosity Rover has found only tiny amounts of
:14:54. > :14:57.methane on the planet, which is common on earth and a key indicator
:14:57. > :15:02.of whether there are living organisms. They have only found
:15:02. > :15:08.levels of 1.3 ppb, at least six times lower than previously
:15:08. > :15:12.thought. The rover has been exploring Mars since landing last
:15:12. > :15:20.August, but they will not give up hope. If you want to catch up, go to
:15:20. > :15:27.the website. And this is BBC World News. The
:15:27. > :15:29.headlines: At least 30 people are killed in southern Yemen after
:15:29. > :15:34.simultaneous attacks on military targets. And Greenpeace says about
:15:34. > :15:40.30 of its activists have been held overnight after armed men stormed
:15:40. > :15:43.their ship in the Arctic Ocean. Saturday sees a major milestone for
:15:43. > :15:51.Sri Lanka and its attempt to recover from a three decade long conflict in
:15:51. > :15:55.which its estimated 100,000 people were killed. For the first time,
:15:55. > :15:57.people in the Tamil majority north will get the chance to elect their
:15:57. > :16:03.own semi-autonomous provincial council.
:16:03. > :16:07.This is where they will be counting the votes to determine which 38
:16:07. > :16:11.people sit on the northern provincial council. For the first
:16:12. > :16:15.time, a single elected body for the Tamils of the north. This election
:16:15. > :16:20.goes to the heart of the Sri Lanka question. How should this country
:16:20. > :16:23.accommodate its ethnic minority, who complain of being second-class
:16:23. > :16:24.citizens with no say in their own affairs? The question that led to
:16:24. > :16:31.the vicious 30-year war, pitting the affairs? The question that led to
:16:31. > :16:36.Tamil Tigers against the men nearly Sinhalese army and leaving well over
:16:36. > :16:39.100,000 people dead, maimed, traumatised or disappeared. A win is
:16:39. > :16:45.widely predicted for the Tamil National Alliance, a group once seen
:16:45. > :16:50.as very close to the Tigers. The government accuses them of being
:16:50. > :16:52.separatists, and some hard-line Sinhalese are trying to prevent
:16:52. > :16:59.these elections from happening at all. If the TNA wins, will the
:16:59. > :17:03.central government allow them to govern without restrictions? These
:17:03. > :17:07.elections are happening under the shadow of certain things. Hundreds
:17:07. > :17:10.of still unsolved disappearances, and many people who until recently
:17:10. > :17:16.were displaced and still have no proper rubes over their heads. But
:17:16. > :17:20.we understand that turnout is likely to be high, because the voters here
:17:20. > :17:28.are enthusiastic about having this new council in northern Sri Lanka.
:17:28. > :17:33.Now, twin tropical storms have battered Mexico this week, causing
:17:33. > :17:38.widespread flooding and landslides, destroying roads and bridges and
:17:38. > :17:40.leaving communities cut off. Tropical Storm Manuel, which on
:17:40. > :17:44.Thursday briefly became a hurricane, has now moved north,
:17:44. > :17:50.forcing hundreds from their homes. The storms caused widespread
:17:51. > :17:54.destruction, with up to 100,000 people affected. More than 10,000
:17:54. > :18:00.tourists have been airlifted out of the resort town of Acapulco, and so
:18:00. > :18:04.far, 97 people are known to have died, with dozens still missing. As
:18:04. > :18:09.the massive clean-up operation gets underway, the Mexican president has
:18:09. > :18:13.announced that he is cancelling a planned trip to the United Nations
:18:13. > :18:19.in New York next week to focus on the relief efforts.
:18:19. > :18:25.This village has almost been wiped off the map by Tropical Storm
:18:25. > :18:30.Manuel. 68 people are missing and feared dead after a mudslide tore
:18:30. > :18:34.through their homes. It happened on Mexican Independence Day early this
:18:34. > :18:39.week, but so cut off was the community by the floodwaters that it
:18:39. > :18:41.took two days before survivors could alert the authorities. 15 bodies
:18:41. > :18:45.have already been pulled from the alert the authorities. 15 bodies
:18:45. > :18:49.mud. Many more are still believed to be buried. TRANSLATION: I heard a
:18:49. > :18:54.loud noise, and I just stood there. be buried. TRANSLATION: I heard a
:18:54. > :18:59.I saw how the dirt and dust again to billow up. It was like black smoke,
:18:59. > :19:05.and it turned like a windmill. Meanwhile, the storm is continuing
:19:05. > :19:09.on its district of path north. -- destructive path. Having seen the
:19:09. > :19:15.devastation Manuel wrote further south, the authorities in other
:19:15. > :19:25.states are preparing for the worst. TRANSLATION: We are prepared. There
:19:25. > :19:29.are already temporary refuges set up in the capital, the South and the
:19:29. > :19:34.north. Here in the capital, we have 18 refuge centres, and we are
:19:34. > :19:38.preparing six more. There are others elsewhere. The majority of the
:19:38. > :19:44.deaths from Tropical Storm Manuel took place in Garrido, now a scene
:19:44. > :19:47.of utter devastation. The floodwaters destroyed bridges and
:19:47. > :19:50.left many residents stranded. This is the first time there has been
:19:50. > :19:55.such a combination of two par. This, is the first time there has been
:19:55. > :20:00.Manuel to the West and heroic and Ingrid to the east, since the 1950s.
:20:00. > :20:05.The government has made almost $15 million of aid available for the
:20:05. > :20:08.affected regions, and the military and the Mexican Red Cross are trying
:20:08. > :20:13.to coordinate relief efforts on both fronts. But their work has been
:20:13. > :20:17.complicated by the continuing severe weather. Many Mexicans are trying to
:20:17. > :20:21.fend for themselves as best they can under the circumstances. The coming
:20:21. > :20:27.weeks look bleak for many parts of the country.
:20:27. > :20:32.It is of course a glittering family. The Kennedys, much lauded in
:20:32. > :20:36.the United States, and the latest family to try to make a career in
:20:36. > :20:40.old tips, has been taking to the stage in Washington. Caroline
:20:40. > :20:46.Kennedy was confirmed as the new US ambassador in Japan.
:20:46. > :20:51.This wasn't your average Capitol Hill hearing to confirm an American
:20:51. > :20:56.diplomat. Look at all those cameras. But then Caroline Kennedy is no
:20:56. > :20:58.ordinary nominee. This member of the nation's most famous political
:20:58. > :21:00.family was in front of the Senate to become US ambassador to one of
:21:00. > :21:04.America's closest allies. It is an become US ambassador to one of
:21:05. > :21:07.honour to appear before you this become US ambassador to one of
:21:07. > :21:12.morning to serve as the United States ambassador to to Japan. That
:21:12. > :21:18.Kennedy name came up often, both from the Senators questioning her.
:21:18. > :21:25.Your mother and father, your aunts and uncles, all of your family,
:21:25. > :21:30.inspired generations. And from the nominee herself. This appointment
:21:30. > :21:35.has a special significance. As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of
:21:35. > :21:39.my father's presidency. Caroline was only three years old when her
:21:39. > :21:43.father, John F. Kennedy, was elected president. His popularity and the
:21:43. > :21:46.country's fascination with the first family meant they were always in the
:21:46. > :21:51.spotlight. She and her brother John Junior grew up in front of the
:21:51. > :21:55.camera's lens, whether it was the White House photographers or the
:21:55. > :22:00.home movies her parents were fond of making. Half a century later, she
:22:00. > :22:03.stressed her father's strong connection to Japan during his time
:22:04. > :22:07.in the Oval Office. As a World War II veteran, he served in the Pacific
:22:07. > :22:12.and hoped to be the first sitting president to make a state visit to
:22:12. > :22:14.Japan. From the beginning of his administration, President Kennedy
:22:14. > :22:18.invited Japanese leaders to the White House in an attempt to smooth
:22:18. > :22:27.over concerns about keeping an American military base in a now. --
:22:27. > :22:37.akin hour. In 96 to two, he sent his brother Robert to Japan to lay the
:22:37. > :22:43.groundwork for a state visit. In the summer of 1963, President Kennedy
:22:43. > :22:45.had a successful trip to Ireland. He planned to do something similar in
:22:45. > :22:50.had a successful trip to Ireland. He Japan the following year, plans that
:22:50. > :22:52.were shattered when America's young president was assassinated in
:22:52. > :22:58.November. Now the daughter can complete her father's work. If
:22:58. > :23:00.confirmed as ambassador, I will be humbled to carry forward his legacy
:23:00. > :23:04.in a small way and represent the powerful bonds that unite our two
:23:04. > :23:08.democratic societies. As someone who endorsed ah early in his run at the
:23:08. > :23:15.White House, Caroline turned in the Will be sure to have the
:23:15. > :23:22.president's here. -- year. From one old member of an elite to somewhere
:23:22. > :23:26.new money is coming in. Singapore is becoming increasingly
:23:26. > :23:32.attractive to the world's megarich, and hosts of businesses have sprung
:23:32. > :23:34.up to meet their needs. It is past midnight in Singapore's
:23:34. > :23:39.up to meet their needs. nightlife district. Many of the
:23:39. > :23:45.city's ultrarich have come out to party at a new premium lounge will
:23:45. > :23:50.stop its owners have set up several nightclubs, catering for the rising
:23:50. > :23:54.ranks of Asia's young which will stop understanding their tastes has
:23:54. > :24:00.been critical to their success. There wasn't anywhere for these
:24:00. > :24:03.people to go. Once we started, things kicked into play. The casinos
:24:03. > :24:11.people to go. Once we started, came out as well. Things were more
:24:12. > :24:17.abundant and visible, so people felt happy to spend their hard earned
:24:17. > :24:22.money. A lot of our crowd is a local crowd, too. With the emergence of
:24:22. > :24:25.the F1 in Singapore, people have pride in the fact that Singapore has
:24:25. > :24:34.become a destination in the region for entertainment. On the other end
:24:34. > :24:39.of Singapore, another event is drawing an older, but no less
:24:39. > :24:40.wealthy crowd. They are shopping for new toys, namely multi-million
:24:40. > :24:43.dollar supercars made new toys, namely multi-million
:24:43. > :24:50.auto-maker McLaren. These cars don't come cheap, but as Western economies
:24:50. > :24:56.struggle, the firm is betting big on Asian markets. Singapore is one of
:24:56. > :25:02.the centres in Asia where you can find the highest concentration of
:25:02. > :25:11.wealth. It is not just for Singapore itself. Singapore is a centre that
:25:11. > :25:14.is looked at by all the people on the continent. Sooner or later, all
:25:14. > :25:19.the people from Asia come to Singapore. There is a reason why the
:25:19. > :25:24.super-rich are moving their wealth into Singapore. It is seen as ace
:25:24. > :25:27.label country where -- with a business friendly and low tax
:25:27. > :25:29.environment. Behind me is the business friendly and low tax
:25:29. > :25:36.financial centre were multiple firms can manage their wealth, while on my
:25:36. > :25:39.right, you have a casino with restaurants, shops and theatres
:25:39. > :25:43.where they can spend their money. All this wealth has helped rebrand
:25:43. > :25:49.Singapore's image from a stodgy, slightly boring place to a new
:25:49. > :25:52.playground for the rich. But amid the rising wealth comes rising
:25:52. > :25:57.inequality, and one of the issues the government faces is how to
:25:57. > :26:04.address a widening gap between the rich and the poor.
:26:04. > :26:07.Speaking of the poor, homeless man Glen Jones handed in a bag
:26:07. > :26:12.containing thousands of dollars in Boston, and his honesty was
:26:12. > :26:18.rewarded. Homeless, but honest. This man found a backpack with cash
:26:18. > :26:23.and travellers cheques worth $42,000, and chose to hand it into
:26:23. > :26:34.the police. His moved others to set up a donation fund for him,
:26:34. > :26:39.including these two children. I heard this story, and I wanted to
:26:39. > :26:41.give him some money. With him being in that situation, it shows that
:26:41. > :26:45.give him some money. With him being there is humanity in the world. Glen
:26:45. > :26:52.James, who has been homeless since 2005, said he would not have kept
:26:52. > :26:55.the money even if he was a sprint. More than $110,000 has been donated
:26:55. > :27:00.so far.