:00:00. > :00:12.Hello. This is BBC World News. The top stories: Germany summons the
:00:13. > :00:16.American ambassador following allegations that US spy agencies
:00:17. > :00:28.bugged the mobile phone of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
:00:29. > :00:32.Attacks on Muslims in Myanmar do not amount to "ethnic cleansing".
:00:33. > :00:36.Muslims have been targeted. There's fear on both sides.
:00:37. > :00:40.Reports from the US suggest that senior Pakistani government
:00:41. > :00:43.officials were aware of and supported American drone strikes on
:00:44. > :00:46.militants. Six months on, most victims of the
:00:47. > :00:52.deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh have released no
:00:53. > :00:57.compensation to them. We have a survivor's story.
:00:58. > :01:01.Police in California shoot dead a 13-year-old boy carrying a replica
:01:02. > :01:19.assault rifle which they thought was real.
:01:20. > :01:26.Welcome. There's been strong reaction to the latest allegations
:01:27. > :01:31.of American spying in Europe. Germany has summoned the US
:01:32. > :01:35.Ambassador to answer whether the US surveillance department had
:01:36. > :01:39.eavesdropped on Angela Merkel. The veteran French EU Commissioner has
:01:40. > :01:45.declared that enough is enough saying that confidence with the USA
:01:46. > :01:49.has been shaken. An unnamed d diplomatic source in France say
:01:50. > :02:00.President Hollande will discuss the scandal with Angela Merkel in a few
:02:01. > :02:03.hours' time. Toasting an important friendship,
:02:04. > :02:08.these two leaders see themselves as critical partners. But their
:02:09. > :02:13.relationship has now hit a rocky patch after claims that the US may
:02:14. > :02:16.have snooped on Chancellor Merkel's mobile phone calls, claims that the
:02:17. > :02:20.White House responded to on Wednesday. I can tell you that today
:02:21. > :02:26.President Obama and Chancellor Merkel spoke by telephone regarding
:02:27. > :02:29.the allegations that you mention. That the US National Security Agency
:02:30. > :02:32.intercepted the communications of the German Chancellor. The President
:02:33. > :02:36.assured the Chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and
:02:37. > :02:40.will not monitor the communications of the Chancellor. What he didn't
:02:41. > :02:44.say was whether the US had monitored calls in the past. Judging by a
:02:45. > :02:47.subsequent statement that was released, Chancellor Merkel's
:02:48. > :02:51.questions still haven't been answered. It is said if these
:02:52. > :02:57.practices were confirmed she regards them as "completely unacceptable".
:02:58. > :03:00.Berlin demanded an immediate and comprehensive explanation and the
:03:01. > :03:05.statement went on to say that "among close friends and partners, there
:03:06. > :03:09.should be no such monitoring of the communications."
:03:10. > :03:13.Trust that President Obama worked hard to build during a visit to
:03:14. > :03:18.Berlin earlier this year, when memories of surveillance in East
:03:19. > :03:21.Germany are still fresh, Germans were outraged about leaks coming
:03:22. > :03:26.from Edward Snowden. President Obama spent time in Germany trying to
:03:27. > :03:29.justify his spy agency's activities. Germany isn't the only country
:03:30. > :03:33.that's complained about being at the receiving end of surveillance
:03:34. > :03:36.activities by America's National Security Agency. Just this week,
:03:37. > :03:42.newspaper Le Monde reported that the US had secretly recorded millions of
:03:43. > :03:46.phone calls in France. And the Brazilian President cancelled a
:03:47. > :03:50.visit to the US in protest over allegations of spying by the NSA in
:03:51. > :03:54.her country, too. The diplomatic backlash is getting fiercer. It is
:03:55. > :04:01.certainly not smiles all round for these two leaders at the moment.
:04:02. > :04:06.Let's bring in our world affairs correspondent, Rajesh Mirchandani.
:04:07. > :04:11.Understandable anger from the French and Germans and others.
:04:12. > :04:14.Realistically, what might change now between the Europeans and the
:04:15. > :04:19.Americans? I think for the short run, there is a frostier
:04:20. > :04:24.relationship, or a less chumm y relationship. The German Defence
:04:25. > :04:28.Minister said, "We can't return to business as usual." He also said,
:04:29. > :04:33."The Americans are and remain our best friends. This is not right." It
:04:34. > :04:36.is serious when an ambassador is summoned to answer for something
:04:37. > :04:40.that their government has done. The Germans and the French are saying,
:04:41. > :04:43."We are making a fuss about this right now, but the back picture is
:04:44. > :04:48.that our relationship with America remains very strong and remains
:04:49. > :04:51.very, very important." Now, I know that senior members of the British
:04:52. > :04:55.Government would be worried about using a mobile phone to have any
:04:56. > :05:00.kind of sensitive conversation on because they are not seen as secure.
:05:01. > :05:03.Doesn't the leader of every country know that they have to be very
:05:04. > :05:08.careful because anything they do on a phone line anywhere is going to be
:05:09. > :05:11.monitored? Well, I think they were expecting the phone of their leaders
:05:12. > :05:19.were not being monitored by their friends. I think that is why Germany
:05:20. > :05:32.is particularly angry. The German opposition was saying it was a bit
:05:33. > :05:37.impudent. No-one is suggesting that European countries don't spy either.
:05:38. > :05:41.Everyone has their own intelligence operation? There is that, of course.
:05:42. > :05:45.There is an element of well, the Americans were unlucky to have got
:05:46. > :05:48.caught here. Everyone is doing it but the Americans were the ones that
:05:49. > :05:53.got caught. In terms of what actions the Europeans will take. The French
:05:54. > :05:57.have tabled this for the agenda for this EU Summit. There are calls for
:05:58. > :06:03.restricting American agencies' access to European data, for
:06:04. > :06:09.terror-related investigations. In Brazil, they are talking about
:06:10. > :06:13.forcing internet companies to hold data about Brazilians on servers
:06:14. > :06:16.that are in Brazil so it is much harder... We do know there are a lot
:06:17. > :06:21.of countries which data share with the Americans and with each other.
:06:22. > :06:24.That has to continue for all sorts of reasons. Every government wants
:06:25. > :06:27.to keep channels open? That is the reality of the situation. That is
:06:28. > :06:30.why the Defence Minister was saying these are our best friends, they
:06:31. > :06:33.have to share a lot of information, they are reliant for security on
:06:34. > :06:38.sharing a lot of information with the Americans and also for trade,
:06:39. > :06:46.don't forget. But they are annoyed about this particular episode. Thank
:06:47. > :06:49.you. In other news: Heavy rain and high winds have hit
:06:50. > :06:53.Japan's Pacific coast ahead of arrival of Typhoon Francisco. It
:06:54. > :06:56.will be the second major storm to hit the area this month, where
:06:57. > :07:00.emergency teams are still dealing with the devastation caused by
:07:01. > :07:09.Typhoon Wipha. Vulnerable residents on the island of Izu Oshima have
:07:10. > :07:13.been evacuated to the mainland. Police in Thailand say more than 20
:07:14. > :07:16.people were killed when a tour bus plunged into a ravine. The bus was
:07:17. > :07:20.carrying worshippers returning from a temple at the end of a Buddhist
:07:21. > :07:23.retreat. The driver was among 16 people injured. He is facing charges
:07:24. > :07:28.of causing death by reckless driving.
:07:29. > :07:34.Rival demonstrations staged in Budapest have been dominated by
:07:35. > :07:38.party politics. 200,000 rallied to hear the Conservative Prime Minister
:07:39. > :07:49.liken his opponents to the Communists. You might have seen our
:07:50. > :07:56.floor manager in shot just bringing in our guest on our next story. We
:07:57. > :07:59.move you to Burma. Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San
:08:00. > :08:03.Suu Kyi has warned that her country still has a long way to go before
:08:04. > :08:06.becoming fully democratic. In an interview with the BBC's Mishal
:08:07. > :08:09.Husain, she talked about ongoing ethnic violence, saying Buddhist and
:08:10. > :08:20.Muslim communities live in "fear", but has denied the existence of
:08:21. > :08:24.ethnic cleansing. With me now is the BBC's Burmese Service Editor. The
:08:25. > :08:31.interview that we saw was very interesting. What was new in it?
:08:32. > :08:42.What was new in it was that she mentioned about the ethnic rights
:08:43. > :08:48.into Burma and she said there is a fear factor. The fear factor when
:08:49. > :08:54.she mentioned - she talked about global Muslim power. There is a
:08:55. > :08:59.perception about it. That is very interesting. This is the
:09:00. > :09:05.Nationalists' view inside the country. Many people are talking
:09:06. > :09:10.about. If you do not make sure the Muslim population is contained,
:09:11. > :09:15.there is a serious problem that the country may face in future. She is
:09:16. > :09:23.referring to that. What is the serious problem that people fear?
:09:24. > :09:30.That is something nobody knows. When the violence took place last year in
:09:31. > :09:36.March, in the central area of Burma, a lot of people said this has never
:09:37. > :09:40.happened before. She herself, in the interview, she said they are
:09:41. > :09:49.moderate Muslims, they are well integrated. When this violence
:09:50. > :09:52.began, a lot of theories are behind it. This is to undermine the
:09:53. > :09:56.president. There is an element within the government who do not
:09:57. > :10:01.want to support the reforms, or there are theories that this is to
:10:02. > :10:09.undermine Aung San Suu Kyi. Soon after that, there is a lot of people
:10:10. > :10:13.talking about introducing a law that will require a Buddhist woman if she
:10:14. > :10:19.wants to marry a Muslim, she will need permission. So that law, they
:10:20. > :10:25.want to introduce a law. That has been supported by many people. One
:10:26. > :10:28.of the theories is this is to undermine Aung San Suu Kyi. We don't
:10:29. > :10:33.know what is happening within the government. This is very complex.
:10:34. > :10:39.Whatever it is, what is interesting is, when a Muslim during the riots,
:10:40. > :10:44.the Muslims who are accused of creating the unrest, when they are
:10:45. > :10:49.given sentence, they face very heavy sentences like 14 years in prison.
:10:50. > :10:54.The Buddhist-Burmese, who are involved in this violence, they got
:10:55. > :11:01.away with lighter sentences. The interview is on the website. Can I
:11:02. > :11:05.ask you to explain what is the root cause of the tension between the
:11:06. > :11:14.Buddhists and the Muslims there? This is a very long history. In the
:11:15. > :11:18.western part of Burma, indigenous there are Buddhists. The area was
:11:19. > :11:27.flooded with people crossing the border to Burma, they very much
:11:28. > :11:31.control, their movement has been controlled by the military
:11:32. > :11:38.government. They are very unwelcome by the indigenous people. There has
:11:39. > :11:43.always been tension between the two and, not long ago, about a
:11:44. > :11:49.year-and-a-half ago if I can get - I think so - a Buddhist girl was
:11:50. > :11:59.sexually assaulted and she was sexually assaulted and she was
:12:00. > :12:04.murdered. It happened to be - the attacks were from Muslims. We will
:12:05. > :12:08.have to leave it there. Thank you. An American newspaper says it has
:12:09. > :12:12.secret government dock pts that show senior Pakistani government
:12:13. > :12:18.officials both knew about US drone strikes - and gave their backing for
:12:19. > :12:21.them. The revelations came a few hours after Pakistan's Prime
:12:22. > :12:25.Minister said he'd urged President Obama to stop the attacks. The UN
:12:26. > :12:36.says more than 2,000 people living in Pakistan has been killed by drone
:12:37. > :12:43.strikes in the past decade. I spoke to Amber Shamsi who is in the
:12:44. > :12:53.Pakistani capital and she told me more about the paper's claims. They
:12:54. > :12:58.have also been involved in selecting certain targets as well, the
:12:59. > :13:01.military especially. If this was to be admitted, it would be profoundly
:13:02. > :13:07.difficult for the Pakistani government, wouldn't it? Pakistan
:13:08. > :13:14.has taken that position that drone strikes must end. This is not the
:13:15. > :13:26.first time that these leaks have happened. Now, drone strikes are
:13:27. > :13:31.incredibly unpopular in Pakistan. Currently one of the main opposition
:13:32. > :13:37.parties has conducted a campaign against it. The Prime Minister has
:13:38. > :13:42.also said that is one of the agendas that he will be taking to the US -
:13:43. > :13:47.which he did. He put it before US President Barack Obama. He's stated
:13:48. > :13:50.that drone strikes must end, they fuel terrorism and the civilian
:13:51. > :13:58.deaths are difficult and they will also fuel terrorism.
:13:59. > :14:03.Stay with us. Still to come: Six months on, most victims of the
:14:04. > :14:08.deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh are yet to receive any
:14:09. > :14:13.compensation. We have a survivor's story. I would ask them to give the
:14:14. > :14:22.compensation they have promised. If I am successful some day, I would
:14:23. > :14:25.like to help them out, A drug smuggler is killed by a gunman
:14:26. > :14:40.dressed as a clown in Mexico. All this month, we're running a
:14:41. > :14:43.special season on the challenges facing women today. We are nearing
:14:44. > :14:47.the end of the season and, this Friday, 100 inspiring women from
:14:48. > :14:51.around the world will gather for a unique event here at the BBC. One of
:14:52. > :14:56.these women is a British stage designer Es Devlin. From the London
:14:57. > :15:00.2012 Olympic closing ceremony, to designing a Lady Gaga concert or an
:15:01. > :15:04.opera, her work crosses ranges and boundaries. Her overpowering fear
:15:05. > :15:08.though was to lose her creativity once she'd become a mother. Here, in
:15:09. > :15:14.her own words, she tells us how she finds balance between work and home.
:15:15. > :15:19.I am Es Devlin, a stage designer, I work in opera, theatre, dance, pop
:15:20. > :15:25.music and Olympic ceremonies. Only now, after 16 years, do I have the
:15:26. > :15:29.confidence to say to Kanye West autosave to Kasper Holten or two
:15:30. > :15:37.Bono, that is a great idea but I disagree. The older I get, the less
:15:38. > :15:41.I compromise. Having children is part of that. When I made the
:15:42. > :15:44.decision to have children, I was ready to stop doing everything. It
:15:45. > :15:52.was difficult for me to have children, it took six years of
:15:53. > :15:57.treatment. I was desperate. I was worried that the creative energy I
:15:58. > :16:03.had would get diverted into having children, preparing their parties,
:16:04. > :16:07.making their cakes. When the first child came, it became clear to me
:16:08. > :17:15.that, in order to be a good mother, I needed to This is BBC World News.
:17:16. > :17:17.The latest headlines. Germany summons the American ambassador,
:17:18. > :17:20.following allegations that US spy agencies bugged the mobile phone of
:17:21. > :17:23.the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
:17:24. > :17:27.Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells the BBC that attacks
:17:28. > :17:31.on Muslims in her country do not amount to ethnic cleansing.
:17:32. > :17:36.A 13-year-old boy carrying a replica assault rifle has been shot and
:17:37. > :17:39.killed by police in California. Officers in Santa Rosa say they
:17:40. > :17:42.opened fire when the boy refused repeated orders to drop the rifle,
:17:43. > :17:47.which they thought was real. The shooting, which happened on Tuesday,
:17:48. > :17:56.is now being investigated. Alistair Leithead reports VT.
:17:57. > :17:58.It was here in Santa Rosa in Northern California where two
:17:59. > :18:04.sheriff's deputies saw what they thought was a man walking down the
:18:05. > :18:08.street carrying an assault rifle. It turned out to be 13-year-old Andy
:18:09. > :18:12.Lopez. And the rifle was a fake. He was also carrying a plastic handgun.
:18:13. > :18:15.The deputies said they repeatedly ordered him to drop the rifle,
:18:16. > :18:22.before opening fire a number of times and killing the boy.
:18:23. > :18:27.It doesn't make any sense. My son lost his life. He's not alive any
:18:28. > :18:32.more, just because of a mistake by somebody.
:18:33. > :18:40.Friends and neighbours gathered around a small shrine on the spot
:18:41. > :18:45.where the boy died. He was a really good friend of mine.
:18:46. > :18:48.Knowing now that he is gone, it is really hard.
:18:49. > :18:51.Please don't let your children play with toy guns, period.
:18:52. > :18:59.Police are carrying out an investigation into the shooting.
:19:00. > :19:05.It was one of the worst workplace disasters in history. More than
:19:06. > :19:09.1,100 people were killed when the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed
:19:10. > :19:12.in Bangladesh. It was six months ago to the day, and talks over
:19:13. > :19:15.compensation for staff and their families are still ongoing. The
:19:16. > :19:19.story of one survivor, Reshma Begum, grabbed the world's attention at the
:19:20. > :19:29.time. The BBC's Mahfuz Sadique in Dhaka has been to see how her life
:19:30. > :19:34.has changed since. A miracle. 17 days after a clothing
:19:35. > :19:39.factory Comdex came crashing down. Pulled out alive from the rubble,
:19:40. > :19:46.her story was one of hope amidst death and despair. Six months on,
:19:47. > :19:50.with a job at a luxury hotel in the capital, Reshma is slowly rebuilding
:19:51. > :19:55.her life. TRANSLATION: A lot has changed. I
:19:56. > :20:00.have a better life. I am learning English and computers. My mother has
:20:01. > :20:06.suffered a lot. Now I have a good job, as a daughter, I want to look
:20:07. > :20:10.after her. Sometimes even now in my sleep, I have nightmares I am
:20:11. > :20:16.trapped in rubble. It scares me a lot.
:20:17. > :20:20.Reshma has moved on. But millions like her still make cheap clothes
:20:21. > :20:26.for Western consumers in unsafe conditions. What about them?
:20:27. > :20:30.TRANSLATION: Their salary should be increased, whatever it is needed to
:20:31. > :20:36.make their life safer must be done. They work very hard and suffer a
:20:37. > :20:41.lot. These clothes are bought by foreign buyers. If I am successful
:20:42. > :20:47.Sunday, I would like to help them out too.
:20:48. > :20:50.Since April, global retailers and the Bangladesh government had
:20:51. > :20:55.pledged to make factories safer, but the fatal fire is two weeks ago,
:20:56. > :21:00.again highlighting how Little things have changed on the ground. Reshma
:21:01. > :21:06.is one of the lucky ones. Having survived one of the world 's worst
:21:07. > :21:10.industrial disaster is, she has been given a second chance. The families
:21:11. > :21:16.of many fellow workers who perished, and those who live with disabilities
:21:17. > :21:23.six months on and without proper compensation, the Rana Plaza
:21:24. > :21:30.nightmare is not yet over. An aeroplane fighting bushfires in
:21:31. > :21:36.New South Wales has crashed killing its pilots. The military has
:21:37. > :21:39.apologised for starting one of the biggest fires.
:21:40. > :21:43.This firefighting effort has taken a tragic turn. A water bombing
:21:44. > :21:48.aircraft has crashed south of Sydney. It is thought one of the
:21:49. > :21:54.wings fell off before it hit the ground, sparking yet another
:21:55. > :21:58.bushfire. More than 50 fires continued to burn across New South
:21:59. > :22:04.Wales. Australia's most populous state. It has emerged one of the
:22:05. > :22:08.most destructive fires in the Blue Mountains was started as deadly by
:22:09. > :22:11.the military during a demolition exercise using explosives. The army
:22:12. > :22:16.has said sorry, but local civic leaders want to know why such a
:22:17. > :22:23.risky drill went ahead in dry and windy conditions. I am not out four
:22:24. > :22:28.a witchhunt and demand retribution. On behalf of my community, we need
:22:29. > :22:33.knowledge so I can say we have learned lessons to prevent this
:22:34. > :22:37.happening again. The threat to life and property across the mountainous
:22:38. > :22:41.region is using banks to cooler weather. As the immediate danger
:22:42. > :22:45.recedes, some residents are returning to what is left of their
:22:46. > :22:52.homes. Resilience and togetherness are part of the community. They will
:22:53. > :22:59.need every ounce of that fortitude to rebuild, and also to face the
:23:00. > :23:02.threats that may come in the future. Japan is scaling down the planned
:23:03. > :23:05.main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, after criticism it's too
:23:06. > :23:08.expensive. The minister in charge of sports says the futuristic-looking
:23:09. > :23:11.stadium, designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, would cost $3
:23:12. > :23:26.billion, much more than originally estimated. We were originally told
:23:27. > :23:31.at the time of the vote last month that the stadium would cost 1.5
:23:32. > :23:36.billion US dollars which would put it pretty much up there with the
:23:37. > :23:41.most expensive in the world. Today, the minister said, including the
:23:42. > :23:46.surrounding facilities, it would come to 3 billion US dollars, by far
:23:47. > :23:51.the most expensive stadium in the world. Three times as much as
:23:52. > :23:56.London's Olympic Stadium. In the same speech, he said this is too
:23:57. > :24:02.much, the stadium is too big, these plans have to be adapted to fit the
:24:03. > :24:07.times, modest times. Japan doesn't have as much money as it used to.
:24:08. > :24:12.There have been complaints from architects saying it is too big to
:24:13. > :24:14.have a stadium of this size right in the middle of one of the most
:24:15. > :24:22.historic districts of Tokyo. In Mexico, around 500 clowns have
:24:23. > :24:26.held a "laugh-a-thon" rally for peace, as part of their bid to deny
:24:27. > :24:29.any involvement in a shooting. Last week, a convicted drug trafficker
:24:30. > :24:32.was killed by a gunman wearing a clown costume. Clowns from across
:24:33. > :24:35.Mexico and Latin America gathered at their international meeting, to make
:24:36. > :24:38.clear that no member of their profession would commit such a
:24:39. > :24:47.crime. With the story, here's Emily Thomas.
:24:48. > :24:52.It is a funny kind of protest. It might not look like it but hundreds
:24:53. > :24:55.of clowns in Mexico City are getting serious. They laugh the 15 minutes
:24:56. > :25:01.to demonstrate against violent crime.
:25:02. > :25:07.TRANSLATION: We want peace. There is so much violence here. We spread
:25:08. > :25:13.happiness, laughter, smiles, that is why we are clowns. Last week in a
:25:14. > :25:18.Baja California beach results, a convicted trafficker was shot to
:25:19. > :25:22.death by men wearing clown costumes. Clown leaders say professional
:25:23. > :25:26.clowns were not involved. If they had been, their costumes and face
:25:27. > :25:32.painting would have made them easily identifiable.
:25:33. > :25:36.TRANSLATION: We don't want any violence. Now there are people who
:25:37. > :25:42.have used our costumes to kill a drug trafficker but we are not those
:25:43. > :25:48.kind of people. Clowns from 12 countries have
:25:49. > :25:53.gathered for this annual convention. TRANSLATION: We come to change
:25:54. > :25:56.ourselves so there will be work. We are not worried, we only start dying
:25:57. > :26:01.from hunger when there are no children left.
:26:02. > :26:06.There is plenty of showing off but, foremost, it is not simply a
:26:07. > :26:10.laughing matter. There are 10,000 professional clowns registered in
:26:11. > :26:17.the country. Pulled up at any traffic light in Mexico City and you
:26:18. > :26:21.will find one for just a few pesos. Giant mirrors installed on a top of
:26:22. > :26:25.a hill in Norway have been used for the first time, to bring sunlight to
:26:26. > :26:28.a valley town in the dark winter months. The mountains surrounding
:26:29. > :26:32.the city of Rjukan are so high that they obscure the sun all winter. But
:26:33. > :26:36.now, the three mirrors, which cost more than $800,000 dollars to build,
:26:37. > :26:45.will finally bring the sun down to the town's main square. The
:26:46. > :26:53.Pakistani foreign office has put out a statement on the report that the
:26:54. > :26:59.government knew and was cooperating with the Americans on Jones, they
:27:00. > :27:01.say they will not comment but say the Jones must stop.