22/11/2013 BBC World News

Hello. This is BBC World News. Our top stories: The urgent struggle to

find survivors in a Latvian supermarket after the roof

collapsed, killing 32 people. Two weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan

hit the Philippines, the long term cost for survivors - the

psychological impact and trauma. Police in Britain investigate a

married couple suspected of holding three women as slaves for at least

30 years. 50 years since President Kennedy was

assassinated, we'll be live in Berlin to remember how he gave the

divided city hope with his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.

Emergency workers are continuing to search for survivors in the rubble

of a supermarket which collapsed on Thursday in the Latvian capital

Riga. The number of people known to have died has been rising quickly.

It is now 32. Anything up to 50 people may still be trapped in the

wreckage of the store, which was built just two years ago. It's still

not clear what caused the collapse. Police have begun a criminal

investigation. Nick Childs has the latest.

The black hole of wreckage of what -- that was a supermarket. Clearly

visible on the beginnings of the new roof garden, under construction,

which many are pointing to as the cause of collapse. In the first

light of morning my rescue workers continued to pick gingerly through

the rubble, searching for survivors or more victims are still anxious

about the risks of further collapses. Occasionally, the rescue

efforts have paused. They don't know how many people are still in there.

But we are asking relatives to call the mobile phones of these persons;

hear the sound of the phone and no where they can be.

hear the sound of the phone and no where they -- and we can here. The

anxiety was also clear as the scale of the disaster has become

increasingly apparent. Many fear the worst. This man says he believes his

wife was in the store. But there is no information about whether she is

alive or dead. Whenever she calls, he says, there is no information.

Firefighters and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the use of

the collapsed just after 6pm Nestle. -- the news. After the emergency

services arrived, there was another collapse. At least three whiskey

workers are among the dead. -- rescue workers. The minister was

quickly on the scene, noting a police enquiry. TRANSLATION: Police

have started the investigation already. The process has started

about violating construction norms, which has caused serious

consequences. Clearly there are many questions about how I'd hoarding

just two years old could not be seen such wreckage. -- a building.

For now, the focus is on the rescue work and the clear up.

Let's go live now to Riga from -- and eight pilot from Britain. What

happened? Hello. We were in the building at the time, getting some

bits for dinner. There was an almighty crash as the ceiling

started to collapse around us. We were plunged into darkness and there

was debris all around us. Eyles collapsed and there was produced

over the floor. -- Eyles collapsed. There was no warning when nothing at

all. It was just completely normal. The store was very busy. There was

an initial smash, which sounded like a shelf had collapsed or something.

I kind of jumped to see what happened, and it was followed

immediately by the sound of the largest section of roof collapsing.

What did you do then? I was with my partner. She was at the other end of

the aisle. I ran to her. We tend to make our way out of the entrance. We

were blocked by more falling debris, and air conditioning duct

that fell down. That was followed by torrents of water off the roof, as

if it was covered in water. It has been raining for several days here.

That was knocking people over. We made our way back into the

supermarket and then had to climb over debris, loads and loads of

smashed bottles. I went through the vegetables selection and there was

fruit and vegetables underneath us. Let me ask you about one particular

concern, which is being said by eyewitnesses who are quoted by news

agencies are saying the doors with the electronic doors, shut

automatically, trapping people inside. Did you experience that? We

did not. We couldn't get to where the electronic doors were. However,

I did see them afterwards and they were completely smashed. They were

blocked by a lot of ceiling that had come down, and pipework and wires

and things that were blocking the way. Effectively, the main doors, it

was not possible to get out of. Thanks for joining me.

Now to the Philippines. It's two weeks since Super Typhoon Haiyan

left terrible devastation like this across the centre of the country.

Today there has been one remarkable development.

Aid agencies say the biggest challenges this psychological

effect. Our global health correspondent, Tulip Mazumder, is in

the devastated town of Guiuan. That is close to where typhoon Haiyan

first struck land. We are greeted by I am not playful

children, their smiling faces telling you nothing of what they had

been through. Then you see the devastation all around them. The

clean-up has started and people are laying the foundations for their new

lives. They are resilient but they are traumatised. It could be

different. Some people may have headaches... Doctors Without Borders

has started to send psychologists into communities. People who have

been running on adrenaline starting to feel the strain. This woman says

she has nightmares that another typhoon is coming. You only need to

scratch the surface and you see tears coming into the islands and

you see people getting stressed and trying to look around if there's a

where they can relieve their feelings. The uprooted trees, the

destroyed buildings, the home is reduced to rubble. All of this will

eventually be cleared up. You might be able to see some of the work

starting already behind me. But the huge emotional scars left by Haiyan

will take much longer to heal. Another downpour, another family sit

it out, terrified. Lynn Zillietta lost her father in the typhoon.

Every time it is raining, I feel scared.

But people are trying to recover and they are looking to life post-. --

post Haiyan. This lady gave birth a week ago and she called her son

Yolanda. It is to remember the storm. Even though I was going

through all that pain during the typhoon, she says, I was still able

to give birth to a beautiful, healthy baby.

It's described as an ordinary house on an ordinary street. But police

here in London have begun an investigation into claims that three

women were held there for three decades as modern day slaves. The

women, who range in age from 30 to 69, were rescued last month. They'd

apparently been held in horrific conditions. A married couple have

been arrested and released on bail. The British Home Office minister,

James Brokenshire, joins me now. Minister, thanks for making time.

What is your reflection on this case, which there are legal

restrictions on, but the overall confirmation we have had from the

police so far? This is an utterly shocking and extraordinary case, and

while the police investigation does continue, from what they have said

it is suspected that these three women have been kept in some form of

slavery or confinement for potentially decades. It is right the

police do pursue the investigation is carefully, with the three women

who are deeply traumatised but are now in a place of safety. We support

the police in their continuing investigation of this event. You are

an interior Minister, and therefore you know or have a good idea of the

scale of the challenge here in Britain. Anti-slavery International

are making clear this is not a unique case. Sadly not. From the

case we continue to see, and there are around 2200 reported in the UK

last year, sadly, modern slavery is there. Unlike its spread is as, it

is largely out of sight. It is hidden. -- its predecessor. The UK

government is focused on there being better understanding, and our law

enforcement agencies are seeing this as a priority. We are also

introducing tougher legislation to make the offence is more simple and

make sure we galvanise more community activity among our

agencies. That is an extraordinary number and scale. How do you track

these people? If this is correct, 30 years were tracked by anybody. There

is a big challenge here for all of us. We must recognise what may

literally be within communities. This is something that crosses

borders, and we are also working with overseas governments where we

have identified countries that we are picking up begins in this

country. It is about raising awareness. -- picking up Victims'

Code. We are looking to see what may be there, and it is why, for me, as

the minister responsible for taking you that a station forward, why I

think that matters. Yes, enforcement and having law there is important.

But it is how that creates more activity and focus on how we are

able to develop that further, which is why we want to see a new

Commissioner really assessing the work that is there and driving and

holding to account our agencies in the UK to do more, to identify more

Victims' Code man to ensure that those responsible for these crimes

feel the full force of the law. -- to identify more, and to ensure. You

say there have been similar cases in Austria, and one in Ohio. It is

clear those who engage in this are meticulous in their ability to cover

it up. You are right to highlight the issue of organised crime that

does underpin a great deal of the trafficking and the modern slavery

we have certainly seen. That is why we have tasked our new National

Crime Agency here in the UK, which has the responsibility for combating

and confronting the most serious forms of criminality. To have modern

slavery as one of their priorities, it is something I have tasked them

to do along with the Home Secretary. We will ensure we have a

resolute focus, law enforcement standpoint, to look at how we can

trace these criminal groups back overseas, potentially, how we can go

after their assets, how we can cool the intelligence picture together to

really confront modern slavery and consign it to the history books. --

we can pool the intelligence. In other news, talks in Geneva on

Iran's nuclear programme have entered a crucial third day. Six

world powers are seeking an interim deal under which Tehran would curb

uranium enrichment in return for the lifting of some international

sanctions. The Loya Jirga, the grand Assembly

of Aghan elders, is continuing to debate the terms of a long awaited

security pact with the US. The final deal was only concluded a few days

ago after talks between Hamid Karzai and the US Secretary of State John

Kerry. President Karzai has taken the US by surprise by saying it

won't be signed off next Spring at the earliest.

Here in the UK, the former chairman of the Co-op Bank has been arrested

as part of a drugs investigation. Paul Flowers was filmed handing over

?300, apparently for Cockayne and other illegal drugs. He left his

position as deputy chairman of the Co-op group earlier this year. He's

also been suspended from his position as a minister in the

Methodist church. Still to come... The brightest space

explosion ever recorded, we will explain the cosmic blast spotted

earlier this year. At just 22, Magnus Carlsen is on the

brink of clinching the world chess title. He is playing against the

current world to be, I too. -- world champion, Viswanathan Anand from

India. The BBC have been to see him in action. Magnus Carlsen has had a

phenomenal rise as a chess player. He became a grandmaster at the age

of 13 and there has been no looking back ever since. He is seen as a

breath of fresh air in an otherwise -- breath of fresh air. Tell us find

a personality Magnus Carlsen is, what makes him different? He has a

very normal personality. His friends are quite similar. He has a

brilliant talent for chess and it is totally unique, and you don't see

that very often. It is very difficult to explain why he is so

good. There are many people putting in the same hours and doing the same

things, but he is the one that is the best. He has brought a

digression into the game which is not normally seen in this sort of

way. -- and aggression. What sort of person is he and what makes him so

good at this game? He is a true fighter. He plays until the end. He

tries to win until there are no more chances. He does not compromise. He

takes it into a more fighting for manages to be. -- into a more

fighting form than it used to be. He is just like a normal 22-year-old -

what does that mean? He loves to follow sports, he is very interested

in soccer and American basketball. He loves all kinds of sports, he

loves to hang out with friends. He plays video games at home. He is

pretty normal, aside from chess. You are with BBC World News. The

urgent struggle to find survivors in a Latvian supermarket after the roof

collapsed killing 32 people. Two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan hit the

Philippines, the long-term cost for survivors, the psychological impact

and the trauma. Let's move on with one of the few

moments in history when those who were alive always remember where

they were - exactly 50 years ago today, John F Kennedy was

assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The events are indelibly stamped on the

memories of many Americans. Here are some of their stories.

Something has happened in the motorcade. My name is Patricia. I

was working as a nurse. I drove my car in towards the hospital and I

could hear the noise of all the sirens, which seemed louder and more

urgent than normal. The president has been rushed to hospital. There

were bad novel lot of people milling around. I think I saw Mrs Kennedy.

We were not told at that time that he had died. It hit us all very

hard. I am a presidential historian. I have written to MacBooks about

John Kennedy. There was a small crowd gathered around an

automobile, listening to the radio. They seemed quite agitated. I

stopped and said, what is happening? They said, the president has been

shot. I went home and turned on the television and Walter Cronkite was

announcing that the president was dead. President Kennedy died at 1pm

Central standard Time, two o'clock Eastern standard Time, some 38

minutes ago. One place JFK will always be

remembered is Germany. He made history by visiting at the height of

the Cold War and declaring to the recently divided city, ich bin ein

Berliner. Today, in the world of freedom the

proudest boast is, ich bin ein Berliner. Let's go to the heart of

Berlin. This used to be in East Berlin, what is the feeling today

about Kennedy? There is a lot of reflection, really. He came in an

open topped car, oblivious to security, justly so, just in that

road with the Chancellor of Germany at the time, and old man. You saw

this young, bouffant haired world leader looking over into communism.

You played his speech earlier. One of the people who was in that

audience is Winnifred, who is with me now. What do you remember? I

remember the atmosphere. It was like Royalty coming to Berlin. There had

been anxiety about the security status and then there was the

representative of the leading world power and he had this vigorous

attitude, this optimism and authority. It was eight laureates

moment. -- it was a glorious moment. And it affected the country? Yes, he

was the ideal American. It made it possible for Germans to identify

with and put its hopes on America. We were all very confident that a

different and better future would begin. On this day exactly 50 years

ago, the day of his death, what was the feeling? The feeling was one of

relief, because there had been threats? No, the assassination. That

was the flip side of that. There was complete disbelief and traumatic

reactions. I can remember when I heard the news first, I can remember

the colour of the furniture. You never forget the moment, it was

terrible. I can see your eyes going moist? Kennedy mobilised a certain

strong emotion, you identify strongly with him. He incorporated

certain hoax and then all of a sudden this hero had fallen. It is a

very sad moment. Everybody who was told and remembers knows exactly

where they were at that moment. Astronomers call it The Monster, the

brightest cosmic explosion ever recorded. A report in the journal,

Science, says it was sported earlier -- spotted earlier this year. I am

joined by Rebecca Morelle. This is a fantastic artist's impression. This

was a monstrous radiation blast. It is known as a gamma ray burst. These

are relatively rare events. There is one about every 1 million years.

They are caused by the death of a star, a particular type of star

which is massive, bigger than our own Son. It creates a massive black

coal and also creates energy, which flings itself across the university.

They are quite spectacular. Where did it happen? It was in our cosmic

neighbourhood. It was close. It was about a quarter of the universe a

way which in space times is not far. Most of the gamma ray bursts spotted

happen far away. What is exciting about this is the distance. It

happened four billion years ago. It has just taken all of that time, for

the light of that event to reach us. A quarter of a universe a way, I

do not know how you measure that. Would we have filtered on earth?

Luckily for us, our atmosphere is good at absorbing radiation from

these events. It would be a different story if one happened in

our own galaxy, save 1000 light years away. If this happened the

radiation would blast off our ozone layer, causing devastation to all

life on Earth and the likelihood is quite low. That does not sound

helpful! There is not much we could do. They happen every 500 million

years or so. We probably will have some game, but the chances of us

seeing one during our lifetime is low. There would be nothing we could

do and we would not see it coming. We are lucky we are between cosmic

explosions. Cup filly, who can say? -- hopefully. Thank you.

Let me take you to Latvia, to what is happening in regard with

emergency workers in the capital continuing to search for survivors

in the supermarket. It collapsed late yesterday. 32 people are dead,

according to emergency services. They are searching for up to 50

people believe to be trapped. Eyewitnesses told us the building

was occupied by hundreds of people who were shopping on their way back

from work. A portion of the roof collapsed during the evening rush

hour and it is believed that was partly because they were building a

garden and there was lots of rocks and soil, and it had been raining

for several days adding to the weight on the roof structure.