:00:07. > :00:12.Welcome to BBC world News. Raising the stakes in the East China
:00:13. > :00:15.Sea, Japan and South Korea fly military aircraft through a new
:00:16. > :00:19.Chinese air defence some of the disputed islands.
:00:20. > :00:25.An Egyptian court sentences these female supporters of President Morsi
:00:26. > :00:26.to 11 years in prison. Human rights campaigners described the sentence
:00:27. > :00:32.as madness. European Union leaders prepare for a
:00:33. > :00:35.summit in Lithuania but will Russia overshadow attempts to improve ties
:00:36. > :00:39.with former Soviet states like Ukraine?
:00:40. > :00:41.Why is it case the size of an apartment block causes confrontation
:00:42. > :01:04.with the Kremlin. -- why a suitcase. Japan and South Korea have both
:01:05. > :01:10.flown military aircraft through a new air defence some on Saturday. It
:01:11. > :01:11.covers a chain of islands in the East China Sea which China and Japan
:01:12. > :01:23.both say belong to them. 24 hours earlier the US flew to B-52
:01:24. > :01:36.bombers through the same as base. -- two. What kind of pressure is there
:01:37. > :01:40.now on the Chinese leadership? Immense pressure because on Saturday
:01:41. > :01:45.they declared the zone themselves, it came as a surprise to other
:01:46. > :01:49.countries. What the Americans and the Japanese and South Korean have
:01:50. > :01:54.done, by flying military aircraft through this area without notifying
:01:55. > :01:58.China, as it demands, they have thrown down the gauntlet and said we
:01:59. > :02:02.are going to carry on as usual regardless of what you say. The ball
:02:03. > :02:09.is in Beijing's court to react to that. Perhaps they will not but they
:02:10. > :02:14.may respond. Do you think the Chinese leadership will have worked
:02:15. > :02:18.through all possible options including the worst-case scenario?
:02:19. > :02:22.It is difficult to believe they wouldn't have worked through all the
:02:23. > :02:26.possible scenarios and difficult to understand how they didn't see this
:02:27. > :02:33.response from the rest of East Asia and America. They have managed to
:02:34. > :02:38.unite and annoy many of their neighbours against them. There is a
:02:39. > :02:43.sneaking suspicion amongst many people in East Asia that China
:02:44. > :02:47.although it says it wants to be peaceful, although it says it wants
:02:48. > :02:52.to negotiate, it will change the status quo regardless of what
:02:53. > :02:57.anybody else says, unilaterally, this seems to feed into this idea,
:02:58. > :03:02.this is exactly what they are going to do. How much should everybody
:03:03. > :03:06.fear some terrible misunderstanding? Military and civilian aircraft
:03:07. > :03:11.flying, unarmed, flying passengers like you and me, at the same time
:03:12. > :03:15.there is no hotline between Tokyo and Beijing because that was
:03:16. > :03:19.abandoned a few months ago. Of course there is always a danger
:03:20. > :03:24.accident might occur, the tequila leak when you push China into a
:03:25. > :03:28.corner saying we are going to ignore this -- particularly. They may try
:03:29. > :03:33.to assert their rights. I don't think anybody wants that to happen.
:03:34. > :03:36.Is there a possibility of misunderstanding, the fact they are
:03:37. > :03:42.not even talking to each other as rock there is is a possibility.
:03:43. > :03:46.Joe Biden is going to the region next week. I cannot imagine China
:03:47. > :03:50.wants to up the ante in this situation at the moment, but there
:03:51. > :03:56.is also a possibility that might happen.
:03:57. > :03:59.Thank you. Now to Egypt where human rights
:04:00. > :04:03.groups have condemned the heavy prison sentences handed down to a
:04:04. > :04:06.group of women. They took part in a demonstration in support of the
:04:07. > :04:11.ousted president Mohammed Morsi. The group say it is most this -- it is
:04:12. > :04:15.madness to women will serve 11 years in jail. Their families say they
:04:16. > :04:21.were taking part in a peaceful protest.
:04:22. > :04:26.Awaiting their fate, the smiles soon disappear. 21 women and girls found
:04:27. > :04:31.guilty on -- of charges including sabotage, inciting violence, and
:04:32. > :04:34.holding a demonstration. Amongst them 15 and 16-year-olds who will
:04:35. > :04:40.stay in Britain until they are 18. The rest face 11 years behind bars.
:04:41. > :04:43.They support Mohammed Morsi and had been taking part in an early-morning
:04:44. > :04:48.demonstration in it Alexandria last month. One family said their
:04:49. > :04:57.15-year-old was only passing by on her way to school. Outside the court
:04:58. > :05:01.and amongst supporters chanting the police thugs. Heavy sentences have
:05:02. > :05:05.been criticised by human rights campaigners. It comes just days
:05:06. > :05:09.after a new law was passed by the interim government last looked in
:05:10. > :05:15.demonstrations. His supporters immediately divide this in Cairo and
:05:16. > :05:19.cities across age of. They must give authorities three days in advance
:05:20. > :05:25.warning of any protest involving more than ten people. Some describe
:05:26. > :05:31.this as a tactic to deter them. This woman says she was dragged, beaten
:05:32. > :05:39.up and detained overnight by police. With the women who were arrested, it
:05:40. > :05:44.is a repetition of the use of sexual assault to discourage women and
:05:45. > :05:49.scare them away from protest. They have been criticised not only
:05:50. > :05:53.in Egypt's but by the United Nations human rights commission. On
:05:54. > :05:57.Wednesday night the mood was one of defiance on the streets of Cairo.
:05:58. > :06:01.The government says it is not opposed to peaceful protest and this
:06:02. > :06:04.time the Interior Ministry gave them permission, even though it fell out
:06:05. > :06:08.of the three-day warning wall. Demonstrators they permission or not
:06:09. > :06:20.much they will continue to exercise their right to protest.
:06:21. > :06:25.The BBC's Orla Guerin is in Cairo. It is a set of sentences regarded as
:06:26. > :06:29.particularly Draconian. There has been a lot of criticism on social
:06:30. > :06:32.media and on the evening talk shows. People are pointing out these
:06:33. > :06:40.sentences of 11 years for these young women contrast starkly with
:06:41. > :06:42.the sentences given to police officers who have killed protesters
:06:43. > :06:47.or seriously injured them. The group of women and girls took part in an
:06:48. > :06:52.early-morning demonstration, run by a movement called the 7am Movement,
:06:53. > :06:57.this was their first protest. They stood on a bridge in Alexandria and
:06:58. > :07:01.they say they are guilty of nothing other than taking part in a peaceful
:07:02. > :07:07.demonstration. The authorities accused them of a variety of charges
:07:08. > :07:13.including inciting violence and using force. We have spoken to
:07:14. > :07:18.relatives are some of those convicted, some of them are as young
:07:19. > :07:22.as 16, and one father told us his daughter was making his way -- her
:07:23. > :07:27.school -- making her way to school trying to cross the road when she
:07:28. > :07:30.was swept up by police as they arrested a group of people on that
:07:31. > :07:33.bridge. What do you think the legal
:07:34. > :07:38.implications are, particularly in this heated political climate?
:07:39. > :07:45.It will be seen very much as part of a very heavy-handed and obvious and
:07:46. > :07:48.growing crackdown, an attempt by the military installed government to
:07:49. > :07:51.silence dissent. We have seen in the last few days the introduction of a
:07:52. > :07:58.new law on protest which campaigners say amounted to the anti-protest
:07:59. > :08:01.law, it effectively all but banned public demonstrations, it requires
:08:02. > :08:04.you to give three days notice in advance and the authorities can
:08:05. > :08:09.decline to give permission. We have seen a wave of protest against the
:08:10. > :08:13.law which has taken place in the last few days, we have seen dozens
:08:14. > :08:19.of secular activist including prominent campaigners being
:08:20. > :08:25.arrested, among those were another group of women who say they were
:08:26. > :08:29.beaten and harassed and stranded in the desert after their arrest. It
:08:30. > :08:37.looks very much too many people as if it was an attempt to return Cairo
:08:38. > :08:41.to the repression of the past. Now to a political trial of strength
:08:42. > :08:44.between Europe and the shape of the European Union, and the Kremlin in
:08:45. > :08:49.Russia, between West and East. It has come to a head in the days
:08:50. > :08:53.before today's summit in Lithuania. Thus it was due to bring Ukraine and
:08:54. > :08:57.five other former Soviet bloc countries closer to the European
:08:58. > :09:04.Union but there are continuous protests in Kiev after the president
:09:05. > :09:07.said given pressure from Russia, and new cooperation agreements with
:09:08. > :09:13.Russia he will not sign the agreement on offer today. There are
:09:14. > :09:16.at least three elements of association, firstly free-trade.
:09:17. > :09:21.Secondly economic map with stronger ties to all countries and thirdly
:09:22. > :09:26.political with a convergence of political activity between Ukraine
:09:27. > :09:29.and the European Union. Their biggest trading partner is still
:09:30. > :09:34.Russia stop the deal would put at risk the newly strengthened ties.
:09:35. > :09:40.Trade restriction from Moscow have already reinforced Russian influence
:09:41. > :09:46.and as the largest supplier of gas to Ukraine, Russia is making new
:09:47. > :09:50.guarantees, after disputes and pensions during recent winters. What
:09:51. > :09:59.are the prospects at the summit in Vilnius last remark -- in Vilnius?
:10:00. > :10:02.Just as those demonstrations continue in Kiev, the glaciations
:10:03. > :10:08.continue here. The Lithuanian government running the presidency
:10:09. > :10:14.believes there is a chance something can be signed. That may be a long
:10:15. > :10:18.shot but they haven't given up. The European Union position is the deal
:10:19. > :10:22.is on the table still. In the sense the ball is now in the court of the
:10:23. > :10:25.Ukrainian government, what we have seen from the president in
:10:26. > :10:30.particular over the last few months is he will wheel and deal and see
:10:31. > :10:33.what the best deal he can get either from the European Union or Russia.
:10:34. > :10:37.It will be a big surprise if he suddenly changed course again at the
:10:38. > :10:41.last minute and signed this association agreement. If that
:10:42. > :10:46.doesn't happen we have do say the glass is half full at the summit.
:10:47. > :10:50.There will be lots of talk about continuing to move forward, progress
:10:51. > :10:56.with other countries like Moldova and Georgia, but Ukraine is the
:10:57. > :11:00.jewel in the Crown. The biggest and most influential country in this
:11:01. > :11:02.eastern partnership group. Without its signing a lot of the momentum
:11:03. > :11:08.behind this partnership process will be lost.
:11:09. > :11:11.What is the assessment about the new relationship between Russia and
:11:12. > :11:15.Kiev? Is it that Russia and President Putin has got more of an
:11:16. > :11:19.iron grip over it Ukraine, making sure there is a price if they want
:11:20. > :11:24.to keep moving towards the European Union?
:11:25. > :11:30.I think there is an acknowledgement in the short-term threats from
:11:31. > :11:33.Moscow can be pretty effective. That is white European Union leaders talk
:11:34. > :11:38.about strategic patience, they genuinely believe it may be
:11:39. > :11:43.misguided, they believe a majority of people in these countries want to
:11:44. > :11:48.look towards a European style institutional democracy, more open
:11:49. > :11:51.markets, opportunities for trade and investment. The association
:11:52. > :11:55.agreements which are on offer for these countries are the most
:11:56. > :12:05.comprehensive ever offered by the European Union to any countries. It
:12:06. > :12:09.would mean them taking on two thirds of all the rules and regulations,
:12:10. > :12:13.becoming in effect part of many bits of the European Union single market,
:12:14. > :12:17.there are big deals on offer and big decisions to be made. The European
:12:18. > :12:27.Union feels that long-term strategic Paul Cole -- Paul could well win in
:12:28. > :12:33.the end. We will reporting on it when it starts in a few hours.
:12:34. > :12:39.Still to come, driving aid into Syria, we join British Midlands
:12:40. > :12:44.acrobat Muslims hand delivering help to the conflict zone. -- British
:12:45. > :12:49.Muslims. Is it really the end of an era in
:12:50. > :12:52.Italian politics? Silvio Berlusconi is to date no longer a member of
:12:53. > :12:59.Parliament, with privileges and legal protection removed. He was
:13:00. > :13:05.expelled echoes of his conviction for tax for. It is illegal for him
:13:06. > :13:08.to hold public office. He loses immunity to prosecution. He told
:13:09. > :13:16.supporters it was a day in morning -- day of mourning for democracy.
:13:17. > :13:20.What is being reported in the newspapers?
:13:21. > :13:27.Here is his own newspaper, Il Giornale a, it has got a huge
:13:28. > :13:34.picture of him with his hand raised in defiance. He held a meeting
:13:35. > :13:43.outside his house in Rome yesterday claiming there had been a coup
:13:44. > :13:50.d'etat. There is an extremely -- there is extremely strong language,
:13:51. > :13:58.criticising President Napolitano saying Italy is being run by
:13:59. > :14:02.Smallman, and the language is extraordinary -- run by a small man.
:14:03. > :14:08.He talks about his sacking from Parliament as being on a level with
:14:09. > :14:13.Benito Mussolini being murdered at the end of World War II. Obviously
:14:14. > :14:22.Mr Berlusconi is extremely angry. If you look at the other papers, there
:14:23. > :14:30.is a cartoon on the front page showing Mr Berlusconi with the dog
:14:31. > :14:37.of his fiancee, barking at him and saying hello expat minister. The
:14:38. > :14:42.view of this paper is it is quite right justice has taken its course,
:14:43. > :14:47.and it is four months since he was found guilty of tax fraud, and it is
:14:48. > :14:53.about time Parliament acted. There is a feeling this is certainly the
:14:54. > :15:02.end of an era, the general mood of the press is this is not a very nice
:15:03. > :15:09.time for Italy and I see the leading financial paper saying a better
:15:10. > :15:22.epilogue to his years in office. A very bitter moment for Italy.
:15:23. > :15:31.You are with BBC World News. The latest headlines. Japan and South
:15:32. > :15:35.Korea have thrown planes through the air defence zone. It covers a chain
:15:36. > :15:39.of disputed islands. Human rights groups criticise an Egyptian
:15:40. > :15:44.court's decision to jail female supporters of ousted President
:15:45. > :15:56.Morsi. 21 women received 11 years in prison for Six people have been
:15:57. > :16:02.arrested here in the UK, over allegations of match-fixing in
:16:03. > :16:05.English football. At least three current footballers are among the
:16:06. > :16:09.men detained by the National Crime Agency - that is the British version
:16:10. > :16:11.of the FBI. The arrests came after a newspaper investigation into an
:16:12. > :16:14.international betting operation with its roots in Singapore. It's the
:16:15. > :16:17.first time for decades that anyone has been arrested for match fixing
:16:18. > :16:20.here in the UK. I spoke to Soren Pedersen from
:16:21. > :16:23.Europe's police intelligence agency, Europol. I asked him whether it is
:16:24. > :16:31.making progress in breaking up the match fixing rings.
:16:32. > :16:36.We cannot go into details about the ongoing case in the UK. But it is
:16:37. > :16:43.very much in line with the news we roped in the Hague in February
:16:44. > :16:51.talking about worldwide match fixing gangs. Working out of Singapore, it
:16:52. > :16:53.is not a surprise, there are big gangs working out of Singapore with
:16:54. > :17:00.links to China and other parts of the world. This is very much in line
:17:01. > :17:04.with what we have seen. What is your view how active and determined
:17:05. > :17:08.governments are to support you? Especially in Singapore where there
:17:09. > :17:14.was that big case in February? They're in creased awareness has
:17:15. > :17:23.made governments more interested in dealing with this. We are supporting
:17:24. > :17:26.several ongoing investigations, offering a platform of exchange of
:17:27. > :17:29.information. We have some very clever analysts who can help by
:17:30. > :17:34.adding value to that information we receive from partners and then they
:17:35. > :17:40.can go out and make the arrest. Fortunately, there is still a lot to
:17:41. > :17:46.look after and as I said, ongoing investigations this moment. You are
:17:47. > :17:52.now more determined, along with many national sovereign governments, but
:17:53. > :18:00.how clever or the match fixers at evading what you are trying to do?
:18:01. > :18:04.So far they have been working very much under the radar. It is an area
:18:05. > :18:10.with a lot of money so it has a track did serious organised of other
:18:11. > :18:16.areas, sometimes drug dealing. What I am trying... It is extremely
:18:17. > :18:23.complicated when you have to investigate this kind of crime. In
:18:24. > :18:26.one day, you have more than 50 people involved from more than ten
:18:27. > :18:31.countries. It is extremely complicated and there is a need of
:18:32. > :18:38.international coordination when you are dealing with these types of
:18:39. > :18:41.crime. The Prime Minister of Thailand has
:18:42. > :18:43.called on anti-government protestors to end their demonstrations and
:18:44. > :18:46.enter a dialogue. Yingluck Shinawatra made the plea after
:18:47. > :18:49.comfortably winning a vote of no confidence in the Thai parliament.
:18:50. > :18:53.Tens of thousands of protestors have again taken to the streets of
:18:54. > :18:55.Bangkok. In the latest of a series of protests around government
:18:56. > :19:02.buildings, they've cut the electricity supply to the police
:19:03. > :19:07.national headquarters. Jonathan head has the latest in Bangkok.
:19:08. > :19:13.They are not disheartened. This crowd have been down here for
:19:14. > :19:18.several hours. They started protesting and singing a national
:19:19. > :19:24.song. It has become an expression of national pride. Once again, they
:19:25. > :19:29.have come down to an important departments, and surrounded it. This
:19:30. > :19:35.is the national police headquarters. They will not be able to break in,
:19:36. > :19:41.there is razor wire on the police -- on the top. So they are singing,
:19:42. > :19:46.protesting. They are not really threatening the government. The
:19:47. > :19:50.government has just won a vote of confidence in the parliament and it
:19:51. > :20:01.is leaving these people to sing and nothing else. There is no kind of
:20:02. > :20:05.revolution. Syria has been in a state of civil
:20:06. > :20:08.war for two and a half years. The UN estimates that more than 100,000
:20:09. > :20:11.people have been killed. Aid organisations say that parts of the
:20:12. > :20:14.country are so dangerous that civilians are being left without
:20:15. > :20:17.help. Despite these dangers, a small group of British Muslims are taking
:20:18. > :20:19.aid convoys overland to Syria. They're packing second-hand
:20:20. > :20:23.ambulances with aid and driving into the fray. For this report Catrin Nye
:20:24. > :20:32.travelled with one convoy for part of the journey.
:20:33. > :20:35.We are going. Late night in Manchester, these ambulances are
:20:36. > :20:40.packed with medical supplies and food, collect it by volunteers. We
:20:41. > :20:45.try to have a laugh on the way. Because you know when you get there,
:20:46. > :20:50.your heart will be broken. At least they know there is someone out in
:20:51. > :20:55.the world thinking about them. This is one of a number of smaller
:20:56. > :21:00.charity missions going to Syria, independent of the big aid agencies.
:21:01. > :21:06.There are 14 people on this convoy, five ambulances travelling more than
:21:07. > :21:09.3000 miles through nine countries. It is day number three of the
:21:10. > :21:14.journey and we are in Switzerland. This is one of the ambulances. It is
:21:15. > :21:21.packed with medical supplies, needles, boxes and boxes of
:21:22. > :21:27.painkillers. This is where four people are sleeping, so it is very
:21:28. > :21:33.cramped. The group are British and of South Asian heritage. They see it
:21:34. > :21:37.as a duty to help those in Syria. Come on, Syria is calling. After
:21:38. > :21:42.eight days, driving in shifts, finally they reach the Syrian
:21:43. > :21:46.border. This is where they enter a war zone. The convoy heads on
:21:47. > :21:52.without us, they are about to take huge risks and we could put them in
:21:53. > :21:59.further danger. First, they had just over the border. They are filming
:22:00. > :22:06.themselves on mobile phones. Four of the group then push into Aleppo. The
:22:07. > :22:10.danger are so severe here, few aid agencies are operating. This final
:22:11. > :22:17.journey takes them to the front line. We went out with one of the
:22:18. > :22:23.hospital ambulance drivers who knows the area. Some parts were a bit
:22:24. > :22:28.hairy. More than a bit hairy. We ended up not very far from some of
:22:29. > :22:37.the front lines where there were snipers. That was a very surreal
:22:38. > :22:49.feeling. To actually be in the thick of it. It was a little closer than I
:22:50. > :23:01.would have liked to have been. Going through sniper alley. The team go
:23:02. > :23:09.through sniper lined streets. It is pushing it? If it is written for me
:23:10. > :23:13.to die there, then I am going. It is not what I want to do, I have
:23:14. > :23:17.children and a family at home. But at the end of the day if the world
:23:18. > :23:21.was doing what it was supposed to be doing, I would not have to risk my
:23:22. > :23:35.life like this. Everyone makes it home safely and the convoy planned
:23:36. > :23:40.to return to Syria next month. And now to the American city of
:23:41. > :23:43.Tucson, whether police have arrested a man and a woman suspected of
:23:44. > :23:48.keeping their three daughters locked in their bedroom in filthy
:23:49. > :23:53.conditions the two years. Police said the girls, aged 12, 13 and 17,
:23:54. > :23:55.were malnourished. They claim they were beaten and kept under 24 hour
:23:56. > :23:57.surveillance. Officers are now investigating a diary belonging to
:23:58. > :24:00.one of the girls. When the girls were contacted, the
:24:01. > :24:07.elder sister had on her a satchel. Inside the satchel was a detailed
:24:08. > :24:15.journal that counts for over a year and a half of days that detectives
:24:16. > :24:22.are cataloguing right now. Also, inside that satchel was a picture of
:24:23. > :24:28.a pop singer. Lewis Collins has died aged 67. He
:24:29. > :24:35.shot to fame in the late 1970s. He was one of the stars of The
:24:36. > :24:39.Professionals. The show was popular in some parts of Europe will stop he
:24:40. > :24:45.has been fighting cancer for a number of years. His agent said he
:24:46. > :24:47.passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his
:24:48. > :24:53.family. This is Red Square in central
:24:54. > :24:57.Moscow, it looks like a designer suitcase. Now a massive pavilion
:24:58. > :25:02.construct did will have to be dismantled. There have been protests
:25:03. > :25:12.it is inappropriate. Locals and tourists complain it blocks the view
:25:13. > :25:17.of local monuments. Causing a confrontation with the
:25:18. > :25:22.Kremlin. A giant suitcase, the size of a block of flats landed in the
:25:23. > :25:29.middle of Red Square in Moscow. The French luxury brand put it there as
:25:30. > :25:33.part of a publicity stunt, but it seems to have backfired. There has
:25:34. > :25:39.been outrage in the Russian media after the pavilion appeared a stones
:25:40. > :25:46.throw from Lenin's tomb. TRANSLATION: in the Red Square, it
:25:47. > :25:49.looks ugly. All of the criticisms are justified. It takes up too much
:25:50. > :25:55.space, you cannot see anything. TRANSLATION: the fact is, they like
:25:56. > :25:59.to burn everything in Russia, but this reflects everything we don't
:26:00. > :26:04.have. TRANSLATION: I came here especially
:26:05. > :26:10.to see this disgrace. I heard about it on the radio. I was outraged.
:26:11. > :26:15.The exhibition was opened ten days ago to mark the 120th anniversary.
:26:16. > :26:20.But they have learnt the hard way that Russia's historic sites come
:26:21. > :26:24.with baggage of their own. The Kremlin has ordered them to pack up
:26:25. > :26:31.and leave. From Web squared to Washington. Now
:26:32. > :26:35.for one of the more curious American traditions - the annual Thanksgiving
:26:36. > :26:43.pardon of a turkey by the most powerful man in the world. I want to
:26:44. > :26:49.grant lack popcorn a full reprieve. This year the turkey was called
:26:50. > :26:54.Popcorn. President Obama came over all soft and decided to pardon two
:26:55. > :26:55.turkeys. If you are American, have a happy Thanksgiving. From us,
:26:56. > :27:02.goodbye.