:00:07. > :00:11.The this is BBC World News, the top stories:
:00:12. > :00:14.Anti-government protesters in Thailand storm the army's
:00:15. > :00:17.headquarters and stage a rally inside, then leave.
:00:18. > :00:20.Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra tells the BBC early elections are
:00:21. > :00:23.not the answer. A show of unity at Europe's summit
:00:24. > :00:26.in Vilnius, but disappointment that they've failed to persuade Ukraine
:00:27. > :00:33.to sign a deal strengthening ties with the West.
:00:34. > :00:37.Syria's lost generation of deeply traumatised children. More than a
:00:38. > :00:46.million young people are now refugees.
:00:47. > :00:48.And final preparations for China's first attempt to land a spacecraft
:00:49. > :01:04.on the Moon. Hundreds of anti-government
:01:05. > :01:07.protesters in Thailand have defied government appeals for dialogue,
:01:08. > :01:10.climbed the gates of the National Army headquarters, and held a
:01:11. > :01:15.three-hour rally in the army compound, before leaving of their
:01:16. > :01:22.own accord. Protests against the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra
:01:23. > :01:27.are now in their sixth day. She told the BBC she won't resign or hold
:01:28. > :01:35.early elections. More from her in a moment. But Jonah Fisher has been in
:01:36. > :01:42.the army compound. This has been an extraordinary two
:01:43. > :01:46.hours. Initially, the gates were broken down by the anti-government
:01:47. > :01:50.demonstrators. They came in here and occupied this entire square here,
:01:51. > :01:54.probably a couple of thousand of them on this grass. They brought a
:01:55. > :01:57.truck in and they held a rally. There appeared to be an
:01:58. > :02:01.understanding with the Army officers that they wouldn't go any further
:02:02. > :02:05.and would not attempt to get into the building. So for example of
:02:06. > :02:09.hours, they had a rally and appealed to the Army officers to join their
:02:10. > :02:13.side in this protest and in the last few minutes, they have packed up,
:02:14. > :02:18.they have taken the stage in their trucks out with them and they have
:02:19. > :02:21.moved outside the compound. You can see the army here, they were never
:02:22. > :02:25.armed, there was never a confrontation. That appears to be
:02:26. > :02:29.part of the strategy of the Shinawatra government, she appears
:02:30. > :02:33.to be determined to avoid any sort of flash point that could
:02:34. > :02:40.potentially create an environment in which a coup or an army intervention
:02:41. > :02:45.could take place. So at the moment, order has returned, if you like, to
:02:46. > :02:49.the army headquarters and the demonstrators have moved off. What
:02:50. > :02:52.we have seen through this week is they will be looking for another
:02:53. > :02:55.target, another government building, that they can also look to
:02:56. > :02:58.break into. The protestors going into the army
:02:59. > :03:01.headquarters, then leaving, was the sixth day of protests against the
:03:02. > :03:04.Government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who continues
:03:05. > :03:11.to urge dialogue. So who are the protestors? What do they want? They
:03:12. > :03:15.are led by Suthep Thaugsuban. He is a former opposition Democrat Party
:03:16. > :03:18.lawmaker. Police have an issued a warrant for his arrest. Mr
:03:19. > :03:21.Thaugsuban quit the opposition party earlier this month to lead protests
:03:22. > :03:23.aimed at toppling the Government. That's after it proposed a
:03:24. > :03:28.controversial political amnesty bill. The bill could have meant the
:03:29. > :03:32.return of former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who is in exile
:03:33. > :03:36.out of the country. He faces corruption charges inside Thailand.
:03:37. > :03:41.He is also the brother of the current Prime Minister. On Sunday,
:03:42. > :03:46.the protests started around the Democracy Monument in Bangkok. They
:03:47. > :03:48.spread to several of government ministries like Tourism, Transport,
:03:49. > :03:54.Agriculture, Finance and the Interior Ministry. On Thursday,
:03:55. > :04:00.after winning a no-confidence vote, the Prime Minister appealed for
:04:01. > :04:03.dialogue. The protestors responded by doing this - cutting the power
:04:04. > :04:11.supply to the national police headquarters. Then in the last few
:04:12. > :04:18.hours, they forced their way into the army headquarters. As we have
:04:19. > :04:24.just reported, they have since left. Well, what is the view of the Prime
:04:25. > :04:30.Minister? She has been speaking to Jonathan Head. This issue is really
:04:31. > :04:34.sensitive. It doesn't mean that the Government has backed off but we
:04:35. > :04:44.have our own position and standpoint. Let the policeman follow
:04:45. > :04:57.but the first stages negotiation. Let the people work and be patient
:04:58. > :05:02.with the situation. We need only one thing the country, we to protect
:05:03. > :05:11.Chrissy, we need protect people the right way. This is the way we should
:05:12. > :05:15.do it. So what -- whatever will keep democracy, whatever will keep
:05:16. > :05:21.peaceful ways, that is the right path. Why don't you call a new
:05:22. > :05:32.election now? If you call an election, we had to ask if the
:05:33. > :05:39.protesters are satisfied or not. Let's go live now to the type
:05:40. > :05:46.government spokesman, Yingluck Shinawatra. What is your reading of
:05:47. > :05:52.the situation, they can go into the army headquarters, have a rally and
:05:53. > :05:58.peacefully leave? Yes, as long as the protest is still peaceful, we
:05:59. > :06:08.think it is acceptable. Currently, it is not a crime to not have any
:06:09. > :06:12.confrontation. If there are any people that are injured or hurt
:06:13. > :06:18.might -- it might make the situation worse, so right now the army and the
:06:19. > :06:32.national forces are in place but try to avoid confrontations. And they
:06:33. > :06:37.let the police run... Yesterday in Parliament, the Prime Minister and
:06:38. > :06:39.her government won a vote of confidence in the Government, and
:06:40. > :06:45.they also said very clearly that they want dialogue. What is your
:06:46. > :06:48.view, therefore, that the protesters are clearly able to make their voice
:06:49. > :06:55.heard but do not want dialogue with you? This is what we are concerned
:06:56. > :06:59.about, because we offered ways that we would like to have dialogue, ways
:07:00. > :07:08.to talk to the protesters. I was with the myself a few minutes ago
:07:09. > :07:12.and she said she was willing to give the leader of the protest is a call
:07:13. > :07:22.and find their way out of the crisis -- of the protests. But we cannot
:07:23. > :07:28.see how that is going to happen. Currently, we still have the
:07:29. > :07:34.constitution and to do that, they will have to amend the law, and we
:07:35. > :07:38.have to have a constitutional amendment first before we have the
:07:39. > :07:49.outcome that the protesters would like to have. Thank you very much
:07:50. > :07:53.indeed, confirming that the promised would like to speak to the protest
:07:54. > :07:55.is directly. The Ukrainian president, Viktor
:07:56. > :07:58.Yanukovych, says his country still intends to sign an association
:07:59. > :08:02.agreement with the European Union some time in the future, despite
:08:03. > :08:05.failing to sign one at the EU summit in Lithuania. In comments on his
:08:06. > :08:08.website, Mr Yanukovych indicated that the EU had not offered his
:08:09. > :08:15.country a big enough package of financial aid. European leaders in
:08:16. > :08:19.Vilnius say the deal is still on the table and they can wait.
:08:20. > :08:24.The European Union's position remains clear. The offer of signing
:08:25. > :08:28.the most ambitious agreement the European Union has ever offered to a
:08:29. > :08:34.non-member state is still on the table. We stand ready to sign with
:08:35. > :08:41.Ukraine once the benchmark is put forward by the European Union and
:08:42. > :08:50.Matt, and we are really close. We may not miss this rendezvous with
:08:51. > :08:54.history and had to set aside short-term considerations and had to
:08:55. > :09:01.overcome pressure from abroad. This is a time of courage, this is a time
:09:02. > :09:06.of decisions. Really close, the words from Herman Van Rompuy. Let's
:09:07. > :09:10.go to Chris Morris in Vilnius. Despite all of that and listening to
:09:11. > :09:13.what he just said, saying they had to overcome pressure from abroad, in
:09:14. > :09:20.reality, does Russia have Ukraine in an armlock? It certainly feels that
:09:21. > :09:23.way at the moment, and although those talks will continue,
:09:24. > :09:28.discussions about a possible signature, I have certainly come
:09:29. > :09:32.across a lot of scepticism that will -- that that will happen as long as
:09:33. > :09:36.Viktor Yanukovych remains president of Ukraine. Some diplomats are
:09:37. > :09:40.already looking forward to the next Ukrainian elections in 2015, as if
:09:41. > :09:44.they may bring some form of political change. We will also hear
:09:45. > :09:48.EU leaders emphasising a lot the role of popular protest, from those
:09:49. > :09:53.who want Ukraine to have close ties to the European Union because, make
:09:54. > :09:59.a mistake you heard from Herman Van Rompuy there, the most far-reaching
:10:00. > :10:03.deal the EU has ever offered to a third country. The EU believes this
:10:04. > :10:07.has the ability to transform the Ukraine both economically and
:10:08. > :10:12.politically and because it is such a far-reaching deal, it is perhaps why
:10:13. > :10:19.Russia has stamped its foot so forcefully. As you were talking, we
:10:20. > :10:25.were seeing live pictures from Kiev from demonstrators who are pro-EU.
:10:26. > :10:27.Intriguing that on his website, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to suggest that
:10:28. > :10:34.actually, if Europe came up with more money, -- Viktor Yanukovych
:10:35. > :10:39.suggests that actually, if Europe came up with more money, it would
:10:40. > :10:44.help that move towards the European Union. Are they prepared to come up
:10:45. > :10:49.with more money? Wanting it is not prepared to do is go into an intense
:10:50. > :10:54.period of haggling. -- one thing it is not prepared to do. One of them
:10:55. > :11:04.said it is not a Basra, it is a serious negotiation and the terms
:11:05. > :11:08.were very clear. -- it is not a bazaar. They gave the terms of the
:11:09. > :11:10.deal and the Ukraine said they wanted more but they were not
:11:11. > :11:14.prepared to do that at the time. It is prepared to do more but will not
:11:15. > :11:18.be held to a particular figure. There is concern within the
:11:19. > :11:22.Ukrainian government about the pressure it will be put under by
:11:23. > :11:25.Russia, it has already been put under pressure, but of trade
:11:26. > :11:29.sanctions are imposed and that sort of thing, it wants to know what the
:11:30. > :11:33.EU will do in response. Perhaps a lesson for the EU is that it is to
:11:34. > :11:37.be a little bit more forceful itself given the nature of the hardball
:11:38. > :11:44.politics Russia is playing. Chris Morris, thank you for this update. I
:11:45. > :11:49.should say that two other deals were signed with Moldova and Georgia.
:11:50. > :11:52.The dispute over a set of tiny and uninhabited islands in the East
:11:53. > :11:57.China Sea shows no sign of dying down. In a thinly veiled threat,
:11:58. > :12:03.China's state controlled media has called for what it describes as
:12:04. > :12:07."timely counter-measures". That's if Japan violates its new air defence
:12:08. > :12:11.zone. China has sent several fighter jets to patrol the zone, which it
:12:12. > :12:17.declared unilaterally last weekend. That is the one in red At its heart
:12:18. > :12:22.is a chain of islands known as Senkaku by Japan, and Diayou by
:12:23. > :12:27.China. The Chinese own is in red and the Japanese is in blue. South Korea
:12:28. > :12:29.and Taiwan also have territorial claims in the same region. Catharina
:12:30. > :12:38.Moh has more. Tensions build two new levels over
:12:39. > :12:41.the disputed islands in the East China Sea. In the latest
:12:42. > :12:46.developments, China says it has deployed fighter jets to control the
:12:47. > :12:49.new self-declared air defence zone. The military are calling it a
:12:50. > :12:56.defensive measure. There are forces now on high alert to deal with
:12:57. > :13:00.diverse threads. -- their air forces. The country has dealt with
:13:01. > :13:06.international criticism. There are a number of countries in this region
:13:07. > :13:13.with territorial claims, the Chinese have strategic interests but if
:13:14. > :13:19.collides directly with career, the US and other states, there will be
:13:20. > :13:23.political repercussions. Meanwhile, strengthening its ties near but not
:13:24. > :13:28.within China's defence zone, America and Japan in a joint military
:13:29. > :13:34.exercise. US Navy sources had said that this year's exercise focuses on
:13:35. > :13:37.maritime patrol and aircraft carrier operations, but it was planned a
:13:38. > :13:45.year ago before China's announcement. The new Chinese zone
:13:46. > :13:48.covers these disputed islands in the East China Sea, and it dramatically
:13:49. > :13:50.covers these disputed islands in the East China Sea, and it overlaps and
:13:51. > :13:56.existing Japanese own. It now insists that all planes crossing
:13:57. > :14:00.this airspace must submit a flight plan in advance, but America, Japan
:14:01. > :14:02.and South Korea say they have flown with Terry aircraft through the zone
:14:03. > :14:08.in the past few days without informing China. On Thursday, Japan
:14:09. > :14:13.announced it would continue its routine surveillance activity,
:14:14. > :14:17.backed by the US. TRANSLATION: Japan and the United
:14:18. > :14:21.States should not make irresponsible remarks, because they make no sense.
:14:22. > :14:25.We also urge Japan and the United States to reflect on themselves and
:14:26. > :14:30.not to make empty statements that may harm regional stability. The
:14:31. > :14:35.zone viewed now threatens to overshadow the US Vice President's
:14:36. > :14:38.trip to Beijing next week, as there are fears that the shows of force
:14:39. > :14:50.could lead to an unplanned military incident. Breaking news, two men
:14:51. > :14:54.have been remanded in custody following an investigation into
:14:55. > :15:03.alleged match fixing into non-league football. The two men will appear
:15:04. > :15:09.before Birmingham Crown Court in two weeks. They are among six men
:15:10. > :15:12.arrested after an investigation by the Daily Telegraph newspaper which
:15:13. > :15:22.revealed the details yesterday. Stay with us on BBC World News,
:15:23. > :15:24.still to come: did this survive its solar roasting?
:15:25. > :15:32.Comet ice and may still be alive after its encounter with the sun --
:15:33. > :15:41.Comet Ison. As everyone knows, if you want to be
:15:42. > :15:44.a good doctor, it's important to have a good bedside manner. Medical
:15:45. > :15:48.students can learn all about the liver, the heart and the spleen. But
:15:49. > :15:50.how do you teach empathy and understanding? Well, our
:15:51. > :15:54.correspondent Katy Watson has been to Chicago, to find out how they're
:15:55. > :15:55.using comedy to teach caring. Colourful pictures and simple
:15:56. > :16:04.ideas, comics aren't your typical medical textbook but they could soon
:16:05. > :16:10.be used to teach a doctor near you. These comic strips were developed in
:16:11. > :16:13.the 1990s. There was nothing that could have prepared you for the AIDS
:16:14. > :16:18.crisis. One day, not knowing what else to
:16:19. > :16:26.do, I drew a picture of myself. In the top left corner, I drew a box.
:16:27. > :16:30.And another box. I went from a state of really struggling with a
:16:31. > :16:37.patient's death, to finding myself in a place of hope. There was
:16:38. > :16:43.something about this text and image in boxes that worked. There are
:16:44. > :16:48.hundreds of graphic medicine novels. But what unites them all is
:16:49. > :16:57.they give a unique insight into the experience of patients in an
:16:58. > :17:01.appreciable way. -- approachable. She is now using these memoirs to
:17:02. > :17:06.improve the bedside manner of doctors. These students don't just
:17:07. > :17:11.read them, they draw them as well. It is great to have a different
:17:12. > :17:18.outlet talking about medicine. I spoke to my artistic side. It allows
:17:19. > :17:23.a good outlet for humour and self-expression, when it could seem
:17:24. > :17:27.insensitive or difficult to address. It has proved useful for
:17:28. > :17:31.some of the graduates who have put their skills to good use in
:17:32. > :17:35.hospital. It was really helpful, using graphic
:17:36. > :17:42.depictions, to show what we are talking about, what area of the body
:17:43. > :17:49.we are examining, and it allows for a parallel line of communication.
:17:50. > :17:54.For these students still sketching out their career in medicine, they
:17:55. > :17:58.will be faced with parent -- patient experiences good and bad. Now they
:17:59. > :18:03.have another way of dealing with them.
:18:04. > :18:12.This is BBC World News. The latest headlines: anti-government
:18:13. > :18:16.protesters in Thailand have held a rally inside the army headquarters
:18:17. > :18:22.in Bangkok. The Prime Minister ruled out holding
:18:23. > :18:25.early elections in an interview with the BBC. European leaders say
:18:26. > :18:28.Ukraine must not let Russia blocked a deal on close integration with the
:18:29. > :18:32.EU. A new political and economic
:18:33. > :18:34.agreement between Ukraine and the EU was due to be the highlight of the
:18:35. > :18:41.summit in Lithuania. The civil war in Syria has created
:18:42. > :18:45.an entire generation of traumatised children. That's the conclusion of a
:18:46. > :18:48.new report from the United Nations refugee agency. It says well over a
:18:49. > :18:52.million children are now registered refugees. Some have seen a parent
:18:53. > :18:56.die, and many miss out on education because they have to work to
:18:57. > :18:58.survive. It comes shortly after a London-based think-tank Oxford
:18:59. > :18:59.Research Group put the number of children killed during Syria's civil
:19:00. > :19:17.war at more than 11,000. We wanted to look behind the
:19:18. > :19:22.statistics and find out how children were being killed, what weapons were
:19:23. > :19:26.affecting them the most. Seven out of ten children had been killed by
:19:27. > :19:32.explosive weapons. One out of four by small arms fire, caught in
:19:33. > :19:38.crossfire. Quite disturbingly, we also saw a lot of children were
:19:39. > :19:44.being killed with deliberate targeting, using weapons such as
:19:45. > :19:48.sniper fire, 400 cases of that, nearly 800 cases of children who had
:19:49. > :19:59.been some really executed, shot point that -- point-blank. How do
:20:00. > :20:01.you get this kind of data in a war zone?
:20:02. > :20:09.It is provided by Syrian civilian organisations. It is not verified
:20:10. > :20:14.but is of high quality, providing lists of names, circumstances, how
:20:15. > :20:21.and where they were killed. The best data we have got, the data we have
:20:22. > :20:25.been relying on for statistics on the conflict and casualties.
:20:26. > :20:31.Can we be clear, here we see BDO of some children in Syria, about
:20:32. > :20:34.whether they are actively being targeted, or whether they are
:20:35. > :20:40.victims who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?
:20:41. > :20:45.Seven out of ten have been killed by indiscriminate weapons such as
:20:46. > :20:52.bombs, if they are used in populated areas, they will kill civilians
:20:53. > :20:57.indiscriminately. However, there is evidence of children being
:20:58. > :21:01.deliberately targeted. Are they carrying weapons when they are
:21:02. > :21:13.targeted? We do not know that. We have 80 children killed, babies,
:21:14. > :21:17.killed by small arms fire. That has been reported. Some may be in
:21:18. > :21:26.crossfire. Children who had been tortured and killed. Those are
:21:27. > :21:32.things that are purely targeting. Someone held captive and tortured.
:21:33. > :21:38.Now to Pakistan, where the outgoing army chief, General Ashfaq Kayani,
:21:39. > :21:41.has made his final speech. He spoke of the sacrifices his soldiers made
:21:42. > :21:45.in fighting militancy in the country. In a farewell ceremony in
:21:46. > :21:48.Rawalpindi, he handed over power to a new army chief. Aleem Maqbool
:21:49. > :21:52.gained access to the event, and looks at one of the most important
:21:53. > :21:59.jobs when it comes to the stability of the region.
:22:00. > :22:03.Pakistan always holds its breath until one army chief peacefully
:22:04. > :22:10.handover to the next. We remember the past with general by Sharaf. But
:22:11. > :22:15.it is very much part of the legacy of Ashfaq Kayani that he has at
:22:16. > :22:21.least overtly stood out of hackers Donnie politics. He has had other
:22:22. > :22:27.successes, the military operation in the swat Valley against the Taliban.
:22:28. > :22:33.For a lot of people, he still has a black mark against his name because
:22:34. > :23:31.of that American raid in which some of -- in which Osama Our science
:23:32. > :23:38.editor David Shukman reports from China.
:23:39. > :23:45.China is going to the moon, and in this city, an exhibition captures
:23:46. > :23:52.the growing excitement. This rising nation is reaching beyond the Earth.
:23:53. > :23:56.This animation shows how a Chinese spacecraft will descend to the lunar
:23:57. > :24:02.surface. This hasn't been tried for more than 40 years. A rover will
:24:03. > :24:07.emerge. This is robotic but it paves the way for Chinese astronauts to
:24:08. > :24:11.follow. America did all this 40 years ago, but now China is catching
:24:12. > :24:16.up very enthusiastically and methodically, and with greater
:24:17. > :24:25.ambition. The plan is to visit the moon, and also to exploit it. Where
:24:26. > :24:31.are you going to land? The man behind the mission has never spoken
:24:32. > :24:37.to the Western media before. The Chinese space programme is usually
:24:38. > :24:41.highly secret. This professor says there are
:24:42. > :24:44.opportunities on the moon, it has valuable minerals and potential
:24:45. > :24:49.sources of energy and he wants China to make use of them.
:24:50. > :24:54.With Chinese astronauts gaining experience in orbit, the idea of a
:24:55. > :25:00.Chinese space on the moon, or even a mine there, is starting to look
:25:01. > :25:06.feasible. Perfectly plausible technically. Plausible from the
:25:07. > :25:10.finance point of view. So, I think, yes, there's nothing to stop them
:25:11. > :25:21.doing that, probably within ten years. The last people to walk or
:25:22. > :25:28.skip on the moon were American. The astronauts of Apollo 17 in 1972. The
:25:29. > :25:33.next footprints look set to be Chinese. Children at this space
:25:34. > :25:38.exhibition are loving it. TRANSLATION: I really like it here.
:25:39. > :25:43.I want to come again. This one says, I want to be an astronaut to go to
:25:44. > :25:48.the moon. A computer game about a Chinese mine
:25:49. > :25:55.on the moon. A great way to fire the imagination about a new frontier in
:25:56. > :25:58.this country's constant search for precious resources. And this
:25:59. > :26:05.generation, they actually may see it happen.
:26:06. > :26:10.Yesterday, we told you about what's been dubbed the comet of the
:26:11. > :26:15.century. But, for a while, it looked touch and go for Comet Ison. The two
:26:16. > :26:18.kilometre-wide ball of ice and dust has just had a very close encounter
:26:19. > :26:22.with the sun. Astronomers initially feared the comet had been burned up
:26:23. > :26:24.by the sun's heat and gravitational pull. However, US naval
:26:25. > :26:27.astrophysicists say that satellite images show that something has
:26:28. > :26:30.re-emerged. They're still hoping that at least part of the comet will
:26:31. > :26:49.be visible in the night skies over the next few days END HEAD
:26:50. > :26:52.that's it from me. Thanks for joining me here. Goodbye.