:00:20. > :00:23.The first event is underway at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, but the US
:00:24. > :00:29.raises new concerns about airline security for flights to Russia.
:00:30. > :00:34.Captured by the Taliban - a dog stroll from US troops in Afghanistan
:00:35. > :00:37.is now a canine prisoner of war. And it has been called the Ray
:00:38. > :00:57.Charles effect - how scientists reckon temporary blindness can boost
:00:58. > :01:01.your hearing. Media reports from Pakistan say that
:01:02. > :01:04.for the first time, the government is finally meeting representatives
:01:05. > :01:07.of the Pakistani Taliban. The first attempt to bring the two sides
:01:08. > :01:13.together failed on Tuesday for procedural reasons. The fact that
:01:14. > :01:17.these three Taliban representatives are at last meeting four government
:01:18. > :01:19.officials at a secret location could be a major development towards
:01:20. > :01:24.ending a decade-long insurgency. Asked which, prime minister Nawaz
:01:25. > :01:32.Sharif told Parliament there were two option is, either peace talks or
:01:33. > :01:36.a military operation. Our correspondent is following
:01:37. > :01:43.developments from Islamabad. I asked him what is known about these talks
:01:44. > :01:49.now that they are finally underway? We know there are four members in
:01:50. > :01:52.the government nominated team. There are three in the Taliban nominated
:01:53. > :01:57.team. They are meeting in an undisclosed location. These talks
:01:58. > :02:02.were supposed to be held two days ago. They didn't, because of some
:02:03. > :02:07.procedural hang-ups. But they are now finally underway. Many people
:02:08. > :02:15.see it as the start of a possible peace process in Pakistan. These are
:02:16. > :02:21.preliminary talks, indirect talks. So it is not the government side
:02:22. > :02:25.meeting the Taliban side, but but these are teams nominated by the two
:02:26. > :02:31.sides and holding negotiations. Is there a real belief in Nawaz Sharif
:02:32. > :02:35.'s government and the military and the ISI, the military intelligence
:02:36. > :02:41.organisation, that this kind of contact can produce a peace
:02:42. > :02:45.agreement eventually? There are people in the government of Nawaz
:02:46. > :02:50.Sharif who have invested quite a bit in this process. They think it can
:02:51. > :03:00.yield results. A lot of Pakistanis are not so hope. There is deep
:03:01. > :03:03.scepticism about these talks, mainly because previous efforts to
:03:04. > :03:10.negotiate with the Taliban at local level in tribal areas has not
:03:11. > :03:14.produced much results. Many peace deals were broken by the Taliban,
:03:15. > :03:19.and they are not seen as reliable negotiators. But the government has
:03:20. > :03:25.said time and again that it prefers talks over military action. It will
:03:26. > :03:28.be clearer in the days to come what it is that they are negotiating
:03:29. > :03:32.about. The Taliban have said they want to see the imposition of
:03:33. > :03:36.sharia, Islamic law, across Pakistan. They want Americans to
:03:37. > :03:41.leave this region, and the terms of reference for these talks are not
:03:42. > :03:53.clear. It does not seem transparent at this time.
:03:54. > :03:57.Now, the first competitive action is underway at the Sochi Winter
:03:58. > :04:03.Olympics, head of Friday's opening ceremony. First up, the men's low --
:04:04. > :04:09.snowboard slopestyle or fire. The women's qualifying is also being
:04:10. > :04:12.held today, but no medals until Saturday at the earliest, the
:04:13. > :04:16.morning after the opening ceremony. Well, the games are the pet project
:04:17. > :04:22.of Russia's president Vladimir Putin.
:04:23. > :04:26.Yes, welcome to Sochi, where tomorrow, the Winter Olympics are
:04:27. > :04:32.going to start . But Sochi is of course well known to Russian as a
:04:33. > :04:35.Black Sea resort, a subtropical paradise of sun, sea and sand where
:04:36. > :04:40.they come to enjoy the glorious weather in the summer. It is also
:04:41. > :04:44.President Putin's favourite resort. It was he that decided that this
:04:45. > :04:49.should be the location, the place where Russia should did for the
:04:50. > :04:53.Winter Olympics. It may sound strange, but the reason is that
:04:54. > :04:58.actually, only 50 kilometres away are the Caucasus Mountains and some
:04:59. > :05:05.fantastic skiing which, when the weather is right, will produce
:05:06. > :05:08.absolutely superb conditions. But of course, these Olympics are not just
:05:09. > :05:11.controversial for the weather, they are controversial because President
:05:12. > :05:18.Putin has wanted to use them to project Russia as a modern nation, a
:05:19. > :05:20.nation fit to stand alongside countries of Western Europe and
:05:21. > :05:25.North America. And yet, he has been dogged by allegations of locking up
:05:26. > :05:30.members of his opposition, allegations of harassing activists
:05:31. > :05:34.who have been concerned about the environmental damage that the
:05:35. > :05:37.Olympics have caused, and for the new laws passed by the Russian
:05:38. > :05:41.parliament last year which effectively ban what is called
:05:42. > :05:49.propaganda about nontraditional sexual activities to children under
:05:50. > :05:53.18. It is those laws which have been projected as anti-gay laws which
:05:54. > :05:55.have landed Russia in the most controversy and which have gone on
:05:56. > :06:01.reverberating in the build-up to these games. Russia will be hoping
:06:02. > :06:04.that once the opening ceremony is out of the way, people will get on
:06:05. > :06:11.and enjoy the sport, but they are going to struggle. Also hovering
:06:12. > :06:13.over the whole games are the concerns about security. The
:06:14. > :06:18.Caucasus Mountains are the scene of one of the most serious insurgencies
:06:19. > :06:21.in this part of the world, Islamist 's trying to build an Islamic
:06:22. > :06:27.caliphate in the Caucasus Mountains. Some of them use suicide
:06:28. > :06:31.bombings as a tactic and have vowed to disrupt these games.
:06:32. > :06:34.Meanwhile, breaking news on another issue at the centre of Russian
:06:35. > :06:37.foreign policy. It has been reported in Moscow that the Syrian government
:06:38. > :06:41.and opposition appear to have reached agreement on allowing
:06:42. > :06:48.humanitarian aid into besieged areas of the city of arms. At issue --
:06:49. > :06:51.that issue was what negotiators hoped they could achieve something
:06:52. > :06:58.on at the Geneva talks which ended a week ago. A spokesperson for the
:06:59. > :07:02.Russian Foreign Ministry said it appears that such an agreement has
:07:03. > :07:11.already been reached, but did not give any more detail.
:07:12. > :07:18.Meanwhile, Ukraine has accused the US of interference. Meanwhile, the
:07:19. > :07:21.Ukrainian activist who claims he was kidnapped and tortured has been
:07:22. > :07:26.speaking in Lithuania, where he has been getting the treatment. Dmytro
:07:27. > :07:32.Bulatov said he was systematically beaten and was accused of being a
:07:33. > :07:36.spy for the Americans. TRANSLATION: They asked me how much money the
:07:37. > :07:41.American ambassador has given us. They also asked who gave us orders.
:07:42. > :07:45.They asked me about our relationship with the US. They accused me of
:07:46. > :07:52.being an American spy. They filmed every interrogation, which lasted
:07:53. > :07:55.the whole day. The US Assistant Secretary of
:07:56. > :07:59.State, Victoria Nuland, is in Ukraine, meeting both the opposition
:08:00. > :08:01.activists and members of the government and parliament in Kiev.
:08:02. > :08:06.Let's go to South Africa, where rescuers have rescued the bodies of
:08:07. > :08:09.eight miners after a fire and rock fall at a gold mine near
:08:10. > :08:14.Johannesburg. One worker is still missing. The accident was at the
:08:15. > :08:16.Harmony Gold Mine at Doornkop, west of Johannesburg. It the miners were
:08:17. > :08:22.brought out unharmed from the same mine on Wednesday. They had taken
:08:23. > :08:26.shelter in an underground refuge. Speaking at a news conference, the
:08:27. > :08:29.South African minister of mining, Susan Shabangu, said the accident
:08:30. > :08:36.was a setback to South Africa's mining industry. It is a tragic day
:08:37. > :08:43.for South Africa to once more experience such an incident. For the
:08:44. > :08:49.past five years, we have gone through various stages into making
:08:50. > :08:52.sure that South Africa, when it comes to the safety record of the
:08:53. > :09:02.mining industry, gets better. When we thought we were there, then we
:09:03. > :09:06.experience what you have seen here. Now to Nigeria, which recently
:09:07. > :09:10.passed tough new laws which could mean long prison sentences for
:09:11. > :09:13.anyone convicted of being gay. But in the northern state of Bauchi, the
:09:14. > :09:18.punishment for homosexuality can be even worse. An Islamic court is just
:09:19. > :09:29.11 men on trial for being gay. If convicted, they could be stoned to
:09:30. > :09:33.death. Our correspondent is there. Face-to-face with modern life and
:09:34. > :09:36.long-standing tradition on the streets of Bauchi city. They may be
:09:37. > :09:42.competing for space on the same road, but here the cars are giving
:09:43. > :09:47.way to a cherished culture. It is a deeply religious and conservative
:09:48. > :09:51.place, Nigeria. The majority of people in the north are Muslim and
:09:52. > :09:54.take their faith seriously. It is religion, whether Islam or
:09:55. > :10:00.Christianity, that shapes strong views when it comes to the issue of
:10:01. > :10:07.homosexuality. I don't want it. I will not accept it, since my
:10:08. > :10:15.religion prohibits it. Islamic li, it is very bad and not welcome.
:10:16. > :10:18.Across Bauchi state, Islamic law is practised, and as well as clamping
:10:19. > :10:22.down on alcohol, prostitution and gambling, the sharia police have
:10:23. > :10:30.been going after homosexuals, with help from the local community. We
:10:31. > :10:37.think the assistance of the community -- we thank the assistance
:10:38. > :10:42.of the community. People in four must, and then we storm into the
:10:43. > :10:46.area full of -- people inform us. Nine men are in prison awaiting
:10:47. > :10:53.trial, face a possible punishment of death by stoning if found guilty of
:10:54. > :10:57.homosexual offences. Local TV captured some of the tension and
:10:58. > :11:01.chaos during the last bail hearing at this sharia court. An angry court
:11:02. > :11:06.called for swift punishment. Rocks were thrown into the courtroom and
:11:07. > :11:10.police fired shots to disperse the mob and protect suspects. I met a
:11:11. > :11:14.close relative of one of the men on trial. He did not want his face all
:11:15. > :11:20.voiced a b.i.d. If I'd. He had been on a visit to the prison. I noticed
:11:21. > :11:24.that one of the men was not walking properly, so I asked what happened.
:11:25. > :11:28.Then he showed me the injury on his leg where he had been beaten up.
:11:29. > :11:32.These trials have whipped up the already strong homophobic attitudes
:11:33. > :11:36.here. Even if the accused are set free by the judges, they will almost
:11:37. > :11:40.certainly be forced to leave this part of the country and go into
:11:41. > :11:45.hiding. They have already been labelled. But where to hide? A new
:11:46. > :11:49.secular law has been introduced in Nigeria, with homosexuals now facing
:11:50. > :11:54.up to 14 years in prison. Frightened and feeling hunted, this gay man
:11:55. > :12:00.from Bauchi tells me he loves life. But now it is difficult to know who
:12:01. > :12:04.to trust. He tells me he now accepts that he will have to hide away just
:12:05. > :12:13.to survive. All these moves are hugely popular in Nigeria, unless,
:12:14. > :12:17.of course, you happen to be gay. North Korea has threatened to cancel
:12:18. > :12:22.plans to allow families separated by the Korean War to meet up. No
:12:23. > :12:26.reunions have been held since 2010, as revisions between north and south
:12:27. > :12:29.have got steadily worse. The agreement to restart the meetings
:12:30. > :12:34.was reached only yesterday. I put two our reporter in Seoul that this
:12:35. > :12:37.was just the latest stage of the on off unpredictability of the north's
:12:38. > :12:44.attitude to the south under Kim Jong-Un. Well, yesterday everything
:12:45. > :12:48.seemed very positive. It took a series of short consultations
:12:49. > :12:50.between the north and south Korean sites before they came out and said
:12:51. > :12:59.the reunions could go ahead. 24 hours later, the career put out a
:13:00. > :13:02.statement saying it would have to reconsider if South Korea continued
:13:03. > :13:08.with its lander and its military training drills. The statement went
:13:09. > :13:11.on to point out that an American B-52 aircraft had been carrying out
:13:12. > :13:19.a training drill over South Korea, and this had upset the north. But
:13:20. > :13:22.given the very rocky relations there have been in recent months, what is
:13:23. > :13:32.the assessment in the South at the way Kim Jong-Un is now playing this?
:13:33. > :13:35.What made many people here cautious all along was the fact that the
:13:36. > :13:38.reunions were scheduled to take place at the same time as a
:13:39. > :13:44.large-scale military drill carried out here by South Korean and US
:13:45. > :13:47.forces. These drills tend to irritate North Korea significantly
:13:48. > :13:50.every year. So the fact that the reunions were going to take place at
:13:51. > :13:56.the same time had many people here cautious about what would happen.
:13:57. > :13:58.The fact that North Korea has made this stand over what appears to be a
:13:59. > :14:06.lone aircraft carrying out a training exercise seems to suggest
:14:07. > :14:09.that the north is again trying to tie in the family reunions to other
:14:10. > :14:12.issues between North and South Korea. We have seen this happen
:14:13. > :14:19.before, and it seems that Kim Jong-Un is repeating that cycle.
:14:20. > :14:23.This is BBC World News. Still to come: David Beckham tells us about
:14:24. > :14:31.his new soccer team in the US, but he is not impressed with our
:14:32. > :14:34.reporter's suggestion for a name. We have got a few names. We have not
:14:35. > :14:41.decided. I have personally decided on one. Miami spice? No. Somebody
:14:42. > :14:48.said Miami Vice FC, but I don't dig it will be that. -- I don't think it
:14:49. > :14:51.will be that. Lands to expand the Panama Canal
:14:52. > :14:54.have hit troubled waters. The waterway provides a short cut
:14:55. > :14:59.between two oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific. It is being widened for
:15:00. > :15:09.larger ships. There was a problem over who will foot the bill. It is
:15:10. > :15:13.the latest twist in the ambitious plan to widen the famous waterway.
:15:14. > :15:20.Work to build a third set of locks in the canal began five years ago.
:15:21. > :15:25.But it soon began to run over budget and now an argument has begun over
:15:26. > :15:29.who should pay the extra $1.6 billion in costs. On one side is the
:15:30. > :15:35.Spanish led consortium carrying out the work. They said that Panama
:15:36. > :15:40.Canal authority should foot the bill and warned 10,000 jobs are at risk.
:15:41. > :15:49.Panama objects to such threatening language.
:15:50. > :15:53.TRANSLATION: I don't want to suggest the next steps will be easy or
:15:54. > :15:59.risk-free. What I want to make clear is we will not yield to blackmail.
:16:00. > :16:04.The canal, which handles around 5% of all maritime trade, only
:16:05. > :16:11.currently has capacity for ships carrying 5000 containers. A wide and
:16:12. > :16:17.can now could accommodate vessels carrying much more. Why some have
:16:18. > :16:21.cast doubt on the work been finished by the deadline, the Panama Canal
:16:22. > :16:26.authority are adamant they are still on course.
:16:27. > :16:29.TRANSLATION: the Panama Canal will comply with all of the important
:16:30. > :16:35.stages of the contract. It will be finished in 2015, with or without a
:16:36. > :16:40.Spanish led consortium. By their own admission, both sides
:16:41. > :16:46.know the window of opportunity for agreement is closing fast. For now,
:16:47. > :16:58.the plan for a wider Canal, a dream almost as old as the shipping route
:16:59. > :17:06.itself, has run aground. This is BBC World News. The
:17:07. > :17:10.headlines: The first formal meeting between the Pakistan government and
:17:11. > :17:16.Taliban representatives is underway in a secret location.
:17:17. > :17:20.The first events of the Winter Olympic Games are now underway in
:17:21. > :17:25.Russia. But with a US security warning about possible use of
:17:26. > :17:32.toothpaste on flights heading for Russia.
:17:33. > :17:38.Now to the discovery that could lead to therapy is helping blind people.
:17:39. > :17:41.Researchers in the United States have found that temporary blindness
:17:42. > :17:43.can alter the brain and boost hearing. The scientists say the
:17:44. > :17:48.discovery could lead to therapies for helping deaf people. With me is
:17:49. > :17:53.James Gallagher. What has been discovered? It is research in mice.
:17:54. > :17:58.You have Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, some people think their spectacular
:17:59. > :18:03.music abilities are partly to the fact they were blind and had
:18:04. > :18:07.improved hearing as a result. They are trying to go down to this core
:18:08. > :18:12.idea that if you are blind does it improve your other senses? They
:18:13. > :18:19.locked these mice away in darkness for a week. They did brain scans and
:18:20. > :18:27.they said there were changes in the brain that were enhancing the
:18:28. > :18:32.ability to hear sound. Now, no one is suggesting you should lock your
:18:33. > :18:39.grandparents away in a darkened room for a month, children or anybody who
:18:40. > :18:44.is deaf, but the point is the brain is plastic and flexible and can be
:18:45. > :18:49.trained. The idea is if you can train it better, you can maybe
:18:50. > :18:54.alleviate some hearing problems. Is there any indication Ray Charles,
:18:55. > :19:00.Roy Orbison, it gets better over a considerable time, or can it be done
:19:01. > :19:04.quickly? This is the problem, you have had people who have been blind
:19:05. > :19:10.since early childhood so it is hard to determine. We know there is
:19:11. > :19:15.improved hearing ability in people who are blind. We don't know how
:19:16. > :19:21.fast. In this study it showed it inside a week. But we don't know the
:19:22. > :19:29.equivalent time frame in human beings because a human brain and a
:19:30. > :19:32.mice brain are different. But, the advantage is if you can find someone
:19:33. > :19:39.who is willing to lock themselves up for more for a week in a darkened
:19:40. > :19:44.room, you could find out. Have you found anyone who admitted it would
:19:45. > :19:49.be possible? Would you like to do it? I am sure there are some people
:19:50. > :19:56.who would like to lock me up and leave me there for years.
:19:57. > :19:59.The Egyptian army has dismissed a newspaper report that Field Marshal
:20:00. > :20:02.Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has confirmed he'll run for president. The reports
:20:03. > :20:05.came from the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Seyassah. But in a statement on
:20:06. > :20:08.Facebook, an Egyptian army spokesman says the story is inaccurate. Any
:20:09. > :20:12.announcement, it added, would be made in front of the Egyptian
:20:13. > :20:17.people. The BBC's Orla Guerin is in Cairo.
:20:18. > :20:22.It has taken the Army some time to respond to this report that was in
:20:23. > :20:26.the newspaper. But now it has issued a statement saying the story from
:20:27. > :20:36.Kuwait was what it called journalistic conjecture and
:20:37. > :20:40.extrapolation. It said they were not direct quotes and it said any
:20:41. > :20:45.decision on whether or not he would run for the presidency would remade
:20:46. > :20:48.by him in front of the great Egyptian people. Interestingly, it
:20:49. > :20:55.is saying this is not the announcement the QA team newspaper
:20:56. > :21:00.report is exaggerated. But it is not saying he will not stand for the
:21:01. > :21:04.presidency. It would be a great surprised if it turned out he was
:21:05. > :21:07.not a candidate. All the indications in the last few weeks have been that
:21:08. > :21:13.he will be running for the presidency. We saw the Army Council
:21:14. > :21:18.giving him the green light publicly at the end of January, saying the
:21:19. > :21:23.trust of the people was a call that must be heeded. They promoted him to
:21:24. > :21:28.the highest rank of Field Marshal, which was seen by many as a farewell
:21:29. > :21:35.gesture because he will have to step down from the military in order to
:21:36. > :21:38.be a candidate. So still no statement from the Field Marshall
:21:39. > :21:43.himself. Diplomats who have met him in recent weeks have said he is
:21:44. > :21:46.troubled by this decision, conscious of the burden that will be on his
:21:47. > :21:49.shoulders and aware of the pitfalls and the challengers on the
:21:50. > :21:55.economic, political and security front. But he has said consistently
:21:56. > :22:00.that he would heed the call of the people, listen to what the people
:22:01. > :22:05.wanted. Certainly there is a perceptible clamour on the part of
:22:06. > :22:10.many to see him standing in the election and becoming president of
:22:11. > :22:14.Egypt. By the end of this year all
:22:15. > :22:17.international combat troops will be out of Afghanistan. But the
:22:18. > :22:21.propaganda war continues. The Taliban have been parading what they
:22:22. > :22:26.say is evidence of a new military success. They say they've captured a
:22:27. > :22:28.dog from US troops. It's name is Colonel. It was wearing a GPS
:22:29. > :22:36.tracking device and harness. From Kabul, David Lyon reports.
:22:37. > :22:41.One mournful dog the Taliban says is called Colonel being paraded for a
:22:42. > :22:46.Taliban cameraman. Its new master showed off what he had taken from
:22:47. > :22:51.the dog, a GPS tracking device. He said there had been a torch mounted
:22:52. > :22:56.on its back with a camera on it. The Taliban showed off weapons they had
:22:57. > :23:00.seized, including two assault rifles of the type used by US special
:23:01. > :23:04.forces and hand grenades, also of the sort used by US troops. They
:23:05. > :23:09.said the dog came across to their side after US troops raided their
:23:10. > :23:14.base at night. Everything about its new live is different. From the
:23:15. > :23:21.haircut to the men it is with to the new sights and sounds. But Afghans
:23:22. > :23:24.in general are not known as a dog lovers and sadly once its trophy
:23:25. > :23:30.value has been exploited, Colonel's future does not look good. But that
:23:31. > :23:40.now, he is Afghanistan's only canine prisoner of war.
:23:41. > :23:44.Now, Spend it like Beckham. The footballer turned global celebrity
:23:45. > :23:46.has confirmed his latest business venture. He is to become the owner
:23:47. > :23:50.of a Major League Soccer Team. Beckham is exercising the right to
:23:51. > :23:55.set up a club. This was part of his contract at LA Galaxy when he joined
:23:56. > :23:58.in 2007. His chosen city? Miami. It's a big departure from his
:23:59. > :24:01.previous business interests. Those include endorsing clothing and
:24:02. > :24:04.grooming products, as well as the academy football school which bears
:24:05. > :24:15.his name. Nick Bryant spoke to him at the launch in Miami.
:24:16. > :24:18.As a player, over the years to sit back now and see my career that I
:24:19. > :24:23.have done and the teams I have played for and the players I have
:24:24. > :24:26.played with, and the countries I have played in, and now to be
:24:27. > :24:34.standing here and being an owner of a team, it is a dream. I personally
:24:35. > :24:39.think it is a great example for kids. I have had the career I have
:24:40. > :24:44.had, worked hard and done a lot of great things in my career. Now I am
:24:45. > :24:49.sat here and the owner of 18. Nobody without your fit -- skills on the
:24:50. > :24:56.field, what about your skills in the boardroom? It is about making tough
:24:57. > :25:00.and big decisions. I have made big decisions over the years. Personal
:25:01. > :25:04.decisions and business decisions. I am ready for that. It is all very
:25:05. > :25:10.new to me to be in an ownership position. But I am ready for that.
:25:11. > :25:21.What will you call the team, David? We have got a few names. I have
:25:22. > :25:25.decided on one. Miami Spice? No, somebody said Miami Vice. But I
:25:26. > :25:30.don't think it will be that. There are a few options and that is the
:25:31. > :25:36.great thing about starting from the ground up.
:25:37. > :25:42.As he mentioned a previous attempt to bring Major league soccer team I
:25:43. > :25:47.am a failed. But this venture looks set for success. David Beckham is
:25:48. > :25:54.lost among the crowd which was supposed to be a photo shoot. He had
:25:55. > :25:59.been due to play football with the children's team in Miami but the
:26:00. > :26:01.police said it was too dangerous. The children posed for the picture
:26:02. > :26:08.anyway. How'd do you deal with an escaped
:26:09. > :26:11.gorilla rampaging through a zoo? Tokyo zoo has been testing its
:26:12. > :26:16.emergency procedures for dealing with escaped animals. This one is a
:26:17. > :26:21.member of staff dressed up. The plans seem to work well. First
:26:22. > :26:27.containing the fugitive with barriers and then firing a
:26:28. > :26:33.tranquilliser dart before deploying these nets and a truck to take the
:26:34. > :26:36.caged zoo employee back somewhere... Let's hope the real gorillas know
:26:37. > :26:41.what is in store for them if they ever break out of their enclosure.
:26:42. > :26:47.The Roman Catholic Church has many holy objects but nothing like this
:26:48. > :26:50.until now. A Harley-Davidson presented to Pope Francis is being
:26:51. > :26:53.auctioned in Paris to raise money for charity. The motorbike, which
:26:54. > :26:57.has been signed by the Pontiff but never ridden by him, has a very
:26:58. > :26:59.reasonable estimate of about 16 to $20,000. It actually raised 210,000
:27:00. > :27:00.euros.