05/06/2014 BBC World News

the Taliban prisoner swap that allowed US soldier to walk free, the

American Defence Secretary tells the BBC they had to act quickly to save

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. It was our judgment that his life and health

were in peril. Canadian police are hunting a gunman after three

officers were killed in a shooting. In Ireland, the Catholic Church has

told an order of nuns to co-operate with any enquiry over the death of

800 children found in a mass grave on their premises. How deep are the

divisions in Ukraine? We speak to the man who is chairman of the

Donetsk People's Republic to find out.

Hello. Bowe Bergdahl is free at last. The hometown of Sergeant Bowe

Bergdahl, the man held by the Taliban after five years in

captivity, has called off a rally to celebrate his homecoming. There is

growing controversy over the exchange deal which led to his

release. Several former Army colleagues claimed he had deserted

his post in Afghanistan. Speaking exclusively to the BBC,

his post in Afghanistan. Speaking Chuck Hagel has defended the

decision to go ahead with the two serial -- the deal without going to

Congress. We do not leave people behind. How circumstances why the

disappearance, the Army has already addressed that and it will get to

that. These are strong people and they are reassured and thankful that

their son is safe. They are prepared to help do everything they can to

get him put back together. American senators were briefed last night.

Many are still not convinced. What is the urgency? What made you do

without going to Congress and saying, we want to give you a heads

up? I cannot get into all the specifics of the details, the

intelligence and the information. We are doing that will stop we had

three hearings yesterday dashed not hearings dashed back meetings, with

all members of the Senate. Senior staff members will follow on with

this next week. We are being completely transparent where we need

to be. Can we know what the health issue was? We will get to all those

questions. I am going to answer your bigger question. There is a lot of

classified information on how we got him out, when we got him out,

methods used. These are important classified documents. We are sharing

these things in classified forms with appropriate committees. To your

bigger question, why now? It is our judgment based on the information we

had that his life, his health, were in peril. It has been reported from

Nigeria that Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers have killed at

least 200 civilians in the north-east of the country. The group

wants to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. The massacres happened

on Monday. An unnamed community leader who witnessed the killing

said residents have been warned about the attacks and pleaded for

the military to send soldiers. He said no help arrived. Three

communities were attacked in this incident, which was also confirmed

by a security official in the state capital. Two islands now, as the

Catholic Church has told an order of nuns they must co-operate with any

enquiry into the discovery of the remains of nearly 800 children in an

unmarked grave. The grave was first discovered some 40 years ago in the

grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers. It is thought at

that time the children had died join the great famine of the 1840s.

Research now points to an incident around the 20th century. The Virgin

Mary looks down on the spot where the mass grave was found. On the

grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers, run by nuns who

belong to the Catholic Church. The grave was originally found almost 40

years ago. Then people were told it contained the remains of those who

had died during the great famine. These two men remember the day they

made the grim discovery. We cracked it open and there it was. Babies

eight or nine feet deep. Symantec it is hard to describe. We did not

realise the magnitude of what was going on at the time. New research

by a local historian has found a grave in fact contain the bodies of

almost 800 babies and children, who were buried inside a septic tank.

The children were aged between two days and nine years old. They died

between 19251961. Death records showed most of the children died of

sickness or disease. We cannot really judge the past from our point

of view. All we can do is market appropriately and make sure there is

a suitable place where people can come and remember the babies that

died here. This is the latest in a string of troubling abuse

allegations against the Catholic Church. Campaigners are calling for

a full public enquiry. The Government says they are taking the

allegations over this case very seriously. There is a view towards

ensuring we can get to the bottom of this harrowing issue. It is a matter

of great public disquiet and upset. The local community is now trying to

raise funds for a permanent memorial. Let's get some more on

this. We can go to Dublin and speak to our journalist. Thank you for

joining us. We heard Father Monaghan saying, we cannot judge the past

through our own modern lens. Is that how people are perceiving it in

Ireland? There has been a whole spate over the last two decades of

inquiries into a legacy of abuse in institutions which were under the

control of church orders. What happened in Ireland after

independence was that the state handed over authority for a variety

of care homes and institutions where vulnerable people were living to

religious orders. What went on at some of these institutions was

nothing short of torture - horrendous conditions. People are

aware of this thing for quite some time. The discovery of something

like 800 bodies in a septic tank has brought great shock. The fact they

were in a septic tank would suggest this is something way more recent

than the famine times. Also, what nature of burial to these children

get why were they treated with such disdain by those who are caring for

them? These issues be looked at. Church officials are saying they

would agree with the exclamation of these bodies to try and find out

exactly what happened to the children. -- be digging up of these

bodies. The Archbishop of Dublin has said that he wants all

investigations to look into what exactly happened here. The church

has undergone something of a revolution. We see it with the

election of Pope Francis now. Because of what has happened, the

two men to secrets of the past had to be covered up. -- the tremendous

secrets. There is a very strong desire for this kind of thing to be

investigated. The status of the Church has been severely diminished

by the scandal. No surprise that leading Church figures are demanding

that should be a proper enquiry into what happened and what would appear

to be a particularly graphic example of these type practices. Thank you

very much. Police in the small Canadian town of Monkton are asking

for a gunman who shot dead three of their colleagues. The incident began

in New Brunswick at around 7:30pm as police responded to reports of an

unarmed man on the street -- an armed man on the street. Residents

have been told to stay indoors and not approach the gunman, who is in

camouflage gear, and carrying at least two guns. Our reporter gave us

the latest. At this point, there are still many police officers on the

scene in the surrounding areas and provinces. All on the ground, trying

to track down the gunman, who was last seen in a small subdivision. As

you mentioned, it is virtually locked down. There is no access to

the neighbourhood. At this point, they are trying to flush out where

he might be hiding and has been hiding out for several hours. This

has been going on since approximately 7:30pm local time. At

this point, police are anxiously trying to find the suspect. We have

not heard any updates. The last thing we heard was from the police

approximately 45 minutes ago. They posted on Twitter they are still

searching and asking people to stay in their homes and lock their doors

and to call police if they happen to notice the gunman out. He is quite

noticeable. A picture was released of him earlier. I have heard

comparisons to Rambo. Wearing camouflage and carrying rifles.

Quite a stark image and the tragic night. Now to the summit that should

have been the G8 and ended up as a G7, of course, because of the

exclusion of leading a Putin. Instead of being in Sochi as guests

of Vladimir Putin, it is taking place in Brussels. The G7 leaders

have issued a joint statement already saying they are ready to

intensify targeted sanctions against Russia is Moscow does not help to

ease the tensions in eastern Ukraine. Those measures would come

on top of the sanctions already imposed on Russian officials,

institutions and individuals. President Putin was not sharing

breakfast with otherworldly lives. That does not mean he is altogether

absent from dinner plans. President Francois Hollande is expected to

meet President Putin for dinner in Paris.

Francois Hollande is expected to meet President Putin This is what

the commissioner had to say about the formal exclusion of Russia and

the meeting is planned with Mr Putin once the summit closes. We are for

dialogue and not for confrontation. We are keeping a dialogue with

Russia which is important. We must accept Russia as a like-minded

partner in a forum of democracies like the G8 and the G7. It is very

powerful we cannot accept Russia of Vladimir Putin as legitimate member

of the G8. We are keeping our ways of dialogue to redeem and with

Russia because we have to recognise that Russia is necessary to find a

solution for the issues that are important for our continent,

including the important and dramatic issue of Ukraine. Some meetings will

still go ahead in Paris between Mr Putin and his British and French

counterparts, we understand. For more on this, I spoke to our

correspondent in Moscow and asked whether the Kremlin was ready to

shift its stance. It is certainly a leadership that is hoping they may

be able to defuse the situation. They want to do this without giving

anything away. They want the Western powers to recognise the fact that

Crimea is effectively part of Russia and they want the Western powers,

when it comes to eastern Ukraine, to persuade the Government in Kiev to

give the people in eastern Ukraine the rights. They believe the people

of eastern Ukraine are asking for more rights, rights of autonomy at

least from Kiev. It is not necessarily about a shift but a hope

that the dialogue will lead things more in their direction. Do not

forget this summit was supposed to be taking place in Sochi. It was

supposed to be a G8 Summit in Sochi and has turned into a G7 summit with

President Putin hanging around on the sidelines the day before the

D-Day commemorations. One of the demands was to Paul the troops away

from the border. There has been a withdrawal of some troops, do you

expect that to continue? I am not sure. There has been a significant

withdrawal of troops. Russia said it in a way that was convincing and we

saw it actually happening. There are more troops there than the

Ukrainians and made to feel comfortable with. The thing that

people are really uncomfortable with at the moment is how porous the

border is from the Russian side. How many pro-Russian support fighters

are going over and supporting the insurgency in eastern Ukraine and

that is what everyone is asking the Russians to stop at the moment. Why

more and more wealthy Chinese tourists are abandoning beaches back

home for exotic destinations abroad. It's just a week now until the 2014

World Cup kicks off in Brazil. A set piece event

like this should be a big morale But discontent rules

on the streets of Brazil. A new survey by the Pew Research

Center suggests the majority of Brazilians are not satisfied

with their country's direction. And some believe

the World Cup is diverting resources The BBC's David Botti takes

a look at the survey's findings. Nearly three quarters of Brazilians

aren't happy with their country's direction. A big number for sure,

but check this out. It has leapt from 55% just a year ago. People's

top-rated concerns with things like rising prices, crime, health care

and political corruption. These have long been sources of frustration,

but the research characterised today's discontent as unmatched in

recent years. Most Brazilians said the World Cup won't help matters one

bit. About six in ten think hosting the event sucks money away from

crucial public services. Just about three in ten think it's a good thing

because of job creation. You might remember those mass demonstrations

across the country in 2013, protesting economic conditions among

other grievances. Pew Research Center found 48% of Brazilians think

they damaged the country's international reputation. So could

the World Cup rectified is for the hosts? Just 35% of Brazilians said

the World Cup will help the country's global image. And 39% said

the football tournament will hurt its image. The headlines. Chuck

Hagel has told the BBC any delay in securing BBC -- release of Sgt Bowe

Bergdahl from Taleban captivity could have put his life at risk. I

spoke to our correspondent, who interviewed Chuck Hagel. I asked her

if he -- she was convinced by his explanation that the US had had to

act immediately. I pushed him on that question because the

administration has come in for a lot of criticism from members of

Congress who were asking that question. Why didn't you inform us,

why didn't you give us the statutory 30 days to respond to this and why

did you have to get him out immediately? His response was that

the administration had information that his health and life were in

peril. I asked him whether that was imminent peril. He said, it's easy

to sit here and look back and take 24 hours or 48 hours, but we felt we

had to get him out and we couldn't risk the prospect of leaks if we had

this 30 day window that we gave Congress. He didn't say to me

specifically that they only had 48 hours so they had to move

immediately, but it was interesting that he raised that even as an

issue, that time frame. How aware do you think the administration was

about Sgt Bowe Bergdahl and the rumours and speculation about what

he was doing when he got picked up, whether he had deserted or not? They

say they are having an investigation into that, that there will be an

official report on that. I think they have been quite taken by

surprise about the degree of criticism surrounding his release.

Chuck Hagel actually spoke to Sgt Bowe Bergdahl's family last night

from here in Romania, I asked him how they were and how they were

responding to the criticism. He said they are very strong

The unrest in eastern Ukraine at the centre of talks in Brussels.

Wherever those talks might lead, is it already too late to halt the

In eastern Ukraine, the region of Donetsk has declared

Steve Rosenberg has been sitting down with the man who's appointed

himself its chairman, Denis Pushilin, to find out just how far

Innocent civilians are being killed and these deaths are no longer

creating such a shock as the first victims did. The fact that Ukraine

has held a presidential election and that Petro Poroshenko has won it,

that doesn't change the situation. We think he is the one giving the

orders now. They want to get all the dirty work done before his

inauguration, to make him look whiter than white. Will they

succeed? We will see, but we're not going anywhere. This is our home. So

you are saying there's no way back, no way back to a united Ukraine for

Donetsk? We have passed the point of no return. If there had been no

aggression by Kiev, no victims, then we could have held a referendum

about being part of a federal Ukraine. Now anyone who suggested

that would be seen as a criminal here. De facto, the state of Ukraine

doesn't exist any more. Do you exclude having talks with the new

president? Talks isn't the right word. Dialogue is possible in the

presence of an intermediary. We view Russia in that role. There are two

questions we can discuss. First in exchange of prisoners, second the

withdrawal of all Ukrainian units from our territory. How important is

assistance from Russia? There are reports that many volunteers who

come from the Russian Federation to fight on your side in Ukraine. The

volunteers keep coming, and not just from Russia. There are just more

from Russia because we and the Russians are one people. We were

born in the same country, the Soviet Union, we grew up with the same

ideals, we have the same heroes. It was our fathers and grandfathers who

defeated the Nazis. I want to take you to Normandy for a moment. These

are the pictures live on the Pegasus Bridge, which was captured in the

early stages of the D-Day landings. Prince Charles is there along with

Camilla. He will be laying a wreath to those who fought for the capture

of the bridge, and indeed those many thousands who followed on in the

D-Day landings. Many of whom who never found their way back to the

English coast. We have been hearing from some of the veterans. Let's be

honest, they are in their late 80s at the youngest stage now. Into

their 90s as well. This is 70 years on since D-Day itself. It is being

seen as the final official commemoration. We've heard tales of

veterans who have returned year after year, some to scatter poppies

on the beach in commemoration of colleagues who fought with them and

who died in the course of what was the liberation of Europe and what we

rightly call the beginning of the end of the Second World War. Going

down the line a bit with the rest of the assembled press to work out

where Prince Charles is going next. I was going to add, there's an added

element to what is going on in Normandy because by tomorrow,

Friday, there was also the possibility that President Putin

would have a chance to meet the other Western leaders. President

Obama will be here as well. And perhaps find some sort of way

through a rather more modern military issue. Two decades ago,

very few Chinese people ever travelled abroad. With a burgeoning

Chinese middle class now, nearly one in ten tourists around the world

comes from China. Between them, they spend more than any other

nationality. Let's see what's driving this rapid rise. Our cheap

business correspondent Linda Yueh has been finding out, as she started

on the Chinese holiday island of Hainan. Enjoying the sun, braving

the crowds. The Hawaii of China has benefited from the growing middle

class. Hainan's beaches are teeming with tourists. Can it last?

TRANSLATION: They've been everywhere domestically, so new places like to

buy a very popular. They've already been to Hong Kong, Macau, Japan and

Korea. They are interested in new destinations. People from Hainan

want to travel internationally. And they have full stop nearly 100

million overseas trips were taken by Chinese tourists last year. By 2020,

the number of trips is also expected to nearly double to 200 million a

year. They spent more than any other travellers, about $100 billion. And

this figure is expected to triple. This explosive growth in tourism has

happened quickly. 20 years ago, this kind of place would be where you

would find Chinese tourists, and that's because the government

tightly controlled the movement of its people overseas. But now it's

all changed. That means that other countries and their businesses are

keen to compete with China to cash in on the tourist dollars. I want to

take you back over to Normandy, because Prince Charles is just on

the verge of laying a wreath to those who gave their lives in the

D-Day landings at the beginning of the end of the Second World War, as

it is described. A moment of quiet reflection. More of the few veterans

who also made that trip. We will leave you with these pictures here.

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