:00:15. > :00:21.This is BBC World News Today. Another shooting at Virginia Tech
:00:21. > :00:27.University. Two people are reported to have been killed at the scene at
:00:27. > :00:30.of the most deadly camper shooting in the US for years ago. European
:00:30. > :00:36.leaders arrive in Brussels for the latest in a series of crisis
:00:36. > :00:41.summits to save the eurozone. Is this the one?
:00:41. > :00:47.TRANSLATION: Everybody knows if there is no agreement, there will
:00:47. > :00:51.be no second chance. J a return to the rhetoric of the
:00:51. > :00:57.Cold War. Vladimir Putin accuses the US of fomenting unrest after
:00:57. > :01:02.the country's controversial elections. Also coming up. Tackling
:01:02. > :01:06.and ash cloud. I am flying over Europe's most
:01:06. > :01:11.active volcano, where scientists are testing the device to help
:01:11. > :01:16.pilots navigate their way through volcanic ash clouds. And the
:01:16. > :01:26.photographer who turned her lens away from famous faces to their
:01:26. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:36.favourite homes and places. Hello. Two people are reported to
:01:36. > :01:41.have been killed after a shooting at Virginia Tech University, the
:01:41. > :01:48.scene of one of the worst shootings in the United States. A state of
:01:49. > :01:53.alert has been declared and people are advised to be -- remain indoors.
:01:53. > :01:59.In 2007, a student shot dead 32 people on the campus before killing
:01:59. > :02:05.himself. Our correspondent joins us from Washington. This is a
:02:05. > :02:09.developing story. What is the latest? The latest is we have had a
:02:10. > :02:15.statement from the University confirming two people, including a
:02:15. > :02:20.police officer, have been killed. The suspect is at large. It does
:02:20. > :02:24.not appear to be a case of a gun and walking on to campus and
:02:24. > :02:29.opening fire, but some sort of traffic stop that turned fatal. I
:02:29. > :02:36.can read some of the statement. Shortly after midday a police
:02:36. > :02:40.officer stopped a vehicle on campus during a routine stop. -- stop.
:02:40. > :02:45.During the stop, the officer was shot and killed. There were
:02:45. > :02:51.witnesses to the shooting. It says that witnesses reported to the
:02:51. > :02:55.police that the gunmen fled on foot heading towards a parking lot and
:02:55. > :03:01.there are second person was found. It is said the second person was
:03:01. > :03:06.also killed. We have update from Twitter from people on the campus,
:03:06. > :03:13.including the local student newspaper, which reports a lot of
:03:13. > :03:20.police activity right now. And also further shots Fayed. There was a
:03:20. > :03:25.report of someone taken into custody. That was wrong. But it is
:03:25. > :03:31.a fast-moving situation. There is a sense of nervousness, given what
:03:31. > :03:37.happened four years ago. It was in 2007 that a South Korean born
:03:37. > :03:45.student opened fire at the June the attack, killing 32 people and
:03:45. > :03:50.wounding 24 others. It made it the worst mass shooting in modern US
:03:50. > :03:55.history and provoked a lot of soul- searching. There were inquiries
:03:55. > :04:00.into security provision. They did change their procedures as a result.
:04:00. > :04:04.That is why when the first reports came in today, students immediately
:04:04. > :04:14.heard an alarm and they received messages on their mobile telephones
:04:14. > :04:15.
:04:15. > :04:20.and were told to stay indoors. After a summer and autumn of make
:04:20. > :04:25.or break summits, European leaders are gathering in Brussels again to
:04:26. > :04:31.try to hammer out a deal to save the euro. President Nicolas Sarkozy
:04:31. > :04:39.said there will be no second chance. At the heart of the discussion is a
:04:39. > :04:45.bit to change the treaty and there for a move to overcome political
:04:45. > :04:52.and legal obstacles. It is Brussels today there is some Christmas cheer.
:04:52. > :04:57.But mention the euro, and Bloom sets in. They are coming back to
:04:57. > :05:02.meet. Will it make a difference? They are not moving forward, he
:05:02. > :05:06.said. The leaders meet again and again but there is never anything
:05:06. > :05:12.concrete. Some fear that the single currency might not survive the
:05:12. > :05:18.crisis. We found them still making new coins at the Belgian mint. The
:05:18. > :05:22.key problem for the eurozone is a crisis of confidence. Investors are
:05:22. > :05:26.not convinced that if they lend a eurozone countries some money they
:05:26. > :05:32.will get it all back. Until politicians can correct that
:05:32. > :05:38.perception, the crisis will go from bad to worse. They will try to stop
:05:38. > :05:43.that over a dinner that will last until the early hours. The leaders
:05:43. > :05:48.will continue to set out a plan. The two big eurozone players,
:05:48. > :05:55.France and Germany, have made progress on a compromise proposal.
:05:55. > :06:01.It envisages new rules on tax and spending. Any country that breaks
:06:01. > :06:06.them will face semi- automatic penalties. And eurozone countries
:06:06. > :06:10.will have a national budget scrutinised by Brussels. The main
:06:10. > :06:16.players were trying to build up support for the plan at a summit of
:06:16. > :06:19.the main conservative parties. Britain's Conservatives were not
:06:19. > :06:23.there after David Cameron pulled them out of that grouping two years
:06:23. > :06:28.ago. Those who attended could not have been clearer.
:06:28. > :06:33.TRANSLATION: Everyone knows if there is no agreement there will be
:06:33. > :06:39.no second chance. We need compromise and quick decisions.
:06:39. > :06:45.the world is watching us. Not more national problems but European
:06:45. > :06:51.solutions. My eyes to agreed that such a solution will involve this -
:06:51. > :06:56.- most agree. Today, the bank lowered interest rates across the
:06:56. > :06:59.eurozone to help growth. But the head of the Bank disappointed
:06:59. > :07:04.markets by playing down the prospect of any new financial
:07:04. > :07:09.support for indebted countries. This evening, David Cameron arrived,
:07:09. > :07:14.promising to protect the interests of Britain. These are important
:07:14. > :07:20.talks. We need stability that is good for European countries and for
:07:20. > :07:27.Britain. We need to protect the interests of Britain. The best
:07:27. > :07:32.protection would be an end to the euro crisis.
:07:32. > :07:37.We can go to Brussels and speak to Our correspondent. We have a lot of
:07:37. > :07:42.warnings. Do you get a sense there will be a break through this
:07:42. > :07:48.weekend so that things can be signed off next year?
:07:48. > :07:52.If you listen to France and Germany, you get that. They have noted
:07:52. > :07:58.police stepped up the level of rhetoric, in particular President
:07:58. > :08:05.Sarkozy. I was in Paris when he met Chancellor Muckle. Today also. He
:08:05. > :08:09.was speaking -- Angela Merkel. He was speaking about the
:08:09. > :08:14.responsibility Germany and France have to prevent atrocities
:08:14. > :08:20.happening again. He said they are not trying to have more rights.
:08:20. > :08:24.Smaller countries are feeling they are being dictated to. He said they
:08:24. > :08:27.have more responsibilities. He said both countries will suffer
:08:27. > :08:33.domestically from some of the proposals they are putting forward.
:08:33. > :08:40.They are willing to do that because the alternative is worse. We are
:08:40. > :08:45.not leaving until we have a deal in place, but one official said, 25
:08:45. > :08:50.out of 27 countries have a problem with some part of the plan. It will
:08:50. > :08:54.be a long night. Given the Lisbon treaty, with
:08:54. > :09:00.majority voting, the fear of those countries outside the eurozone is
:09:00. > :09:09.what, that they will be in the slipstream and dictated to? And
:09:09. > :09:13.caught up in the legal side. The countries outside face a choice.
:09:13. > :09:18.You have countries like Britain that want nothing to do with the
:09:18. > :09:23.euro. There are other countries, seven out of the ten countries that
:09:23. > :09:28.do not use it at the moment are committed to joining it. Eastern
:09:28. > :09:32.European countries, it was part of their accession negotiations.
:09:33. > :09:38.Angela Merkel repeated when she came in this evening that if they
:09:38. > :09:43.can't get an agreement with all 27, they will take one with 17 plus any
:09:43. > :09:48.other countries that want to join. That is not comfortable listening
:09:48. > :09:54.for David Cameron. It could mean that a few years of -- down the
:09:54. > :10:00.line you have 24 countries in the inner circle. And a small number,
:10:00. > :10:10.including Brighton, outside. -- Britain, outside. Everybody has
:10:10. > :10:14.principles they say they will stick As the state of Europe's finances
:10:14. > :10:21.are under close scrutiny, we revisited city is associated with
:10:21. > :10:31.key treaties that form Europe. 20 years ago, it was the treaty of
:10:31. > :10:31.
:10:31. > :12:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds
:12:10. > :12:13.We can go to Brussels and speak to a Liberal Democrat MP who is
:12:13. > :12:21.president of Union of European Federalists. Will Europe be saved
:12:21. > :12:27.in principle this weekend? In principle and practice, it is
:12:27. > :12:36.not easy to speculate on the outcome. The preparation of this
:12:36. > :12:45.has been chaotic. With Angela Merkel in her stolid way and
:12:45. > :12:55.President Sarkozy in his rather mercurial fashion. Sort of flying
:12:55. > :12:56.
:12:56. > :13:01.freelance, without speaking to bear partners or the commission. -- to
:13:01. > :13:11.their partners. And ignoring Parliament, too. There is an awful
:13:11. > :13:13.
:13:13. > :13:18.lot that needs to be achieved if market and Democratic confidence
:13:18. > :13:23.can be restored. What seems to be clear, and you
:13:23. > :13:31.could give your reaction, is that politically, they have been nowhere
:13:31. > :13:41.near the speed of markets and business. Markets and business have
:13:41. > :13:51.seen what politicians have not. That is right. It is wrong to
:13:51. > :13:52.
:13:52. > :14:02.complain about the strength of the Berlin and Paris axis. The problem
:14:02. > :14:04.
:14:04. > :14:14.is that it is weak, it is not sufficiently strong to plot and
:14:14. > :14:23.
:14:23. > :14:32.programme a serious change of the treaties. And to install a credible,
:14:32. > :14:41.discernible government of the economy. That is what we need. I
:14:41. > :14:51.think the fact is that we are going into a fiscal union, with much
:14:51. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :15:03.greater integration of the core group. If there is fiscal
:15:03. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:15.solidarity between taxpayers, that has also to be managed, directed
:15:15. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:24.and democratically legitimised. And we are going to move on, thank you
:15:24. > :15:29.very much indeed for joining us. It has been a turbulent week for
:15:29. > :15:33.the Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin. First, his party did worse
:15:33. > :15:38.in elections and then thousands of people took to the streets to
:15:38. > :15:42.protest over his leadership. Today he blamed it on the United States.
:15:42. > :15:51.He accused the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of
:15:51. > :15:58.encouraging protests in this The protests this week. A sudden a
:15:58. > :16:06.weakening of many people here in Russia. After a decade of a
:16:06. > :16:10.authority again rule imposed by Vladimir Putin. These demonstrators
:16:10. > :16:16.are disenchanted following allegations of fraud in the
:16:16. > :16:20.elections and the prospect of another decade with Putin in power.
:16:20. > :16:26.Today the Prime Minister responded by going on the offensive himself,
:16:26. > :16:34.directly accusing the United States of stirring up the protests and
:16:35. > :16:39.funding the opposition. TRANSLATION: The Secretary of
:16:39. > :16:43.State set the tone for some of the personalities inside the country
:16:43. > :16:49.and gave them the signal. They heard the signal and with support
:16:49. > :16:53.from the State Department they have started at of work. Following the
:16:53. > :16:56.vote on Sunday there has been a stream of reports including from
:16:56. > :17:02.election officials themselves, alleging the ballots were rigged to
:17:02. > :17:06.ensure the ruling party won. There was soon strong criticism from
:17:06. > :17:15.world leaders including Hillary Clinton who expressed her dismayed
:17:15. > :17:22.during a meeting on Tuesday that the organisation meeting on Tuesday.
:17:22. > :17:26.There were efforts to call the election monitoring by the
:17:26. > :17:30.respected independent civil society organisation. The work of that
:17:30. > :17:34.company is exactly the type of activities that countries committed
:17:34. > :17:40.to the rule of law should welcome but in the last few days, its
:17:40. > :17:46.members have been hauled into court, its website has been subjected to
:17:46. > :17:49.massive cyber attacks and its motives have been maligned. Despite
:17:49. > :17:54.this, Government supporters have also been out on the streets here
:17:54. > :17:59.in Moscow this week. They are determined to defend the election
:17:59. > :18:04.result as a true representation of the will of the people. The true
:18:04. > :18:08.question is whether the broader population believes this and
:18:08. > :18:15.whether support for her the Government of Britain will ever
:18:15. > :18:21.wane. In the battle between humans and nature there are times when
:18:21. > :18:26.nature seems to win hands down. Last year these guys were closed,
:18:26. > :18:30.the airline's counter the costs. Scientists are fighting back, they
:18:30. > :18:39.now believe they can prevent a repeat of the disturbance of the
:18:39. > :18:42.volcanic ash clouds in Iceland. When this Icelandic volcano erupted
:18:43. > :18:45.in April last year, it looked like the end of the world. And for the
:18:45. > :18:50.10 million passengers affected by a week of cancelled flights, it felt
:18:50. > :18:54.a bit like it, too. So imagine, if there was a way in which planes
:18:54. > :18:58.themselves could monitor eruptions and keep flying. Looming over the
:18:58. > :19:01.Sicilian countryside is Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano. This
:19:01. > :19:11.little microlight has been buzzing over it for weeks collecting ash
:19:11. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:18.cloud data. We are now flying towards the ash bloom and this is a
:19:18. > :19:23.situation any pilot could face, knowing there is activity in the
:19:23. > :19:28.region but not knowing how dense the ash clouds are. This equipment
:19:28. > :19:32.can measure the density of the clouds and help the pilot get
:19:32. > :19:35.through them. The research is being funded by EasyJet and the system,
:19:35. > :19:38.called AVOID, is still being refined. But eventually, the pilot
:19:39. > :19:46.will see a scheme like this, showing how much ash is in the air
:19:46. > :19:52.and how far away it is. At the moment we do not have anything on
:19:52. > :20:01.board the aircraft to measure the ash clouds. This is almost like the
:20:01. > :20:05.change we had when we had weather radar. During the first eruption we
:20:05. > :20:11.discovered the levels of cash were extremely low. If we had realised
:20:11. > :20:18.that I am sure 90% of the airspace would have been opened. This
:20:18. > :20:21.plane's now being shipped off to step is to test the unit on an
:20:21. > :20:29.Airbus. All the airlines will be offered the finished product and a
:20:29. > :20:33.network of planes, combined with satellite data, could map the skies.
:20:34. > :20:40.Children in the country about to be introduced to an American favourite.
:20:40. > :20:50.Sesame Street goes on here on Pakistan on Saturday. It is not
:20:50. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :21:00.cheap. US aid has committed $10 million over four years. Meet the
:21:00. > :21:10.cast of Pakistan's sesame Street. Elmore is here but he is surrounded
:21:10. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:22.by new friends. -- Elmo. A Pakistani village has been created
:21:22. > :21:26.on set. Here is these that of the show, cricket-mad, energetic and
:21:26. > :21:31.curious. She looks to the daughter of the village school teacher for
:21:31. > :21:35.help. The Twelve-year-old to please her says the puppets are like
:21:35. > :21:40.family. I feel Like They are my younger sisters and brothers
:21:40. > :21:44.because I am telling them a lot of stuff and they are learning from me.
:21:44. > :21:50.A do you think the children who watch the show would learn a lot? I
:21:50. > :21:55.think they would get more educated than when they go to school.
:21:55. > :22:00.pre-school educators will be strong female lead will win over the next
:22:00. > :22:03.generation in this conservative society. In schools in general the
:22:03. > :22:08.children take a step back but maybe by seeing our strong headed
:22:08. > :22:12.character who is the captain of the cricket team and is not afraid to
:22:12. > :22:21.ask questions, I am hoping the children will relate to that and
:22:21. > :22:28.maybe take some courage and start to love her fra that. -- for that.
:22:28. > :22:33.The Peter behind this production know all about courage. They have
:22:33. > :22:41.been bombed by militants in the past but they know all about the
:22:41. > :22:45.future for Pakistan's children. In this scene be child is asking where
:22:45. > :22:51.does the sun go at night? The Pope to provide basic language and maths
:22:51. > :22:58.skills. The Americans have made a very big investment in all of this.
:22:58. > :23:02.They hope it will also teach lessons intolerance. This character
:23:02. > :23:06.and his friends will celebrate holidays marked by different
:23:06. > :23:11.religions, a message of togetherness rather than heat, a
:23:11. > :23:17.message that is often missing here. Many in Pakistan never get the
:23:18. > :23:27.chance to learn. One-third of young children do not go to school. This
:23:28. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:36.programme may be their only teacher. Annie Leibowitz is one of the
:23:36. > :23:40.world's most acclaimed photographers, best known for her
:23:40. > :23:46.photographs of John Lennon and Queen Elizabeth. Today her
:23:46. > :23:56.exhibition opens in London featuring a very personal set of
:23:56. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:02.images associated with her own favourite people. I was definitely
:24:02. > :24:12.going down a different trail. I just wanted to hit the road and get
:24:12. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:20.out. Really, it was a kind of voyage of discovery. It was a very
:24:20. > :24:25.personal set of pictures. I really did it not with the intention of it
:24:25. > :24:30.being seen but it was to fill myself up. If I was going to hope
:24:30. > :24:40.that anything could be gleaned from it is that these places are out
:24:40. > :24:44.there for us all. You do not need a ticket. You can get so taken into
:24:44. > :24:50.each of these subjects in a good way which is what is wonderful
:24:50. > :24:55.about them. They is so much to know about them and you can live in all
:24:55. > :25:03.of these subjects. I tried to pull myself in and out relatively fast,
:25:03. > :25:09.little more than a tourist. I am not a big fan of the tripod. I am
:25:09. > :25:19.used to moving. I had to learn how to put the camera on a tripod and
:25:19. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:28.shoot an object. I tried to feel emotional with it. I was very lucky.
:25:28. > :25:33.I received an award. I was receiving the award in Santa Fe at
:25:33. > :25:43.a museum and the offered to take me out to a branch. I'll literally
:25:43. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:49.take out of the corner -- came round the corner, I met this artist,
:25:49. > :25:54.there was a single bed and a view out to the valley. There was a
:25:54. > :26:00.frugality to it and the simplicity to it. I hadn't a weakening and an
:26:00. > :26:05.understanding. I was preaching to myself, not anyone else. I was
:26:05. > :26:10.trying to understand these subject myself. Photography has always been
:26:10. > :26:17.a great tool for me in that way, a week to look at anything or
:26:17. > :26:27.discover it for her journey to it. So, under the guise of using
:26:27. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:39.photography I get to go deeper into Annie Leibowitz talking about her
:26:39. > :26:43.new book. A quick reminder of our main news. Two people including a
:26:44. > :26:51.police officer reported to have been killed at Virginia Tech in
:26:51. > :27:01.Virginia. This be seen of the worst shooting in America two years ago.
:27:01. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:09.Coming up there is more from me and Today's reign is sweeping away.
:27:09. > :27:16.While it is felt -- still very windy in the north that is easing
:27:16. > :27:22.away. There will be a high winds with snow in northern Scotland with
:27:22. > :27:26.the higher risk of ice as well by the time we get to Friday. There
:27:26. > :27:30.will be a few wintry showers running south from Northern Ireland
:27:30. > :27:35.into North Wales but some did sunshine either side. There will be
:27:35. > :27:41.some late sunshine returning to northern parts of England. A few
:27:41. > :27:46.showers drifting down into Norfolk. Much of the south-east will have a
:27:46. > :27:52.lovely day with lots of sunshine around. A less windy day for all of
:27:52. > :27:57.us tomorrow. Plenty of sunshine for the south-west of England. Just one
:27:57. > :28:01.or two showers. There will be more cloud and showers coming into Wales
:28:01. > :28:07.over the hills. It should try Appin Northern Ireland with more sunshine
:28:07. > :28:10.in the afternoon but it will be much colder. The wins will continue