:00:10. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi. Inside Syria
:00:14. > :00:17.with the Free Army: We have a special report from the suburb of
:00:17. > :00:24.the capital Damascus that is controlled by anti-Asaad forces who
:00:24. > :00:27.have defected from the Syrian army. How much of a challenge are they to
:00:27. > :00:30.the regime? If there is international
:00:31. > :00:35.intervention, it's good. We are going to win - whether there is
:00:36. > :00:38.intervention from outside or not. The Frenchman at the centre of the
:00:38. > :00:47.sub-standard breast implant scandal is under arrest and faces charges
:00:47. > :00:50.of manslaughter and fraud. We are relieved, even if it's late.
:00:51. > :00:54.We want a formal inquiry to be opened, and we want him placed on
:00:54. > :00:57.bail so he can't leave the country. Protecting Pakistani women from
:00:57. > :01:04.acid attacks and domestic violence - can new laws stop these brutal
:01:04. > :01:06.attacks? Also coming up in the programme:
:01:06. > :01:09.Forced to flee the angry crowds during an Australia Day celebration
:01:09. > :01:18.- the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is involved in angry protests by
:01:18. > :01:21.angry Aboriginal activists. And the first museum show in the
:01:21. > :01:31.world of the Muslim pilgrimage the Hajj - the great spiritual journey
:01:31. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:42.Hello, and welcome. The pressure on Syria looks set to increase now
:01:42. > :01:47.that the Arab League has announced it is to ask the UN Security
:01:47. > :01:50.Council to back its plan to try to end the violence. On Sunday, the
:01:50. > :01:54.League called for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to step
:01:54. > :01:57.down and hand power to his Deputy. Inside Syria itself, defectors who
:01:57. > :02:04.have formed the Free Syrian Army now control the Damascus suburb of
:02:04. > :02:07.Douma. Our Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, was helped by local
:02:07. > :02:17.activists to enter the area last night, and has just sent this
:02:17. > :02:22.report. Look at Central Damascus, and you
:02:22. > :02:31.might think this city is calm. But when night falls, head for the
:02:31. > :02:37.suburb of Duma. Getting there is not easy. But at the end of a muddy
:02:37. > :02:43.lane it is a checkpoint, controlled by the Free Syrian Army. A loose
:02:43. > :02:53.alliance of army defectors, fighting President Assad's military.
:02:53. > :03:01.Locals say they have kept at the President's out most of the time. -
:03:01. > :03:08.- they have kept the President's men. The President says they are on
:03:08. > :03:14.armed gang. They say they are protecting the people. Pass this on
:03:14. > :03:21.to the world, our revolution is peaceable. We don't attack the
:03:21. > :03:25.regime - they attack us. We are in control here. Duma is ours, and
:03:25. > :03:34.Syria is ours. The army and security forces keep tried to get
:03:34. > :03:42.into hair, but we defeat them. -- keep trying to get into here. Duma
:03:42. > :03:46.is forbidding and dark, with power cuts and fuel shortages. The
:03:46. > :03:54.Knights of very cold. What has changed around here that means we
:03:54. > :04:03.are able to move then? Some of defectors are preferred --
:04:03. > :04:10.protecting us. Inside the city, there are perfect as. Fighting for
:04:10. > :04:19.Duma? Yes. Slowly, people emerged from the Evening Prayer. Too often
:04:19. > :04:29.for them, nervous shadows, they head to the mosque, when numbers
:04:29. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:52.make them filled strong. -- field We want to kill by shall as sad. He
:04:52. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :05:05.has to be killed. -- bash out a as sad. He killed our family's. He has
:05:05. > :05:07.
:05:07. > :05:13.to be killed. The young men were full of bravado. -- we have to kill
:05:13. > :05:21.the President. Do you want foreign intervention? If there is
:05:21. > :05:26.international intervention, that is good. We will win. The intervention
:05:26. > :05:31.will accelerate the step down of the President. Their enemy, the
:05:31. > :05:39.President, also has strong supporters. But for protesters
:05:39. > :05:43.across the country, there is no turning back. This is bad news for
:05:43. > :05:53.President as sad. An important part of his city, in that hands of the
:05:53. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:12.people, and defender by men who They said it was getting dangerous,
:06:12. > :06:22.and puzzled us out. The security forces were back, arresting more
:06:22. > :06:25.people. The former head of the French
:06:25. > :06:28.company PIP - which is at the centre of an international scare
:06:28. > :06:33.over faulty breast implants - has been arrested in the south of
:06:33. > :06:37.France. Jean-Claude Mas, 72, is being questioned as part of an
:06:37. > :06:40.investigation into manslaughter and involuntary injuries. Thousands of
:06:40. > :06:42.women around the world have been advised to have their PIP implants
:06:42. > :06:52.removed as they contain cheap, industrial-grade silicone instead
:06:52. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:06.He has been hiding in isolated luxury, on the green coastline of
:07:06. > :07:11.the French Riviera, and paid for by the victims of the scandal. But
:07:11. > :07:18.today, Jean-Claude Mas was finally arrested, with the woman he claims
:07:18. > :07:24.to have left. His lawyer said the man was co-operating with police,
:07:24. > :07:30.and dismissed the search of the property as a formality. But
:07:30. > :07:36.investigators allege he has been very clever in far -- hiding his
:07:36. > :07:41.fortune. This property is in the name of his girlfriend, as is the
:07:41. > :07:46.sight of his abandoned PIP Warehouse. The company was
:07:46. > :07:51.liquidated in March, 2010, but today, we found a factory littered
:07:51. > :07:56.with documents and abandoned stock. The equipment gives an air of
:07:56. > :08:03.respectability, but the reality was different. Jean-Claude Mas filled
:08:03. > :08:09.the m plants with an industrial gel. -- implants. Jean-Claude Mas said
:08:09. > :08:15.his company had thought European inspectors for 13 years. He said
:08:15. > :08:22.his staff did what they could to hide the gel. He also said that his
:08:22. > :08:27.victims were "psychologically fragile", and were only after him
:08:27. > :08:32.on his money. 20 women have been diagnosed with cancer, but no
:08:32. > :08:37.direct link has been established with the implants. The major
:08:37. > :08:46.problem is the rate of rupture - 5% higher than a normal cases. Lawyers
:08:46. > :08:51.and France said that the arrest is "excellent use". TRANSLATION: We
:08:51. > :08:56.are relieved, even if it is late. We want a formal inquiry to be
:08:56. > :09:04.opened, and we want him placed on bail. Jean-Claude Mas will be held
:09:04. > :09:09.in Marseille for 24 hours, before investigators will decide to charge
:09:10. > :09:14.him. He complains he is not in good health. There is unlikely to be
:09:14. > :09:16.sympathy with the women he has duped.
:09:16. > :09:20.According to the company's website, PIP exported to more than 60
:09:20. > :09:24.countries. At one stage, it was the third biggest supplier of silicone
:09:24. > :09:27.implants in the world. Concerns were first raised in 2009, but it's
:09:27. > :09:35.understood that PIP began to use industrial-grade silicone as far
:09:35. > :09:38.industrial-grade silicone as far back as 2001. Up to 500,000 women
:09:38. > :09:40.in 65 different countries have had these type of implants fitted since
:09:40. > :09:43.then. Health officials in Germany, Czech Republic, the Netherlands,
:09:43. > :09:48.France and several Latin American countries say the implants should
:09:48. > :09:57.be removed. However, Britain, Italy, Spain and others say removal is not
:09:57. > :10:07.Our correspondent, Christian Fraser, joins us live from Marseille now,
:10:07. > :10:13.
:10:13. > :10:19.where police are holding Jean- Claude Mas. He sounds unsympathetic.
:10:19. > :10:23.It is a very good point. From the transcripts I read, there is no end
:10:23. > :10:28.of the at all for thousands of women around the world facing a
:10:28. > :10:32.choice about whether to have these implants removed, not to mention
:10:32. > :10:37.the cost incurred. In Britain, the government will not pay for these
:10:37. > :10:41.implants to be taken out, so many women will have to lobby private
:10:41. > :10:47.clinics. He has been hit today for most of the day, answering
:10:47. > :10:51.questions about these allegations we have read about. We are told the
:10:51. > :10:56.prosecutor, who has been poring over the file, has got to a judge
:10:56. > :11:03.tonight, and we believe he may also be taken to be judged to be read
:11:03. > :11:12.the charges. Have you managed to talk to local people, or Billy much
:11:12. > :11:18.information about Jean-Claude Mas? Who is he? -- all glean much
:11:18. > :11:26.information. There was an arrest warrant for him, part by the police
:11:26. > :11:31.in Costa Rica. -- filed. They reported he had a drinking and
:11:31. > :11:38.gambling problem. He has been under arrest a day, but I have been in
:11:38. > :11:43.the factories. It is obvious he was exporting all over the world. Some
:11:43. > :11:51.boxers were marked up for France, America, Britain, and, of course,
:11:51. > :11:56.France. He was exporting it would be cheaper gel, cutting his costs
:11:56. > :12:06.and cornering the market. There is a lot of frustration hair for
:12:06. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:11.Now a look at some of the day's other news: David Cameron has said
:12:11. > :12:17.it's time for eurozone countries to make bold moves to solve their
:12:17. > :12:19.economic crises. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Mr
:12:19. > :12:22.Cameron said the eurozone had failed to meet the criteria for
:12:22. > :12:32.successful monetary union. He said Europe's lack of competitiveness
:12:32. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:34.remained its "Achilles Heel". The medical charity Medecins Sans
:12:34. > :12:37.Frontieres has suspended its operations in detention centres in
:12:37. > :12:41.the Libyan city of Misrata because of what it says are persistent
:12:41. > :12:47.cases of torture. MSF says it has treated more that 100 people for
:12:47. > :12:57.torture-related injuries at the centres.
:12:57. > :13:01.President good luck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist group. He
:13:01. > :13:06.said military confrontation would not eliminate terror attacks. He
:13:06. > :13:16.said what was needed was an urban grid enabling environment for young
:13:16. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:30.people do find jobs ". In Bulgaria, an alert was declared
:13:30. > :13:33.as villagers were left without power.
:13:33. > :13:36.Pakistan is set to introduce new laws which will criminalise forced
:13:36. > :13:38.marriage and acid attacks on women. The laws will also mean tougher
:13:38. > :13:46.sentences in cases of domestic violence. But, as Aleem Maqbool
:13:46. > :13:54.Cases of brutality against women are often carried out supposedly in
:13:54. > :14:04.the name of family honour. She was just 16 when she says her
:14:04. > :14:22.
:14:22. > :14:25.husband woke her up in the middle Longer than usual to get water from
:14:25. > :14:31.a well and he thought she was having an affair. Her husband's
:14:31. > :14:41.been on the run since the attack. Salma says she won't be at peace
:14:41. > :15:05.
:15:05. > :15:08.Don't want their women to go outside the home. They think if
:15:08. > :15:16.they decide about their life they will take wrong decision, so they
:15:16. > :15:20.want them in their homes. This woman is in her 50s. She was in her
:15:20. > :15:23.home after an argument with her son's wife when she says two men
:15:23. > :15:28.burst into the yard. She recognised them as relatives of her daughter
:15:28. > :15:38.in law. She says they forced her into her room, where they beat her
:15:38. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:48.and raped her. She says, "Since what happened to me, I have no life.
:15:48. > :15:52.It's like I have a disease with no cure. It's difficult for me to eat.
:15:52. > :15:59."There are countless women in Pakistan for whom change is coming
:15:59. > :16:03.far too slowly. Let's talk more in general about
:16:03. > :16:07.domestic violence against women. Joining us now is Laura Turquet
:16:07. > :16:17.from UN women, she's author of the UN report progress of the world's
:16:17. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:29.It is estimated that up to 60% of women will face violence in their
:16:29. > :16:34.lifetime, whether that his crimes lifetime, whether that his crimes
:16:34. > :16:41.in the name of one or sexual harassment. As a result of the huge
:16:41. > :16:47.scale of it, the Secretary-General of the UN has described it as a
:16:47. > :16:52."great human rights violation". There is a need to accelerate our
:16:52. > :16:57.efforts in this area. We can see you can introduce laws, but that
:16:57. > :17:05.doesn't deliver results necessarily, does it? The authorities often turn
:17:05. > :17:10.a blind eye. Passing laws on violence against women is a very
:17:10. > :17:15.critical first step, but it is only a first step. One of the things we
:17:15. > :17:21.highlighted is that the laws must be drafted in such a way as to make
:17:21. > :17:27.it very clear to the police, for example, that what they must do in
:17:27. > :17:32.order to week -- meet women's needs. It will also ensure that shelters
:17:32. > :17:37.can be provided. Regarding the police, it is important to ensure
:17:37. > :17:42.police are trained specifically on the issues of violence, because
:17:42. > :17:51.often police themselves reflect attitudes in society at large, and
:17:51. > :17:54.regard violence against women as a private issue. I think it is very
:17:54. > :18:01.important to ensure that police are properly trained, so that when
:18:01. > :18:07.women plumper than, they are dealt with appropriately. How far can UN
:18:07. > :18:16.women get a universal approach to this? Violence happens in affluent
:18:16. > :18:22.societies, and more traditional societies. One of the things we are
:18:22. > :18:32.calling for is a universal set of standard women can expect. That
:18:32. > :18:33.
:18:33. > :18:37.includes things like sharpers, emergency hotlines, -- shelters.
:18:37. > :18:42.There is caused further optimism, because countries are taking very
:18:42. > :18:50.important steps in providing these services, and countries can learn
:18:50. > :18:56.from one another. They can take the necessary steps to end this scourge.
:18:56. > :19:00.We had a report from Pakistan, and staying in Pakistan, the death toll
:19:00. > :19:07.of those killed by contaminated heart medicine has increased to
:19:07. > :19:13.more than 100 people. Doctors say another 250 are being treated. The
:19:13. > :19:20.drugs were given for free. Arrests have been made, and at least one
:19:20. > :19:25.pharmaceutical firm has been closed. The authorities are trying to
:19:25. > :19:32.contain this health crisis, as the death toll grows. Patients
:19:32. > :19:38.suffering heart problems, made sicker by a drugs they took.
:19:38. > :19:43.TRANSLATION: My mouth is saw. I cannot urinate. There is leading
:19:43. > :19:49.from my mouth and nose. Officials have warned that the drugs may have
:19:49. > :19:54.been given to newly 40,000 people. They say samples are being tested
:19:54. > :20:02.in the UK and France. Relatives of the dead and are angry at what they
:20:02. > :20:08.see as the authorities's slow response. TRANSLATION: My father
:20:08. > :20:12.died on December 23rd. There was bleeding from his mouth and urinary
:20:12. > :20:19.tract. 600,000 people receive free medication every year, and it is
:20:19. > :20:23.taking time to establish how many people have been affected.
:20:23. > :20:29.TRANSLATION: After looking at their lab tests, we will formalise how
:20:29. > :20:34.many people come under that bracket. It is a worrying time a heart
:20:34. > :20:38.patients. Three local drugs companies have been arrested for
:20:38. > :20:44.supplying contaminated medication. The authorities are being
:20:44. > :20:54.criticised for having chosen to buy from cheap, rather than reputable,
:20:54. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:00.Rarery do you see images of an international figure looking so
:21:00. > :21:03.shaken. The Australian Prime Minister had to be dragged to
:21:04. > :21:13.safety by her bodyguards after being surrounded by an angry group
:21:13. > :21:17.of indigenous rights protesters. The Prime Minister was giving out
:21:17. > :21:22.medals at an Australia day ceremony when the protesters started
:21:22. > :21:28.shouting through the window. Miss Gillard looks around to see where
:21:28. > :21:31.the noise is coming from. The chants grew louder, the protesters
:21:32. > :21:36.metres from the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition. By
:21:36. > :21:41.now around 200 Aboriginal people had gathered and started banging on
:21:41. > :21:48.the windows. Apparently angered by comments from Mr Abbot calling for
:21:48. > :21:50.the end to a long standing tented camp set up outside Parliament.
:21:50. > :21:55.Bodyguards fearing the demonstration could get out of hand,
:21:55. > :22:00.decided to make a run for it. It was then these chaotic scenes
:22:00. > :22:03.involving the Prime Minister unfolded. One bodyguard grabbed
:22:03. > :22:07.Miss Gillard around the shoulder and rushed her towards the car.
:22:07. > :22:11.There's a look of alarm on the Prime Minister's face as she's
:22:11. > :22:18.scrambled away. At one point, she appears to trip, almost ending up
:22:18. > :22:22.on the ground. But the bodyguard still held on. The scram tobl get
:22:22. > :22:25.the two most important political figures to safety may have cost the
:22:25. > :22:29.Prime Minister some of her dignity. For the people involved they say
:22:29. > :22:35.the lack of dignity shown to the indigenous people bylet state is
:22:35. > :22:40.the reason they were angry in the first place. The police say the
:22:40. > :22:43.Prime Minister was never in danger, but it's an ugly incident to remind
:22:43. > :22:51.all Australians that the country's indigenous people continue to claim
:22:52. > :22:56.rights and respect, they believe, are denied them.
:22:56. > :23:01.Very dramatic pictures. One story in brief, a commissioner for a body,
:23:01. > :23:10.monitoring the London 2012 Olympics has resigned over lynchs -- links
:23:10. > :23:15.with Dow Chemical. The 1984Bopal disaster saw a leak of poisonous
:23:15. > :23:20.gas which killed 8,000 people in three days and tens of thousands
:23:20. > :23:26.more in the years that followed. She had resigned because she felt
:23:26. > :23:31.she had legitimised the claims that Dow had no responsibility for Bopal.
:23:31. > :23:35.It's the first exhibition in the world dedicated to the personal
:23:36. > :23:39.journey to Muslim pilgrims to mecca. The British Museum's Hajj opens
:23:39. > :23:49.today and includes prices, manuscripts, textiles and the rail
:23:49. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :23:55.tickets for the trip. It's history of a personal journey,
:23:55. > :23:59.a pilgrimage which could be once in a life time and this exhibition
:23:59. > :24:05.offers an understanding of an important part of Islamic
:24:05. > :24:11.consciousness. Part of it like going on a journey. It meean derz
:24:11. > :24:18.through, until we get to the centre of the exhibition where we have
:24:18. > :24:25.textiles. This journey is also across time and the exhibition
:24:25. > :24:28.draws on priceless objects from 40 lenders from 14 countries. The Hajj
:24:28. > :24:31.attracts three million pilgrims each year. This exhibition is aimed
:24:31. > :24:37.not only at giving and understanding the religious
:24:37. > :24:39.significance of the Hajj but also the beauty and cultural
:24:39. > :24:43.sophistication of the artefacts associated with it.
:24:43. > :24:47.The organisers hope the exhibition will give a different view of Islam
:24:47. > :24:54.for non-Muslims and for Muslims a deeper experience. To understand
:24:54. > :24:59.the beauty of the old and the culture and for the first time be
:24:59. > :25:04.close to the objects that they can, they do not have an opportunity to
:25:04. > :25:10.see when they go for their Hajj. The items are not only historic,
:25:10. > :25:14.but also reflect a contemporary view of the Hajj. This is one of
:25:14. > :25:20.several artists whose work is on show. The design is made up of
:25:20. > :25:26.words spoken by the pilgrims. wanted it to be like the mosque in
:25:26. > :25:31.mecca, so each word represents a foot step coming towards the centre
:25:31. > :25:35.of this incredible energy. I'm trying to capture that in a drawing.
:25:35. > :25:39.Now we're coming, we're in the entrance... This is the latest in a
:25:39. > :25:44.number of recent exhibitions on Islamic culture in London. The
:25:44. > :25:47.British Museum says that the West has had an interest in Islamic art
:25:47. > :25:51.for centuries. In the British Museum we have had objects which
:25:51. > :25:57.relate to the Islamic world right from when the British Museum was
:25:57. > :26:04.founded, actually in 1753, some of the earliest objects are amulets
:26:05. > :26:10.which were collected. For visitors, in particular Muslims, they may
:26:10. > :26:19.have an understanding of the spear chuelt of their belief, but here is
:26:19. > :26:23.a visual display of it. Let's remind you of the main news -
:26:23. > :26:27.the Arab League is to ask the United Nationss Security Council to
:26:27. > :26:30.back the plan to end the violence in Syria. On Sunday the Arab League
:26:30. > :26:32.called for the President Bashar al- Assad to step down and hand power
:26:32. > :26:36.to his deputy. And the former head of the French
:26:36. > :26:40.company PIP, which is at the centre of an international scare over
:26:40. > :26:43.faulty breast implants, has been arrested in his home in the south
:26:43. > :26:48.of France. 72-year-old Jean-Claude Mas faces charges of manslaughter
:26:48. > :26:58.and fraud. Wrong camera, that's all from the
:26:58. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:05.programme. Now it's the weather. Hello. We have a cold night ahead.
:27:05. > :27:09.More of the wintry showers with snow on the hills across northern
:27:09. > :27:13.areas. A similar day tomorrow with sunshine and wintry showers. Low
:27:13. > :27:17.pressure is driving our warge at the moment, sitting to the north of
:27:17. > :27:21.us. Bands of showers around that. Brisk winds. High pressure coming
:27:21. > :27:24.in for Friday night and the weekend. For Friday then, tomorrow we start
:27:24. > :27:28.with these showers, Northern Ireland, south-west Scotland, North
:27:28. > :27:32.West England, snow on hills. Then they drift south-east wards. Away
:27:32. > :27:36.from the North West of England, in England and Wales, most start dry
:27:36. > :27:39.and bright. We will see some of these showers filtering south-east.
:27:39. > :27:43.So a bit of cloud building in south-east England for example. By
:27:43. > :27:46.mid-afternoon, you could catch a shower, may come with hail possibly
:27:46. > :27:49.a rumble of thunder. South-west England and Wales, still some of
:27:50. > :27:53.the showers around. Out of these you could see sleet and snow to
:27:53. > :27:56.higher ground. Some snow on the hills from the showers in North
:27:56. > :28:00.West England. For Northern Ireland and Scotland, after early showers,
:28:00. > :28:04.they'll die away through the afternoon and it turns drier and
:28:04. > :28:08.brighter. The wind eases as well. The killing off of those showers,
:28:08. > :28:11.that process continues into Friday evening. Then for most on Friday
:28:12. > :28:16.night, it will be dry and there will be a widespread frost. We get