:02:18. > :02:23.The Benghazi is the birthplace of the revolt. The people here are
:02:23. > :02:29.fiercely proud of that fact. This is still a country where groups of
:02:29. > :02:35.armed men wield disproportionate influence and one year on, the
:02:35. > :02:42.revolution still feels like unfinished business. Away from the
:02:42. > :02:46.jubilation, militias squabble over territory with violent consequences.
:02:46. > :02:50.Most of these lawless brigades of formal fighters answer to no one
:02:50. > :02:53.but their own commanders. Libya's new government is trying to
:02:53. > :03:00.incorporate them into the National Army but they have met with limited
:03:00. > :03:05.success. Last spring at the start of the revolution, he swapped his
:03:05. > :03:12.stethoscope for a gun. He and thousands of young men risked their
:03:12. > :03:16.lives to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi. Now, as reports emerged of rebels
:03:16. > :03:26.torturing enemies, he says Libya needs a new psychological
:03:26. > :03:27.
:03:27. > :03:32.revolution. The regime and his ideas are still
:03:32. > :03:42.imprinted in many minds. So, we have to change these mines and
:03:42. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:50.When he wasn't singing and playing, he also fought on the front line,
:03:50. > :03:55.now he says it is important those who took up arms lay down their
:03:56. > :03:59.weapons. Most Libyans agree the freedoms that have come with the
:03:59. > :04:03.revolution have changed their lives for the better. Until the militias
:04:03. > :04:13.disarmed, behind the facade of a new unstable life looks the danger
:04:13. > :04:14.
:04:14. > :04:20.of renewed violence. A former co- ordinator for the NCC in London
:04:20. > :04:25.joins me. The assertion is the militia are out of control and the
:04:25. > :04:30.government lacks the political will to get them under control. I think
:04:30. > :04:35.that is a hugely exaggerated... The government is trying to establish
:04:35. > :04:40.its authority. It has only been there for less than three months.
:04:41. > :04:45.It is trying to rebuild a country. The process of State Building is
:04:45. > :04:49.daunting and not easy. The government is trying to rebuild the
:04:49. > :04:53.National Army, police service, security, the border guards and so
:04:53. > :04:59.on. They are trying to accommodate and assimilate these freedom
:04:59. > :05:04.fighters. It is going slowly, it is not going fast enough but I think
:05:04. > :05:09.they will get there and things are not out of control as some media
:05:09. > :05:18.outlets project. Amnesty International says there are many
:05:18. > :05:24.cases of torture, the use of beatings and whips. That is not an
:05:24. > :05:29.isolated case. Absolutely. These incidents are condemned, they are
:05:30. > :05:34.to be rejected. This is not what the new Libya is all about. Because
:05:34. > :05:39.of the lack of national institutions to take over the
:05:39. > :05:42.prisons and the detentions and interrogations, these are done a
:05:42. > :05:50.voluntary by Freedom fighters and they are people who want to settle
:05:50. > :05:54.scores. This is not to be condoned. We say whenever the government
:05:54. > :05:59.finds out about these incidents are they intervene and to rectify it
:05:59. > :06:05.and make sure it does not happen and doesn't go on. With a little
:06:05. > :06:10.patience, we do know what these violations to go on but in the
:06:10. > :06:13.weeks and months ahead will seek a measured improvement and when the
:06:13. > :06:19.institutions take over security, the incidence should disappear
:06:19. > :06:24.totally. You have elections looming so time is of the essence. What
:06:25. > :06:30.proactive moves will the government take to try to get the situation
:06:30. > :06:35.under control? Every week we will see a strengthening of the national
:06:35. > :06:40.institutions, the army and police and also a preparation is on for
:06:40. > :06:43.the elections in five months and then we will have a new elected
:06:43. > :06:49.council with legitimacy and political mandate to take over
:06:49. > :06:53.running the country. By then, we would have a army and police
:06:53. > :06:59.service and the judiciary need to be reactivated and that is going on
:06:59. > :07:04.and hopefully by then we would have much more institutions and state
:07:04. > :07:07.institutions that are running things and adhering to the law and
:07:07. > :07:14.respecting the human rights of individuals irrespective of their
:07:14. > :07:18.political background. A resolution calling for President
:07:18. > :07:22.Assad to step down will be voted on it surely by the UN General
:07:22. > :07:27.Assembly. It is supported by France's foreign minister says the
:07:27. > :07:32.status quo is an acceptable. The draft says Syrian authorities are
:07:32. > :07:36.involved in systematic violations of human rights and freedoms. It is
:07:36. > :07:46.expected to be passed unlike the last draft at the security council
:07:46. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:54.which Russia and China vetoed 12 months ago. The resolution is
:07:55. > :07:59.similar to the one Russia and China vetoed in the Security Council. It
:07:59. > :08:02.calls on the government to end violence, to stop the crackdown and
:08:02. > :08:06.calls on all parties to stop violence and backs and Arab League
:08:06. > :08:11.political transition plan for Syria and calls on the Secretary-General
:08:11. > :08:15.to appoint a special envoy to deal with Syria. The General Assembly
:08:15. > :08:20.doesn't have the legal authority of the Security Council has so in a
:08:21. > :08:27.way it is a symbolic move but the General Assembly is reflective of
:08:27. > :08:32.world opinion. 193 members representing the world. If there is
:08:32. > :08:37.a strong Yes vote it would give political and moral authority to
:08:37. > :08:43.the plan. The idea is to use that yes vote to put more pressure on
:08:43. > :08:48.the regime of Bashar Al-Assad and to illustrate Russia and China are
:08:48. > :08:54.increasingly isolated in the opposition. Does it also provide a
:08:54. > :09:01.stronger background -- backdrop for humanitarian exercises? No, it has
:09:01. > :09:05.nothing to do with that. The French foreign minister has been talking
:09:05. > :09:08.about exploratory conversations about the basis for a possible
:09:08. > :09:16.Security Council resolution to bring it back to the Security
:09:16. > :09:19.Council. He has been emphasising his idea of humanitarian quarters
:09:19. > :09:24.saying they may be a way to get a Security Council agreement,
:09:24. > :09:29.including Russia and China, to get humanitarian goods to people in
:09:29. > :09:34.need. This is very early days and the whole issue of is something
:09:34. > :09:39.that almost the Russian and Chinese would oppose if it involved troops
:09:39. > :09:43.and other Western countries have concerns about that kind of thing.
:09:44. > :09:49.They are wary about putting boots on the ground. After a meeting with
:09:50. > :09:53.the Russian foreign minister, the Frenchman said fundamentally the
:09:53. > :09:58.differences remain, Russia and France see the conflict in
:09:58. > :10:02.different terms, Russia sees it as an Arab conflict, France sees it as
:10:02. > :10:12.a government attacking the opposition in a brutal crackdown.
:10:12. > :10:12.
:10:12. > :11:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 75 seconds
:11:27. > :11:31.The Ugandan parliament is considering a Bill proposing harsh
:11:31. > :11:36.penalties for gay people. Homosexuality is illegal in Uganda
:11:36. > :11:43.but increasing levels of homophobia have caused some who the to flee
:11:43. > :11:47.the country. But East African correspondent reports.
:11:47. > :11:53.To Ugandan men are living in exile. They told me they were forced to
:11:53. > :11:56.flee to Kenya after being physically attacked for being gay.
:11:56. > :12:05.Still fearing repercussions, they did not want their identities
:12:05. > :12:10.revealed. People screaming outside, they broke into my house. They were
:12:10. > :12:17.beating me. The police came. you saw this mob that were shouting
:12:17. > :12:25.we want to kill you, what people were made up of the group? They
:12:25. > :12:30.stay in the same village, old men, women. Women as well? They are
:12:30. > :12:34.wanting my blood. He said when he went to the police he was jailed,
:12:34. > :12:39.humiliated and abused. What did the police say to the other people who
:12:39. > :12:47.were locked up in the cell when they took it in? He is a day. He
:12:47. > :12:52.loves men. You love fellow men and you are gay. We should treat you
:12:52. > :12:59.like that. I was abused by 50 people in the room. They were
:12:59. > :13:04.beating you up, and the sexually abused you? Yes. Amongst Ugandan
:13:04. > :13:10.MPs there is strong support for an anti- homosexuality bill. It calls
:13:10. > :13:14.for life imprisonment and in some cases the death sentence. We have
:13:14. > :13:18.five weeks of tension. Danny worked with American activists to oppose
:13:18. > :13:22.the bill. They said there was an arrest, torture by soldiers and
:13:22. > :13:28.ExCel. If the law is passed, he says the gay community will be
:13:28. > :13:34.hunted down. It will promote homophobia because it would give
:13:34. > :13:40.ordinary people the confidence and legal mandate to prosecute the
:13:40. > :13:45.group. -- persecute. There is no doubt the gay community in Uganda
:13:45. > :13:48.is living in fear. The Ugandan government told the BBC it had no
:13:48. > :13:55.information about any people being detained or tortured because of
:13:55. > :13:59.their sexuality. Across much of Africa, homophobia is rife.
:13:59. > :14:05.Changing attitudes may take generations. Those forced into
:14:05. > :14:09.exile have not given up hope of returning home. I have to keep
:14:09. > :14:17.running and keep on the run-up to save my life. My hope is Sunday I
:14:17. > :14:27.can live as a Ugandan and clean my right a citizen. -- cleaner my
:14:27. > :14:29.
:14:29. > :14:34.The families of prisoners held inside the Honduras jail continue
:14:34. > :14:43.to wait for news of casualties. It is known that more than 350 people
:14:43. > :14:49.died but the cause is not clear. The Governor has been suspended.
:14:49. > :14:53.For more than 24 harrowing hours they have been waiting and praying.
:14:53. > :15:01.The family members gathered outside the prison in Comayagua now just
:15:01. > :15:07.want to hear some news, a name used, about their relatives. Some of them,
:15:07. > :15:14.like this woman, already have. Her two brothers were killed as the
:15:15. > :15:21.flames swept through the building. I understand there were 900 inmates
:15:21. > :15:28.inside a building only designed for 300. It is illogical. They have
:15:28. > :15:33.made mistakes but they are human beings and have the right to live.
:15:33. > :15:40.As the time passed the bodies continued to appear. This is the
:15:40. > :15:45.grim scene which has been unfolding here in Comayagua. Body back after
:15:45. > :15:51.a body bag being taken to the more. And just a few hundred metres
:15:51. > :15:57.outside the prison pullup ones are waiting desperately for a news. --
:15:57. > :16:00.the loved ones. There is still no clear explanation. Different
:16:00. > :16:06.officials have provided different versions as to how the blaze
:16:06. > :16:11.started. Some claim a fight between rival gangs, others, an electrical
:16:12. > :16:17.fault in the crumbling building. But most all government officials
:16:17. > :16:22.agreed that they prison system needs wholesale reform.
:16:22. > :16:29.We need to modernise the system in Honduras. The government is aware
:16:29. > :16:33.of that. I hope so. We will start doing that because we have to
:16:33. > :16:38.guarantee the security of the inmates.
:16:38. > :16:44.Human rights groups say that the Government has been here before. In
:16:44. > :16:50.2004 A prisoner fire killed 100. The Government then present that --
:16:50. > :16:53.promised there would not be a repeat. This fire has put a small a
:16:53. > :17:01.rural community under the spotlight and suggests that those lessons
:17:01. > :17:06.still have not been learned. Japanese police have arrested the
:17:06. > :17:16.former president of the camera firm, or Olympus. He is suspected as
:17:16. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:24.being part of a cover up which had the embezzlement of $1.7 million.
:17:24. > :17:28.Japanese prosecutors as well as the police and the regulators had been
:17:28. > :17:34.investigating or Olympus for months. Their inquiries brought them to
:17:34. > :17:42.this home. Until October, this man was the chairman of the camera
:17:42. > :17:45.maker, a major Japanese company. But now he has exchanged the
:17:45. > :17:50.executive suite for the prosecutor's office and has been
:17:50. > :17:56.questioned about one of the biggest swindles in Japanese history. The
:17:56. > :18:04.former Auditor of the company has also been searched.
:18:04. > :18:10.I feel a heavy responsibility. I sincerely regret what I have done.
:18:10. > :18:15.It was Michael Wood 4-who blew the lead off the cover up which went
:18:15. > :18:21.back decades. The chief executive was fired last year when he went
:18:21. > :18:26.public with his concerns about large and unusual takeovers. The
:18:26. > :18:32.company later admitted it had been hiding investment losses of $1.5
:18:32. > :18:36.billion. The company has lost around half its value. The signs
:18:36. > :18:43.are that it will survive but the scandal has shaken confidence in
:18:43. > :18:48.corporate governance in Japan. He may be gone but he is not
:18:48. > :18:52.forgotten. The regime in North Korea has gone to town to celebrate
:18:52. > :18:57.what would have been the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong-Il.
:18:57. > :19:02.The man known as the Dear Leader have died in December but the
:19:02. > :19:12.anniversary of his birth was marked by a lavish parade with
:19:12. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:19.celebrations led by his son, Kim North Korea is having to pack a lot
:19:19. > :19:26.into its ceremonies these days. On the 70th anniversary of his birth,
:19:26. > :19:30.the country's late ruler shared the limelight with his son. Kim Jong-Un
:19:30. > :19:35.has a big shoes to fill and these events are designed to help him do
:19:35. > :19:40.it. Won his father's birthday the new leader got a pledge of
:19:40. > :19:47.allegiance from the army. His father got fireworks and waving
:19:47. > :19:52.flowers. But then Kim Jong-Il has already received several birthday
:19:52. > :19:57.gifts from the nation. This a bronze statue in the capital. A
:19:57. > :20:02.giant carving in the side of the mountain. North Korean television
:20:02. > :20:09.has been doing its part as well, selecting scenes from his a long
:20:09. > :20:14.history of on-site inspections. Part of a birth date documentary
:20:14. > :20:19.designed to highlight his key ringside. But many believe that
:20:19. > :20:28.these suggestions are as much about bolstering the hold on power of his
:20:28. > :20:32.son. But Kim Jong-Un has looked thoroughly at home in his new role,
:20:32. > :20:39.taking a standing ovation in his side, and motioning to the ranks, E
:20:39. > :20:44.Knuth, sit down. It is impossible to tell from outside the country,
:20:44. > :20:53.even from South Korea, just how much influence Kim Jong-Un has over
:20:53. > :20:57.his father's comrades. But this was a chance to represent yet again the
:20:57. > :21:04.unique authority of the family name and the friend, but priceless
:21:04. > :21:08.credentials, of the new leader. -- thin.
:21:08. > :21:14.Switzerland is now turning its attention to space with a special
:21:14. > :21:24.satellite designed to scoop up junk orbiting Earth. Nasser say that
:21:24. > :21:28.
:21:28. > :21:38.more than half a million pieces of deadbeat orbit Earth. -- NASA. --
:21:38. > :21:39.
:21:39. > :21:49.debris. 55 years a gross but Nick was launched. Followed over the
:21:49. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :21:58.next five decades to buy more. And more. And more. The earth's
:21:58. > :22:05.superpowers battled for control of the universe. But in space what
:22:05. > :22:12.goes up does not necessarily come down. Over half a million pieces of
:22:12. > :22:17.junk are orbiting the Earth. Bits of old rockets, debris from
:22:17. > :22:24.outdated satellites. Many pieces are quite small but they are
:22:24. > :22:30.travelling at 28,000 kilometres per hour. They threaten the 700
:22:30. > :22:36.satellites which provide us with the essentials of modern life. Help
:22:37. > :22:41.is however at hand. Scientists at this space centre in Switzerland
:22:41. > :22:47.have developed a modest satellite on a wall of a mission. It will
:22:47. > :22:52.grab pieces of junk and force them back into the atmosphere, where
:22:52. > :23:02.they will burn up. The launch is expected within five years and the
:23:02. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:09.first task will be to identify and destroy to obsolete Swiss satellite.
:23:09. > :23:13.-- two. It is expected to be just the first in a whole family of
:23:13. > :23:21.cleaners intent on restoring the heavens to their original pristine
:23:21. > :23:29.state. Claude Nicollier is a Swiss
:23:29. > :23:35.astronaut who has flown on many missions and is now involved in the
:23:35. > :23:42.project. This sounds a fantastical but is it necessary?
:23:42. > :23:47.It certainly as. Eyes was mentioned there is lots of debris. If we do
:23:47. > :23:52.not do anything then nobody will want to go because it will be too
:23:52. > :23:56.hazardous and too dangerous in space. Not just human spaceflight
:23:56. > :24:03.but satellite will collide and have a short lifespan if we do not do
:24:03. > :24:09.something about it. Who will pay for this?
:24:09. > :24:14.Well, we are after a demonstration and we are looking for public money
:24:14. > :24:22.but private money also. It will be a combination of government money
:24:22. > :24:27.from Switzerland and private funds. The fact that it is an academic
:24:27. > :24:32.institution, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne,
:24:32. > :24:37.leading the project, there will be some big money. But there will also
:24:37. > :24:42.be some private money. How well the satellite make sure it
:24:42. > :24:50.comes across the path of John? It sounds like it could be a lengthy
:24:50. > :25:00.process. -- comes across the path of junk. There are thousands of
:25:00. > :25:05.tons of debris. If collisions take place that will
:25:05. > :25:15.create more could be. It happened in 2009 when an American satellite
:25:15. > :25:15.
:25:16. > :25:25.collided with a Russian satellite. That cost about two, 3,000 more
:25:26. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:35.tons of debris. It propels do rubbish towards air.
:25:35. > :25:40.For people who do not understand, that sounds frightening. -- earth.
:25:40. > :25:45.Well, it needs to be done. If we do not do it we will be in trouble and
:25:45. > :25:48.a short space of time. But there are a number of technologies and
:25:48. > :25:55.that's what the students here, research workers, the technicians,
:25:55. > :26:04.and that is what they will work on. The detection system, the capture,
:26:04. > :26:14.all with their robotic system, the orientation, in the such a manner
:26:14. > :26:19.as to control the orbit of the Earth's atmosphere.
:26:19. > :26:23.A reminder of our main news - armed militia groups are threatening the
:26:23. > :26:33.safety and security of lippy according to Amnesty International.
:26:33. > :26:34.
:26:34. > :26:40.They say that rebel brigades are committing torture. -- Libya.
:26:40. > :26:45.A resolution calling for President Assad to step down will be voted on
:26:45. > :26:50.by the UN General Assembly. It is backed by France, where the foreign
:26:50. > :27:00.minister claims that the status quo when Syria is unacceptable. Next we
:27:00. > :27:04.
:27:04. > :27:08.have the weather report. From the Temperatures Het 13 degrees today
:27:08. > :27:13.but it will get much colder over the weekend. There will be lots of
:27:13. > :27:19.cloud and outbreaks of rain arriving also. Patchy rain and
:27:19. > :27:24.drizzle for these are Weston Hills. Probably dry off a touch in
:27:24. > :27:29.Northern Ireland. Not much rain across the Pennines. But a damp
:27:29. > :27:37.afternoon for the north-west of England. But at least it is mild.
:27:37. > :27:43.Lots more cloud than we had today. Perhaps a few spots of drizzle.
:27:43. > :27:48.Most of that in the South West will be in the morning. Lots of cloud
:27:48. > :27:53.for Wales and it will be North Wales that will see most of the
:27:53. > :27:57.rain. It make dry off a little in Northern Ireland during the
:27:57. > :28:00.afternoon where temperatures will still reached double figures.
:28:00. > :28:06.Eventually it will cloud over in Scotland but the rain could be
:28:06. > :28:12.quite heavy in the West, not so much in the east. The real cold