:00:08. > :00:11.This is BBC World News Today with me Tim Willcox. Continued fighting
:00:11. > :00:16.in Syria after a UN deadline for government forces to start
:00:16. > :00:19.withdrawing. Despite the bloodshed, the architect of the international
:00:19. > :00:28.peace plan refuses to admit defeat I believe it's a bit too early to
:00:28. > :00:32.say that the plan has failed. If for it is too early to say the
:00:33. > :00:35.plan has failed. A The plan is still on the table and it's a plan
:00:35. > :00:38.we are all fighting to implement. European human rights judges decide
:00:38. > :00:44.5 terrorist suspects including the radical preacher Abu Hamza can be
:00:44. > :00:47.extradited to the United States. From favoured son to the political
:00:47. > :00:53.wilderness - Bo Xilai is expelled from China's Politburo, his wife
:00:53. > :00:56.now under investigation over the murder of a British businessman.
:00:56. > :01:00.Also coming up in the programme: worrying new research into patients
:01:00. > :01:04.with computer-controlled medical implants. The message - beware
:01:05. > :01:07.hackers who could cost you your life.
:01:08. > :01:10.And a hundred years to the day since the Titanic left Southampton
:01:10. > :01:20.- the city remembers its 500 residents who perished when the
:01:20. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:31.Hello and welcome. It was a deadline that came and
:01:31. > :01:34.went. The supposed Syrian withdrawal of heavy weapons from
:01:34. > :01:39.civilian areas - replaced instead with shelling and helicopter
:01:39. > :01:41.gunships attacks on Homs, Hama and villages near the Turkish border.
:01:41. > :01:46.Despite Syria's Foreign Minister claiming the withdrawal had begun
:01:46. > :01:48.the White House claimed it had seen no evidence to that effect.
:01:48. > :01:50.International envoy, Kofi Annan, however maintained the
:01:50. > :01:55.international peace plan can still be implemented by Thursday's
:01:56. > :02:03.deadline of a ceasefire on both sides. Our correspondent Fergal
:02:03. > :02:11.Keane reports from the Turkey-Syria border.
:02:11. > :02:18.If the piece is about to dawn, there is no sign of it in Homs.
:02:18. > :02:25.This is the voice of a cameraman record in the violence. It is being
:02:25. > :02:33.destroyed by random shelling, 10th April. God is great! In Homs and
:02:33. > :02:43.other towns, the destruction seemed to be escalating. With time running
:02:43. > :02:47.out, Kofi Annan came to visit the refugees of the violence. There was
:02:47. > :02:54.a welcome. Most of these people have fled from the North with
:02:54. > :02:59.stories of killing and torture. All day, the cavalcade moved from camp
:02:59. > :03:04.to camp. Some of the refugees we met clung to the hope the mission
:03:04. > :03:10.might work. TRANSLATION: May be something would happen in Syria.
:03:10. > :03:14.And we can go back to our families and children. Kofi Annan has been
:03:14. > :03:18.asked for solutions he can't deliver. It is a question of
:03:18. > :03:23.achieving a ceasefire and going home. A growing number of voices
:03:23. > :03:29.are demanding the opposition the armed and achieve a military
:03:29. > :03:35.victory. The mood of militancy is growing. These men told us they
:03:35. > :03:40.were from the free Syrian army with little faith in Kofi Annan.
:03:40. > :03:46.TRANSLATION: We want NATO to come into Syria and give weapons to us
:03:46. > :03:52.and we want to liberate so we can free the country.
:03:52. > :03:58.As the clock ticks on the deadline, Kofi Annan's mission looks forlorn.
:03:58. > :04:03.He continued to press Damascus to push forces back. Let me appeal to
:04:03. > :04:08.the Syrian government and parties to cease violence in accordance
:04:08. > :04:15.with the plan and I believe there should be no preconditions for
:04:15. > :04:21.stopping violence. In Moscow where he met his Russian counterpart,
:04:21. > :04:26.Syria's foreign minister said they were abiding by the agreement.
:04:26. > :04:30.TRANSLATION: We have withdrawn of military units from some provinces,
:04:30. > :04:36.we have allowed a more immediate challenges -- channels to enter and
:04:36. > :04:43.have reached agreement for humanitarian aid for the needy.
:04:43. > :04:51.Kofi Annan asked what the world we do if the plan failed. It is a
:04:51. > :04:57.question bearing down with growing agency. -- what the world would do.
:04:57. > :05:02.Jonathan head joins us on the border. Pessimism on most fronts
:05:02. > :05:05.with a surreal will comply, is there a change in thinking on the
:05:05. > :05:10.Turkish position about buffer zones?
:05:10. > :05:14.Kofi Annan was here and Turkey reiterated its support his mission.
:05:14. > :05:20.The truth is they support the mission because it's the only
:05:20. > :05:27.internationally backed one but they do not believe in it. Because they
:05:27. > :05:31.did believe, given their proximity and shared border they have to plan
:05:31. > :05:37.for alternatives. They talk about other steps that must be taken.
:05:37. > :05:41.They will not give details, they were considering as a last resort
:05:41. > :05:46.the idea of using their army to establish buffer zones to protect
:05:46. > :05:50.civilians. Originally they feared they would be flooded by a larger
:05:50. > :05:54.numbers of refugees. Hundreds of thousands but government officials
:05:54. > :05:58.are saying it's not just about that, it's now protecting people if the
:05:58. > :06:02.slaughter continues. We would have to see what happens in the next 48
:06:02. > :06:07.hours. If the government complied, though the mistrust and the ability
:06:07. > :06:13.to cheat. A lot of the forces are not in uniform and the plan could
:06:13. > :06:17.falter even if the deadline which has been stretched by Kofi Annan to
:06:17. > :06:25.6:00pm on Thursday when the fighting should stop, even if that
:06:25. > :06:29.happens, Turkey will consider alternatives. Sending their army
:06:29. > :06:34.over the border is a drastic step and they may plan for it but were
:06:34. > :06:42.not be in a hurry to put it forward. Also visiting, Julie Sharman and
:06:42. > :06:47.John McCain and the public response to their message more positive.
:06:48. > :06:52.lot more from the refugees. There were roars of cheers as John McCain
:06:52. > :06:59.moved around among the refugees. Kofi Annan was there a long time
:06:59. > :07:03.and he had a polite protest. People appreciate what he is doing but the
:07:03. > :07:07.international community has let them down and nobody has any faith
:07:07. > :07:12.in the Kofi Annan plan because it relies on the good faith of Syrian
:07:12. > :07:15.government, good faith that has not been to straight -- displayed a to
:07:15. > :07:22.this conflict. If you have been on the receiving end of the army, you
:07:22. > :07:28.do not expect people to have any faith in him. They want him gone.
:07:28. > :07:33.What Kofi Annan seemed willing to see signs of hope, he has been more
:07:33. > :07:40.robust in a letter he sent to the UN Security Council. Let's get the
:07:40. > :07:44.latest from Barbara. How much further has he gone in the letter?
:07:44. > :07:49.Well, the main thrust of his comments was the same as his public
:07:49. > :07:54.ones, the absolute imperative to press on both parties the need to
:07:54. > :07:58.stop violence by Thursday morning. He is saying we can still salvage
:07:58. > :08:02.the peace plan and salvage the efforts to stop violence and both
:08:02. > :08:09.sides must be impressed upon to do so but he went into more detail
:08:09. > :08:14.about the Government's performance so far saying it failed to send a
:08:14. > :08:16.signal of peace in the days leading up to today's deadline for ended
:08:16. > :08:21.military operations but it had introduced a new conditions which
:08:21. > :08:27.were not part of the plan and which put at risk the cessation of
:08:27. > :08:30.violence and although it made some withdrawals in essence it was still
:08:30. > :08:37.continuing military operations against the people. The Security
:08:37. > :08:42.Council chose to emphasise to final points in a letter, the president
:08:42. > :08:46.stressed it wanted to emphasise Kofi Annan's statement that the
:08:46. > :08:50.government in the next 48 hours had to change its military posturing
:08:51. > :08:54.around the country. It was essential the government changed
:08:54. > :09:00.its military posture in a way we could be verified and was
:09:00. > :09:07.indisputable. The opposition also should stop any violence in order
:09:07. > :09:12.the government cannot not have any excuse. The other. It emphasised
:09:12. > :09:17.from the letter was it was deeply concerned about the implementation
:09:17. > :09:22.of its obligations which were deeply inadequate and also that it
:09:22. > :09:28.wanted to impress on both parties to keep his Thursday deadline for a
:09:28. > :09:34.ceasefire. Are there any signs Syria's main backers are shifting
:09:34. > :09:38.their position, Russia and China? Russia and China have backed
:09:38. > :09:42.statements from the Security Council so they want pressure on
:09:42. > :09:46.the government and opposition for a cessation of violence by Thursday.
:09:46. > :09:49.Anything more than that, it is too early to say.
:09:49. > :09:51.Now a look at some of the days other news: Court-appointed
:09:51. > :09:55.psychiatrists in Norway say the right-wing extremist Anders Breivik
:09:55. > :10:00.is sane. That means he could be sentenced to life in prison for
:10:00. > :10:08.killing 77 people in Oslo and on the island of Uteoya last July.
:10:08. > :10:13.Breivik's defence team said he was pleased with the evaluation.
:10:13. > :10:17.A court in Egypt has spent as a court to draft a constitution.
:10:17. > :10:22.There was a complaint filed by secular members of parliament
:10:22. > :10:25.saying the commission is just five -- dominated by his illness. It was
:10:25. > :10:35.supposed to make important decisions about Islamic law in
:10:35. > :10:38.
:10:38. > :10:41.Egypt. An old car that previously belonged
:10:41. > :10:44.to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has been put up for sale on
:10:44. > :10:47.the internet. The Volkswagen that Mrs Merkel bought in the early 1990
:10:47. > :10:50.has sparked enormous interest with over 150 bidders already offering
:10:50. > :10:52.more than two hundred times the amount cars of the same make and
:10:52. > :10:55.vintage would fetch. Five terrorism suspects living in
:10:55. > :10:57.Britain have lost their battle to avoid extradition to the United
:10:57. > :11:00.States. They include the radical cleric, Abu Hamza, who's facing 11
:11:00. > :11:03.terrorism-related charges. Babar Ahmad, who's accused of raising
:11:03. > :11:07.money for terrorist groups. And two men allegedly involved in US
:11:07. > :11:10.Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. The ruling by the
:11:10. > :11:13.European Court of Human Rights said the suspects' human rights would
:11:13. > :11:23.not be violated by possible life sentences and solitary confinement
:11:23. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:34.in a US "supermax" prison. The A typical Abu Hamza tirade urging
:11:35. > :11:41.followers to kill. He has been convicted in Britain of inciting
:11:41. > :11:44.murder. Now, he is one of five suspects facing American justice.
:11:44. > :11:54.Europe has cleared the way for them to put on a plane acknowledging
:11:54. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:09.they could face life in prison. A I welcome the decision taken by the
:12:09. > :12:14.European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. This allows the
:12:14. > :12:17.extradition, the extradition would not be a violation of the human
:12:17. > :12:22.rights and we will be working to ensure we can hand over these
:12:22. > :12:26.individuals including Abu Hamza to the United States soon as possible.
:12:26. > :12:32.As for the charges, he is said to have been involved in a plot to
:12:32. > :12:38.kidnap Westerners in Yemen, four Britons died. Inside the US,
:12:38. > :12:45.conspiring a training camp in Oregon. For years, his power base
:12:45. > :12:49.was Finsbury Park mosque stop in the late 90s this man worked as an
:12:49. > :12:56.informant gathering intelligence for the police and MI5. I describe
:12:56. > :13:01.Abu Hamza or as a terrorist in Chief. Very dangerous person.
:13:01. > :13:05.Abu Hamza in charge, Finsbury Park mosque was a breeding ground for
:13:05. > :13:13.extremists. Some fell under his influence committed acts of
:13:13. > :13:18.terrorism. The same oarsman, one of the 217 terrorist cells who failed
:13:18. > :13:23.to cause carnage for a second time on the London transport system.
:13:23. > :13:30.Others include the only person convicted in relation to 9/11,
:13:30. > :13:36.Richard Reid, the shoe bomber and another jailed over the rice in a
:13:36. > :13:42.poison plot. Four of the men could end up here, Americas modern-day
:13:42. > :13:45.Alcatraz. A super prison in Colorado court ADX Florence. Abu
:13:45. > :13:50.Hamza or were not be sent here because he is disabled. He has lost
:13:50. > :13:55.both his arms and is blind in one night. The five facing extradition
:13:55. > :14:00.are wanted on a range of charges, including supporting terrorists and
:14:00. > :14:07.bombing US embassies. One is accused of over 269 counts of
:14:07. > :14:12.murder. Let's speak to Professor of Law at
:14:12. > :14:21.the University of Essex. How surprised were you by this ruling?
:14:21. > :14:26.Not at all surprised on one level because in some ways sending people
:14:26. > :14:33.to a maximum security prison in the United States from a prison in the
:14:33. > :14:39.UK with the assurances obtained wasn't necessarily going to raise
:14:39. > :14:45.so many issues with article 3 of the human rights. What's surprising
:14:45. > :14:51.is in some ways is some of the statements made by the European
:14:51. > :14:56.Court of Human Rights with respect to the experiences they would have
:14:56. > :15:03.once in the United States if they are convicted and then sent there.
:15:03. > :15:08.Talk us through those comments that were made. They are talking about
:15:08. > :15:13.solitary confinement, the European Court of Human Rights has a string
:15:13. > :15:18.of cases dealing with solitary confinement and how it can amount
:15:18. > :15:22.to inhuman or degrading treatment. One of the things they talk about
:15:22. > :15:28.his social isolation yet in the judgment it says even when they are
:15:28. > :15:32.in their cells and that is for the majority of the time they will be
:15:32. > :15:38.there, they can still communicate even if it's only through the
:15:38. > :15:43.ventilation system. But to me does not sound like a proper means of
:15:43. > :15:47.social interaction. If they can talk freely in a recreation periods
:15:47. > :15:56.and the court accepted this was raised from five hours a week to 10
:15:56. > :16:00.hours a week and that seemed to There are some cases in America
:16:00. > :16:05.where people have been held in solitary confinement for 40 years.
:16:05. > :16:10.Yes. The problem with solitary confinement is the nature of that
:16:10. > :16:18.confinement. There are various degrees of solitary -- solitude.
:16:18. > :16:27.The most extreme cases, yes it is degrading and inhumane and it can
:16:27. > :16:32.swiftly lead to psychological breakdown. What the court has said
:16:32. > :16:38.is that the experience of solitary confinement still allows for some
:16:38. > :16:45.and sufficient it is -- social interaction. Does this really clear
:16:45. > :16:50.the last obstacle to the extradition of Abu Hamza or? First
:16:50. > :17:00.of all, let me reiterate that Abu Hamza will not be sent away because
:17:00. > :17:00.
:17:00. > :17:07.of his medical conditions, but no, it doesn't, the case could go to a
:17:07. > :17:11.grand chamber. How rare is that? is not that rare, in very important
:17:11. > :17:21.cases, and it depends whether this is seen as such a significant
:17:21. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:25.decision that a whole grand chamber should sit and come to a conclusion
:17:25. > :17:30.regarding the extradition to a maximum-security prison. Thank you
:17:30. > :17:35.very much.. In an ultra networked world,
:17:35. > :17:39.medical science, in particular it medical implants, have flourished.
:17:39. > :17:42.This is not without risks and research suggests that implants
:17:42. > :17:49.which communicate wirelessly with systems outside the body could be
:17:49. > :17:55.vulnerable to hacking. Professor Kevin Fu is a computer scientist
:17:55. > :18:02.and joins us now. Has this happened or is this just a fear? Could
:18:02. > :18:06.evening. The good news is that there are no reports of incidents,
:18:06. > :18:10.security incidents, against medical devices. The real questions is
:18:10. > :18:17.about insurance for the future as these devices become interconnected
:18:17. > :18:24.in our daily lives. So what are the risks? If you are looking at
:18:24. > :18:29.insulin, a malicious hacker could do real harm. In the world of
:18:29. > :18:36.medical devices, there is a careful risk benefit trade-off. The risks
:18:36. > :18:40.and the consequences did not require too much imagination, for
:18:40. > :18:45.instance, an incident on could release insulin more quickly than
:18:46. > :18:48.necessary. What is harder to understand is the proper balance,
:18:48. > :18:55.because at insecurity can sometimes make it more difficult to make
:18:55. > :18:59.devices remained simple. I think you have been working on a shield
:18:59. > :19:04.to block out anyone else trying to target this device, but are we
:19:04. > :19:09.looking at a design fault? The people who designed these implants
:19:09. > :19:15.did not realise understand or plan for what might be happening a few
:19:15. > :19:19.years down the line. That is a good question. In my view, many of these
:19:19. > :19:22.devices both in planted and none in planted were designed for the
:19:22. > :19:27.disconnected world, and they are safe and effective in that world.
:19:27. > :19:29.The problem is that these devices are increasingly becoming networked
:19:29. > :19:35.and having path ways to the internet, which brings a different
:19:35. > :19:43.kind of scenario. Before the internet, there was very little
:19:43. > :19:48.computer viruses that could spread as quickly as they can today.
:19:48. > :19:52.Dutch -- can't you download remotely, like we do with our
:19:52. > :19:58.phones and computers? Could some sort of software be sent by the
:19:58. > :20:03.very means by which the threat arises? It would be nice to be able
:20:03. > :20:10.to quickly update software on a medical device for potential
:20:10. > :20:16.viruses. I do not think that is going to happen soon. Right now,
:20:16. > :20:26.one makes an appointment with their electric physiologist to get end
:20:26. > :20:28.
:20:28. > :20:31.update -- an update. Thank you very much.
:20:31. > :20:35.A minute's silence has been held in the English port of Southampton to
:20:35. > :20:40.remember more than 500 people from the city who died when the Titanic
:20:40. > :20:46.sank 100 years ago. A recording of the ship's whistle was played to
:20:46. > :20:50.mark the moment that the Titanic set sail on her doomed voyage.
:20:51. > :20:56.The sparkling waters of the dock where excited crowds watched a
:20:56. > :21:03.giant prepare for C. A century on, Southampton Pause to Remember the
:21:03. > :21:08.disaster which followed five days later. The city was filled with
:21:08. > :21:12.excitement. 500 locally recruited crew members crowded the gangways.
:21:12. > :21:22.Today, descendants exchange stories of that spring morning, of those
:21:22. > :21:23.
:21:23. > :21:30.they last and the few who survived. He was a book Stewart. Booked
:21:31. > :21:34.Stewart. He was in charge of life by five. We believe he saved
:21:34. > :21:43.somebody's life. I feel that what happened that night to him and to
:21:43. > :21:52.so many others, I have a connection and they just want to be there will
:21:52. > :21:58.for him. -- Ian Ayre for him. THEY SING.
:21:58. > :22:05.News of the disaster brought despair to the port. Day and night,
:22:05. > :22:09.the crowds strange to read the casualty lists. A century on, the
:22:09. > :22:15.hubbub of a busy port was still as despairing community turned his
:22:15. > :22:20.thoughts to the horrors of one night on a distant ocean.
:22:20. > :22:24.SHIP'S HORN BLOWS. Silence broken by a sound which has
:22:24. > :22:34.not been head since it echoed across the rooftops a century ago,
:22:34. > :22:38.when the Titanic set her farewells. OTHER SHIPS BLOW HORNS IN RESPONSE.
:22:38. > :22:43.From around the sprawling docks came the response, as one by one
:22:43. > :22:48.the visitors laid their tributes and looked back to that departure.
:22:48. > :22:54.On Southampton Water, the took Calshot, a survivor from that era,
:22:54. > :22:58.let the flotilla away from berth 44. Away from Southampton, news that
:22:58. > :23:02.the MS Balmoral, which is retracing the Titanic's route across the
:23:02. > :23:07.Titanic, has been forced to turn back because of a medical emergency
:23:07. > :23:10.on board. The ship will return to the Irish coast so that the
:23:10. > :23:15.passenger can be evacuated. Balmoral is expected to reach the
:23:15. > :23:20.wreck site to run -- to hold a commemorative service this weekend.
:23:20. > :23:24.In Southampton, Titanic's loss will be a painful part of the city's
:23:24. > :23:30.history forever, and families will return home to buy knowing that
:23:30. > :23:34.this story is still being told. It is more than five years since
:23:34. > :23:40.the notoriously brutal rebel group Lord's Resistance Army left Uganda.
:23:40. > :23:45.The rebels have continued to commit atrocities and cause displacement
:23:45. > :23:49.across the Central African Republic, Eastern Congo and South Sudan. The
:23:49. > :23:52.North of Uganda is enjoying peace for the first time in decades. Our
:23:52. > :23:56.correspondent has returned to Kitgum, from where he reported for
:23:56. > :24:00.the BBC at the height of the conflict.
:24:00. > :24:05.There is laughter in the dawn chorus these days. Unlike five
:24:05. > :24:14.years ago, when the war was on, the children of Northern Uganda are now
:24:14. > :24:19.safe. May we standstill for the national anthem! The hunger to
:24:19. > :24:24.learn is strong, but it is not interrupted by the terror of
:24:24. > :24:32.marauding rebels. During that time, they had the trauma of running here
:24:32. > :24:35.and there, especially if there are gunshots. That was a time when many
:24:35. > :24:40.young children were defeated. I was here at the height of the
:24:40. > :24:45.conflict, at this time of day when the sun was setting, there was an
:24:45. > :24:49.extraordinary spectacle. We're going to leave that. We're
:24:49. > :24:53.taking you to a press conference been given by Rex and Doran, the
:24:53. > :24:59.presidential candidate, he was giving this statement. His daughter
:24:59. > :25:02.has been in hospital for the weekend. We were very concerned
:25:02. > :25:09.about our role as being the best pair as we possibly could to our
:25:09. > :25:17.children. We want to make sure they have a country where the American
:25:17. > :25:21.dream is still possible. A lot of concerns that we had for our family
:25:22. > :25:25.were that with what is going on in Washington DC and all of the
:25:25. > :25:31.problems you have heard the talk about on the campaign trail, that
:25:31. > :25:39.American Dream was slipping not just from the hands of average
:25:40. > :25:43.Americans, but from all Americans. As good parents, we had to go out
:25:43. > :25:49.and do what we could, to take on that responsibility for our
:25:49. > :25:54.children and four children across this country. We started out almost
:25:54. > :25:59.a year ago now in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and I told my story.
:25:59. > :26:03.The story of our family, of my grandfather, he came to this
:26:03. > :26:07.country and worked in the coalmines, and my father, he served our
:26:07. > :26:11.country in World War II. Throughout the course of this campaign, we
:26:11. > :26:19.have talked about my stories and stories of our families, but after
:26:19. > :26:24.a while, as it became less about my stories and more about what kept us
:26:24. > :26:30.going to weigh your stories. Stories of people across America we
:26:30. > :26:34.have the privilege of getting to know and to interact with. When you
:26:34. > :26:40.travel around, one such story was a guy named Chuck who had a pick-up
:26:40. > :26:47.truck and has joined our team and drove us around for months on end
:26:47. > :26:52.as a volunteer, because he believed that we provided the best
:26:52. > :26:58.opportunity to turn this country around. I met a lot of folks in
:26:58. > :27:07.eyewear who I'll never forget. Talking about his three-year-old
:27:07. > :27:17.daughter who has been in hospital. He was worrying about what has been
:27:17. > :27:24.
:27:24. > :27:28.Heavy showers tomorrow. We will have sunny spells as well. We have
:27:28. > :27:31.low-pressure sitting to the North East, bringing in come the air.
:27:31. > :27:38.They eat at the sunshine gets clouds bubbling up on Wednesday
:27:38. > :27:41.morning. That will produce heavy showers. They will be slow moving.
:27:41. > :27:46.The winds on Wednesday afternoon will be light, which means that the
:27:46. > :27:50.showers will take a while to be fair way. It is hit and miss. In
:27:50. > :27:54.between, there will be lengthy spells of sunshine, with
:27:54. > :28:03.temperatures rising to 14 tree Celsius on Wednesday afternoon.
:28:03. > :28:07.They are likely to start in western areas and move eastwards. Things
:28:07. > :28:11.should be dry and brighter by Wednesday afternoon. For Northern
:28:11. > :28:17.Ireland, sunny spells and scattered showers. A similar fate across, and