:00:11. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today, with me Zeinab Badawi in London.
:00:14. > :00:17.And I'm Jon Sopel, in Paris, where campaigning is coming to a close
:00:17. > :00:27.and voting is set to begin on Sunday for the first round of the
:00:27. > :00:28.
:00:28. > :00:30.presidential election. Also coming up in the programme...
:00:30. > :00:33.A chilling account of mass murder in Norway.
:00:33. > :00:35.Anders Breivik tells an Oslo court how he shot dead 69 people on
:00:35. > :00:38.Utoeya Island. Hopes fade for survivors, after a
:00:38. > :00:43.passenger jet with 127 people on board crashes near the Pakistani
:00:43. > :00:46.capital Islamabad. A senior Chinese journalist tells
:00:46. > :00:54.the BBC that the police covered up the murder of British businessman
:00:55. > :00:59.Neil Heywood, because of his links to a powerful politician.
:00:59. > :01:09.And we say farewell to the man who taught us to Play In A Day.
:01:09. > :01:16.
:01:17. > :01:19.Guitarist Bert Weedon has died, at Hello and welcome. There are only
:01:20. > :01:22.five hours of campaigning left for the first round of the French
:01:22. > :01:28.Presidential election and the two top contenders, Nicolas Sarkozy and
:01:28. > :01:31.Francois Hollande, are campaigning up until the last moment. Polls put
:01:31. > :01:36.Hollande just ahead of Sarkozy for the first round on Sunday and
:01:36. > :01:41.predict he will win in the second. Sarkozy's camp says it is still all
:01:41. > :01:51.to play for. Let us speak now to the BBC's Jon
:01:51. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :02:03.Sopel, who is in Paris. He Nicolas Sarkozy people saying there is
:02:03. > :02:07.still a lot to play for. Absolutely. He is a great campaigner and it
:02:07. > :02:11.would be foolish to count anyone out at this stage. I remember that
:02:11. > :02:17.decade ago, there was an utter shock when we got the first-round
:02:17. > :02:23.results and saw that the socialist campaigner had not even made it
:02:24. > :02:28.through to the second round. The latest polls show that between 25 %
:02:28. > :02:33.and 40 % of French voters have still to make up their minds of how
:02:33. > :02:38.they will vote on Sunday. So, is there everything to play for? Yes,
:02:38. > :02:44.you bet. There is uncertainty and that makes it even more fascinating
:02:44. > :02:48.as to what will unfold. In French politics, on Friday evening,
:02:48. > :02:58.everyone stops to draw breath. There is no more campaigning to
:02:58. > :03:01.more or polls and all that matters is what happens on Sunday. A not
:03:01. > :03:07.since 1981 as the Socialist challenger won the French
:03:07. > :03:12.presidency. Last night, he dare to believe. Francois Hollande knows
:03:12. > :03:16.that the first round fought will be close, but the polls suggest he
:03:16. > :03:24.will win the run-off against Nicolas Sarkozy in a fortnight's
:03:24. > :03:31.time. One Sunday, the President's appeal to the revolutionary spirit
:03:31. > :03:39.of the country. Unemployment has risen and working class resentment
:03:39. > :03:44.has surrounded the President and he is sensitive to accusations that he
:03:44. > :03:50.he is not helping. He gives the impression that the more you work,
:03:50. > :04:00.the more you will get, but most people do not see it that way.
:04:00. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:07.think he is helping the rich people. Critics say that both main
:04:07. > :04:14.candidates have been keeping quiet about the cuts which will be needed
:04:14. > :04:22.whichever one is elected. The real issue is that there will be strong
:04:22. > :04:27.noises coming from any party from the left on the right. A that is
:04:27. > :04:32.why perhaps up to one-third of the French people will vote for up to
:04:32. > :04:42.political extremes - on the one side D Communist Party and on the
:04:42. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:51.other, the equivalent of a of the National Front. The two extremes do
:04:52. > :05:00.become part of the event. The National Front has built Nicolas
:05:00. > :05:07.Sarkozy to the right to an Francois Hollande has been built to the left.
:05:07. > :05:17.And he if the left is to win on a fortnight time, there could be big
:05:17. > :05:18.
:05:18. > :05:22.changes on the way, with changes to the Eurozone situation with Germany.
:05:22. > :05:29.But other parties are very keen to get the young vote, which is seen
:05:29. > :05:39.crucial in this election. Let us speak to E three young people who
:05:39. > :05:39.
:05:39. > :05:49.will be voting. You are supporting a one? You are supporting the
:05:49. > :05:53.Centre Party candidate and you are voting for or Francois Hollande?
:05:53. > :06:02.Now, at Nicolas Sarkozy appears to be unpopular and at the centre of
:06:02. > :06:12.so many problems, so why are you voting for him? I think he has
:06:12. > :06:14.
:06:14. > :06:24.dealt very well with the crisis. The Eurozone crisis? Yes, I think
:06:24. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:32.he did very well and I appreciated it. Every politician can recognise
:06:32. > :06:39.that he dealt good with it. At where you supporting someone who is
:06:40. > :06:44.likely to come nowhere in the election race? My politics are
:06:44. > :06:52.generally to the centre and I have not been convinced by any of the
:06:52. > :06:59.other candidates. A do you think it is interesting and French politics
:06:59. > :07:05.that the centre parties in France, whereas in Britain they are the
:07:05. > :07:08.third party, they may even, in 5th, be behind both the main parties of
:07:08. > :07:16.the Left and Right and the two extreme parties of the left and
:07:16. > :07:24.right? Yes, but that ensures that there is a way forward for the
:07:24. > :07:28.Centre Party in France in the future. So, what are the
:07:28. > :07:37.differences which mark you out from the Socialists or the right wing
:07:37. > :07:47.parties? Well, it is quite plain that you can make alliances with
:07:47. > :07:49.other parties and Kate policies which will appeal to our voters.
:07:49. > :07:58.But this the, Francois Hollande is ahead in the polls at the moment,
:07:58. > :08:03.but he does not appear to create a lot of excitement? I would
:08:03. > :08:09.disagree! I think a lot of people in France, particularly young
:08:09. > :08:12.people are looking for change. We are still having the problems of
:08:12. > :08:19.the economic crisis and with unemployment and we need dramatic
:08:19. > :08:23.change. But during the time of crisis, is a not best they you
:08:23. > :08:33.stick with someone who showed great leadership through it, Nicolas
:08:33. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:43.Sarkozy? Not, I do not agree with that. He did not have good results
:08:43. > :08:53.from this. We are hearing from the International Monetary Fund that
:08:53. > :08:55.
:08:56. > :09:05.that was not the case. Nor, at the economic growth was 1.7 % at the
:09:06. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:15.end of 2011, which is not bad, given the economic crisis. But we
:09:15. > :09:23.have the trade deficit of 70 billion euros. Is it not a hard
:09:23. > :09:27.message to sell to people opposed to Nicolas Sarkozy, when you say
:09:27. > :09:36.unemployment has gone up by one million, but it could have been so
:09:36. > :09:40.much worse under somebody else. do not know, it is very hard to say.
:09:40. > :09:46.It is hard to say whether it would have been worse a better if
:09:46. > :09:56.Francois Hollande had been President at the time. But I think
:09:56. > :10:06.he showed leadership and the degree job. I used struggling to find, are
:10:06. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:17.all your friends going to vote on Sunday? Yes, they will, but some of
:10:17. > :10:17.
:10:17. > :10:26.them will be abstaining. Why is there such disaffection? That is
:10:26. > :10:36.the interesting thing about French politics. I think it is linked in
:10:36. > :10:37.
:10:38. > :10:47.with the Fifth Republic. People feel a little bit lost, because
:10:48. > :10:49.
:10:49. > :10:51.they're not sure what we can do. think a lot of people do not feel
:10:51. > :11:01.affected by the political system and a lot of them were are not
:11:01. > :11:09.going to Fort. It is evidence that young people do not really believe
:11:09. > :11:15.in politics. I do not think people want to have a fight. I do not want
:11:15. > :11:21.to fight for anything, but maybe we are not a generation who want to
:11:21. > :11:28.fight for some stuff, but just want to have jobs and get on with our
:11:28. > :11:33.lives. Thank you very much for joining us and I wish you all good
:11:33. > :11:40.luck. I know that not all three of you will be happy after the
:11:40. > :11:46.election. May well bring you coverage of these election results
:11:46. > :11:53.on Sunday on the BBC news channel. They do very much for joining us
:11:53. > :11:57.and was that not three very articulate young voters in Paris?
:11:57. > :11:59.Now a look at some of the day's other news. South Sudan has ordered
:11:59. > :12:02.the immediate withdrawal of its troops from the disputed border
:12:02. > :12:05.region of Heglig, which it seized last week from Sudan. The incursion
:12:05. > :12:08.had prompted fears of a return to full-scale war between the two
:12:08. > :12:10.neighbours. A statement issued by President Salva Kiir in South
:12:10. > :12:12.Sudan's capital, Juba, said the withdrawal would be completed
:12:12. > :12:14.within three days. Formula One teams have been
:12:14. > :12:19.practicing in Bahrain today, despite ongoing protests in the
:12:19. > :12:21.kingdom. Standing firm against demands to cancel Sunday's Grand
:12:22. > :12:26.Prix, the country's Crown Prince said that calling off the race
:12:26. > :12:29.would play into the hands of "extremists".
:12:29. > :12:34.Thousands of Egyptians have been gathering in Tahrir Square in Cairo,
:12:34. > :12:37.in a new protest demanding the handover of power to civilian rule.
:12:37. > :12:40.The demonstration, one of the largest in recent months, follows
:12:40. > :12:42.the disqualification of several leading presidential candidates.
:12:42. > :12:45.In the United States, a neighbourhood watch volunteer who
:12:45. > :12:49.shot dead unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida has been
:12:50. > :12:54.granted bail. The judge has set bail at $150,000 for George
:12:54. > :12:58.Zimmerman. During the hearing, Mr Zimmerman told the teenager's
:12:58. > :13:00.parents that he was sorry for the loss of their son.
:13:01. > :13:03.Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made a rare
:13:04. > :13:09.appearance at the Milan court, where he is on trial for allegedly
:13:09. > :13:11.paying an underage prostitute for sex. He is accused of paying for
:13:11. > :13:21.sex with a 17-year-old, then abusing his powers by getting
:13:21. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:25.police to release her when she was arrested for stealing. Mr
:13:25. > :13:29.Berlusconi, who resigned over the economic crisis, denies the charges.
:13:29. > :13:31.The man on trial for the murder of 77 people in Norway last summer,
:13:31. > :13:33.shocked the courtroom with grisly descriptions of his massacre on
:13:33. > :13:43.Utoya Island. Anders Breivik claimed he deliberately dehumanised
:13:43. > :13:46.
:13:46. > :13:53.himself in order to carry out the killings. The at mishear it caught
:13:53. > :14:02.change to be. The country braced itself although few could have
:14:02. > :14:07.imagined what was to come. Threw out his detachment that is what has
:14:07. > :14:14.been most disturbing. Today he taught his killing speak as if it
:14:15. > :14:20.was the day at work. Under normal circumstances, I am a nice person.
:14:20. > :14:30.When he reached the island, he said, I do not want to do this, but then
:14:30. > :14:40.he thought, this is now or never. He killed 66 -- 67 on the island
:14:40. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:46.and to other people drowned trying to escape. Anders Breivik went
:14:46. > :14:51.through a catalogue of what happened on the island. The details
:14:51. > :14:56.where horrific. At one point, he said that people where paralysed
:14:56. > :15:01.with fear in front of them. By putting more ammunition will Major
:15:02. > :15:06.stood there. I then shot them in their head. Then, he tricked people
:15:06. > :15:13.by asking if they had seen the terrorist. When they get close
:15:13. > :15:21.enough, I'd shot the first one in their head. Many who survived the
:15:21. > :15:31.attacks left the courtroom in shock. It's is really hard. I want to get
:15:31. > :15:33.
:15:33. > :15:39.angry, but I just feel empty inside. I cannot explain the feeling.
:15:39. > :15:49.way's newspapers chose not to pay the trial on the front pages today.
:15:49. > :15:52.
:15:52. > :16:02.Some people do not want to hear from him again, others feel. For
:16:02. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:16.nine more weeks, they will pick a The scandal and controversy
:16:16. > :16:18.surrounding the mysterious death in China of the British businessman
:16:18. > :16:21.Neil Heywood deepened today. A former senior journalist working in
:16:21. > :16:25.the state media has told the BBC that the police in Chongqing knew
:16:25. > :16:27.that Mr Heywood was murdered but they covered it up. He claims the
:16:27. > :16:31.authorities panicked because of Neil Heywood's close connections to
:16:31. > :16:36.one of China's most powerful politicians, Bo Xilai. Earlier this
:16:36. > :16:41.month Bo Xilai's wife was detained as a suspect in Heywood's murder.
:16:41. > :16:47.From Chongqing, here's Damian Grammaticas.
:16:47. > :16:52.It is the question the point go away. How did Neil Heywood died
:16:52. > :16:59.here at this hotel in a secluded villa last November? The Communist
:16:59. > :17:02.Party and meshed in the scandal has promised the role of law will
:17:02. > :17:12.prevail. The party has said that the 41-year-old British businessman
:17:12. > :17:18.may have been murdered. His once powerful friend Joan Chen's chief
:17:18. > :17:27.Bo Xilai has been sacked. The word is his wife ordered the killing or
:17:27. > :17:34.was there when cyanide was slipped into Neil Heywood's drink. The area
:17:34. > :17:39.is home to more than 20 million and the rule was ruthless. Bo Xilai's
:17:39. > :17:41.signature policy was a crackdown on crime and he cracked down on Mafia
:17:41. > :17:51.gangs and many were arrested including businessman who were
:17:51. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:57.forced to hand over their wealth. This man was a billionaire and was
:17:57. > :18:01.accused of crimes he did not commit and was tortured by henchmen. The
:18:01. > :18:06.police took this photo of him after he secured his own freedom by
:18:06. > :18:14.paying millions. When he fled to China he says his family were
:18:14. > :18:18.arrested as well. I was tortured for six days and nights he says. He
:18:18. > :18:22.is in a sum but was sentenced to 16 years in prison. There are
:18:22. > :18:30.thousands like him. The Bo Xilai and his deputies killed people to
:18:30. > :18:35.silence them. He deserves to die. Before Neil Heywood's deaf, Bo
:18:35. > :18:39.Xilai's disregard for the law did not bother the Communist Party. He
:18:39. > :18:44.was charismatic and populist and feted as a rising star. He spent
:18:44. > :18:49.billions on popular projects in the areas such as cheap housing for the
:18:49. > :18:54.poor and made it the fastest- growing population in China. He did
:18:54. > :18:59.great things for the people this woman says. She supports him and
:18:59. > :19:03.wants him reinstated. As you dig down through this story it seems
:19:03. > :19:08.that Bo Xilai's popularity had become a threat for the other man
:19:08. > :19:11.at the top of the Communist Party. He was building his own power voice
:19:11. > :19:20.and the death of Neil Heywood has provided them with the opportunity
:19:20. > :19:24.to bring him down. Will China Open not just Neil Heywood's case but
:19:24. > :19:28.hundreds more. This is the smack -- this businessman says he is too
:19:28. > :19:34.scared to come back until China has the rule of law and democracy. For
:19:34. > :19:44.now it still has the role of the Communist Party. Many say they are
:19:44. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:47.victims too and they wonder if they will see justice. Police in
:19:47. > :19:50.Pakistan say there's little chance anyone could have survived after a
:19:50. > :19:53.passenger jet crashed while trying to land in bad weather near
:19:53. > :20:03.Islamabad. The Bhoja Air flight from Karachi was carrying 127
:20:03. > :20:05.
:20:05. > :20:10.people. Are we to assume that everybody on
:20:10. > :20:17.board was killed, where their injuries on the ground? We have
:20:17. > :20:23.been receiving ambulances from the site. We have counted six in the
:20:23. > :20:27.last 15 minutes. Unfortunately no wounded. They have all been the
:20:27. > :20:33.remains of those who have been killed. Of 118 passengers and nine
:20:33. > :20:40.crew were on board the plane and it came down in bad weather just
:20:40. > :20:44.before it was due to land, just minutes before it was due to land.
:20:44. > :20:51.Eyewitnesses say it exploded on impact but others say they thought
:20:51. > :20:58.it was struck by lightning. Experts think it was either caught in a in
:20:59. > :21:03.a cute down draft during a very violent storm which was over the
:21:03. > :21:09.area at the time or it could have been struck by lightning. There are
:21:09. > :21:14.questions about the aircraft itself. We hear it was an old aircraft. It
:21:14. > :21:18.was a 737 that had been bought from another airline. We hear it was
:21:18. > :21:22.flight were free but as yet there are no real details. We have seen
:21:23. > :21:26.distressing scenes here of relatives to a waiting for
:21:26. > :21:30.something to be able to bury now because they have been told by the
:21:30. > :21:36.doctors that they do not expect to have any survivors. Every time one
:21:36. > :21:44.of those ambulances come we hear Wales and cries going up from the
:21:44. > :21:46.relatives. Thank you very much. The world's biggest prizes for
:21:46. > :21:49.conservation, known as the Nobel Prize for the environment have been
:21:49. > :21:54.awarded to six activists. Each Goldman Environmental Prize comes
:21:54. > :21:56.with $150,000. And this year it has been awarded for work at the
:21:56. > :21:59.grassroots, ranging from cleaning up Chinese industry to protecting
:21:59. > :22:02.the Arctic from oil exploration. One of the winners is the Kenyan
:22:02. > :22:05.activist Ikal Angelei, who is leading a campaign against the
:22:05. > :22:15.building of a huge dam in Ethiopia that she believes threatens Kenya's
:22:15. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:24.Lake Turkana. She joins us now from Washington.
:22:24. > :22:28.First of all, congratulations. Thank you very much. Tell us, why
:22:28. > :22:33.were you so opposed to the building of this down. Our Government did
:22:33. > :22:40.not mention to us about the construction of the dam so the
:22:40. > :22:43.communities that depend on the river were not aware and then later
:22:43. > :22:49.on inquiring and talking to experts who work in the region and experts
:22:50. > :22:54.in the field, they helped us to understand how the control of flow
:22:54. > :22:59.or the stop of flow from the river would affect the lake and the coast
:22:59. > :23:02.is some -- ecosystem and damage the way of life of the people.
:23:02. > :23:07.important is this lake to the people, are we talking about
:23:07. > :23:13.hundreds of thousands in a? Hundreds of thousands of people.
:23:13. > :23:18.First, it is their identity. People there I able to identify with the
:23:18. > :23:23.lake and the livelihood and their culture and access to water. In
:23:24. > :23:30.that region especially the have problems just accessing water and
:23:30. > :23:34.the Daily date -- in the day-to-day life of communities. People have
:23:34. > :23:38.livestock and animals and over time that the change of climate we are
:23:38. > :23:42.looking for other ways of lively had to support the existing people
:23:42. > :23:47.who are suffering from the climate changes that we are experiencing.
:23:47. > :23:52.When you began your campaign, you found yourself fighting against
:23:52. > :23:56.many vested interests, government officials, business and so on, did
:23:56. > :24:02.you ever think you would succeed? Did you think you would have such a
:24:02. > :24:09.hard time? We did not have an option but to fight on. Our only
:24:09. > :24:17.option was to believe that we would succeed. Along the way, the belief
:24:17. > :24:22.in the success was greater. It grew. There were vested interests from
:24:22. > :24:28.the governments and development banks but we kept believing, step-
:24:28. > :24:32.by-step. In principle, you were not put -- opposed to development. The
:24:32. > :24:35.idea was to build a Hydro-Electric dam which would provide much-needed
:24:35. > :24:39.power to communities everywhere and you accept that sometimes there has
:24:39. > :24:46.to be a trade-off between maintaining the traditions and old
:24:46. > :24:50.lively goods in order Prew progress. We respect the need for energy, not
:24:50. > :24:55.just in Kenya and Ethiopia and with enough -- Africa but we also
:24:55. > :24:59.recognise we have alternatives. At what cost should we be looking for
:24:59. > :25:04.electricity or energy. We have alternatives, we have geothermal
:25:04. > :25:09.power, so energy, wind power. These options that governments should
:25:09. > :25:12.look into before they look at his story ecosystems. We have seen a
:25:12. > :25:20.humanity depending on these ecosystems for thousands of years
:25:20. > :25:25.and we needed in the future. the Carl Angelei, congratulations
:25:25. > :25:35.again and thank you very much for joining us live from Washington.
:25:35. > :25:45.
:25:45. > :25:48.The guitarist, Bert Weedon, has died, he was 91. He became famous
:25:48. > :25:52.in the 1950s for his books called, Play The Guitar In A Day. The books,
:25:52. > :25:55.were popular with the likes of John Lennon and Pete Townshend and are
:25:55. > :25:58.still in print today! Lizo Mzimba looks back at the life of the man
:25:58. > :26:01.who taught the world to play the electric guitar. Good evening
:26:01. > :26:03.ladies and gentlemen. I want to play you a tune that is 1,000 years
:26:03. > :26:08.old. His name might well be instantly recognisable but he is
:26:08. > :26:14.regarded as many as one of music's most influential figures. The list
:26:14. > :26:23.of those whose early grounding in the guitar reads like a Who's Who
:26:23. > :26:27.of music. It Brian May, Pete Townshend, this lesson was not
:26:27. > :26:33.learned from him. Even Eric Clapton said he did not know any player who
:26:33. > :26:37.had not learned from these books. The book first came out in 1957 and
:26:37. > :26:43.sold millions and is still published today. It made the claim
:26:43. > :26:47.that people could learn to play the guitar in a day. I just do not know
:26:47. > :26:52.what it is about the guitar but to my mind it is the loveliest
:26:52. > :26:57.instrument of all. The violin is great, the hop is great, the cello
:26:57. > :27:03.is great and I love all those instruments but the guitar is
:27:03. > :27:08.number one with me. The DJ Mike Read had and regular spot dedicated
:27:08. > :27:12.to him on his Radio 1 show and he says it is hard to overestimate his
:27:12. > :27:17.importance. He marched on through their it generations inspiring
:27:17. > :27:23.generation after generation to play. His name came out again and again
:27:23. > :27:28.and even children today know him. He inspired so many people. He is a
:27:28. > :27:31.fantastic man. He will be remembered as someone who helped so
:27:31. > :27:35.many begin a lifelong relationship with the guitar. From professionals
:27:35. > :27:42.at the top of the industry to the thousands to his book are taught
:27:42. > :27:48.how to he simply play for pleasure. Lizo Mzimba on Bert Weedon who has
:27:48. > :27:57.died at the age of 91. That tends the addition of the programme but
:27:57. > :28:01.from me and the team, goodbye and from me and the team, goodbye and
:28:01. > :28:06.enjoy your weekend. It is a different day but the story
:28:06. > :28:10.remains the same. April showers are set to continue across the country.
:28:10. > :28:14.Some of those showers are heavy and slow moving. It is a similar story
:28:14. > :28:18.on Saturday and Sunday. There is still an area of low pressure
:28:18. > :28:24.drifting off into the North Sea with weather fronts spiralling
:28:24. > :28:27.around the low. On Saturday we may start of dry and Keat mist and fog
:28:27. > :28:31.across central and southern areas but showers are developing and they
:28:31. > :28:37.will be widespread in the middle of the afternoon. They will be
:28:37. > :28:40.particularly in northern England, in Lincolnshire and East Anglia. If
:28:40. > :28:44.you get caught in one of the showers, the temperatures will drop
:28:44. > :28:49.away quite suddenly. The further west you come, maybe those showers
:28:49. > :28:53.will be fairly isolated away from the area of low pressure so much of
:28:53. > :28:59.Cornwall and Devon, you will see a few showers but they will be
:28:59. > :29:05.isolated. The same in west Wales. In Northern Ireland a few showers
:29:05. > :29:08.drifting on to the north coast with brighter skies. Some of the showers
:29:08. > :29:14.in central and southern areas of Scotland will be pretty heavy and