:00:16. > :00:18.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi. In Bahrain the
:00:18. > :00:28.pro-democracy activist al-Khawaja is to be re-tried. His wife says
:00:28. > :00:32.he's at danger of dying from his hunger-strike and he must be freed.
:00:32. > :00:42.He was telling me that his hunger strike is not for negotiation and
:00:42. > :00:45.he is not going to stop until he is three. -- free. Could the case of
:00:45. > :00:48.this prominent Chinese activist cast a shadow over this week's top-
:00:48. > :00:51.level talks between Washington and Beijing? A former Libyan oil
:00:51. > :00:57.minster is found dead in the River Danube, police say he drowned, but
:00:57. > :01:01.they don't know if foul play was involved. Also coming up in the
:01:02. > :01:04.programme: As Greece prepares for elections this week... Is the
:01:04. > :01:08.country heading for unchartered waters and maybe a journey out of
:01:08. > :01:18.the Euro? The largest ever exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's
:01:18. > :01:26.
:01:26. > :01:28.drawings of the human body is on Hello and welcome. There's to be a
:01:28. > :01:34.re-trial of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the activist jailed for leading
:01:34. > :01:38.last year's pro-democracy protests in Bahrain. He and 20 others were
:01:38. > :01:44.convicted by military court last year. Now their cases will be heard
:01:44. > :01:48.in a civil court. But his wife has spoken out. She says there won't be
:01:48. > :01:52.any difference between the types of trial. And she is calling for her
:01:52. > :02:02.husband to be freed. AND she says he will continue his hunger strike,
:02:02. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:11.despite the re-trial. The BBC's Frank Gardner reports from Manama.
:02:11. > :02:15.A small show of support in court today for Bahrain's jailed
:02:15. > :02:21.activists. The most prominent has been on hunger strike since
:02:22. > :02:28.February. Today's ruling means he will now remain in custody for a
:02:28. > :02:35.civil trial. His wife says he could remain in court for one year. What
:02:35. > :02:39.will make him stop his hunger strike? Being freed. I spoke to
:02:39. > :02:46.them yesterday and he was telling me that his hunger strike is not
:02:46. > :02:51.for negotiation. He is not going to stop until he is free. Either by
:02:51. > :02:57.death or by coming out of jail. I think the Government is
:02:57. > :03:01.assassinating my husband in a very slow and painful way.
:03:01. > :03:06.allegation that the Government intends any harm to this man is
:03:06. > :03:12.untrue. He is given access 24 hours birthday to the best medical
:03:12. > :03:21.attention. He has been visited regularly by ambassadors and his
:03:22. > :03:26.family. At weekly prayers in this Sunni mosque there was condemnation
:03:26. > :03:31.of the anti-government protest that had turned violent. We find little
:03:31. > :03:38.sympathy here for those who clashed with police or the jailed hunger
:03:38. > :03:47.striker. Led 10 died. There are other prisoners who have hunger and
:03:47. > :03:53.no one cares about them. Why should we care about them. Let them die.
:03:53. > :04:01.They Shia movement are demanding more rides from the monarchy. In
:04:01. > :04:05.these districts he is a popular hero. He is appealing for a Germans
:04:05. > :04:13.will stop for a human rights. There followed he is a popular man and we
:04:13. > :04:17.will fight for him as he is fighting them. He is not alone.
:04:17. > :04:21.This is one of the regular organised anti-government protests
:04:22. > :04:28.that take place almost every week here in Bahrain. The problem starts
:04:29. > :04:36.when most of these peaceful protesters call warm-up. Then
:04:36. > :04:42.masked activists come out on the street and clash with police. We
:04:42. > :04:46.witnessed the beginnings of that sort of trouble. These the recent
:04:46. > :04:52.pictures of clashes could be from almost any night of the week. What
:04:52. > :04:59.does the man brought you to improve policing think? You can go out
:04:59. > :05:04.today and find trouble. No one has denied that. The vast majority are
:05:04. > :05:09.peaceful and most people know that. In much of the country, life and
:05:09. > :05:18.business goes on but until issues of human rights and sharing power
:05:18. > :05:21.is resolved violence will always lurk beneath the surface. Dr Ala'a
:05:21. > :05:30.Shehabi is a Bahraini pro-democracy activist and a founding member of
:05:30. > :05:37.Bahrain Watch, an advocacy group. I understand that your father is
:05:37. > :05:41.based in London but he was one of the people found guilty of trying
:05:41. > :05:47.to overthrow the Government in Bahrain. He is going to be getting
:05:47. > :05:52.a retrial as well. Is this something that you welcome? I think
:05:52. > :05:57.it is a travesty of justice. The man in jail has been on hunger
:05:57. > :06:03.strike for 80 days and only yesterday we found he was drugged
:06:03. > :06:08.and force-fed against his will. He has always stated that his hunger
:06:08. > :06:14.strike is for freedom or death. The Government now has chosen not to
:06:14. > :06:19.offer him his freedom. It is important to note that to be judged
:06:19. > :06:23.in the trial had the judice direction to find him innocent of
:06:23. > :06:30.the charges today but he decided to go back to square one and start
:06:30. > :06:36.again. At least he is having hour week trial along with all the
:06:36. > :06:40.others in a civil court. Surely you must welcome that? It was a
:06:40. > :06:45.civilian court today and again the judge could have looked at the
:06:45. > :06:52.evidence which has been baseless in terms of providing anything to
:06:52. > :06:59.substantiate the claims. Free into the instantly or nothing else will
:06:59. > :07:07.do? He is about to die, he is in a critical condition. But he is on a
:07:07. > :07:12.hunger strike and they are force- feeding him so that he does not die.
:07:12. > :07:17.But that amount to torture because it is against his will. He has
:07:17. > :07:24.always been a proponent of peaceful activism, the charges against them
:07:24. > :07:31.are baseless and he is -- has only called for the peaceful the removal
:07:31. > :07:35.of dictatorship in Bahrain. That is what supporters like you say but
:07:35. > :07:45.our correspondent says there are many in Bahrain who do not support
:07:45. > :07:51.the man in jail and say he has long -- strong links with Iran and wants
:07:51. > :07:56.to bring in an unpopular Government to Bahrain. That is the political
:07:56. > :08:01.due on his situation. The human rights situation in terms of his
:08:01. > :08:07.right to a fair trial, in terms of them being subjected to torture and
:08:07. > :08:12.been allowed to defend himself in a court of blog has been documented
:08:12. > :08:22.by human rights Watch, observers who attended the military trial,
:08:22. > :08:23.
:08:23. > :08:30.they find these pieces of evidence to be baseless. It is not the fact,
:08:30. > :08:35.opinions can defer, but the right of best man is a incontestable.
:08:35. > :08:38.Thank you for coming in the studio to talk to us. It was meant to be a
:08:38. > :08:41.chance to discuss global economics and foreign affairs. But as the US
:08:41. > :08:45.Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, prepares to visit Beijing, it looks
:08:45. > :08:47.like her stay will be overshadowed by the fate of the Chinese legal
:08:47. > :08:49.activist Chen Guangcheng. It's thought Mr Chen is now under US
:08:49. > :08:52.protection in Beijing after escaping house arrest imposed by
:08:52. > :08:57.the Chinese authorities. The circumstances surrounding his
:08:57. > :09:06.escape last week are still unclear. Our correspondent Martin Patience
:09:06. > :09:12.has been to Mr Chen's home in the province of Shandong. Ever since
:09:12. > :09:16.the blind activist fled there has been growing concern about the fate
:09:16. > :09:21.of family members and friends. When we tried to enter the village we
:09:21. > :09:27.were stopped from doing so by a group of men. We asked why not and
:09:28. > :09:32.one said ball away, go away. We also asked if family members were
:09:32. > :09:38.inside the village and he also said he did not know, and go away, go
:09:38. > :09:43.away. The village remains heavily guarded. This case comes at a
:09:43. > :09:49.hugely sensitive time for America and China. The two countries are
:09:49. > :09:59.set to hold high-level talks and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of
:09:59. > :10:04.State is expected to attend. According to friends of Mr 10 he is
:10:04. > :10:14.in America. Under protection from the State. Whatever happens it
:10:14. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:19.could affect relations between the two countries. -- Mr Chen. So Mr
:10:19. > :10:22.Chen's case is coming at a very delicate time just ahead of Mrs
:10:22. > :10:24.Clinton's visit to Beijing on Wednesday. I'm joined now by
:10:24. > :10:27.Kenneth Lieberthal who is a China specialist and was a senior
:10:27. > :10:33.director for Asia on the US National Security Council in the
:10:33. > :10:39.Clinton administration: Can you tell us what you think Hillary
:10:39. > :10:46.Clinton should be doing? Should she raised this issue and should she do
:10:46. > :10:51.it in an open way or diplomatically and behind-the-scenes? The US
:10:51. > :10:57.approach is clear -- approach. We like to keep things behind the
:10:57. > :11:00.scenes. The State Department are talking with their Chinese
:11:00. > :11:07.counterparts, trying to work out how to resolve this issue. I hope
:11:07. > :11:12.that when Secretary Clinton gets to talk about it there will be
:11:12. > :11:18.something already agreed at least in principle. Let's keep in mind
:11:18. > :11:24.that we have at very big, serious and full agenda with the Chinese
:11:24. > :11:29.investor upcoming dialogue. It would be at very adverse
:11:29. > :11:35.development to have this particular issue of one man overshadow issues
:11:35. > :11:40.of the North Korean nuclear test, Iran and so forth. You say that
:11:40. > :11:45.then what do you make of these rumours and unsubstantiated reports
:11:45. > :11:51.that Mr Chen is perhaps being given protection at the US embassy in
:11:51. > :11:56.Beijing and he might be offered safe passage out of the country and
:11:56. > :12:01.exile in the United States? Let's keep in mind that this man is
:12:01. > :12:05.seeking to remain in China but have the national level Government in
:12:05. > :12:10.China investigate what has happened to them in one province. I
:12:10. > :12:16.personally think that is not likely to occur. It is politically very
:12:16. > :12:20.difficult. The second best option would be to have him and his family
:12:20. > :12:25.safely leave the country. If that is the only option available to
:12:25. > :12:30.them I hope he will take that. I am confident the US embassy will not
:12:30. > :12:35.turn him out without an agreement with the Chinese that the man
:12:35. > :12:41.himself finds satisfactory and efficient for him to remain in
:12:41. > :12:47.China. Otherwise we will try to get him out of the country. Looking at
:12:47. > :12:52.the US and Chinese relations, it is a very delicate time. For instance,
:12:52. > :12:58.this question about whether the US will supply eight Taiwan with arms
:12:58. > :13:05.has come at a very inconvenient time. How critical do you think the
:13:05. > :13:11.situation is diplomatically between the two countries? We have an
:13:11. > :13:16.enormously important bilateral and global agenda. The strategic and
:13:16. > :13:21.economic dialogue recognises that reality. These things like a
:13:21. > :13:31.dissident incident coming up, there is no way to control when the a car.
:13:31. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:37.They always a car at an inconvenient time. -- occur. The
:13:37. > :13:42.question is can we handle this in a way that enables us to pay
:13:42. > :13:48.attention to this man but also allows us to move forward to
:13:48. > :13:53.regional and global concerns. you very much. Now a look at some
:13:53. > :13:58.other news. Several European leaders have cancelled visits to
:13:58. > :14:08.the Ukraine over growing concern of the mistreatment of a jailed
:14:08. > :14:13.opposition leader. There were also calls for an boycott of the 2012
:14:13. > :14:17.Football Championships. This women was allegedly beaten up and is
:14:17. > :14:23.reportedly on hunger strike over her mistreatment. She was convicted
:14:23. > :14:28.of abuse of office. At least nine people have been killed by
:14:28. > :14:35.explosions in as Zairean city. Reports say three large bombs went
:14:35. > :14:41.off. State media reported that about 100 people were injured. At
:14:41. > :14:50.very has capsized in north-eastern India with 300 people on board. 68
:14:50. > :14:55.people have drowned and 150 are missing. It was in a remote area.
:14:55. > :15:01.Here, David Cameron says he has seen no evidence that the Culture
:15:01. > :15:06.Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, acted improperly in his handling of news
:15:06. > :15:11.corpse proposed takeover of the broadcaster BSkyB. Mr Cameron was
:15:11. > :15:17.to make a statement in the House of Commons on the affair. He says it
:15:17. > :15:27.is not necessary to order an inquiry into whether Mr Hunt broke
:15:27. > :15:33.Look at the meetings Tony Blair and Gordon Brown had with Rupert
:15:33. > :15:37.Murdoch when they were prime minister. Blair, seven, Brown, 13,
:15:37. > :15:41.me, four. One year ago he became one of the most high-profile
:15:41. > :15:44.defectors from Colonel Gaddafi's government in Libya. But on Sunday,
:15:44. > :15:48.Shukri Ghanem - the country's former oil minister - was found
:15:48. > :15:51.drowned in the river Danube in Vienna. Quite what happened to Mr
:15:51. > :16:00.Ghanem is still far from clear, as Bethany Bell reports from the
:16:00. > :16:07.Austrian capital. Shukri Ghanem was found here, dead
:16:07. > :16:12.in the water. A police post mortem says he drowned. His body was fully
:16:12. > :16:16.clothed and had not been in the water along. The police say the
:16:16. > :16:20.body showed no signs of violence and have found no evidence to
:16:20. > :16:28.suggest suicide. They are still waiting for the results of
:16:28. > :16:32.toxicology report which is due in a few days. TRANSLATION: We cannot
:16:32. > :16:37.exclude he suffered from an illness and this was why he fell into the
:16:37. > :16:42.River Danube but it is under investigation.
:16:42. > :16:47.The Shukri Ghanem was once Prime Minister of Libya and the head of
:16:47. > :16:55.the oil company. He was close to Colonel Gaddafi. But he defected
:16:55. > :17:00.last year during the uprising that toppled his former leader.
:17:00. > :17:09.situation is unbearable, we cannot continue working and therefore I
:17:09. > :17:17.left the country and I decided also to leave my job. And I would join
:17:17. > :17:22.the choice of the Libyan youth to create a modern constitution.
:17:22. > :17:27.returned to Vienna where he used to work, the oil cartel Opec and where
:17:27. > :17:32.his family had a home not far from the Danube river. At the moment,
:17:32. > :17:38.police say they have nothing to suggest he was murdered or
:17:38. > :17:43.committed suicide. They want find out how he drowned in the river.
:17:43. > :17:46.The investigation continues. Extra immigration officers have
:17:46. > :17:50.been drafted in to deal with long delays at the UK's biggest airport,
:17:51. > :17:55.London Heathrow. Concern is mounting that they could get worse
:17:55. > :17:57.as the Olympics approach. A border agency employee has told the BBC
:17:57. > :18:07.that staff shortages are affecting security checks but government
:18:07. > :18:13.ministers insist security remains paramount. Tom Symonds reports.
:18:13. > :18:19.Smile! They would believe me. Welcome to Britain. Passport,
:18:19. > :18:23.please. Last week, it was taking passengers said to Allah's plus to
:18:23. > :18:33.hear those words. When one traveller made it through, this was
:18:33. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:42.the reaction. APPLAUSE. Darren a ride in the UK on Thursday.
:18:42. > :18:46.His experience was typical. I have never seen it so busy. They accuse
:18:46. > :18:51.before passport control. It was ridiculous. This he threw board
:18:51. > :18:56.officer who is enormous said a handful of staff are coping with
:18:56. > :19:00.hundreds of passengers. We swipe the passport, take the Prince and
:19:01. > :19:06.ask the minimum questions and let them in. It is quicker to stump
:19:06. > :19:10.somebody than examine them. Dealing with a queue is the priority for
:19:10. > :19:15.frontline officers. Over and above making sure this person is doing
:19:15. > :19:19.what they say they're doing. Leaked figures suggest there waiting
:19:19. > :19:24.target for non-European passengers was breached on all but two days in
:19:24. > :19:31.the first half of April. The target is 45 minutes. In the Commons, the
:19:31. > :19:38.minister said the keys were shorter than claims. The longest killing
:19:38. > :19:44.time was 1.5 hours on Friday at Terminal 5 for non EU nationals and
:19:44. > :19:47.for UK nationals lower. These times are too long. A passengers demand
:19:47. > :19:53.an efficient service and the British public demand tough border
:19:53. > :19:57.controls. We need both. Labour blamed government incompetence and
:19:57. > :20:00.lack of staff. There's no doubt the queues are resulting in angry
:20:00. > :20:06.passengers but are they also affecting the way passport control
:20:06. > :20:12.of this is do their jobs? According to figures leaked to the BBC, the
:20:12. > :20:17.number of forged documents detected is falling. I 26% in February.
:20:17. > :20:22.there a link between the staff on duty and the fall in the rate of
:20:22. > :20:26.detection of forged documents? There's no question in my opinion
:20:26. > :20:31.and my colleagues but the fall in detection of forged documents is
:20:31. > :20:35.directly related to the lack of available staff. The Home Office
:20:35. > :20:40.says better checks abroad and the use of biometric passports has
:20:40. > :20:45.reduced fraud. The plan is to draft in more officers, 400 a week before
:20:45. > :20:48.the Olympics. While much attention has been focused on the
:20:48. > :20:50.presidential election in France - there's another crucial electoral
:20:50. > :20:53.battle looming in Europe. Greece holds parliamentary elections this
:20:53. > :20:57.weekend - the most critical in decades as the country struggles
:20:57. > :21:00.with massive upheaval. According to the latest opinion polls, the two
:21:00. > :21:03.main parties in the governing coalition may lose their majority.
:21:03. > :21:07.And a record number of fringe parties, who are opposed to the
:21:07. > :21:09.terms of the EU bailout - may win seats in parliament for the first
:21:09. > :21:19.time. Our Europe correspondent Matthew Price has been exploring
:21:19. > :21:22.
:21:22. > :21:29.The Peloponnese weather gods of Greek myth and legend once played.
:21:29. > :21:34.And what today we found Angelopoulos waiting for better
:21:34. > :21:37.times after five years of recession and continuing government cuts. Do
:21:37. > :21:45.you think Greece should carry on cutting in the way Brussels is
:21:45. > :21:50.asking? They have to stop, he told me, there will be trouble. People
:21:50. > :21:54.have no more to give. Despite the very obvious beauty, there are docs
:21:54. > :21:58.storm clouds on the horizon. A large number of people are expected
:21:58. > :22:03.to vote for parties that want to turn their back on the Brussels
:22:03. > :22:08.imposed austerity and if that does happen, there are those who fear
:22:08. > :22:12.this country could be charting a different course, one that takes it
:22:12. > :22:18.out of the euro with all the massive implications for this
:22:18. > :22:23.Continent that would bring. Winding away around the country and you
:22:23. > :22:30.find exhaustion, Greece is defeated. Crumbling. And that is changing
:22:30. > :22:35.politics. The same old faces have governed here for decades. In the
:22:35. > :22:40.local council, they know the main parties we pushed through the cuts
:22:40. > :22:47.were now lose support. But the new mayor, an independent, doesn't
:22:47. > :22:55.believe anyone has the vision to save the country. Now the plan is
:22:55. > :23:04.to win elections. A 15 day plan, we want to plan for the next 15 years.
:23:04. > :23:09.We do not have anything yet. What they need is growth. But the orange
:23:09. > :23:14.groves are about the only place you find that right now. The some
:23:14. > :23:20.voters, the only option is for the next government to renegotiate
:23:20. > :23:26.Greece's bail out with Europe's leaders. We have to say to them, we
:23:26. > :23:31.don't have the money to pay, I think they will understand. But in
:23:31. > :23:36.the end if they did believe this, I think we have to leave Europe.
:23:36. > :23:41.Which direction will Greece take? Like much of Europe, there's a
:23:41. > :23:48.growing sense that austerity is making things worse. There may not
:23:48. > :23:51.be can't for much longer. -- can harm. The largest ever
:23:51. > :23:56.exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body go on
:23:56. > :23:59.display in Buckingham Palace this week. Da Vinci has long been
:23:59. > :24:05.recognised as a great artist but he was also a pioneer in the study of
:24:05. > :24:11.anatomy, dissecting the corpses of executed criminals or the destitute.
:24:11. > :24:15.Our medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, reports.
:24:15. > :24:20.The artist as an anatomist. Across nearly 90 drawings, Leonardo da
:24:20. > :24:22.Vinci depicts the human body in astonishing detail. Using his skill
:24:22. > :24:29.as an architect and engineer, three-dimensional structures are
:24:29. > :24:37.revealed with extraordinary clarity. It is the biggest ever exhibition
:24:37. > :24:42.of its kind, but is it art or science? They are scientific papers.
:24:42. > :24:45.They are not works of art and he didn't conceive than as that. We
:24:45. > :24:52.find them beautiful and fascinating and so one and they are expressions
:24:52. > :24:54.of the human spirit that match art, but it is not art, it is science.
:24:55. > :24:58.Leonardo injected wax into the cavities of the brain to draw it
:24:58. > :25:07.more accurately and he created a glass model of the aortic valve so
:25:07. > :25:09.he could experiment how blood flowed through the heart. These
:25:09. > :25:15.drawings were made in Florence in 1507, following Leonardo's
:25:15. > :25:24.dissection of a 100 year-old man. They contain the first clear
:25:24. > :25:26.descriptions of narrowing of the arteries and cirrhosis of the liver.
:25:26. > :25:31.This museum in London contains thousands of anatomy specimens
:25:31. > :25:37.collected in the 18th century. By this stage, Leonardo's drawings
:25:37. > :25:40.were still unpublished and would remain so for another 200 years.
:25:40. > :25:44.But even today, anatomists say that some of the studies, such as these
:25:44. > :25:53.hands, using layers to build up the bone, muscle and tendons, are as
:25:53. > :25:59.accurate as any modern depiction. This idea of looking in layers is
:25:59. > :26:04.what we can now do with modern technology. So he predated and
:26:04. > :26:09.anticipated what we are doing 500 years later. Leonardo produced the
:26:09. > :26:14.first accurate depiction of the spine. Again, compare it with a
:26:14. > :26:17.modern-day medical image. In anatomy, as in so many fields, he
:26:17. > :26:27.was a genius far ahead of his time, showing a thirst for knowledge and
:26:27. > :26:31.
:26:31. > :26:33.The extraordinary drawings. One World Trade Center - the tower
:26:33. > :26:38.which replaces the buildings destroyed on September 11th 2001 -
:26:38. > :26:41.can now claim to be New York City's tallest skyscraper. The final steel
:26:41. > :26:47.columns are put in place that make it more than three hundred and
:26:47. > :26:51.eighty one metres high. That's just higher than the roof of the
:26:51. > :26:54.observation deck on the Empire State Building. The building also
:26:54. > :26:58.known as Freedom Tower isn't expected to reach its full height
:26:58. > :27:05.for at least another year. It should then be the tallest building
:27:05. > :27:08.in the US, and the third tallest in the world. A reminder of our main
:27:08. > :27:11.news. A court in Bahrain has ordered a retrial in the case of a
:27:11. > :27:21.hunger striker who was jailed for leading last year's pro-democracy
:27:21. > :27:23.
:27:23. > :27:28.protests in Bahrain. That is all Hello, for many of us it was dry
:27:28. > :27:33.with some sunshine. Tomorrow, more rain, particularly across areas
:27:33. > :27:37.where we saw the weekend flooding. Southern England and South Wales.
:27:37. > :27:42.It is due to weather fronts moving up across the channel through the
:27:42. > :27:47.day. In the north, high-pressure so it will be dry with clear spells
:27:47. > :27:51.across Northern Ireland and Scotland to begin. Misty and murky
:27:51. > :27:56.around the Murray of Firth. The cloud will increase with rain in
:27:56. > :28:00.the afternoon. Temperatures struggling on the east coast
:28:00. > :28:07.towards Lincolnshire. Just ten degrees. It becomes dry and bright
:28:07. > :28:11.in the South East as temperatures climb. Still cloudy and damp across
:28:11. > :28:15.the south-east -- south-west with temperatures around 14. A grey and
:28:16. > :28:21.wet afternoon across Wales. The heaviest rain moving across the
:28:21. > :28:25.North. Northern Ireland stays fine and dry with sunny spells. A
:28:25. > :28:28.blustering breeze from the north- east. Temperatures around 13.
:28:28. > :28:35.Temperatures climbing into the mid- to high teens across Scotland