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medication. many say the drug was wasted. voters are going to the pole in delhi and other part of the country today. also on the program, violence and corruption on the agenda today. >> absolutely george. in brazil, it's political unrest for russia it's political sanctions. india receiving political uphooefl. in china politicalle violence is on the rise. we've got the latest risk map by businesses around the world. we're going to tell you why the brick nations are now feeling the heat. hello. it's midday in london. 7: 7:00 in washington. 1:00 p.m. in pretoria where

oscar has faced the second day of cross-examination. the court witnessed the prosecuting trademark style. nel didn't pull any punches. let's go to karenle following the case for us. >> reporter: george, well the trial has broken for lunch and adjourned for an hour or so. just before lunch, nel cross examining pistorius about the actual events that led to the death of reeva steenkamp, what was in his mind when pulling the trigger facing the toilet door behind which he shot her dead. around the womorning he's been weaving around their relationship, oscar's character looking at text messages between the couple. he accused oscar of caring only about himself. >> now i have it available.

i say that your life was just about you, what's important to oscar. oscar shouldn't get into trouble. this shouldn't get to the media. you were very concerned. >> i was concerned for both of our futures my lady. >> now, another part of the picture nel was trying to paint was oscar as an irresponsible person. didn't adhere to normal rules when handling guns and wouldn't take the blame for one incident in particular, a separate charge of a firearm when a gun went off in a restaurant when he was holding it. >> you know for a fact your finger wasn't on the trig senator. >> that's correct. >> we know for a fact that a shot was discharge adischarged? >> that's correct. >> that's amazing. it cannot happen. >> it went off in my

responsibility. i can't take responsibility when my finger wasn't on the trigger. >> you see, no. it's not that easy. it cannot be that easy. it cannot be. something must have happened for that gun and you fired a shot. you had your finger on that trigger. >> as i said my lady. i didn't have my finger on the trigger on the firearm. >> but you can't explain how it was discharged? i cannot. >> oscar pistorius on the spot through the morning. now the criminal attorney is with me and watching also. what have you made so far of this? we heard before lunch what was in oscar pistorius' mind when he pulled the trigger and killed steenkamp. >> the question is he thought he

was in danger and danger was imminent. it's what he perceived to be happening that moment. that's the matter. whether or not he was really in danger is not a question. it's what he believed what was going on in his mind. they're getting to that now in this stage trying to disprove oscar's version of this. >> reporter: the character evidence if you like, why is that so important? >> initially it was brought to such an extent oscar had no choice otherwise but to testify. in his defense when they led to history of oscar's upbringing, they opened the door for more character evidence. he's trying to prove him as an arrogant witness who doesn't want to con seed anything, doesn't want to take responsibility. >> you told me earlier you found

this almost -- very unequal contest if you like. how would you describe it? >> i was saying actually it's like seeing a baby seal being clipped. i think nel is a very fierce cross examiner. he's in a contest with what a oscar is saying. i don't think oscar put up probable defense at this stage. >> reporter: why? what should he be doing in your mind? >> when you look at witnesses normally you look at specific traits or things they do. general demeanorer. he's evading questions, not making concessions when due. he's not taking responsibility on some questions. you don't want that in a witness. >> thank you very much indeed. we'll continue to bring your

continued coverage of the court when they presume after lunch. >> thank you very much. we'll look for those developments. thank you. now a review of the drug tamiflu stock piled around the world has raised questions about how effective it is. it's used to treat flu. there's no good evidence to support claims made for the drug. the u.s. has spent more than $1.3 billion stock piling it. the uk spent more than $700 million. the manufacture of the drug has said it disagrees with the conclusions of research. our medical correspondent reports. >> reporter: during the flu pandemic of 2009, tamiflu was handed out to thousands of adults and children in a bid to control their flu symptoms. researchers who fought for years to get access to the data of clinical trials of manufacture have now questioned its

effectiveness. in a review of 20 clinical trials, the team concluded the drug shortens symptoms half a day and may be no better. there's no evidence it reduces hospital admissions or complications and increases the risk of nausea, vomiting and other side effects. they also found serious problems with the design, conduct and reporting for in of the trials. the researchers say this raises questions about half a billion pounds spent by the uk government on stock piling the drug. however, this analysis is at odds with the resent review from the nottingham university that looked at hundreds of hospitalizations worldwide and found nearly half had the risk of death. the drug say vital treatment option for patients with flu. >> cdc in united states,

european equivalence also offers the druchlth there's a consensus among the people. that's a body of expertise that have looked at our data and share our position that tamiflu is very useful for treating what is a serious respiratory infection that can lead to death. >> the health department will decide by the end of the year to restock pile the drug. the network back in court there over allegations they have links with the muslim brother hood. it's now just over 100 days since the teem was detained. journalists around the world including here at world news here in london staged a silent demonstration to support them. peter and his acting chief will deny involvement in terrorism. meanwhile it's emerged another

defendant, 18-year-old student has lost consciousness after being on hunger strike two weeks. just after one little bit of news. the judge in that trial has order more family defendants, defendants who are students be given access to books. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come -- casting their votes live in delhi. millions head to the polls. ♪ [ female announcer ] f provokes lust. ♪ it elicits pride... incites envy... ♪ ...and unleashes wrath.

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it's a key day in india's parliamentary election, world's biggest. some 100 million people spread across a number of states and constituencies exercise their right to vote. 800 million people are el eligible to vote in this five week election. the bbc is there every step of the way. voting today is taking place in

constituencies across several states including pradesh and capital delhi. now we join mishal. >> reporter: george, welcome to delhi. voting is taking place just as it is in so many other parts of country. 11 state, three areas, people going to polls in all different places. it's the first anything day of this massive rolling election process. it will be five weeks before we have idea of the outcome and who the winner might be. s in the first milestone along that pro test. interestingly, it's a public holiday as it is everywhere where there is voting. that's one of the interesting aspects of the indian election, the idea being it should be as easy as possible for people to exercise rights to vote.

delhi correspondents have seen that process happening today at one polling station. >> the quite dignity of democracy in action. from here, north dell i, southern india, many are going to the polls. many bringing their families as the voting means a public holiday. before casting ballots, everyone has their finger marked with ink to prevent fraud. >> electrician came to vote early bringing his six-month-old grandson to the polling station. like many other muslims living in this part of delhi he said he was staying loyal to the ruling congress party. >> translator: i've always voted for congress and gandhi family. inflation is an issue for us, but it's not the fault of the congress party. >> others said it was time for a change and were backing bjp

candidate. >> translator: modi has clean politics. people say all sorts of things in elections and say he's against muslims. i say he should get a chance. we should see how he performs. >> in delhi voters are casting ballots. it will be another month before the world's biggest election is over. there's been a steady flow of voters arriving at this polling station in delhi's oldest city. voters have been saying issues like corruption and inflation are deciding their vote. others also talking about old loyalties. we won't know the results until the middle of may. bbc news in old delhi. >> reporter: let's take a moment to explore now how this election looks in different parts of the

country. over the course of the last few days we've traveled around the states in the northeast. we can join my league who's down in the south of india. the kind of things we're hearing from delhi, do they ring true in kerala as well? >> reporter: it started as a hot morning. now there's rain coming down. we saw 25 minutes ago, 64% of people came coming out to vote. we're seeing people despite the rain. about issue, a lot of them about corruption. these are things we're hearing from people here. there's one specific unity given that it's a coastal state. we went to visit. here's what they think about the elections. the votes have come into this

small harbor. it's a busy type. fresh catch are put in ice. they have lots of small fish. many of them will be exported. this state holds 100,000 fishermen. what's going to be the big factor influencing the way they vote? >> translator: the price of everything is rising. poor are getting poorer. there are fish in the sea. >> translator: there's lots of competition as far as fishing in the seas. the government keeps putting up the price of diesel that our boats run on. >> reporter: the issues are quite similar to what we've heard around the country. you can see fishing is quite a male dominated industry. one of the interesting things about the state is it's got more women than women.

what's different here, in other parts of the country we've heard about the wave of support for the party's and prime minister. this is a region they've never won a single seat. they're trying to make rhodes. the bjp has campaigned here. traditionally it's a congress between a congress led coalition and another group led by the communist party of india. modi campaigned here a few day s ago. for most people, they believe it's a choice between the congress and left party. >> reporter: reporting from kerala in southern india. it's said ultimately elections are determined by the country's ruler. that's partly because of numbers. 60% of the population live in rural areas.

the numbers are changing. jobs in rural areas bring people to the centers. there's been urbanization over the course of the last decade. there's been greater prosperity brought to indians as a whole. there are real fears about the extent that's trickled down to rural areas. i went to one village to see what people think. this is a village typical of those you'd find in this part of north india. main crops are wheat and rice. it's home to 1,200 people. since the last election five years ago, a lot has changed. more people have left for the city unable to make a living from farming. life here is based on the land, working the fields and tend thing to the cattle that use to provide a decent living. now farmers feel they get little in return for their labor.

>> translator: costs are increasing. we harvest one crop and start preparing land for the next straight away. day-to-day basis i get by, but there's no prosperity for the farmer. >> reporter: his sons have decide they want a different life. one of them runs the village shop. >> translator: i opened the shop two years ago because there was no money in farming. if you live only by the land you can't put food on the table all year around. you need a part time job. now have a better life from before. i have a daily income. >> reporter: as ever a selection time, political candidates have been coming here in recent weeks. villages tell them they want a new road and electricity more than a few hours a day.

when the power is on, they manage to follow the campaign on television. they say none of their requests are ever acted upon. despite a general disallusionment with politician's broken promises, almost every person registered to vote will turn out and cast ballots on election day. for the most part, it will be five years before any politician takes much notice of what life is like here. well, let's explore issues. with me now is who i think will be called a veteran. you've been over 30 years. you've seen -- >> 37 years. >> reporter: 37 years. wow. you've seen plenty of elections in that time. how fair is the kind of criticism from the villages that

they bearly hear from politicians. they feel emphasis is on people in the urban areas? >> it's true to a certain extent. politicians go to visit just before election. but you know, some prosperity that india has seen over the last decade and longer has spilled over to the rural areas. it's a fact india is getting increasingly urban xized. within the rural area, there's areas thanks to the right to work program, right to food program, we've seen a certain amount of prosperity. >> reporter: some of the welfare schemes -- >> that's correct. >> reporter: some people say that tells you something about the at dutitude of the rural vo. they tell me they want business, electricity, roads. >> that's nothing new. all along, more than half the

population in rural areas has been neglected. agriculture remains neglected area. it provides a livelihood to more than half of the population. it's true when you talk about the so called middle classes of india, that's about a fourth of 1.2 million population. that's 100 million. there's emergence in semi urban areas. >> reporter: the point i'm making the attitude of the rural voter has been welfare rather than empowerment. >> i wouldn't entirely go with that. job creation has been tardy. it's not a question of handouts. it's a question of empowerment. the spread of education and health care even though it's been far slower than what it should have been, it's slowly but surely in the underprivileged sections of

india. that also includes the lower class. this process has been going on some time. you can say it's been slow gradu gradual. you can't say not happening. >> you credit the government? >> not entirely. this is in spite of of the government if you like. >> you agree their record is poor in this area? >> this is the election in the world's largest democracy. there's every reason to believe the incumbent will be voted out. it's been ten years. in the last five general elections, '96, '98, '99, 2004, 2009 they have not been re-elected. on top of that, high food inflation, slow job creation. better part of the last six years, government admits double

digit inflation, food inflation. that hits middle classes. that widens inequalities in the already -- >> reporter: can i talk to you about a allegations. they're campaignings on the basis of being bt better handlers of the economy. there's worry it will be corporate interest that rule in any future bjp government. >> i think the mistake bjp is making is projecting. india is not america. india's policy is not buy polar. two largest parties in india get roughly half the votes which means half the people that vote in india, 60% of 800 million people don't vote for either. there are dozens offal smaller political parties who would play an important role in determining the character, complexion of the

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you're watching bbc world news. still to come, search teams detect underwater signals in the search for the missing malaysian airliner. the search zone is the smallest yet. four weeks on, the government is defending its investigation. >> i know there will be answers. i know we will find the plane. but it's just a matter of when. >> the british royals in new zealand. william and kate talked to veterans. aaron is back from the world

of business. your message today, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. >> that's right. hollywood decides once you've got a winning formula, why change it. in 16 films in cinema history that grossed more than a billion, 13 have been sequel. we're going to take a look at why the repeat prescription is such a big hit. welcome back. australian officials coordinating the hunt for the downed malaysian plane. search crews have detected new underwater signals. it's been more than a month since the plane disappeared. these signals appear to be the best leads so far. they've enabled the search teams to narrow down the area they're looking in. the defense minister has been defending his handling of the

disaster. we'll hear from him in a moment. here's the latest developments. >> those pulses are emitted from the black boxes of mh 370, there's clearly a pressing time issue. the power of the beacons of the flight recordsers usually have a life of 30 days. this is day 34. there are fears those batteries are about to expire or could have already died. australians have another plan. they say if contact isn't re-established with signals they'll send a sonar in the search for wreck an. australians have an optimistic take on this. we have not heard them being so positive during this exhaustive search for the missing airliner. they say it could be a matter of days before the final resting place of this aircraft is found.

to that end, the air and sea search is intensifies. 25 ships and planes are scouring the vast area of the indian ocean. this is of course played out in some remote waters, some 2,200 kilometers northwest of perth here in australia. >> well malaysia's defense and acting transport minister has been leading the investigation and our correspondent spoke to him in kuala lumpur. he started by asking whether he believes the pings detected in the indian ocean are indeed from the missing plane's back box. >> we have to be cautious because the families, emotions are still very raw. i've been through this roller coaster ride. we've been following all sorts of leads from the south china

sea to the straights of malacca to the indian sea, northern and southern corridor. whether we are confident or not, i'm taking this as another lead. >> we were told two different versions from the last words of the cockpit. both of them in itself seem to be fairly -- how did you this a rise? >> it doesn't really matter. i debated from normal practice in persuading the investigators to release the transcript because there was so much speculation about it. i made that decision. the police agreed with me. once the transcript was released that was the end of the matter. >> most people say if given bad information, what does that mean about everything else? >> we've formed committee,

international experts on board, panels of inquiries revealed in time. we have nothing to hide. >> you're the defense minister as well as the transport minister. to have an identified plane cross the malaysian peninsula and not be challenged must be embarrassing for you in the least? >> if you scramble the -- you're going to feel that should have been -- the actions should have been of the royal malaysian air force. are you going to shoot down a commercial airline? >> if you knew it was a commercial airline then why did you spend a week looking in the south china sea? >> because we realize though it was a commercial airline, we didn't know it was mh 370. all that will come out in inquiries any way.

>> the point is with the black box signal fading, that week may be quite important. >> the air france took two years to find. more than 30 days. so they found the black box after two years. so this battery life will not hold water with me when it comes to looking at it. all these other speculations with regards to scrambling aircraft and military airplanes and trying to portion that to malaysia's capability. i'll leave it for later to answer. right now, i think we have done well to be where we are right now. >> do you think we will ever fully know what happened on board? >> i hope so. i hope so. at the end of the day, if we do not stray from the focus, we'll find out. >> you believe there will be answers in the end? >> i know there will be answers. i know we will find the plane.

it's just a matter of when. >> malaysia's acting transport minister talking to jonah fisher. >> when it comes to investing, where's the riskiest place? the bricks are up there. not long ago we saw the bricks as a savior to the global economy. risks have increased. glad to have you back george. he's been going a long time. political risk is rising in the nations around the world. according to the global insurance giant, the latest political assurance. all have seen their risk premiums going, rising. as the world cup prepares to kick off in brazil, political tensions are feeding higher risk

totals this year than last year. economic policy deadlock has brought growth to a stand still and with hit an increase in the risk of political violence. putin's move to crimea is said to have an impact on that vast country. if we look at india, the regulatory environment is named as an issue, certainly as companies find legal red tape cumbersome and legal disputes difficult to resolve. as for china, as the government looks to stamp out corruption, so political violence has been certainly on if rise. let's get more on this. ceo of aon global. there's a lot of political issues facing countries i mentioned. briefly can i ask your global risk map, not just always about politics. what are the other areas that make up the risks? >> no absolutely.

the risk itself is interact aive tool which allows businesses to get understanding of exposure to risks around the globe. the way we brautought it up and give risks to countries, we do underlying details to metrics that give overall ralting of individuals. >> what are metrics? i was reading things like corruption, riots, sabotage. is that right? >> nine significant risks we identify in the tool which include transrisks, fiscal intersfeerinte interferen interference. violence has been over the last few years. acts of terrorism, acts of war, foreign invasion. >> in your terms of history about putting risk map together, it's interesting to note higher

risks seen in the brick nations. not long ago we saw the bric nations as a savior to the global economy. can this sometimes be a blip? well you know we tend to see risks emerging over a longer period. obviously the fortunes of individual territories might move according to risks outside the country. if you look at merging markets, bric markets, to some extent they may suffer of consequence of improvements or strengthening in developing countries and the monetary policy is likely to pull capital outside and into developed economies. the problem for those bric nations there obviously is they have weaker trading deficits and they are having to compete for particularly if they're not

getting the levels of growth which historically they have been, they may suffer consequence. that would manifest difficult to getting hard currency which they need to meet repayment. might put pressures on the banking system. that in turn might lead to intervention by government to prevent the flow of capital out of the country which would be of concern to businesses investing those territories. absolutely. going to leave it there. thanks for joining us there. the ceo of aon. let's talk. three, two, one. hollywood sequels making a comeback in a big way. no less than 13 sequels are released over the coming months. what's the a lure? >> films like spider man, x men and transformers, turn out huge profits to film studios.

dvd sales are falling. studios began to move back on number of films they produce to trim their risks. sequels began afternoround 2008. audiences keep buying tickets. nine of the top 12 films in the u.s. and canada were sequels or prequells. those films generate estimated $2.6 billion in u.s. sales. $10.9 billion total globally $4.5 billion. that shift from riskier films helped stabilize records. plans for new installments of star wars and jurassic park. from screen daily, we had it explained why hollywood is

sticking to repeat prescriptions. >> the home entertainment market has struggled in recent years. studios need to make up the short fall. they've discovered a huge market in asia and what they're finding is that known brands, super heroes, sequels, they are really creating huge profits for them. what you're seeing is that places like china where they installed 5,000 new screens last year alone. that momentum isn't slowing. they're continuing to grow. and they're just lighting up these glossy hollywood movies which are also shot partially in the countries. for example, ironman 3, scenes were only shown in the chinese version of the film. for the second avengers film, part of that was shot in korea. they're speaking to those markets because they recognize the rewards that come with that.

>> okay. there you go. let me leave you with one important story. grease has come back to the market with a bang. the ministry announced it sould over $4 billion of five year bonds. basically sold government five year debt. the yield 4.9%. to put that into context. russia had to pay 10% double that of greece on the five year debt sale yesterday. that shows the difference. this is greece's first long term sale since the bailout started four years ago. the news certainly about the land came as thousands of greece came marching on job spending cuts. tweet me at bbc. i've going to get words for this. let me pinch you. you're back for a while. >> i was working hard.

>> do not leave us. bye bye. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come. the rise of stay at home moms. we find out why more women in america are choosing to remain at home with their children.

i'm george. the top story this is hour. south african athlete oscar pistorius is cross examined in depth at his trial for the murder of reeva steenkamp. the the prosecution has been trying to paint a picture of mr. pistorius as a self obsessed man that bullied steenkamp and had enthusiasm for firearms. voting is reported as bisque on the third day of polling in

india's staggering elections. tens of millions indians can vote in 11 states including delhi and pradesh. 20 years from the start of the genocide in rwanda, repercussions are still felt in congo. many that fled rwanda ended up there. some refugees, others accused of taking part in the killings as members of fdlr, democratic forces for rwanda. now the forces are preparing to move against fdlr bases inside congo. we have travelled to meet the fdlr president in the remote village there. >> reporter: these refugees have been living in the forest the

last 20 years. we want help from the international community, they sang. our children are sick and don't go to school. they may be desperate for better living conditions, but they are trapped, unable to go home, they say. >> translator: we're afraid to go home because in rwanda there's no security for us. >> they live under the control of a hutu militia, fdlr who they say is protecting them. many of the group's members are accused in taking part in the genocide in the 1994. they fled to congo after the massacres and regrouped to try to topple the rwandan government. they have attacked the refugees many times forceing them to move further and further into the bush. i'm walk aing with the president of the fdlr and security guards, being escorted to a safe place.

they have walkie talkies. they have asked for our id's. the president of fdlr says they have dropped weapons and want to negotiate with rwanda. what they ask, he says, is for the country to become a true democracy and their group to be recognized as opposition party. >> translator: we hope the president kagame will hear negotiations. we ask him to stop threatening his population. >> but president kagame won't speak to the group he accuses of committing genocide. ask asked what i thought. >> it isn't my concern to look into who committed genocide. my concern is change thing mis

rwanda. >> the rebels are charged with committing rapes, child soldiers. she spent a decade running from fdlr and lives in this hut because rebels burnt her house done. >> i slept in the forest, the next night another one all in the firing rain. i couldn't light a fire because of rebels that stole everything from me. i didn't have a piece of clothing to cover my body. >> the u.n. peace keepers don't believe the fdlr have disarmed. they say they'll go after them in the next few months. they're worried about the hundreds of civilians who live with him who they fear could end up being used as human shields. bbc news. >> new research from the u.s. shows how after decades of

growth in the american mothers entering the work force, there's been a steady rise in recent years of the number of moms that choose to stay at home. immigration is behind the reversal of the trend. we look at the facts. >> as a baby starts coming, they usually decide to concentrate on their houses. the woman stays home to learn new ways to run a household. >> are we seeing the return of the stay at home mom? after decades of growth and the number of working mothers, a new study by the research center shows that trend has definitely reversed. >> in the 1970s, almost half of all mothers stayed at home. that number declined until 1999. since then, there's been a steady rise. but the new stay at home mom

looks different than the 1950s stereo type. why the change? one reason, economics. a decade ago, only 1% of mothers said they were staying home because they couldn't find a job. this number is up to 6% in 2012. and a third of all stay at home moms are living below the poverty line. that's not the image of affluent mothers choosing to opt out of the job market. another reason is immigration. asian and latino immigrants accounted for much of the u.s. growth in years. in both groups, mothers are much more likely to stay at home. who are stay at home mothers of today? they are much more likely to be single than before but that varies by ethnicity. over half of black stay at home mothers are single. compared to merely 5% of asian

mothers who stay at home. 41% say child care is the main reason staying at home. other reasons have increased over the decades. over all, americans continue to believe that a parent at home is good for the child. six in ten think they're better off. to no surprise, men are more likely to say that than women. >> interesting. prince william and his wife kate continue their tour of new zealand with 8-month-old prince george. the duke and duchess remembered new zealand's war dead including those from world war i. they were in the small town. here's our correspondent. >> 100 years ago when the first world war began, new zealand placed itself immediately at britain's side. for their first public engagement, william and katherine came to a small town on the island and laid a wreath

in tribute for new zealand's sacrifice at the great wall. they met veterans. william took one group, katherine another. men with memories of war recalled slowly listened to careful carefully. these take time. this couple leans in and shares experiences. to the crowd, a good few thousand of the 30,000 turned out to see them. by virtue of their presence are likely fans. in rural areas like these where ties to britain are strong, many echo their views. >> i think they would be wonderful to be king and queen. it would be lovely. >> can you imagine a king george of new zealand? >> absolutely. why not? >> it's been the couple's first real encounter with the public. this small town has giving them

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