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the deal to bring peace to the eastern part of the country. more security, more runners. a defiant boston marathon. a year after bomb explosion killed three and wounded hundreds. a chinese kid on the block. >> alibaba opens on wall street with the biggest share since facebook. how big is big? it accounts for 80% of chinese shopping and has more transactions than ebay and amazon combined. hello. thanks for joining us. it's midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. washington, 9:00 p.m. jindo where the number of victims recovered from south korea's ferry disaster has risen slightly to 65. it means 237, mostly youngsters,

are still missing. the south korean president park geunhye has strongly criticized the captain and crew for abandoning the ferry legally and morally unimaginable she said. she links their character to an act of murder. seven have been arrested including the captain that faces five charges. we now have this report. >> beneath the surface is the stricken ferry, scene of this national disaster. four more crew members are detained bringing the total of those arrested including the captain to seven. there's a growing sense of anger. south korea's president condemned the actions of the captain and some of the crew. the conduct of the captain and some crew members is unfactable from the viewpoint of common sense. it was like an act of murder that cannot and should not be tolerated. right after the accident, the

captain did not immediately toll the evacuation orders while telling the passengers to stay where they were. they left the passengers and escaped first. this is legally and ethically something that's unimaginable. >> hope has given way to grief and desperation. coast guards bring in more students in body bags. details of the victims are posted on this board as the identification process continues. divers are again searching for bodies from the wreck. improved weather conditions mean the pace of this operation is likely to speed up. there's frustration from the relatives who say the government should be doing much more. >> the government is pretending to work. they say something has come up, but that's not true. this is 100% man made disaster. if government acted quicker, all children would have been saved. >> those rescued were taken to a

hospital. the captain was treated along side other people from the ferry. it's now come to light doctors assumed he was a passenger. >> translator: we were not told he was the captain. we never thought he was the one. when the patient was lying down in the middle of medical treatment, the coast guards came in and took him away saying he's under investigation. >> it's now revealed what happened in the final moments. a conversation with shipping traffic control. if this ferry is evacuated, will the passengers be evacuated immediately, asked the crew. the traffic controller replied the captain must make that decision. patrol boats are ten minutes away. hundreds of students weren't rescued. parents want their children's bodies back to start their funerals. bbc news. >> well many of the relatives of those missing have been visiting the scene of the accident off

jindo island. our correspondent has been to see the search operation and sent us this report. >> reporter: we should be able to see the two boats that marks the exact spot where the ferry sunk. divers and boats are going down in the waters to try and recover the bodies from the sunken vessel. as they move into the ship, it becomes hard. the task becomes tougher. being out here, you get some idea of the scale of this operation. there's dozens of vessels force of divers. there's also a huge crane. at some stage that will be brought in to the site to lift up the vessel. officials say for now that won't happen. they're trying to pull the bodies out of the ferry. it's a difficult and dangerous task. for that reason, the rescue, massive recovery operation will last several more days.

>> let's work out how that recovery operation is going. we can speak to joseph kim, a journalist in contact with authorities as well as families of ferry passengers themselves. joseph, thanks for joining us. can you give us a picture as to what the divers in the recovery are actually doing in the ferry underwater? >> it's a strenuous process. in the beginning they need to make sure they get the guideline into the boat and into the areas they're going to. for example today, if they're able to get on the third floor, where they expect many passengers to be, they set up guidelines. divers are able to go down and

be guided through and search the floor as well as the interior. these divers are going in about 40 times a day according to the coast guard. there are over 600 of them that are constantly going in and out of the water. >> joseph, the line to you is pretty poor. mu in the ferry. thanks very much. going to leave it there for now. that's joseph kit. now the longest serving political prisoner has died at the age of 85. he was a journalist who helped set up the national league for democracy. he died of kidney failure. in all, he spent 20 years nearly in prison after he was convicted of antigovernment propaganda. he was finally freed in general

amnesty six years ago. we'll leave that for the moment. he has died. we've got the details now. >> he fought and sacrifice aid large portion of his life for democracy. a prominent journalist, writer, poet, he opposed the military rule. in the 1980s he helped found the country's biggest opposition party, national league for democracy that led to mass pro democracy marches in the streets followed by violent crack down and arrest in 1989. he then spent two decades in the prison. around the same time, noble prize winner began her years under house arrest. his years behind bars did not silence his believes. unafraid to criticize those running the country, in 2010

miramar held the first general election in general election. they asked voters to boycott the polls. he was at the forefront of the campaign. >> we are asking them not to go to the poet. >> he suffered recurrent health problems but continue odd to work. he was always pictured wearing a blue prison shirt. he said it was a protest. he died aged 85. bbc news. let's catch up on other news from around the world. fresh pro test in caracas.

there are protests where police responded with tear gas and water cannons. 40 have died since the protest began in february. >> australian authorities coordinating the search for mh 370 flight say the blue fin robotic submarine has searched two-thirds of the underwater area without finding anything of interest. it's scouring the ocean floor within ten kilometers where possible ping locaters were detected two weeks ago. music singer kevin sharp has died at age of 43. he came to fame in 1990s with a hit including "know nobody's." kevin suffered from bone cancer as a teen. his family says he died at home as a result of complications from past stomach surgeries and other problems. police in hawaii say a teen survived five hours in freezing temperatures after he stowed away in the wheel compartment

from california. the 16-year-old passed out from lack of oxygen during the flight but regained consciousness upon landing. he was discovered at the airport without identification documents. after the bloodshed, the latest deaths in eastern ukraine where pro russian groups are pushing for closer links to russia. condemned by moscow that this is a sign of extremist calling the. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that's a sign kiev is not disarming political groups. >> this is useful to those hah want to put an end to this geneva accord. this shows kiev doesn't want to

continue the extremists calling the shots. we're worried instead of accepting responsibility, kiev and backers who brought them to power, namely u.s. and european countries are trying to put the blame on russia. >> sergei lavrov clear message from the russian foreign might be administer minister. thanks for being with us here on "gmt." still to come on bbc world news, she's famous for her famous faces. she will talk to us about her career and celebrity subjects. good job! still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories.

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now here's the thing. more than a hundred woman are kidnapped every week by men that become their husbands. it's got to the pound around a third of all marriages in kyrgyzstan take place through bride kidnapping. state authorities are trying to

cut down on the practice dividing society. some are condemned to violence crime. others think it's ancient tradition. two victims have shared their story with bbc. >> i was 18 and studying medical school when i got kidnapped. i didn't know the man. my classmate asked me to come out of the house saying she had brought a book for me. there were two or three men there. i didn't pay them much attention. they grabbed my legs and arms and put me in the car and drove away. >> it was rare in the past. it became more widespread after the collapse of the union. many scholars link that to the patriarchal values of society. >> my grandfather and

grandmother told me it was kyrgyzstan tradition and made me stay. they said what will people say if you leave? how will we look people in the eye? >> most of the girls who were kidnapped, they decided to stay in the house of the groom. they are raped in the first night. it's basically considered to be shameful for a girl to leave the house because many people would believe that she's not virgin. >> translator: i was very scared at first. i wanted to run away. they put bread at the threshold. they said if you walk over it, your life will be ruined. they told me they offer marriage the same way. there are lots of old women. they grabbed my arms and

wouldn't let me go. i cried until late night. >> many of such actually found out more than a quarter of males kidnap a girl because they were afraid to be rejected by the particular girl. >> translator: now i live in with my brother-in-law and sister. i found out i'm pregnant. i called him, but he said i got married and don't call me anymore. he said i was lying and it was not his child. i can't afford to feed the baby, and i don't know what to do now. >> extraordinary story. i want to take you to this time of year, when the boston marathon ended in chaos.

two bombs were set off near the finish line. three died, many more injured. in just a few hours time, around 36,000 people will set off on the same course for the event the organizers believe will show how strong the city's resolve is. laura is in boston. >> reporter: it's a sunny spring day as boston prepares for the big race. atmosphere is upbeat. the heightened security is a reminder of last year's traumatic event. two bombs exploded at the marathon finish line killing three people and wounding more than 260. a policeman hunt sent the city into lock down. one suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev was killed. his brother dzhokhar is detained and facing trial. >> reporter: the race organizers are allowing 9,000 people to run

this year's boston marathon additional from last year. >> what will it mean for you to cross the line? >> really good job this year. >> will it be emotional? >> yeah. >> bombings prevented mark from finishing last year. he's determined to run. >> any crazy person out there that thinks they can harm to people going about their normal lives, enjoying live, enjoying the city, enjoying sunshine. you know, they're not going beat us. >> runners line up outside a store where last year they helped the injured. >> it took healing. we're here now today one year on from it. it's a very, very special place. we're looking forward to what i think and believe will be one of the best marathons ever.

>> reporter: the crowds coo over a baby at the finish line. after a difficult year, this resilient city is looking to the future. bbc boston. >> i've got to ask you. queen elizabeth turns 88 today. this is a picture released in honor of her birthday. it's believed there are more portraits of the queen than anyone else alive today. this is her wedding day with prince phillip in 1947. we want to show you a more recent portrait taken by the photographer annie. she's been talking about the experience of photography with the queen and others in the exhibition of her own 45 year career. we went to meet her.

>> it's amazing privilege to photograph people who do things well and great at what they do. i can admire them. it's usually kind of an extraordinary experience. they're usually good at who they are, what they do. >> how do you bring out the character in the people that you photograph? like queen elizabeth ii. >> i think the character is built in on someone like the queen. you know, it's more or less you give her a setting and she -- extraordinary shoot because she had a great sense of duty. >> your other photographs here in your exhibition. tell us is photography a passion, art, or science for you? >> i think it's all those things. you can't separate it.

i think i'm at least good at the science part of it. i'm not a great technical photographer. this is phillip johnson, the great architect in his glass house in connecticut. i was actually there not on assignment but i was there wanting to visit the house. he told me i could visit the house. i was surprised he was there the same day. we didn't have a sitting setup at all. he was walking around the house. i photographed him from the back. >> you're here in asia and traveled to many countries over the past several years. is there a matter or personality you'd like to photograph? >> in my hotel room i was photographing looking out. it's the city of the future. i would like to do more work here. it's kind of incredible

landscaping. it's like a museum of the modern architecture here. that's what i look to try to do. for the first time i'm really seeing it. it's pretty impressive. >> very nice. annie there in singapore. for politicians in india, being able to reach the massive election has been one of their biggest head aches. the rise of the internet means 200 million indians are thought to be regular web users. that opens a new way of getting political messages across social media. here's how some voters believe it could affect the democratic voting process. >> so a lot of people think this is india's first social media

election. >> it's unclear how much of an impact it will have. about 10 million votes will be first time voters. a big amount of them are on facebook and twitter as well. a new media has become important aspect of the way political parties are approaching this election. bjp, the challenger in this election, even has several apps that tells you what's happening that day. tells you when there's a rally in town. tells you to go out, share things that they think will become viral. i definitely say media is limited in india still. it goes to a small set of people compared to billion people in india. >> translator: sometimes i read

the newspaper or watch tv news. i don't use the internet. >> translator: i don't care about internet. i get the news i need from tv and newspapers. i wouldn't imagine someone could win an election primarily on new media. it could tip an election over. what you do on social media could be the edge that gets you over the line. >> we wait for election results in due course. thanks for watching "gmt." coming up in the next a half hour, we're speak to one of the people in the uk that thinks the prime minister is wrong for

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welcome to "gmt" on bbc world news with me david. in this half hour, china aon a collision course. tokyo says the move could undermine the two country's relationships. is britain a christian country? the prime minister sparks backlash on the christianity.

aaron is back on how we consume tv. >> netflix has 44 million customers around the world. we look at their latest numbers out today and conversation for a slice of the television pie. now it's the second world war really a cause of conflict nor china and japan today? a chinese court ordered a japanese ship be impounded in shanghai over unpaid debt related to the 1930s. two vessels were rented by the japanese company in 1936 and sunk in the second world war.

this has angered japan and caused conflicts across the region. the japanese government considers the certain seizure of the this ship. the japanese government is deeply concerned with this and hopes the chinese government takes strong steps to deal with this. >> that's the story. michael has been monitor relations between japan and neighbors. he's with me now. michael, let's start on this vessel. it's an odd case isn't it? it is the sense of relations between the two countries. >> it is an odd case. when diplomatic negotiations were signed after the second

period after the world war when there was no communication, china agreed it wouldn't ask for anything japan had done in china during the second world war. this act by the court seems to be against that. they're claiming compensation for something that happened way back in 1936, loss of two chinese vessels. that's a significant move today. >> clearly part of a bigger picture. i know the shrine was always sentiment issues. >> he visited the shrine by way of gift. japan opened a new radar station on the southern islands. all a series of steps that indicates the the worsening

relationship in east asia. >> there's a build up here. is there anything to suggest either side is ready to say, we need to talk this through, calm ourselves down? >> there are small incidents. small incidents turn easily into big incidents. there could be a calculation to inflame the situation. >> there's effort to bring these two sides together. president barack obama is traveling to east asia. i'm sure his message will be to calm the situation. he's traveling later this week. both sides seem determined on their current course. it seems difficult to see where a compromise lies. >> okay, michael, thank you very much indeed. we've got more on this story as well as details about the disagreements between japan and china.

they're stacking up like the dispute over the islands in the east china see. it's on our website, bbc.com/news. click the links when you get to the page. okay. time for a bit more business. aaron is with us. all yours. >> david, going to start with another chinese tech giant going to wall street. held there. it's china's biggest retailer. it's got more customers than amazon and ebay together. it promises to be the big share in new york since facebook went public in 2012. we're talking alibaba. it accounts for 80% of chinese online retail sales. as i mentioned it deals with more transactions than ebay and amazon combined. we have this from new york. >> it was just last week when china's equivalent to twitter

weibo made the debut in new york. on the first day of trading, stock shot up 20%. the success of weibo has investors more excited about alibab, chinese e commerce giant that has more sales and net income of amazon and ebay combined. it's china's largest internet company and operates in the world's largest internet market. alibaba accounts for 80% of all chinese online shopping. why are chinese companies listing in new york instead of hong kong? most has to do with ownership structure. american rules allow executives to obtain more control of their company. alibaba successes have lifted some u.s. companies. yahoo benefitted from a 24% stake in alibaba.

it's been boosting yahoo shares which have gone up more than 40% this year. it's all the more reason why in investors will be watching how alibaba does in coming months. bbc news new york. >> we'll keep that anticipated alibaba apo. netflix now accounts for more than half of all video streamed over the internet. it has 44 million customers around the world. they've signed up to do video on demand service. so far producing the series like house of cards and orange is the new black. some say those produced programs give it its own edge. watch out. amazon prime and google play looking for space in this fast growing market. netflix reports numbers out today.

ben told me earlier netflix is changing the way the world watchings television. >> in the olden days you watch television half an hour at a time. that's how long shows were. you would get a new episode once or twice a week if it was a special series. now days we save up a series. you used to do it with box sets. you wait until it finished broadcasting, buy the box set and watch an evening. netflix is basically the box set for the second half of the 21st century. you have this bing watching phenomenon. new longer formed dramas, much more complex, interesting, bigger budget. you start watching maybe 8:00 and end up 3:00 in the morning having seen six or seven epis e episodepisode without being interrupted.

this is old school television. netflix is the best example of this new generation of streaming services. you've got netflix, google coming out. sony doing it. there's a heavy rumor about app ale going to start doing it. apple has started services. the advantage of a streaming service is there are no ads. you pay a small amount a month and have this continuous television experience. that is proving to be incredibly popular. >> we'll keep those netflix numbers. thing to look out for is how many new subscribers are added. japan's debt hit $134 billion, record high last year. it's forced to buy quality of gas and oil overseas from nuclear reactors off line in fukushima. the weaker japanese currency

makes imports more expensive. weaker yen makes japanese cheaper for us to buy. exports rose 12%. the russian central bankers barred several from operating in crimea. banks said they failed to fulfill obligations to creditors. two others would be able to transfer. i'm sure you remember this just last month. gm, yes general motors plans to invest $12 billion in china to build more plants. gm made the announcement at the first public day in beijing. the world's leading car maker will launch hundreds of models target add at the world's biggest car market. the car shows in beijing and shanghai most important we hear, in the world. let's turn attention to this trade. president barack obama flies to

japan for talks on a trade deal to slash the cost of buying and selling goods between the world's number one and number three economies. it's called transpacific partnership. it's part of a series of bilateral trade agreements around the world. companies are losing patience with the world trade organization. there are failed attempts to reach a global deal. our correspondent asked the chief if side deals were more useful than global talks. >> in terms of market. access, they go further of course. they're talking about two or three, or five countries negotiating amongst themselves. it's easier to find room for new marketxd opportunities. >> for lowering the barriers? >> yeah, amongst them. in terms of discipline for example, subsidies, fish subsidies, rules on antidumping,

measures, trade facilitation. regulatory issues make sense laterally. >> one of the fundamental principles is every country should treat trade partners equally. the idea of the bilateral deal is you're treating them unequally. >> it is but there are obligations. you can't just negotiate a sector. you have to negotiate bilateral in an area that qualifies for standards. it has to cover almost 100% of your trade. that's not easy. >> not easy at all. follow me on twitter. i'll tweet you back. get me at bbc aaron. >> thanks very much indeed for all that. thanks for being with us here on "gmt." still to come on the program, we'll hear from father daughter

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hello. i'm david. our top stories this hour. south korea's president has condemned the captain and some of the crew of the capsized ferry calling their accounts an act of murder. russian's prime minister accuses the conflicts of ukraine. the british prime minister david cameron said it should be more confident as a christian

country, it was to gain a response. now many put their names to an open letter to the prime minister saying he's fostering divisions. mr. cameron is incredibly proud uk is home to a place of people of many faiths. we have the human rights campaigner peter. thanks for coming in. what is it you object to? this is a christian country, britain? >> of course cameron had every right to wholly express christian believes. we defend that absolutely. the letter organized to the organization says he's inaccurate. a poll asked people, are you religious?

29% said they were, 69% said they the were not. you can't call britain a christian country with minor support for the christian faith. >> we heard that mentioned. there's also national statistics that show 59% of residents described themselves as christian. if they were the facts would you accept he's got it right? >> that was the leading question of the census. it was what is your religion? the more neutral one, are you religious, got a different result. in britain, only 7% of the population practice christianity. they go to church regularly, things like that. that's a tiny minority. >> most assume christianity is nonetheless the majority religion in britain probably by quite some way.

>> this is not true. a practicing christianchristians 2.5 million. >> should cameron be saying this is predominantly muslim? >> no. it's not predominantly christian or muslim. the number of practicing christians and muslims is close. >> everything you know about the uk is built on christian tradition. queen is head of the church of england. this is essentially seen by most people as a christian society isn't it? >> that may be the perception. the reality is different as explained. we have a long christian history tradition whichd acknowledged. we have a longer pagan history. >> why do you think he brought this up? he brought other van gel kal

language. >> the state should not favor one faith over others. it should be level playing field for all faiths and indeed majority who have no faith. that was a big mistake. also he's mistaken because he wants to increase organizations in our society. when under the current law, faith organization are allowed to certain circumstances. that sends the wrong signal. faith leaders recently opposed rights for gay and lesbian couples. the reason for cameron's remarks i don't know. many say he's trying to fix bridges with faith leaders.

there's been issues on gay marriage, reform and other matters. >> interesting. thank you. 36,000 runners are getting ready to compete in the boston marathon. it's the first anniversary of the bombings that killed three people last year. the event is taking place under the tightest security the race has ever seen. lauren is in boston for us. more runners than ever it seems? >> reporter: that's right. after the murder and may ham at the finish line last year, 5,000 people could not cleat -- not complete the race. what does it mean to you to take part this year? >> it means everything to me. it means the chance to move forward. it means the chance to remember. it is a chance to forget -- not forget but remember and more

importantly run for my city. run for boston. to run for the lives that were lost. run for those injured. i have, you know four hours to do so. i plan to process it all. so many emotions inside me. i'm literally -- my insides are crawling. i can't wait to just start running. i didn't run yesterday. i just need to run this morning. >> when you cross that fin iffish linif ish -- that finish line, something you couldn't do that's year, that's going to be a huge moment. >> yeah. i am not sure what will happen. i've visualized crossing the finish line everyday. i live close to the finish line. i've seen four years in the making and always wanted to cross the finish line. i'm not sure what will happen when i do cross. i can't wait.

i'm waiting. i know that at 26.2 it will forever change me. i'm ready to make a new moment 2014 at 26.2. >> well very good luck to you today and the 36,000 other people running the boston marathon. a beautiful day. as you say, a day to remember. also a day to recover. >> yes. >> thank you so much. that's the mood here in boston. it's resolution, resilience and remembering those that died, the 260 plus injured. thank y >> thank you very much. almost a million african as were shipped to cuba during the trade of the sugar plantations. many descendents know little if anything about their origins. one group managed to keep songs of their forefathers alive. now they've been traced back to

a village. >> these african songs have been kept alive in cuba for generations. but the singers never knew where they came from. thanks to the music, cuba's ethnics have uncovered their roots. to have kept something so unique, so separate and distinct to be traced back to a particular village, that's incredibly unusual. >> it's what the they have discovered that the songs come from a remote ville an. they were part of the initiation rights of a secret society there. the language cubans use is is almost distinct in africa now. >> translator: after piecing together almost two centuries of history, dr. christopher

believes the slave girl carried songs to cuba. it was forced labor for sugar fields. conditions on the sugar plantations were so tough here in cuba, the average life expectancy was seven years. it's remarkable that she managed to survive to an old age. not only that but she managed to keep traditions live here in cuba and pass them to future generations. >> he is passionate about his african heritage. his art is long inspired. he feels complete now. >> translator: i know where i am from. i'm not from the congo. i feel i can be calm now. i'm not lost anymore. >> the cubans voyage of discovery was captured on film by dr. christopher. three others make the ancestor

journey in reverse to africa. they were greeted as family. >> africans feel incredibly proud to know something of their very small individual specific culture is carried on across the world. all the way here in cuba. in africa, she started to sing like this. they burst in with the chorus and began dancing. she says that's when she knew exactly where they came from. bbc news in western cuba. >> isn't that a lovely story to end on? let me remind you of our top story on "gmt." the number of victims recover ed from the south korea ferry has risen to 65.

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