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>> 25 years on from tiananmen, does china's tradeoff between personal prosperity and political freedom still hold? also in the program, aaron is here and the g-8 missing a player. tim and then there were seven. yes, with russia no longer given a seat at the table, the leaders head to brussels later today and high on the agenda, how does europe wean itself off russia gas. we speak to the energy commissioner and hear why america may have the solution. . >> hello, and welcome. it is midday here in london. 7:00 a.m. in washington. 3:30 in the afternoon in afghanistan. where in the last few hours, the taliban have released dramatic images showing the moment the american soldier sergeant bowe bergdahl was handed over to u.s. forces. as heavily armed taliban fighters looked on, a u.s. black

hawk helicopter touched down in coast province just 40 kilometers from pakistan. to pick up the man who had been held for nearly five years. but many questions are now being asked in america will the circumstances of his capture with some claiming he was a deserter. emily buchanan has this report. >> reporter: the handover choreographed and filmed by the taliban. somewhere in the remote borderland with pakistan, sergeant bowe bergdahl arrived blinking after five years of captivity. he's guarded by heavily armed members of the haqqani network, a pakistan-based group closely allied to the taliban. then a blackhawk helicopter lands. two of the fighters lead the soldier towards his countrymen.

this is thought to be the first time the americans have met with the haqqani network. the commentator said they wanted to have a little exchange, but the americans were taking no chances. there was no conversation, just a handshake. it's impossible to know what sergeant bergdahl may be feeling. his release is not straightforward. members of his platoon say he was a deserter, and the exchange with five leading insurgents from guantanamo has boosted taliban morale. the video ends with the warning if he comes back to afghanistan, he will be killed. emily buchanan, "bbc news." well, in a moment, i'll be speaking to deputy secretary-general of the united nations, but first, let's go to kabul from where i'm joined by

the bbc. picking up on that propaganda point that eply was referring to, the taliban making the most of these dramatic images. >> they are. the taliban propaganda machine has been very effective from the moment when those five prisoners landed in qatar, hypnotic transin pashto immediately produced praising that as a taliban victory. but this is the first time that u.s. forces have come face to face with the haqqani network, a pakistan-based militant network that have been responsible for some of the deadliest attacks against american targets, against indian targets, against afghan government targets. in 2011 it, admiral mike mullen blamed the haqqani network for the assault on the u.s. embassy and he said that the haqqani network carried out that attack with the help of the pakistan's intelligence services.

and for the insurgents in provinces in afghanistan, this will be a tool to use to recruit more fighters. after all, the taliban see it as a show of force. they finally think that they're able to deal with big powers like the united states. >> yeah, and as far as the negotiations which obviously have taken place between the americans and the haqqani network, how have those been viewed in kabul where you are? >> well, the afghan government was not informed about the deal. i'm being told that the afghan government felt very insulted because they only found out the news through media. we are being told by some afghan government officials that the qatari government played a key role but the afghan government says that a deal like this should have not been carried out behind their backs. they said they're allies. the reality is that the afghan

government as well as the afghan military feels that this is now a huge propaganda coup for the haqqani network. >> thank you very much. let's talk now to the deputy secretary-general of the united nations haas with me now. just start with that. i know you don't want to the talk in detail about the prisoner swap. how complicating did it make work for the u.n. in afghanistan if a deal like this has been done? >> it's far too early to speculate about, but the question is, of course, whether the taliban will choose this as a step in the direction of talks, negotiations, reconciliation or whether they will use it as a recruiting method and then go the road of military solutions. i hope from our perspective that it will be a step in the process towards reconciliation. >> of course, but in terms of

negotiating with one's enemy, i mean that is the pragmatic route throughout history, isn't it? >> indeed. it is always with your enemies that you have to make peace, classic. and i hope now when we have seen positive developments in afghanistan, recently the elections, the 1st round of elections and soon hopefully the next round also peacefully executed, that there will be the possibility of stabilization. and om type of reconciliation because another round of warfare civil war in the country would, of course, be devastating for the people. >> you talk about the 1st round of elections. was the u.n. satisfied that they were as transparent as they could have been, or is the problem of corruption and political banality still present there? >> well, i would say very frankly that the elections went much better than we feared a year ago. it was relatively peaceful. we had incidents, of course.

we couldn't see the outpouring of people in severe parts of the country, but all in all, it was a very well run election. and the way also the candidates reacted afterwards accepting the results and now preparing for a well organized second round is promising. and that's why it's so important now that finally we see the possibility of reconciliation of the country. it will be a very nervous period because we will see also the departure of most of the foreign troops. >> on that point, america obama's only pledging to keep troops there for another year. far shorter than had originally been thought. i mean, does that worry you? does it worry the u.n. mission in afghanistan which presumably will have to stay there for daks to come? >> united nations will stay there in whatever scenario occurs. in afghanistan. but we have known that there will be a drastic reduction of the forces this year.

and it is -- we calculate for that. if there is a peaceful scenario, then we can live with it. of course, if you have a period of fighting coming up, then it might be problematic, but we hope very much that the peaceful scenario will be the one that will prevail here. >> but your mission, some of those mission statements to aid reconstruction, to protect human rights, to provide humanitarian aid, in terms of corruption and protection of human rights, the future for afghanistan really could be quite worrying, couldn't it? >> indeed. we have a lot of work to do above all the afghan government and afghan people have a lot of work to do. we want to be as present as possible in the country and for security reasons, we haven't been able to do so. we hope the security council will give us a stronger solution next time around and we have the resources to be present in different parts of the country because i think we can play an important role for pain ha takening the progress on women,

on human rights, fighting corruption, stand up for education, health. i was of theretom sometime ago. and the words i remember hearing from so many was now, when the foreign troops will be leaving and now when we are faced with this uncertain future, we don't want to lose the gains that we have made in the last ten years. that came from everyone. persons in the street, politicians. and i really hope the afghan people will now take this opportunity and go ahead. >> from afghanistan to syria, you've been holding talks with the british foreign minister. i think syria dominated that. . he you look at the u.n.'s relationship with syria and the fact that you are relying on bashar al assad for the distribution of aid which means he has control, do you think that is still the right approach? >> well, as the a fact of life that he is still the person haas

leading the country. and we need to deal with this leader of the country in order to have access in the country in order to make cross line operations and also hopefully have him and his government understand that they also must open for crossing the border. >> but it means you are dealing with a government channel set up by him and all the associated corruption that goes with that. >> we do. we do deal. >> do you accept that? >> yes, we deal with -- we have to deal with the authorities. we also deal -- i think we mainly deal with the syrian arab -- the equivalent of the red cross who work very well and diligently and fairly. but of course, we are also working with the opposition. we are taking huge risks going into areas which are disputed. we are losing people to a degree which is very, very disturbing.

we will -- we are working also hand in hand with nongovernmental organizations who do a great job. we will try to put the human being in the center and the needs for the human beings in the center. we are extremely worried about how many people we cannot reach and we are worried that allow is being breached so that starvation is used as a method of warfare. and i who had this job before as valerie aims has now, the president relief coordinator feel very much that it's very sad that basic law is now subject to political negotiations. we hope very much that the government understands that they have to open up and we have to be led by human imperatives. >> there's no indication that happens if assad wins. >> after all, he went to his own people to get the confidence in the vote, and these are his people. and these people are suffering. so we hope very much that we have access to all of the

country and very soon. we are working very hard. discussions are going on with the syrians, with the government, with the opposition and with the members of the security council who are discussing a resolution. >> jan, thanks for joining us on gmt. let's catch up with other news today. and staying in the region of afghan, the military in pakistan says two soldiers have been killed and three wounded when two border posts with afghanistan came under fire on wednesday. follows an incident on sunday when pakistani forces killed 16 suspected militants. the mayor of venice and more than 30 others have been arrested over corruption allegations. mayor orsoni, officials and businessmen are being held during the public tendering process. almost 80 flood barriers are being built to protect the city inundated by sea water several times a year. here in print, queen elizabeth opening a new session

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it's the second day of president barack obama obama's trip to poland and once again, ukraine has been dominating the agenda meeting president elect petro poroshenko he calls the newly elected leader a wise choice and discussed the plan for reducing energy dependence

on russia. he pledged help on training the ukrainian police and military. ♪ well, to that jazz band, mr. obama attended celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of post communist elections. during a speech in castle square, he condemned the aggression of russia in ukraine after promising an increased u.s. and nato military presence in europe. >> we stand together because we believe that upholding peace and security is the responsibility of every nation. the days of empires and spheres of influence are over. bigger nations must not be allowed to impose their will at the barrel of a gun or with masked men taking over buildings. and the stroke of a pen can never legitimize the theft of a neighbor's land. so we will not accept russia's occupation of crimea or its violation of ukraine's sovereignty.

our free nations will stand united so that further russian provocations will only mean for isolation for russia. >> our correspondent joins us from warsaw. some of the strongest language about nato solidarity from president obama. >> yes, indeed. there was no surprise that he would say that in warsaw where they're particularly concerned about russia's aggression in the ukraine. the annexation of crimea in march has been keenly felt, not just in poland but all across central and eastern europe because let's remember, they have endured and overcome decades of domination from moscow. and this is what today's celebration was about, and it was obvious that it this was the perfect occasion and city for president obama to come here and to reaffirm that nato commitment, that military commitment to those nato allies

and i think he got one of the biggest cheers when he said that. that poland would never stand alone and he went on to read off a list of countries not just poland but he is tonyia, the baltics, romania. that's what they wanted to hear in this country. the other thing he stressed was that it's not just about military security. it's also about the prosperity of free nations, of the example that poland had set 25 years ago when the impossible was achieved he said, an election took place. and the prosperity, an economic miracle he said that poland has achieved in the 25 years since the collapse of communism could be something that could be emulated in ukraine if the west, if nate toe stands by its allies in kiev and if russia determines

to actually have a dialogue with the authorities in kiev. and to use its influence to prevent further violence in by separatists in south and east ukraine. >> adam in warsaw, thank you very much. poland, of course, a stellar economy when you look at the rest of europe. let's look more closely at the changes in both poland and ukraine its neighbor 25 years ago, the breakdown of the soviet bloc offered up opportunities for both countries. today though they look very different. in 1989, ukraine and poland's gdp stad at around $82 billion. but by 2012, poland's has grown to $49 billion. almost three times the size of ukraine's at just $176 billion. the two countries have a similar population. so what went wrong in ukraine? well, let's discuss this with anders asland, a senior fellow

at the peterson son institute for economics in washington. economic advisor also to the ukrainian government from the 1994 to 1997. he joins us via webcam from belgrade. so, you were one of the key advisors in the 1990s. what went wrong? >> well the if theal problem that ukraine had no economic policy whatsoever. and there was massive -- and in the end oligarch formed and -- one-tenth of the world market. as the world market crashed, for that -- after the economic reform -- small entrepreneurs developed. >> but the shock therapy that

poland went through, the hardship that they went through in terms of converting state industry to the private sector, are you saying politically, there wasn't the will to do that? but that was what you were advocating? >> well, if you look up on what happened to the population in ukraine -- they did serious radka economic reforms. and that was the difference. the poles knew they wanted into the european yoon. the ukrainians -- >> okay. i'm really sorry anders as land, but the wi-fi signal is very poor and we haven't been able to catch a lot of the end of that answer. we're going to leave it there. thank you very much indeed for joining us on the program.

while ukraine will be the center of political discussions today on the ground in the east, fighting has been intensifying between pro-russian separatists and ukrainian troops. ordinary people are being cause in the crossfire. in one town, many have taken to sleeping in the basements of buildings and other shelters. bbc russia's olga went to run refuge and filed this report. >> these days, this is a usual morning in many parts in eastern ukraine. people resort to sleeping in the basements of buildings like this psychiatric hospital which was bombed two weeks ago as fighting on the outskirts can of town continues. it's not possible to treat people here anymore but doctors and staff remain on site. >> translator: we have three patients left. people haven't been able to come and evacuate them. >> more and more buildings in residential areas are being hit.

a few days ago, a shell landed on this hospital. luckily, no one was killed. the home of the this family hasn't been hit so far but they still feel very anxious. >> translator: yed, people were killed in one of the main streets. i have four children. and we were very scared. >> the family decided to leave the city. they were allowed to take refuge in a mon masstory 30 kilometers away. shelling and stray bullets have already taken the lives of dozens of civilians although it is difficult to get hold of precise numbers. while separatist fighters and ukrainian troops blame each other for the violence, locals cry out in despair. >> translator: the government is responsible for this. how can ukrainians kill ukrainians? this should not be happening.

>> reporter: but when evening comes, there is no more time for reflection. locals need to rush back to the basements before shelling starts anew. "bbc news." now, it's supposed to be the happiest day of any couples lives the day they tie the knot. things didn't go quite as planned for dan and jackie anderson. just an hour before they were due to go up the aisle, they'll end up with the whole wedding party for a photo. obviously one shouldn't laugh i know. the jetty gave away. most of them were drenched. a couple of bridesmaids did manage to scramble clear. the bride and groom though were among those who ended up in the water. you can see those two there. it's a quick get away. actually three or four. the ceremony did go ahead. and apparently, it was only ten minutes late. so some very tight fitting

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gmt on "bbc world news." in this half hour, 25 years on, we explore the political and economic legacy of tiananmen square. they've got their tickets and they're on their way. others won't be so lucky at the world cup. we talk to one fraud expert who says the illegal trade in fake tickets is a booming business. also on the program, aaron is back. it is day one for terminal 2. >> absolutely, tim. and the first plane may have landed but it's up up and away because that's what's owners of heathrow's terminal 2 are hoping

their plost will do when this he open their new problem. here is the problem, airports in the middle east and asia are getting more money off passengers. we ask what tactics can they adopt to beat beat its rival? . >> hello, and welcome to gmt. china has deployed thousands of security forces in tiananmen square and across beijing to prevent any commemoration of the brutal crushing of student protests 25 years ago. hundreds perhaps thousands of people lost their lives as the call for democratic reforms was met with thanks and bullets. on the day of the anniversary, chinese authorities have been cracking down on social media sites. more than 60 activists have been detained in recent weeks. let's have a look what happened on that day 25 years ago.

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pair military. the events on tiananmen square 25 years ago. let's go to our chief business correspondent linda yu joining us from singapore. but the calculation very clearly made there by the chinese authorities to put economic progress ahead of any sort of political reform. >>. >> yes, very much so. back in 1989, that was in the first decade when china started to open. and i think in that first decade, there was some belief that reform and opening as it was put forward would the include not just economic reform but also other types of reform, namely political but i think the massacre there on that day, those coup col of days in that square showed that the chinese government didn't intend for reform and opening to extend to all parts of society. they really meant just in terms of the economics. and i think that's a lesson that was pretty hard learned by the

chinese students that day. >> but the economy now 25 years later having raged ahead is slowing down. the big question is this going to be a hard or soft landing? >> yeah, the economy is slowing down and i think one of the challenging things for the chinese economy over the next few decades is that this model, the first 30 years so taking it from when they first started reforming in '79 until about you know, five years ago, the first three decades were characterized by fast growth, economic refors but not political reforms. so the next few years, if they're going to continue to grow at a pace that can maintain enough jobs, to service 7 million college graduates a year, all those kinds of delivering of public services the kinds of things that you've seen protests across china for it's questionable whether they can deliver a sustained fast enough pace of growth without

undertaking political reform institutional reform, rule of law. and i think that's probably where a lot of the crunch going to come in china's next phase of development. >> and growth what, 67, 67.3% this year. what is the optimum rate of growth for an economy in the present situation that china finds itself in? >> the chinese premier says it probably the minimum growth they need is about 7, 7.2%. the economy is growing just a touch above that. their target is 7.5%. at this growth rate, they are creating about ten million jobs a year. so they are still delivering that economic you know, prosperity that's kept the people at least since tiananmen square not clamoring en masse for massive change. but i think, tim, the thing to focus on i suppose is that as the growth rate slows, mof cleavages in the society will be seen. the chinese doe have to decide

whether or not they can really deliver a sustainable growth and pros prosperity for a growing middle class without giving more rights to that middle class. so say the growth rate slows. say that job creation is harder than before. then i think you will find that people will clamor for change, and the big question for china is whether or not it has the ability in the current political structure with you know, with a single party which is still a very dominant military to be responsive enough to give the people what they need if growth should slow down so that it isn't always just delivering prosperity and don't ask other questions. you see pro testifies across china especially in rural areas. i think the social contract they've had for some time is going to come under strain as growth slows and more of those cracks come to the surface. >> linda in singapore, thank you very much indeed. you're watching gmt. look who's longside me here.

>> i live linda. listen, g-minus one. >> what's up? >> you're a business presenter. >> thanks, tim. >> hello there. gas disputes and political tensions between east and west. actually, fib me for sounding like it's 30 years ago but i tell you what, it is certainly high on the agenda at today's g-7 summit. with president putin ousted from the p.o.w. pow-wow following the fallout over crimea, leaders are keen to discuss how they can reduce europe's dependence on russia's energy supplies. the bbc caught up with the european energy commissioner to find out whether the boom in production of shale gas in the united states is the answer to europe's problems. >> the crisis in ukraine will cast a shadow over today's meeting. we'll see energy security pushed

to the top of the topics discussed. commission ker says supplying is gas from fraccing from the united states to europe will be one key open question. >> the open question is, is the u.s. government willing to export the shale gas to maybe europe? or in competition to south korea and japan? but let me say g-7 is more or less high political roundtable for to have an exchange of views. we as the european yoon have to solve our problems. we have to hold our level of secure the supply by other own. >> discussions to find a resolution between the european yoon, ukraine and russia continue. in the meantime, europe is busy trying to find alternative ways to keep itself supplied with

gas. phillip hampshire, bbc news. >> let's talk about the world of airports. i tell you what, it is big business and for the owners of heathrow airport today it's a big day, the new terminal 2 building is finally opened to passengers. you may remember in 2008, heathrow suffered a disastrous opening day of terminal 5, but here's the question. with the glitz of high end shops and new hi-tech baggage systems encourage travelers to part with more of hair their hard earned cash? in the most recent comparable numbers heathrow came in third place with this $1.34 billion being spent at its shops. whilst in second place, it was dubai international airport, the gulf hub saw sales of $1.6 billion. who takes the top spot? that accolade goes to inchon airport in south korea's seoul. it made $1.73 billion for the airport. in fact, the airport's louis

vuitton shop retail outlet actually made $92 million alone just in inchon airport. staggering numbers. let's go straight over to the travel guru and printer on bbc world's travel show. simon, great to see you. what's interesting about this inch chon has less passengers than heathrow airport but it makes more money. what are they doing right? >> they of course, have the korean and indeed japanese and other asian market who are renowned among the world retail airport business as the people who like to spend the most. so in a sense, because they have so many perspective high spending passengers they're in a better position than ceylon done heathrow where, of course, a an awful lot of people are shuttling between heathrow and frankfurt, milan, madrid, places like that and aren't interested in buying, but korea most

certainly does have a lot of disposable income and they are disposing of large amounts of it at the country's main airport. >> absolutely. i want to ask you what sort of strategies these airports use to basically get people to spend more money but in particular i want to ask about heathrow. what does it need to do? what tactics does it need to adopt to get people to spend more? >> the crucial thing is to have the sorts of routes where you have an awful lot of people prepared to buy. they tend to be the longer hall routes, they tend to be particularly to and from the far east. those are the ones where the maximum spending is high. it's also high in places such as brazil and some of the african countries. so you need the routes. heathrow has no control over how its slots are used at all much to its chagrin. however, what you canning do is coming up with the most powerful retail offering. i'm been in the new departure lounge. it cost $4 billion to replace

the old 1950s terminal two with the 2014 version, as you say, they've been very care of not to make the same mistakes they did with terminal 5. it's packed with high end retailers and also some very british options including john lewis which is a leading department store in the uk and heston blumenthal the celebrity chef has open the his very first fers airport restaurant. so the idea is it's very british. it's quite expensive but you're probably going to spend some money and how else are you going to spend two hours before your flight goes? >> absolutely. very quickly, what's your favorite shopping experience? which airport. >> i have to say singapore from all points of shoe is the most comfortable to be in, but possibly like you, i find that i'm equate quite capable of getting through an airport without spending any money. >> me, too. my wife isn't though. that's the problem. thanks simon. talk to you soon. let's touch on business stories making headlines around the world.

grocery giant pes cohas reported a third quarter of falling sales in a row as the uk's largest supermarket facing increased competition. the store said uk sales fell while international sales fell 2.2%. tesco reported a 6% annual fall in profits in may. this was the company's worst performance in sales for 20 years. beijing says the u.s. has ignored the facts as it reacted to plans to slap extra import duties on chinese made solar panels. the u.s. made the move over claims exporters have been avoiding tariffs before assembly bling in china. let's talk about the aussies. the economy grew 1.1% over the last quarter and actually 3.5% for the year. that's the fastest pace in nearly two years. of course, it follows moderate consumer spending and a booming

resource exports, the australian dollar has risen. that is not good news when i want to go home. it's more exexpensive for me. tweet me @bbc aaron and that's it with the business. can i tell you one tactic heathrow uses? when flights from china land, heathrow wheels out its mandarin republican speakers. >> to help them spend. open those wallets. >> the chinese travelers spend more than any other nation when they travel. >> what a fountain of information you are. thank you very much. right. let's return to some breaking news actually that's just come in the last couple moments. that is that german's chief federal prosecutor says he's open top an investigation into the alleged monitoring of the angela merkel's phone by the u.s. national security agency, the nsa. he's been mulling over this for some time but a formal probe now into those allegations that

persons unknown were monitoring chancellor angela merkel's phone. big row at the time with those allegations by edward snowden, the cia whistleblower that monitoring of political leaders including merkel were included by the nsa. you're watching gmt on "bbc world news." still to come. >> criminal gangs, international networks, millions in illegal profits. the black market trade in fake sporting tickets is becoming the criminal business of choice. business is booming. it's a known fact that 100% of the swordfishes you don't try to catch... ...will get away. seize the summer with up to 40% off hotels from travelocity.

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of the united states soldier bowe bergdahl to u.s. forces. up to five years of captivity in afghanistan. and president obama has stressed america's support for ukraine in a major speech in poland warning russia against bullying its smaller neighbors. brazil's president is warning her country will not tolerate any unrest during the world cup which starts in just over a week's time. demonstrations have been taking place nationwide as well as at a football friendly match with panama. they want to avoid a repeat of the violent scenes which overshadowed the confession ration cup a year ago. alpha patel has this. the brazilian team are playing a friendly against panama but the mood is less than friendly outside. this banner reads too bad

brazil, but i cheer for education. even the media aren't -- protesters accuse the police of being heavy handed. they use weapons that hurt and cause injuries. they spray pepper spray in my eyes and colleagues' eyes. that's no good. but the country's president had stern words for anyone trying to disrupt the tournament. >> translator: we won't allow there to be any kind of turmoil to impede people from going to the world cup. the demonstrations are completely lawful. what is not lawful, what is not democraticing is rioting, destroying private and public property. >> reporter: preparations for the world cup have been beset by anti-government protests and that's mainly because of its price tag, around $15 billion mainly from the public purse has been spent. protesters are angry that more money wasn't spent on public services like health care, education and housing which they

say would help address deep social inequalities and poverty. this is what the government is trying to avoid, a year ago, the confederation world cup was marred by demonstrations and violence. that strength of feeling was not seen here but with just over a week to go, there is real nervousness that the headlines will once again be dominated by events off the pitch. alpha patel, "bbc news." >> well, the threat of unrest during the world cup isn't the only problem they'll be concerned with. with just a week to go as with all big sporting events, the trade in illegal tickets is all but certain although buying a ticket from an unofficial source is a pretty risky way of trying to see a game if you're a fan heading to brazil. fifa has warned fans with unauthorized tickets will be barred from entering stadiums during the world cup. governing body has allocated

about 3 million tickets for fans. the most attractive have sod out. you can still get a ticket for a group game involving some of the smaller nations. for overseas fans, tickets will range for about 90 u.s. dollars for 1st round matches up to $990 for an official ticket to the final at the stadium in rio on july 13th. with me to discuss the potential scale of illegal tickets in brazil is reg walker a fraud expert who advises law enforcement agencies. i only laugh because every time we have a major sporting event, we tend to talk to you and hear from you about this. is brazil going to be worse than previous years? >> i think the potential is certainly there. we've seen organized groups setting up fake and scam web sites for the last year which have been rotating at the top of search engines targeting fans globally. it's very difficult to get a handle on the total scale of the problem. >> we just looked -- we just

tapped in world cup tickets on google before and all these sites are just popping up. the money, what's the figures of these that gangs are making? >> it runs into absolutely millions upon millions of pounds. in one site alone, two world cups ago, there was approximately 38,000 tickets, money for 38,000 tickets taken by one site that failed to deliver them. again, we've seen the last olympics 15,000 tickets found to be one site and the money taken again there. so the profits are huge. this type of crime is more lucrative than drug dealing, low cost, very low tech to set up now. you diffuse the victims throughout the world. there's no one particular country targeted. >> should fifa be doing more to tackle the problem? >> without a shadow of a doubt. there should have been more warnings prior to the tickets going on sale. we need to reeducate fans where to buy tickets from safely

because frequently on google searches you see the unauthorized or scam sites bob the official sites on search results. >> i suppose the only way you could prevent any of this, if you have a ticket you have to use it or lose it. >> i think there's several measures being put in place. that's one of them. identification, photographic identification with each ticket. people's photographs on tickets. potentially ticket -- technology, as well is a highly effective way of defeating some of these scams. >> so what do you think is going to happen to those people who arrive without a ticket? would you say to anyone who's a fan traveling from the world to go to brazil if you haven't got a ticket? don't try to get in? >> i wouldn't try to get in. i wouldn't travel there either. we have good intelligence over the last year, we've had organized crime go from across the world traveling backwards

and forwards to brazil to scams on the ground. so by going buying from an authorized site, you could end up with a legal ticket. >> absolute double whammy. you end up a victim twice, once online, once on the ground. >> what's the amount changing hands for tickets do you think on the black market? >> they can be as little as face value up to several thousand pounds or several thousand u.s. dollars for an individual ticket, depending on the match. obviously, there's a huge demand for finals. they make premium prices. >> do these guys ever get caught? >> no. it's a low risk krip for the criminal. it's very infrequently investigated and refew prosecutions. >> reg walker, thank you very much. a warning to anyone who hasn't got their tickets yet. let's bring you more information on that news we just brought you the breaking news in the past 20 minutes or so. prosecutors in germany have opened an investigation into the

alleged monitoring of chancellor angela merkel's mobile phone by the u.s. national security agency, the nsa. those revelations came to light last year. you may remember by edward snowden but it damaged relations seriously between washington and berlin and the investigation will be seen as diplomatically sensitive. it's the first formal act taken by a german government agency in response to those allegations made public as i say by the former u.s. intelligence analyst edward snowden. you're watching gmt. our main story, afghan taliban have released a video showing the handover of the u.s. soldier controversially swapped for five prisoners. the footage shows sergeant bowe bergdahl in afghan clothing and apparently emotional as he is freed and taken to a waiting black hawk helicopter. the prisoner swap has been criticized by republicans who say that releasing taliban

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