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amount to war crimes. navi pillay condemned rocket attacks by hamas. and we look at what is happening in business. and, marion, another food scare in china. >> fast food chains are on every high street and wall, but how fresh is the food we're eating. a new scandal in china over a firm accused of selling expired meat to some of the world's biggest brands like mcdonald's and kfc. we'll take a closer look later in the program. it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in the dutch city of eindhoven. that's where the planes carrying the bodies from the malaysia airlines disaster are expected to arrive. we think in the next few hours or so. a moment of silence was observed at kharkiv airport in eastern ukraine before the coffins were loaded on board. the investigation into who shot down flight mh-17 killing all

298 people on board is continuing at the crash site. u.s. intelligence officials say the airline wear was probably targeted by mistake by separati separatists. back in the nernllatherlands, a national day of mourning is being held. now we go to anita mcveigh. anita? >> well, here at eindhoven military air base in the next few hours we expect those two planes to arrive, carrying we understand 40 coffins to begin the process of returning the victims of mh-17 to their families. it is a national day of mourning here in the netherlands. the king and queen and the dutch prime minister will be here to lead the country in this national d o mourning along with representatives of other countries affected by this horrific event. and we understand some of the dutch families.

but the awful truth is for them that they simply don't know if their relatives' bodies are in those coffins because the formal process of identification has not yet begun here. well, let me just take you through some of the day's main developments. two planes carrying the bodies as we now know have departed from kharkiv in the ukraine and as our journalist kevin bishop who in the field there has tweeted, people in kharkiv showed farewell messages to the victims including kharkiv feels for you. and in addition to that, we have a tweet from our producer here in eindhoven, imelda slattery, showing that people are already laying flowers here, in anticipation of the arrival of those two planes carrying, as we understand, 40 coffins. well, of course, much has been happening in eastern ukraine

where those two planes departed from. a little earlier today. and we can talk now to my colleague tim willcox who is there. tim, as we heard there a moment ago, some really heart felt messages from the people of kharkiv, for those victims and, of course, by extension to their families. >> yes. a chance to give some dignity really to the victims of mh-17 in kharkiv airport today. these innocent victims whose bodies have been lying in strong sunshine in the feields for several days before being unceremoniously dumped into body bags and put on refrigerated carriages before making the journey from torrez to kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city, the capital of ukraine when the soviet union was first formed, and the messages here at this

very moving ceremony for the victims was symbolic and in part political. the deputy prime minister of ukraine talked about inhumane terrorist attacks and said that ukraine and the world would do everything to bring the perpetrators to justice. we also heard from the dutch ambassador here looking at the coffins, four laid out on the tarmac ceremonially, the other 12 already loaded on to the c-130 plane, but the dutch ambassador saying you are now starting your long journey home. it will be a long journey. just alluding to the fact as you were pointing out that nobody quite knows the identities of the bodies inside these coffins. what seems to have happened here is that the body bags have been placed in the wooden coffins for the actual forensic work to start properly as soon as they land in the netherlands.

there was then a minute of silence, and then these four coffins, the ceremonial coffins, were loaded on to the australian c-130, propeller craft, to make the journey back to eindhoven. now, there are another 24 coffins which are being loaded at the moment on to an australian transporter plane. that is a jet. essentially that jet will catch up with the c-130 propeller plane so that they will be able to choreography their landing in eindhoven, where as you say, a day of national mourning. i think, you know, this is the first opportunity here in ukraine to show some dignity, to show some respect, in the only from ukrainians, but also from representatives of those countries who have passengers on board, to show them the sort of respect that these completely innocent people who were caught up in this power struggle here in the east of the country, deserve after such an awful, grueling time for their

families. >> okay, tim, thank you very much. tim willcox there in kharkiv. well, here in the netherlands, national buildings are flying their flags at half-mast today for this national day of mourning, as well, of course, as dutch missions around the world. and five minutes before the planes carrying those coffins arrive here, bells around the country will toll for five minutes to mark this occasion. just the beginning of the process of returning all of the victims to their families. of course, 193, two-thirds of the people on board flight mh-17 were dutch. it is a huge tragedy for this nation. it is only the second time in more than half a century that -- that has been a national day of mourning. that gives you a sense of the scale of this tragedy. and as anna holligan reports now, she's been looking at how this country is trying to come to terms with it.

>> a serene stable nation, caught up in somebody else's conflict. this shrine growing every day, now marks the spot of departure, the point from which the dead departed. this started as a couple of bouquets on thursday evening and as more and more people heard about the disaster, just look at the scale of the shrine now. this is an international airport, hundreds of passengers pass through these doors every day. many of them have been stopping off here to pay their respects to the passengers who are on board that flight, passengers just like them, many of them going away on holiday. if you have a look down here, you can see international nature of these tributes. the netherlands is a calm, reserved country. but a front page images have

moved emotions, from shock and sadness to fury and frustration. combined with disbelief. >> since thursday, i've been thinking how horrible it must have been, the final moments of their lives when they knew the plane was going down. did they lock hands with their loved ones? did they hold their children close to their hearts? did they look each other in the eyes, one final time, in a wordless good-bye? we will never know. >> reporter: the bodies will be flown into eindhoven. families will wait alongside the dutch king and queen. none of them will know whether the coffins will contain their relatives. the list of names of the 193 missing dutch victims was published in this morning's papers.

some of the remains still lie in eastern ukraine. this dutch military facility outside the city of hilversum, they have been making preparations for the arrival of the remains. soon the eyes of the internationally affected community will be on this place. over the coming days, weeks and perhaps even months the bodies of those passengers will be driven through these gates to be identified by forensics before they can finally be reunited with their families. this is a small nation, one that isn't accustomed to such immense misery. >> well, villagers near the crash site in eastern ukraine have held their own memorials for the victims of this disaster. and natalia antalava is in grabo grabove.

>> you mentioned how awful it is that it might take weeks, months, possibly for families until bodies of the victims will be identified. almost more harrowing still is the fact that many of them are still lying out here in this field behind me. in the meantime, villagers, local people have been coming here to pay their respects to remember the event that probably changed this community forever. ♪ >> we want to testify to the entire world, he says, that we're not terrorists.

there are so many political disagreements here, so much blame, everyone is blaming the rebels, the government in kiev, russia, the united states, but one thing that's pretty clear is that villagers who live around here are very traumatized by what happened.

♪ >> so here are some of the voices of shock, fear, and sadness that we have been hearing here from people in the village. >> natalia, thank you very much. natalia antelava there in grabove. a short while ago, we saw police outriders arrive on their motorbikes and go into the air base behind me. they will be providing the escort for the coffins when they leave here, and are brought to hilversum, to a facility there. it is about an hour's drive away from here. and that is where the process of forensic identification of the bodies will begin. already forensic experts have been liasing with the victims'

families to helpfully make the process as speedy as possible for the grieving families. and that town of hilversum that the coffins are being taken to has its own very strong reasons for joining in this national day of mourning. on board flight mh-17 were three entire families and the son of a fourth family from hilversum. so that one small town here in the netherlands knows all too well what it means to be joining in this national day of mourning. for the moment, from eindhoven, back to london. >> anita, thanks so much for joining us from the netherlands there. as anita was saying, there are still so many unanswered questions. go it our website and find the latest news about the investigation. there is also a very special what we know page, just taking you through everything that was

managed together so far that we can clarify for you. go to bbc.com/mh17. let's bring you up to date with other news now. as iraq's parliament convenes in baghdad, they try to elect a new president, a suicide bombing in the city has killed 31 people and wounded several others. this act took place in the shiite district of the city, the sunni islamist group which led an offensive through northern and western iraq has claimed responsibility. five employees of a chinese company accused of selling expired meat to fast food giants has been detand by police. it follows food safety violations by shanghai husi food company. it emerged recently that the firm d expired beef and chicken. one of new york city's most famous landmarks the brooklyn bridge has undergone a

mysterious and subtle change. the flags at the top of the bridge are usually the stars and stripes, but a group of climbers replaced them with white flags during the night. police say they are completely baffled as to where the flags were changed. still to come, the wrecked italian cruise ship, the costa concordia, has started its last voyage to the scrap heap. ♪ the last four hours have seen... one child fail to get to the air sickness bag in time. another left his shoes on the plane... his shoes! and a third simply doesn't want to be here. ♪ until now... until right booking now. ♪ planet earth's number one accomodation site booking.com booking.yeah!

the biggest marine salvage operation of all time is coming to an end. the wreck of the costa concordia cruise ship is being touchdown away from the island of giglio to be scrapped. she hit the rocks and capsized with the loss of 32 lives in 2012. let's take you to aaron johnston who is following this for us from rome. such a huge feat, alan, for all the engineers involved. tell us how they did it. >> that's right.

this huge operation is now already well under way. the costa concordia is already far out to sea, leaving behind the island that -- where it came to grief. as you can see in the images we have coming up here, it is perfect summer weather in the mediterranean. and on time early this morning, ocean going tugs began to haul this huge vessel. it is longer and much bigger than the titanic was. it began to move and the celebration on the tugs, they sounded their sirens long and loud and a fire fighting vessel sent a great jet of water arking up into the air. people on the harbor nearby bursting into applause. the final voyage of the costa concordia had begun. she's been kept afloat with the aid of huge buoyancy chains attached to either side of her hull. 30 of them. they're acting, if you like, like arm bands on a toddler in a swimming pool. and in this delicate state, she

has to be towed very slowly. moving at not much more than walking pace, surrounded by 14 towing vessels, pollution control craft and moving through the waters are what a major marine park and a vessel out in front which is looking for schools of whales and dolphins which might be disturbed if this huge convoy suddenly plows through the middle of them. >> i read she is the length of three football fields. that perhaps gives our viewers how massive the ship is. how long will it take if she's moving so slowly to get to genoa? >> well, she's going to ark out to the west. if she's not doing that already, head towards the island of corsica, the french island of corsica, and they demanded assurances there will be no pollution threat. and she will stay in international waters as she begins to head north, heading for genoa, and we expect her to

arrive there probably on sunday, and eventually she'll be scrapped in that port where she was actually built, a scrapping process will take nearly two years. >> incredible. alan, thanks so much for updating us from rome. the u.n. human rights chief navi pillay says there is a strong possibility that israel may have committed war crimes in gaza. she cast doubt on israel's claims to have taken all necessary precautions to protect civilian life. >> of 147 children have been killed in gaza over the past 16 days. they had a right to life, just like children in any other country. their killings raise concerns about the specter of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack. israeli children and their parents and other civilians also have a right to live without the

constant fear that a rocket fired from gaza may land on their homes or their schools, killing or injuring them. >> navi pillay speaking in the last few hours. u.s. secretary of state john kerry arrived in tel aviv. he's there for cease-fire negotiations. he's due to meet u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon and the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. mr. kerry said while steps forward have been made, there is still work to be done. meanwhile, israel has called for the resumption of flights to ben gurion international airport in tel aviv. this is after u.s. and european airlines suspended services. benjamin netanyahu asked the u.s. secretary of state john kerry to help restore the flights. the u.s. central aviation authority introduced the 24-hour ban as a security measure. this is after a rocket from gaza landed near the airport injuring two people. more than 80 flights have been

canceled. and in a newt few minutes we'll hear from the british pilots association, which is raising concerns at the moment about the possible risks of flying over some countries. so stay with us for that. now, to syria, in recent days we're seeing some of the deadliest fighting since the conflict began three years ago. activists say 700 people were killed in two days alone last week as government forces fought rebels who captured a gas field near the city of homs. fighting continues today in damascus and eastern suburbs there as well as syria's second city aleppo. with me is lena sunjab. it seems like syria slipped from global attention with all the fighting that continues to go on. can you bring us up to date on what has happened. >> almost every single day, we still have the death toll over around 100 a day nearly.

and many civilians are being killed. the government is taking control and pushing rebels out. they're about to take the whole city of aleppo. they were giving a punch by the gas field from the islamic state after president bashar al assad made his oath. but now it seems the government is more and more in control. >> this is where we saw the casualties around the gas field, 700 killed. >> exactly. the islamic state is part of the attack on pro government militias. people, more than 300, killed in the second day the government fought back. we have to remind our audience since isis started in 2014, there hasn't been attack, guided attacks from the government since isis. it seemed at the time for the government it is the best enemy that it can have. now that isis is approaching, you know, areas that are really under government control, they are fighting them back. >> aleppo is the biggest city in the country. how significant is the government managed to get it

back in the next few days? will it be to the entire conflict? >> absolutely. it is going to be a big blow with the rebels and all the groups. this is where the government is trying to do. last month i went to aleppo and the road from damascus is completely under government control. there are still parts of the west aleppo that the government is trying to take back. it seems it is approaching. >> what is happening there with the opposition with the rebels and the fact that they do appear to be in disarray? >> it is their allies that making them more pragmatic. americans are not moving. the rebels talked to the americans in some reports before isis took other areas where they reached mosul and told them -- so we can fight isis. but the americans did not help. so they're left on their own with no allies to support them and back their battle against president bashar al assad. while assad is backed by iran, russia and hezbollah and

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i'm lucy hockings. in this half hour, after the mh-17 disaster, should you be worried about which path your flight is taking. some airlines have suspended flights to israel's main airport because of safety concerns. we're going to take a look at what precautions airlines are implementing. after seven years of planning, thousands of athletes from all over the world have made it to the scottish city of glasgow for the commonwealth games. there is a huge sense of anticipation ahead of the opening ceremony. erin joins with us the

business and a huge bribery scandal now. >> glaxosmithkline posted its earnings with sales falling 4%. business in asia dented by bribery allegations in its chinese operations. perhaps some medicine will help nurse it back to health. welcome back to "gmt." let's return now to our top story, the malaysia airlines crash in ukraine. six days after it was shot down, there growing criticism over why mh-17 was flying over a widely reported conflict zone in the first place. the british pilots association says the way risky air routes is simply not good enough. virgin atlantic had a pat london bound airline flying over ukraine when the mh-17 was brought down, a singapore airlines jet was flying ahead of it. this disaster is really raising questions among passengers over

who is responsible for the safety of global flight paths. >> reporter: it is one of the world's busiest passenger air routes, 60 to 80 million people fly between asia and europe each year. and in the past, over ukraine is one of the fastest routes. not only malaysia airlines, but many carriers including singapore airlines, lufthansa, thai air ways and air india were flying over ukraine until last week. carriers such as british airways and qantas avoided the route. massoud was on a singapore airlines flight which flew over ukraine on the day of the mh-17 crash. >> still in sort of a strange emotions about it actually, like it could have been our flight.

and could have been any flight. >> reporter: within hours, flights started to avoid ukraine. but the big question is why were they flying over ukraine to begin with? all the oairlines that the bbc contacted said they were only using internationally approved air routes, pointing a finger at organizations like euro control and the united nations international civil aviation organization. but they both say this is a sovereign issue and it is up to the national authorities to declare any unsafe areas of air space. >> surprised they were allowed to fly over there, just because it is a war zone, it is known they're having trouble there anyway. >> the faith is shaken, but it is not entirely destroyed, i would say. >> we take a lot of things for granted. and we trust the regulators in whatever things that they decide for us. >> reporter: airlines are keen to reassure passengers that their priority is to keep them

safe. but the debate continues over whether this tragedy could have been avoided. and with no independent organization taking direct responsibility for the safety of global flight paths, questions remain. we have breaking news to bring you from ukraine from the capital of kiev. we're hearing this from the defense ministry that pro russian rebels have shot down two ukrainian fighter jets, pro-russian rebels have shot down two ukrainian fighter jets from the defense ministry based in kiev. we have no other information at the moment, but just bringing you that news. the ukrainian defense ministry saying two jets have been shot down by pro-russian rebels. as soon as we have more on this, we'll bring it straight to you. let's return now to concerns over flight paths that airplanes

are taking a take a closer look at areas in the world where commercial flights and airline passengers could potentially be at risk from ground-based weapons. in libya, militias armed with shoulder launched missiles are back in control of the country's main airport. and africa, the entire region is awash with weapons that include portable air defense systems left over from gadhafi including nigeria and sudan as well and syria which we have been talking about the ongoing civil war there, thousands of soldiers had defected and set up new battalions that have shot down military helicopters and jets. you can see iraq as well, the al qaeda breakaway group that has taken territory, seized weapons depots all along the way. lots of hot spots there. to talk about this issue, i'm joined from our central london studio by jim mckollsum. thank you for being with us. how concerned are you about the risk assessment that takes place for airliners when they're

choosing when flight paths to go on? >> we're very concerned. passengers trust pilots and pilots need to place their trust in the authorities that give guidance. and frankly last week's developments are now a huge hole in the trust in the guidance given to airline pilots by the authorities. and we have been asking over the past 24 hours just who is calling the shots here? is it the international civil aviation organization? is it the european organization? is it a national authority? is it the airlines? seems to be a new piece highlighted this that everyone is passing the buck. we need to learn very quickly from the ex-pie yee ex-pie expe last week.

crimea is some way away from where the aircraft was shot down, but no one seemed to have thought about, maybe we should be extending that north as well, given the developments with the breakaway group in eastern ukraine. and what we have been asking overnight is who was making decisions there? wasn't just malaysia. other airlines were flying across our air, it is not a case of seeing that malaysia is at fault here. the question we're asking is if those airlines were given the authority to make the decision themselves, whether they should be flying, how were those decisions taken, what was the process, what was the head of operations doing what was the commercial director saying, what was the director saying. it is a concern toward this risk based assessment of risk security or any other breach of safety has been taken by more people and financed and commercial considerations seem to be being brought into the

mix. that's a worry for us. the only people to blame are those that murdered the 298 people in the aircraft. but if we learn from the lesson, rather than picking over the pieces of what is now a contaminated accident site in ukraine, what we should be doing is moving back from that and saying what went wrong with the processes that had aircraft on that route in the first place. >> there are 60 countries that possess radar guided high altitude missile systems. is it possible for airliners to simply avoid 60 countries when, you know, we have thousands of flights leaving from different countries all over the globe every minute of the day? >> i don't know the answer to that, but someone should do and the only body we think can do this effectively, if given the resources and the power, is a u.n. body and that is the organization. that's what we're calling on, for the u.n. to take a hand here and rather than spending time talking about sanctions against russia, it should be focusing on

how to make flying safe because last week, this changed the game plan totally of security across the world that your program has highlighted. we need to get up to speed with that very quickly. >> there is huge concern after what happened with mh-17. we have got the u.s. federal aviation authority advising their american airline industry not to be flying into ben gurion airport, the main airport in israel. you see there are some moves to be made. is that the kind of thing you would like to see, some warning, warning not to fly into somewhere like israel? >> it is a start. but we have got the same situation happening overnight. they don't seem to have learned from last week. we have the american authority telling its airlines not to fly there. we have the europeans advising airlines to think about it. we have different airlines making different decisions whether they should be flying into tel aviv. this is what we had last week with ukraine, different airlines taking different decisions. if a spot is of risk, then it

should be fly or no fly. it should not be a case of make your own judgment. so the experience of last week has not been there this week, which is why the u.n. should be acting and getting the organization to make decisions rather than left to any individual airlines to make a decision. >> jim, thank you for joining us from central landon there. breaking news we've been hearing from ukraine in past few minutes or so, from kiev, we have been hearing from the defense ministry news that two ukrainian military fighter jets have been shot down in the eastern part of the country. pro-russian rebels have shot them down according to the defense ministry, just confirming what they're telling us, two ukrainian military fighter jets have been shot down by pro-russian rebels in the east of the country. we're looking into this and will bring you more as soon as we get it. for now, let's join marion who has the business news for us. a real esta real health check for

glaxosmithkline. >> waiting for the results for a few days now. they have in the past half an hour unveiled its second quarter results. sales fell 4% due to tough conditions in the u.s. and competition from cheaper generic drugs. ongoing bribery investigation in china also hit sales in asia. so a grueling quarter since news broke of the bribery scandal that has seen senior executives in china arrested. the company share price is 8% lower than this time last year. just how significant are bribery allegations then for the company now? that's a question we put to health expert dr. steven godwin. >> i suspect from a purely -- from a strategic point of view, gsk sees that as an old issue, keeps coming back to troubles from legal, maybe a financial point of view, but from the actual underlying business point of view, i think it is a side bar. >> look at some of the other day's business news. the ignition switch defects that engulfed general motors are now

a rapidly growing problem at chrysler. chrysler said late tuesday in the u.s. it is recalling up to 792,000 older cars worldwide because the ignition switches could fall out of the run position. that would shut off the engine and disable the air bags. stub hub says it was a victim of an international cyberfraud ring. four have been arrested. stub hub has been working with law enforcement agencies from around the world for a year on the case after hackers obtained details of members from other websites and used them to access the ticketing site. manhattan district attorney will announce further details later today. five employees of a chinese company accused of selling expired meat to fast food giants were detained by police in china today. it follows food safety violations at shanghai husi food company, which supplies global brands including mcdonald's and kfc. now, in recent days it emerged that shanghai husi foods

repackaged and sold out of date beef and chicken. the scare has also spread to japan. ose, the u.s.-based firm that owns it, says it is apauld by the findings and added it has zero tolerance for any actions that compromise food safety. more on that throughout the day. it has been another bumper quarter for apple. the maker of the iphone and the ipad. it posted a 12% gain in profits on this time last year, driven mainly by higher and stronger sales of the iphone. 75 million of those have been sold in the quarter. michelle flurry reports on what the tech giant has to do to stay on top. >> are you ready? >> yes! >> reporter: in a now familiar sight, long lines outside apple stores when the iphone 5 first went on sale in hong kong, customers were greeted with cheers. buyers in china and other

developing countries are increasingly important to apple's bottom line. they have helped make it smartphones a top seller. apple sold over 35 million iphones in the last quarter. and sales in china climbed 48%, despite the phone's hefty price tag. >> all the smartphone growth in the world is the developing world, where $800 could easily mean a third of gdp per capita. people are willing to pay it because of the iconic issue of flashing the phone around. >> reporter: more of us are carrying around phones with bigger screens, to carry out the functions once performed by the ipad. not only that, but the ipad isn't quite powerful enough to illuminate the need for a fancier laptop, which may explain why apple has teamed up with old rival ibm to help its tablet as it is being squeezed from both sides. ipad sales dropped for the

second quarter in a row. >> clearly the fact there hasn't been a major rethink or refresh on the ipad is beginning to hurt them a little bit. i think they need to do something a little sexier, cooler with the ipad. >> reporter: overall profits are up. apple's earning remind us, given the reliance on one product, there is tremendous pressure for its next iphone to be a runaway hit. michelle flurry, bbc news, new york. a very, very busy day for the markets across europe today. things are looking a little more positive than yesterday. why? we had a slew of economic and corporate data out for the u.s. and out of europe. we had daimler, and also capita, the uk security firm. they have come out with figures better than expected. bhp billiton as well, the mining company, all this good corporate news helped offset any worries about further sanctions against russia. the markets looking positive right now. that's the business from me. back to you. >> good to see you.

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i'm lucy hockings. the top stories this hour. the first bodies recovered from flight mh-17 are being flown to the netherlands where a national day of mourning is being held. u.n. human rights chief suggests that israel could be committing war crimes in gaza as israel's military operation continues with more fight. venezuelan soldier and officials are in the process of removing more than a thousand

families from a 45 story building that dominates caracas. so far the eviction from the tower of david is proceeding peacefully. over the years, it developed a notorious reputation for housing criminal gangs. so much so that it is featured in the u.s. tv drama "homeland." but recently residents say it has become a safe haven from the city's boroughs. >> reporter: it is known as the vertical slum, the tower of david sits in the heart of caracas, it was supposed to be venezuela's answer to wall street, but the banking center failed to materialize when funding ran out in 1994. instead, 3,000 squatters have been living across the 45 floors. for almost a decade, the city's poorest have called this home. but this week, a mass eviction is under way. these are the first of more than 1100 families to leave. the government minister overseeing the program says it is not a forced eviction, and it is for their own good.

>> translator: anyone can see the grave danger to this over the years. it is extremely risky. children, adults and even cars have fallen from the tower. urgent intervention is needed. >> reporter: walls are missing. there are no lifts. and water and power supplies are erratic. but it is evolved into a commune. now families are being relocated to the town of kol south of the capital. officials are assisting the process, though not everyone wants to go. >> translator: i didn't want to move so far away. there aren't any job opportunities there. and i work here in caracas. i don't like this, really, i don't. >> reporter: it is all part of a flagship policy called the great housing mission, initiated by the late leader hugo chavez, intended to help the poor. tatiana lives here and is one of the many excited about moving. she points out the damage from

sewage coming in. i'm hoping this week god willing they will find somewhere for me. many in caracas consider this a base for criminal gangs. its reputation so notorious it is featured in the u.s. tv drama "homeland." but with eviction under way, what is thought to be the world's tallest slum will soon be just another empty building. katerina mo, bbc news. hugely worry trend in the united states, the surge in heroin use. it is linked to renewed interest. the drug is being frequently used by police officers on the street when they encounter an overdose. but it is only a temporary measure that reverses some of the effects of heroin on the body until emergency medical workers can reach and treat the victim. bbc's ali baldwin has been talking to community members who are promoting the use of the antidote. >> reporter: to call it an

epidemic is an understatement. we had a point in time over i 48 hour period where we had overdoses. the cops are on the street, and they couldn't help the people. if we are confronted with that situation now, first responders when they get to the scene, they can pull this antidote off the tool belt and administer it up their nose and get them breathing and responsive. >> this is not the save all, this is buying us time. >> the only action is that it has a higher affinity for the receptors in our brain that tell our body to breathe. we have it available in the emergency department and with our paramedics, but many times it takes too long for those to arrive, so we're trying to get drug closer to those that are overdosing so we can save their lives. unfortunately there is a lot of resistance to that concept. we had a hard time getting it passed in new jersey and it wasn't until bon jovi's daughter

overdosed in new york that our governor was willing to take a stand and approve this drug. >> i organized the training. i want to make sure it is in everybody's hands because my son overdosed on heroin one night. and he never came home. i wake up in the morning and it is almost like i'm sick in my stomach because my first thought is, he's really gone. he's not coming back. it wasn't a dream. and i got to go through another day without him. but i need to do something so other parents aren't me. >> the parents and families in new jersey are promoting the use of nalaxone. the glasgow 2014 commonwealth games are about to start. the queen will open the games this meaning at a ceremony featuring thousands of athletes from 71 commonwealth nations and territories. sophie is there for us an takes us through the host venues. >> reporter: the stage is set, the venues are finished, the

athletes are ready. glasgow is about to host the 20th commonwealth games. over 11 days, 14 venues will play host to 400,500 athletes. this is where it will all kick off, scotland's biggest football stadium, with what promises to be an opening ceremony in the presence of the queen. it has been transformed with a giant screen, 100 meters long, the biggest of its kind in europe. calling it glasgow's window on the commonwealth. but this is one of glasgow's most impressive venues, hampden park, home of scottish football, tra transformed into a world class

athletic stadium. they built a platform two meters above the pitch, all held in place on steel poles. the world's largest running track on stilts. the eyes of the world will be on this city as glasgow promises to host the best commonwealth games in history. more information from kiev and ukraine about the two ukrainian military jets that have been shot down by rebels. we have a bit of location as to where this happened. very close to the russian border, about 55 kilometers away from the crash site of mh-17 in donetsk. that is the area where it happened. we have a government spokesperson who has confirmed that the two ukrainian military planes have been shot down. one is a jet. the type of the other is unknown. we have no information so far on the crew or who might have been responsible. we're just confirming for you that the ukrainian government is

telling us that two ukrainian military jets have been shot down. a quick reminder of our top story, the planes carrying the bodies from the malaysian airlines disaster are expected to arrive in the netherlands shortly. we'll have more on the story throughout the day on "bbc world news." for me, lucy hockings and the "gmt" team, thank you for being with us.

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