this is bbc america and live from london "bbc world news." hello. with "bbc world news," our top stories. the conflict in ukraine. the leaders of france and germany are off to russia where they hope to convince president putin to agree to a peace deal. the search continues for the victims of the transasia plane disaster as investigators confirm both of the plane's engines lost power moments before it crashedp. the cup of nations is stopped when fans from the home team and equatorial guinea turn on supporters of the winning team ghana. they have major decisions to make. are they prepared to travel for

sunday's final or going to stay home and stay away from what should be a showcase and joyous event. kicking out the clutter. we investigate the meaning of the stuffed paradox. welcome to the program. german chancellor angela merckle said a diplomatic solution is still the only way to resolve the crisis in ukraine. she was speaking ahead of talks with the french president hollande and russian president vladimir putin taking place in moscow in a few hours time. that meeting follows a visit to kiev where they put forward a new peace plan. no details of that plan have been released but some reports suggest it could include a redrawn cease-fire line and greater autonomy for the breakaway regions.

however chancellor merkel says she will never decide on questions of territorial integrity over the head of another country. while there has been continued fighting over the past few days in eastern ukraine, pro-russian rebels have surrounded the town of debaltseve. now you can see in the territory here that's controlled by rebels shaded on red in red on the map. so what do they want to take? it is a key transport hub. it connects the rebel held areas of donestk and luhansk. the main railway line running through the town here. reports just in over the past hour of a brief humanitarian truce that has been agreed so civilians can now leave the area. our correspondent james reynolds has been inside the town of debaltseve and sent us this report. >> reporter: the road to debaltseve is almost empty. the ukrainian army orders us to

drive it as quickly as we can. rebels have nearly encircled the town. this is the only way in. we find almost no one on the streets. from the center of town we hear the boom of artillery fire. the army takes us to visit a bomb shelter in the basement of a music academy. one family takes refuge here. the older man, alexander, under a blanket, is too weak to be moved. debaltseve has become too dangerous to most civilians. simply decided they have to get out and leave for their own safety. the ukrainian army is determined

to hold this town. it's vitally important if the government is to stop the rebels from gaining better ground. she is getting ready to leave with her 80-year-old father nick colie. are. >> translator: the past two weeks have been awful. terrifying. there's bombing day and night. we just want to live and for our children to have a life. >> reporter: the military bus takes them and others out of town. towards the front line in debaltseve ukrainian soldiers hold their positions against rebels on the horizon. the smoke is from outgoing ukrainian fire. 52-year-old yevgen has given us job as a doctor on a cruise ship to serve as a military surgeon.

>> this is my home right. everybody come to my home right. they are guests. they welcome always. but if somebody come in my house and starts dictating, do this do this what am i going to do? i'll take the gun and shoot them. >> reporter: soldiers cheer themselves off. but their government may be less optimistic. in order to hold its grind ss ground here and elsewhere, ukraine says it has to get better weapons from the west. it can't beat russia on its own. james reynolds bbc news debaltseve. more on that story later in the program. let's turn our attention to taiwan. investigators there say both engines lost power on the transasia airways plane that crashed earlier this week. the reporting and initial findings from the plane's black boxes.

there were 35 people that were killed when the plane came down in a river and several others are missing. the investigation is still in its early stages. however, they have confirmed one engine lost power seconds after takeoff and set off an alarm shortly after that the other engine was shut down manually. however, it's not clear yet exactly why. the director of the aviation safety council says that so far, nothing has been ruled out. >> number two engine for some reason. so the fact that the engine will no longer to produce for the pilots. so the pilot has indication that engine number two up. so at this time for the pilot, there is no engine number two. after takeoff, altitude 1200

feet at that time better. then number two engine the right engine start ss to build power. and the number one engine turn off at 53 minutes around 29 seconds. that's the number one engine. >> now let's turn to aaron with all the business news taking a look at ukraine, also your top story. >> yeah. big surprise, shock for the markets there yesterday. real battle for that economy at the moment. thanks very much. hello, there. let's head to ukraine now where the government is battling not only the russian packed separatists in the east but a growing financial crisis. inflation, boy, it is soaring. reserves are running low. the economy is in its worst

recession since world war ii. on thursday there was chaos as the national bank of ukraine abandoned its attempts to prop up the country's currency leading to as massive slide in its value. i'm going to show you. that slide certainly promptd the country's central bank to raise a key interest rate by 5.5 percentage points taking the main key rate to 19.5%. this basically in a bid to control inflation and make the currency more attractive to investors. the currency has been on a massive losing streak against the dollar since the start of the unrest last year losing around half of the value against the greenback. i also should say it's not just the currency that's affected by the fighting. according to the president poroshenko, kiev spends 8 million bucks a day every single day fighting russia-backed separatists. we'll have a lot more coming up on "gmt" about ukrainep. ladies and gentlemen that time of year again, it is a awards season with a host of tops up

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breaks to keep production in tinseltown, gives back 20% in rebates. with countries including south africa hungary, the czech republic offering tax incentives competition to lure the creative industries is pretty fierce indeed. more on "gmt." tweet me i'll tweet you back. get me @bbc. that's it with the business. back to you. >> thanks very much aaron. what about this quote. like a war zone. that is how the africa cup of nations semifinal was described after ghana knocked out the host equatorial guinea and so they're out of the tournament now. that match was marred by crowd trouble which erupted in the 82nd minute after ghana went 3-0 up. rocks and bottles were thrown at the players. at one point even a police helicopter was just hovering over the pitch. ghana will now play ivory coast in sunday's final. our correspondent pierce evers was at this match and witnessed

the violence. >> reporter: riot police in the stands injured fans sheltering on the pitch, missiles thrown and a high-profile game suspended for over 30 minutes. this was a night of shame for football. [ inaudible ] the highest. >> talking about ghana's win, talking about taking the shine away from our win. >> reporter: streamed out of the stadium after ghana scored the third goal. those who stayed behind pelted the bench and fans with a variety it of missiles. >> you have to run for shelter and that's why we went. >> when you say you broke the gate forced it open? >> we forced it open. the police wouldn't allow us but we forced it open. >> pushed us. the force.

imagine. >> there's no security. this is shamble. >> reporter: as the fans scrambled to leave the confederation of african football cast refused to comment on the troubles. meanwhile rioting from home fans spread on to the streets outside the stadium when equatorial guinea's fine hosting of the nation's cup went up in smoke and tear gas too. >> translator: i hope they can forgive us for our mistakes because our fans behaved very badly. >> reporter: the night is almost over for the ghana fans behind me, but it should have been one of joy instead it turned sour. after all the objects that were thrown at them and these are just some of the ones a mirror would you believe, a broken plate, and this one of dozens hundreds of stones thrown their way. they have a major decision to make. are they prepared to travel to sunday's final against ivory coast in the nation or are they going to stay home and stay away

from what should be a showcase and joyous event. for bbc news this is pierce edwards. >> coming up this weekend as pierce mentioned. our attention to jordan. jordanians holding a rally to express solidarity with the family of the pilot muath al kasasbeh killed by islamic state. take a look at these pictures taking place in the capital. people holding flags to show, indeed that they support the battle against islamic state. they have been called to make a public stand and bringing more on that on "bbc world news." still to come on the program, ever heard of the stuffed paradox? another example of the widening gap between rich and poor. we'll tell you more.

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kiev, the leaders of france and germany are off to russia where they hope to conconvince putin to bring peace to a deal to ukraine. let's get more now on that top story. the diplomatic efforts getting under way to end the violence in eastern ukraine. we're joined by alexander who is a military analyst in moscow. let's speak to you now. these talks getting under way. you are watching them from moscow. are you hopeful? >> absolutely not. we have absolutely no information what are new western proposals here because the rumors contradict each other absolutely. one story is that hollande and

merkel will bring something to mr. putin, something that is rebel territory will be formally in ukraine and ukrainens will agree with the new dividing line. if so it will be for two western leaders, something like a way if you like because all mr. putin wants. the other theory is that they will be bringing something like to mr. putin. >> it's interesting that you say that, because a couple things we've been hearing from chancellor merkel before she got on the plane from moscow speaking in berlin on friday morning, one that she says it is still time for a diplomatic solution and two, that she's not going to decide territorial issues by going over the head of another country.

which might indicate mr. poroshenko would not be on board for more autonomy for the breakaway regions? >> again, we have only theories not facts. >> that's true. it's absolutely clear what mr. putin wants in reality. he wants which means each region of ukraine will have weaker rights on any decision of central government. so in this kind of realization, ukraine should feed this rebel territories and moscow will control them politically. >> what -- >> directly what mr. putin wants. >> it's interesting that you say that because i'd be interested mr. gould, on what you think the end game is for mr. putin?

>> well there is no end game for mr. putin. why all this story with eastern ukraine began, only because mr. putin accepted everything that happened in ukraine as the result of western call. so what we have in donestk and hue hank luhansk is a counter revolution if you like. what mr. putin wants, to have excellent example for any ration citizen, not ukrainian, but russian citizen, you want revolution every revolution is ended with war. at the end of the day, he got what he wanted. >> thank you for your analysis

and interesting day ins moscow. we will keep you bringing you more details of the talks as they develop. well let's turn our attention to australia. he came to power, can you guess who this is, less than a year and a half ago, promising stability, mr. tony abbott is facing a leadership challenge. mp from his governing party has called for a vote next week an tuesday. the it follows the party's heavy defeat in queensland and series of perceived gaffes by mr. abbott including his decision to award a knighthood to britain's prince philip attracted ridicule, derided by many. john donson brings us this report from sydney. >> reporter: it's less than 18 months since tony abbott came to power. but the swagger of his early days in office is long gone. this week there's been much speculation of a coup within his

own party. this morning, as he toured a factory, mr. abbott was trying to send a message of business as usual, hoping a vote on his leadership could be avoided when the party meets next week. >> we are going to get on with government next week and the last thing that you'll see from me is any deliberate distractions. there will be no deliberate distractions from me and i'm certainly expecting that we will have a strong and constructive party meeting next tuesday. that's what we normally do and that's what i expect will happen next week. >> reporter: but just hours later, the liberal mp luke simkins formally asked for a leadership vote next tuesday. politics in australia can be a ruthless business. the previous labor government went under largely because of infighting between kevin ruud and julia gillard who managed to oust each other for the top job.

mr. abbott urged his own party not to make the same mistake. >> we are not the labor party. we are not the labor party and we are not going to repeat the chaos and instability of the labor years. so i have spoken to deputy leader julie bishop and we will stand together in urging the party room to defeat this particular measure. >> reporter: since he was elected mr. abbott has struggled to get much of his agenda off the ground. it was the decision to award prince philip a knighthood that may prove to be his downfall. the move was almost universally criticized here. he was ridiculed on social media and it led to accusations that the prime minister was out of touch with his party and his people. many believe the most likely to challenge for the leadership is malcolm turnball the communications minister. over the weekend, liberal party mps and senators will be making a calculation, do they have the

best chance of winning the next election during 2016 with mr. abbott or without him? john donson bbc news sydney. that vote on tuesday. now to a problem known as the stuffed paradox. this is a term that's used to describe why a large number of americans have so many possessions that they don't know what to do with while on the other end of the scale in the country, there are some that hardly own anything at all. the paradox is a visible example of the growing wealth gap which the bbc has been exploring in its season "a richer world." jane o'brian looks at how some unwanted stuff could help others that are in need. >> reporter: keri is moving house downsizing to a city apartment and dealing with all the stuff she and her family have accumulated over the last 16 years. >> this is the stuff that we're keeping and putting into storage. >> reporter: if people didn't buy things the u.s. economy would probably collapse. but there is a backlash to

consumerism. a growing number of americans, like keri are trying to live with less. >> what do you do with it? does it just gather dust and you keep it or hoard it or, you know, just have it to have it or use it? is it functional? so i think that's part of the lens that you have to use in making these decisions about what to keep and what to, you know, give away this is the table we will be donating to wider circle one of the first items that we purchased as newlyweds and sort of building your home. it's the piece that i feel we can pass on. >> reporter: but you've had it for such a long time and it must have so many memories. >> yes. >> reporter: how difficult was it to let go? >> part of it was difficult in terms of making that decision and part of it was able to see that it would go on to be used and not just collecting inging dust. >> reporter: a wider circle is a charity that redistributes stuff to people who don't have anything. staff are kept busy because washington has one of the

biggest wealth gaps in the country. >> stuff is much more than stuff. stuff touches on our emotional and spirit actual states. when we transfer items from one family to another we change everything about that family that gets it and then we also change everything about the family that gives it. >> reporter: 18% of people in washington live in poverty, well aboves the national average. every day the charity's warehouse empties. >> this is your dining room table. >> wow, that is beautiful. >> reporter: but can keri's table really make a difference? meet april johnson, a single mother of five who says she lost everything when her landlord sold her apartment. for the last six months she and her children have been staying at her mother's house. >> it's really hard. once you're used to having your own and then all of a sudden you have to give it all up and then to live with someone else especially when you have children, it's really hard. i dealt with it and i prayed. >> all right. you can place the table right here. >> reporter: april now has a new

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"bbc world news." our top stories. thousands have gathered in jordan's capital to support the fight against islamic state militants after the death of a jordanian pilot captured by the militants. the conflict in ukraine, the leaders of france and germany are off to russia where they hope to convince president putin to agree to a peace deal. the search continues for victims of the transasia plane disaster. that's as investigators confirm that both of the plane's engines lost power moments before it crashed.

scientists at edden berg zoo discovered chimps act like the rest of us. thousands of jordanians are holding rallies in support of their government's fight against islamic state militants. march in solidarity with the family of pilot moaz al kasasbeh killed by jihadists. king abdullah of jordan has vowed to crush islamic state and send war planes to carry out dozens of air strikes on islamic state targets in syria. this being some of the pictures coming out of amman today. we're going to be speaking to our correspondent jim muir later

in the program, who is at thele rally and we'll hear more details about the government's actions. investigators in taiwan say both engines lost power on the transasia airways plane that crashed this week. they're reporting initial findings from the plane's black boxes. there are at least 35 people killed when the plane came down in a river in taipei. several others are still missing. officials say the investigation is still very much in its early stages. however, they have confirmed that one engine lost power seconds after takeoff and that set off an alarm and shortly afterwards the other engine was then shut down manually. it's not yet clear exactly why. the director of the aviation safety council says that so far nothing has been ruled out. >> number two engine for some reason, so to protect the engine the engine will no

longer to produce any thrust for the pilot, so the pilot indication that engine number two flame up. so at this time for the pilot, there is no engine number two. when the test 37 after takeoff, after 1200 feet at that time better. then number two engine the right engine stopped produce power. and the number one engine cut off at 23 minutes and around 29 seconds. that's the number one engine. >> unfortunately, like a war zone, that is how the africa cup of nations semifinal has been described after ghana knocked

out the host equatorial guinea in the tournament. that match was marred by crowd trouble which erupted in the 82nd minute after ghana went 3-0 up. there were rocks, bottles, pieces of a mirror thrown on to the ghana players on the pitch and at one point, in fact a police helicopter was hovering over the pitch. ghana will go ahead to play ivory coast in sunday's final. our correspondent pierce edwards was at the match and witnessed the violence. >> reporter: riot police in the stands injured fans sheltering on the pitch, missiles thrown and high-profile game suspended for over 30 minutes. this was a night of shame for football. >> this conduct of the fans is the highest of bar barism. talking about ghana's win, talking about the misbehavior of fans. so it has taken the shine away from our win. >> reporter: home fans streamed

out of the stadium after ghana scored the third goal. those who stayed behind pelted the stars bench and their fans with a variety of missilesp. >> we had to run for shelter and that's why we broke the gate and went on the field. >> when you say you broke the gate does that mean you forced it open? >> we forced it open. the police wouldn't allow us but we forced it open. >> it's no good. imagine people are in the hospital now. >> there's no security. this is absolute shambles. >> reporter: as fans scrambled to leave, the confederation of african football cast refused to comment on the troubles. meanwhile rioting from home fans spread on to the streets outside the stadium on a night when equatorial guinea's fine hosting of the nation's cup went up in smoke and tear gas too. >> translator: i hope they can forgive us for our mistakes because our fans behaved very badly.

>> reporter: the night is almost over for the ghana fans behind me, but it should have been one of joy. instead, of course it turned sour. after all the objects that were thrown at them and these are just some of the ones, a mirror, would you believe, a broken plate, and this, one of dozens, hundreds of stones thrown their way. they have a major decision to make. are they prepared to travel to sunday's final against ivory coast in the nation's cup or are they going to stay home and stay away from what should be a showcase and joyous event. for bbc news this is pierce edwards. still remains to be seen how it will turn out. in other news at least 17 people have been killed in a fire in a shopping center in southern china. fire started in a four-story building in the province of guangdong and it took nearly 300 firefighters and 45 fire engines several hours to put out that blaze. nigeria says it will hold its presidential election next

saturday as was scheduled. the decision to press ahead was taken after a seven-hour meeting in the capital abuja. no polling stations will be set up in many parts of the northeast of the country where there's been violence and the group boko haram militant group holds sway. british police have spent about 15 million pounds providing a 24-hour guard at the ek ca torain embassy in london since julian assange claimed asylum there. mr. assange who denies allegations he sexually assaulted two women in sweden faces arrest if he leaves the embassy. severe winter weather has been causing chaos across many parts of europe in particular sweden italy and spain are among those countries hardest hit. they've seen almost arctic conditions overs these past few days. their schools and roads have been closed and near the northern spanish port of santander around 100 tourists had to be rescued from their

cars. some had been trapped for up to 17 hours. the bbc's tim almond brings us more. >> reporter: snow and ice but for hundreds of people trapped in their cars near the spanish port it was that. among those being rescued around 100 holiday makers from the uk. reported temperatures of minus 15 degrees celsius and 40 centimeters of snow was not what they were expecting. >> to spain to avoid the english winter. >> reporter: the traffic was at least moving in this part of northern italy, although driving conditions were treacherous. a stretch of one of the country's main motor ways is closed and ice and snow made getting around a difficult task for many. in venice melting snow rain and rising tidal waters led to

flooding. the square transformed into a giant paddling pool. it's thought the waters won't recede until saturday at the earliest. for the north in sweden snow is hardly a novel experience but even here, records were broken. the city reporting its highest snowfall in more than half a century. more than a meter falling in the first few days of the month. enough to deter all but the heartiest of souls and their dogs. tim alman, bbc news. let's return to our top story. thousands of jordanians holding rallies in support of their government's action to fight islamic state militants. we can speak to jim muir who is in amman right now and jim, these rallies, tell us a little bit about what you're seeing and what people are telling you? >> well it's been quite a big boisterous rally in the center of amman, one of many in different parts of the country, all with the same message of

national unity of really thirsting to hit back at isis the islamic state in response to the hideous burning of the pilot which is something that everybody here is very, very angry and passionate about. that's the message from everyone i talk to in the crowd, including queen rana who came down here. she said today she's an ordinary jordanian like everybody else, that the nation has to rally to basically destroy what she called these evil people. she said it has to be a sustained campaign but that it -- the question reclaiming islam, reclaiming religion and fighting not just on behalf of jordan but on behalf of the arabs, the muslims and the world. a strong determination here from the leadership on down. those voices who had been basically expressing reservations about jordan's involvement with the coalition, seem at the moment at least to have been stilled. the jordanian army and airports have hit back with intensified

air strikes on i.s. positions inside syria. i think it's not just propaganda. they do intend to keep that up and intense iffy their involvement with the coalition and look for all kinds of other ways they can support an international and regional campaign to root the i.s. out altogether. >> interesting, jim, behind you, some people were walking by with posters of the pilot moaz al kasasbeh. with jordan it's a very particular country in the region, a place that islamic state was able to recruit young people to fight for them. do you think that this killing will be a game changer in any way when it comes to islamic state in that respect? >> well i think in a way certainly the signs at the moment are yes, that it has changed things. it may notes last forever. one doesn't know. there is a certain strand here that does support extremist islam, one of the original leaders of al qaeda in iraq al

zawahiri came from jordan he was jordanian and jordan has supplied not willingly as a state, obviously, but a lot of fighters jihadis who have gone to fight alongside al qaeda or its offshoot islamic state. the sense i have at the moment is that they are very much in the minority that they're now feeling they -- and a lot are having second thoughts especially the manner in which the pilot was put to death, not just his killing, but the way it was done. the hideously slow gloating kind of barbaric of it. that has really upset a lot of people a lot of people in public opinion here and i think that strand is feeling that anger in public opinion. at the moment at least the message very much is one of rallying around the flag around the king around the armed forces as they intensify their struggle against i.s. >> thank you, jim. jim muir speaking to us there

from amman, jordan where the rallies are taking place and we'll keep an eye on them throughout the day here on "bbc world news." one of australia's biggest energy companies has reached a $200 million settlement with hundreds of survivors of bush fires that took place six years ago. they will compensate residents of marysville where 40 people were killed in 2009. it's a date known in australia as black saturday. the company has not said it caused the blaze but survivors blamed a faulty power line for the blaze. it's the third payout they have made in the region. stay with us on "bbc world news." still to come -- see more of this mesmerizing murmuration of starlings as they fly through the skies above israelp. . 've been admiring. the worlds you've been dreaming of. ♪

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welcome to "bbc world news." these are your latest headlines. thousands have gathered in jordan's capital to support the fight against islamic state after the death of a jordanian pilot captured by the militants. after spending thursday in kiev the leaders of france and germany are off to russia where they hope to convince president putin to agree to a deal that could bring peace to ukraine. let's stay with our story. german chancellor angela merkel says it is unclear whether talks in moscow will lead to a breakthrough resolving the crisis in ukraine. she was speaking ahead of a meeting. chancellor merkel says a diplomatic solution is the only way to end the conflict and the she will never deal with questions of territory over the head of another country. david stern is able to join me now from kiev. so those talks going to be taking place, david, but

interesting to hear from you what people are saying on the ground? >> well yes. i just spoke to a ukrainian official who saw the proposal who was not present at the actual meeting, but he said the meeting between president poroshenko and the german and french leaders went positively. apparently there are two sets of proposals, one coming from moscow the other one coming from the europeans. as far as the moscow proposal goes he said what president putin was asking or what is proposing is totally unacceptable. but what the europeans are proposing he said was actually nothing new, that these are concrete steps to achieve what has already been agreed upon in the minsk agreement agreed in september in the belarus capital. he said there wasn't anything there to interest mr. putin. not a great deal of optimism that likewise there's going to be a break through in moscow. he said if there are any

cherries at the bottom of the cake they weren't on paper. the question is as chancellor merkel said there's only a diplomatic solution what diplomatic solution there is because so far, it isn't stopping the fighting on the ground and, in fact it hasn't really stopped it at all. one -- there is a question of what can be done now in order to reach the cease-fire if not an overall peace in the ukrainian east. >> thanks very much, david stern, speaking from kiev keeping us abreast of those talks and how they are seen from kiev. let's turn our attention now to pakistan. 50 of the leading actors singers and celebrities have come together to perform a song and tribute to the victims and survivors of a massacre at a school in peshawar in december. you might remember at least 150 people and most of them children were killed in a taliban attack there. the song will be called "we will fly" it has been written and composed by one of pakistan's

popular singer/actors. he's been speaking. ♪ >> reporter: the school massacre on december 16th affected people in pakistan and beyond. pakistan's leading artist and as a parent what was your reaction? >> shock and anger and disappointment and disgust. these emotions you can't really put into words. i feel that -- >> did you cry? >> when i was recording the song. hob very honest i kept it inside me for a long time but when i went to record it that's when it all came out. ♪

>> it's a tribute? >> yes. >> what's the message you're trying to put across? >> the world has to see that here we are standing together all of us together singing out, for our children for our future children, the future of this country. this is a pakistan we want to see, a pakistan which is progressive, which is tolerant which prioritizes education. >> a lot of pakistanis are scared of taliban. politicians have been scared. artists are scared. that's why they don't want to confront them directly. >> the fact that artists came together without a second thought to send out a strong message to the peshawar children and stand together and show that pakistan will rise out of this, shows that time is gone. ♪ >> it is encouraging some people

to come out and say it. >> you don't have a choice. they're your schools, your houses, your children are not safe. >> will it make a difference? >> see, my job, was it try to make a difference and that's what we should all aspire for. the time has come if you face the truth, with blunders and we act, all of us together as one. let's turn our attention to chimpanzees. chimps from the netherlands will move to a zoo and have appeared to speak with an accent. they are nine chimps first moved to their new home five years ago when they used -- used to use this high pitched noise to ask for apples. the researchers found they later started to request food with a low grunt same used by the scottish companion chimps. let's hear more from laura

bicker. >> reporter: meet louie he lives in the edinburgh zoo and likes to eat apples. this is the sound he used to make when asking for an apple. but after a few years with his scottish chimp family paul has learned to ask for it their way. to human ears the grunts may sound similar but researchers say finding out chimps can learn each other's sounds is a breakthrough. >> it's not clear at moment and we need a bit more research to find out whether or not before they started matching calls, could they still understand one another? is this like me learning the french word for apple so i can communicate with a french person or me moving to glasgow and after five years speaking with an accent. >> reporter: the idea that the dutch chimps speak with a scottish accent entertained visitors. >> that's absolutely bizarrep. it's hilarious.

>> it's great to hear them as well. >> listen for them. can't know. wow. >> like humans. we do the same thing, don't we? >> yeah. >> reporter: research suggests that our ancestors' behavior are similar to our own than originally thought and it helps explain what's so special about human communication. the ability to talk to one another has developed as the two groups from different countries bonded and it's come as no surprise to the keepers that it all started over an apple. >> chimps do have a sweet toothp. they love fruit more than vegetables which we can all understand why and apples are great for chimps, seem fond of them and they get excited when they see them. >> reporter: of course they're chimps, not always going to get on. but it seems that the new arrivals have even developed a taste for porridge.

as these guys are vegetarians, it's definitely off the menu. how about that. let's turn our attention to the states and mexico. more than 30 million americans trace their roots back to mexico. it's actually the fastest growing demographic across the united states. touch of food and football and mexican-americans are putting their stamp op american culture. the bbc's pop up month in tucson arizona took time to ask people what does it mean to be mexican-american? ♪ >> how can we begin to explain what america means to us? mexican nos, his panos. the names have all been changed across the century, but they all mean the same thing. they mean that we americanos longer than america has existed. >> in arizona, people have been

telling me there's a huge difference between being mexican and mexican-american, an identity upon itself. that's what i'm going to investigate. what does it mean to be mexican-american in modern day america? >> mexican-american hispanic. >> latina. >> latino. >> mexican-american. >> no such thing as a [ inaudible ] american. you're american or not. >> the labels that the united states government give us and the labels you ascribe to yourself. mexican-american, chicano we use it. >> it's an offensive word to me. >> it was a radical movement, movement that says we had it. >> nothing wrong with being a mexican. i've had it. i don't need this thing. >> i'm not sure what it means but it's offensive to me. okay. mexican is not offensive.

it's like third culture in the united states. >> change from spanish to english. in the same sentence. more opportunities. >> a source of pride. it's pride and culture. >> get to enjoy the best of both worlds in a sense. this sunday we will watch the silver birch but maybe next sunday we will watch a soccer game. >> we completely take in the american culture when it comes to thanksgiving but for christmas, that designated as where our ancestors come from. >> this is what they call ground beef patty, folded in a corn tortilla deep fried. >> this is definitely mexican rice. >> hispanic population increases in the u.s. a place like tucson with 42% hispanic population a sign of a future america?

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