hello you're watching bbc world news, i'm adnan nawaz. our top story this hour: the formal inquest into the killing of 30 british tourists at a tunisian holiday resort concludes later today. despite evidence that police delayed their response to the attack, the inquiry won't rule that neglect contributed to their deaths. welcome to the programme — our other main stories this hour... president trump calls for a ten per cent rise in american military spending — and cuts elsewhere to pay for it. and fly them to the moon. the era of private lunar orbit is about to begin, so long as you have the money. i'm sally bundock. in business, the cost of the nationwide cash withdrawal — india will reveal how much growth has stalled since its controversial demonetisation programme. sg connectivity — what is its true potential? rory cellan—jones has been finding

out at the mobile world congress in barcelona. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists who were among 38 people murdered in a terror attack in tunisia two years ago will conclude this tuesday. the hearing was told that local policemen did nothing to stop the gunman for at least 25 minutes. daniela relph reports. in front of the parisian families, the inquest has heard the chilling, distressing detail of multiple murder. —— barrack families. here, the gunman is dropped off at the resort. the driver of the car has never been found. under his arm, a parasol hiding his weapon. he walked to the beach where he began to kill,

shooting people as they lay on sun lounges. holidaymakers fled in panic, across the sand, vulnerable injust shorts panic, across the sand, vulnerable in just shorts and swimming costu mes. in just shorts and swimming costumes. these are people quite literally running for their lives. there was chaos and confusion. how could this possibly be happening? a gunman, shooting tourist after tourist. from the beach and the pool tourist. from the beach and the pool, he entered the hotel, roaming around and looking for victims. many we re around and looking for victims. many were shot dead as they tried to hide. for 20 minutes, were shot dead as they tried to hide. for20 minutes, he killed repeatedly. nobody stopped him. this map, evidenced during the inquest, showed how far seifeddine rezgui travelled on his killing spree. a metropolitan police team sent to tunisia to investigate commissioned this animation, an image of each victim marking the place where they we re victim marking the place where they were killed. injust about

victim marking the place where they were killed. in just about every main area of the hotel, somebody died. the gunman simply wasn't stopped, he wasn't challenged. the police, the coastguard, hotel security, all failed to act, in what was described in court as simple cowardice. eventually, seifeddine rezgui was shot dead, alongside the hotel where he had murdered 38 people. every day, the families came to court. at times they had to sit through painful, agonising evidence. but these inquests have been an important part of the grieving process , important part of the grieving process, a chance to remember and a chance to ask questions and look for a nswe i’s. chance to ask questions and look for answers. how could aid each holiday end up with so many people never coming home? —— a beach holiday. in an exclusive interview with the bbc ahead of the verdict, a british witness has described how he intervened to save some of those who were shot.

iran i ran towards the gunfire, where i could now see bodies on the beach. i hit the deck, and as i hit the sand, i literally fell into a lady. i could see the lady was moving, semiconscious. she had some severe gunshot wounds. i dressed her hand and covered her wrist with the scarf that i had pulled down off the beach umbrella. she then told me she had pain in her leg. i noticed she had a hole in her leg, so i got a beach towel and i wrap it around the lake towel and i wrap it around the lake to co m press towel and i wrap it around the lake to compress the injury and stop the bleeding. —— laid. iwas to compress the injury and stop the bleeding. —— laid. i was on the beach for a good 20 minutes with her alone, and i saw no military or medical staff, and it is only in recent reports that i found that the police waited. the police fainted,

they hid. you know, that is unforgivable. bbc news will of course bring you the verdict from that hearing when it happens. president trump has promised what he's calling an historic increase in american defence spending. white house officials say he wants the pentagon's budget to go up by $54 billion, almost 10%. one of the president's priorities is listed as "rebuilding" the military, which underwent some deep spending cuts under president 0bama. officials say the spending is also intended to "restore" us nuclear capabilities. there will also be more resources for securing the country's borders. all this to be paid for by cutting programmes such as foreign aid and environmental regulations, perhaps also contributions to the united nations. mr trump announced his plans at the white house, during a a meeting of state governors. my my first budget will be submitted to the congress next month. this budget

will be a public safety and national security budget, very much based on those two, with plenty of other things, but very strong, and it will include an historic increase in defence spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america at a time when most needed. chalobah is under is our washington correspondent. it is all about congress approving every plan he has, unless it is an executive order, of course. and if you are a republican, you are part of the majority in congress. you are not going to vote against it, because you are up for re—election. going to vote against it, because you are up for re-election. it is still going to be very difficult to get through. it is not going to be a smooth, straightforward process. they do still need the help of democrats to get all of this through. just to put this into international context for you, the us spendsjust international context for you, the us spends just under 600 early and dollars a year on its defence budget. ——

dollars a year on its defence budget. -- $600 billion dollars a year on its defence budget. —— $600 billion a year. that is more than the six next biggest spenders on defence, more than they'll spend together. we are talking huge amounts already. to add $54 billion to that is no small thing. he is looking into his own federal departments, to see where he can cut money elsewhere to make all of this possible. you mentioned foreign aid, you mentioned the environmental protection agency. that agency costs about $8 billion a year, as a whole. so these are dropping the figures compare to what he needs. —— drop in the ocean figures. we expect that in may we will get a fully fleshed out plan. at the moment it is a blueprint and it does need to go to all these other government departments to see where they can make cuts to see whether this is all possible. given how much the president has talked about making cuts all sway, or, sorry, i should say not making cuts

elsewhere, in the welfare budget, for example, he wants to make tax cuts as well, so it is really difficult to —— difficult to get your head around where this money is going to come from. there are talks about cutting state department funding as well. that seems strange, to weaponise themselves more and put less money into diplomacy. when you put those two things together it balance slightly uncomfortably, in terms of international politics, at least. yes, and there are around 120 military officials who really disagree with that statement. they have written to congress and said that money should not be cut from diplomacy and development budgets. they say that that is important for helping to prevent conflict, it goes hand—in—hand with making sure countries where american troops are operating, that they are kept safe,

that actually this sort of diplomacy and development money actually helps troops on the ground. so really there is still able to work through, and there are concerns from democrats, no surprise there, but also republicans, that the money is being suggested to be cut from all the wrong areas. tulip, thank you. in other news, reports say four people have died and two are injured in southern california, where a small plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood. officials say the cessna 310 crashed into two houses after taking off from riverside municipal airport. a family of five are believed to have been on board. local officials say one of the teenagers survived after being thrown from the plane. in northern peru, passengers had a narrow escape after their bus was dragged into a swollen river, as millions of people were affected by flooding in the andes in south america. torrential rain and mudslides has paradoxically left more than 4 million people remain without clean water in the chilean capital santiago.

the treatment of migrants trying to make their way through north africa to europe has been revealed in a report published by the united nations today. it said abuse of women and children was rife in a series of detention camps in northern libya. the number of child migrants crossing the mediterranean to europe last year doubled to almost 26,000. sally is here with news of a country that largely, i suppose if you are a rural nation, you deal with cash. you do not write cheques. indeed, cash is king. certainly that was the case with india, which is widely dim on it as a programme which was literally introduced overnight in november caused such chaos. —— demonetisation. many people have in asking for some time with india could come the engine that drives the global economy. the world's second most populous country has been attracting the attention of governments and companies worldwide,

keen to make the most of its potential. in the next half—hour we will learn exactly how far that country is growing, as the goodman releases its gdp figures since that radical demonetisation programme was launched in november. investors will be comparing it to the growth that they saw in july, be comparing it to the growth that they saw injuly, august and september. you can see a big number, 7.3% growth. but economists do not expect that to continue, and that is mainly because of the government's surprise move to replace about 86% of the bank notes in circulation in early november. this has had a huge impact in india, where nine out of ten transactions are made in cash. it is one of a number of reforms which are historic and bearing fruit. that is according to the oecd. fruit. that is according to the 0ecd. 0ne fruit. that is according to the 0ecd. one of the other positives, the oecd says, is that it picks out the oecd says, is that it picks out the competency of tax reform programme that prime minister mahendra mercury has been

introducing. —— narendra modi. we will also be hearing from the indian finance minister in world business report. now, it is date two of the big smartphone events taking place at the moment, the mobile world congress in barcelona. yesterday we told you about nokia, its latest attem pts told you about nokia, its latest atte m pts to told you about nokia, its latest attempts to revive its struggling mobile brand by introducing, again, the 3310. a host of new phones, as well, including the revamped version of that iconic handsets that we knew so of that iconic handsets that we knew so well. today we are taking a look at the future of wireless technology. rory cellan—jones is there for us, and has been finding out about the potential of 5g connectivity. so stay tuned to get the latest from him, and all the other business stories, in about 20 minutes. thank you, sally. at the end of last week, the greek prime minister said his country's era of austerity is over, but today, greece's creditors will meet his government to discuss the implementation of reforms needed to unlock billions more dollars

of bailout money. the deputy foreign minister, giorgos katrougalos, has told the bbc it's clear that ordinary people all over the world are no longer prepared to put up with austerity on the orders of what he calls "a global elite." 0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly reports from athens. ina in a courtroom on the outskirts of athens, frustration with deficit and debt, and deadlines from banks boiled over. the man in the striped shirt is a lawyer, come to process a repossession order on a building whose owners could not pay their mortgage. the activists have come to stop him. he cannot get the case heard because he cannot make himself heard, and it is all abandoned for the day. a victory in the fight back against austerity, say the

protesters. 5096 of greek people are poon protesters. 5096 of greek people are poor. poor. there are limits of indignity. we are here to protect all these people who cannot protect themselves, because the state does not protect these people. after yea rs of not protect these people. after years of cuts, many greeks fear the imf and the leaders of the eurozone are preparing to demand more. calamari, calamari! traders in the athens fish market say that business has fallen by 70% since the debt crisis began to bite seven years ago. they warned that fanfare customers can't take any more. —— that they and their customers. translation: we do not believe them. they always want more cuts. there are always new cuts, and there are never newjobs. if the imf and the eurozone imposes more austerity, nothing will change. greek problems

with debt have an ancient field to them these days, superseded in the world's attention span by brexit and the coming of president trump. the greek government says those changes are part of a wave of populism around the world that are going to help it to resist any demands from its creditors for new cuts. there is a general disenchantment of all people in europe, especially in greece, because we have been hit by the austerity much harder than the rest of the continent. this is the question, how to reverse austerity, andi question, how to reverse austerity, and i think that there is hoping that, exactly because the elite cannot govern as in the past. the election of trump proves that. plenty of greeks want their government to push back hard against any government to push back hard against a ny calls government to push back hard against any calls for more austerities. these protesters a re any calls for more austerities. these protesters are communists, not likely to be part of any future government, but certainly part of a

drumbeat of discontent against any deal with international creditors that would mean further hardship here. so, the international community talks about light at the end of the tunnel on greek debt. but the message from meetings like this and from these streets is that it is and from these streets is that it is a tunnel that keeps getting longer, and a light that never seems to get any brighter. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: they gave claudio the sack. has that put premier league champions leicester back on track? the late on monday night. —— they played. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest

regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. every vehicle is greeted as if it was the first in the relief of kuwait and in the city once amongst the richest in the world, kuwaitis can gather freely again. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the official inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists, who were among 38 people murdered by an islamist gunman in tunisia two years ago, will conclude today. just quickly, we want to take you to

the israeli settlement of 0fra. you can see people sitting on the roof of the house here which is one of nine homes that the israeli security forces are going to evacuate and eventually do demolished. the same thing as been happening in other errors. “— thing as been happening in other errors. —— eventually demolished. recently, there were some violence in the compensation between settlers and security forces who had come to remove them. —— violent scenes of confrontation. israel has removed some of the settlers from the west bank. in parliament, the governor at is passing the legislation to build other homes. it is one of the most contentious issues in terms of peace between the israelis and the palestinians. this is 0fra, one of nine homes that is to be demolished according to orders given to the

security forces, with the settlers moved elsewhere. we will keep you updated as this develops on the west bank. voters in the netherlands go to the polls in less than three weeks, and a leading contender is the controversial far—right politician geert wilders. he's running on an anti—immigrant, anti—islam, anti—eu platform, and could become the next prime minister. his sudden rise has reminded some of an equally—brash politician in the united states, as our europe correspondent damian grammaticas has been finding out. ringed by security, because he's had death threats, geert wilders, launching his election campaign. he was, as ever, courting controversy. there is a lot of muck and scum in holland, who makes the streets unsafe. mostly — mostly young — mostly young people. he's now suspended such public events over safety fears, using twitter instead. still, he's monopolising attention in this election. what geert wilders has managed to do is to shift this election to be about issues he cares

about, populist ones — immigration, islam, the eu. when he spoke to us, his playbook echoed the brexit and the trump campaigns. give the netherlands back to the dutch people. make sure that they get the best deal. don't spend our billions to people who come here and are not dutch. surprisingly, among his supporters we found mariana, an immigrant from south america. a lot of people call him a racist, but he's not a racist, because he said if you're a foreigner you can stay here, but just follow the rules. and traditional left—wing voters are split about him. i really want to cry out what i think. holland is ours, yeah? that's what i vote for, and that's what it should be. he says he wants to make the netherlands great again. great again, yeah... he's our dutch trump, yeah. that's, that's how a lot of people see him. because it's the — it's the same populist ideas, the same fear, he tries to win votes

by making people afraid. so beneath the surface, the netherlands is changing. wilders could win perhaps 20% of the vote. the established parties, under threat, are having to react. a measure of mr wilders' impact, this. the most dramatic intervention in the campaign so far, a newspaper advertisement by the prime minister, telling immigrants here to fit in or go home, aping mr wilders' language. it's shocked many in the netherlands. prime minister, hello, bbc... yes, hi... that's because prime minister rutte is a liberal, his instincts towards openness and tolerance now giving way to something new. the election will be about integration in this country and people coming from outside and refugees. and the elections will be about stability. in an unstable world... so he's moving towards wilders' position, but says he'll never work with him. at the same time, dutch politics is splintering — 28 different parties are out

competing for votes. what's certain is no—one will win an outright majority, and for most, wilders is simply too toxic to go into coalition with. they'd rather team up to keep him out. so his populist surge may be rising, but he may well find his path to power blocked. damian grammaticus, bbc news, the hague. in sport, in their first match since claudio ranieri was sacked, leicester city played like the english premier league champions they are. under the guidance of craig shakespeare they beat liverpool 3—1 to move out of the relegation zone. paul frostick reports. leicester city made their way to the stadium for monday's match, still disappointed with ca rdia stadium for monday's match, still disappointed with cardia renny airey‘s sudden sacking. the popular italian led them to the title last

may, and he is clearly still a favourite figure in the city. —— claudio ranieri. # he came from italy # ranieri. they scored twice with danny drinkwater on target, as leicester snapped a series of five straight defeat. the club's thai owners were also in the stadium to what the match. there has been a lot of unfair stuff lately. you have seen a reaction from everyone. it was not just about seen a reaction from everyone. it was notjust about me personally, but about the squad, and i think it has definitely got us fired up in a good way to get a reaction on the pitch, which we have done. —— put a reaction. now it is time for the

sequel in leicester's story. the us aerospace company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon. if the mission goes ahead as planned in late 2018, humans will be returning to deep space for the first time in 45 years. greg dawson reports. it remains the pinnacle of human exploration. but since this nasa apollo 17 mission in 1972, nine has since made the 200 and set to make 242,000 -- 242,000 mile trip to since made the 200 and set to make 242,000 —— 242,000 mile trip to the moon. this is the committee that claims that is about to change: spacex, the commercial rock or company which has plans to send to private citizens on a learnerjodie late next year. their owner, entrepreneur elon musk, tweeted, slightly to the moon... 0k. a

journey like this comes with an astronomical pricetag. potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. elon musk revealed little about the mystery travellers except that they paid a significant deposit and were aware of all of the risks of human space travel. delaet 2018 deadline is ambitious. spacex has had problems in the past. —— v late. last september, whatever it is rockets exploded on the launch pad m, rockets exploded on the launch pad in, before launch. —— the late 2018. nasa has given its support to the plans, which, if successful, will launch the age of space tourism. greg dawson, bbc news. the chief executive of spacex, is to make elon musk, has not said who the

travellers are, but it is not so wa nt travellers are, but it is not so want from hollywood. hello. this is just one way i could show you how varied the weather was. the weather watchers have done the job for me superbly. monday finished with a chilly note across parts of scotland. the big picture. no great surprise we have a variety of weather on offer across the british isles at the moment. no signs of high—pressure. u nsettled. even in the midst of that, the skies are clear on tuesday in some areas, seeing the temperatures dribbling away. ice could be a problem on untreated surfaces for the first part of the day. even at this stage, in the west of scotland, a new area of cloud and rain. wintriness about that in the high ground extending into northern ireland. it is on the move. dry and bright weather here in the greater part of england and wales. one or two showers. don't bank on it staying that way. this weather feature is on the move away from the north—west of scotland and down into wales. look at that rain. it turns wintry across the peaks of the pennines coming down to the high ground of wales.

eventually, it goes on the midlands, east anglia, and the south—east. leaving behind wet weather in the north—west to the northern parts of wales making it miserable that. the best of the sunshine in the central belt, perhaps. tuesday and wednesday, taking that band of whether a way. the skies will clear again. ice could be another problem for wednesday. again, dry and bright weather. don't be fooled by that in the southern half of britain because eventually in the day, this area of rain will go ever northwards. it could turn wintry in the high ground. thursday. a ridge of high pressure trying to settle things down across the heart of the british isles. at the same time, notice the blue. friday in the weekend, things look fairly unsettled yet again. that is the balance we have throughout the rest of the week. day to day changes. rain and sunshine. the official inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists, murdered by an islamist gunman in tunisia two years ago, concludes later this morning. many of the relatives believe that neglect contributed to their loved ones' deaths. president trump has declared that he wants to increase defence spending by 10%, paid for by cutting non—military programmes, such as foreign aid

and environmental protection. it's not clear whether congress will agree. greece's international creditors meet the country's government later to discuss the implementation of reforms needed to unlock billions more dollars of bailout money. there's widespread anger in greece at their demands. the american company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to go on a voyage around the moon next year. if it goes ahead, humans will be returning to deep space