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make money here. it is not easy to track them down. >> more music from the maestro. we will have a look at any the discovered work by teenage mozart. hello and welcome. we begin in the u.s. where president obama has described the fatal shooting of a teenager last month as a tragedy that needs to be investigated urgently. trayvon martin was killed by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who claimed he had been acting in self-defense and had not been arrested. >> near miami, pupils locked at of school to protest. in new york, they gathered in their hundreds.

-- people's walked out of school in protest. a civil-rights leader expressed the and there being felt right across the state that any black teenager can be a target. >> trayvon could have been any one of us. he represents a reckless disregard for our lives that we have seen too long. we have come to tell you tonight that enough is enough. >> president obama said that america needed to do some soul- searching. he identified with the boy's family. >> if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. i think that they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness that it deserves and we will have to get to the bottom of exactly what

happened. >> trayvon martin was shot while walking to his house in a community by a neighborhood watch capt., george zimmerman. >> is he yelling help? >> there are gunshots. >> you just heard gunshots? >> he said that he shot in self- defense, legal under florida law. the police except his word. people are glad that president has got involved. >> he said that he has daughters, he has children. i think there was a feeling of compassion there. >> eve he did not speak, what would we say as a people? -- if he did not speak, what would we say as a people? this is global. >> america's first black president rarely speaks about

race. dedicating monuments like this one and praising the civil rights movement has been about all. it is because of this that the president has decided to speak out about what it means to be black in america today. >> a wealthy russian banker is in a coma in a london hospital and under armed guard after he was shot several times in the street near his home in the east of the capital. police say that he was attacked as he entered a block of flats on tuesday. police are treating his shooting as an attempted murder. metropolitan police headquarters explained more about the man that was shot. >> he might not be a well-known figure but he has run banks both in russia and in moldova.

according to russian media reports, he witnessed to the investigation into the assassination of another bankers scotland yard -- the assassination of other bankers. scotland yard is investigating this as an attempted murder. they're looking for a tall white man, about 6 feet tall, running from the scene of the crime. >> let's pick up on one point, the former adviser said that he is a witness to an attempted murder in moscow. >> he was a witness in a very important criminal case connected to the attempted assassination on a leading russian banker. his father owns portsmouth

football club. this case was reopened. it was closed in 2009 but it was reopened in the second of march this year. so, he was actually a witness in a very important investigation where more facts have surfaced and more names have been named as people have come into the investigation. >> it is difficult to say how this will develop but i suspect that the british police are in close contact with the russian police. the russian police have certain facts that the british police would like to know and it might even help in finding disported. what is important that mr. gorbuntsov has been saying publicly through his lawyer, which was in the papers in russia, that he knows the people

that might have been linked to this attempted assassination. we might conclude that there is some sort of a link with this attack on him. >> the former kremlin adviser. the european naval force operation off of the horn of africa has been given a new attack policy, allowing it to attack simoleon pirates on land and sea. -- somali pirates on land and sea. the opinion has -- the african union has put together a force to hunt down kony. he has three choices, to surrender, be captured, or to be neutralized. a tornado has swept through kentucky, several homes were destroyed. power was cut around the city. so far, no reports of any damage. the wife of the syrian president

bashar al-assad has been banned from visited the european union. that is part of a new sanctions which include at the freezing of assets. asma al-assad is a british citizen but she cannot be stopped from returning to the new k -- to the u.k. if she wants to. >> bashar al-assad and his glamorous wife were seen as part of the solution in the middle east. now, she has joined her husband on the sanctions list but she cannot be banned from britain as she is british. >> given that we are proposing an asset freeze on all of these individuals and a travel ban from other members of the same family and the regime, we are not expecting her to try to travel to the uk at the moment. >> the assad have relatively

modest lifestyles. her shopping is quite restrained by the standards of middle eastern ruling families. she married a man who promised reform for 10 years before the uprisings began. she seems to believe that the country was changing for the better. >> we started a journey. many things have happened. many changes have happened. many positive changes have happened but we have not reached our final destination. what is important is that we continue, that we have enough courage and energy to move forward. >> the sanctions targeting asma al-assad and her in-laws are another way to the pressure on her husband. running syria is a family business. the eu calls family members the key overseers of the violence against the opposition.

the names start with assads and maternal cousins. between them, they hold most of the senior positions in the country. 14 individuals have been sanctioned. this regime draws much of a strengthen the family network and many of the jobs that not done by the ruling family are done by members of their religious sect, who make up about 12% of the population. if the regime's way of making itself coup-proof. >> if you take into consideration those who are want him to go, yes, he has s>> he c. >> absolutely. >> the only people that are suffering because of sanctions and so on and so forth are actually the syrian people.

>> it was another violent friday in syria tend to international pressure has increased this week. -- it was another violent friday and syria. international pressure has increased this week. the regime seems to be strong. >> let's stay with syria because there is violence in the city of hama. an activist spoke to told me that government troops had entered the city and he gave me the latest as far as he had seen and heard. >> at least 90 tanks entered into the city. they went especially to the western side and in those areas, they shell houses and they burned many houses there. this came --

we have heard a clash between the free syrian army and the tanks. the free syrian army that was protecting the people there, they are cutting the two occasions, the phones, the landlines, in an effort to cut off those areas. but we have seen him, we have seen the humanitarian situation which is bad in the city. there are injuries that cannot be treated. they destroyed in the hospital. they have executed in the streets. they were defectors and they have been executed on the street.

there were children injured and some of them were babies. all of that is documented and the movement of the attacks were documented. >> that is latest from the city of hama according to a an anti- government activist. ♪ >> it is the sound of genius. we will have a listen to new work discovered by a teenage mozart. the u.k. government has plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol. david cameron wanted to and binge drinking and violence in town centers. a minimum of 40% per unit is proposed in england and wales. the drinks most affected would be those bought in supermarkets such as super strength loggers

and hard-pressed seiders. the cost of petrol has hit another all-time high. it is proof that the government to reconsider a planned rise in fuel duty due this summer. a royal navy officer who shot dead on board of a nuclear submarine has been awarded one of the ice medals for bravery. he tried to tackle and gunman on board who is trying to shoot his fellow sailors. he is more than 130 servicemen and women who were honored for their bravery on friday. this is "bbc news," these are -- presidents --, obama has described the shooting of a teenager as a tragedy that is to be investigated thoroughly. trayvon martin was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

german gorbuntsov was shot and is currently in a, at a hospital. he is under armed guard. and we're joined the line by a resident of the area near where trayvon martin was shot. how divisive has this issue become? are there many people defending mr. zimmerman who shot this young man trayvon martin? >> i think that they are in the minority. ironically, it is many different types of people. the racial issue is obvious and well covered. his parents point out that this is as much about right and wrong as much as it is about anything else. and about accountability.

everyone should be concerned. that is what we are seeing. generally, the people i have been speaking to are absolutely astonished. they are appalled at what happened. >> how did they explain why it has taken so long since this happened? >> this is one of the big mysteries. i think it is because in a way, there is a lack of accountability for the police. there are other counties where of course, it it should be the state attorney's office that has the prosecutorial discretion. the stand your ground defense has raided a huge ambiguity. they are trying to see if they could get away with it and you could see it over the duration of time that the chief stayed in there. even at this time, he is only temporarily detached.

i think it is about accountability and i think that britain's need to understand that we were very nice even we came here, expecting the same kind of quest for truth that we get in britain. our justice system is not what% perfect but there is not this quest for truth in the state attorney's office and in this case it was the police themselves that were the judge and jury. >> tell me about this rally. will any special speakers be there? >> there is a rally on monday morning. >> this is some way from where the shooting happened. i am 25 miles away from where trayvon actually lived. there are some rallies down there. we intend to show our support.

i have three children myself. what is appalling to us is that of course if you shoot someone, it is difficult for them to put their point of view across and that is not what the intention of this particular law was. i will personally be campaigning at these rallies. >> thank you very much indeed. >> pope benedict has visited mexico for his first official visit. he is using his visit to condemn drug violence which he says is destroying mexico's youth. afterwards, he will visit cuba. what is the pope doing this friday? >> he arrived here to rapturous appeal.

he has immediately made reference to the drug violence in this country. he discussed the grief that many mexicans have experienced. i think it is very significant, a symbolic visit in those terms. this is the first time that he has been to a spanish-speaking latin america and i think that the fact that he immediately made reference was very important. >> what was the main challenge? is there one particular that the pope will be addressing? >> i think that he will be very aware of the numbers of catholics in mexico. as many people have put down nominally, it is the evangelical wing of the church that are

recruiting and doing well and the traditional church. there will be references to things like strengthening the family and the vatican position on marriage, things of this nature. they will definitely be there. there will be meetings later on saturday when no doubt the two men will discuss the drug violence. >> what he will he be saying there on the violence? >> cuba is a very different experience altogether and he has made reference to that saying that he feels that the ideals need to be changed for a modern society and that they are no longer appropriate and the cuban government took those comments in their stride. they said that the revolution was open to dialogue and new ideas it does set out its story,

if you like. >> thank you very much indeed. in pakistan, there is the evidence that the taliban is raising millions of dollars by turning to organized crime. police have been blaming the militants for bank robberies and kidnapping. abductions are particularly lucrative with rampant demand -- with ransom demand sometimes numbering into the millions. >> night falls and it is time to hunt for the taliban. we got where access to the anti terror unit who battles the militants. ess.e got rare acc

they are muscling in on the insurgent stronghold. this police chief fights fire with fire. we are ready to die for this country, he says. we're not scared of these people. they should be scared of us. >> the raid got results. police arrested a militant without a shot being fired. the suspect is believed to be a bank robber. in this sprawling city of 20 million, there are rich pickings for the insurgents. bank heists, adoptions, and protection rackets. abductions and

protection rackets. we have made arrangements through a trusted local contact. we met an insurgent who works for the taliban finance department. when the militants come calling, locals donate willingly or otherwise. >> we raise about $80,000 a month. this is a gift, really. we use the money for our wounded. >> behind bars and across towns, two foot soldiers. they are accused of five kidnappings. when families don't pay up, hostages don't survive. that the police station, we met the latest victim -- 8 dr snatched at gunpoint last month.

he was held for almost a week before police stormed the militant hideout. >> those days were like 50 years. i could not see the outside world from morning until night. when the raid started, they were planning to kill me but i got away. >> the doctor is now back at work but he is making his movements less predictable. he knows that the taliban to try again. >> the world bank has three candidates to become the new president. the korean war and american academic, jim yong kim, has been nominated. -- the korean born american academic. the post of the royal bank

president has always been held by an america but south africa, nigeria, and and a goal of -- and angola say that jim yong kim would be an excellent leader. and now, for a new piece of music that was discovered to be composed by a teenage mozart. it was played on his own piano. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> wonderful.

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