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canada goes cold on the climate change theory. it becomes the first country to pull out of the kyoto protocol. it is early morning in washington, midday in london, 1:00 in the afternoon at the home of the european union parliament. that is where the politicians have been venting their frustrations over written's veto of last week's summit. one senior vp said that david cameron had made a cardinal error of taking a stand without knowing the anyone would follow. >> the coalition government is strained, as never before. nick clegg has attacked the prime minister's veto of the european treaty. are these wounds that can be healed? skeptics are celebrating, meanwhile, in a lively debate.

the leader of the u.k. independent party said that britain should end years -- said that europe should end years of bowling to britain. >> when a british prime minister goes to a summit with a modest proposal to protect a uniquely important provision mystery, a snarling presidents are cozy -- president nicolas sarkozy tells him where to go. we find ourselves without a friend in the room. >> the leader of the group condemned the decision. >> david cameron will come to the same conclusion. he made the blunder of a lifetime. if he really wanted to obtain additional guarantees, he needs to be at the negotiation table. >> the leader of the conservative reform group backed up the prime minister, saying that he's was simply defending his country.

interests. in the same way, like mr. starr cozy -- like mr. nicolas sarkozy. they pretended that they were speaking on behalf of europe, but they were speaking on behalf of themselves only. corporation >> this is one man who was actually present at the negotiations. >> the united kingdom, in exchange for specific agreements, ask for specific protocols on the market. -- asked for specific protocols on the market. >> all the parties agree that the deep, economic crisis is still far from solved. ouret's get more now from european correspondent.

chris, in the interest of balance, we have voices on both sides of the argument. would it be fair to say that most people view the actions of britain last week as idiosyncratic, to say the least? >> in general, the theory is more in sorrow than anger. at the moment, they have -- if you like a bigger fish to fry -- more important for them then the united kingdom, saving the euro zone. part of the anger and frustration is the fact that they believe that david cameron's position has made this more difficult. slightly more messy, unless clean arrangement, therefore making it more difficult for them to reestablish this elusive commodity of compliments in the market.

-- confidence in the market. in the short term, the amount of money that will be around to protect struggling economies, this decision has muddied the waters. >> i hear when you are saying, but nonetheless you have people like joseph door, the leader of the biggest group in parliament, calling for the rebate to be given back to britain. >> it was a good parliamentary debate. there was a lot of stuff in there. attacking him on one side, federalists' attacking from the other. a lot of people are venting their spleen. a lot of people are saying that

if they will not help us, why should we help them with their rebate? but there are some bruises out there. no question. it will take time to heal the division that has come up. leaders are trying to sound slightly more positive. clearly frustrated that his first option did not take place, he also went out of his way to note that david cameron said in the british parliament yesterday that he wants to work with the european union on other issues. >> thank you very much. let's take a look at the other stories making headlines around the world today. pakistani police said they found 45 students in chains in the basement of an islamic school. the head of the school got away. other clerics were arrested. police are looking into the potential links to militants. joining me from islamabad,

olive, what details do we know? as far as i can make out, this school in particular might have had links to militants? any more detail? >> perhaps. police say that they will investigate all aspects of what was taking place in this seminary. some of those freed by police in this raid have been painting a picture of really brutal conditions inside of the seminary. speaking with their chains still attached, one student said that he was beaten 200 times with a stick. another described a beating given to a fellow student that was so sick afterwards, he was removed to hospital and never seen again. another student said that they were "sent ford jihad -- for

jihad." this had been known as the jail much rasa. parents paid for their children to attend. they paid high fees. some of the children and young adults there, some of them hot had problems with drugs and petty crime. some of these parents seemed to believe that by sending these children to these very strict institutions, that they would be rehabilitated. we were told by the parents that they themselves supplied the chained in which the children were imprisoned. >> there are thousands of these religious schools. are they regulated, in any way? >> that has been a long-term complaint here. previous institutions have tried to introduce reform. it has always been unsuccessful. i spoke to the head of one of these religious institutions about 18 months ago.

there are many complaints that these religious institutions cannot be counted. that there is not a full list of the curriculum they are teaching. of how the pupils are being turned out and what happens when they leave these places. there is a concern that while some are provided with a good religious education, others are not and they are largely unsupervised. >> an iranian official has said the u.s. drone captured last week is now the property of the republic, despite barack obama demanding that it be returned. these pictures showing the captured drone alongside banners saying death to america. iran appears to have hacked into defense computers to bring it down. the opposition national league of democracy was banned last may after boycotting the national

elections. the move paves the way for [unintelligible] -- i think it should said unbanned. the syrian council, more than 5000 people have been killed by the syrian authorities and 14,000 have been detained for anti-government demonstrations in march. canada has formally withdrawn from the kyoto protocol is on greenhouse gases. the announcement comes just days after the talks ended without agreement. the canadian environmental minister said that staying in the treaty would be harmful to the canadian economy. >> there were clear signs that this was coming. canada has confirmed that they are pulling out of the kyoto protocol. >> it does not cover the world's

largest emitters', the united states and china, and therefore cannot work. it is now clear that kyoto is not the path forward to a global solution to climate change. if anything, it is an impediment. >> canada signed the agreement under its former liberal government, which had urged its government to cut emissions by 6% before 2012. they were way off target by 2009. in the climate change talks, canada's conservative government came under heavy criticism for its opposition for kyoto. the canadian green party accused them of misleading the summit. >> striking a blow one day after

you get back, arguably they negotiated in bad faith, not telling countries what it had already decided. we functioned as a kyoto party and weekend agreements there. -- weakened agreements there. >> tar sands, in the west of the country, could guarantee the country's future for decades, but it creates huge amounts of greenhouse gases. canada remains committed to the path forward that they set out, but that the decision was taken solely in the interest of the tar sands industry, not the interest of future generations. >> still to come on "gmt," one of the most expensive scientific gambles of all time. why is more money being poured

into the future of nuclear fusion? it would be fair to say that is notian bale shrinking violet. his latest movie role is proving to be controversial. but he is one of the first actors ever to take top billing in a major chinese motion picture. >> this is a big budget film about one of the most sensitive events in chinese history, the massacre of 1937 -- when japanese troops raped and murdered tens and thousands of chinese civilians. it has become one of the most infamous events of the second world war, in asia. the film stars christian bale. it is being billed as the first chinese production with the

western star. >> i did not realize that when i had signed on it had not happened before. i feel like a pioneer. i feel like an actor that like this director and wanted to work with him. -- liked this director and wanted to work with him. >> he plays a triste trying to save a group of school girls and prostitutes. many say that the film has a strong, anti-japanese theme. the actor says that it would be wrong to view it as propaganda. the director hopes that it will muster a banker in chinese audiences. >> he hopes that the audience will focus on their characters, the motion, and the glorious sight of human nature. >> but the massacre is still an emotive issue in china. each year, people remember the

atrocity. this new film is sure to bolster that. bbc news. >> this is "gmt," from "bbc world news." the headlines -- european politicians have criticized britain for showing a lack of solidarity during the european financial crisis. authorities in pakistan rhett -- rescued students from a religious school, where to -- where students as young as 12 were allegedly tortured and pressured into joining militant groups. eric is here with the latest business news. top of the agenda, olympus? >> kind of like a whistle- blower's striking black -- striking back, george. i will explain that one. mr. wood said that the first-

ever non-japanese president of the camera and medical equipment maker was asked back after he had alleged that the firm overpaid in acquisition deals and raised concerns over the 92- year-old firm. wednesday, the firm will report earnings. external auditors are set to approve financial statements of the past five years, which certainly improves their chances to remain listed on the top -- on the tokyo stock exchange. >> recently, it has been popular to hire these foreign ceo's, because they can basically truncate in a way that local ceo's could not do. there is a closed management on the strategic interest of japan. those managers have been working at the company for all their lives. basically, what happens is a

business that is close the door and auditing that does not work. >> it does not work at all. let's move on to the french nuclear reactor company, cutting 50,000 jobs in the country as a part of a plan to return to profit after a massive loss was posted this year. they are also looking at reducing the number of signs they have in the united states. their financial position has been weakened by the fukushima disaster in march. >> the entire nuclear industry has been affected, in this sense -- in the sense that it has been a blow to confidence around the world. where they were banking on constructing one dozen or two dozen of its new power stations in the years ahead, all of the big orders, a lot of that confidence has left the market.

fukushima is part of a problem. what they are also saying is that they should not make fukushima the scapegoat for all of its problems, as they've had their own internal problems as well. turn our attention to the united states. the american central bank, under the leadership of ben bernanke, it has done more to explain its policies to the public than ever before. they are working on a plan to go even further. this tuesday, do not expect any news to be announced, especially as the u.s. economy continues to improve. >> they will keep downside risk in their statements. largely because of the euro zone debt crisis. it will keep them on their toes. >> there you go. the euro zone, you cannot escape

it, wherever you are. that is exactly what dominated asian markets today. the u.s. economy, the euro zone, worries on keeping it on its toes and keeping those asian economies on its toes, europe is looking at fairly moderate gains. but they are -- they do still have all of their eyes on euro zone leaders. >> thank you. let's return to the problems of the euro zone and the drive for greater integration proposed as a solution. 26 european countries have signed up to it, but the main opposition party could mean a loss of sovereignty for the country. i am joined by web cam, from warsaw, by the polish journalism director. thank you for being with us.

we have been concentrating on the united kingdom and its opposition today. what are the views in poland? >> there are two lines being taken. it basically reproduces what was being said in brussels, except they say that britain was not on board and we have to go on, regardless. there is an unofficial line for the legitimate concerns of some people here. that what mr. cameron has said is voicing legitimate concerns of many people. that the power in europe is slowly going away from democratic parliament towards institutions which are not going to be accountable to anyone. >> when you say that there are

these concerns, how is it being played out? a debate in parliament? >> there is a debate going on, since the foreign minister has presented a plan -- apparently his own, private plan within the european union, which was a vision of a federal europe, which some people here simply fear. there is going to be a debate the day after tomorrow in the parliament. some people have been worried about the fact that poland has approved the outcome of the summit without really consulting the parliament as well. most people are simply worried, fearing that nothing is really certain.

that no one knows what the outcome of the debate will be. that is what worries people the most. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you for being with us. despite the european economic problems, members of the european parliament have approved more public money for one of the most expensive scientific gambles of all time. the experimental reactor is designed to prove that it is possible to produce environmentally friendly nuclear frisian. but it is already 26 years in the making, costing 50 billion euros. the results are still a long way off. >> what is slowly taking shape here in the southern french countryside could provide the answer to the world's energy crisis. or it might prove one of the most expensive failures in scientific history. when it becomes fully

operational, and 2027, the giant reactor is supposed to prove that nuclear fusion is viable. it can provide lots of cheaper, relatively clean energy, when fossil fuels run out. >> europe is collaborating with india, china, japan, korea, and the united states. it will be available for all of mankind. >> fusion creates energy by combining adams, rather than splitting them. to do this, they need to be heated to a temperature 10 times hotter than the sun. the problem with fusion is that i and all of the experiments so far, they have only been able to get out one fraction of the power they have had to put in. the hope is that on a massive scale like this, it will be more efficient. >> critics point out that the costs have tripled in five years

and that the whole project is a gamble that will not pay off. >> it is not realistic to think that this will work in this country. for the next century? perhaps. 50 billion euros will be better used to impose the safety of the existing nuclear reactors. >> the european union is paying for nearly half of the project. many believe that there should be other spending priorities. >> we do not know that it will deliver what they promise. it is much more fruitful to invest the money in what we have now in green technologies. >> even their most powerful supporters admit that the scheme comes with no guarantee. >> it is a very expensive project. it is a very risky project. but it is an option that we cannot afford not to explore.

a potential source of energy that could solve all of our energy nabes after 2015. >> experiment so long term, few of these workers will live long enough to see it succeed. >> before we end this edition of "gmt," breaking news is literally just coming in to the studio. from brussels, a man has apparently thrown explosives into the city center of the belgian city, wounding 10 people, probably killing himself -- although another report says that two people may be dead. the man is about 14 years old. there are suggestions that he may have thrown multiple explosions towards a bus stop. obviously, those reports are coming through and we will bring you more as soon as we can get it. that is all, for the moment.

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