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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> sworn in as the first socialist president in france in 17 years. it is at a time of european crisis, still promising a new path forward in europe. >> [unintelligible] i propose stimulation of the economy. >> hello and welcome. also coming up in the program, thousands of palestinians take part in rallies commemorating the day of catastrophe, israel's declaration of statehood.

graphic descriptions of the shot. they weren't sho the survivors of anders breivik. it's midday in london. 7:00 in the morning in washington,. 1:00 in the afternoon in paris. francois hollande has just been formed in -- been sworn in as the new president. he said that he was only aware of the challenges facing france, including the debt crisis and weak growth. he will fly to germany for talks with angela merkel to express his agenda for growth over austerity. now this report. >> the new president arrived at the palace to start a busy thursday at the office. with a new year of crisis to pick about straightaway, it must seem like a long wall. the french rejected the flamboyance and austerity program of nicolas sarkozy. now

there will be a change of style and direction. at least, mr. hollande got a cheery welcome from some of his new neighbors. there were serious business away from prying cameras. handing over of nuclear weapons a party and of other secret documents that. mr. hollande wants is to be a more low-key presidency. it might not have looked that way as people gathered for the inauguration ceremony, speculating on what to make up of the first cabinet of this new socialist president. and then the outgoing president made his final exit from the presidential stage with his first lady. in the palace, the new president has a ceremonial trappings of office bestowed upon him, but france and the rest of europe was waiting to hear what his first political message on the job would be against the backdrop of new euro zone

alarms. he reiterated his election call for new growth strategy. >> a number of people, especially in europe, are waiting and watching us. the crisis is hitting europe. growth.eneeds we should look into public that and stimulation of the economy -- public debt. >> his thoughts were probably already focusing on his meetings later in the day with chancellor merkle. he will get a warm welcome. rents and germany will have to work together, but they aren't by no means driving in the same direction on the path to growth that the moment. >> our correspondent joins us from paris. a new style and a new era.

how pragmatic will he be about the growth agenda? >> it will be very interesting to see. he has a careful balancing act to perform. he has to satisfy his electorate. the other hand, he has to work with the realities of the european context. , they will vote again in four weeks' time. this newly elected president can only really functioned as a left-wing socialist president if he gets the left-wing social majority in the national assembly. first half of the new government coming in today will be to win those elections. if he is seen as getting steamrolled by angela merkel, that would not be good. he must find the right language. he think he will tell angela merkel i need to get my

majority, and i can make any kind of commitment today, so let's leave the serious business until i get that majority. her answer maybe we cannot wait until then, this is urgent. >> what do we know about his new provisional cabinet? have they been announced? his former partner and mother of his children has been mentioned. >> she will not get the prime minister's job. she must more likely will get a senior job in the national assembly as head -- chairwoman of the assembly. the likely prime minister is a man called jean marc and is the mayor of a western city and is a close ally. they have worked together a lot over the years. and like francois hollande, he is a man who has never once

served in government. i don't think they will see that as a handicap. it will try to parlay that as a sign of a fresh, new team coming in. he is no political neophyte. >> thank you very much. mr. hollande is flying to germany to meet with angela merkel and have discussions on greece, the great crisis continues. steadily this from our correspondent in aspin's -- athens. >> the talks could be living in the direction perform a technocratic government, a government of non distinguished personalities. that is the proposal the president raised last night in talks with three party leaders. it had a mixed reaction partly because the parties are aware that the outgoing prime minister papademos is not wildly

popular. there's a feeling greeks want to have an elected leader. we will have to see what the discussions today produce in terms of the idea for a technocratic government. they have just begun. there will involve three party leaders and also other parties. if a technocratic government were to be formed, it could be a government allies may be a or two with a limited mandate to get the country through the immediate crisis. if the talks fail today, and the country would be facing fresh selections within four weeks, which is the most likely. >> inside, one of those leaders is alexis tsipras. he is fundamentally opposed to the austerity plan. would be signed up to a technocratic government which presumably would be pro- austerity? >> probably not.

alexis tsipras has his eye on the opinion polls, which show if there were to be special elections within four weeks than he would move from second place to first place possibly in a new election, which would mean he would come to power,, form an anti-bailout government that wants to tear up greece's loan agreement, turn its back on austerity, and try to keep the country in the euro. could be an impossible balancingh actimpossiblee has already said he would not be in favor of any administration to try to renegotiate the bailout. once it provoked. if greece turns its back on the bailout and austerity, it could be shown the exit from the euro zone. the big question for any government that comes into place is how to tweak the austerity

and stay in the euro. aere needs to be renegotiations of the austerity measures and the bailout, which would be very difficult conversations in the corridors of power in brussels and berlin in the month still ahead, . >> thank you very much. see a little bit more detail about how gas police figures are as far as the euro zone is concerned. >> absolute. mystified that much. 17 members tend to use a single currency. using a single currency to avoid slipping back into recession. manufacturing came in for the first quarter flat 0. so it was not a recession.

the last several weeks has had a lot of economic numbers that were-. manufacturing in the region is down. -- negative economic numbers. greece is down 6.2% and the same in other countries. germany grew by 0.15%. >> i think whatever the official statement is today, the euro zone is back in recession. we don't know how serious battle proved to be. there was confusion around the first quarter figures because you had facts of the workday because of a leap year. but we think the bottom line is

the euro zone is actually back in recession, whatever the figures say today. >> across the atlantic, j.p. morgan chase fallout still going on. >> absolutely. it will be a tough meeting for america's biggest investment bank. it happens today. it could be a stormy affair for the boss of the bank, jamie dimon. shareholders today in tampa, florida, will get their first crack at the bank executive. it was only last thursday that the bank revealed in the past six weeks it lost $2 billion, basically betting on a strategy that went horribly wrong. yesterday we learned a senior executive involved in those losses, drrew, she retired after 30 years at the bank. -- drew. last night in the u.s., president obama said j.p. morgan losses reinforced the need for

tougher regulations on wall street. here's the problem. if it can happen to a bank than as one of the best reputations in the world from being one of the best managed banks, it can happen to anybody. >> there was a rogue trader at ubs, that was an individual doing something to get around a system. but what happened here was a strategy that was executed at the highest levels and it went wrong. it has errors, as, and bad judgment. there are a number of questions about what on earth is happening at the senior level. >> could also be interesting because they will also reveal the pay packages for the big senior executives. we will have to see what the shareholders say about that. >> thanks very much. let's look at some other stories making headlines around world. thousands of palestinians are holding demonstrations to mark what they call the catastrophe. tos a reference

thousands of palestinians fleeing their homes when israel was declared a state. israel agreed to concessions over the conditions of prisoners in exchange for palestinian prisoners agree not to coordinate terrorist activity from behind bars. let's go to our correspondent near a demonstration in rama llah. it is passing off peacefully today. >> things have just started to wind down. we had about 1000 people packed into the square. it was very much a peaceful location here. it is a somber affair. it marks the date back in 1948 when hundreds of thousands of palestinians lost their homes after the creation of the state of israel. much more of a celebratory atmosphere this year here. i think many of the people were

family and friends of some of the prisoners on hunger strike. the deal that was broken yesterday, it was a victory for palestinians. we understand around 20 people have been injured in clashes with the israeli army, 20 palestinians. >> what has been agreed and what has brought about the change of heart by benjamin netanyahu? >> well, basically, israel, the palestinian leadership, and hamas were interested in bringing a peaceful resolution to this on a strike. all three want stability. i think benjamin netanyahu is saying this was a gesture, some sort of goodwill gesture to the palestinians. he said it might further and the efforts for peace in the future. that might suggest he wants

something in return from the palestinians. the palestinians so far have been refusing to get back to the negotiating table over the issue of jewish settlements on the west bank of east jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu may be hoping the palestinians will do that. i spoke with a palestinian official this morning who said there was no chance of peace talks resuming any time soon. >> thank you very much. still to come, no acrylics. northp its acryliceconomy -- korea looks to bolster its economy. you may not realize on mobile phones, lap tops, and other electronic gadgets, could be helping fuel conflicts in regimes in the developing world. the microchips contain tin, gold, and other metals which are mined in central africa.

>> every day these men walked into the mountains through dark, narrow tunnels to earn a living. their heads bent, water dripping, the roof shored up by a timber strips. they hack for tini. it is the metals that go into our cars, mobile phones, and household appliances. --tin. it is referred to as a conflict mineral. its profits have been used to fund rebel militia groups in a long-running war that has killed millions. electronic devices such as laptops, a link with war and killing the that goes right into our own homes. >> the minerals are a source of well-being, but it is cursed. of deathsrthis source

in this country. people should say no to invest. -- say no to this. >> these soldiers were once enemies in rival militias. now they're keeping the peace in a mining town. it is minerals that drive the economy are under a spotlight of the new american law that the man they are not tainted by what. -- by war. activists are challenging electronic companies can they guarantee 100% where the raw materials come from? bbc news in the eastern congo. >> tim willcox with you,.

the first socialist president is sworn in in france at a time of european prices, promising a new path in the euro. he will meet the german parent solar angela merkel today. both countries have been dipping back into recession. in norway, the trial of anders breivik is hearing more graphic evidence today from survivors of the massacre last july at a summer camp on an island. he has objected to the decision not to televise the evidence which he says is for purely ideological reasons. many of the teenagers were killed in a series of attacks by him on july 22. let's go to oslo to speak on line to lars. >> they spoke with a severely injured survivors. a 22-year-old, she was shot four

time by him in both arms, the jaw, and in the test. she was a vivid storytellers. she had enthusiasm that made people laugh and cry. anders breivik sat there quiet expressionlessly listening to the witness statements. >> the objective is being televised. is there any charged that he may have success in getting that? correct the witnesses will not be broadcast until we have more technical witnesses from the police investigators will testify later in the coming weeks. some of that will be broadcast. we probably will not hear more from him. the court is considering whether he will be allowed to be broadcast. he is entitled to issue a

comment on what the witnesses have said. the court will wait until tomorrow to decide whether those kinds of comments from him will be broadcast. >> what is the timeframe of proceedings now? how much has been set aside for this entire trial? >> mollet's halfway now. -- more or less it is halfway now. nine weeks. sentencing will happen no later than the 20th of july, which is two days before the first anniversary of the terror attacks in july of 2011. >> thanks very much. the former chief executive of rupert murdoch's news international rebekah brooks is to be charged by british prosecutors for subverting the course of justice in connection with a phone hacking scandal. today's move means she is almost certain to face a criminal trial

over the allegations that her husband charlie brooks has also been charged with the same events. a man convicted of the murder of an iranian nuclear scientist has been hanged in to airan. majid jamali fashi has been hanged. israel has refused to comment on. the on lebanese troops have been deployed on the seats of the northern city of tripoli following sectarian clashes which erupted on a weekend, links to the conflict in neighboring syria. gunfire has been exchanged between supporters of the president and 70 groups -- and sunni groups. north korea posted a second vice leader is in north korea on an official visit. he is the ceremonial head of

state. the trip comes after north korea oppose the controversial rocket launched -- north korea's controversial rocket launch. now this report from jakarta. >> this is kim, the second-in- command in no korea's isolated and autocratic regime. the north korean official was giving a state welcomed in indonesia in recognition of his importance. this visit was also about cementing economic and political ties. but officials were tight-lipped about the details of the talks between the indonesian president and the north korean leader. one theory is that north korea is reaching out to indonesia for its expertise on how to extract potentially lucrative mineral resources and that in return

indonesia wants to play a more decisive role in helping north korea to engage with the world. but it has been challenging for indonesia to explain why it is pulling out the red carpet for north korea, a country that has been condemned by the international community for its human-rights record. >> human-rights resolution bbc.com/ne[unintelligible] >> human rights groups say indonesia has to do more than just express concern about north korea's human rights record if it wants to be seen as a nation that has democratic ideals. >> indonesia is making a mistake in pulling out all the stops and having this high-level state visit without any indication that they're going to address human rights concerns in the country.

indonesia and north korea have paddle long history of diplomatic relations. this visit is seen as part of that tradition. there's a possibility indonesia could use this opportunity -- could lose the opportunity to help north korea into. better into -- into better human-rights. >> a man in the garden section of his local wal-mart store in the united states reached out to brush off what he thought was a piece of mulch, but it sank its fangs into his hand. it was a highly venomous rattlesnake. a fellow shopper drove him to the hospital and where doctors treated him with six bags of antivenum. >> i turnaround and there was a rattlesnake. it latched on to me.

i shook my hand twice before let go. >> a quick reminder of our top stories on gmt. francois hollande has taken up at the palace becoming the first socialist president of france in 17 years. he said he was aware of the challenges ahead, highlighting a weak economy and calls for a new way for europe. let's take you live to athens , because the president is meeting party leaders and is expected to go in favor of an emergency government of technocrats. this is the scene live outside the presidential palace in greece. they are trying to avert elections. thursday's deadline for calling the election could the parties on the left opposed to the left oppose the a --

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