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>> hello, welcome to "g.m.t." also coming up -- another landmark election this weekend. greeks vote again in a poll which could determine their fate in the eurozone and that of the euro. and the extent of child abuse in the australian military in the 1950's and 1970's is revealed, boys as young as 13 were sexually molested. it's midday here in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington, and 1:00 in the afternoon in cairo, where people have been digesting yesterday's decision by the supreme court of the parliament is to be dissolved. there's been an angry response by supporters of the revolution that the muslim brotherhood has warned that egypt's fragile democracy is under threat and that the country could see dangerous days ahead. the candidates ahead of this

week's presidential election faces a former mubarak ally in the runoff. my colleague is in cairo. what have people been saying to you about the state of affairs? >> egypt is a country which has been plunged into great uncertainty and great apprehension as well after this supreme court decision that has stunned and shocked many egyptians for the people who had gathered here in tahrir square, it had been their last hope to try to disqualify ahmed, the former prime minister, from running again in this weekend's presidential poll. here in the square, there's only small crowds so far today, but they're still chanting the same slogans that they chanted for the last 18 months. it's a message to the old regime of mubarak, but they know they're facing a runoff election this week. the court has now said one

person will be pitted against the muslim brotherhood. for the protestest of tahrir square, it's no choice at all. but what about the rest of the people of egypt? jon leyne reports. >> security forces outside the egyptian parliament building this morning. but it's not clear yet whether they're there to protect m.p.'s or to prevent them from the building. the supreme constitutional court has ruled last year's parliamentary elections are unconstitutional, but so far there's been no word from the ruling military council whether they plan to go ahead and dissolve parliament and to assume its powers. so, for the moment, their main opponent, the muslim brotherhood presidential candidate has been conciliatory. he said he accepted the court's ruling, though he did warn of the consequences if this weekend's presidential election is not free and fair.

>> if there is any fraud, we already know what the consequences will be, a revolution against the criminals, a revolution until the goals of the january 25 revolution are fully achieved. >> as for his rival, ahmad, his supporters are already calling him mr. president after the courts ruled he could stand in this weekend's runoff election. he's sounding supremely confident. >> i promise you, a nation for all egyptians, a new, just, and modern nation. >> if a retired general does win the election, and if the military council goes ahead and dissolves parliament, then an enormous amount of power will be back in the hands of the military. perhaps that would be the military coup the opposition have warned of. it's not happened yet, which may be one reason for the

sparse crowds of demonstrators in tahrir square, a confrontation is possible, though at the moment there's more confusion than anything else. jon leyne, bbc news, cairo. >> as jon leyne says, confusion, uncertainty, and certainly many of the egyptians who play leading roles in their revolution last year that ousted hosni mubarak are asking what mistakes they made. they toppled the regime, and now they're facing the prospect of a key member of hosni mubarak's too many coming back to power. ahmad says he has the support of the majority of egyptians, that he can move the revolution forward. in egypt. we'll keep an eye on them. but for now, back to you in london. >> thanks very much. that was lise doucet live from cairo. now another election, which could have the molse profound impact on the eurozone to date takes place this weekend in greece. it was only six weeks ago that the previous election results

left the country in political confusion. traditional parties suffered at the hands of more radical groups. the two front-runners seems to be the left wing series and the center right new democracy party. for more on this, the bbc's tim willcox joins us from athens. tim, not too much of an exaggeration to say the greeks are on the verge of making history with these elections. >> absolutely right. two days ago before this vote, the second volt, six weeks after the first one, which could shape the whole future of the eurozone and the political parties have been holding their final rallies, the new democracy party will be holding its final rally this evening just below me here. last night was the turn of that series of parties, the left-wing party headed by the charismatic 37-year-old, alexis.

his language is changing slightly. it was interesting to hear what he said last night and compare it to a few weeks ago. when he originally emerged in the first vote on may 6, he was talking about ripping up that bailout agreement with brussels. he wouldn't enter into a coalition with new democracy, and he said he wanted to completely change that. he says now he will renegotiate that deal with brussels. he also says he is prepared to share power and do deals with political parties here. what does that means? on the face of it, angela merkel is saying no deal. opinion polls here are stand to forted some night before the election. the official polls put series ahead of new democracy. what's being reported and what they're hearing among the polls is new democracy may be slightly ahead, although not according to officials runs.

let's get an update from mark lowen. >> neck-and-neck, and yet their ideas are apart. two leaders hoping their party will clinch first place on sunday, where it's become a two-horserace to the finish. on one side, the leader of the center right new democracy. his party tops last month's election, but with few votes, he broadly supports greece's international bailout and spending cuts, though wants some demands lightened to ease the pain on the greek people. he says rejecting the bailout would risk the kiss of death to greece's hopes of staying in the euro. >> we cannot play poker or dice with greece. there's the path of responsibility, which you're clear about what you want. we say we want the euro and renegotiation of the bailout. there are others who are vague.

but on the other, alexis, who heads the coalition of the left. they shot to a surprise second place last month and have been growing ever since. vehemently opposed to the bailout agreement, he wants to hold the cost cutting, but believes he can keep the country in the eurozone. >> we believe the bailout is already in the past. it will enter into history on june 17, and the country will have the possibility on the european level to negotiate a different course from a catastrophic one that is following. >> but the line from the e.u., principally berlin, is greece must pursue the cuts and reforms to continue to receive its international lone. without -- international loan. without the funds, they would probably be forced to leave the euro. they're betting that germany would back down at the 11th hour to prevent the eurozone from losing a member and the whole project from being undermined. but it's a high-stakes bet and

could backfire. fear of that has led some greeks to withdraw bundles of cash, although there's not the bank run that many had anticipated. but people here are nervous that if the country were to run out of money, the banks would be the first hit and the savings would be under threat. and so this dramatic election campaign is reaching its crescendo. all party leaders making a final push to convince the unusually high number of undecided voters. greece's second election in six weeks is too close to call. the voice of this tired, angry nation will have implications far beyond greece's borders on sunday, and europe's leaders are holding their breath. mark lowen, bbc news, athens. >> what is beyond debate is the crisis facing ordinary greeks here. we were speaking to a couple last night who are living in an apartment block, half of which had been repossessed by the banks. four blocks now up for sale,

having been repossessed by the banks. unemployment amongst the young, more than 50%. hospitals running out of money. hospitals owing a billion euros for medicines and things like that. the people of fwreast are really suffering. and in particular, the young. let's just speak to lydia, a law student who's learning german at the moment because you are so concerned about your future. you think you're going to leave the country. >> yes, of course, good morning. so, there are two reasons. first of all, i think that in order -- u to face up the harsh economic realities. we have to acquire a new professional skill. so by choosing german, i think that i am increasing my chances of pursuing a career in the european market. the second reason, that student, there remains the greek and german, so germany's very useful for my

post-graduate. >> but emotionally, how do you feel as a greek, learning a language whose country is putting such pressure on greece at the moment through angela merkel to abide by these very harsh austerity measures, which many people say will take greeks 20, 30 years to endure. >> yes, i feel very difficult, very strange. but i think it's now the challenge for us to acquire skills and go abroad, try to work hard and be competitive. >> do you support new democracy? do you want to stay in the eurozone? >> the only thing i can ensure is my vote will be pro-european. i will choose among these parties that have a clear european orientation. >> but what about renegotiating or tearing up the bailout agreement? can greece afford to do that? >> i cannot tell you about specific economic -- speak about specific economic details, but i think that it's

now the time to change things and try to work hard in order ensure the strong position of greece inside the eurozone. >> ok. lydia, thank you very much indeed. in fact, let's go to berlin now. we can go to steve evans. lydia learning her german in preparation for finding employment perhaps with a german firm. as far as angela merkel is concerned, she was saying there was no miracle solution that germany could offer the eurozone crisis at the moment. do you detect any change at all in her position? >> i can't detect any change at all in her position. her position is germany hasn't got limitless resources and there will be no renegotiation. having said all that, she's not lecturing greece's historical baggage here. so she's staying silent on what greece should do, but it's absolutely clear that she was -- she will find great difficulty with a government

that had a mandate to renegotiate by its predecessor, no doubt at all. >> what preparations are you seeing amongst bankers and other financiers where you are ahead of this vote on sunday? if, for example, it was worth a win, highway would germany react to something like that? >> they're not talking about a plan b formally, but g-20, for example, is already talking, according to specsmen, about pumping an awful lot of liquidity into the banking system should it be needed. i've talked to individuals, rich individuals here who are already realigning their assets, if i could put it in that rather pompous phrase. in other words, moving stuff to minimize risk. so people are watching, and certainly preparing for what might be quite a difficult situation. if you talk to economists here as well, they say that these

things could move quite fast. it's not the kind of situation where you can have prolonged renegotiations. it might be a situation where the troika, the three institutions monitoring greece, simply say, ok, this cannot be, therefore, we need to move to a situation quite quickly where greece exits the euro. so all kinds of possibilities being speculated about, but the government position is you make up your mind, but know the consequences. >> steve, steve evans live in berlin, thank you very much. so a period of great uncertainty ahead of sunday's vote. one economist i've been following said that the margin for maneuver as far as germany and the eurozone were concerned vis-a-vis greece was in the realm of nanotechnology. we'll have more throughout the course of the day. back to you. >> thanks very much indeed, tim willcox live from ath athens.

still to come -- under arrest, the remaining suspect in a deadly gas attack on tokyo's underground network is caught. >> the president of ar general too a -- of argentina, has made an appeal for britain to open talks about the future of the falklands islands. she mocked the idea that they could be part of the u.k. territory. >> we're going to the u.n. today to put our take forward. >> falklanders pressing their case to remain british, stealing themselves for a visit by the argentine president to the community that deals with the islands. >> it is unpress dead for a head of state to attend a committee meeting like this, and i'm told that the president asked for it to be held on the anniversary date. so although the war with brit an may have ended 30 years ago, the diplomatic battle has been

reignited with a vengeance. this woman was on friendly territory here. the u.n. supports her demand for negotiations on the sovereignty of the falklands. >> we're not asking for much. we're just asking to talk. we're not asking to be told we're right. we're just asking to talk. >> mr. chairman, i have a letter here. >> the islanders dooze want to talk, but about other things. they complain that argentina has been bullying them and insist they have the right to self-determination, which is britain's unswerving position. >> when it comes to the sovereignty of the falkland islands, there will be absolutely no negotiation. this -- this -- this is not some game of global monopoly with nations passing a territory between them. it is about the islanders determining their own future. >> but by personally taking her

diplomatic campaign to the u.n., the president has signaled she's unlikely to back down. >> you're watching "g.m.t." these are our top headlines. with egypt about to vote for its new president in runoff elections this weekend, there's anger as the court annuls the parliamentary elections last year. and the final day of campaigning in greece before sunday's parliamentary election rerun. we have its future in the euro. now let's get more on the business news, and aaron has joined me here in the studio. so, aaron, central bankers from around the world standing at the ready for this week's election results. >> they're already in battle

station mode, because they're trying to put in place an action, an -- plan of action, i should say, shut the outcome of the weekend greek election rock the markets heavily when those markets open on monday morning. what we're talking about is a global, coordinated strategy from central banks from the likes of japan, swiss bank, u.s. federal reserve, as well as the e.c.b. in fact, the boss, mario draghi, of the e.c.b. just told us the e.c.b. has been a crucial key player during the crisis. they've made available a trillion euros, and they'll continue doing so if needed. bank of england announced extraordinary measures, saying it will pump in or make available $125 billion to banks as long as those banks promise and guarantee they'll pass the money on to households and businesses. let's just have a listen to what the experts told me earlier about this global strategy. >> it's not unusual to see the

world's central banks, it's the recession, and crisis, and i imagine we've got an outcome in the markets to panic at the start of next week. we would see the kind of majors we've seen before. >> and the measures he's talking about, again, central banks pumping cheap money back into the system and cutting interest rates where a central bank actually has the room to cut interest rates. >> and with greece, whatever the outcome, it seems they're thinking of some kind of sweeteners. >> this is an interesting story, some saying it could have possibly a dangerous consequence. we're hearing that european officials are putting a plan in place where they would dangle incentives in front of any new greek government basically to convince that new government, but they must stick to the conditions of the bailout. things they're talking about would be cutting interest rates even further. extending the repayment time for those bailout plans.

possibly pumping e.u. money into greek public works programs, to get people back in to work. basically -- >> soften the impact of the austerity, exactly. >> you just said it, because what european leaders want to do is sit down with the new greek government and say, ok, this is what we can offer you now, just to make life sweeter, a little bit less harsh. here's the problem with this, because if you're sitting in bailed out ireland or portugal, you'd think, hang on, we didn't get any of that, but you're also thinking maybe we want some of that, and the experts that i've been speaking to say this is dangerous, because it could likely lead to spread to the likes of airland. >> the domino effect. as we've seen it many times over. thanks. >> thanks very much indeed, aaron. disturbing documents have been released in australia which reveal the full-scale of child abuse, which is said to have occurred in the country's military between the 1950's and 1970's, maybe even as late as the 1980's.

a report by the defense ministry reveals boys as young as 13 were subjected to sexual molestation. now it's emerged that parts of the report were initially covered up. >> a total of nearly 850 cases of abuse in the australian military have been recorded in the report, some going back 60 years. in the 1950's, which boys could enter the services at age 13, there are cases of documented abuse. others took place in the 1970's, even 1980's. the allegations include a combination of physical and sexual abuse. >> it's deeply distressing matters in that report, individual claims of mistreatment and abuse that make truly disturbing reading. we are working through the best way of responding to that report. >> the report says pedophiles may well have entered the services specifically to go after young boys, just like other abusers joined the churches or orphanages.

lawyers say most want a mixture of official responses. >> a lot of the people that i've spoken to would like to see their perpetrators prosecuted or brought to justice for what they endured. others wouldn't. a lot of people have compensation, a lot of people are looking for an apology, looking for someone to say sorry for what they underwent. >> so wide spread, so serious are these claims that the government says it's looking at all options in terms of responding to this report, including the setting up of a royal commission, to get to the bottom of what it calls these shocking allegations. >> the defense department it says now has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to abuse. the report says most of those who carried it out have yet to be brought to account. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in sydney. >> police in japan have caught the last remaining suspect behind a deadly nerve gas attack on the tokyo subway in

1995, which killed 13 people. japanese media say the man was arrested in a cafe in tokyo, and it's from tokyo that our correspondent, roland buerk, has this report. >> in police custody, after 17 years on the run, katsuya takahashi was one of japan's most wanted men, the last fugitive still at large, suspected of involvement in the sarin gas attack on the tokyo subway. morning rush hour in 1995, and commuters began to fall ill. nerve gas have been released across the transport system by members of a doomsday cult, aum shinrikyo. 13 people were killed, thousands more were hurt. but takahashi evaded arrest and disappeared. but then, two weeks ago, a

breakthrough. a new photograph showing how the years had changed him, the police had arrested another cult member who told them takahashi was working for a construction company on the outskirts of the city. they released images of him buying a bag to go on the run again and taking his savings out of the bank. it was at an internet cafe that takahashi was finally spotted by a member of staff, who tipped off the police. takahashi will now face prosecution, like nearly 200 members of the cult before him. so long ago was the crime committed, some have already served their prison sentences and been released. but 13, including the cult's founder, are on death row, awaiting execution. roland buerk, bbc news, tokyo. >> let's remind you now of our main story on "g.m.t." at this hour -- there's political

confusion in egypt after the country's supreme court ruled that egypt's newly formed parliament is being dissolved. the move sparked an angry response by supporters of the muslim brotherhood who topped the parliamentary poll. mohammed is a candidate in egypt's run-off presidential vote this weekend, has warned of a second revolution if the election is not fairly conducted. and that's all for the moment from "g.m.t." goodbye for now. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newmans own foundation. union bank. and shell. >> at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies.

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