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quintessential england game not in the london alembics. we look back at the 1900 paris games. >> it is midday in london, 1:00 p.m. in europe and 2:00 in the afternoon in syria where the conflict is taking its toll on the civilian population a year on and also creating regional tension. in foreign ministers are meeting in luxembourg and they are expected to be -- neighboring turkey accused at -- of shooting down a military jet. and syria itself heavy fighting between government forces and rebel fighters. our correspondent has just spent the last two weeks with some of these groups in a province in northern syria. >> and the fires of war, a new kind of rebel army is emerging. battle hardened, more organized and aggressive. for two weeks, we were given exclusive access to this

brigade. 12 battalions and hundreds of men strong. their strategy and tactics are evolving and small-scale attacks are now being launched. with a few more weapons and a lot more ammunition seeping through the borders to where they live, fight, and preparing -- pray. if these are desperate times, then these are also desperate measures. because the deadly package being delivered on bicycle is an i-80 -- ied. a very rare glimpse of the tactics now being used, where the line between life and death is perilously thin. the men agreed on to land controlled by the military just down the road from an army base.

>> carefully, slowly. and the device is planted and hidden. one of hundreds of ied's now being made in secret workshops across syria. >> we are still weak. that is why we are forced to make our own ied's. they give us extra strength. we make the bombs because we lack weapons and there is no help from outside. our people are being slaughtered and no one else cares. >> we may dash across the main road where the government and control and the fighters moved into place. >> a pretty audacious operation by the freeze. army. the check point down the hill is actually trying to lure government troops out of their compounds and into their tanks and down the road and that is when they will detonate their ied's. what you are witnessing is the

rebel army going on the offensive. the tanks advance, opening fire. and for a while, we are pinned down. the rebels did not expect the army to come from behind. with the ied now and the wrong place, they have had to run away. they were outgunned and outflanked. and operation is a failure. despite its strength, the army can't stop these fighters. so when one group is in trouble, reinforcements arrive quickly. the rebels moved into a rual area. as the army deployed tanks and heavy machine guns down the road. the fighters know this land

well and they can move around easily. we hit hit armored vehicles, he said, and the advance as the army pulls back. but i imagine there terror. it does not really matter who they support. millions of syrians are now caught up in a conflict they didn't choose, one that is spiraling out of control. that the world seems unable to stop. bbc news. >> the special report inside syria. in egypt, the newly elected president mohammad mursi said he has already begun forming a government of national unity. the muslim brotherhood candidate trying to reassure women and a large minority christian community that they have nothing to fear. but there is deep suspicion about the muslim brotherhood agenda among many sectors of the country. although it is not yet clear how

much power the military council will allow him to wield. our correspondent has this report. >> the party is over, the traffic is back into rear square -- in tahrir square. egyptians are looking this morning to see what kind of present and they have selected. as a member of the muslim brotherhood, muhammed mursi isn't as llamas but he promised to rule for all egypt. -- is an islamist but a promise to roll for all egypt. >> thanks to you and god will fight them president for all egyptian whatever they may be. >> western countries have been quick to congratulate egypt on the first democratic presidential election in its history. but they also want mohammad mursi to live up to a pledge of moderation. >> it is very important to the eyes of the friends of egypt here in europe and the friends of egypt and the united

kingdom, that this is an inclusive and transparent democratic process in egypt and that the president lives up to what he has said about being inclusive, particularly in upholding the rights of women and upholding the rights of religious minorities. >> of the first priority for the new president will be relations with the ruling military council. he and his supporters have demanded the reinstatement of parliament, dissolved by the military a week ago. he wants to be sworn in in front of parliament. many egyptians wonder whether the military will agree to this or in deed will allow real power to be elected leaders. >> greater thanmursi -- he will be handcuffed without any real powers of the people could revolt against them and he could only last a few months. the reason for this is all the laws are in the hands of the military council. >> so maybe this is a new

beginning or maybe just part of the continued struggle for power that will continue well after the new president is installed in office. bbc news, cairo. >> the aftermath of the election results. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines. russian president bodmer putin has arrived in israel at the start of his first visit to the middle east in seven years. he has been welcomed by president shimon peres in a ceremony for a new world war ii memorial for russian troops -- lake -- later a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a bus carrying activists to an election rally in mexico has fallen into a ravine, killing at least 32 people and injuring many others. the left wing activists were traveling to support a local my rural candidate when the bus went off the road and fell 300 meters into the valley below.

staying with mexico, next week and it is time for the country to go to the polls to choose a new president. the vote is being held against the background of a violent drug war and a slowing economy. the front runner comes from a party which ruled mexico for most of the last century, pri. opponents say the party is tainted by decades of corruption. our reporter -- reporting from what is widely believed the most violent state in mexico. >> the convention center in tampico is a sea of cowboy hats. they traveled from ranches across the country to meet the front runner in the race to be president. the telegenic candidate with a soap star wife is standing for mexico's oldest and most powerful political party, pri. in a sports arena next door, tens of thousands of supporters, many of them women, turned out to try to grab a moment.

71 years of corruption and relationship with the drug cartels -- but even here in the state, the man they call the pop star of mexican politics is still a really popular. >> not everyone has fallen for his charms. in mexico city, a student led movement has emerged. they say he is backed by the country by sea main media outlet televisa and it accused pri of involvement with organized crime. >> in my government, there will be no agreement with organized crime. it is not for security for the mexican people -- it is a mistake to think otherwise. those people who think we should negotiate with the drug lords say so out of frustration over

the current failed policies. >> this is probably the most dangerous state in mexico. as mr. peneto was speaking to us, a car bomb exploded in the state capital. the scorch marks were still visible the following day. thesdrug cartels control swag of the state. one person with inside knowledge of the drug cartels is a former girlfriend of a cartel member. but i met people who were well placed and the cartels but they are also part of the local government security body. for example, police and soldiers. it is not just the close relationship between the states and the drug cartels but the very same people. >> at the polls are right, mr. peneto is days away from becoming mexico's next

president. critics say the pri has not changed but it is the support of strongholds like these buskin but the party back into the presidential palace. will grant, bbc news. >> still to come, we will have all the day's business news, including more on the gentleman finance minister's comments that greece has not tried enough to sort out its problems. libya's former prime minister has been extradited to tripoli from tunisia. to nielsen has this report. >> flying home to the country he once served as prime minister and under armed guards, el bagdadi -- he once climbed a political ladder to borrower but now looking tired and disheveled, he is operated as a criminal suspect of crimes during the gaddafi's regime. the 70-year-old becomes the

first senior official to be returned here for trial. his successor had this to say about his arrival. >> he is now detained in one of the prisons that is under control of the justice ministry and under the supervision of the judicial police. and this is based on the sentence of the prison is -- imprisonment of the public prosecutor crimes against the libyan people. >> during but gaddafi's years, he courted political leaders from around the world. during the uprising, he appeared on tv to defend the regime. but he fled to neighboring tunisia soon after tripoli fell. the president of tunisia has called his extradition illegal and says it was done without his consent. and human rights groups were concerned that he is at a real

risk of torture or death and libya but the new government pledged to treat all detainees fairly, including gaddafi's son who authorities say should be tried in libya and not by the international criminal courts. that tussle remains unresolved but what is more certain is that gaddafi's former prime minister will face a charge -- trial on home soil. >> you are watching "gmt" on bbc world news and these are our top headlines. turkey's cabinet is meeting to discuss a response to the shooting down by syria of the turkish fighter jets saturday. egypt's first democratically elected president is starting to assemble his government. jamie robertson is joining me to bring us the business news. greece, as ever, at the

forefront of the use some of later this week and the kind of dumping on. >> one of the problems is we did not know if they were going to turn up, because the two main people, the prime minister of finance minister in a hospital. the finance minister has not even been sworn in because he had to go to the hospital with stomach problems the end of last week. he is coming out of the hospital tomorrow, but even so we are not sure whether the can make it to the conference. also we have the gentleman finance minister saying he does not think the greeks have done enough to be able to put the austerity program where it should be. what we are beginning to look at is a lot of people and investors are beginning to think of a post euro exit greece and what kind of country it will be and what kind of opportunities, particularly in terms of investment opportunities. we spoke to a billionaire investor his specializes very much at looking at distressed assets around the world, will also -- will ross come and look

that some of the things he and others might be looked at buying. >> the airports are particularly interesting in that if greece were to exit the eu, go back to the drachma, it would become even cheaper as a tourist place. so i think people would use some of those assets as being almost a hedge against the problems. so, i don't buy the idea at all that it is a lack of interest. the way you find out of there is interest, you put a process in place -- place and then you see what did you get. >> moving to asia -- india very worried. >> a lot of reasons why it is happening but mainly because of a political impasse which cannot get to grips -- the country cannot get to grips with reform, political reform and economic

reform. as a result, we see the rupee fall. however, today we see the finance minister announcing a number of changes, largely to do with increasing ability of foreign investors to be with to invest in various securities, bonds, within india. the problem is, the problems are deeper than that. it goes deeper. i spoke to our business correspondent in mumbai, and he explained really a lot more has to be done. >> exports have taken a beating, imports as also gone down. with ecstasy and watch as the prime minister has promised last week that in the next four-five months we will be -- should really help in bringing back the indian economy. these measures announced today are not in line with those expectations but they are a positive step forward. >> unfortunately, we saw the

rupee falling again. the markets are not convinced that will help them. >> the london 2012 chairman is due to carry the olympic torch today as it makes its way through the home city of sheffield in the north of england. it is day 38 of the torch relay and there was a minor incident in which a spectator try to touch the torch. the woman was pushed aside by the metropolitan police torch security team officers. my colleague is there. no drama, i hope, where you are? >> no, i hope nothing more like that. thank you very much. here in sheffield because the whole idea of the torch relay is to try to spread the excitement of the lung this -- london games to bring some of the magic of 2012 to people who would probably never get to any of the events and not be in london for the summer. right in the center of sheffield. this whole area will be packed with people later today because the torch will be brought into

the center of town and there will be much excitement. sheffield has an interesting history because it was at one time the industrial heart and quite a lot has changed. let me bring you a glimpse. forged in a heap of the industrial revolution, this city became and remains britain's center for steel and cutlery production. over a half a million people live here and you would know some of them even if you have not been to the north of england. rouse and tough "lord of the rings" actor and "monday-" funny man and a whole host of pop stars. def lepard, electo pop superstars, human league.

a passion for sports here, too. the city hosts two football teams, who say snooker -- japan has a passion for cricket to rival anywhere in the world. u.s. divers just one of the many olympic teams that made sheffield -- their home before going down to london. when the games get underway, britain has high hopes for jessica ennis, this local golden girl of british athletics. currently european heptathlon champion. >> so, that is sheffield's olympic cauldron waiting for the torch to arrive later today.

one of the famous sons of the city, the man behind the human league and behind heaven 17. avila someone from sheffield? >> thrilled obviously that the olympic torch reaches the heart of sheffield. always talking about sheffield, a big fan of my home town. sheffield wednesday fan, so the sports fan as well. unlucky enough to have tickets to see jessica ennis. my wife brought them as a special surprise for my birthday. so, i am totally engaged. >> how important do you think it is the torch makes this kind of journey? a lot of people here might feel quite disconnected with everything going on in london. >> manchester is not too far away. i think it is incredibly important to make people feel connected to the whole thing. otherwise you would just sit and room and watch it on telly. i think it is good to have the

cauldron live and all the symbolism. >> what about the music? why is that this city has produced so many well-known music names, yours included was a mock them a pretty good question. i get asked it a lot, actually. sheffield is a town for dewar's. when the steel industry declined, a lot of the youngsters coming up did not feel like to have much hope so a lot of them used the old manufacturing places and use them as a rehearsal rooms. also the sounds of sheffield, growing up with the sounds of the drop forges, it's feeds into our music. >> thank you for joining us. and there is also a link to another olympic team because sheffield has made a lot of efforts toward economic regeneration and that is what -- one of the hopes the olympics brings to east london. >> thanks very much indeed,

shall the rissole the steel behind you. -- michele, and we saw all the steel behind. once for from the paris games in 1900. a team from england beat a sigh from france and 1 tons of 12 years later that piece of sports history has been recreated. -- 112 newsletter. >> on the grounds of a french chateau -- armed with a fine capote, mcc cricketers are here to market in exporting occasion. the pitch has been swept, the stage is set for the rematch of the 1900 olympic cricket final. englander and the reigning silver medalist france. >> good to see you when something today. >> today, too, london 2012, mcc is playing a france select team.

pitting their wits against experienced opposition. >> 100 years ago it was more english players who played for france, so it is a big match and good publicity. >> in 1900, the french side was drawn from the two best cricket clubs in paris. they played an english team from the west country. the only time corrected would be played at the olympics. -- cricket would be played in the olympics. greatly improved, thanks to admiration of their best known supporter. >> after the match of all those years ago -- france never going to be much good cricket because they are too excitable and could not set their minds to the job. but france has done wonderful things over the years, and that is why i am so delighted they are bringing crickets into

french schools, for women as well as men. >> how do you direct a frenchman to deep backwoods square leg? i can tell you because i have this little book that translates the wonderful language of cricket to french. a leg spinner is today -- prowler. a wicket made -- a crowned version. sadly on this occasion, the french showed some of the same over exuberance that the find of the 1900 team. 112 years of history, the french still the runners up but it may not be long before the old enemy is beating us at our own game. christian fraser, bbc news, paris. >> that ends this edition of "gmt" but stay with us here on

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