>> chuck e. cheese's, proud supporter of pbs kids. helping kids discover that doing something feels a whole lot better than doing nothing. pbs kids, where a kid can be a kid. and by a ready to learn television cooperative agreement from the u.s. department of education through the public broadcasting service. and by contributions to your pbs station from: ♪ every day when you're walking down the street ♪ ♪ everybody that you meet has an original point of view. ♪ ( laughs ) ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other ♪ ♪ you got to listen to your heart ♪ ♪ listen to the beat ♪ ♪ listen to the rhythm, the rhythm of the street ♪

♪ open up your eyes open up your ears ♪ ♪ get together and make things better by working together ♪ ♪ it's a simple message and it comes from the heart ♪ ♪ believe in yourself ♪ ♪ for that's the place to start ♪ ♪ and i say hey! ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ if we could learn to work and play ♪ ♪ and get along with each other. ♪ hey! ♪ what a wonderful kind of day ♪ ♪ hey! what a wonderful kind of day. ♪ hey! arthur: hey, d.w. hey! whoa! ( crash ) way to lose, arthur. brain: i thought you were going to win. not me. i always knew you would lose. i'm so glad you did. mmm, me, too. you're a great loser. i couldn't have done it without you-- especially you buster.

what are friends for? francine: three cheers for arthur the loser! all: hip, hip, hooray! hip, hip, hooray! do you like riddles? can you get this one? when is it better to be a loser than a winner? kids: arthur! arthur! arthur! arthur! arthur... hi, arthur. there's chocolate on your face. oh. write down your ideas. at the end of the show see if you solved the riddle. who knows? you could be a loser, too. you broke my macro man. i thought his fin came off. cyber cod's does. you owe me a new one. no, i don't. announcer: and now it's time for another fun round of riddle quest. we can't fight. riddle quest is on.

riddle quest? what's that? it's this game show where kids answer riddles and win big prizes. ( show theme music playing ) announcer: and here's your host alex lebeck. ( applause ) welcome once again to riddle quest. i'm here with our reigning champion charlotte bickles. she's been the champ for weeks now. no one can beat her. big deal. lebeck: i am a kind of band that does not make music. what am i? uh, a band of rocks! a rubber band. you are a rubber band. lebeck: that's correct. i am a king, but i'm also a common measuring device. what am i? a ruler. charlotte: a ruler. lebeck: right again. hey, you're really good at this! charlotte and andy are you two ready for your final really big riddle?

when i fill a pitcher i make it lighter than when it's filled with air. what am i? hmm. holes. you are holes. congratulations, charlotte. you have won again. we'll be seeing you again next week on riddle quest. announcer: runners-up will receive choco-sticks the chocolate stick that's fun to lick! you're much quicker than charlotte bickles. you would have won! announcer: if you'd like to be on riddle quest send your name and address to riddle quest studios. this is ridiculous! a lot of kids must try to get on. stranger things have happened. i got an "a" on yesterday's math quiz. but you studied really hard. see what i mean?

i never study! so why did i choose to study for that quiz? ha! life is very weird. new applicants, mr. lebeck. bring them here. let's see... arthur read. fine. book him for next week. binky: you'll be on a game show? why do they want you? because he's the best riddle answerer ever! no, i'm not! don't tell anyone. to win, you've got to act really confident. that's how competition works: you psych out your opponent even if she's way better than you. will you still be friends with us when you're rich and famous? yeah. sometimes rich people can be

real snobs. everyone just calm down. i haven't won anything yet. i hope he doesn't wear his silly bow tie on the show. i imagine a red cape maybe with a mask. i can't believe i let you talk me into this dumb idea. arthur, these kids are masters at riddles. you'll thank me later. ( doorbell rings ) timmy: what's black, white and red all over? ( sighing ): a newspaper. ( straining ): no. a penguin holding its breath. ( exhales ) ( both laughing ) hey, my answer was right, too. timmy: we can't help him; he's terrible. we've asked him almost 20 riddles and he's gotten them all wrong. oh, please don't give up on him. he's my only brother.

these are just dopey kids' riddles not like on riddle quest. how do you know? they could ask anything. she's right, arthur-- look. this was last week's final round between charlotte bickles and floyd peterson. i am a pet that is always found on the floor. what am i? you are a carpet. lebeck: that's correct. ( applause; remote control clicks ) that was just a dopey kids' riddle but she got it right. boy, is she good! now let's watch her bout with sammy liston. but i want to go for a bike ride. do you want to beat charlotte or not? yeah... then you must know her. you've got to eat, sleep and think like her. okay, i'll watch. ( bell dinging ) 45 pings in a minute-- not bad.

let's try the left hand. ( bell dinging ) she sells sea shells by the "shee"-shore. "sea... shore." "sea... shore." you've got to enunciate. you're going to be on tv. clumped together. in the future, the money could go directly to the banks. the details of that deal are not yet in place. therefore, this initial money will go to the spanish state. it will be counted as public debt. although that will add to the uncertainty of the spanish government's position, further down the line, we know that money can be transferred off the books of the government. the eurozone is trying to kind of pull up to the pressure of the markets. the borrowing rates on spanish did this week have been above the benchmark level of 7%. despite all these summits and agreements, the pressure is still not off spain.

>> steve in berlin -- this decision by the constitutional court in germany could scuttle the whole future of this bailout fund, not just for spain, but for the whole eurozone. >> it could. it could mean that germany could not get involved. on june 29, it was voted with a 2/3 majority for germany to get involved in the new bailout mechanism. the president of the country was then persuaded to stay his hand from signing it. the constitutional court intimated that there were big challenges on the way and it needed to look at them. it is now looking at those challenges. a string of people from left to right are presenting their case in the court in southwestern germany about why that law is not constitutional. their argument is that it hands

over unlimited power to a body outside germany. therefore, that is unconstitutional. what the court might do is say we cannot decide on this. we have to have a full hearing. therefore, the president still cannot sign it. that would slow the thing up. if you have markets watching, it is pretty damaging to slow something. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you. police in france say they've taken an arm and into custody after he had taken hostages at a school outside paris. the parents had come to drop off their children at a school. police say the gunman released them.

officially launching her attempt to become the country's first female leader has promised she would work for a fare economy and improve relations with north korea. her father led an economic recovery in the 1960's and 1970's, but was seen by many as a military dictator. the british government is facing a major rebellion in the house of commons. later today, its plans to reform parliament's second chamber, the house of lords, by making that chamber mostly elected. 70% of mp's have signaled their opposition to it. clegg says it has no democratic mandate. more than one 1000's deaths could be prevented if contraception were distributed -- than 100,000 deaths could be prevented if contraception were

distributed to those who wanted it. >> [speaking foreign language] >> there are many different ways of preventing pregnancy. all too often, people in the world's poorest country do not have access to services that could help them have a family by choice, not chance. london conference has been organized because of concerns that many women die in childbirth or after abortions. researchers say almost 350,000 women die every year from these complications. they estimate almost 1/3 of the total 100,000 deaths could be prevented if more contraception were provided. in some african countries, only 8% of couples use contraception. >> hundreds of thousands of women and children have died unnecessarily simply because contraception is not promoted as strongly as it was in the 1970's and 1980's. >> improving access to

contraception is also about providing better health services. experts say this work has never been more urgent. tomorrow's meeting in london is vital. >> we have been asking for your comments on this story and here are some of your views. mark from the philippines says, "we need improved access to maternal health care." from the u.s., "religion can maintain a meaningful place without interfering with health and human rights. that fact needs to be widely understood." one last one from tanzania, " there's no need for contraception. couples need encouragement to remain faithful and to build trust in the relationship." you can continue to have your say on that story or others on gmt today. if you are a twitter fan, sign up @bbcworld and we are also

posting updates on our facebook page. the former -- former israeli prime minister ehud olmert has been convicted on a charge of acting corruptly in office. he steered government contracts toward friends of a business partner. he was acquitted of two more serious fraud charges. >> olmert was driven from office by the weight of corruption allegations against him. he to hear the verdict. this has been a humiliating process. no other former prime minister here has faced the prospect of going to prison. in the end, the verdict was mixed. mr. olmert was acquitted on the most serious charges, and defrauding is really charities and taking envelopes full of cash to wealthy businessmen. he was found guilty of lesser

charge, allowing his friend and business partner to bring clients to meet him when he was trade minister. olmert calls it a procedural irregularity and acts as though he has been entirely is tolerated. >> [speaking foreign language] >> there was no corruption. there was no receipt of money. there was no use of money. there were no cash envelopes. there was nothing of those things that they try to relate to me. >> olmert's legacy of as prime minister was ambiguous. he launched military operations in gaza and the southern lebanon with potential loss of life and mixed strategic results. supporters say his government would much readier to talk to the palestinians. >> olmert is treating the court verdict as the restoration of his reputation. in truth, they cost him his job. there are further allegations

still to come. it still faces charges in relating to the development of those buildings. that corruption case is yet to be resolved. >> still to come on gmt -- found guilty of using an recruiting children soldiers. congolese military leader thomas lubanga is sentenced to 14 years by the international criminal courts. . brazil has stepped up its war on violent crime ahead of the world cup in 2014 and the olympics two years later. they're taking no chances about the weapons returning to the streets. >> under the gaze -- rio's iconic statue, a symbolic ceremony. 40,000 pistols, hand guns, and other weapons first burned and then crushed in a message to drug gangs and criminals of the

tide is turning. >> police from other precincts have been working with us. we are sending 12 other weapons per day, the total of 6000 per week, to the army. >> there is a long way to go. brazil has an estimated 16 million guns in circulation. 90% are thought to be in the hands of civilians, including the -- 19% are thought to be in the hands of civilians, including gangs. >> completing the ceremony, the crust weapons are covered in a white sheet and rose petals. the goal is to encourage more people to turn away from violence. >> [speaking foreign language] >> we have a symbolic ceremony. i hope people will take notes of our war against violence and hand over any weapons so we can

continue along the peaceful path we embarked on five years ago. >> it is the latest move by the authorities, months after military police regained control of the city's -- after a spell in the drug gangs. now they're hoping the symbolism translates into a reduction in violent crime. rio prepares to host the world's two greatest sporting competitions. >> this is gmt from "bbc world news." i am george alagiah. our main story -- parliament in egypt has reconvened briefly on the orders of its new president and in defiance of egypt's military council. let's catch up with the business news. this is rather complicated. i will not pretend i know what i'm talking about lina sinjab rare earth metals -- i'm talking

about here. rare earth metals. >> china controls so much of the market between 90% and 97% depending on what experts you talk to. yes, these are essential in making all sorts of modern gadgets. not just smart phones, but car batteries for hybrid cars, and also defense components like missiles. obviously, if somebody controls 97% of the market, it could be a little bit of concern especially for the u.s. they are taking it to the world trade organization to say -- they are courting them. -- they are hoarding them. >> they view china's control over that market as potentially dangerous. in the past, china has expressed -- to punish trading

partners it does not like. given that these are everyday metals in the 21st century, people see that as a problem. >> we will not get a decision today. this is the firing pistol that starts the process. it will probably take another six months. crucially, a previous complaint was brought on a similar issue in china lost. >> the air show in this country -- i've been a bit of they plane junkie in my life. it is a good indication of where the industry is. >> it is an enormous indicator. there's a bit of a horse race between boeing and eads. it looks like boeing is going to win this year. they have 75 orders for their new jet, the 737.

this is one of the more fuel- efficient planes. it is not actually the dreamliner. it is the shorter, a smaller plane. airbus, last year, had a few extra orders. this year, they have a new chief executive who has only been in the office since july -- since june 1. he is a little more nervous about the position that eads has relative to bowling, given that they have disappointed some customers. here is what he had to say. >> on the new developments conclude the what counts is to have matured technologies and not to rush too much. if you go too far, you missed the end target. >> you can see they are a little bit more nervous about what the market will hold for them. it does look like both companies

should be doing better with defense-oriented companies. governments are cutting their budgets. civil aviation, they are doing much better. >> thank you very much. thank you. the congolese warlord thomas lubanga has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for recruiting and using child soldiers in his rebel army in 2002 and 2003. he was convicted by the international criminal court in march, the first conviction since the court was set up 10 years ago. our correspondent joins me now from the hague. how important is this sentencing, this conviction? >> what might have set a precedent is if thomas lubanga was forced to apologize. that's what the prosecution has

asked for. that did not happen today. it could happen at future hearings. today, the judge just delivered the sentence. it is significant in this case focusing solely on the use of child soldiers. part of the reason is to draw attention to the issue of the use of trialchild soldiers and send the message that this is not acceptable. >> this is the first conviction in 10 years for the icc. what does that tell us about the way it is working and has been working? >> it tells us that international justice is a slow process and that they are still learning a lot. this was the first court of its kind. i was just speaking to one of those people here. he said they've learned so many lessons. one of the initial lessons they have learned from the trial is about how to treat -- they have

forced one child to testify against thomas lubanga. the court learned that witnesses have to be screened from the accused. there have been other lessons learned. >> we will leave it there. thank you very much. thank you. with the olympics just over two weeks away the race is on to make the area surrounding the main stage look at its best. the pupils from the school closest to the olympic park have been doing their bit. some people from our school of 2012, and one family who benefited from the games before they began. >> assadyou might wonder what

gardening has to do with the olympics. it brings much-needed color to the communities. it's not often these inner-city children get together. >> i like gardening and have a chance to make the place look nice >> i like being in the garden. i can smell the fresh air. i can see all the lovely flowers. >> one of the most enthusiastic gardner's of the game -- my favorite thing is seeing different creatures. >> this is just a tiny part of the transformation of stratford. there have been changes here that would have been unimaginable before london won the right to host the games. >> the changes like the opening

of europe's largest urban shopping center at the gateway to the olympic park. it has created 10,000 jobs in this long neglected part of the city. >> i have been able to get a job. i am able to fit work around my child, as well, and taking care of her. >> the british government hopes part of the legacy of the games will be one of the poorest parts of the country shares in london prosperity. the olympics has already provided golden opportunity. >> staying with the olympics, the olympic flame will receive a royal welcome on day 53 in england. the queen and the duke of edinburgh. today's leg was started by british athletic rates in oxford. he ran the first sub-four-minute

mile 50 years ago. he also won gold in the 1954 commonwealth games in vancouver. what an incredible man. a reminder of our top story on gmt. egypt's parliament has reconvened in defiance of the border. that is all for the moment from gmt. stay with us. there is plenty more to come. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont and honolulu. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you

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