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>> and now, "bbc world news. >> funerals are held for some of the 120 victims of a series of deadly bombings across pakistan. british police say the child abuse by the late bbc presenter jimmy expands six decades. he could have been prosecuted if the allegations were taken more seriously. and cybercops warn of the growing threats from online crime. welcome to "bbc world news." also in this program, the first official portrait of the duchess of cambridge. we'll find out what kate makes of it. and they whistle while they work, the can anywherey island children learning an ancient language that sounds like bird songs.

hello, more than 120 people are now learned to have died in a series of bomb attacks in pakistan. the deadliest attack was a double bombing which left 95 people dead. the targets were members of the minority shiite sect. our correspondent is there with more. >> yesterday there were two incidents, in one, insurgents claimed attacking the paramilitary forces. but the bigger attack was on sectarian group and it was basically in an area predominantly populated by the shiite minority in pakistan. and it seems the target was

quite meticulously selected, and the place and the timing as well, so that it causes maximum damage, and as we have seen there was first an initial small blast followed by a bigger one, when the officer were there and the police went there, this is the second blast which the reason is why it is such a big death toll in that incident. >> well, let's talk to one of those journalists, on the line, mouhammad, terrible events yesterday. i believe you lost two colleagues in the explosion. >> yeah, -- [inaudible]

>> and there was first one blast -- [inaudible] a massive loss of life. >> an absolutely terrible scene there, mouhammad. i believe journalists like you are now on strike. you are calling for the authorities to do much more to protect people. >> [inaudible]

>> mouhammad, thank you very much for talking to us there, a journalist there. the sound quality wasn't good on the line but we could hear some about what he had to say about the dreadful scenes and the aftermath of that second explosion once people had actually gone to the area following the first explosion. but we'll have more on that story on "bbc world news" of

course. now, the death of a 23-year-old woman who was gang raped on a bus in dehli has sparked anger and fierce debate. some companies are beginning to take measures to improve their female employee security. here's a report from delhi. >> night and day delhi streets have been marked by protest. calling for women's safety to be taken seriously. this is where the young medical student and her friend boarded a bus that night. it's not a remote part of the city, one of the busiest streets in delhi and thousands of young girls like her use the bus every day to get to and from work. but now questions are being raised about their safety. with crime rates against women increasing in india city, some industries are investing to protect the workers and encourage more women to join them. like the i.t.f. outsourcing

sector. the industry has put in place a strict code of conduct and women now form almost a third of their work force. >> whether it's providing company transportation or insuring the women employees are the not the first to be picked up and the last to be dropped, making sure security guards employed by the company to come along. i think the industry has a complete mechanism internally to insure health lines to provide all the safety security of all the women in the work place, particularly in transportation and safety. >> but for small businesses it's a lot harder to invest in security. it's a question that employers are considering before hiring women. this company employs hundreds of women. >> we're not against the blight of women at all -- >> the owner says he's hired

more men because he's worried for their safety. >> specifically in delhi, while we try to give them pepper spray, like everybody has one, but here in delhi, i'm not sure, i don't think i can actually have them working late. >> many feel more deep-rooted changes and attitudes are needed to make india's women feel more secure. but while the country is debating the issue, there's now more pressure on employers to insure the safety of the work force. >> let's talk some business. jamie's here. jamie, what are his wishes for 2013? >> good news we got is basically we're still standing, seemed a little bit desperate. if you think about how we felt the beginning of 2012 this was a

feeling the whole thing could fall apart and it hasn't. have to have a certain amount of congratulation for finally getting their act together, putting a system in place which can support the markets. i think the stablization of the markets can the most critical and important thing that has happened. the other thing that hasn't happened, i think this is over the last five years, quite an achievement actually. we haven't seen the kind of protectionism we could have seen, really could have been serious, kind of protection that happens in 1930's following the crash then. the trade is still moving forward, and trade is actually growing. and he made some very good points about spain, up like 20%. there are some good news stories out there. however, there's a lot of reform that's got to go on, a lot of other things that have to be put into place. the markets recently stabilized, now you have to reform the way in which these countries do business. that's particularly for some of the economies and that will take a lot of time and political

will. >> just briefly, boeing, bad news. >> yes, extraordinary run of accidents on the dream liner, their latest, most technologically advanced plane. going through a list of what's happened this week, and i think we've got pictures of the fire that broke out. the fire's inside, it wasn't serious. no passengers on board and nobody was hurt. then an oil leak the next day, a brake failure the next day, then another leak and a crack in the cockpit windshield as well. what has happened now is the federal regulators in the united states have ordered what is called comprehensive review of all the mechanics of the aircraft, so look at a way in which it works, and where there might be problems. if there are problems. very serious boeing. over the last week a share price has been hit, not seriously, but down 3%-4%.

but it is not a crisis for boeing but it was a serious problem and they'll have to deal with it quickly if it is to keep up the sales, which have been going reasonably well. the airline, it has had good reviews until now. >> ok, jamie, thanks very much for the moment. see you in a little while. now, the duke and duchess of cambridge have been to see the first official portraits of the duchess which is now on show at the national portrait gallery. it was painted by the artist paul emsly after two sittings last year. an art critic is here. he spoke to peter hunt and gave us his analysis on the portrait. >> we're all a bit disappointed to be honest. i know the duchess herself was happy with it, but i thought it was a wasted opportunity. here's this glamorous new princess, we're all intoxicated by her beauty and her youthfulness and her energy, yet in this picture she comes across

as rather a ghostly and strange figure with this rather wild hair and directly staring face. so my own view is it's a bit of a missed opportunity to portray how she is now, this embodiment of hope in the nation. had there been good royal trait. there's the problem with it used to ground to a halt with the 17th century and we had relentless succession of royal portraits. of course part of the reason for that is access so you can't be a royal portraitist if you're granted two short sessions with your subjects, which i believe is what happened here. so it's part of a long tradition that failed. >> if you had some say, who would you have got to paint her? >> well, i think the perfect artist for this would be david hockly who is an artist so experienced and so good at capturing a very beautiful woman, though you wouldn't necessarily know that from this

picture. she captured not only youthfulness, but portraits from the duchess of cambridge would capture what she is now. rather than this prematurely old, rather spectral giant looking rather mournfully out at us. it's not a very convincing smile is it. >> you're watching "bbc world news," coming up -- report from the canary eye lands on the whistling that seems to be a revival. australia's southeast is still burning. fire crews are battling more than 120 blazes across the region. despite the efforts of firefighters, 15 fires are still out of control and far from letting up the blistering

temperatures and high winds which make the fires so hard to contain. >> after a week, australia's battle with bush fires continues. the return of more searing temperatures into the low 40's is increasing the dangerer in one of the world's most fire prone regions. strong winds are also forecast. in the state of new south wales, 100 fires are burning. most are being contained by the relentless efforts of the emergency crews. a handful have been causing real concern. popular holiday spot south of sydney, firefighters have struggled to incinerate vast years. as a record-breaking heat wave returns to the fire belt, some residents have had enough. >> we packed up all the things we could get in the car, and said they're ready to go.

>> despite the scale of australia's bush fire, no one has been killed. for that, communities can thank sound planning by the authorities and good fortune. this is a nation well used to nature's extremes. the coming days are likely to bring more dangerous conditions. as temperatures heat up on friday, the situation over the weekend is looking even worse. >> now, remember if you want to get more on the southeast of australia, do head to the website and there's a lot of latest news and you can see some of the most dramatic images. here with us on "bbc world news," a headline. funerals are held for some of the 120 victims of a series of

deadly bombings across pakistan. british police reveal sex abuse allegations against the bbc presenter stretched over 50 years and that his youngest victim was just 8. we're going to go to that story now. let's speak to john brain who is at metro poll tan police headquarters at new scotland yard. john, after months and months of revelations, these are all the alcombations put together in one document. >> yes, yes, very bleak reading it makes. the scale described here is absolutely unprecedented. bear in mind that jimmy savo was an iconic figure on children's television in britain. much respected, particularly for his charity work.

but to see the scale of the abuse he carried out absolutely extraordinary. it started in 1955 and didn't finish until 2009. and during that time, he's believed to have abused hundreds of people, boys, girls, adults. the youngest victim was just 8 years old. the oldest was 47. and he carried out this abuse at the bbc where he did much of his work as a presenter at 13 different hospitals, at a hospice, and at several schools. and the report that's come out today said he used his celebrity status as a tool to coerce his victims. many of these victims were vulnerable, they were in hospitals or homes for children with learning disabilities, or they were simply star-struck by this very, very famous man in

their presence. he would use that to the way of abusing them, often small children would just ask for an autograph and he would take them away and abuse them. the big question is how can this be prevented. the author of this report is saying this has to be a watershed in the treatment of chimed sex abuse victims, have to be believed. and they have to be treated differently because there were opportunities to stop him and those opportunities weren't followed up. >> yes, indeed on that note john, how much light does the report shed on why jimmy went to his grave without being prosecuted? >> well, the main thing is that he was, as they say, this huge celebrity who people were prepared to believe him. there have been a few whispers about what he was up to in various quarters, but he was somebody who had very quickly go

to the courts and sue if any allegations were made about him. and his victims of course were so vulnerable, most of them were children who would not know how to confront someone of his seniority, his age, his fame. and things just weren't in place at that time. reports say the culture was very different when he was carrying out most of his abuse. of course things have changed now, child protection experts say there's no room for complacent si and this has to be a wake-up call. >> john, thank you very much. now, europe is in increasing danger from cybercriminals, that's the warning coming. they say they will face a rapidly growing threat. the warning comes as a new

european cybercrime unit opens in the netherlands. >> writing computer fraud now cost europe 1.5 billion euros a year. criminals are hacking into businesses and stealing from individuals too. >> all around the world, cyberattacks are hitting the head lines. >> threats can come from anywhere in the world. but today comes a warning that cybercriminals may find a particularly easy base in africa. >> i think what you see in africa, when you see the technological development increase, you also see that african organized criminals and european organized criminals, they set off bases there where the infrastructure is, and also might be a weaker legal system. >> foreign computer fraudsters will be a major target at the new european cyber-crime center, or e.c. 3 that opens today in the hague.

>> this is an example of microcamera used by camera. >> detectives here know many of the tricks of the trade, such as hidden mobile phones which transmit details of pin codes after filming them through tiny holes. they've also built a cage, a room that wire signals can't penetrate. this prevents criminals from moving data remotely from devices which may contain evidence of fraud. >> this is the place to gather information, to exchange best practices, to do joint analysis, threat assessments. but also a place where you could leave some evidence for forensic analysis. >> we identified this account from mark baker. >> officials here will now begin tracing communications that often stretch in a complex web around the world. in particular, they'll be trying to protect bankers and retailers and personal data on sites like

facebook. >> let's talk about this some more, with a technology reporter and a also a former hacker. look at this new center being set up in the netherlands. putting yourself back in the mindset. when you say something like this, do you think oh, that's the end of me doing this. or do you think i can get around this for just another challenge? >> there are 40 people, huge list of things they have to do, and while very important coordination across the -- they're looking for the big people, the criminal networks, individual hacker who's just there messing around in the system. >> so, the threat now seems to be pretty significant. and they're seeing a future which is only going to get more difficult in terms of these developing world countries getting much more infrastructure and better i.d. and getting a much better hold. >> that's true. it's very good the world's got

the infrastructure and skills to do this. it's a good sign. we've got better tools, better infrastructure we should be a step ahead all the time. if we know where the threat's coming from, we can monitor it, check it. there's going to be more happening but no particular reason for it to be any more complex. >> what is lacking at the moment? is there a framework, an international framework of ways of combating cyber crimes which really isn't there right now. >> lots of nation states defending themselves. big threats come from places like russia and china. these are quite big governments to work with. the international rule of law doesn't exist. there's no right to pop the suit across borders, if you think the steps come from china, to talk to the chinese government to say no it isn't. one of the things that bothers me about this new organization is they don't talk about how transparent they're going to be.

if the state goes to use this power against the individual, they should also -- >> thank you very much indeed. rupert, thanks a lot. now whistling is come pull sare at schools in the canary island, part of an effort by locals to keep the ancient whistling language alive in the modern age. >> back in the days when flrp no telephones or roads, whistling allowed the hab wants to communicate. but the sound hasn't died out yet. you can hear on the eye lands where children are learning the art of it.

it is a sort of whistle version of spanish, which can be heard for up to two miles. it was nearly lost in common usages. in order to keep the tradition alive, the local government made it a school subject more than a decade ago. but it's not just putting your lips together and blowing. for a start, you have to be able to whistle with a finger in your mouth. >> children get these and do it twice. they do it like this. but you have to do it slowly. and you start speaking slowly.

>> i had seven. >> people were in a chronological system that substituted spanish syllables with whistling sounds. it most likely came from africa. they learn complicated phrases which is why the only thing i've learned so far which is how to say help -- listen. in time i think i'll get it right. >> now you can get in touch with us about any of our stories, please do that. i'm on twitter @bbckareng. there is a place for you to leave your comments as well on "bbc world news" facebook page, facebook.com/bbc world news. that's all for us. do stay with us here on "bbc world news," i'll have the headlines for you coming up after the international weather

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