into a wider regional complex? the turkish prime minister is due to return shortly to a country rattled by protests. he faces court where he may resign over the security crackdown. the british government is about to express sincere regrets for the victims tortured for the man now i've uprising -- for the uprising in kenya. the lady is running for president. -- -- burma's >> i want to run for president and i am quite frank about it. >> also, aaron joins us to get news about how europe might be missing out out on an energy rich illusion -- energy revolution. >> getting more of this, oil and gas out of rock. that is the message from shell, who says europe is well behind

the united states, which makes american company's more competitive. why? because doing this brings down the cost of energy. >> it is 7:00 in the morning, in in damascus,:00 at midday in london. a day after being pushed out of the town, syrian rebels are now reported to have seized the critical crossing in the golan heights right near the israeli border. the israeli government has long voiced fears that the syrian conflict spill over their borders. this adds to the tension on the syrian-lebanese border. >> because we know of course in the past day or so, the seizures i syrian government forces on wednesday was achieved with the help of their lebanese hezbollah out of a -- buddies hezbollah allies.

smoke rises as serious conflict spreads to israel's doorstep. syrian rebel fighters battled with president assad's forces here and briefly overtook a checkpoint in the disputed golan heights. israel moved people away from the frontier as a precaution. another sign of how serious civil war is having a growing impact outside its borders. earlier, syrian government forces celebrated their victory in the key town of qusayr. they ousted the rebels and took control of this important point, a supply route for weapons. the town of 40,000 lies destroyed. could it be a turning point in the syrian regime's war with what it calls terrorists? whereverovernor says terrorism goes, the footsteps of the syrian army will follow,

and he says they will make syria the graveyard of global terror. free syrian the army shows them in the fierce fight for qusayr. president assad's forces were the dutch were from the lebanese armed group of hezbollah, by iran. , syrian rebels fired rockets into lebanon, the civil war spreading. while the west debates, the u.s. andquick to attack condemned outside help. -- that isear that why they are dependent on hezbollah and he ran to do their work for them. >> and here is yet another spillover. more refugees fleeing the recent fierce fighting. western leaders today reiterated warnings of the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in syria,

yet there is still no sign of peace talks, no clue if and when these people will be able to return home. ,> the turkish prime minister reset tape aired again, is soon to arrive, returning to a -- receptive yet erdogan -- with protesters protesting -- focusing their anger on him, demanding that he apologize over the police crackdown that has left two dead and more than 4000 injured in one dozen cities. before mr. erdogan aaron's return, one of his ministers criticize the way the international media is covering the unrest. tell me why such a big area in the center of istanbul is now effectively taken over by demonstrators, where the police

have not been going because of the fear of more clashes. the government is facing a serious political challenge, is it not? >> the challenges are something that we welcome. we will have elections in nine months time and we will listen to the voice of the electorate. if the people think that this government ought to step out, they should address this quest and at the ballot box. >> what about the accusation that the prime minister act in an autocratic manner, that he believes that he knows what is best for the country and does not listen to one half of the forlation that did not vote him? >> he does listen to them. then bank that is not what they have said to me. >> he is the prime minister of all of turkey. >> but his actions, they do not believe in. >> who do they believe in? a should support whoever they support and bring that party or politician to power. how about those who do believe him? how about those who witness the

fact that he has tripled -- he is doubled the number of schools in this country come a tripled the number of roads and highways in this country? >> but you have widespread dissatisfaction, not just in this -- not just in istanbul but in many cities. the demonstrations spread very quickly. you are saying it is all because of a conspiracy, foreign media? >> there are those who have sincere legitimate concerns, and we are trying to address them, however, some people are attending these demonstrations because they are upset with the name of the third bridge. some are against the recent decisions of parliament to -- they really love the nature and they don't want any trees to be moved from one part of istanbul to another in istanbul. but there are those to either support the chb, the main

opposition party, and some are there to socialize, and we try to understand what the messages. there is not one single message. there are many messages here, and a lot of people and organizations are trying to exploit those messages. turkey's eu minister. r clowe and is in istanbul, and he joins us live. returns tordogan quite a racket, doesn't he? is he due anytime now? >> he is expected later on this evening, and really this is a country holding its breath to wait and see exactly what he is going to say to the protesters. he had an extremely firm line towards them before he went to morocco. he called them extremists, pillagers, looters. he said they were arm in arm with terrorists. will he have softened his rhetoric?

or will his return here be like a red rag to a bull? will it fan the flames of the protests? it is clear there will have to be a tangible concession, a compromise offered, otherwise this occupy movement here in taksim square, which is continuing day by day, is going to be going on. there were quite fierce clashes in ankara yesterday. >> what kind of concessions might be agreed question mark they are asking for the police chief to step down, the governor in istanbul? >> it might be a case of asking for a lot, and when i am i saidg to protesters, listen, if the prime minister comes back and says we will stop the development plans on the park, which of course sparked

the protest, will that be enough to dampen down the protests? many people said that will not be enough because it is far bigger than an environmental protest. it has become about freedom of speech, about the values that we hold dear, about democracy. another large portion of the country is behind him. he has a large amount of support in turkey's conservative islamist stronghold east of istanbul. there are rumors that a lot of party supporters land to go to the airport to welcome him back to turkish soil. i think he will feel emboldened also by the fact that half the country still supports him. and what he has to do, the challenge now, and it is his biggest challenge, is to offer an olive branch to the other half, the other side ofurkey that has risen up against what they perceive authoritarian rule. will he take these calls

personally for him to step down? >> he will not heed those calls on all. he is for a popular among a large group of people in turkey. he plans to run for president next year, to swap the post of prime minister for president. i think everybody here will be surprised if he went through -- if he was through with the political arena altogether. >> thank you very much indeed, on that expected return of prime minister recep tayyip erdogan. a historic compensation payment for the historic uprising in 1950's. an estimated 90,000 people were killed between the fish and mao mao insurgents. more than 100,000 people were detained, many from the kikuyu tribe, can you possible or just ethnic group. firstttlement is the acknowledgment that such serious crimes were committed at the time. >> i would like to make clear

now and for the first time on behalf of her majesty's government that we understand the pain and grievance felt by those involved in the events of the emergency in kenya. the british government recognizes that kenyans were subject to torture and other forms of ill-treatment at the hands of the colonial administration. the british government sincerely regrets that these abuses took place, and that they mask kenya's process toward independence. torture and ill-treatment are abhorrent violations of human the city which we unreservedly condemn. >> the british foreign secretary william hague making that statement and the house of commons. let's go to the kenyan capital of nairobi now. so this is going to be greeted very, very happily by many in kenya, aren't they? >> well, v

greeted it with happiness, and others are skeptical, saying that it is not really much to pay back to people who endured such torture. >> we are getting reports that there will be as many as $20 million worth of compensation. admittedly, it goes across 5000 people, but that must go some way to redress the terrible injustice that these people have suffered over so many years. >> some of those who suffered have excepted and said, yes, this is a good start, but it is not close to the payment of those who believe this is a drop in the ocean. the amount of torture that they endured is not anything that can be offset by a mere $4000 u.s. >> there is also going to be a monument in memory of those victims during the mao mao

uprising. is that something that is also make people feel is long overdue? yout is long overdue, if recall that the kenyan government has not one much for war victims, especially the mao mao. this will be a good gesture. there has been an effort to try and get some recognition for some of the veterans. .his could go a long way just to remind us, if you can, some of the ghastly deeds that were committed against these people in the 1950's? >> well, the torture included that theytly things don't even want to talk about.

foravid, thanks very much giving us that information about the mixed response going on in kenya, in nairobi, about the sincere regret expressed by this british government over those torture cases during the mau mau uprising during the 1950's during british colonial rule. stay with us on "bbc world news ." the wait is over. she will be standing in the next residential election if the constitution is amended. on what is you more going on in turkey. police in western turkey have been rounding up people who posted messages on twitter. around 30 young people were arrested after tweeting messages in support of the protests. earlier in the week, the prime minister branded the social media site him and us. our correspondent has this

report. quentin somerville. >> they are not protesters that have come to find arrested family members, and here they are. the government accuses them of misusing social media. people haveoung been arrested, are being taken away now. the government accuses them of inciting antigovernment protest using social media. they say that the government is scared of social media, and because it cannot shut down twitter, it is going after them instead. family members have left distraught. dozens of police department raids on their homes. these rests -- these arrests are politically motivated, they say. hassan tells me his friend was arrested for just two tweets which gives the location of riot police. >> if they arrest them, they

have to arrest thousands, maybe 10,000. i offered the same kind of tweak. most of the people here do things. ,> the turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan, has cleared twitter a "menace to go -- a "menace." , bbc news,erville western turkey. >> you are watching gmt. the latest on the flooding in central europe. the region is still struggling with swollen rivers. at least 16 people are known to have died so far in the floods. floodwaters have receded in southern germany, and the czech

capital of prague. the focus of the flooding has now moved north. reached its-- it highest level in 400 years, and more than 30,000 people were told to leave their homes. lunch parts -- large parts of evacuated,e expecting the river there to reach its peak. focus of the flooding has shifted north. in dresden, eastern germany, local people formed human chains to hand sandbags down the line to protect their city. there has been an intense effort to shore up barriers as the zala river rose to its highest point in 400 years. after an anxious overnight weight, the effort seems to have paid off. >> the worst seems to be over. they put up a second dam in

front of the first one yesterday, and now we are very hopeful. south in bavaria, the waters are subsiding to leave mud and pain. part of the difficulty here is that insurance costs are high in an area of rivers which often flood, though never in modern times this badly. you cannot get insurance. you cannot insure your home in a floodplain. those whose homes have been spared still face the difficulty of moving about in an area which is often underwater. in slovakia, their waters of a complex of rivers, including the danube, rose to the highest level in living memory. people found they could not get home. -flowing rivers mean barges cannot move. they cannot cope with the

torrent, and the bridges are now too low. error are also political -- there are also political recriminations, people asking why it is so bad. in southern germany, the leader of bavaria said part of the problem was that landowners have resisted engineering schemes which would have allowed flood warnings -- floodwaters to escape safely. stephen evans, bbc news, berlin. >> now within the past few minutes, the british foreign secretary william hague has announced that thousands of kenyans were mistreated during the mau mau insurgency of the 1950's. he has offered compensation. -- let's gonairobi to central london now. we are joined by march and a -- by martin day. , -- martin, first of all

you must be relieved that justice has been done after such a long, long court battle over so many years. >> it was 10 years ago since the mau mau first came to see me, sitting in a hotel room in nairobi. when they asked me to take on their case, which is so many years old, it was obviously an uphill struggle. so i am truly delighted today to have been in there where mr. hage made his statement a few minutes ago, as you say, a truly historic moment in history in terms of the decision by the british government to accept liability in relation to this group of tortured victims, so we are very pleased indeed. >> i know some of the description of the cases involve informationinvolved that was too graphic to relate. describe some of what the victims had to endure. that have 5028 victims

suffered castration, women having bottles thrust into them, the most terrible, terrible degrading things taking place at the hands of the british colonial regime in the 1950's. the compensation is a small amount, but it is that combined with the apology that has meant so much, that as long last they have had recognition from the british government as to what happened to them. >> it has been a long battle. it is a shame it took so long because some of the victims are actually dead. but what is the significance of the case? however long it goes, such human rights groups is -- such human rights abuses occurred. >> the british judge who made the decision last year that the ,ase should go through to trial asked the government to try to block it because of the length of time. he was basically saying a fair trial could still be held, and he made it clear he was only

interested in cases where the victims were still alive. so we have continued to pursue all the 5288 living kenyans who suffered torture during their life. to those people who have already died, it would be difficult to persuade the court to hear those cases. eyeing bank do you think this apology could trigger similar claims from those who suffered at the hands of the british colonial forces during the time of the empire? >> there are lots of other canyon to may be looking at the decision of the government today. the problem is we do not know whether there were more kenyans who suffered, and we are satisfied that we've gotten them all. but in terms of other areas of cyprus, malaysia, yemen, many areas where there were similar levels of torture that took lace as that in kent -- took place as that in kenya -- having looked at some of those cases, it is probably unlikely we will see a major case.

probably one or two, but i am surprised if there is a massive number. toand a permanent memorial the victims of the justice is being proposed. those kind of symbols are quite important, aren't they, as a kind of admission that something went badly wrong? >> absolutely crucial. we are very pleased indeed that the government agreed to the rebuilding -- to the building of the memorial in nairobi, a crucial part of the history of all this not just for the are in theirho 80's and so do not have much longer to live, but they are -- their families will be able to remember the significant moment of history where this group of kenyans defeated the british government. >> earlier in this program we spoke to a journalist in nairobi, who you made it very clear that there were going to be mixed feelings in kenya. actually when you divide the

compensation it would be a few thousand for these people who suffered, and that really is just a drop in the ocean. when we tell you that had the discussions with the government a few weeks ago and they made their offer, we put that offer to our clients. there is not a single one of them who turned the offer down. they are delighted. they are -- i do not know who you were talking to, but from our point of view, this is a magnificent day. >> just looking at what is going on in kenya today, kind of a 10 just know that's kind of a tangential question but still ateresting -- kind of tangential question but still how do you -- suppose this is going to feed into the debate? >> i think this is a very strong feeling that in kenya that this

was an issue that needed to be , a historic wrong that needed to be righted by the british government. there has been strong support from the kenyan government for a number of years. the kenyan human rights commissioners have been strong supporters -- strongly supportive of the case. >> thanks very much. -- $20 million in compensation to this group in nairobi. stay with us on gmt for the moment. goodbye. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and united healthcare.

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hello, you're watching "newsline." i'm shery ahn. let's get started with a look at the headlines. the governments of north and south korea agree to talk about divisive issues including a jointly run industrial complex that's currently closed. the mayor of one of japan's biggest cities says u.s. military pilots could do some of their training in his part of the country to make life easier for people in okinawa. and doing a rare visit to

tokyo, jazz pianist akayoshi talks to nhk about her long road to success in the united states. north and south korean representatives are planning to do something they haven't done in weeks. officials in pyongyang proposed dialogue, and their counterparts in seoul accepted the offer. they're going to talk about reopening the shared kaesong industrial complex. it's a key source of revenue for the north. the state-run korean central news agency carried a statement on the offer to resume talks. north korean authorities proposed discussioned to, in their words, normalize operations at kaesong. work at the complex has been suspended since april. the north koreans also offered to talk about restarting a shared tourism project at their resort. the initiative has been on hold since 2008. authorities in pyongyang say representatives of both sides can talk about humanitarian issues as well. this would i