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hello. thank you for joining us. in thailand thousands are fleeing the capital due to flooding fears. so far more than 360 people have died in thyland's worst flooding in decades. a satellite picture shows you how this is almost completely surrounded by water. in bank cock, we have the latest. >> we have a huge volume of accumulated water built up to the north of the capital and it's now making steady progress towards the center of the city.

but it is still 15-20 kilometers away from the central business district where i am talking to you now. this weekend the authorities say could be decisive in how effective their management of the control of the water has been and how much of bangkok could fall under some part of the water. there could be some areas that could escape the water altogether. but probably over the next few days most of bangkok will suffer some flooding. >> what's been the reaction in bangkok and around thyland for the way government hazardsed these -- government hazardsed

this flooding? >> well, there has been some positive feedback as the government's decision to call in the military early and get relief supplies out the those people, but it has taken a lot of time to reach everybody. here in bangkok it's more than that there's been a difference between the bangkok metropolitan authority and central government. the different departments didn't appear to be coordinating particularly accordingingly and messages have not been given out clearly. things have improved, but there is still a huge demand for clear, con chris and accurate information in a timely manner. because the diets are rising along with the water. that's completely understandable.

that people warrant to know what they should do and when? >> now the head of the euro zone bailout fund is in beijing attempting to convince china to invest in the scheme. meanwhile tensions between the euros and them have increased. will grant reports. >> a day after their high-stakes meeting in brussels. euro zone leaders returned home to sell the deal to their respective elek trats. for his part president sarkozy told french members he would never have allowed french to join in the first place. >> neither merkel nor myself were in power when it was decided to let the euro into the power for.

greece entered with figures that were false and they were not ready. it was the decision that was taken in 2001 and for which we are now paying the consequences. >> he did stress that he discussed the greek government but his comments proked a defiant response from athens. >> zpwreast in the middle of storm but not the problem. we see it in port depal, ireland, spain and italy. so it doesn't help to scapegoat a particular country when you deal with a particular problem. >> sarkozy said he also spoke to his chinese counterpart, hu jintao. and he was -- he said he was sure europe could cope on his own. >> if the chinese who have 60%

of the world's reserves and they decide to invest in the euro rather than the dollar, ours what the -- what we have the confidence to invest in. >> now mr. sarkozy was clear about one thing. if agreement hadn't been reached in brussels, the repercussions for the rest of the world would have been catastrophic. "bbc news." >> we've seen china grow and invest all over the world. why the euro zone is an attractive prospect for the chinese. well, in town to try to persuade chinese investors to invest in the euro bailout fund. any investment would prove what

they are trying to discuss or terms and conditions would make them invest is a bailout fund, doubling in size. dedesigned to -- and it is in a position to invest, although like other investors, it wants to make sure its money is absolutely safe. >> and that's not what is entirely clear to us. if they invest in this fund, what do they actually get back from it? >> well, details have been finalized. certainly they would get intro payments. it remains to be scene, what kind of gets would they get.

there would be some insurance if countries like china were to invest in that fund. so certainly it would make them an investment less risky. >> now with the business, sully. the problem with the euro zone is lots of debt and no growth everywhere. >> yes. that's something that the market is going to look at later. the sticking point in terms of covering debt. i will traited by new unemployment, the highest by 50 years. 71.52%. so that's one in five people are unemployed. when you look in that number, the number of youth unemployment is high as went >> it is predicted to remain at that rate for at least the next year. soton employment rate running at about just under 10%.

it is where that depothe is going to cop from. where people are going to get that job to start feel come to be beat. and as you were saying, the less have money -- >> to add to that doom and gloom and add to probably more unemployment. if we look at the markets, we saw that euphoria rally yesterday with everybody happy a deal had been struck. essentially a little bit up today as people digest it and look at perhaps the euro is looking towards china to get some money. >> at least it's up by a bit. >> right. >> thank you very much indeed. now the corruption trial of croatia's former prime minister has opened and adjourned

pending medical reports. he is accused of taking nearly $700,000 from the austrian bank. he denies any wrong doing. yesterday croatia's anti-corruption police begone a wide zer roan slush funds. we are joined from outside the courthouse. the last time we spoke to you, you were about to go in to this space. it's come to a relatively quick conclusion. >> that is a swift end. yes. they heard he had been suffering from health problems. he has high blood pressure. a medical expert was called who said he needs a medical examination and if the prime minister were to be in a stressful situation such as the start of this trial, it could lead to house problem.

>> thank you very much indeed. well, the kenyan army says its troops have clashed in somalia since the fist time they crossed the border nearly two weeks ago. meanwhile the u.s. says it has been flying i don't know armed u.s. drones for two years. they already operate from where the u.s. has a permanent military base. >> international observers are warning the security in the democratic of congo has been deteriorating. two have been killed already. they say they are stroking their alliance from any i netta, and that despite

spending cuts. >> and king abdullah has named a successor after the death of his brother, the crown prince. last week. >> and now news of a -- we use the word thrilling too often in sports. >> you can use that word with impunity. it was almost the gridiron score, 10- against the texas rangers in game six of baseball's world series. head to win to keep the world series alive. it's 3-3 going into friday's decisive game seven. that's a local boy as well to make the schedule more terrific. queuing massive celebration on philadelphia? . they were down during that game.

he said keep it simple. it's a tense moment. he's a local lad. he says remember baseball is a simple game and it's exactly the same game i played when i was a 6-year-old. >> we tied that up. we just kept battling. we have to find our team, the way we kept coming back. we've been doing that for a long time. and -- >> so today 24 hours later than scheduled because it rained so much yesterday and today, winner takes all. >> you are watching "bbc world news" world news. coming up, lifting the curtain after a six-year break. well one of the agreements that came out of the 11-hour summit

to safe the euro was greece was to have its debt reduced. banks taking a 60% writeoff in their debt. so what's been the reaction? >> a couple of hours outside athens, the fishing pool. the boats are tied up. shops shut. the greek crisis is plain to see here. in one of the few shops still open, we met katarina. she says she's rethreefed greek debt has been cut. >> i'd like to thank other e.u. countries that are helping greece to get out of this mess, she said. i hope it helps. but the town cigarette kiosk, for him, cutting greek debt on its own is not enough.

>> the capacity of greece to pay back the money would be bad as well. >> in an olive grove this person is collecting snails to eat. as unemployment rises in greece and the recession deepens, many like he are on the policy line. >> my pension is 400 euros a month. i have to decide if i'm going to pay my electricity bill or buy food. if there's not enough money to eat, how are we going to pay any of this money back? >> greece has huge changes to make to fit in with the more integrated euro zone but there's little doubt here that simple reducing its debt will turn the tide. bbc braham satchal, greece.

>> you're watching "bbc world news." the headlines. residents continue to flee the thai capital of bangkok which has been threatened by severe flooding, and the head of the euro zone is in china to help encourage beijing to help relieve his area from the debt crisis. >> he has again promised to experience a coalition was held. the election announcement was met with anger in the town. this is amateur video that apparently show supporters of a rival party clashing. police fired tear gas which was dispersed. queen elizabeth has opened the commonwealth leader summit.

she's drawn a tough action against piracy. the royal successals to enable a first born daughter to become a monarch ahead of any other brothers. nicholas winchal reports. >> it was one of those welcomes that tried to do everything. traditional in australia's heritage. contemporary in the way the heads of government came to the stage. >> the right honorible david cameron. prime minister of the united kingdom. >> for a moment it could have been a tv reality show, except of course that it isn't. >> for the commonwealth the relate is it needs to find a new relevance and confirm the 16 nations that have a queen as head of states they decide daughters should have equal rights to succeed to the thrown as sons.

the queen, the head of the commonwealth urged the leaders that principal used -- >> and why is it necessary to make this change now? because queen's grand son william has married. >> well, i think the time has come to change the rules so that if the royal couple have a girl rather than a boy, then that little girl would be our queen. >> so almost certainly it will be britain's longest-reigning queen who will sign historic legislation which will finally give royal daughters equal rights to royal sons. "bbc news." >> 13-year-old boy has been rescued from the rubble of an apartment building nearly 13 hours after a devastating earthquake in turkey struck.

aftershocks continue to shake the region. at least 500 people were killed by sunday's quake. 2.5,000 have been injured. there's precious little good news from this town. hundreds are dead. 2,000 buildings have been destroyed and thousands more were too dangerous to live in. so the discovery of a teenager alive in the rubble has lit up an otherwise grim situation. strapped to a stretcher and protected by a neck brace he was carried out of the rubble by a team of rescuers. the head of one of the rescue teams said he was a 13-year-old. he had been taken to the hospital but was in reasonably good health. in total around 190 people have now been rescued from the rubble. but they, like thousands of

others are now homeless. aid has arrived in the international region and 10 cities have sprung up on the outskirts align. wet weather and freezing temperatures are making life very difficult for the survivors. people are becoming desperate and impatient. the local kurdish population of this area has often found itself in conflict with the central government, and anger is rising again. just one more complicating factory in this very difficult situation. bill, "bbc world news." >> in chile the government has issued an red alert and issued an evacuation for those in the line of the volcano. that's the hudson volcano. chili's interior minister says

97 people living near have been evacuated and is not ruling out the possibility of an eruption. it last erupted in august, 1991. it caused huge damage to local farms and killed an estimated 1.5 million sheep. one of those evacuated described the volcano as a monster. >> taking aspirin every day could help with the long-term risk of bowel custody. after 0,000 -- >> cancer has stalked the family of aubrey for generations. she suffers from lynch syndrome, it makes her much more prone to bowel and other cancers, and she's already had

cancer treatment but she's convinced aspirin has given her a new lease on life. >> to think aspirin what's causing these droles either really slow down or better, commit suicide and stop growing all together. that is it. >> aubrey took part in the study. people with lynch syndrome took up to 600 milligrams of aspirin each day. among those who took aspirin for at least two years, cancer rates fell. researchers believe this could prevent 10,000 cancers. >> people who have got a particularly high history of particularly bowel cancer should really consider this and especially those with a pregentlemen netic disposition.

certainly from a personal point of view i'm leaning more to say people over 50 should think about adding a low dose of aspirin to their daily routine. >> it can increase the risk of alwaysers and strokes, but this builds on the study that it can be a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer. >> one of the world's greatest -- in moscow re-opened this evening after a six-year renovation program. the queen of russia's elite will attend a gala. the reconstruction had been tainted by accusations of corruption. >> for the last few weeks, the theater, one of the world's greatest, has been in a frenzy of preparation. because for six years the historic stage has been dark. but the today the curtain is rising again.

between the final rehearsals, one of the ballet principle dancers gave me an emotional tour of the pain stakeingly renovated building. >> we all know we have to keep the history and traditions of this place. so this is a very happy moment for us. i've even got tears in my eyes, i'm so happy. >> the renovation is immaculate and over budget. hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent. 3,000 workers have done much of the labor by hand including replacing all of the gold leaf. >> as every modern russia, the eye watering cost of the building worth half a billion pounds or more has brought allegations of corruption on a breath taking scale. the ambition was to take it

back to the time. this made in 18 are 56 shows the theater when alexander the ii was crowned. since then it's survived the second world war. all the time keeping its reputation as the home of world class opera and ballet. the first pmses are then opera then ballet. but all the tickets for the first three months are sold out. "bbc news." in the theater. >> well, from the elegance to the elegant solution to the euro zone crisis. if you're looking for some big money to solve the troubles of europe, australia might have your answer. there it is, a single coin that could be worth dropping into

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