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>> an inquiry revealed tens of thousands of cases of sexual abuse since the second world war. and decommissioning will take dozens of decades to complete. and new pleas for the violence to end. >> welcome to "world news" i'm david eades. and -- 270 gams. >> the tiny bundle of joy given little chance of surviving which how me linda has defied all the odds.

>> hello. tens of thousands of children have suffered sexual abuse in dutch catholic churches because officials failed to adequately deal with the allegations. they received thousands. from the hague is anna. throorts take us right back to the end of the second world war, pretty shocking reading. >> yes. this report carried out independently estimated 20% of the children who spent some of their life in catholic institutions suffered some form of abuse. many happening at catholic schools and sem narrows.

and thost discover what exactly went on in those institutions and what kind of justice should be offered to the institutions. >> at this stage, how much recognition has been made of the catholic church of these sorts of abuses. >> well, they agreed to the fact that it was necessary for victims and we had a kind of a scale depending on how serious the abuse was so from conversations to rising to a maximum of $130,000 depending on the nature of the abuse. and it's a really significant thing here, because our percentage of the world commitment is being claimed as being come pliss -- come

accomplished. >> and set towards resolving the worst scenario disaster since chernobyl, it's actioned the three actors went to the meltdown has now reached what it's called cold shut down and the government would do whatever it needs to core spend the poveya. discover has relieved why it's third in the -- >> the bottom reactor has been brought below the required point far cold shutdown. and now it's said to be leaking substantially less radiation than it was before. but this is of course one

milestone of what's going to be a long road to roorry for japan, and a lat part of the to i know then there's question of what to do with the reactor. it's suggested to take it apart piece-by-piece and rather than encasing it in concrete, i've been reading that that process could take up to 40 years. >> a long, long time obviously. if we look into the meaning torment, what does this mean to the people of japan. ly not forget that, and i was going to ask him if it remains

the way it is. >> i talked to a couple who exchanged their flat and said we feel we've been lied no from the start. things the government promised wouldn't happen, did. they say now they are struggling to believe anything. and they are very that their house remains in that contaminated forever. and to go back and resume their old lives, the live they left behind. >> and for all the international pressure that's been heaped on syria. still no sign the violent crackdown of protesters has now come to the end as well. >> what is it a new area of location? and they have said they are willing to negotiate.

a warning this report does have some stressing images. >> this was security council's defining moment on syria. in october a vote on a european resolution condemning the violence and opening the door to sanctions. it was vetos by russia and china chambering any outside action would make the situation worse. until now russia has circulated a different version of its test. >> in council this takes into account regard to the violence and the need to uphold human rights and with regard to expediting forms.

>> this amateur video shows civilians shot by government forces. the u.n. says more than 5,000 people have been killed since the uprising and the government could be guild. there are fears of civil war. the deteriorating situation has convinced security council members they cannot stay slate. they want to make it tougher. crucially, spelling out there can be no equivalent between the violence of the government and opposition. >> of course now that you have eight months of the raiders knew those -- and secondly, the

refusal of the syrian regime to reach peace. >> no one has suggested reaching the divide here will be easy, but after months of inaction, there's greater hope today that the united nations might be able to say something about the united nations. >> well having a look at. well, let's start with the fitch who had stop at lost? >> absolutely. downgrading six of the world's biggest banks. we along at the u.s., goldman sachs, and u.k. in france, credit sweast and switzerland. they did the downgrade on three of the big banks in france.

but fitch is sort of saying this is not because of their credit worthiness. this is their exposure by the euro zone crisis. we have been talking about it that the lending is pretty much frozen and they are allowing the official from the e.c.b. saying their biggest worry is a credit crouverage. it would make the 2008 one look like a bit of a picnic. so swroird. >> a bit of business news if we can. fageo is a basket raiding. >> it is public. expecting a and sorry a network. cityville, farmville. i don't know where people find the time to play these, but very strong demand. interesting note, it only makes

revenue from three ways. it has 200 million monthly users but 3% of those are the ones who sbie and product finding out huge numbers to use and confuse. >> and a looking up at scriscri's civil war. sli lacka's report it looks up alleged wrong doings by -- if necessary the perpetrator's prosecution. i'm joined by colombo by our correspondent. i don't think we should be too surprised that the -- >> something largely.

i think the background to this was this was set up by the president. and the rhetoric used from the outset is it beat a scurge of terrorism. so going to great linux to avoid civilian casualties, i guess that shouldn't come as a big surprise, but reporting specific incidents, and they site a woman saying the navy deliberately shelled the boat in which she and others were in trying to escape the lagoon. >> and in this case it's other areas. it's not the government's way, but presumably it's going to be difficult for any international poddies raise the class overtime.

>> the shhry langen government has tried stress the members of the commission, some of them were too close to the government. one was the government's ambassador to the u.n. at the time the war ended so it lax credibility and pointed that it doesn't itself have the mandate to prosecute so they have already warmly endorsed some of the recommendations and said they conducted a count of the civilian casualties, something which was finished a month ago and said there is no census or talenty of civilian talenties. of course the government said it was doing a complete count. so it has reacted quite horrid will -- horde italy and said it

will say this report is being followed up and also say the report endorses many of its own actions in largely, as you say, clearing the military of any deliberate wrong doing. >> charles, thanks very much. >> thank you for watching world news this morning. and baby melinda survived despite being 16 yeeks early. more on that. >> 40 years ago today pakistan suffered defeat after war with india. the new country of bangladesh was created. many believed it had very little chance of riseling. but bangladesh has survived it and experiencing pure economic

growth. >> meet a young mother of two. she is one of millions of women working in bangladesh's striving garment industry. today, bangladesh is the world's third biggest exporter of award warning, and -- >> my life has changed completely after i got a job here. we lived in our village and we had no money and we struggled to make ends meet. for my saverings i bought a rick issue a for my husband and we are still poor but not suffering. he became the first president making a fiery speech at the start of the independent psychic. the board lifted the country in which to him and enrick i had the same -- he thought a new

country would constantly need millions in new aid just to survive. >> he said it is not our mask. bangladesh today is a back ward economy, too. but highly integrated economy of 60 million people. that is the strength. >> these children here are dressed in the national colors to separate the near belong. ince then the defenders on foreign names and mistake military of stind and helping millions out of poverty. but for a lot of beng la desh people, that's not enough. >> we have brought down the share of poor people in the economy. in our country. but it's still 1% of unheard of

population. >> on women like this, their livelihood would also see and the biggest export market could have a major impact. for 40 years beng la desh has escaped the dire predictions from 1971. it has survived. there are uncertainties and confident their resilience will keep them going. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm david eades. the headlines this hour. a damning report into the abuse of the dutch catholic church reveals there's been tens of thousands of victims since the second world war. >> and japan's fukushima plavent is under control but

could take decades for decommissioning to be carried out. >> the u.s. army private accused of supplying hundreds of thousands of documents to the wikileaks website is today to make his first appearance before a military court. bradley manning was serving in iraq when he alleged classified is taking place amid tight security at fort immediate. >> it was the biggest leak in u.s. history, and he is the only person charged. now on the eve of his 24th birthday, bradley manning will hear the case against him in this anonymous-looking building in front of a military base. this is what's known as an article 32 hearing where they try to convince the officer they do not have witnesses and

for reporters here this is the only chance to see him since he was taken into custody. >> individual with a.k.-47's. >> he was arrested while serving in it's alleged the young intelligence analyst leaked this video showing an incident in baghdad in which american forces killed civilians including two journalists. it was made public by wikileaks and the highly-sensitive private thoughts of u.s. diplomats around the world. prosecutors have avoided mentioning wikileaks, instead the charges -- >> it's not necessary to pass the information to wikileaks.

the offense is complete when pfc manning uses the computer in an inappropriate way. >> the defense depicted a frile -- a fragile soldier. those supporting bradley manning object with the way he was treated. >> he considers himself to be a pate. he's highly intelligent. he's a humble individual. for his age. and on top of that, he is very dedicated to helping the world become a better place. hanging over these proceedings is a crucial question, what was his connection to the founder of wikileaks? did he, as some believe, control and direct an impressionible man who now

stands in the dark alone? c. kington is, -- >> and international rug by? >> the world champions finally after that long wait after 24 years when they won the world cup, steve hansen is their coach. he was the number two to graham henry and is now the main man in his own right and very much looking forward to this and there will be plenty of pressure on him. having won the world one and five trials. he does have coaching experience as the main man of whales but has had more success as an assistant coach. only two years for the contract but he's very king to get started. >> i'm passionate about rug by and the all-black jersey and

its legacy, and i look forward to the next two years and achieving things and taking it, and enhancing that legacy, and taking it forward. >> well, however long he lasts, a smooth transition there. eight years at number two. into number one. >> and i think the plan will be for one assistant coach and some specialist coaches to come work with him, and then maybe one of those will follow his foot steps? two, four, eight years' time? wishful thinking. now the controversial british born author passed away at a hospital in houston, texas after a very long and public battle against cancel. he began as a left wing journalist and moved on to new york and to a an extent the

political right. >> he was a provocative figure, describing himself ads a contrarian. a an author of 17 books, he was an atheist and -- >> diagnosed with cancer last year, he spoke to news night about his declining health. >> i'm afraid i would die in an ugly or squalered way. i feel a sense of waste about it. because i'm not ready. afle sense of betrayal to my family. >> he began in career in britain, moving to new york in the 1980's. his death was announced by "vanity fair" where he worked as a contributing editor. the magazine said there will never be a man like he and he

was as violent they knew him and those who knew them. one said he could throw words into the sky and they fell down in a marvelous pattern. helen fox, "bbc news." >> we go from one end of life to the other. one of the smallest premature sbeabs about to be sent home by doctors. when she was born in august, melinda was so tiny she could fit into the palm of the doctor's hand and weighed just over a quarter of one kilo. >> she was 270 grams. so half a point. >> melinda i have a was born prematurely at 24 minutes. >> her mother fed her through light plastic. since august she's been

cacooned and the second smallest baby to survive in the world. >> it's a huge, big miracle. she's been through a lot. and she has made it. a lot of people thought she was not going to make it. they tried to 24 weeks. if she wasn't, they wouldn't bother trying. >> she was born by as i syrian pregnancy and the doctors knew it would be touch and go as to whether or need her baby start this school? but nine ounces, is that right >> how big is this? eight ounce. so your baby was smaller than the coke can. now the baby weighs eight times the weight the baby was when she was born. >> doctors say babies tiny as

this when they are born may have health problems and learning difficulties. but for now this little girl is doing well, and everyone is hopeful. >> it's a little miracle to me. >> the family hopes to have melinda home by the new year. peter, bbc news, los angeles. >> and sunshine and sweetie. the two pandas that just arrived in the u.k. from china have just made their first public appearances. at the moment it's looking nice and clear. they had about a week to climate ties before being greeted by groups at edinboro zoo. they are hoping this will be a big money spinner for them and something like a 200% -- there they are in all their --

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