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founder of a company held in france in the midst of an international health scare. >> and uncomfortable moment for australia's prime minister. a disrupted ceremony to mark australia day. >> and a building collapses in rio de janeiro, brazil. several people remain trapped. >> welcome to "bbc world news." i'm david eades. also coming up on the program -- >> well, that's in davevose we'll also be reporting from pakistan where new laws are being formed to fight domestic violence. 3w why are attacks on women so often considered justified?

>> hello. the founder of the breast implant company at the center of an international health scare has been arrested and questioned in france. jean-claude max ran p.i.p. which the french health watchdog says was making them out of industrial strength gel. >> this is a picture of jean-claude mass taken in france more than 10 years ago. his company p.i.p. is now defunct and he has been in hiding since late last year. p.i.p.'s problems date back to 2001 when industrial grade silicon normally used to fill mattresses was used to fill

implants. in 2009 doctors noticed unusually high ruptture rate and french authorities finally recommended their removal a decision which has prompted similar moves in other countries. >> germany and the czech republic have taken a similar stance as has venezuela, but the medical advice here where 40,000 women are affected is there's no need for implants to be removed, only those causing pain such as tenderness. and he claims despite the high ruptture rate his implants are safe other than the ruptturing. >> and at the center of a security scare. julia gill yard was handing out

meddles when protesters gathered outside and started to bang on windows. they were rescued by security services after about 20 minutes. we had the latest from sydney. >> two were rescued after a scrum to get them to safety. they were at an awards ceremony. and the aboriginal people got wind of them being in this restaurant. they went over. about 200 of them. they started to bang on the window and then security people and miss gill yard's bodyguards thought it was getting sketchy, mrs. gillard was gabbed by her bodyguard literally raking her across the ground and at one

point she nearly hit the ground and lost her footing in some high heels. the opposition leader tony abbott is following on behind surrounded by about 50 police wearing riot gear in a mad rush to get them into the safety of their car. after several seconds they are bundled into the car and the car pulse off and protesters are still chasing after them banging on the roof and the button net. the two are then driven away to safety. absolutely extraordinary scenes in the australian capital. >> muletenist soldiers have taken over at new guinea and arrested the head of the armed forces and the man claiming to be their leader says he is now the military chief and called for the reinstatement of the prime minister deposed last year. he says he was giving politicians seven days to sort out what he called a

constitutional mess. the government called on the soldiers to end their rebellion warning they could be charged with treason. >> to those policemen and military and to this civilian who is occupying the commander's office to immediately surrender themselves to the police. immediately surrender yourselves to the police, because your actions are illegal in nature. >> now three people, one of them a child, have been killed in a suicide attack in southern afghanistan. the bomb set off a vehicle packed with explosives outside of an aide office in the he will mon province and appear to be targeting the reconstruction team. over 30 people, foreign nationals have been taken to the hospital. hundreds of egyptians spent the

night at cairo's square in people protest against the council. pro democracy groups say they are planning to stay until friday. on wednesday demonstrations were held in the square to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that eventually toppled president mubarak. >> and two brothers were killed, both policemen along with eight of their relatives, the house was reportedly destroyed by a blast which took place while their families were asleep. >> a 20-story building has collapsed in the city of rio de janeiro, brazil. one of three buildings to give way. a number of people have been pulled from the rubble. others are still trapped. daniel griffith has the latest. >> in downtown rio de janeiro, a street turns to rubble.

cars buried where they were parked. all in a few devastating moments. >> i was walking on the path when all of a sudden the building collapsed. it was connected to the other building here, and it just collapsed. we ran out. we tried to see if there was anybody inside. but we couldn't tell. >> at first i thought someone was throwing rubble, but it was nothing serious then i stopped to take some steps back and all of a sudden the building collapsed. it came down completely. anxious crowds gathered at the scene. emergency services have begun a rescue operation. some have been pulled alive but nobody knows how many more are still trapped. what caused this is still unknown. some officials have blamed this on structural faults but some say they smelled gas and heard

an explosion just before the collapse. some of the rubble is already being cleared but this is just a series of problems that have raised questions about the city's infrastructure all raising questions in the city that's scheduled to hold host the olympics. >> and the men's first semifinal for the australian open. >> yes. a matchup. rafael nadal and roger feder erment. rafael nadal has just broken roger federer up 5-3. >> it will be a tie, no doubt. as for the women's final. >> it's going to be victoria azarenka in her first grand slam final and beat kim clijsters.

and azarenka losing the previous but will play maria sharapova who won the australian open in 2008. and tough battle against petra have it vay as she won that in three sets and perhaps different play out to its best tennis but sharapova was on the verge of quitting with serious shoulder injuries 18 months ago. >> i notice she had on a bright red tie and i'll grant you that. >> my -- but liverpool, the final in 2006, -- on the night, and craig vel my, a former city player, scored the winning goal. so a former player that came back to score a winning goal

against his former club will play in the final of the 26 of february. rafael nadal, 4-2 in the second set. >> one of those classic five-set matches. >> a classic. >> to pakistan now, a country which is set to introduce new laws against forced marriage and acts against women. as reported, cases of brutality against women are still very often justified in the name of honor. >> she was 16 years owed when she says her husband woke her up in the my of the night and attacked her. >> it was 4:00 a.m. he tied me up and grabbed a knife. he cut off my nose and my lips.

afterwards, my mother-in-law came and untied me. neither of them told me what i had done to deserve it. >> she said she now believes her husband did it because she had taken longer than usual to get the water from a well. he thought she was having an affair and he has been on the run. she says she won't be at peace until he is caught and punished. pakistan has passed new laws to help protect women and they mean longer sentences and make crimes of things like forced marriage. for human rites groups, they think it's a step. >> the community has a mindset against the rights of women. and they don't want their women outside the home. and if they decide to hold

their lives they will -- they want them hostage in their home. >> this woman is in her 50's. she was in her home after an argument with her son's wife when she says two men burst into the yard. she recognized them as relatives of her daughter-in-law and says they forced her into a room and beat her and raped her. >> death would have been better than this, she says. what happened to me, after what happened to me, i'm tired of life. it's difficult for me to even eat. and there are countless women in pakistan for whom change is coming far too slowly. "bbc news," in punjab. >> the prime minister has now turned down his criticism of the army's leadership. he says he wants to dispel the

notion the armed forces acted unconstitutionally. he says pakistan couldn't have afforded -- earlier he accused pakistan's army chief and intelligence of breaking the constitution by making direct representations to the supreme court. interviewing mr. ghailani for the hub live at 17:00 g. ms. president t. you're watching "bbc world news." with me, david eades, still to come -- the man who calls himself mr. ordinary is launching his manifesto for the french presidency. what does he stand for? senior commissioner responsible for ethics and sustainability around the london 2012 olympics has resigned over the sponsorship of the organization. they wanted them to drop dow chemicals because of the issues

over the gas leak. >> this is supposed to be the center stage of the olympics, the focus of the world next summer. but the way it's going to be decorated is rapidly becoming the achilles' heel. it's controversial because of the 1984 disaster. the watchdog says she's quitting her post because of the sponsorship deal. >> i am not willing to be part of a body for a company responsible for one of the worst corporate -- >> at least 15,000 people have died as a result from the leak from the plant owned by union carbine in the 1980's. victims of the indian government are seeking compensation from the dow company. >> the sponsorship deal has already led to demonstrations

in india and lord cohen said -- >> the fact that as you all know, they were a different company at the time of the disaster in 1985. but the indian supreme court also upheld it makes me confident that it was a reasonable decision. >> but it's an embarrassment to the london mayor and to the government to fund the olympic's sustainability commission alexander used to work for. >> you're watching "bbc world news." thanks for being with us. i'm david eades. these are the headlines. french police have arrested the founder of the company of an international scare other unsafe breast implants.

australia's prime minister was forced to abandoned a ceremony marking australia day after it was disrupted by aboriginal activists. competitiveness remains europe's achilles i'll. that's the message david cameron would outline. the prime minister expected to tell delegates europe needs to be bolder and now is the time to demonstrate the leadership people really need. in davos covering the speeches and meeting all the big names of the politicians and the bankers. it's interesting our business editor saying that one of the leading european bankers is suggesting the euro's woes are behind them. i'm wondering if that's a sense you're getting from davevose? >> well, there's a sense of

seed and the view now is there's not going to be one because it's a long-term problem largely because it's origins are structural but when it was set up, it needed to be set up with checks and balances, which it wasn't and i think people think now it will stumble through. that's the expression i keep hearing that it will muddle through and there will be crises but each will be somehow north koreaed even an unsatisfactory short-term and frankly the costly manner. >> briefly, tonya, and i believe you're going to speak to olly rain shortly getting the view from the european commission, that's not going to be a pretty picture, is it? >> well, olly reign himself i'm sure will be, but no. it isn't. it isn't great looking down at a situation where you don't

have full control in the case of the euro crisis and that it's up to individual countries to make reform for which there's often very strong opposition and this is what david cameron is going to be talking about saying within the euro zone and within europe we need to make these painful reforms in order to unleash growth. that's a long-term solution necessary. many economists would agree that it is a long-term solution. so this european crisis isn't going to go away overnight but will when these reforms are pushed through and as we've seen there's plenty of op sig to opening up those markets in a way that's going to unleash growth. >> thank you. ok let's pick up on -- sue zana's here now. it's almost as if a ghost over davevose. the weather is different and

climate is different and the mood is miserable. >> and apparently it's pretty dead locked at the moment. the ongoing talks to find a solution to the greek debt problems and somehow to avoid a disorderly default and appears to be at a stand still because they won't take private creditors. there seems to be some kind of agreement that they will do that and what the sticking point and interest will be payible to that but others say it goes deeper to that and it's much farther than that because they want it to take a hit on the value but so far german officials seem to be resisting that. so it seems to be as though there's not an easy solution. >> you've got more miserable news for us. >> yes. nokia is facing a very tough time at the moment. still the world's largest producer of mobile hand sets in

terms of volume but really being taken over by apple and google's android. the smartphones seem to be much more popular. nokia has dropped their platform and opting for windows. but they still have a lot of these old hand sets that we will be looking at what the future holds for nokia. >> and to france where the presidential election campaign is gathering pace. launching his manifesto today riding very high in the polls although his critics would say we don't know enough about him or indeed his ideas, so it could be a crucial week for him. >> we have this report. >> in a vast aircraft hanger amid 25,000 impatient supporters, the man drew a star, mr. ordinary, began his

campaign. very patient because the socialist party of france has not been in power since 1995. but he is well ahead in the polls. and on the left they are rolling back the years, dare tobbling this time their party can sustain the momentum. >> thank you. [applause] >> the french dream is built in our confidence in the future and democracy stronger than the markets, stronger than maund stronger even than religion. >> he was widely considered a strong speech until his he was criticized for running a low-octane campaign. >> even his supporters say they wanted to know more. >> i want to know what he wants for the future of france. >> you don't know yet? >> no. i come here today for that.

>> so far his campaign is the president's unpopularity is the only push he needed but now he is a long way ahead in the polls but the president is a formidable campaigner. >> leaving nothing to chance, this week he was among business leaders and also in the inner city suburbs policemening to rebuild the economy. nicholas sar cosey warned the figures don't out the out. rubbish, stays opposition. >> we are not afraid by figures and we're not afraid by u.n.b. because i think today this huge meeting after this tremendous speech, the doubt is on u.n.b. the doubt is on sarkozy. we are not afraid of them. >> this time defeat has been air brushed from the campaign. 2 loser in 2007, mr. alon's

expartner of 20 years claims she's confined to the wings but after 60 years of exile, they are stronger in belief in the coming weeks their mr. ordinary will be anything but. >> christian fraser, "bbc news," >> now would you wear a helmet to go skiing? it's a long standing issue but gradually one for the safety conscious and they say under 16 it's a the law to wear one and the question, though, is how much difference do they really make? >> there in the french alps. >> another emergency call to the patrol. the wagon sets tufe rescue a skier who has taken a tumble. around 10% of the fallss are suffering from head injuries,

and it's not just beginners who are at risk. the french former downhill champion always used to wear a woolley hat but last year he was sent flying by an out of control skier. he suffered a serious brain hemorrhage and now will only wear a helmet. >> every trip. >> and never leave home without it. >> but a helmet is only designed to protect your head up to 12 miles per hour. many skiers go far too fast. the authorities here can offer advice, but they can't make it law. >> skiing there's a factory of danger in a collision or accident, but we cannot do anything. >> most experts agree wearing a helmet on the slopes does make you safer, but it does

encourage you, so many take more risks. >> at the resort in scotland, conditions are perhaps a little more challenging. here helmet use has risen by 40% over the past few years yet there's been no significant reduction in head injuries. >> you think if you pat helmet on your head you will be protected against eh. there's results that people do things they wouldn't do had they not had a helmet. >> it's a balancing act for ski reports across europe how to keep holiday makers safe without spoiling their fun. "bbc news." >> well, more of that on our website at bbc.com/news and the bull ten. you're watching "bbc world news" baseball.

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