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>> and now, "bbc world news. >> the european union goes china as it looks for money for its debt bailout funds. >> we are facing enormous challenges, therefore, the common choice of china and europe. the only -- >> it comes as the credit agency moody's now downgrades european countries. >> bahrain protests continue in the tiny gulf kingdom. >> also in this program, why libyans remain suspicious. and frightened of the fee fifo funnel parents avoid reading scary stories at bedtime.

>> senior european and chinese officials confirm moving forward as europe tries tackle its debt crisis. the e.u. president stayed two sides were committed to turning what he described as their economic independence to both china and the e.u. well premier wen jiabao says he wishes to contribute but makes no specific commitment. >> let's listen to what the e.u. president had to say. >> we welcome the positive attitude and engagement and preerm wen himself have taken publicly to help with the euro

zone and european union and welcome the chinese residents to help with the stability of the euro zone. with premier wen jiabao, we see -- is a key cop opponent. >> well china's premier wen jiabao said he hoped the summit would strengthen relations between china and the e.u. >> there's no denying the european financial crisis is widening the impact on the world and security arena, escalating tensions and triggering a lot of new problems. we are facing enormous challenges, and therefore -- solidarity -- are the common choice of europe and china and the only right path. it is against this -- background that i believe that the consensus reached that the summit will help to further

pull together the wisdoms and strengths of both countries and push forward the china-e.u. relationship in a more dynamic fashion. >> in beijing. were there any specific pledges of help from all that? >> no. that's the short answer. what we heard from premier wen jiabao was that china stood ready to increase its participation, but i think it's worth noting that that is not seen as increasing the participation. and we've heard the from china in the past few months, talk of its willingness and readyness to put into the bailout mechanism possibly into the i.m.f., but what we have seen almost every time is a reluctant tans to follow through with any commitment of that. so the europeans saying there's an opportunity for china if it

wishes to invest in these funds and earn a return on that but still unsure if china wishes to do so. the chinese premier wen jiabao said that china was looking at that a week a so ago after meeting with the german chancellor but it's something china needs toe discuss with the i.m.f. and follow through on that. so still lots of talk about the possibilities of injecting cash into those mechanisms but nothing we are aware of actually coming out of those discussions. >> thank you very much. well, the china-e.u. summit comes against the background of continuing doom over that. moody's has placed the u.k.'s triple a rating at risk. many were put on a negative outlook which heightens that possibility in a few years.

>> if you needed a reminder of the turbulent acts this was it. economic uncertainty in greece but also across the whole continent has been reflected on the financial markets. moody's has downgraded the ratings -- has not yet but downgraded the outlook in three countries to negative and has downgraded italy, spain, and more. spain, the country in western europe with the highest unemployment rate faired worst. it was downgraded two notches. the negative outlook for france, britain and austria shows their volatility to the debt crisis and moody's says all three countries have a chance of being downgraded in the next 18 months to two years

and warns the u.k. about doing something about its huge debt burden especially since osbourne has made protecting the triple a credit rating as the reason for the deep cuts. >> we are going to go on dep mandatorying investor confidence in britain. >> but the opposition labour party was quick to blame the government. minister ed bull said we have consistently argued that the chancellors raising tacks and cutting spending too far and too fast would backfire. and the french primary minister also responded saying his government was determined to press ahead to boost growth and competitiveness. france and austria were last month stripped of their triple a rating by standard and poor's. this means there's extra

pressure on all affected countries to find ways to ensure sustainable growth. tom, "bbc news." >> here and always fascinating to see how countries interpret things completely in the opposite direction of each other. but does it seem -- >> absolutely not. if there's a chance they could lose their rating in 18 months, there's a 50/50 chance it will do it and even if that happens, it's not the kiss of death. let me point to you to last year the united states had a dropped rating but look at the data that's been coming from the u.s. economy. it's not brilliant but is

pointed in the right direction. when american elections emerge, it's usually built around the economy but it's not the kiss of death here. one would say it's worrying but proves perhaps this is pain barrier that has to be crossed on the other hand, members of his government says it proves you need to be more aggressive. but another said it proves if anything your strategy is not quite right and you're putting the emphasis on austerity measures and think people can spend their way out of this crisis. >> what would be the positive for china to help? >> well, remember the currency manipulation accused by the u.s. saying it used that to

make china's economy more attractive. and europe is china's biggest trading partner. and it's hit the heart of the value and at the same time chinese manufacturing costs have done up. what's in it for them is to get this right and china has the world's largest reserves in europe. >> more than one billion euros a day are snent china by the e.u. >> yes. thank you. >> a small libyan stoun pleading for help to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants. the authorities say they have been overwhelmed by the numbers of people crossing the border daily. they are being isolated in detention centers. we met some of those detainees.

>> the road runs south into the vastness of africa. bringing trade to libya. but also growing numbers of illegal my gants. this is the main check point between the desert and capital tripoli and they have just found a nigerian couple in this car with no visas. they question the man. come for work, he says. nothing more. but black africans are viewed with suspicion now. many of them fought for gaddafi. they have caught more. the authorities here say there are hundreds trying to get through to tripoli and eventually to europe every day. they can barely cope. >> to get a little bit of money and then go back to business.

that's why we are here. >> isaac is 23 from guana. he and his extends from paid a lot to come this far all in the hopes of a better living. >> most of the africans we've seen appear to be no more than economic migrants, desperate for work but among them there could be gaddafi loyalists coming in to cause trouble for last year. >> they are running out of space to keep them. more than 600 are being held in this isolated detention center with just a handful of volunteers to guard them and very little funding. >> most of them want to go to europe. they don't want to stay. they know there's no government libya and it's easy to reach libya and italy. that's why they come in big numbers. >> each of these steel sheds

houses about 50 men. inside we're subjected to a opportunity of complaints. >> we are here but no communication. nobody know where about. we must come to get to our families, let them know we are alive. >> we don't get enough to eat, and we're all sick says this despairing man from niger. the guards running this camp say they are just as desperate to have these migrants off their hands but they can't simply release them. there's a humanitarian challenge the rulers from libya are inequipt to meet. >> here with all the sports. i don't think he has arrived yet but -- >> he's on his way back and for at least 24 hours we thought peace broke out between

manchester city but when he was leaving argentina. well, he's been in self-imposed bannishment. he said the club treated him like a dog. this all referred back to the champions league match when with two goals down, he warmed up and sat back down and refused to do that. own though he went on to say he would play. mangini said you will never play for the club again but moved and said maybe if he apologizes we can move on but he sort of apologized. he said if i do not think i was wrong be if they, the club think i was, then i'm sorry. >> so it was sort of an apology. >> but he is being paid? >> yes.

there was some dispute about how much money he's going to be docked for the amount of time he's been away. >> it's all being sorted out. >> yes. and the transfer whether they wanted to sell him or loan him but the deal didn't get done. >> the sparks will be flying. >> they will be. >> you're watching "bbc world news." coming up, frightening. parents. they huff and puff over classic bedtime tales. >> now, indian investigators are searching for a motorcyclist who attached a bomb to the back of a car. and the driver and passengers were injured in the attack. elsewhere in the jordan capital and iran has denied sflovement both bomb attacks. the united states is due to hold talks about pyongyang's

nuclear intentions and a swiss billionaire and boehner have been convicted of negative will he intelligence that led to over 2,000 asbestos deaths. they said they were failed to protect them and sentenced to prison and ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages. >> this is "bbc world news." the headlines. looking for a loan. european leaders seek china's help in providing money for its debt bailout, and the first democracy demonstrations in bahrain. protests continue in that tiny gulf state. now today marks that first anniversary of those demonstrations in bahrain.

protesters have marked the day by gathering in the capital where they say they were met by security forces that have been using tear gas and stun grenades overnight. more speaking to a member of the opposition party which is mostly a shia political party of bahrain. where do they get their hands indeed with these protests and the security forces again, out trying to keep those protests at bay. what are you hearing? >> yes. as of now, we reach the people. a lot of -- [inaudible] "house of cards" around were raided and also some have been arrested and again those who were trying to reach the tehran -- it's similar to if we have a

march implemented but not declared officially. so the people are not able to reach their destination. >> in shia villages outside it's said the violence is growing with the protesters being met with stun grenades and rubber bullets. has it very much changed? because the government did promise it would implement some reforms. >> yes. the government always promises but the facts on the ground, there is no major changes. in fact, there are two problems here in bahrain, those problems are still pending. the first is equality and representation and fair judicial actions.

all these issues are still pending and sometimes there are wars. in addition to the treatment of those who are injured, those who are injured cannot reach the hospital. and the police are using a new tactic to seal the exits and to torture the dentalen strarets. they are tortured in unofficial jails and buildings under construction, and even they don't take them for first aid after they beat them. and they torture them. >> thank you for joining us. we'll have to leave it there. thank you for your time. >> let's get to tour top story. china has determined their -- has made known their determination to help try solve the european debt crisis. thank you for joining us. what would china stand to gain from this?

and how -- where is the debate within the country as to whether china should directly contribute to the e.u. fund? >> well, in the press conference just now you will hear the e.u. president and the european commissioner say that how chinese economy and european economy are interconnecting, are interdependant. i think china takes that view as well. china's exports also have been hit, and that would influence the china's economic growth for the whole year. so in a way. it's in china's interest that china contributes to resolving the euro crisis. >> yet it didn't seem any specific pledge was forth coming. i mean, is it possible china will not directly contribute to the economy? >> it's quite possible. if you look at the debate

within china, there's quite a strong feeling that the european country should be the main factory in resolving this. and also china has its own economic problems, and it cannot be counted on to save in europe. they simply do not like that kind of phrasing. but like i said it's in china's interest to help. but there's a big question for debate. >> police in thailand say a man they believe to be iranian is reported to have lost both his legs. he was said to have been carrying a bomb that exploded and they went to check a house he was renting. what more do we know? >> what we understand from police in bangkok is there was an explosion in a house rented by three men thought to be

iranian in the central city of bangkok. the first explosion happened in the house and one tried to stop a taxi and it didn't stop then he attempted to throw a bomb which exploded underneath taxi and attempted to throw another that exploded and injured his legs. it is only speculation, but there was an arrest earlier of an hezbollah operative in thailand that had been planning against that area and then there were attempted bombings against israeli diplomats.

so i think there will be a suspicion that these events are all connected. of course we can't be sure of that. but there will be suspicion that there may be some kind of coordinated campaign going on. as we said. we can't be sure of that. but details are coming in. >> and there's speculation in recent months and years but building up on the question of iran and israel and potential retaliation. security services will now be on alert. >> yes, and the israelis had warned particularly with the anniversary two days ago of the killing of the man whose operative killed years ago. there were thoughts the activity yesterday could have been linked to the anniversary and also the response of another. whether this is all part of that mix, too early to say with bangkok. but certainly people are speculating about that. >> thank you very much, indeed.

>> now, are you sitting comfortably? little red riding hood and goldie locks and the three bears are examples of children's stories enjoyed for years but researchers say parents aren't reading those stories because they are too scary. what are they prepared to read? we have been finding out. >> once upon a time in a land not so far, far way way, 2,000 moms and dads took part in a survey about fairy tails. >> when the king saw the huge amounts he was so pleased that he married rose immediately and a year later she gave birth to a lovely baby boy. >> this is rum approximately still skin. almost half of those said it featured kidnapping and execution so they would not read them before bedtime and

shockingly in little red riding hood there's abduction. >> don't you think there's a bit of a mood seeing fairy tales as a sort of dark thing? that's natural because in the past fairy tails were told by adults to adults. it's only in the vicktorian era that it becomes children's tales and looks like we're going back to that with a little more of an adult take on that. >> the parents we spoke to in bristol aren't discovered. >> the boys don't mind it. the girls we have to explain it's only a fairytale. not not real life. >> they are classic stories we just tend to read and not worry about it at all, so i don't think i have concerns about it being scary. >> but those who have decided not read them are said to be

turning to modern classics. the traditional stories doing assist on one thing, in the end, everyone lives happily ever after. >> that came out rather -- my children do find them slightly worrying as well. just want to bring you news from america, the body of the pop star whitney houston has been taken from california to her home state in new jersey where her funeral the expected to take place later this week. the cause of death may not be known for several weeks but the coroner did confirm she was found underwater in a bath in her hotel room suite. >> chinese officials say they are moving forward to try to help europe tackle its debt crisis but the chinese leader

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