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>> and now, "bbc world news. >> mitt romney, the victor, but hardly victorious after his latest wins to rival president obama. a government was told to apologize to women whose children were forced to be taken away for adoption. and a security test for the olympics. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm david eades. also coming up on the program, no touch screens or logos, but could this p.c. revolution nies the way children learn about computers? >> and the world celebrates 80 years of broadcasting.

>> hello. republican voters in the american states of michigan and arizona have provided a much-needed boost for the presidential hopeful mitt romney. for one born in michigan, anything less than victory could have been disaster. but it gave him a boost over rick santorum. >> despite the crowd's enthusiasm, he still hasn't won the right to face president obama in november. this was a hard fight in a state that should have been an easy win for romney. he was born and raised in michigan and his father was a governor. >> we didn't win by a lot. but we won by enough, and that's all that counts. >> but rick santorum made a strong run for someone barely

taken into consideration at the beginning. >> in a race everyone said, ignore, you have really no chance here, and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates, and all i have to say is i love you back. [applause] >> there's a sense of relief among romney supporters that he's won this battle. but it's not over yet. next week 10 states in what's -- states vote in what's known as super tuesday. >> the australia government is being called upon to formally apologize to women who were forced to give up their children for adoption. women said they were restrained and some drugged before they were asked to sign away their children back in the 1960's and 1970's.

>> it's not clear of the exact number, david, but they think it's tens of thousands. after the second world war of which they say tens of thousands of women, mostly unmarried and mostly teenagers had their babies removed from them. it was a practice that went on in australia. this senate committee is saying it was a scandal, and they have called upon the government to apologize to them. it's an awful story. stories about people being drugged, sedated, coerced into handing over their babies and told they were selfish and aum kinds of horror stories that

had taken place. this, over 20,30, and 40 years. and i think it's different in terms of the indigenous issue. this was something that took place 30 or 40 years ago and ended in the 1970's when laws were introduced to protect young, unmarried mothers. it doesn't have the same resident nance it would have had in those days, and morality was different. young women were sent away and some were told to go to different states. but they were treated with incredible sensetivety, brutality in some cases. many women have given evidence, and their stories are harrowing.

some told their babies had died and such things. now they say it should be addressed with a national apology by the government. >> just want to take you to moscow for a moment. vladimir putin is making an appearance. it's a televised appearance with supporter and election workers. among the elite in the crowd, -- among the elite in the crowd. mr. putin doing his bit to rally support. let's have a look at the business news. jamie is with me now. we're getting excited about the amount of money the banks are going to lend.

>> you have to put up collateral. if you're the italian government bonds -- if you're the italian government, bonds are put up. over quite a long period of time, it strengthens the balance sheets of the bank and to what the banks will hopefully do, lend to spain and portugal. not greece. [laughter] lend to these countries and that way the e.c.b. is actually pushing money into the bond market. >> greece's rating has dropped below junk. >> yes. >> but also discouraging is the rate from india. >> yes. they have an inflation problem,

one of the reasons is they have had interest rates rising so high. and the high prices of gasoline and so on, the food, particularly. so put up interest rates, try to bring the prices down. but in doing that, gross falls down. they would like it up by 8%. when you have an economy or population expanding at the rate india is, you have to have a sizeable growth. >> and next time i see you, you will know how much of that has been taken up by the banks? >> yes. >> thank you. china has added its weight for calls for humanitarian aid to be allowed into syria. as a new resolution demands humanitarian access. china and russia have been widely criticized for refusing

to ask the president to step down in syria. >> my reading would be that you need to be a little bit cautious here. china could put out a statement saying the foreign minister has been in touch with arab foreign ministers and the arab league, and china is saying it wants to see the conditions for humanitarian aid to be allowed into syria. that's still quite apart away from the word put forth by the council. twice they have blocked attempts for resolutions to get through the security council. but now with china talking to arab foreign ministers seems to

be, many observers feel, that they are more cooperating. and maybe it's an attempt by china to recoop some lost ground. it may also be an attempt to diffuse some of the criticisms of their vetos, which has been strong from britain and the united nations. we had hillary clinton calling it despicable and china responded saying her comments were unacceptable and state media defended their refusal

and their vetos. >> at the moment syrian troops have launched a ground attack again on remember-held areas in homs. and the ba ba emir neighborhood has been under siege for more than three weeks. and a british photographer, paul conroy, seen here, he was trapped in the city, but he's now got out to lebanon and smuggled out in a rescue in which a number of activists are reported to have been killed. >> now a look at the sports. we're focusing in on derek. >> yes. we are. a combination of a bad time. >> yes. that fight with david after the press conference when he fought klitschko, rather well, actually, with some halting,

but this unseemly fight. they have fined him a heavy fine and banned him indefinitely, which has caused some controversy. his representative says while his behavior before and after the fight can't be condoned, there were some mitigating circumstances but remember he did slap klitschko and spat water in another's face. he has to wait and see what the british boxing federation says, too. >> now britain's air force and royal navy pilots were taking part in a training exercise. code name, exercise mountain 2.

our correspondent can tell us more. in the east of england for a pretty big exercise, caroline? >> that's right. this is one of a series in which the royal navy and army and others in london will be working together to see how the defensive system operates, how they work together. because people will be coming from around the world for the olympic games and the u.k. wants to make sure things are as safe as they possibly can be. one threat could be from the air. everybody remembers 9/11, what happened there. part of the training is seeing

suspicious aircraft and dealing with it. that doesn't mean they move in right away and shoot it down. but they track it and today they have been looking at exactly how they will do that and work together. >> taking part in the exercise today is the r.a.f.'s vessels. on the ground, the operations room is tracking air activity. it will track a suspicious aircraft and deal with the threat. they will move close london while the olympics take place. extra members have been -- extra measures have been put in place, such as snipers. and on the river temperatures,

the royal navy and marines will be involved in olympic security. some from the armed forces will be called upon to help the metropolitan police and at least 1,000 are due to help with logistics. >> well, i suppose that's one area where the budget can't be high enough in most people's eyes. but is this as much about sending a message as putting forth the exercise itself? >> yes. the government is eager to put to mind to anyone thinking that it's simply not worth it. as you saw in the package, 13,500 helping with security. something like another 20,000 civilian staff members helping.

so that security isn't just on the ground or just people checking bags or making sure suspicious things aren't carried into the stadium. but really they are if you're trying to do -- but really, they are saying, if you're trying to do something from the air, it's not worth it. >> thank you for watching "bbc world news" with me, david eades. still to come. it's hardly an olympic sport, but this is a world record you're seeing, the mattress shenanigans. now a tourist has been killed and 40 others injured in a bus crash in cambodia. one of its front tires were -- tires blew.

we've got news from the u.k. safe guarding the dignity of elderly patients in england saying the staff should be recruited on the basis of their compassion. the commission on dignity and care calls for a ban on patronizing language. and occupying mcdonald's restaurants by a campaign saying people are having to work without pay. the government insists it helps the unemployed learn about businesses and benefits while still getting benefits. >> the headlines this hour, mitt romney wins in michigan and arizona. the latest on his bid to challenge barack obama for the presidency. australia's government told to apologize to thousands of women

whose children were forceably taken away for adoption. now, in the runup to this weekend's presidential election, vladimir putin's campaign has been stressing a vote for putin is a vote for stability. his opponents argue in the years putin governed, the country has become a mafia state. we have this report. >> vladimir putin says he's brought russia stability. but this town tells a different story. one night last winter, 12 people were murdered in this house. some were stabbed, others shot or strangled. among the victims were four children. the man accused of organizing the killings is sergiy, a businessman and former town counselor. he's also the head of a criminal gang that has

terrorized this area for a decade. investigators from moscow have now intervened, but for years, local police did nothing to stop him. her husband was a business rival of him. her husband and her son were shot dead nine years ago. but it was only last december that a member of the gang was convicted of the killings. >> prosecutors, police, local officials, they all did what he told them to. after my family was murdered, he gave the local police chief a gift. a brand-new mercedes, just imagine the head of police driving around in his mercedes. >> her suffering has continued. her niece and niece's son were killed in the massacre at the house. in 2005, a university member

complained to officials that his gang was remaining students. i was told what happened next. >> none of the gang was detained. instead my mom was arrested on trumped up charges of fraud. she was held for three years and suffered two strokes. >> vladimir putin came to power more than a decade ago by promising russians security. but today security and fear are still very much a part of life. after what happened, there are reports of harassment from other towns and even the kremlin can see in other parts of the country, police have merged with criminal gangs. >> one believes it's the country's leaders who are to blame. >> people at the top should take responsibility for what's

happened. because a fish rots from the head down. >> she doesn't believe her government can protect her. steve rosenberg, "bbc news." >> now bbc world service is 80 years old today and celebrating with a special day of programming coming from bush house in central london. the empire service as it was called at the launch was started in 1982 and allowed the broadcast to be -- in 1932 and allowed to the broad -- and allowed the broadcast to be seen around the world. >> program makers revealing

themselves, invisible programming people have come out of the woodwork to show what we do. here's the cabling for today's giant tent. if we touch any of it, it could take it all off air. >> over here behind me, they are setting up for audience members to watch a day of broadcasting. we have invited robert into this tent. this is normally a car port where we're standing. >> yes. and initially it was a center for anglo american trade built by irving t. bush, hence bush house. >> no relation to george w.? >> no. >> and it was built for trade. that's why david eades would tells, oh, look you go into one building and there's the somali service and then there's the russian. >> yes. it's frequently called the

united nations of language. you pop into a door and you find the help in he's service and the somali service. >> and 80 years ago the bbc started broadcasting. when did it move into this building? >> not until 1940. it was over on oxford street. they had to find a new location then so they came upon bush house and world war ii absolutely transformed the bbc and went from seven language services, plus english to 45 language services. and indeed the whole tradition of lifeline broadcasting passionately objectedive news was created and numerous,

numerous, important messages and news gatherings happened here. >> thank you. it is a moment to record, david, that the world services moving on from this building. so while it's an 80th celebration, it's also a bitter moment for the members who have fallen in love with this byzantine building and see their business move on. >> so from anyone who has listened around the world, back to you, david, for now. >> the programs were at first said to be neither interesting nor good. got it wrong there, didn't they? >> now scientists say the tyrannosaurus rex had the most powerful jaws of any creature that walked the earth. it could crush food with the

force of an elephant. they have a computer to help aid with the demonstration. >> now 65 million years after tyrannosaurus rex became extinct, it finally becomes clear how strong it was. >> thanks to actual models like this one, researchers have been able to accurately simulate t rex's bite. and it turns out this icon had even more powerful jaws that scientists previously believed. >> the first step was to digitize the skull. >> they mapped on to it every muscle that controlled the dinosaurs's huge jaws. >> as the muscle contracts, it shows what the bite force would be.

the maximum force was the process terror teeth somewhere in the region of 30 to 60,000 newtons which is similar to an elephant sitting on you. >> it helps scientists see how it helped them rule the earth. >> now for something completely different. we've got a world record for you. not one you might expect to see, but this is for the longest human mattress domino chain there's ever been. rather thrashing the previous record of 550 or so, 800 people in new orleans all taking part, many of them with a certain body mas to suit, to make sure those mattresses topple over, i suspect. but the organizers got their world record certificate while the mattresses are all going to

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