>> this is "bbc newsnight." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the business you operate in. we offer expertise and tailored solutions and a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc newsnight." >> british planes help patrol the skies over libya and the war with gaddafi. we look at what britain did on the ground. our investigations revealed that britain did have a boots on the ground in libya, but details of who they were and what roles they were meant to play. >> this man tells how six servants not secret service agents played a call on him while he was being held -- this man tells how secret service agents paid a call on him while he was being held. the use of raf aircraft was very public. the fighting on the ground was said to be done by libyans. we have learned that british soldiers were on the grou

>> this is "bbc newsnight." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in. working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> this week, we travel to china. the forbidden city is forbidden no longer. increasingly prosperous and increasingly confident, what does it want in the world? >> more responsibility, more influence on this world. this does not mean more military threats. >> we find out what the word freedom means in china to the urban poor and young men about town. >> you cannot get rid of the communist party. >> chinese community is a throughout the world celebrated at the beginning of the new year as the rabbit gave way to the dragon. dragon years are considered exciti

>> this is "bbc newsnight." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business. working to nurture new ventures. we offer expertise and tailor solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> this week, derided recoveries, can they teach the stumbling economy is of the world? >> there are parts of the i economy that deserve a lot more praise. >> hundreds say that hungary is drifting into a store turn is them. >> this could lead to a standoff with the european union itself. >> this is democratic post saddam -- iraq kurdistan. -- this is democratic, post saddam kurdistan. >> tokyo was buzzing and the rest of the world could not get enough. then japan's bubble burst, the stock market crash sent the economy tumbling. they call the next 10 years the lost decade, a time of slow growth and unemployment. other countries ar