correspondentrity frank gardner has this special report. eafrank: colombia post-pce deal, and the war on drugs continues . a surprise raid by narcotics police on an illegal coca crop. i went with them. from remote areas like these, cocaine production is now at an all-time h over 900 tons last yea europe, including the u.k. the troops destroy the jungle labs wherever they can. colombia seized over 400 tons last year. but it is not winning the war against traffickers. we have just gone by helicopter a short distance away right in the middle of a coca field. this is a laboratory, a fully operational jungle laboratory. you can smell. it in the a they are going to destroy it, but they are worried about a counter attack on people who are operating this.hi they t they will try to hit them. colombia's 52 year-long insurgency by farc rebels may be over, but the government is struggling to reassert conol in many parts. often where former rebels have disarmed, the cocaine industry is fuelingriminality. , illegaltrafficking mining, contraband, extortio

frank gardner, bbc news, colombia. 's struggle with cocaine continues. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, why the beprint for a plastic gun is causing a major controrsy in the u.s. we will have the latest on the uproar. in pakistan, a group of young akrls in karachi's once troubled neighborhood are bg barriers and taboos by developing their boxing skills. a hope that boxing can give them success, a future, and above all, the self-confidence to stand up for themselves. every day after hool, these girls gather here at this botong club ursue their dreams. this 13-year-old is one of the most passionate boxers. a fighter who remains her inspiration is muhammad ali, she has high hopes for the future. ali'sove muhammadfi ting. it was amazing, especially the way he uses his right hand. i want to be like him. he won three championships. i want to win five. reporter: it is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods of pakistan's commercial capital, karachi. it is home to divers groups who have one thing in common, p

the bbc‘s security correspondent frank gardner has this special report.on drugs continues. a surprise raid by counter—narcotics police on an illegal coca crop. i went with them. from remote areas like these, cocaine production is now at an all—time high. over 900 tons last year, much of it heading to europe, including the uk. the troops destroy the jungle labs wherever they can. colombia seized over 400 tons last year, but it's not winning the war against the traffickers. well, we've just landed by helicopter a short distance away, right in the middle of a coca field and this here is the laboratory, a fully operational jungle laboratory. you can smell it in the air. they are going to now destroy it but they are very worried about a counterattack from the people who are operating this, they think they are going to come and try and hit them. colombia's 52—year—long insurgency by farc rebels may be over, but the government is struggling to reassert control in many parts. often, where former rebels have disarmed, the cocaine industry is fuelling criminality a

frank gardner, bbc news, colombia. it sounds like something from a blockbuster heist movie.boat and some daring thieves. a theft near the swedish capital, stockholm, had all those elements, as some of the royaljewels were stolen in a daylight raid. maddy savage has the story. they're so valuable, experts say you can't put a price on them. these are the crown jewels that were taken, once worn by swedish royalty, and kept in pristine condition for centuries. but police are investigating after the national treasures managed to get swiped in the middle of the day, taken from an apparently locked cabinet inside this cathedral in the quiet rural town of strangnas. the thieves made a dramatic getaway. one of my friends, he saw two people running, a man from this direction and a man from that direction. and we could see... i saw the boat was there, a white little boat with an outboard motor on the back. the two men hurriedlyjumped on board, and it sped off in that direction, over that way. i knew immediately they were burglars, because of the way they were behaving. officers have sp

frank gardner, bbc news, colombia.ay — you may be in for a disappointment. the tourist attraction has been closed by industrial action. workers are unhappy about a new booking system that's produced what some call ‘monstrous' queues. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. the eiffel tower is iconic, a symbol of france, and millions come to visit every year. but this is the welcome you'd currently receive. the tower is shut, the staff are on strike. translation: i've waited 28 years to come and it's closed. it's unfair for the tourists who have come from so far. i've come from venezuela to see the eiffel tower. it's unfair for visitors, you know? we may or may not come again because we spend so much money. so it's not nice on the part of... for whatever reason they have this strike for, but it's an injustice to visitors. and this is the reason staff say they walked out — a huge queue snaking around the base of the tower. a new system's been introduced where people can pre—book a ticket online and choose a specific timeslot

frank gardner, bbc news, colombia. movie — precious jewels, scenic waterside location, a speedboat, and some daring thieves. well, a theft near the swedish capital, stockholm, had all those elements, when some of the country's royal jewels were stolen in broad daylight. two crowns and an orb belonging to a 17th century king and queen were taken by two men, who then escaped on a speedboat. maddy savage has more from stockholm. they are so valuable, experts say you cannot put a price on them. these are the crown jewels that were taken, once worn by swedish royalty, and kept in pristine condition for centuries. but police are investigating after the national treasures managed to get swiped in the middle of the day, taken from an apparently locked cabinet inside this cathedral in the rural town of stregness. the thieves made a dramatic getaway. one of my friends, he saw two people running, a man from this direction and a man from that direction. i saw the boat was there, a white little boat with an outboard motor on the ba

frank gardner, bbc news, colombia.from a group of mps. under the system, benefits are paid into one bank account per household — which the work and pensions select committee says allows abusers to take control of family finances. the government insists split payments are available for those who need them. a 21—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering another man in nottingham on sunday night. stephen walsh's body was discovered at his home in mapperley — he had suffered serious head injuries. the 37—year—old had been involved in a car crash in the area hours earlier. the increase of new grammar school places in some areas in england is greater than the rise in numbers of secondary school pupils — that's according to figures compiled by the bbc. there are 11,000 more grammar school pupils than in 2010. and, by 2021, if the intakes stay the same, that would be the equivalent of 2a new schools. here's our education editor bra nwen jeffreys. educating boys for more than 100 years, bournemouth school is prou

our security correspondent frank gardner is here. ght of all the attacks that happened in the uk last year, how serious as this one been taken? you saw from the reaction there it was a prompt and robust reaction by the police. in that sense, they'd haveit the police. in that sense, they'd have it very seriously. armed police reacted immediately, you saw them jumping over barriers. if you drive past the palace of westminster, you will see, if you know what to look for, armed police vehicles which are basically mobile armouries which can react quickly. this stems back to the mumbai attack of 2008 where planners got together and realised ofa similar planners got together and realised of a similar attack took place in london the police simply weren't ready for it, at the time. so they gunned the police and allowed any one time in central london the idea that an armed police response vehicle can react within eight minutes and be on the scene. in this case it was very early. at the moment they still don't know exactly what the motivation of

our security correspondent frank gardner is here. it was very clearly a deliberate action by the driver. we don't know what the motives were, whether or not he was being directed by anybody else or whether this was a case of somebody having some kind of road rage or something far more sinister. no one is committing themselves get to what that is. he will have been processed through the whole arrest process biometric fingerprints etc. they will be looking at the whole data background, whether he was on any kind of watch list et. more details are going to come out about this, but the reaction was very swift. anybody who tries anything like that in sucha anybody who tries anything like that in such a high—profile, iconic area is going to expect an immediate response. if you drive through westminster you are never going to be much more than eight minutes at the most from an armed police response vehicle. one of the remarkable aspects of this morning is there were five armed policeman with their guns trained on that car and he had not eve