i'm george alagiah. the headlines, a general strike gets under way in greece as european leaders gathered to tackle the debt crisis. chinese growth slows further, but other figures suggest it could be stabilizing. aaron has business news. it's a trick question. growth continuing to slow in china, but the markets seem to be ok with it. >> the chinese economy continues to slow, but the pace of the slowdown is declining. in the past three months the chinese economy grew at 7.4%. the previous three months it grew at 7.6%. the drop in the pace is slowing. it is still a growth of double digits over the past two years. growth like that is pretty unstable. stabilization is what we wanted to see with the chinese economy, and that's happening. production at chinese factories is increasing and mining is on the way up in china. and the retail sales in the last three months, up over 14%. that means chinese people are spending. that brings a dilemma for the beijing policy makers. how to shift away from being so rely o

i'm george alagiah. the headlines. the army in lebanon says it is determined to restore order after the streets sustained fire with gunmen on the streets of beirut. the chinese parliament has decided -- has to decide whether to dispel bo xilai after a letter of support for him from a group. the editor of news night is stepping aside while an investigation is carried out into the program's handling of a controversial report on the tv and radio personality jimmy savile. a bbc statement said an editor had given an inaccurate and incomplete explanation of his decision to drop the report which alleged that jimmy savile had sexually abused children. i am joined in the studio by our correspondent. david, for the benefit of our viewers around the world, who is this man jimmy savile and why is this causing so much confusion? >> he had much influence as a media figure. he was pretty much the first dj in britain and was the birth of pop music and a friend to the stars. he raised tens of millions of pounds for charity and have spe

i'm george alagiah. the headlines. -- another six years in office for hugo chavez to continue what he calls his socialist revolution. politicians in washington warned that two chinese telecom firms pose a security threat to the u.s. the war in afghanistan has entered its 12th year. the end is in sight for many foreign troops stationed in the country. however, a new report by the international crisis group warns that civil war could break out and the government collapsed when nato troops withdrawn in 2014. the brussels-based groups has highlighted elections scheduled for 2014 are likely to be fraudulent unless president karzai does more. to ensure a more. for more on this i'm joined by andrew north in kabul. -- the 2014 elections are likely to be fraudulent unless does more torter nikarzai ensure fairness. >> perhaps what is most significant about the report is the reaction to it from many western critics of the government an. on the afghan government side, they see this as part of a continuing campaign o

i am george alagiah. the headlines, the red cross makes its first ever public appeal in spain to help those affected by the economic crisis. a pakistani schoolgirl cent of the taliban is in a stable condition after surgery to remove a bullet. let's catch up on business news with aaron. let's start with toyota. another recall. >> 2009. >> no 7 million cars. spec 7.4 million cars around the world in the recall now. it is the biggest single recall in history apart from ford in 1996. the problem is an electrical problem that has to do with the buttons for the electric window. yarus, camera, rav4, models built between 2005 and 2010. 00 camry. this will cost toyota a bit of money to do the recall. experts say we have to put this into context, that it's nowhere near in severe if in terms of risk to drivers and passengers as the 2009 recall. >> that was the sticky accelerator. >> with this, no reports of -- no reports of accident or injury this time. a lot of criticism faced toyota back then. they were fined by u