Government would like to cooperate more closely with the United States on these sorts of things as they have their own problems with china, but at the moment it is legally impossible. That is the view in tokyo, what about the allegations in spain, 60 million calls monitored in one month alone. Tom, what is the root of the source of these claims . The information came out from the journalist glenn greenwald, responsible for linking the story about edward snowden, information that was published in him window this morning in undo newspaper this morning. Interesting that the monitoring activity according to these peaked on the 11th of december and that there was a lull in the activity around christmas. Coming on the day that the spanish and u. S. Ambassador was summoned by the french government. He met this morning with a minister in the Foreign Ministry and the spanish capital. No reaction after the meeting, but it is bad timing and there may be more pressure on the Spanish Government to come out more strongly. Condemnedy have not the allegations as much as their allies in germany and france. Clear, is there a clarity of the kind of timing of the incidents that corresponded . Words, why would the americans be interested in all of this . Not appear that on those particular days any public incidents or events that we have knowledge of or going on, so why , or is itr that month the fact that we have window surveillance that might go on more generally and that this is not that abnormal . Difficult to say due to the nature of the story, the secrecy and this kind of activity, but i think that there is a sense in spain of less anger than there had been in france and germany. Maybe because the allegations are not as embarrassing for the Spanish Government so far as they have been for the german chancellor. As apanish government centerright government has generally been very supportive which mayted states, be one of the reasons why so far we have not seen stronger reaction. Uptom, thank you for that eight. Now to the trial of two former executives at the news of the world newspaper. Brooks, andy colson, onetime editors of that newspaper. Shut down by Rupert Murdoch in 2011, they are both accused of conspiring to hack voicemails. This report contains flash photography. There was a storm of protest when it was revealed that the news of the world had access thousands of voicemail messages to the hacking of mobile phones. The paper itself shut down, there was a Public Inquiry and then there was the rare sight of the worlds most powerful media tycoon apologizing. This is the most humble they of my life. Thank you. Among the victims of phone hacking, this teenager who had gone missing in 2002 and was later found murdered. To find out more about her worldouts, news of the hacked her voicemail. The question now is who knew about what . His right hand woman in the u. K. , rebecca brooks will now be accused of conspiring to intercept voicemails. When she appears here in london and stands accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, one of the claims will be that she tried to conceal evidence from the police, but as with the other charges, she denies this. Brookss not just rebecca in court, so also is andy colson. Like mrs. Brooks, he is accused of conspiring to intercept voicemails. Like her, he says he is innocent. The prosecution will also claim that andy colson along with others paid Public Officials for information on the royal family. The allegation is that top secret royal phone book was purchased by the newspaper. But he denies this. Episode has hacking already generated hundreds of headlines, not least because the accused were well connected with british politicians. Of events in the coming weeks will be very much in the public eye. An unprecedented site in the heart of beijing, a photo posted on social media briefly of a vehicle on fire in front of the wall of the forbidden city. , this is the most sensitive Security Location in the chinese capital. How did this vehicle get their . Who was driving on board . Police say that the driver of the car and two passengers died and several tourists were injured. Let me show you where it happened in the heart of beijing. This is an area of the city usually packed with tourists. Closer you can see where the car caught fire. A few meters away, a giant portrait of chairman mao zedong and a viewing platform for the National Celebrations here. The car appears to have come from the east and wound up north of the road. There is no evidence one way or the other on whether the crash was an accident or a planned protest. We received this report shortly after the incident. The forbidden city, a vehicle plowing into a crowd of people, bursting into flames on the Northern Edge of Canavan Square, sending a flurry of photos over the chinese version of twitter. They used screens to clear the location. The episode is making headlines because of the location. Just below the iconic portrait of the communist founder. It is the scene of 1989 pro democracy presentation. We drove past the scene about , we weren hour ago pulled over by police and detained for 20 minutes. Againg back to the square , things appear to be returning to normal. Leaving the area to return to its uneasy status quo. Most of the strongest images from that incident were posted on the chinese version of twitter, but they were then quickly removed. Beijing has tightened censorship online in response to the rapid growth of social media. We have the image there, how . Did that stay posted any image like that does a lot of damage. How quickly would you be taken down . Within minutes. A political nature, it is removed quickly. What is important about this picture . That it confirmed what happened close to the forbidden city . People will wonder who the , who are the passengers that died . Driver, young woman driver explain it, she eventually killed some people. After the 1989 democracy that happen things in tandem and square tend to be againstitical nature the local or central governments. This just to draw attention to their situation. For those who have never been , it is a place that is hyper secure with cameras everywhere, police in plain clothes, etc. . Exactly, it is heavily guarded in terms of public spaces, but you just pointed out that this person came out of a side street that was not much got down tosomehow the barricade. It sounded like it was a determined attempt to get to the square. Now we only have the official side of the story. Fit into thehis overall landscape of social media . It is very interesting, on a lot of political inch political issues, like the arrest of journalists, the government does allow people to have a variety of views up to a , but anything touching on Canavan Square is very politically sensitive. I want to confirm the speed at which they can now block it. The fact that they took it down, what kind of political signal does that send . It is quite a sensitive incident. Police say that they are investigating and that everyone is watching. Thank you very much indeed for joining me here. Still to come, erin joins me with the business and why berger rivalries has screened heinz ketchup from mcdonalds menus. More from china, the trial has begun of three activists in the campaign for more transparency. Charged with Illegal Assembly last april, they unfurled a banner calling on the president to make chinese officials publicly disclose their wealth. Here they are at the courthouse. This trial has just got underway this morning. As you can see, the police have sealed off the road and have brought in the three activists earlier today. Here the lawyers for those activist say that they came in, arrived, went into the courthouse for the trial. Are middle aged activists, local from this town, not been heard of before, really, but this case is seen as highly significant because what they are accused of is related to a photograph that was put on the internet earlier this year, a meeting held by these three where they unfurled banners and asked for government officials to publicly disclose their personal wealth. The government has launched its own crackdown on corruption, but it has also since the new president to power one year ago launched a broad crackdown on activists campaigning for greater political civil rights in china. Some say it is the toughest crackdown in years. What appears to be the case is that the president is broadly ,einforcing authority questioning the sole right of the communist party to rule in china, meaning the broad crackdown we are seeing here now on any who would challenge the party. With bbc world news, we have the latest headlines for you. New evidence of secret u. S. Surveillance in europe. The European Union delegation is in washington seeking answers. An investigation is underway as to why a car crashed into a crowd in Canavan Square in beijing. The scene of past prodemocracy protests. These are the stories we are working on for you in sports today. Boston wins game four of the world series, is it totally wrong echo tourists capitalizing and manchester in the English Premier League going , ryan moore winning on the tour again, making it official. Business,th the connection to big banks in japan . Banks and gangsters. Banks tourists banksters. I like it. Loans, he a stop to is still staring. The right, reportedly, to refuse loans to underworld figures. It hit the bank just as it was seeking to it approve its Corporate Governance in overseas markets. It is expected that the ceo will stay in office but that the chairman could step down over this scandal. How about this story echo do you like ketchup . Mcdonald says that they will stop serving heinz ketchup, putting an end to their 14 year relationship. They are going to block heinz after the former head of burger king took over as the heinz chief executive. Taking over after it was ,urchased by Berkshire Hathaway burger king is controlled by , mcdonalds uses the ketchup in a few stores around the world. And now, the price of staple foods have quadrupled in recent onion, a staple of most indian dishes, gone up a staggering 323 in the last year. All of this making life very difficult for indians. Much of the responsibility for bringing inflation back down rests on the shoulders of the man who it who would be the new head of the central bank. Why are food prices rising so fast . What can we do to stop them . We will be asking those questions later today. Do not forget that you can send i will get back to you. This mcdonalds story is causing lots of tweets. Thank you very much, indeed. As they say, i will catch up with you later. On that note, i am going. Byebye. Forget that you can get in touch with all of us on the team on twitter. A major storm lashing britain, france, and the netherlands. Two people in the south of britain reported dead. Travel disruption has hit the u. K. Particularly hard. Plus cross channel ferries. In Central London a crane crashed into the roof of the , forcing thee deputy Prime Minister to cancel his Monthly Press conference. What is the position in the we areof england . Quite fortunate in that much of the damage looks to be reasonably small. We have been preparing for this storm for couple of days and that preparation appears to have paid off. These are Sterling Services received overnight. In the end, unlike other incidents, like 1987, there had been clear signaling. What has been your impression of the public response . Here are taking the advice into planning for things like weather. Certainly, we were engaging with the public from an early point. We use social media for that quite a lot these days. ,t appears to have paid off people appear to have been prepared for what they fully passed through without great note, although we have seen a lot of care and game this afternoon. Ask youly, let me just about the commercial sector and how it has responded. The railways, anyone who might be vulnerable, people are being told not to come to work . Every area, every region has a local sport. They are coordinating with the advice that we give as well. From the public perspective they should be very much reassured and are very much joined up. Thank you very much indeed for that perspective. So much of Northern Europe having been affected by these Hurricane Force winds. That is it for me. Full program of news coming up shortly here. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newmans own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, union bank, and united healthcare. My customers can shop around, see who does good work and compare costs. It can also work that way with health care. With united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, treatment options, and estimates for how much ill pay. That helps me and my guys make informed decisions. I dont like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. Thats health in numbers. United healthcare. 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 . Bbc world news was presented by kcet, los angeles. Hello and welcome back to nhk world newsline. Im raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. Officials at Japans Meteorological Agency say they lifted the tsunami advisory for the east coast. It was issued a few hours ago after a 7. 1 earthquake struck off fukushima prefecture. They issued a tsunami for five prefectures saying it reached some cities just before 3 00 a. M. Japan time. A 40 centimeter wave reached a port in iwaki prefecture and one in kuji port. Another reached ishinomaki in miyagi. Officials say they lifted the tsunami advisory because sea level fluctuations became smaller. The Power Company observed a 55 centimeter tsunami just after 3 00 a. M. Japan time at a port near the plant in miyagi prefectu prefecture. Translator the tsunami advisory has been lifted. We think slight fluctuations in sea level will continue for about half a day. We want people on or near the coast to exercise caution. Officials have lifted a tsunami advisory for the countrys east coast of the they issued that a few hoursmagnitud1 struck. Japanese Prime Minister shizo abe has sent a controversial bill to the diet. If made into law, it would impose heavier punishments on people who leak state secrets. Some journalists say the legislation would infringe on freedom of the press and limit the publics right to know. Nhk worlds hoshitaka hurauchi reports. Reporter japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe wants something president barack obama has, a National Security council. If he gets it he wants to share crucial information with the u. S. And other allies but hes been pressed to toughen up laws to protect against intelligent leaks. Translator its important that Legal Framework designed to protect National Security information is put in place in the interest of making sure that the National Security council can conduct its discussions effectively. Reporter the state secrets bill would enable heads of government offices, such as ministers, to designate information related to National Security as classified. Only ministers, vice ministers, parliamentary secretaries, and approved Public Servants would handle that information. Public officials who leak state secrets could face a maximum prison sentence of ten years, the same as in the u. S. The current maximum is one year. The bill would allow japanese leaders to classify information as secret for up to 30 years. Any extension beyond that would require cabinet approval. The bill addresses the need to protect freedom of the press, which is considered key to guarding the publics right to know. Journalists will not be penalized for their activities unless they break existing laws, or use methods deemed extremely improper. Still, reporters have questions. Translator the bill stipulates clearly that the Media Freedom will be given due consideration. Ordinary news gathering wont be subject to any penalties. Reporter journalists and writers worry about the power japanese leaders will gain once they pass the bill. Translator the bill gives the government too much latitude on what it declares secret. It will infringe on the publics right to know and the freedom of news gathering, media reporting and research. It runs counter to the trend of information disclosure