Major rescue operation is under way. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. Oscar pistorius will undergo psychiatric tests as requested by the prosecution. The trial is postponed for another week. A case has been laid out for of such by the state. E release i shall grant a bitter pill for glaxosmithkline as Chinese Police accuse a british executive of ordering staff to bribe hospital officials. Hello. Thanks for joining us as we bring you live pictures from the scene of the mine site in soma in western turkey as hopes of finding any survivors from the explosion there are fading. The rescuers are racing against time to get to the men still trapped underground. I should remind you, 787 people in all were in that mine at the time of the explosion. 205 have been confirmed dead. Hundreds more are simply unaccounted for at this stage. The death toll there likely to rise in what the Energy Minister has already called the countrys worst ever industrial accident. The government has declared three days of National Mourning. The Prime Minister is due to visit the mine site in the course of the next hour or so. Well, the accident happened, as i said, in the western town of soma. Here it is just south 250 kilometers or so south of istanbul. There was an explosion at around 12 30 gmt. That was triggered by a faulty electrical transformer. It started a fire. That caused the mines elevator to stop working. Critically, it knocked out the ventilation systems for the miners. Now, some of those miners are as far as four kilometers from the entrance to the mine itself. You can imagine what a pain staking task it must be to try to reach those still missing. Now, in the last few weeks there have been questions raised about the safety of this very mine. But a statement on the owners website said that the accident occurred despite the highest Safety Measures and constant controls. Reporter a rescued worker emerging alive from the mine to the cheers and applause of onlookers. But it was as hopes were fading further for the scores still trapped in the mine on the morning after the explosion and fire. While there were miners brought out as rescue work continued through the night, ambulance also carried away a number of bodies. Officials said many of the dead fell victim to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The accident had occurred when the miners were preparing for shift change, meaning there was a particularly large number in the mine. 787, according to the authorities. Emotions were running high around the mine entrance as relatives waited in increasing desperation for news of their loved ones, while others found their worst fears were realized. Turkeys president has declared three days of National Mourning. Translator may god wish mercy upon our brothers who lost their lives. And i hope our wounded brothers will get well soon. Rescue work is under way at the coal mine to rescue brothers trapped there. Reporter the Energy Minister visited the scene as rescue workers continued to pump oxygen into the mine in the hope of keeping trapped miners alive. Mine owners said the accident happened despite what they called the highest Safety Measures. The minister said they wouldnt turn a blind eye if negligence was revealed. Translator reverse pumping operations continue. As of now, we have lost 201 of our miners. We fear that this number will rise. Reporter the cctv pictures showing rescuers moving underground. The air thick with smoke and soot. As the hours pass and the gravity of the tragedy becomes ever clearer, the distress of relatives only deepens. Such scenes were echoed at the nearby hospital. Paramilitary police were guarding the entrance to the mine to enable the rescue to continue unhintered. And teams of psychiatrists were being organized to counsel families of the victims. A colleague of one of the missing miners said all the victims are our friends. Mike wooldridge, bbc news. Reporter rengin aslan is at the mine. She just sent this latest update. Reporter im at the mine field now. Here are the families waiting desperately for news from the relatives in the coal mine. Most probably, they were here all night. And theyre really exhausted. And now i see workers are having a short rest as well here. And on the other side, the rescue operation is going on. Rescue operators are coming down and coming up. And its a rainy day in soma. Its not a good morning for turkey. Thats all. Thats all. Actually, they are not awaiting good news. And there are many, many ambulances in the area. And two of them is there. And this is the new tent pitched here. Officials are working at the scene as well. The picture right from on the ground there at soma. Its a desperate situation, obviously. But its having repercussions, isnt it, across the country . Exactly. Theres a solidarity about protests, protesting the issue among the country. For example, the kurdish party, bdp, ask that theyre going to mourn for a week among their municipalities. Also there are several universities announced theyre going to theyre going to protest. They called for strikes for the unions. And also many unions announced that theyre leaving jobs today. And theyre going to be on strike tomorrow as well. So we are seeing pictures on the social media saying that some people are protesting in istanbul, in taksim, the underground of taksim lying down on the floor, sending their condolences to the mine workers. Actually, those condolences will go out. They wont be heard today, im sure, by the poor people waiting to hear about the fate of their own family and friends. Weve got the scene once again from soma here on the screen. But i do wonder, we made a reference to the safety of this particular mine. There was an effort for at least the parliamentary or government investigation into the mine only a matter of two or three weeks ago. Exactly. The main opposition party, the Republican Party in turkey, raised claims about the safety of the mine in soma. But their claim was rejected by the parliament. After the accident happened, their records of claims were released on the social media. And even the progovernment people are criticizing the government about rejecting that claim. So no doubt that will be part of what is going to be a huge inquiry into how this happened. I understand the local prosecutor has started his own proceedings into what happened here as well. But lets just dwell, if we can for a moment, on what is going on here. Because, yes, weve talked about more than 200 bodies having been brought up from underground. But there are hundreds more people down there. Exactly. The Energy Minister seems to be raising no sense of hope. According to the latest reports, there are theres the main block in the mine. There are four other subsidiary blocks. The rescue teams just arrived to the main block. And the subsidiary blocks are still full of people trapped in the mine. So the numbers are going to raise. The ministry of energy is saying that hes hesitating to share the numbers given by the company. So theres it seems like a very bleak scenario. But we are not sure whats going on under there because we have no connection with them. While these people here wait for survivors, hopefully, but anyone else to be brought up, theyre also waiting for the Prime Minister, resepp tayyip erdogan. Many people dont have an idea whats going to happen. In the last elections, local elections, akp was the first party in the town. Now the Prime Minister is visiting. Three days of National Mourning. So we dont but the families and relatives have spent a sleepless night. And theyre really exhausted. And theyre really angry. So we dont know whats going to happen there. This is a Prime Minister who said four years ago the mining profession has dying in its destiny. Which just seems to say so much about the sort of the culture of mining and mining safety. Exactly. That was brought up very often in the social media as well. So we dont know whats going to happen with the phfamilies and relatives and the Prime Minister. But also the National Security agency announced that theyre going to give Monthly Payments to the relatives from now on. Because theyve lost their relatives. 1,030 is about 300 pounds. Right. Its a help, isnt it . Yes. But, again, it says something about the industry. And also that many of these workers would be unregistered. So what would their status be . It doesnt matter in a matter of accident, according to turkish law. But i cant go into details. I mean, so unregistered means doesnt mean they wont have any any kind of, you know rights . Exactly. Or compensation. I mean, even the company can pay more. But well see whats going to happen in legal action. Briefly, this is soma. This is a mining community, isnt it . A coal mining community. Exactly. Of some history. Yes. Exactly. The coal mine there was founded about 100 year ago. Because theyve discovered the coal in the town in 1913. And since then, theyre producing coal there. So People Living in soma are really related with mines and coal industry. And ive seen some reports, people saying that people from soma saying that theyve seen many tragedies, but not as big as this one. And i think thats something the Energy Minister would concur with, isnt it . Exactly. Thank you very much indeed. Obviously well keep across the scene there. If the Prime Minister arrives well be straight back to that. I want to draw on something that Andrew Watson said to me a short while ago. Hes the Operations Manager for mines rescue. I was speaking to him from our studio. He said turkey is a country, frankly, known for having a pretty poor record on mine safety. I know they dont have they arent held in high regard around the world regards to safety standards. And in what regard . What is their problem, if i can put it that way . I think its a combination of not controlling the major hazards, but its also we have individual miners that have been injured. But if you look around the world, the world can control the major mining hazards. Obviously something has gone wrong at this mine. Clearly. Part of it, presumably, is a cultural issue, isnt it, as well, that theres a certain acceptance . We actually heard a quote from the Prime Minister from five years ago saying this mining profession has dying in its destiny. Culture is the most difficult thing to change. Its also the most important thing to drive change. And its the attitude towards safety. Its given miners the confidence that they dont have to take shortcuts. Can i ask you this question about the change of shifts as well . Seems lightly off to me. I dont know. Maybe its Standard Practice that you would have two shifts, effecti effectively, of miners down at the same time rather than up at the same time. No. I mean, you want the mining to continue. Its a quite common process. You would change the shifts at the machines. Just to keep the function going. That is common practice. Okay. The unfortunate part is what youve seen with this. You finish with a double shift underground. I understand all these miners would have masks, would have gas masks. There would not be much you could do against an inferno underground. But masks would help, wouldnt they, against toxic gases . The masks are there to prevent against Carbon Monoxide. Depending on the levels of Carbon Monoxide. They would last about an hour and a half. Which normally would give miners enough time to escape and get to safety. The hope with regard to the rescue is that the miners havent had to resort to using them. That theyve got themselves barricaded in somewhere and they can monitor the atmosphere and judge for themselves when they need to put their respirators on. Thats what the focus of the rescue will be at this moment. Thats Andrew Watson who was talking to me just a short while ago. Do stay with us here on bbc world news. Still to come in the program, the Oscar Pistorius murder trial is suspended. That so that the athlete can undergo psychiatric ded. That so that the athlete can undergo psychiatric tests. Ss s. Failure to disappear. A b reckless seeding. Failure to disappear. A ba bard inon. Seeding. Eowner es mat a ba bard inon. Seeding. Into own h. Rthob go th ttou inuoay w th ttoukills withrmincent. Guaranteed. Weeds killed. Lawn restored. Justice served. Ha justice served. Weed b gon max with the onetouch wand. Order ortho. 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At a Police Briefing in beijing chinese officials claim gsks former head of chinese operations, mark reilly, and two other executives ordered staff to commit bribery that brought in illegal revenue worth billions of yuan. Three travel agencies facilitate bribes to doctors and officials back in july. Lets take a listen to what one representative on the Economic Crime unit at the covert Security Bureau had to say. Translator the more drugs they sold, the more bribes they gave. The more describes they gave, the higher the drug price was. To accomplish sales targets, they adopted many new methods to boost the sales. They encouraged their employees to bribe on a large scale. Glaxosmithklines behavior demonstrates a complete chain of bribery. We have had a statement from gsk. They say, we take the allegations that have been raised very seriously. We will continue to fully cooperate with the authorities in this matter. We want to reach a resolution that will enable the company to continue to make an important contribution to the health and welfare of china and its citizens. Thats business from me, david. Back to you. Thanks a lot. The judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial in south africa has ruled that mr. Pistorius should be sent for 30 days of psychiatric tests as requested by the prosecution. The judge ruled that it would be preferable for Oscar Pistorius to be evaluated as an outpatient. Translator during argument, inevitably means more delays in finalizing this matter. But this is not about anyones convenience. But rather about whether justice has been served. It is necessary to emphasize that an application of this nature is never taken lightly. As it is an integral part of a fair trial. Having regards to the above, i am satisfied that a case has been laid out for the application or the release of such by the state. I shall grant that order. However, the specific order itself will be handed down on tuesday next week. Thats the ruling from the judge. Within the last hour or so, Oscar Pistoriuss uncle has issued a statement on behalf of the family. This is what he had to say. As a family, we are confident in the details of this case. And the judges commitment of using every avenue to ensure a fair trial. Its about a fair trial. And we, in turn, are confident in the South African justice system. Our correspondent in pretoria also gave us more detail about the ruling. This is very clear that the state made its case just on the basis of an allegation. So if the allegation has been made and the judge is satisfied that that allegation is relevant, as mentioned by dr. Foster in her evidence, therefore the criminal procedure act states that the court shall grant the referral. So that is what judge masipa has decided. I think tuesday, as you just heard there, will be the day when the order will be prepared. And she was then raising the possible implications of psychiatric tests from the possibility of diminished criminal responsibility even . Reporter very much so. And that is what gerrie nel raised yesterday. This may, in fact, come up in appeal. What you have here is the prosecution is so confident that Oscar Pistorius may well be found guilty in this trial. What they are trying to avoid here is a loop hope that might come up later when hes appealing after the judgment has been handed down. They dont want this generalized anxiety disorder to come up during appeal. Thats what gerrie nel explained yesterday. Justice must be served. As the trial was due to end this week, we could be looking on way through the summer here. Reporter theres a long waiting list for the health institution. So i wonder how far down the line Oscar Pistorius will be waiting to get into that Mental Institution for a 30day observation. So were in for a long time, indeed, david. Milton nkosi there. Let me take you back to the scene of the coal mine disaster in western turkey. This is soma mine. What you see before you among the orange suits of the rescue workers are many of the families of those miners who were underground. 787 of them in all. I should just remind you that. With me is beril eski from the Turkish Service. Run through briefly if you can, what happened. Yesterday, it was in the afternoon turkish time, there was an explosion in the coal mine which is in soma in western turkey. Its a place close to istanbul. And after the explosion, there was fire and there was a lot of gas running in the mine. And hundreds of workers were trapped there. The numbers we know so far are more than 700 people. Almost half of them were released from the mine. But half is still there. And its been almost 20 hours since the accident. The hopes are fading as the time goes by. Were waiting for good news still. But the families are going angry and serious. I can imagine it must be desperate for them. Beril, thank you very much, indeed. Were also waiting for the Prime Minister resepp tayyip erdogan. We will bring that to you as soon as he appears and hear what he has to say on whats being described as turkeys worst industrial accident. Youre watching bbc world news. Ding lawnw did ed o it so lastult. Get a load of this bad boy. Sweet ts getoad ofs bad sweet caring ts for your lawn snapcrackin simple, guaranteed. Just take the handy, nomess bag, then snap, lock, and go. Just take the handy, nomesg,. Just take the handy, theap, loand go, a d theap sr, g cotts a new day for lawn care, feed your lawn. Feed it couch, d your lawn. Ead of hancelebrate ial day could be p to 40 off hs what are you waiting for . vo celebrate this memorial day with up to 40 off hotels l so [ maed ou h, nnounesses. Thatht f. Legam has ed sta over 1lion b with easy stepbystep guidance, nwe have a personalized legam haslegal solution over 1lion b thats right for you. 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Translator some of our brothers have been pulled out of the debris. As for the others, rescuers continue to work. We hope that the others will be rescued as well. This is the scene live outside the mine in soma where that effort of rescuing is being hampered by fires still burning 2,000 meters underground. The Oscar Pistorius murder trial faces a lengthy delay after the judge ordered the athlete to undergo psychiatric tests as requested by the prosecution. I am satisfied that a case has been laid out for the application. Or the release of such by the state. And i shall grant that order. Hello. Thanks very much indeed for joining us. We bring you live pictures from the scene in western turkey of a coal mine where hopes of finding any survivors after an explosion there are fading. Rescuers really racing against time now to reach the men still trapped underground. In all, 787 people were in the mine at the time of the explosion. 205 have been confirmed dead. Several hundred more are unaccounted for. So the death toll is likely to rise. What the countrys Energy Minister says is its turkeys deadly ie deadliest ever. The accident itself happened in the western town of soma. Here it is about 250 kilometers south of istanbul. There was an explosion at around 12 30 gmt on tuesday. That was triggered by a faulty electrical transformer. The effect was a fire which started two kilometers below the surface. That caused the mines elevators to stop working. And it knocked out critically the ventilation systems. Some of the miners are as far as four kilometers from the entrance to the mine itself. So it is a very difficult and painstaking task to try to reach them. In the last few weeks, questions have been raised about the safety of this actual mine. In a statement on the owners website, it said the accident occurred despite the highest Safety Measures and constant controls. Heres mike wooldridge. Reporter a rescued worker emerging alive from the mine to the cheers and applause of onlookers. But it was as hopes were fading further for the scores still trapped in the mine on the morning after the explosion and fire. While there were miners brought out as rescue work continued through the night, ambulances also carried away a number of bodies. Officials said many of the dead fell victim to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The accident had occurred when the miners were preparing for shift change, meaning there was a particularly large number in the mine. 787, according to the authorities. Emotions were running high around the mine entrance as relatives waited in increasing desperation for news of their loved ones, while others found their worst fears were realized. Turkeys president has declared three days of National Mourning. Translator may god wish mercy upon our brothers who lost their lives. And i hope our wounded brothers will get well soon. Rescue work is under way at the coal mine to rescue brothers trapped there. Reporter the Energy Minister visited the scene as rescue workers continued to pump oxygen into the mine in the hope of keeping trapped miners alive. The mine owner said the accident happened despite what they called the highest Safety Measures. But the minister also said the government would not turn a blind eye if any negligence was revealed. These cct pictures showing rescue workers moving underground. As the hours pass and the gravity of the tragedy becomes ever clearer, the distress of relatives only deepens. Such scenes were echoed at the nearby hospital. Paramilitary police were guarding the entrance to the mine to enable the rescue to continue unhindered. And teams of psychiatrists were being organized to counsel families of the victims. A colleague of one of the missing miners said all the victims are our friends. Mike wooldridge, bbc news. Reporter rengin aslan is at the mine. She just sent this latest update. On the rescue effort. Reporter here are the families waiting desperately for this news from the relatives in the coal mine. Most probably, they were here all night. And theyre really exhausted. And now i see workers are having a short rest as well here. And on the other side, the rescue operation is going on. This is where rescue operators are coming down and coming up. And its a rainy day in soma. Its not a good morning for turkey. The toll will be rising, most of the people are expecting here. Actually, they are not awaiting good news. And there are many, many ambulances in the area. And two of them is there. And this is the new tent pitched here. Officials are working at the scene as well. Those are the pictures on the ground there from aslan reporting from soma whos been reporting since the accident. At the hospital many relatives have gathered to get news of their loved ones. Reporter to give you a precise location, im actually at the hospital in soma. Because surrounding me here are several hundred relatives. And theyre all waiting for news of their family members. Of sons, brothers, nephews, husbands who remain trapped underneath the mine. A lot of them are standing around in front of me. Some are in a knot a few meters away from me and are crying and sobbing. Others are simply sitting on the pavement. Some are holding their heads. Some are trying to get something to eat. All theyre doing here is waiting. Theyre being guarded by unarmed police in tshirts. Clearly the police are here, but they dont want to look too intimidating. These relatives feel that the only place for them to be at the moment is here at the hospital. Is there i appreciate, james, you know, you havent been that long. Youre at the hospital at the moment. But the overwhelming sense were getting is that very few people have any hope at all really for those still missing. Reporter its difficult to tell from having just got here. The people weve spoken to in the last few minutes say that they will not give up hope. That they are simply waiting. Of course, they may remember other natural disasters or disasters in years gone by where people have been dragged out of wreckage, particularly in earthquakes after several days. I think they will have that in the back of their minds. I feel its too soon for them to give up. Then again, theyll also look at their watches and see that the explosion and the fire in the mine happened about 21 hours ago. And so many miners were killed in that explosion. Obviously may make them think the worst about those left. Again, these are relatives. These are people who will wait right till the end for news about their family members trapped underground. Yeah. I mean, this is were talking nearly 800 people underground at the time of the accident itself. Its clearly an established mining community, isnt it, soma . How big is the place . Reporter soma itself, the town, is about 76,000 people live here. But crucially, the mine accounts for about 6,500 employees. Over 8 to 10 people actually work in this mine. I think that gives you an indication of just how important an influential mining is here. Just to put that into per sp perspecti perspective, the turkish government in recent years made a focus on getting more coal out of the ground and importing less gas. Of course, the opposition and a number of people have called into question the safety of these particular mines. It was the opposition just a few weeks ago which raised questions about Mining Operations here in parliament. The opposition says that the government did not respond positively to those questions. A lot of people around here in the crowd are now awaiting the arrival at some point today of the Prime Minister, resepp tayyip erdogan. James renn noeynolds there. We are still waiting for mr. Erdogan. When he does, well go live. A member of turkeys independent health and safety watch committee was asked for the response to the tragedy. The first reaction, we are all speechless. People will try to foresee the reasons of working accidents and do something against it. You foresee something coming. But the disaster comes in such a scale that makes us really speechless. Yes. You say you can sometimes foresee something happening. There were fears about the safety record, indeed, of this particular mine. Only a few weeks ago. Yes. In this particular mine and in the Mining Industry in general. In all the Booming Industries in general. We can i will be i could be talking about construction industry, which is one of the i could be talking about the shipyards. Were always talking about the same way of growing. Growing at the detriment of labors, occupation hazards. So your message is that basically, turkey as a country in terms of regulation is not keeping pace with the speed with which its growing and modernizing . The speed with which its growing. And this is evidence in the sectors where the death toll is the biggest. And the way the country is working. I mean, the type of precarious labor. This is a result of this. Its so evident. Theres a 2010 study that shows the death toll in the private outsourced mines where the labor is more precarious is 11 times higher than in the public mines. So theres such an evidence. Relationship between precarious labor and right. Its not a small company. The Holding Company which owns this mine where the accident occurred is not a small company. Has got the second highest were talking about big actors who are involved. That was a member of turkeys independent labor, health and safety watch committee. This is the scene live at the site in soma where youll see occasionally some orange clad people. They are part of the rescue operation. And those in white as well. But the rest, by and large, are either miners or relatives and friends of miners who are trapped underground. 787 of them caught underground at the time of the explosion. Beril eski from the Turkish Service is joining me now. Theres a slight time delay, but effectively live pictures there. Well go back to them in a second. As, indeed, is the whole of turkey, i guess. Whats the response across the country . Its a very trfragile situatn in the area and all around turkey. As the minister of energy said, its the worst accident involving the workers so far in turkish history. So weve seen social media calls for protests in istanbul and taksim where before many protests were held. Also there are pictures going around on social media. We can see people lying on the floor to protest the company and the government about the accident. Theres a trending hashtag saying that this is not an accident. This is a murder. And its really trending. And everyone is sharing their thoughts with that hashtag. What i can observe is theres a theres an emerging anger among people in the turkey. Given the Energy Minister has said its the worst accident, and we know that there was an accident 20 years ago in which more than 260 people died, i guess people are putting two and two together and saying we should probably prepare ourselves for a much greater number. Probably. Because the minister of energy said that he received some numbers of dead people from the company. But he didnt want to share those numbers specifically because he didnt explain why. And that can be something to prepare us for a worst case scenario. Beril, thanks very much, indeed, for that. Head to the website, bbc. Com. Weve got a special live page with all the latest updates on the story. Just put news at the end. Hope youll stay with us here on bbc world news. Got a lot more still to bring you, including the Oscar Pistorius murder trial suspended for the athlete to undergo for the athlete to undergo psychiatric tests. [ shwelln bl bri had to, no about stop day comi th tory ativ[ ship horn blows ] no, no stop e day were coming up with the theory of relativ with great ideas like optional better car replacement deas ltotaoption car aner carive lacemee mo from Liberty Mutual insurance. Total your car an give the mo to buy one ay muel yeansurwer. Leabout to bsibiibertymuel yeansurwer. Liberty mutual insurance. Respbility ats ypolicy tingvege ery l runn can the mng . Yeah [ ttingldvr vegea v8es every . I can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] couldve had a v8. Two full servings of vegetables for elicious [ male announcer ] couldve had a v8. Welcome back to bbc world news with me, david eades. The latest headlines. Fears are growing for more than 200 men still trapped underground after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in turkey. 205 have already been confirmed dead. The Oscar Pistorius murder trial faces a lengthy delay after the judge orders the athlete to undergo psychiatric tests. Well get to more on that, actually. Because the judge has ruled that the defendant, Oscar Pistorius, should be sent for 30 days of psychiatric tests. That was requested by the prosecution, in fact. Judge masipa ruled that it would be preferable for Oscar Pistorius to be evaluated as an out patient. Heres her judgment. It is so as cause for state submitted during argument that inevitably means more delays in finalizing this matter. But this is not about anyones convenience. But rather about whether justice has been served. It is necessary to emphasize that an application of this nature is never taken lightly. As it is an integral part of a fair trial. Having regards to the above, i am satisfied that a case has been laid out for the application or the relief of such by the state. And i shall grant that order. However, the specific order itself will be handed down on tuesday next week. Well, in just the last hour or so Oscar Pistoriuss uncle has made a statement on behalf of the family. This is what he had to say. As a family, we are confident of the details of this judgment. And judge masipas commitment, using every avenue to ensure a fair trial. Its about a fair trial. It reaffirms our confidence in south africas justice system. So a very positive statement there from the uncle of Oscar Pistorius. Our correspondent in pretoria, milton nkosi, talked with us more about the ruling. Reporter this is very clear that the state made its case just on the basis of an allegation. So if the allegation has been made and the judge is satisfied that that allegation is relevant as mentioned by dr. Foster in her evidence, therefore, the criminal procedure act states that the court shall grant the referral. So that is what judge masipa has decided. And i think that tuesday, as you just heard there, will be the day when the order will be prepared. And she was then raising the possible implications of psychiatric tests from the possibility of diminished criminal responsibility, even . Reporter very much so. And that is what gerrie nel raised yesterday. That this may even come up in appeal. So, in effect, what you have here, david, is that the prosecution is so confident that Oscar Pistorius may well be found guilty in this trial, what they are trying to avoid here is a loophole that might come up later when hes appealing after the judgment has been handed down. They dont want this generalized anxiety disorder to come up during appeal. Thats what gerrie nel explained yesterday. But justice must be seen to be served. This trial was due to come to an end the end of this week. We could be looking on way through the summer here. Reporter theres a long waiting list for the health institution. So i wonder how far down the line Oscar Pistorius will be waiting to get into that Mental Institution for a 30day observation. So were in for a long time, indeed, david. Beijing has expressed serious concerns over protests in vietnam in which several factories were set on fire by antichina demonstrators. These workers took part in these protests. Theyre over chinas deployment earlier in the month of an oil rig in disputed waters in the south china sea. The latest protests were in southern vietnam. Factories thought to be owned by Chinese Companies were burned down. Several people were arrested. The fate of nigerias kidnapped schoolgirls has certainly captured the worlds attention over the last month. And wednesday marks a year since parts of the country were placed under a state of emergency. It was in may 2013 that there was a surge of troops in three states in the north. Aimed at the Islamist Militant Group boko haram which was initially pushed back. Over the past year, though, 1,500 people have been killed across the country. And the militants have struck back. On tuesday, president Goodluck Jonathan announced that the state of energy be extended by six months. Few people think that will be effective. The Nigerian Government also says its exploring all options to secure the release of the schoolgirls kidnapped by boko haram. Our correspondent mark doyle has visited a Government School in the capital, abuja, to hear how children and teachers feel about their safety. Reporter its become every school childs nightmare. Even here in the relative safety of the nigerian capital abuja, the childrens thoughts are with their kidnapped colleagues. I feel really terrible. Because theyre just like me. So no one knows how they are. [ indecipherable ] reporter nigeria is a big country. Schools like this are part of a reality, too. But the mass kidnapping has served to highlight the vicious war taking place between boko haram and the Nigerian Government. But boko haram have attacked targets here in abuja as well. So the head of the school says she follows the governments security advice. Maintaining a firm perimeter of walls and fencing around her charges. Schools are not fenced. Before schools are not fenced. Now almost all the schools are fenced. Check in and out. Reporter the boarding school that was attacked in northeastern nigeria, its girls taken away, would have needed more than good fencing. Its in the middle of a war zone. Boko haram means western education is a sin. And the leader of the Nigerian Union of teachers says over 170 of his members have been killed by the islamist group. These people just come from nowhere and begin to shoot. They are the educators. They are the ones that preach the gospel of education. What they want is arabic education. In an attempt to say you are to give this education to the young girls, you are their target, and you are enemy number one. Reporter so its come to this. Parts of nigeria are not safe for School Children or their teachers. Mark doyle, bbc news, abuja. I just want to bring you back to our main story and give you the picture as it is live in turkey. In western turkey, soma mine where the rescue operation continues almost 24 hours now after an explosion from an electrical fault led to hundreds of miners being trapped underground. 787 in all. As a result of that with Carbon Monoxide poisoning, with fires underground, its been confirmed 205 already are confirmed dead. 363 people accounted for. That still leaves more than 400 unaccounted for. 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