three officers are killed in a shooting hunting for a gunman. hello. thanks for being with us. bowe is free at last. calls for celebration you may think. the hometown of the serviceman released from taliban after five years of captivity has called off the homecoming. there's growing controversy with several former army colleagues claiming sergeant bergdahl desserted his post in afghanistan. the u.s. defense secretary has defended the decision to go ahead with the deal without first going to congress. >> this was the right decision for the right reasons. we don't leave our people behind. how circumstances, why the disappearance, the army has already address had the. we'll get to that. these are strong people. they're reassured. they're thankful their son is safe. their prepared to help do everything they can to get him put back together. >> american senators were briefed last night. many were not convinced. what was the urgency in doing this deal. what specifically made you do hit without going to congress and saying we want to give you the heads up here? >> obviously i can't get into specifics, intelligence information. we are aware of that. we had three hearings yesterday, meetings, briefings to all members of senate. staff members, senior staff members. we'll follow on with this next week when all members are back. we're being completely transparent and where we need to be -- >> he's out now. do we know of health issues? >> yes, we'll get to all those questions. i'm going to answer your bigger question. there's a lot of classified information how and when we got him out, methods used. these are important classified documents. we're sharing these things by the way in classified forms with appropriate committees top. your bigger question, why now? it was our judgment based on information we had, his life and health were in peril. >> chuck hagel there. interesting listening to him. there are americans thinking really, did we go to all these lengths to get this guy out? >> this has provoked more of a storm than the administration expected. a storm on two counts. one count was the price that had to be paid to get him back, release of five senior taliban officials that will now go live. was that worth it? were there risks involved in that? secondly because of the circumstances surrounding sergeant bergdahl's disappearance. some argue not only he voluntarily disappeared but his post, he desserted his post. there's a lot of allegations in the search for him, a number of american servicemen may have lost their lives. >> do you think the administration realized that this was not going to be a pr triumph. now he's home, and they're facing the fact this isn't perhaps a good a deal for them. they had to do it any way. >> there's a strong tradition in the american military that they get their people back. there are departments looking for remains servicemen from vietnam conflict, korean war and so on. it was important they believed to get him back. he was the only person pow in this war. you heard from the u.s. defense secretary there were concerns about his life and health being in peril. it's not clear what was meant there. it will be revealed. there's a lot of controversy because a lot of congressmen and senators thought they should have been told in advance. they're making a lot of noise about it. it's a very political way. i think it's interesting the american administration is making a clear distinction between getting people back, and that is what they've done in this case, and the issue of what were the circumstances surrounding his actual disappearance in the first place. they say there's a full inquiry. secretary hagelle said yesterday there is going to be a clear investigation of what happened. the important thing firsz was to bring him back. apparently they had concerns about his health and potentially about his life being in peril. >> a lot more questions to be answered. you can see that interview with the u.s. secretary of defense at 11:00 "gmt" on bbc world news. police in the small canadian town in moncton are hunting for a gunman that shot dead three of their colleagues. it happened in brunswick 7:30 in the evening local time. police responded to reports of an armed man in the street. residents of moncton are told to stay indoors and not approach the gunmen in camouflage gear and carrying at least two guns. police say the suspect is a 24-year-old justin bourque of moncton. >> around 7:30 on june 4th, while responding to a call of an armed man in the city of moncton, three officers were shot and killed. two other officers were also injured, but their life is not a threat at this time. at this precise moment, we are still actively looking for the shooter. he is believed to still be in the pine hurst subdivision area of moncton. we are urging the people who live in that area to stay inside and lock their doors and to the people to stay away from that area if they don't have to be in there to allow us to do our job and locate this individual as quickly as possible. >> now it should have been the g 8 meeting in sochi and russia, instead it's the g7 of exclusion of russia's president putin. while he's off the guest list, he's on the agenda and in the thoughts of g7 leaders. they issued a statement saying they're ready to intensify targeted sanctions against russia if moscow doesn't ease the tensions in ukraine. those measures come on top of the sanctions already imposed against russian officials, individuals and institutions like banks. president putin was not enjoying the breakfast at the start of the day with other world leaders in brussels. that's not to say he's all together absent from their dinner plans. the french president is expected to meet mr. putin for dinner paris according to the french newspapers. this is what this president had to say about the former exclusion of russia and about meetings planned with mr. putin as the summit closes. >> we are for dialogue not for confrontation. we're keeping a dialogue with russia. i think this is important. another thing is accept russia as a like-minded partner in a forum of democracies like g 8 or g7. it's powerful we cannot accept vladimir putin as legitimate member of the g 8. of course we're keeping our ways of dialogue with him and russia. we have to recognize russia is necessary to find a solution for issues that are important for our continent including the important issue of ukraine. >> that's the president of the european commission. i'm joined by michael williams. i wonder if you get a sense now this is a slihifting of the plates. is this real talk to at last defuse issues in ukraine. >> there definitely is. the issue is order and justice in ukraine. the g7 leaders have to choose between stabilizing the situation regardless of how they feel about what happened there or pursue the path of justice, trying to stand up for the sovereign government to the extreme pushing russia into a corner instead of pushing against russian motives. looks like they're going more for order with light warnings about further sanctions. >> it hasn't been a terrible struggle so far. it's been emotional in the way different country have responded to russia. it's time for a change on that. >> there has been a larger strategic struggle behind the confli conflict. especially russian and ukrainian populations for historic regions. this is a push back against the last 20 years washington wanted to do what it wanted, was able to pursue the liberalism and democracy. russia is pushing against that and staying out of affairs supposedly of other nations. what they've done here is get involved in ukrainian affairs and pushed back against america. >> i suppose there's a response from russia, moscow and ukraine when americans offer further assistance so kiev as they're doing at the moment and specifically offers in terms of material help, that's not going to help the situation. >> no. it's a large aid package including certain technology, night visioning goggles to give forces the edge. it's legal. there's nothing wrong with the u.s. government doing that. it's transparent. it will cause the russians to act in a specificati way. the russians will be this is just an american response to that. the question is whether it pacifies or intensifies the c conflict on the ground. the u.s. feels this is necessary to help with the situation. >> we'll see in the next day or two. whether those talks might head to -- some say already too late to help the civil war in ukraine. let's look at the east of the country. region of donetsk declared itself people's republic. steve rosenburg has been sitting down with the man who appointed himself chairman to find out how far it is from reconciliation from kiev. >> the worst thing is people are becoming use to war despite what the media are saying especially ukrainian media. this is now a full scale civil war. innocent civilians are being killed. these deaths are no longer creating shock as the first victims did. the fact that ukraine has held a presidential election and poroshenko has won it, that doesn't change the situation. we think he's the one giving orders now. they want to get the dirty work done before his inauguration to make him look whiter than white. will they succeed? we'll see. we're not going anywhere. this is our home. >> so you're saying there's no way back? there's no way back to a united ukraine for donetsk? >> translator: we have passed the point of no return. if there be no aggression by kiev, no victims, then we could have held a referendum about being part of united ukraine. the state of ukraine doesn't exist anymore. >> do you exclude having talks with the new president? >> translator: talks isn't the right word. dialogue is possible. we view russia in that role. there are two questions we could discuss. first exchange of prisoners and second withdraw of all ukrainian military units from our territory. >> how important is assistance from russia. there are reports of volunteers coming to fight on your side in ukraine. >> translator: the volunteers keep coming, not just from russia. there are more from russia because we and the russians are one people. we were born in the same country, soviet union. we grew up with the same ideals, have the same heros. fo our fathers and grandfathers defeated the nazis. i want to go back to the situation regarding bowe bergdahl and what the u.s. defense secretary has had to say. we are joined on the line now from romania. i wonder what your impression is from the interview which you had with chuck hagel. are you convinced by the need to get bergdahl out now? >> i pushed him on that question. a lot of criticism is coming from members of congress asking that question, why didn't you inform us, give us the 30 days to respond to this? why did you have to get him out immediately? secretary hagel's response was they had information his life and health was in peril. he easy to look back and say 24 to 48 hours. we felt we had to get him out. we couldn't risk the process of leaks with a 30 day window. he didn't specifically say we thought he had 48 hours and had to move immediately. i thought it was interesting he raised that time frame. >> how aware do you think the administration was about bowe bergdahl and indeed the rumors, speculation about what he was doing when he got picked up. was he desserted or not? >> they're having an investigation into that. they'll certainly be talking to him about that. officially there will be a report on that. i think they have been quite taken by surprise about the degree of criticism surrounding the release. the secretary spoke to bergdahl's family. i asked how they're responding to this criticism. he said they're strong but conscious to the criticism surrounding their son's release. >> thank you there from row mania. stay with us here on bbc world news. more of the government inquiry of the death of 800 children whose 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what will they do? one move is cutting the benchmark interest rate -- currently quarter to 1%. cutting to 0.1%. already at the low 0.25%. will that do anything for employment or unemployment problems? probably not, some are suggesting. also a negative deposit rate. it would charge banks for holding onto their money. it's a way of forcing the banks not to give it to ecb but to joe blow on the street and take the risk of lending if you will. we'll break that news as it comes out in just over an hour's time. we'll also be discussing how successful these measures could be. all of that on "gmt." also football mania is taking off around the world. how profitable and cash rich is it? 2012-13 season, revenue exceeded $27 billion in all leagues. britain's premiere league generated more than $4 billion for the season. in terms of which league was the most profitable, that accolade goes to germany's league. we also ask the question, what's behind all that money? what are they spending it on? it's fair to say the football players aren't paid too badly. it's wages. a lot goes out in wages. we'll dig in further on "gmt." take a look at south africa where mining output has seen the biggest slump since 1867. the battle over pay in south african mines is already threatening to push the country into recession. now the association of mine workers and construction yuan, amcu is asking the court for permission to wide tennessee strike action to the gold industry. all of that coming up on "gmt" and throughout the rest of the day on the business. that's it for business now. back to you. >> i know there's wealthy clubs. they're almost all in debt as well. >> big debt indeed david. >> what a world. >> thanks a lot. to the catholic church in ireland now. it's told order of nuns there must cooperate with inquiry into the discovery of remains of nearly 800 children in an unmarked grave. that mass grave was first discovered almost 40 years ago now on the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers. it was assumed at the time the children died during ireland's great famine of the 1840s. new research points to the issue of the 20th century. >> the virgin mary looks down on the spot where the mass grave was found. on the grounds of a former home for unmarried mother, run by nuns in the catholic church. the grave was found 40 years ago. we're told it contains remains of those that died during the great famine. these men remember the day they made the grim discovery. >> there it was. skulls piled on top of each other. eight or nine feet deep. >> it's hard to describe. at the time we didn't realize the magnitude of what was going on. we were kids. >> new research found the grave contained the bodies of almost 80 babies and children who were buried inside a septic tank. the children were aged between two days and nine years old. they died between 1925 and 1961. death records show that most of the children died of sickness or disease. >> we can't judge the past from our point of view and our lens. all we can do is mark it appropriately and make sure will is a suitable place people can come and remember the babies that died here. >> this is the latest in a string of troubling abuse allegations against the catholic church. campaigners are calling for full public inquiry. the government says they're taking the allegations over this case seriously. >> what government is doing here is establishing facts with a view towards insuring we can get to the bottom of this issue. it's a matter of great public upset. >> the local community is now trying to raise funds for a permanent memorial. going to bring you news of a military jet in the u.s. which has crash raed into a residential street in southern california. it's a jet that exploded on impact in the city 120 kilometers east of san diego. people living nearby said it felt like an earthquake. the explosion that came afterwards and fire destroyed two houses. no one was hurt. bbc.com/news for more of course. thanks for watching bbc world news. you need to see this. show 'em the curve. ♪ do you know what this means? 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we hear from the man who claims he's the chairman of the people of donetsk to find out. hello. bowe is free at last. that should be a cause for celebration shouldn't it? the hometown of sergeant bowe bergdahl, the american servicemen released by the ta y taliban has called off his homecoming ceremony. there's growing controversy of the release. several army colleagues claimed bergdahl desserted his post in afghanistan. speaking to katty kay, chuck hagel defends the deal without first going to congress. >> this is the decision for the right reasons. we don't leave our people behind. what circumstances, the reason behind the disappearance. the army has address had the. we'll get to that. these are strong people. they're reassured, thankful their son is safe. they're prepared to help do everything they can to get him put back together. >> american senators were briefed last night. many of them are still not convinced. what was the urgency in doing this deal. what specifically made you do it without going to congress and say we want to give you the heads up here. >> obviously i can't get into the specifics of the details, the intelligence information. we are doing that by the way. so you're aware of it, we had three meetings yesterday, briefings, to all members of the senate, to senior staff members. we'll follow on with this next week when all members are back. we're being completely transparent and where we need to be -- >> he's out now. >> we'll get to all those questions. i'm going to answer your bigger question. there's a lot of classified information in how we got him out, when we got him out, methods used. these are important classified documents. we're sharing these things by the way in classified forms with appropriate committees. to your bigger question, why now? it was our judgment based on the information that we had that his life, his health were in peril. >> u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel. it's been reported from nigeria the boko haram militants dressed as soldiers have killed 200 civilians in the northeast of the country. the group wants to establish an islamic state. this happened monday. an unnamed community leader who witnessed the killings said residents had been warned and pleaded for military to send soldiers. he said no help arrived. three communities of the local government district in borno were attacked in this incident also confirmed by security officials in the state capital. the catholic church has told nuns they must cooperate with inquiry into the discovery of remains of 800 children in an unmarked grave. it was discovered 40 years ago, in the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers. it was thought at the time that the children had died during island's great famine of the 1840s. research now points though to an incident to the 20th century. >> the virgin mary looks down on the spot where the mass grave was found. on the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers, run by nuns of the catholic church. the grave was found 40 years ago. people were told it contains remains of those that died in the great famine. these men remember the day they made the grim discovery. >> there it was. skulls piled up top of each other. maybe eight or nine feet deep. >> it's hard to describe. you know what i mean? at the time we didn't realize the magnitude of what was going on. we were kids. >> new research by a local historian found the grave contained the bodies of almost 800 babies and children. the children were between two days and nine years old. they died between 1925 and 1961. death records show most died of sickness or disease. >> we can't judge the past from our point of view and our lens. all we can do is mark it appropriately and make sure there is a suitable place where people can come and remember the babies that a died here. >> this is the latest in the string of troubling abuse allegations against the catholic church. campaigners are calling for full public inquiry. the government says they're taking the allegations over this case very seriously. >> what government is doing here is establishing the facts with a view towards insuring we can get to the bottom of this issue. it's a matter of great public upset. >> the local community is now trying to raise funds for a permanent memorial. bbc news. >> let's get more on this. we'll speak to the iriish journalist. thank you. we heard him saying we can't judge the past through our modern lens. is that how people are perceiving it? >> there's a phase over the last two decades of inquiries into a legacy of abuse in institutions which are under the control of church orders. really what happened in ireland post independence was the state handed over authority for a variety of homes and institutions where vulnerable people were living who had orders of what went on in institutions nothing short of torture, horrendous conditions. people are aware of this thing quite some time in ireland. the discovery of 800 bodies in a pit, in a septic tank has brought great shock. the fact they're in a septic tank shows this is more recent than the famine times. why were these children treated like this by people that were supposed to be caring for them? these are issues supposed to be looking into. they will agree with the explanation of the digging of bodies to try to find out what happened to children. >> i was going to ask you about that. how much of a concession is this from the church to say look, you're going to have to cooperate with this? >> well the archbishop of dublin has said he wants all investigations to look into what happened here. the church has undergone something of a revolution. we see it with the election of the pope francis as well now. because of what has happened, the secrets of the past actively covered up. there were questions over what he had done in terms of investigationing the i investigating. the church has been diminished by scandals. it's no surprise leading church figures will be demanding proper inquiry into what looks to be a horrendous, graphic example of these practices that went on and what people will say. >> thank you very much. police in the small canadian town are still hunting for a gunman that shot dead three colleagues. it happened in new brunswick around 7:30 in the evening. as police responded to reports of an armed man out on the street. residents in moncton to stay indoors, not to approach the gunman in camouflage gear carrying two guns. melissa is a reporter for bbc and gave us the latest on the man hunt there. >> at this point there's still many police officers on the scenes from the surrounding areas on the ground trying to track down the gunman last seen in a small subdivision called pine hurst. as you had mentioned it is virtually locked down. there's no access to the neighborhood. at this point they're trying to flush out where he might be hiding and has been hiding now for several hours. this has been going on since approximately 7:30 this evening local time. so at this point police are anxiously trying to find the suspect. we haven't heard any updates. the last one was from the police approximately 45 minutes ago. they posted on twitter they are still searching and asking people to stay in their homes and lock their doors. and to only call police if they happen to notice gunman out. he is quite noticeable. there was a picture released of him earlier. he looks like -- i've heard comparisons to rambo wearing camouflage, carrying rifles. quite a stark image and a tragic night here in brunswick. >> now to the summit that should have been the g 8 ends up as a g7 because of the exclusion of russia's president putin. instead of being in sochi as guests of mr. putin, it's taking place in brussels. g7 leaders have issued a joint statement saying they're ready now to intensify targeted sanctions against russia if moscow doesn't help to ease tensions in eastern ukraine. those measures come on sanctions already imposed against russian officials, individuals, institutions like banks. president putin was not sharing breakfast this morning with other world leaders. that doesn't mean he's all together absent from dinner plans. the french president is expected to meet mr. putin for dinner paris according to french newspapers. this is what the president of the european commission had to say about the formal exclusion of russia and also meetings planned with mr. putin once the similar -- the summit closes. >> we are keeping dialogue with russia which is important. another thing is accept russia in the forum. it's powerful we cannot accept vladimir putin as member of the g 8. of course we're keeping our ways of dialogue with them, russia, because we have to recognize russia is necessary to find a solution for the issues that are important for our continent including the issue of ukraine. >> so some meetings will still go ahead in paris later between mr. putin and his british and french counter parts we understand. let's speak to daniel in moscow and ask him whether the kremlin was ready to shift the stance. >> i'm not sure ready to shift. it's a leadership hoping they may be able to defuse the situation. they want to defuse without with giving anything away. they want the western powers to recognize the fact crimea is now effectively part of russia. they want the western powers when it comes to eastern ukraine to persuade the government in kiev to give the people in eastern ukraine the rights that they're asking for. that's the moscow perspective. they believe people are asking for more rights, at least autonomy of kiev. they're not given that. i don't think it's necessarily about a shift but a hope the dialogue will lead things more in that direction. don't forget this summit that's now taking place in western europe was supposed to be taking place in sochi. it was supposed to be a g 8 summit in sochi and southern russia and has turn into a g7 with president putin hanging around the side lines the day before the d-day commemorations. >> which doesn't help obviously. one of the demands is pull troops from the border. there has been a withdrawal of some troops. do you expect that to continue? >> i'm not sure to be honest with you. there's definitely been a significant withdrawal of troops here. russians finally said it in a way that seemed convincing. we saw it happening. there are more troops than the ukrainians and nato feel comfortable with. the thing people are uncomfortable with is how porous that is from the russian side. not russian troops but pro russian support fighters going over and supporting the insurgency in eastern ukraine. that's what they're asking to stop at the moment. stay with us on bbc world news. why more chinese tourists are abandoning beaches at home for more exotic destinations a broad. it's more than that... ...it's perfect. introducing curved ultra high definition television from samsung. ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ jamie, you've got a little something on the back of your shoe, there. 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this? why did you have to get this out immediately? secretary hagel's response was they had information his health and life for in peril. i asked if that was imminent per peril. he said we felt wed had to get him out. we couldn't risk the leak of the 30 day process with congress. he didn't say specifically we thought he had 48 hours and had to move immediately. it was interesting he use had the time frame. >> how aware do you think the administration was about bowe bergdahl and the rumors, speculation about what he was doing when he got picked up. was he desserted or not? >> they say they're having an investigation into that. they'll talk to him about that. there will be now -- it's official there will be a report on that. i think they have been taken by surprise about the degree of criticism surrounding his release. secretary hagel spoke to bowe bergdahl's family last night from here in romania. i asked how they were responding to criticism. he said they're conscious to the criticism surrounding their son's release. the unrest in eastern ukraine at center of talks in brussels this week. whatever those talks might lead to, there are those that fear it's already too late to hold the slide towards civil war in ukraine. in the east of the country, region of donetsk claimed itself a people's republic. steve rosenburg sat down with the man who declares himself chairman to find out how far sit from reconciliation with kiev. >> translator: the worst thing is that people are becoming used to war despite what the media are saying, especially ukrainian media. this is now a full scale civil war. innocent civilians are being killed. deaths are no longer creating such a shock as the first victims did. the fact ukraine has held a presidential election and poroshenko has won it, that doesn't change the situation. we think he's the one giving the orders now. they want to get all the dirty work done before his inauguration to make him look whiter than white. will they succeed? we'll see. we're not going anywhere. this is our home. >> so you're saying there's no way back, no way back to a united ukraine for donetsk? >> translator: we have passed the point of no return. no aggression by kiev, no victims, then we could have held a referendum about being part of federal ukraine. anyone who suggests being part of united ukraine would be seen as a criminal here. de facto the state of ukraine doesn't exist anymore. >> do you exclude having talks with the new president? >> translator: talks isn't the right word. dialogue is possible in the presence of an intermediary. we few russia in that role. there are two questions we could discuss. first ex change of prisoners and second withdrawal of units from our military. >> how important is assistance from russia. there are reports of volunteers that come from the russian federation to fight on your side in ukraine. >> translator: the volunteers keep coming, not just from russia. there are just more from russia because we and the russians are one people. we were born in the same country, soviet union. we grew up with the same ideal, have the same heros. it was our fathers and grandfathers who defeated nazis. >> right now i want to take you to normandy for the commencement of the government years ago. this is the early stages in the d day landings. prince charles is there with camilla. he will lay a wreath for those that fought for the capture of the bridge and many thousands that followed on in d-day landings. many never found their way back to the english coast. looks like a lovely day there on the day of great commemoration there. there's prince charles. we've been hearing from veterans, in their late 80s and 90s. this was 70 years on since d-day itself. it's being seen as the final official commemoration. we've heard tales of veterans who returned year after year, some to scatter poppies on the beach in commemoration of colleagues who fought with them and who died in the course of what was the liberation of europe and what we rightly call the beginning of the end of the second world war. just going down the line here with the rest of the assembled press to work out where prince charles is going next on the start of several days of commemoration. they've frozen on us there. i was going to add, there's an added element as to what's going on in normandy. tomorrow, on friday, there's also the possibility that a president putin will have the chance to meet the other western leaders. president obama will be here as well. perhaps they'll find a way through the rather more modern military issue. okay. two decades ago, very few chinese people ever traveled a broad. with the chinese middle class, one in ten tourists around the world come from china. they spend more than any other nationali nationality. let's see what's driving this rise. our chief correspond end ent is the chinese holiday island. >> enjoying the sun, braving the crowds. the hawaii of china benefits from the growing middle class. it's teaming with tourists. >> translator: they've been everywhere domestically. new places like dubai are popular. hong kong, japan and korea. people want to travel internationally. >> and they have. nearly 100 million overseas trips were taken by chinese tourists last year. by 2020 the number of trips is expected to nearly double to 200 million per year. they spent more than any other travelers, about $100 billion. and this figure is expected to triple. this explosive growth in tourism happened quickly. 20 years ago this kind of place would be where you would find chinese tourists because the government tightly controlled the movement of people overseas. but now it's all changed. >> that means that other coun y countries and businesses are competing with china to cash in on tourist dollars. i want to take you to normandy. prince charles is laying a wreath for those that gave their lives in the d-day landings, the beginning of the end of the second world war as described. a moment of 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