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Western hostages. Hes believed to be an associate of a former control order suspect. He traveleded to somalia in 2006 and is allegedly linked to an al shabaab association. He first appeared on a video put out by Islamic State in august of last year when he apparently beheaded american journalist james foley, and has appeared in numerous other gruesome videos since. Well joining me here in the studio now is our special correspondent, lucy manning, for more on this. Just describe how important an announcement this is. Who is jihadi john . Jihadi john has become the figurehead of all of these barbaric video that the socalled Islamic State have been putting out, showing numerous beheading of hostages. And his name has been known for some time by british and American Police and authorities, but for operational reasons, hasnt been disclosed. But the bbc understands that he is Mohammad Emwazi. The metropolitan police have said theyre not going to confirm the identity of anyone at this stage or given an update of a live count terrorism investigation. They have asked the media not to speculate about the details of the investigation, but both here in the uk and in america, it was clear that people were beginning to be more aware of his name. The police we believe, are have been involved in trying to find out more details about him and he bbc news understands, was on the radar of the police and Security Service before he traveled to syria. Not necessarily in a high level, but certainly, he had connections, we believe, with some of those who were put on control orders which are those suspected of terrorism, who havent been taken through trial, but movements must be restricted and linked to a group that were involved in some sort of Network Connected to al shabaab in somalia. So lucy we know that his name is on the radar of both u. S. And uk authorities. Are we any closer to knowing how close either of those parties are to actually finding jihadi john . No were not. Everyone Still Believes that hes in syria. There were some newspaper reports recently that he may have been injured. I certainly dont know that information. Im sure the police and the Security Service have a better understanding of that but certainly, the emails that we just got from the metropolitan police says that theyre not prepared to give an ongoing commentary on what is a live investigation. But what we do believe is that this man, jihadi john is Mohammad Emwazi from west london in his late 20s. All right, lucy many thanks. Now, lets move on because the iraqi capital of baghdad continues to receive a growing number of people who have been displaced by the ongoing conflict against Islamic State. Throughout iraq more than 2 Million People are estimated to have been displaced since january 2014. Most of them are from the Western Province of anbar. Well Anbar Province has been gripped by conflict between i. S. Militants and the iraqi army with their kurdish allies. Earlier this month, despite u. S. Led air strikes, i. S. Militants managed to take the strategic town of al baghdadi. The town continues to be fought over and heavy clashes have also gripped the cities of ramadi and fallujah. The United Nations says some 300,000 people have fled the violence in the region and have now internally displaced. Our correspondent had been in the district in western baghdad and has been speaking to some of the families affected. [ crying ] reporter united in grief, these women have not only lost their homes, but also their loved ones. The impact of violence quickly spreads here in iraq. These families have escaped socalled Islamic State in the west of the country and have now set up hope in this house in baghdad. She is too frightened to give her real name but she wants to speak out. The killing of her husband at the hands of isis extremists still fresh in her mind. Militants killed my husband because he used to work for the army. They ordered me to leave my house and my five children. These criminals are killing anyone who opposes them. They called my husband an apostate, despite the fact he was a practicing muslim. Reporter without much government help people here rely on generosity. This member of an influential shia tribe says hes looking after 500 people. But his charity can only go so far. We dont have drinking water, electricity, or a proper sewage system. The governments not replied yet to our requests, despite the fact weve paid necessary administration fees. Reporter the Iraqi Government says it has very limited resources to cope with hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled their homes from control by the socalled Islamic State. Most of the refugees here refuse to return to their homes, and they are pinning high hopes on muchneeded assistance from the international community. Across Iraq International aid agencies are struggling to deal with over 2 million who have fled their homes. Helping people in those besieged conflict zones is a difficult challenge. Its all about getting access. Whether its through road if thats safe, whether its through an air lift. Thats the key priority. Getting access to the people who need help. Reporter there is very little expectation here. She may have only just arrived, but already she feels shes here to stay. I lost all hope of returning home after i saw the powerful weapon and huge squadrons of isis fighters. I assume they stay there for years. They have eyes and hands everywhere. Reporter life may be difficult here but the people are at least thankful that they have escaped Islamic State rule. Now, the Ukrainian Army says it suffered no casualties in 24 hours, for the first time in weeks, raising hopes that fragile ceasefire is starting to hold. But despite the lull in fighting the eastern ukrainian city of mariupol is poised to defend itself from an attack by prorussian separatists. The Ukrainian Army suffered a heavy defeat in the town of debaltseve, and as the bbcs rupert wingfieldhayes report many think the city of mariupol could be a target. Reporter on the hills outside mariupol they are digging fresh trenches preparing for a new onslaught from the east. The men digging them are not professional soldiers. Until a year ago, they were farmers and factory workers, and its very unclear how much they really want to fight. If there is going to be an attack on mariupol by the rebels, this is where it is going to come from. Weve been told there is fighting going on about 2 kilometers down the hill from here in a village, but even these freshly dug positions here outside mariupol came under shell fire this morning. Reporter most of the equipment here is ancient. Kalashnikov rifles and a few old sovietera armored cars. Not enough says their commander, to stop the rebels if they come. Translator we need better communication and surveillance drones. We need more than antiquated weapons and tanks, we need sniper rifles and we need vehicles. Reporter after just a few minutes here were told we must leave. Its no longer safe. As were driving away two more shells explode, a few hundred meters behind us. Further down the road were stopped at a checkpoint. Like everyone here the soldiers speak fluent russian, but any warm feelings they once had for their cousins across the border is now long gone. I dont feel like that anymore, he said. The russians are a bunch of mercenaries and cutthroats. They came to ukraine, we didnt go to them. And as we wait to clear the checkpoint, something very strange happened. While weve been waiting at this checkpoint, we saw one group of what looked like ukrainian militiamen come up. They were held at gunpoint and disarmed. For a while, it was very, very tense. And it gives you an idea of how chaotic, how much confusion there is here between different units of the ukrainian military. Eventually, the standoff ends and someone leaves in a great hurry. Such confusion and suspicion does not bode well for the ability of the forces here to defense this city against rebel attack. Rupert wingfieldhayes, bbc news in mariupol, eastern ukraine. A reminder of our breaking news this hour. The Islamic State group executioner, a man known as jihadi john has been identified. The bbc understands that his real name is Mohammed Emwazi. Hes a british man thought to be from west london. More on this story, of course on the bbcs website, and we will bring you more on this story as we continue to get it here at bbc world news. Now lets return to ukraine. And in the face of the worsening crisis in the east of the country, a new report has accused nato countries of failing to live up to a pledge to increase their military budgets. Nato had already set a target that Member States should each spend a minimum of 2 of their National Wealth or gdp on defense. But the think tank group, the european leadership network, shows that in 2014 the uk and the u. S. Were the only two countries to beat that target. And so this year it found that six countries, including canada and big defense spenders such as germany and the uk will cut their spending. France is on course to freeze its defense spending. In contrast russias increasing its defense spending this year to 4. 2 and stepping up its military activity. The United States has already expressed concern about the scale of defense cuts among its european allies. Well joining me here in the studio is our World Affairs correspondent, nick chiles. Nick, is this a report that we should all be getting worried about . Just talk us through some of the details. Well this is in the context of, of course the fallout from the ukrainian crisis and the new, much more confrontational relationship between russia and the west nato in particular. And the nato summit last september, nato countries, to try to send a number of messages, a firm message to moscow, but also a message of reassurance to some of those nato allies that are feeling vulnerable in the light of all of this that in spite of the fact that spending has fallen below the minimum level thats required for some time that there would be an effort over the longterm to get back to that level. But it is the longterm. What this report is saying essentially, is that looking at 14 of the countries, including some important ones like the united kingdom, as you say, and germany, just at the moment its not looking too good. One of the few countries that does have does meet the 2 target at the moment uk at the moment, isnt pledged to keep it and may see spending falling. Some countries are increasing spending, but not up to the 2 level. Those, of course, include, not surprisingly, the vulnerable feeling ones like the Baltic States in particular latvia lithuania, and the only one the report says at the moment is at the 2 level is estonia. The problem is estonia is a very small player in this fight, in this context, and certainly in terms of defense spending. So the concern will be what the messages are from the big players. This isnt something thats going to change overnight, but its whats the longterm intended, which i think is the concern. As you say, among those big players. France freezing its defense spending. And meanwhile, russia increasing its spending to 4. 2 . I mentioned earlier that america has already expressed concern about the amount that its European Partners are spending on defense. Is anything going to change do you think, in light of this report . And also in light of the current Economic Situation of many of the eurozone economies . Well quite. There are huge pressures on all the countries, really. Nobody is expecting that this nobody is really spoiling for a fight between russia and nato particularly in military terms, and the messaging is that there is no military solution to any of this. But it is a question of political messaging. And in that sense, there are different pressures on the different countries. Nato as well as making its spending pledge has said that its going to do a lot of other things, like set up new centers in some of the more vulnerable nato Member States and create a new High Readiness Rapid Reaction force. As far as how moscow reacts to any of this and what messages it takes from any of this lots will depend on whether those plans will go ahead in spite of where we are now with the defense spending pledges. But in light of as you say, austerity, budget deficits and a lot of other pressures on spending that domestic populations see as priorities the question is will there really be the political will and is the crisis that weve seen with ukraine and with moscow enough that in the longer term, there will be a change of direction and spending will increase . Because that will have an impact on natos solidarity and particularly how the United States views is its european allies. Nick many thanks. Nick charter, our World Affairs correspondent. Nlgs do stay with us here on bbc world news. Still to come, more on our breaking news this hour. The Islamic State group executioner, a man known as jihadi john has been identified. The bbc understands that his real name is Mohammed Emwazi. 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He first appeared on a video put out by Islamic State in august last year when he apparently beheaded the american journalist, james foley, and has appeared in numerous other gruesome videos since. Well, our special correspondent lucy manning told me what she found out about the man with a london accent known as jihadi john. Jihadi john has become the figurehead of all of these barbaric videos that Islamic State has been putting out, showing the beheadings of numerous western hostages. And his name has been known for some time by british and American Police and authorities, but for operational reasons, havent been disclosed. But the bbc understands that he is Mohammed Emwazi. Hes a man from west london around 27 28 years of age. The metropolitan police have just said that theyre not going to confirm the identity of anyone at this stage or give an update of a live counterterrorism investigation. They have previously asked the media not to speculate about the details of the investigation, but both here in the uk and in america, it was clear that people were beginning to be more aware of his name. The police we believe, are have been involved in trying to find out more details about him and he bbc news understands, was on the radar of the police and Security Service before he traveled to syria. Not necessarily in a high level, but certainly, he had connections, we believe, with some of those who were put on control orders which are those suspected of terrorism, who havent been taken through trial, but movements must be restricted and linked to a group that were involved in some sort of Network Connected to al shabaab in somalia. So lucy we know that his name was on the radar of both u. S. And uk authorities. Are we any closer to knowing how close either of those parties are to actually finding jihadi john . No were not. Everyone Still Believes that hes in syria. There were some newspaper reports recently that he may have been injured. I certainly dont know that information. Im sure the police in the Security Service have a better understanding of that but certainly, the email that we just got from the metropolitan police says that theyre not prepared to give an ongoing commentary on what is a live investigation. But what we do believe is that this man, jihadi john is Mohammed Emwazi. He is from west london in his late 20s. Well with me for more on this is mohammad from bbc arabic. Many thanks for joining me here in the studio. Can you just remind us exactly who jihadi john is and why this is such an important announcement that were hearing . Well jihadi john first appeared in august in an execution video of james foley. And since then he has appeared in a number of similar horrific videos. The first thing that struck about him was that he had an english accent and this is when the speculation started that he may be from london or from the uk. And this also i mean raised the alarm bell or the flag the fact that hundreds of thousands of young men and women from europe are flocking to the i. S. Group controlled areas in syria and iraq. Started all sorts of discussions about how these people are radicalized and how are they how do they travel and who facilitates this and who encourages this. And as were getting more details about who this person is and where he lives and where he went to pray and who he was associated with we start to get a clearer picture of how he was radicalized and what sort of influenced him as a graduate somebody in his 20s, to take this route. Because he also raised the profile, doesnt he of this new trend of very gruesome videos that are then put out on social media, which has been used to great effect actually by Islamic State, hasnt it . Well he was a big part of the i. S. Group Propaganda Machine. And he served a lot of things by appearing in these videos. To show that you know, this is a sort of there have been volunteers from around the world that its a global thing and of course, hes studying computer science, and you know a lot of the informational media propaganda messages of i. S. Is fed through the internet through youtube, and such video uploading websites and these people who are coming from welleducated backgrounds are obviously play a crucial role in this Islamic State Propaganda Machine. And we are obviously no closer to knowing, are we how close either the americans or the uk forces are to actually finding this man. Yeah thats a more difficult thing, because he is in an area that is controlled by the Islamic State group. Its largely inaccessible to anybody, and its being subjected since last september to Daily Coalition air strikes. So is he alive . Is he dead . Is he hiding . We dont know. And also how clear are we that this man, Mohammed Emwazi he is actually the man when appears in the videos that weve all seen online . That hes actually the man committing these gruesome beheadings . Well we have what we the information we have is the information that appears on the video. So he is in these videos holding a knife and talking. We have his voice, can be identified. His physical features can be identified. And experts who look at this are theres all sorts of yob, sorts of theories about, you know, about whether he beheaded his victims himself or was it somebody else and he posed in the film. So but he is obviously, the main person in this propaganda message that i. S. Was trying to propagate. Mohammad, many thanks from b bbc arabic. Update you on our breaking news that the man known as jihadi john is in fact called Mohammed Emwazi, a british man believed to be from west london. Were watching bbc world news. Do stay with us. You loved brad. And then you totaled him. You two had been through everything together. Two boyfriends. Three jobs. Youre like nothing can replace brad then Liberty Mutual calls. 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Hes a british man known to be from west london. He was pictured in videos posted. Lucy manning told me earlier about what she found out about the man with the accent known as jihadi john. Jihadi john has become the figurehead of all these videos that theyve been putting out showing the beheadings. And his name has been known for some time by british and American Police zmortauthorities, but for operational reasons, hasnt been disclosed. But the bbc understands hes a man known as Mohammed Emwazi around 27 or 28 years offage. The metropolitan police have just said that theyre not going to confirm the identity of anyone at this stage or give an update of ooh live counterterrorism investigation. They had previously asked the media not to speculate about the details of the investigation, but both here in the uk and in america, it was clear that people were beginning to be more aware of his name. The police we believe, are have been involved in trying to find out more details about him and he the bbc news understands, was on the radar of the police and Security Service before he traveled to syria. Not necessarily in a high level, but certainly he has connections, we believe, with some of those who were put on control orders. Which are those suspected of terrorism, who havent been taken through trial, but movements must be restricted and linked to a group that were involved in some sort of Network Connected to al shabaab in somalia. So, lucy we know that his name is on the radar, of both u. S. And uk authorities. Are we any closer to knowing how close either of those parties are to actually finding jihadi john . No were not. Everyone Still Believes that hes in syria. There were some newspaper reports recently that he may have been injured. I certainly dont know that information. Im sure the police in the Security Service have a better understanding of that but certainly, the emails that weve just got from the metropolitan police says that theyre not prepared to give an ongoing commentary on what is a live investigation. But what we do believe is that this man jihadi john is Mohammed Emwazi. He is from west london in his late 20s. Well with me here in the studio now is mohammad from bbc arabic. And just remind us again as to how important jihadi john is and therefore, how important todays announcement is. Jihadi john was a pivotal element in the prop began da machine of the Islamic State group. He served them to spread their message, trying to show themselves as a global organization, who have volunteers from around the world and who have volunteers who know about computer programming, using social media, and can help them to spread their message effectively. The name jihadi john is thought to be have been given to him by some of the hostage, who he and other Islamic State elements have been taking charge of. Because of his english or london accident. You mentioned the hostages there. And although his name was on the radar of both american and uk authorities for a while, we understand they did not want to disclose it because they did not want to jeopardize all of the hostages from all around the world who were in his captivity. Are we any closer, though to knowing either of those parties are to actually finding jihadi john and tracking him down . Well now that his identity appears to have been clearly positively identified and hes known to be in syria or iraq in the areas controlled by Islamic State group, it is going to be very difficult to track him down there, mainly because the area is inaccessible. Its under the control of this militant group, and its an area that is subjected on a daily basis to Coalition Air strikes. As you mentioned earlier, jihadi john was key to the Propaganda Machine of i. S. He really raised the profiles of these gruesome videos but then would appear online. But how certain are we that this man, Mohammed Emwazi was the man who actually appeared on those videos and committed those beheadings . From what appears, the main thing the the voice. Security and intelligence have viewed his voice and accurate Voice Recognition programs to make this identification. And there have been people who have been identified who are associated with this person. His friends, his family who have been able to confirm his identity. So the video and the voice give a lot of information that appear to have made a positive identification on this person. Mohamed, many thanks talking us through our breaking news this hour here on bbc news that the man known as jihadi john, a member of i. S. Is in fact Mohammed Emwazi, a british man believed to be from west london. Well of course bring you more on this story as we get it. Lets move on now. And we move to ukraine, because troops in the eastern port city of mariupol are preparing to defend themselves from an attack by prorussian separatists. The troops fear they may be targeted next by the rebel forces, following a heavy defeat in the town of debaltseve. Well david stern is in keefe for us. David, elsewhere in ukraine, the ceasefire appears to be holding, at least it has been for the last 24 hours, but the people of mariupol theyre preparing for an attack. Whats happening . Well exactly, alice. The question is whether this latest deescalation is a lull a lull before the next escalation in fighting or perhaps this is leading towards the actual implementation of the ceasefire. Now, weve been seeing actually less fighting over a greater period and for the last basically, 48 hours, there have been no fatalities on the Ukrainian Army side. This was announced just recently. So the question is if this is now something that will allow the two sides to pull back their artillery, to have a full prisoner swap and basically implement the other issues of the peace deal. But as you say, there are great fears about what the situation in mariupol is. The ukrainians say there is a buildup of fighters and artillery there. Difficult to say to what extent this is happening, but there has been concerns for some time now that mariupol could be the next target of the russianbacked rebels, because it is a very strategic port in the southern part of the donetsk region. As you say, its a very important occasion isnt it . But over in moscow david, weve also been hearing some strong words and important words from Sergey Lavrov the foreign minister reacting to comments from the u. S. Secretary of state, john kerry, and others about some possible new sanctions for russia. Well thats right. Its a continuation if the situation on the ground is becoming quieter, the rhetoric the war of words, justice at the same level of intensity, if not higher. We have been hearing from the americans and other western leaders in recent days but in particular from mr. Kerry. He says that the new sanctions have been teed up if there is a worsening of the situation, mr. Lavrov reacting to that very negatively. Saying the west is not interested in implementing the peace plan. But as i say, it remains to be seen what exactly happens on the ground. Obviously, the situation between, well the west and russia isnt Getting Better at the moment but there is hope that there could be an implementation of this peace plan. Okay, david, for now, many thanks. David stern for us keeping an eye on things in kiev. Some other news now, theres been a Suicide Attack on a turk turkish diplomatic convoy of the Afghan Capital of kabul. They carried explosives into the citys diplomatic quarter, killing a turkish soldier. The bbc understands that the target was made ambassador to afghanistan. He was waiting to be picked up at the turkish embassy. He was unhurt. A row between the Obama Administration and israels Prime Minister has deepened. Benjamin netanyahu had accused the u. S. And others on giving up trying to stop iran obtaining nuclear weapons. In a response the american secretary of state john kerry, has questioned mr. Netanyahus judgment on the issue. Republican leaders have asked mr. Netanyahu to address Congress Next week angering the white house, which wasnt informed of the invitation. The Constitutional Court in south korea has struck down a 62yearold law banning adultery. The court ruled that the statute unconstitutional on the basis that it was not for the state to intervene if peoples private lives. That marital infidelity should be condemned as immoral. 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For more about jihadi johns possible links with the somalian militant group, al shabaab, lets talk to tommy whos in lagos for us. And tommy, what is the link between i. S. And al shabaab . Well this link is only just coming through, because in the past weve known that al shabaab was linked with al qaeda. Al qaeda has distanced itself from the Islamic State. So its not believed or it wasnt believed that al shabaab would have concurrent links with both al qaeda and i. S. At the same time. So judging from what weve seen right now, jihadi john and Mohammed Emwazi, as hes been revealed seems to have had strong links from al shabaab, seem to be quite interested in this group. I think that opens a whole new dimension now, because we have to see what are the implications of this. Does that then mean that i. S. Has a direct handle of al shabaab and what could be the future implications of this regarding whether theyre planning any further expansions or attacks in the region where al shabaab operates. I think at the moment still more details coming out, was so far, thats as much as were able to find in terms of those linux links. And tommy, how are jihadi john and i. S. Generally perceived throughout the arab world . Well i mean considering weve seen the impact that i. S. Has had across the middle east, iraq, and syria, jihadi john as a figure has been one of those who weve seen described by hostages, this british man who, you know was vocal, was one of the ones who was behind a lot of the beheadings. Of course there is that fear that is still being instilled across the middle east. We see whats going on. The fact that its you know, galvanized a huge response from the rest of the world. So that is why this man and the revelation weve had about his identity becomes very significant at this time . Tommy, many thanks live for us in lagos. Three journalist have said arrested in paris for illegally flying a drone. It follows reports that drones were sighted over the citys landmarks at night, including the eiffel tower. Flying drones at night is illegal and daytime flights require authorization from the city. Reporter more mystery drone flights in france. This time in paris. The unexplained sightings were at major landmarks around the french capital. This is where the drones were reportedly spotted. And investigators dont know why. The chief executive of a drone manufacturer told europe 1 radio that it wasnt cause for concern. Translator there have not yet been any confirmed cases of terrorists using drones. Its not something thats happened before. We shouldnt give in to panic or fantasy. Reporter three al jazeera journalists have also been arrested for illegally flying a drone. Al jazeera tweeted the journalists were filming a report on the citys recent drones and its not known if that incident was linked to the sightings over paris. Flying drones over paris without a license is banned and flying drones at night, illegal. When you look at the night sky, you can see just how difficult it is to track small, unmanned aircraft. This technological gap is what the problem. What the government takes very seriously are drones that could carry a payload. This isnt the first time there have been drone sightings in france. The First Sighting was in october at a Nuclear Power plant in the southeast of the country. More drones were spotted in the weeks that followed at seven different power plants. Greenpeace was initially blamed but denied any involvement. A month ago, a drone was seen above the french president ial palace just days after the paris attacks on charlie hebdo. Paris is still on high alert, so for french authorities, two questions remain. Who was behind the drone flights and why are they doing it . Laura westbrook, bbc news. 20 years ago today, the British Merchant Bank bearings collapsed after nick leeson a general manager in singapore, made mammoth trading auctions on future markets of 1. 4 billion United States. The rate trader has been immortalized in a book and a film speaking two decades later. He said little change in the industry still giving us one scandal after another. The story is one of incompetence and negligence on a grand scale. I think every time you see financial scandal, be that rogue trading, be that Global Financial collapse its poor systems, poor controls and poor people. For me this is a deterrent, and it isnt good enough. The punishment isnt meaningful enough. And when you have a situation like that people arent really scared that anythings going to be done to them. Maybe the chain of command needs to be looked at a lot more and they need to be held accountable for the culture and the activities that exist within their organization. People were accepting what i was telling them so there was this inclination to believe, but they didnt really get behind the detail and look into it. And challenge, as they should have done. And thats the problem. Well, our reporter has returned to his old watering hole to talk to the journalist who all those years ago uncovered a harrowing fact by mr. Leeson addressed to barings, saying he was near a nervous breakdown and that he was tendering his resignation. I was, this was a great scoop. And it certainly was. And, you know, after that bbc sky news cnn, they all came to see me to find out how i got that piece of paper. Well, it was through good contacts. People who were directly involved in the investigation, who gave me the leg up on that. In fact, they gave me a academy. Do you still have the piece of paper . Somewhere in my mouse, its still there. So its 20 years since, and nick leeson literally brought down the back. Can you believe its so long it seems so fast. Time has slipped away. I think its come a long way since then the banking world here. There have been other scandals too, but not quite on the scale of nick leeson and barrington. And you have this beer here leeson lager thats named after nick leeson. Can you tell us about it . Yeah this is the beer that they bottled after just after the scandal broke and its labeled as the most expensive beer in the world. Probably 2 billion worth. And i also note that its 88888 reserve. Can you tell us about the significance of that . Thats a chinese lucky number. But for barings it wasnt so lucky. But also the name of the account he had as well to hide his because of the chinese obsession with 8888 so he used that to move things i suppose. We do hear from him some crisp of the way banks work. Do you think he has a point . He certainly has because at that time [ inaudible ] and with no limits and all that nobody looks at your limits and they just let things get away slip away. I guess they all trusted him. I mean he was a funloving guy. He was easy going. So it gives them a false sense of security. Do you have any sympathy for him, 20 years after the fact . I mean, if his supervisors had better control of him, he hadnt have gotten in so deep into trouble. He didnt set out to cheat anybody, like i said. And you would think that things got out of hand and he didnt know how to extricate himself from all his problems. The bbcs tim mcdonald there talking to conrad raj, the journalist who uncovered the nick leeson story all those years ago. Now, when president obama announced that he was going to ease relations with cuba last year, no one was happier than u. S. Businesses. Theyre itching to get into the new market. Will their big dreams of profit live up to expectations . The bbcs barbara pledasher has been taking a closer look. Reporter curls and cuts are at the vanguard of private enterprise in cuba permitted by recent government reform. Also cafes and guest houses. Much of this is funded by americans. Cuban americans, who send money to family here. And that u. S. Role is set to increase. The change in u. S. Rules means americans are now permitted to export certain goods to private Business People here and cuban americans are allowed to send more money to their relatives. The idea is to strengthen the private sector so cubans can become less dependent on the state. The fitter visit of a senior u. S. Official attracted not only journalists, but a cuban american businessman. Hes already established a foothold in havana. This is my favorite space in the whole office. This media operation is permitted under cultural exemptions of the embargo. Attempting the u. S. Changes, hes positioned himself for other Business Ventures but he says changes are needed in cuba too. Im not allowed to stay and purchase a home or buy a car or permanently reside in cuba. I have limitations to the amount of time that i could stay in the country, cl i think is totally absurd. Cubas relationship with the Exile Community in miami is complicated and theres still a core of antihchastro hostility here. Miamis crucial cruise industry is poised for the moment when the u. S. Gives tourism the green light. We dont have to wait for airports to be built, for hotels to be built, for other tourist infrastructure, requirements needed to be built. We bring our own, quite frankly. Reporter brian hall didnt wait for anything. He flew his plane to havana shortly after the u. S. Policy changes were announced. Now hes forging ahead with plans to launch a ferry from cuba to the florida keys. Local officials have eagerly embraced the project. Theyre calling their town marathon, the gateway to cuba with a growing number of approved u. S. Travelers. So when you go where that sailboat is, youll do a left turn, about 90 degrees, and go straight south. Reporter brainians so confident the ferry will sail hes already charting other cuban prospects. They want american dollars there. They want to see american businesses. They want to see they actually want to see franchises. Reporter maybe, but change happens slowly in cuba. The americans have opened the door, but its cuba that will set the pace. Barbara pledasher, wbbbc news. Some of the worlds biggest music stars have been in london for awards and madonnas been grabbing all the headlines, but for sadly the wrong reasons. She fell on stage, tumbling down a set of stage and landing rather awkwardly after a dance we saw, trying to remove a cape. But she recovered and like a true pro, returned to the stage to if i were her song living for love. 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