i mean, i'm quoting english prices to you, but i have a feeling that north american prices could easily surpass that. i don't think we'll ever sell it. i'm delighted to hear so. but i think it's great that you've got the objects, you've got the photographs and you've got the enthusiasm to keep the legend alive. thanks very much for bringing them in. well, thank you. have you ever wondered how these really big items make it to the roadshow? maybe you thought people crammed them into the back of their cars. well, actually the antiques roadshow offers a very special service. let me take you back 24 hours. thanks, guys. every roadshow starts a few days before the event, when our furniture team responds to letters from the public about particularly heavy or very delicate objects. and then our assessors people like nicholas-- hi, nicholas how are you doing? hello! well done! you've arrived! i have. they have a look at these pieces and see if they're suitable to bring into the roadshow. and this is our last pickup, isn't it? it's a very nice piece of furniture. you'll be interested to see it and see how the boys handle it. okay. let's go. right. well. ( overlapping greetings ) allow me to introduce you to fiona. hello! nice to meet you! hello! in your workman-like coat! absolutely. we're trying to do the job properly. right. now, this is the piece in question. this is lovely. what we've got to do now is check it over and make sure that it's as we would want it to be when it comes back. that's the important thing. and it's in sound enough condition to move. we don't want to move things that are so fragile that we're going to cause extra damage. this is one of those things that come into three parts, isn't it? mm-hmm. and i think, by the look of it, it looks absolutely okay, doesn't it? what's it like down your side, carl? and when does this piece of furniture date from? even if i knew i wouldn't say. well, why not? there's no point in having a roadshow is there? if i go to every house in the country and tell everybody what they've got we'll all be out of a job. so, let's get the china off, and then the boys can start taking and dismantling it. so, if you want to get a bit as well. yep, yep. owner: oh, yes, look at that. do film the dust. you've got to film the dust. ( laughter ) you haven't been up there to dust, have you? so, what would you like to find out about your piece of furniture? well, i'd like to know how old it is, um, which i'm sure they can tell me. and what would be the really exciting thing that you could find out? that it's worth a lot...? no, because i'm not interested in selling it because it'll stay in the family. it's been in the family. that's where ill stay. so, it's just to find out more about it. yes, yes. and that's all there is to it. it's down to our expert now, christopher payne to tell us all about it. we've tried to create, as much as possible, your sitting room, here at oxburgh hall. i hope you like what we've tried to do for you. yes, you've done it very well, with a lovely backdrop. and you've got a dusting, as well. ( laughing ) it needs it! so, this to me is clearly welsh. do you know where it comes from? yes, i do. it came from my grandfather's home. it's called a cupitridan meaning "cupboard with three lifts." do you have any family history about the piece at all? um, yes, it belonged to my grandfather, who was a doctor. he was born in anglesea, but he had a practice in brill, in north wales and it was passed down to my mother and then to me. but it's a lovely, lovely piece of oak. this welsh type of folk furniture is very, very sought after now. is there anything in the family that refers to this piece or any history about it at all? well, not specifically to this piece of furniture but my grandfather did write his journal when he retired, which he did in the 1930s and he did write a piece about, um, farmhouses and the furniture they had in them. more or less there or there. oh, lovely. this is so charm-- this is wonderful. this should be in a museum. may i read some of it? yes, do that. "the reader may be interested in a glimpse of the inside "of a farm kitchen on a winter evening. the sky was visible through the chimney." gosh, that's rather drafty, isn't it? yes, very. "arranged along the whitewashed walls "were furniture and various articles of utility "in the indoor work of the farm, "a relic of bygone days, when ale was brewed in the farmhouse kitchen." doesn't that give you a wonderful sense of where this type of furniture might have been in some country house. that's glorious. it really puts the whole thing into perspective for us how life was like when this was made, 200 years ago. i don't think they brewed beer then because they were strict baptists! ( laughter ) that was grandpa, then? grandpa's parents, i think. i'll just pop it back in here. well, the handles have been changed. indeed. did grandpa do those? no, i shouldn't think so though they haven't been very skillfully done. what sort of handles would have been on there? just little peardrop-- little, brass, very simple little peardrop handle something you'd expect to see much earlier on but this has clearly been remade, this drawer. yes, and underneath. oh. right. okay. what's this? "war department"? no. "tea controll chittagon." isn't that wonderful? it's an old tea chest. that is a first, i must admit. i've seen orange boxes and now a tea chest. that means there's been a bit of remedial work but otherwise, apart from the handles and the drawer it's in pretty good condition, isn't it? how old do you think it is? no, i'm asking you that. ( laughter ) all right. okay. put me on the spot, then. so, i'm going to say probably around 1780 to 1800... ...that sort of date. uh-huh. yes. value-wise... ...what's it worth? oh, i don't know. you're going to ask me again, aren't you? yes! certainly, as it is now i'd expect it to realize a sort of auction figure of between-- shall we say £3,000 up to £5,000, something like that? yes. not bad... no! for an old piece of anglesea furniture. quite fine! but i hope it's worth the effort to you of disturbing your house turning it completely upside down... it's been great. ...bringing it to the lorry... terrific! ...to the antiques roadshow. thank you very much. thank you very much. so, can i ask you a question? have you ever heard of a gentleman called sir charles isham of northhamptonshire? never. never? well, he is the father of the british gnome. oh, really? hmm. hmm. and in the 1860s he was the first man in britain to import gnomes from germany. right. and they were terra cotta gnomes, much like yours, and he used them to decorate his rockery in his house, which was called lamport hall, great, big, stately home. why did you buy yours? we bought him in birmingham and, um, we bought him for our guesthouse. right. we thought it would be a good idea for fruit or something on... or you could have little packets of cereal in his basket or something for the breakfast! that was the idea, yeah. does he have a name? yes, he does, yeah. his name is hans. hans. and i can see a little glint in his eye. i'm a bit worried he might start insulting the guests, as well. he's got a kind of look. well, actually, he's quite like the ones that sir charles bought. is he really? he's terra cotta. i was used to the suburban plastic gnomes of the 1960s and '70s, when i was a child but this is a superior gnome and he was made in germany. well, i think hans is quite a valuable big gnome. hmm. hmm. i think this is going to be a gnome worth... £1,500. ooh! it's the hat, isn't it? that's very good. he's a good-looking chap and he's worth every penny, in my opinion. lovely. thank you very much. good. thank you. let's go for the big one... big two. where do these come from? they were actually bought at elton hall's stately car boot sale about eight years ago. oh, really? ( clears throat ) i see. and, may i ask what did you pay for them? £30 each. really? did you think they were a pair? no, they're not-- well, actually there were three but another guy got one, and i got two. ( laughter ) okay. um, car boot sales are notorious for a method of sort of, um, passing on things which are not quite what they might seem to be. what did you think they were? i don't know. i just liked them. i just thought the colors-- i love blue. i just think they're really nice. they've got to be good for 30 quid. yes. what they're trying to be-- they're chinese, and what they're trying to be is 16th-century chinese, ming. um, but they are in fact, um... new... or they were new when you bought them. these have been made in xingchen, and how they can make them for the price they can make them and ship them to europe or america for a price i simply don't understand it. um, because you can find them in sort of decorator shops or antique fairs or whatever for, you know, in the order of £60 £80 pounds each. the guy's still making a profit! now, whose is the blue-and-white jug? that's mine. that's yours. and where did it come from? bought that from an internet auction. the internet? yes. how long ago? um... less than a year. so i missed it. ( laughing ) you did. what did you pay for it? round about £65. oh, i want to kill myself! because... it's my family! is it really? well, george and abigail-- lovely name, abigail-- batty-- now, that's not spelt my way-- i'm an "ie" at the end-- but we are all descended from the same stock. the name "batty" is actually a diminutive. it's a diminutive of "bartholomew," and if you can think of calling somebody bartholomew-- "bartholomew" is sort of a long one to go for so you say "barty! barty!" and it becomes "batty." and that's how it descends through. well, i would have thought fairly that this jug was made for this man and his wife, who are george and abigail batty, at-- they owned hinshcliffe mill-- and they owned it in 1790. it's not in the best state. no. we've got chips, we've got huge chunk out there, running through onto the inside. um, it's pearlware which is not a strong body. it's creamware with a blue glaze to make it a bit more like porcelain. started perhaps only 10 years earlier than this jug, and ran through to the 1820s. well, i think it's glorious. um, i think a realistic price, if you were to put that in at auction... ( clears throat ) ...it would make somewhere like £600 to £800, so you've multiplied your bid by a good 10. so, i congratulate you but i also hate you! ( laughter ) it is extraordinary, the variety of watches that i see on the antiques roadshow, but most of them are silver- or gold-cased, and they're either swiss-made or french-made or english-made. and this has to be a first certainly for me possibly the first on the roadshow. good. the first for the fact that it's an enameled watch, in the most extraordinary manner and secondly that it's mounted in this most unusual way with, um, this figure holding aloft a case. the case is a watch. right. but before i go any further, i think it's interesting to know how you came by it. well, i remember it as a boy um... and sort of liked it and then when my mother died, i asked for it as part of my inheritance. it is-- it's called a monstrant's watch. have you ever heard the term before? no, never. no? well, most people won't have done. um, but a monstrant's watch is a... the word "monstrant's" comes from the latin... monstra, or "to demonstrate," the english version. and it is a stand demonstrating a watch, and it was made in vienna. oh. right. and in the latter part of the 19th century, the viennese artisans, watchmakers and jewelers in particular, found that this beautiful enameling, this style of enameling, was extremely commercial. it's rather sweet and slightly sort of sugary. yes. demonstration of semi-clad ladies with cupid figures-- were selling like hotcakes and so they went for it, and they produced large numbers of it, but very often in this baroque style, all of it in enamel, and when we turn it round, even further enameling. yes. and then, we ought to demonstrate the watch movement. um... and if we gently-- it's a friction fit, so one has to be slightly careful-- the dial is gold enameled with cloisonne enameling. i didn't know that! open it out, and inside we've got further enameling and a swiss-- meuron is the name of the watchmaker, "meuron and c.," and this is a late 18th-century watch movement which they have ( indistinct) from another watch. oh, i see, yes. and put inside here. but if, um you were to think abut selling this on the open market um, then... certainly you would get between £2,000 and £3,000, and quite possibly between £3,000 and £4,000 for it. so... i think you chose well. thank you very much. yes, that's great. thank you. i've always loved it. good. well keep on loving it. right. thank you. well, in the summer of 1940, the battle of britain was just starting, and it was a gorgeous summer. in fact, being in this weather now i wish it was back then. but in fact the main aircraft that really saved this nation during the battle of britain were the hurricane and the spitfire and the hurricane was the main workhorse of the fighters of the r.a.f. at that time. everyone remembers the spitfire, but it was the hurricane that was the mainstay of the r.a.f. fighters in those days, and this propeller comes from a hurricane. now, where did you get it from? i was told it was found when the propellers were changed from a 2-blade to a 3-blade and i presume they were discarded at the time. we lived near metfield air field and it was put up on our house for my father, when he came home out of the r.a.f., to welcome him home. and one of the ways we know it's from a hurricane is because propellers were generally incredibly well-marked... yeah. ...and very helpfully to us, we've got this lovely little metal plaque. i think it's probably a copper or bronze or brass plaque, which details all the information about the propeller. there's a little mark there that's the foot mark so that tells the diameter is 11.25 feet, and if you look from one end to the other, that's exactly the length of it barring a few tips that are missing, of course. then, right on the bottom, we've got a date and that's october... i can't read the year. what's the year say? 1938. 1938. so that is the year-- i didn't even know that was on there. there you are. and that's the year this propeller would have been commissioned or made. so, it's absolutely fascinating. now, okay, they're worth a fair bit of money, of course. well, that surprises me, that really does. there's a lot of collecting interest in early r.a.f. stuff, second world war r.a.f. stuff particularly. well, this is before the battle of britain, of course. something like this today, hurricane propeller, will make certainly £1,500 to £2,500. really? wow! that really does surprise me. you gonna put it back on the wall? oh, god! well, it didn't ought to be where it was i'll tell you that! we're doing exactly what the maker of this box would have wanted us to do which is to sit quietly and to admire it because it was made to make an impression, and it certainly is doing that with me. it is just fabulous. how long have you had it for? only for a couple of years. it sat in my mother's drawing room since 1946. so, this beautiful beautiful thing, overall inlaid with ivory, set into... an exotic hardwood. i'm not entirely sure what this is but it's like a sort of rosewood and my feeling is that it comes from india and... i think its purpose was to house somebody's treasured possessions-- so, a treasure chest full of treasured possessions. can i have a look inside? of course. beautifully decorated inside with these lovely silver hinges, and i think this box dates from somewhere towards the end of the late 17th early 18th century. as early as that? i love the detail around the lock plate here that's just caught my eye. i mean, in a sense you could say it's almost like a ducal crown. it is, isn't it? and there's a sort of heart shape, but i think that's meant to be a shield and remember this wasn't made in england; this was made in india. can you tell me a little bit about this lovely letter in here? this was a letter which passed-- essentially passed the box into my family. it was written on... the first of october 1870... right. to my grandfather's father-in-law, who was a doctor in belfast. "my dear dr. mcgee "will you accept this accompanying casket "as a memento of my dear wife? "the casket at one time belonged to horace walpole of strawberry hill "which adds a little romance to it. believe me yours sincerely," and i can't read the signature. so, it has a connection with walpole. a provenance such as that makes this even more special than it is but that will increase its value enormously. have you been into these drawers down here? no, i've never been able to open them, so i don't know what's inside. i think inside here... there are two little catches. now, i'm just going to just see if i can... oh, goodness. ( spectators murmur ) now... what do we have here? right. here we have... ah, a picture of the box. two photographs-- three photographs of the box. may i read the letter to you? of course. from the bbc-- woman: ohh! "this is to let you know that your question will be discussed "in talking about antiques "on sunday, 8th december "at two minutes past four on radio 4. we do hope you'll be able to listen." ( both chuckle ) signed, secretary to the radio producer, the 25th of november 1974. ah. so you missed that one. i did miss that one, absolutely. ( spectators laugh ) but i'm sorry to say... nothing more than that. no crown jewels. oh, dear. but from my point of view, that's a gem. well, it's helped me. you've managed to open the drawer. well, i don't think i have any hesitation at all in putting a figure somewhere in the region of £10,000 on it. goodness me. that's marvelous isn't it? well, thank you so much for sharing it with me. it's given me a huge amount of pleasure. well, thank you very much. you've been very helpful. what you've brought me here is just, i say, it's dreamland. we're looking at a staggering, to me, group of 1920s 1930s and onwards posters. they're advertising things they're up for a bit they're thrown away. they don't survive. here are wonderful things. now, why did they survive? they've been in a loft for many years. but why? they were just collected and my uncle collected them and just left them. but was he a collector, or what? he was an artist and he used to work, as a lith... lithographer? lithographer, that's it, um, for many companies and he ended up working for waterlows, who i believe printed some of them. yep, waterlows, dangerfield, there's a whole list of-- eversheds, yeah. of great names. he did those, yes. and obviously he wasn't the artist. no, he wasn't-- let's get this straight. we're looking at things that were designed by, in some cases, well-known designers but then were printed professionally by a number of companies-- vincent brooks day is another one. we've got this fantastic history of british design. just to whip through really, i mean look at the striking quality and that's wonderful art deco design. it is. it is. let's go down the pile a bit. see, now we're getting into my area. ( laughing ) if i wanted anything i'd want railway posters. yes. yeah. i love that sort of wonderful sort of leisurely interior. there they are having tea. the cruden bay hotel was a very, very famous, uh, golfer's hotel as it says. it's a glorious evocation of that period. gordon nickel, well-known artist of that time. now, the bigger one. ah, look at that! yes. i think that's my favorite. it's mine, too. oh, we'll fight over that, will we? top artist, frank mason. top scene, the east coast route to scotland. but, you know, where is that? that's that wonderful... it is. it's going up past northumberland towards the scottish border, the most famous locomotive in the world. it is. god, one would die for that image, wouldn't you? does it get better? well, in my sense, it doesn't get better, but this is, for me, i suppose, you know, "hampshire meets dorset," i don't quite live there but i know that view backwards. i think everyone does. it's the way they paint landscape. it's impressionistic. it's very, very simple it's very stylized and yet it's immensely evocative. the process of lithography has flattened the colors. you've got this almost japanese approach of blocks of color and it really, to me brings it to life, much more so than a painting. each company had its own artists. they competed. they really wanted to sell their selves as... purveyors of pleasure. yeah. and i think we've got one more here which... oh, yes, this is an essential. a great cuneo, and again a british railways one so in the 1950s. the locomotive being repaired. this is a very famous cuneo image. somewhere there's the mouse-- i can never find it-- but you know about that, don't you? no! no, no. in every cuneo image there is a little mouse, which is his trademark. so, somewhere in that there's a little mouse running about. so, there's something you can do at home. you can find the mouse. i shall have to have a look. is this all you've got? no, i have more at home. more in quantity, or... about 30 or 40. you like them? yes, i do. but you don't display them? i don't display them. i have nowhere to put them. okay, what do you think they're worth? not a clue. are you sure? i am absolutely positive. i do not know what they're worth. condition is crucial. yeah. most of these have got little nicks and tears on the edges. yes, around the edges. don't matter too much if the image is clean and clear. let's start with that. £4-600. okay? and i won't go through them all again but if you take the big ones that we've seen... yeah? an average of that sort of price. the royal-- the flying scotsman will be 800-1,000. the smaller ones we looked at earlier will be £3-400 each. wow. so, if you've got 30 good posters, yes! yeah. take an average price of 500... do you feel like a cruise? eh, somewhat, yes. i am stunned. i really am stunned. and you're a very lucky lady. i'm totally amazed. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. with all the antiques brought along to the roadshow today, i never expect to see an antique with the roadshow actually on it but look at this-- it's a poster from about 30 years ago, right when the roadshow started. we've got arthur negus there. presented by angela rippon it says. now, elliott, you were kind enough to bring this along. now, i thought given you've brought this, that i would give you... our current poster for the antiques roadshow, and who knows, bring that along in 30 years' time. might be worth a bob or two. lovely. thank you. okay. from all the experts here at the roadshow and from elliott and from oxburgh hall in norfolk, bye-bye. >> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york stowe vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." meet the bomb makers. we go inside of the fight against bashar al-assad just as israeli warplanes carried out a strike in syrian territory. america's gun debate moves to capitol hill where a congresswoman who was shot herself makes it difficult personal plea. >> it will be hard but the time it is now. you must act. >> we used to love our blackberries, now the company is moving into smart phones. we love them, too? welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the war in syria is more complicated after israeli warplanes struck a military target inside of syrian territory. there are conflicting reports about what it was. and military research facility was hit, but that has been disputed. there has been no official confirmation from israel. i spoke to the chief international correspondent a few moments ago. what can you tell us about what was hit? >> we had two different accounts. we had reports that israeli jets for the first time had bombed a convoy of weapons heading from syria towards lebanon to support hezbollah. hezbollah has been expressing its concern in recent days and it sent its military intelligence chief to washington where he will express concern about chemical weapons from syria of going into the hands of hezbollah. on the nighttime news, they were taking satisfaction in the fact there had not been any verbal response from damascus or hezbollah. no physical response as well. syria came out with their own version of offense which was there was no convoy but they had bombed a scientific research center close to damascus and it used a rather interesting phrase that it was used to support the resistance. that was the only thing they could agree on. it was something for hezbollah. what it was though, we are not sure. >> can you make any speculation about what kind of impact this might have? >> as you know, there has been tensions, missiles across the golan. israel has stepped up its borders, building its defense along the golan. both sides have warned each other that they will not tolerate any attacks on their territory. this was the big concern that president assad would try to divert attention from the disarray among arab states and the number of ad asserts that he has and focus attention on the jewish state. it is a very dangerous game because israel has made it clear that whether it comes from lebanon or syria, it will retaliate with the full force that has and it does have a lot of force. >> the regional implications of this. thank you. inside of syria, conditions are worsening and opposition fighters are going to dangers links to win the war. that includes building weapons. they have seen evidence on how the syrian forces have made their weapons. >> somewhere near the border, the free syrian army is trying to get its chemistry exactly right. with the help of the a bit old- fashioned force. here they mix the are the stages of nitroglycerin using ingredients they have made themselves. the rebels insist that we not reveal exactly where they are. their main expert has already been arrested three times. homemade explosives are an important weapon in the fight against the syrian government. these bomb makers live in the workshop. they assemble bombs here and take the explosives across the border into syria. they wanted to show us exactly how they're explosive work. they gave us these pictures of one of their tests conducted on a building inside of syria. the bomb, debt to nagin as planned. -- detonated as planned, to their obvious delight. this man used to study business and syria. he has one month in this workshop to learn how to become an expert bomb maker. when you plant a bomb, how can you guarantee that innocent men women, children will not actually get killed? >> we plant bombs on the edge of villages under rebel control. the officers have strict control over the detonators. we don't let civilians come close. use this sign which means attention, dangers down, to warn them. we only use the explosives against the assad regime. >> you are fighting bashar al- assad, he has warplanes. can you really be his government with these weapons? >> -- beat his government with these weapons? >> it is not enough, but we hope to get some help from outside of syria. we have to work step-by-step. >> the work in this workshop. they want heavier weapons from countries that support their cause, but there's still a rudimentary fight. and thereby making begins. >> a rare look inside of the bomb factory of the rebels. she struggles to get the words out but gabrielle giffords' message was crystal clear -- the time for gun-control is now. she made her appeal to a u.s. senate committee considering tighter gun laws. she spoke two years after she suffered a shot in the head in arizona. news came in of another shooting in phoenix. >> another day, another mass shooting. this one in phoenix. three were injured, one quickly. the politicians were hearing evidence about plans for new gun controls. president obama has a powerful new ally, a politician, a survivor. allies but her awkward steps show not fully recovered from the bullet that passed through her brain. her husband leading the way. for the former congresswoman her gift of speech are a distant memory. >> speaking is difficult but i need to say something important. of violence is a big problem. too many children are dying, too many children. we must do something. >> her life changed forever in this arizona car blocked. she was shot at point-blank range by young men armed with a semiotic pistol with a 32 round clip. the pressure to ban these weapons is growing. >> it will be hard, but the time is now. you must act. be bold, be courageous americans are counting on you. thank you. >> this debate is moving. part of it,. after the massacre of 20 children just before christmas the president moved this to the top of his agenda. pundits say the plan to ban assault rifles is a logical. >> they make a bigger hires they sprayed bullets, they are more powerful, they are heavy armored. all of that is not true. >> the gun lobby is immensely powerful, so president's obama a's strategy is to raise the emotional temperature. gabrielle giffords' testimony helped. >> for more on this debate and what can be done about it, i spoke with the police commissioner. thank you very much for joining me. you are in the front lines of the fight against crime in america. would tighter gun laws make america a safer place? >> absolutely. you have to couple gun laws with strict enforcement and punishment for those that violate the law. the status quo is not acceptable. we have to come up with some solution. >> and you were a commissioner here in washington, d.c. at a time when the city had some of the tightest gun-control laws in the country and was one of the most violent in the country. >> that is true, and that is why it has to be done at an individual level. an individual city can have tough gun laws, but and surrounding jurisdictions don't, then you still have a problem. this has to be addressed at a national level. >> what do you make of the argument of the pro-gun lobby that there are already so many weapons out there and america that even if you impose restrictions on some weapons, it will be a drop in the ocean because there are so many out there already. >> everybody seems to be speaking in extremes but there is no reason not to act. you have to start at some point and time getting a handle on the situation that currently exists. we do have a flood of weapons on the street. in my opinion, they need to be will registered. there are things that we need to put in place that will make it difficult for a criminal to get their hands on a gun. we're not concerned about the decent, law-abiding citizens but those guns to get into the wrong hands on occasion. >> it is the criminals, as we heard, that are the ones that are getting the guns and committing most of the murders and even if you put in controlled background checks and tighter restrictions, they will still get their hands on his guns. >> that is not 100% accurate. nothing will be absolute. the fact someone can sell a gun to anyone without any kind of background check that is how these guns and up in the wrong hands. 10, 15 years from now they wind up in the hands of criminals. at least make it more difficult. this is a start. the status quo is unacceptable. because we have some any extreme positions, all we do is generate a lot of fear that is on warranted. >> you have been talking about the need for tighter controls. do you think that's something has changed after the shootings in newtown, connecticut? >> if the slaughter of 20 babies does not hold your attention, i don't know what will. if we don't make any changes, we will continue down the same path. it is acceptable. i think many of the people that are being highlighted at these hearings and so forth to not necessarily represent the majority of people. the majority of people want some reasonable gun control in place. they certainly don't want to lose their guns come out with the exception of assault rifles. >> charles ramsey has been advising the white house in this debate. >> thank you. >> let's look at some of the other stories from around the world. the dutch court has rejected for at a five allegations against the oil giant shell over pollution in nigeria. they found the company responsible for one case of pollution. shell is happy with the verdict but campaigners who brought the case are flabbergasted. funerals are taking place in brazil to the police report of that fireworks meant for outdoor use caused the disaster. more than 20 survivors who were thought to have escaped have now been taken to the hospital suffering from chemical pneumonia. david cameron has flown to algeria for security talks after this month's hijacking and killing of dozens of foreign workers. this is the first visit from a british prime minister and half a century, an indication of how concerned the government is about security in algeria. >> he is the first british prime minister to visit algeria since its independence from france in 1962. his first act was to pay respect to the dozens who died when islamist militants seized a gas plant in the desert. he is seeking a new partnership with algeria and get help in this region help itself. accompanied by the head of mi-6, is aimed is to strengthen algeria as an ally in the fight against terrorism. >> he is going to develop local relationships with the algerians, to help them develop their counter-terrorism programs. quite advanced programs by themselves. the governments have a pretty good intelligence networks. hop in the algerians to give them access to some of this dodge helping the algerians and give them access to -- helping the algerians to give them access to good intelligence. >> 37 foreigners and 10 algerians were killed. is this the new front line in the fight against terrorism? a fast and open desert terrain on the southern shores of the mediterranean? borders here are meaningless. the algerians believe the terrorists and the gas plant had trekked across the sahara from mali. many believe that the fight against terrorism cannot succeed without a fight against the social conditions in which extremists and grows. the challenge is, how does the president and his government produce social change in that country? how do they get the wealth to trickle down? it is a not very well organized country. they could do a lot better. frankly, they need to. >> david cameron insists david cameron will not get drawn into fighting another long conflict. the algerians themselves would play the key role on this emerging from . -- in this emerging front line. >> doctors prepare for the next step in a remarkable recovery. nearly seven years after one of the most the taurus massacres of the second world war, germany investigators have reopened the case into what happened at the french hamlet. 642 people mainly women and children, were killed when the village was destroyed by the ss. >> and no one who will has walked the ruins needs to be told to remember. the village stands as a perpetual with this to a massacre which few were ever held accountable. today, the german investigators are back retracing the steps of those as as units present in june 1944. >> the suspects have always denied their involvement in the cry because they acted in and supporting role. it is up to us to prove their intent. >> most are women and children. the soldiers threw hand grenades before starting the fires. the men were locked in the barns to the they were shot in the legs before the bonds were doused in petrol and set on fire. >> i would have liked this to have started earlier, says this man, who survived. he says that it is good that germany is taking responsibility. one man who did pay for his crimes was a member of the ss, described at his trial as the murderous rifleman. he was sentenced to life but later freed on grounds of ill health. this sheds new light on the involvement of six further suspects who are still alive. the remaining suspects are in their late a.d.'s, time is short. -- 80's time is short. >> before we were addicted to our smart phones, we could not be parted from our blackberries. it was not so long that those nifty devices ruled the mobile world. as smart phones spread blackberries died. now, research in motion with light to change that by rolling out their new phones and changing the company's name to, what else, blackberry. will it be enough to stage a come back? >> once, a coveted status symbol. the blackberry has had many faces in the decade since it launched. it lost its way and rivals have the muscle then on the area is dominated. -- muscle d in on the area they dominated. the chief executive unveiled what could be the company's last chance for survival. its newest operating system, as well as two new phones. here it is, the new blackberry 10. it looks a lot like an apple iphone 5. it does have a few new features. this is one of them. it is a one-stop shop for all of your messages. you can access your e-mail, facebook accounts, twitter. all that is delivered right here. this is really their last chance. >> it is very important. we want to prove to the market that we can build exciting smart phones. >> of course, blackberry has a lot riding on the success of blackberry 10. >> we need to see this work really well. we need consumers to have some level of excitement. the bar for excitement and success, we are not taking they will overtake apple or samsung. if a chief 5% market share a home run. >> a far cry from the glory days when their shares peaked at over 48 canadian dollars. today, they are around 15 canadian dollars. that is a fall of 87% in just over five years. >> it is unlikely they will ever be a leader because google and apple, they have so much momentum. the opportunity is to make to become the third ecosystem. >> introducing the blackberry helmet. >> a humorous note to how addictive we were to blackberry. in technology, fortunes rise and fall fast food to the question is can blackberry's fortunes rise again? -- in technology, fortunes rise and fall fast. the question is, can blackberry's fortunes rise again? >> the injury suffered by an activist in pakistan were so intense that a piece of her skull ended up in her abdomen. now, they will prepare to remove it and put it back in her skull. the doctors said she had made a remarkable recovery. >> her injury was life- threatening. a recovery so far is described as remarkable. weeks after malala yousafzai walked out of the hospital, they are preparing for her next major challenge. the government's bullet ripped a large chunk out of her skull. -- the attackers bullet ripped a large chunk out of her skull. now, they are preparing a titanium plate to repair the whole. >> this is a small defect. this is very adaptable. this is an easy battle to work with. >> malala yousafzai was attacked for defying a taliban edict. shot in the head at point-blank range as she traveled home from school. the taliban gunmen left her for dead but she emerged at the chaos of life. there was emergency surgery in pakistan and then the airlift to birmingham possible class medical facilities. her story has become a global news. a school girl turned into a national human rights campaigner. >> seat is a high profile person and a high-profile target. -- sheet is a high-profile person. she is incredibly determined to fight for cause. "she is facing not one but two operations. the second, to have an implant to restore some hearing to her damaged ear. this is a complex procedures but the doctor remains confident that she will make a good long- term recovery. >> malala yousafzai still facing extraordinary surgery but what an amazingly brave young woman. that brings the program to a close. you can carry on watching bbc world news for updates any time. you can reach me and the bbc team, you will find us on twitter. for all of us here, thank you so much for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york stowe vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. stocks fell on worries that china might... announcer: the new pbs for ipad app. you'll never know what you'll find. 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