a riverside spectacular to open the asian games. where else in the world can you see a show like this? so big, ambitious, so expensive. few ordinary chinese got close, of course. security is a big concern. but they managed as they could to catch a glimpse. and of the city center, we found fans. >> of these asian games make us feel that our country is more powerful than other countries. >> more powerful? >> yes, more powerful. >> it is an opportunity for china's leaders to show the people how far they have come. it helps to reinforce the message that this is now a modern, prosperous nation, a giant in asia. china will win the most medals here. it is a sporting superpower. these games are a chance to test young athletes. opening night went off without a hitch. bbc news. >> i just briefly, is strike closed most of the cultural attractions on friday. it is a protest against government plans to cut nearly $400 million from the culture budget over three years. the latest headlines for you this hour on bbc world news. supporters from burma

also coming up in the program -- president obama arrives in seoul on the latest leg of his asian tour. and the beginning of the end for harry potter. the stars look back on 10 years of film wizardry. >> thank for joining us. david cameron has used the main spreach of his trip to china to stress the virtues of open, democratic government. in an address to university students in beijing, mr. cameron told his audience the political freedom, an open media, and the rule of law provided the best path to stability and prosperity. >> china's leaders like to be flattered. in fact, david cameron has brought the biggest ever ministerial and biggest delegation to china has gone down well here. china's president welcomed mr. cameron, praising his efforts to improve britain's relations with cameron. mr. cameron is 20 years younger, but china's leader describes the cabinet ministers as very young, but full of drive and energy. britain's prime minister responded that he puts the highest value on britain's ties with china. and this is why. business and cash. mr. cameron wants to focus on trade with ch

the president of the spanish federation passed a note to the asian federation and the note said congratulations, we're going to win it. so they believe they are going to host the world cups but it's a big decision, because both had been thrown out if they had been found to have broken the rules. 2018 and 2022. but it will only be 22 men now who will vote on december, and on friday, tomorrow, there will be a specially convened meeting of the executive committee with the head of fifa. so upset about the allegations they may say we're going to split the vote and only decide on 2018 and then we may decide 2022 who may host having two courts simultaneously. we've got this credit issue. it's about the credibility of fifa and the honesty within. boy we sit play for us. it's very strategic and tactical as well, isn't it? whether this has been a good theodore dad day. >> and the money is always involved and put up front. in other words, we'll help you develop football in this part of the world. that's all perfectly fine. it's when it comes to actually selling your vote, clearly fifa looks bad and every

and american has been pourg into these emerging economies on the asian communities. much more to talk about. >> millions of dollars that have been paid out by the british government to former detainees, part of a settlement to avert legal battles with individuals who claim u.k. authorities were aware of their torture and should have prevented it. >> the most well known of the men have been a man detained in pakistan in 2002. he was then flown by the americans to ma rocco where he claims he was brutely tortured. he was one of the detainees suing the government for mistreatment while being held on suspicion. >> the case has become a huge headache with the mi 5 and mi 6. with hundreds of lawyers plowing through records, so ministers have decided to settle and the government has agreed to pay out millions of pounds to the men and some half a dozen others whose mistreatment may have been witnessed by british. >>en inquiry to the allegations was held. it's all part of an attempt to draw a line under an episode that's caused huge damage to the repation of mi 5 and mi 6 and

we also know that ensuring asian pacific sovereign and corporate bonds debt has increased. the cost for south korean government debt has increased by something like 15 basis points. they are heading for the biggest rise since may of this year. and the south korean has fallen. we will see if they will implement any measures to put a lid on the fall. they will go to the safe havens. >> you are watching bbc world news. still to come images capture the moment an explosion ripped that you a coal mine in new zealand. 29 miners are still missing. >> the israeli parliament passed a bill setting new conditions for any withdrawal from occupied territories. it requires a two-thirds majority before any land in the golan heights or east jerusalem could be creeded to syrians or palestinians. if it fails to get the majority it must be put to a national referendum t. is condemned by the palestinian government. the e.u. envoy to haiti says sunday's elections must go ahead despite the epidemic of cholera. four of 19 candidates appealed for it to be delayed to tackle the disease but the envoy

the g-20 marks the coming of age for south korea, building on its economic credentials as an asian giant. but many here can still remember a time when prosperity was barely a dream. >> this is seoul, capital of korea. today, it is a shell. >> at the end of the korean war, the people were struggling to survive. archive footage shows major thoroughfares reduced to rubble. >> and this is the very same street nearly 60 years later. it has been a remarkable transformation. from being an international battlefield, south korea literally rose from the ashes, transforming itself from one of the world's poorest countries to one of the richest. and the transforming is still going on. seoul is a city of continuous construction, spending the money that flows in from the caribbean plans -- the korean brands that have gone global. it is the change of a generation. >> in the 60's and '50's, we have development aid from other countries. we want to give back in terms of community development. >> are there lessons from the developing world in what you meant to exit -- managed to achieve in the last 20 year