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this is bbc america. now live from london, "bbc world news." hello. i'm with world news. our top stories. benjamin netanyahu is heading for a further term as israeli prime minister as his likud party wins a resounding election victory. police clash with anti-capitalists trying to disrupt the opening of the european central bank's new headquarters. police in serbia arrest seven people suspected of direct involvement in the massacre of bosnian muslims in srebrenica. researchers in brazil find
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babies breast-fed for longer become more intelligent adults. hello, welcome to the program. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu's likud party has won a surprise victory in the country's elections. with almost all of the votes counted, results give likud a clear lead over its rival zionist union. its leader yitzhak herzog has conceded victory. he nows has to build a coalition government. 120 seats in parliament known as the knesset and the majority of 61 is needed to form a government. prime minister netanyahu's likud likud's party has won 30 seats and the zionist union won 24.
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the joint arab list allowance of israeli dominated party came third with 14 seats. let's cross over live now to jerusalem with bbc's mark lowen is there for us. he defies all of the exit polls. how did he do it? >> remarkable turnaround. the opinion polls put him behinds the center left zionist union. the exit polls as you say made it into a dead heat. pretty much equal shares between the two and then this morning, by this morning, israel awoke to the awareness they were going to have a fourth term of benjamin netanyahu. he's made a decisive victory. possibly he -- by tacking to the right at the last minute giving an interview saying it would not be a palestinian state under his watch. he shored up his core vote and persuaded undecided voters. the left had complacency towards
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the end, possibly the fact that when voters came to cast their ballot papers all those fears of security become existential fears of israel's future came to the floor again and saw benjamin netanyahu best placed to face against an external threat. he has the victory and says within two or three weeks he will put together a coalition government. coalition of the right, nationalist parties, pretty hard line on several issues. let's get all the latest now of the day's events with my colleague johnny diamond. >> reporter: does this look like a loser? just a day ago, the election was said to be slipping through his fingers. as his supporters chanted his nickname benjamin netanyahu, savored victory. >>. >> translator: against all odds we have achieved victory for the likud party. >> reporter: it didn't look
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quite so clearcut. early on tuesday night, exit polls showed netanyahu's likud party in a dead heat with the left wing opposition but the polls were wrong. likud has 30 seats in the knesset, a strong foundation for a right wing coalition. at the opposition zionist union, the night was long and low key. they thought they might topple netanyahu, they were wrong. >> translator: on the morning their leader yitzhak her zon conceded defeat. i would like to make it clear, said herzog to the israeli people, the challenges are the same challenges, the problems are the same problems, nothing has changed. as the results came out, mixed reaction but one early morning stroller summed up the defiance of benjamin netanyahu and his supporters. >> the world was against him and
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the country was against him, much of the country, but he did it and i think that it -- i think it's great. >> reporter: in the course of the campaign netanyahu tore up his own policy on the right of palestinians to a state of their own. he has won yet another victory, but today, israel looks as isolated as ever. johnny diamond, bbc news. let's pick up on that point that johnny made. mr. netanyahu had vowed not to allow the creation of a palestinian state if he wins a fourth term. hes has. what happens to the peace process? >> well, another casualty since last april there have been no talking at all since then and really looks like that will be the state of play with that issue for some time to come. there's already been a reaction from a senior plo official that
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says israel chose the part of racism occupation and settlement building and did not choose the path of negotiation and partnership between us. bear in mind one of the parties that will come into the coalition will be the jewish far right party said there will never be a palestinian state. clearly, there is going to be a hard line on this issue. potentially netanyahu could be tempered by a centrist party that could come into the coalition which wants to try true reignite the talks but there will be dismay on the palestinians, dismay in the white house that sees mr. netanyahu as an obstacle to any progress on the palestinian peace issue and at the moment that issue really there is very little optimism it's going to move forward any time soon. >> mark we will leave it there but thank you very much as always. mark lowen, our correspondent in jerusalem. let's turn to germany because violent clashes have broken out in the city of frankfurt where anti-capitalist protesters form from across
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europe have converged ahead of the inauguration of the new headquarters at the european central bank. live images there. protesters still very much in the area at the vicinity. we are expecting the innag graduation process to start shortly. let's have a look inside the building. a smaller inauguration ceremony takings place. because of the protests a more private ceremony within the new headquarters of the ecb building. it's due to start shortly, and we were -- this is, of course, a new building that had been in the planning for a long time before the different problems within the europe financial sector, but obviously when all those problems took place, now we've got anti-capitalist protesters the blockupy allowance movement which is
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trying to stop the ceremony from taking place in the way that it was planned. they, obviously, are against the measures that the ecb are taking, the debt reduction measures they're taking against troubled financial countries like greece, for example. now those protests still taking place. a short time ago i spoke to angela -- let me double check, the head of communications at the frank school of finance. >> since monday we've seen high presence of police officers in the central of frankfurt and around our campus which is located directly opposite the new ecb campus and yesterday, in the afternoon, we have seen people coming in demonstrators, coming in to frankfurt and it's dancing and playing music here
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in the street and it was quite peaceful but today everything has changed for the worse. there have been burnt cars burnt bikes, burnt trash bins and lots of riots in the streets. >> angela is there a surprise this kind of protest is taking place, given the backdrop the financial problems within various european countries? >> well to be honest it's not that kind of as surprise because the police have done a terrific job about informing the people here in frankfurt and so many shops are closed and we've seen a lot of demonstrations in frankfurt in the last couple of years before the ecb moved to its new prem ma sis. there has been blockupy camp in front of the old premises of the ecb for, i don't know six or nine months even so it's not a surprise. >> and do we know when is this inauguration ceremony due to
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take place and are you aware if weather wl it will take place given what's happening outside? >> they say the inauguration takes place at 11:00 a.m. here german time and it's supposed to be a rather private and intimate ceremony. originally it was planned to have something like an open day and to invite the citizens to visit the new campus which is the new ecb cam ps pus, which is really breathtaking. it's a gorgeous architecture. but now, because of the demonstrations, it's a private ceremony and it takes place on a wednesday work day. >> yes. angela renner there, inauguration ceremony on a smaller scale, due to start shortly. that's one of the stories i know the business department here at the bbc was watching. alice is here with the rest of the news. not only events in frankfurt but all eyes on an important
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decision to be taken by the united states. >> absolutely right. the key question is is are we going to see an interest rate rise over on the way in the states. a two-day meeting of america's central bank ends today and the fed faces a choice keep rates low for longer but rates rise or raise rates soon but risk keeping the largest economy into recession. markets will be waiting to hear if the word patience is removed from the chair's statement. experts say if this one word is dropped, it signals that the fed will lift rates in june. however, isn't supported by everyone. rate of 5.5% is near the target level, but wage growth is feeble and inflation remains below the fed's target. stay for us for a report in business in the next 20 minutes or more. here in the uk fight nance minister unveiling his budget
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50 days before the general election. he's pledged no gimmicks. a newspaper report suggests he is considering tax cuts and could have as much as $7 billion for a preelection giveaway. in januarying uk inflation held a record low by all prices lower debt prices by the government. now let's see how markets here in new york are reacting to all that's going on across the continent today. the ftse 100 in london ahead of the budget currently up over 41 points, the dax in germany reacting to the protests in frankfurt, down, the cac in france down keeping a close eye on the euro/dollar exchange rate one of the key drivers on the markets at the moment. that's a look at business. >> we'll see you a little later on. thank you very much as always. now let's turn to serbia where prosecutors have arrested seven men they suspect of carrying out
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the 1995 srebrenica massacre of bosnia muslims europe's worse civilian mass murder since world ii. the arrests follow investigations by a joint team of prosecutors from the war time enemies serbia and bosnia. the first time that serbia prosecutors have dealt with the mass killings of civilians and prisoners of war in verb knee ka. more than 8,000 were killed during the bosnian conflict an atrocity which has been labeled by genocide by the united nations. let's cross over to belgrade. our correspondent joins us live now. guy, of course this was an absolutely horrific event back from 1995. >> 20th anniversary of this terrible event. the worst atrocity in europe since the end of the second world war and you mentioned all the thousands of deaths people still looking for justice, there have been high level justice,
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the hague tribunal has found people of genocide going back to 2001 and the radovan karadzic bosnian are still on trial at the moment. those who are charged today did have blood on their hands. they were accused of directly killing some of those 8,000 people in srebrenica. >> what do we know about the 7 people who have been arrested? >> officially we've only got the initials of them. unofficially, we do know that one of them is somebody who was charged with genocide in bosnia a couple years ago, and nedeljko milidragovic commander of the bosnian serb police unit stands accused of rounding up around 1,000 boss knee yak muslim men and boys putting them into a warehouse and arranging for them to be shot. the survivors were brought out and they were murdered as well.
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these are the crimes which he is suspected of. he will now face charges in serbia rather than bosnia after this extraordinary cooperation between the war crimes court of serbia and bosnia. >> of course 8,000 of muslims were killed in events then. what about the other perpetrators of what is now known as the genocide crimes? >> as i said we've had convictions dating back to 2001. that was the first genocide conviction in europe since the end of the second world i, since the nuremburg trial. what we've seen at the hague tribunal tribunal, the international tribunal, is very much a change of tack or at least an emphasis on going for the senior leaders. now it's down to the individual war crimes courts in bosnia in serbia, in croatia as well the war crimes committed there, to go after the lower level, who nonetheless were guilty or
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potentially guilty of serious crimes and thus what we're seeing now and we're seeing increased cooperation just a few months ago. bosnian and serbian police arrested around 15 people in conjunction, in connection with the massacre during the conflict and now we've seen this today with srebrenica. >> more still to come. don't go away from b "bbc world news." why turnups in men's trousers were banned during the second world war and why britons did their best to follows the latest fashions.
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. you're watching "bbc world news." our main headlines for you. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has declared a resounding victory in the general election his likud party winning 30 seats.
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opposition leader yitzhak herzog has called mr. netanyahu to congratulate him. violent clashes between police and protesters in frankfurt where anti-capitalist campaigners are trying to disrupt the integration of the european central bank's new headquarters. hello. coming up in sport, nick marshal mccormack south africa are the first team through to the world cup semifinals after a sri lanka collapse. the fallout from tuesday's champions league. tells us how they handled the pressure of penalties and the maria sharapova admits she was beaten by panetta's power and pace at end yap wells coming up in 30 minutes time. yes, in 30 minutes. first, research conducted in brazil suggests babies who are breast-fed for longer become more intelligent, educated and financially successful adults. it's thought longer exposure to
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certain fatty acids in breast milk necessary for brain development may be boosting intelligence. >> reporter: breastfeeding can prove challenging. new mom sarah has needed support to help her and baby nathenle breastfeeding is recommended because of health benefits in the crucial early months. this research suggests there could be a link to other advantages later in life. the study involved almost 3,500 babies in brazil. the researchers followed them up at the age of 30 and found those who were breast-fed the longest, had higher intelligence scores and were earning more. >> it's pretty clear, the number one advantage is the more you breastfeed your baby the baby it is for that baby. we knew that anyway but we now know it will make the child slightly better in terms of educational assessment and more likely to do well in life because of that in the long term. >> reporter: some experts fear the messages from these studies put extra pressure on women
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after birth. >> what i hear when they do their natal classes the vast majority of the class, at least 90%, is spent telling them why they should breastfeed and the benefits of breastfeeding and the evils of formula and hardly any is explaining how to do it. >> reporter: official guidelines recommend babies are given breast milk for the first six months of life but the nhs also recognizes that not all women choose to breastfeed or are able to. jane draper, bbc news. two children have been reunited with their mother in australia after being abducted and taken to afghanistan. their father is in jail for claiming that their mother was dead. the two were found by an american lawyer. he specializes in suches cases. david loyn has this exclusive report. >> reporter: two children a girl aged 9 and a boy aged 5, who can't be named for legal reasons, play by a cage of pigeons. they were born in australia but
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their parents, both originally from afghanistan, took them to iran three years ago. the lawyer found them in hiding in afghanistan after their father handed them to his brother and returned to australia where he claimed his wife was dead. >> i mean they've been missing since october 2012, so this is a huge victory. it's just been some really great investigative work that's been involved that has involved a lot of people to make this happen. >> reporter: the two spent a few days in a children's shelter in kabul while their papers were put in order and then they left to pick up their old life in australia and speak english again. two children two very different worlds, now being reunited with their mother. they've not seen for three years. ♪ >> reporter: the children in the shelter sing a song their new friends were with them for only a few days before flying back to
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australia, a place the others can only imagine. ♪ >> reporter: david loyn bbc news, kabul. now fashion is not at the forefront of people's minds during the second world war, but a few exhibition at london's imperial war museum is actually telling the story of how people did look at what they were wearing and how important it was. jane mcgovern has the story. >> reporter: britain is at war. suddenly a quarter of the population is entitled to wear a uniform. the war effort must convert. so does fashion lay down and die? not at all. it triumphs but this is fashion on the ration as vogue reports, the smaller they get the more perfect they have to be.
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>> there is a genuine concern if people do not care about their appearance that sense is an indicator of low morale and that they may lose the war. it's as serious as that. >> a lady's duty to look her best but not spend too much. >> no. >> reporter: and if you couldn't afford it there was one answer. >> why not get together with your friends and form a make do and mend group. >> my wedding dress. >> i would like to be a night dress. >> reporter: as did these raf issue maps. >> this map was intended to help people who had fallen behind enemy lines. >> to find -- work where they were. the first items were sold off to things like underwear sets and be dressing gowns even. >> reporter: in 1945 24 coupons had to last you all year. a dress would cost almost half of those. no wonder this wedding dress was shared by 15 brides.
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even the queen had to save coupons. people famously tried to donate their own to her majesty. all were politely returned. >> i love these pictures your mom and dad's wedding. >> so evocative of the period. >> reporter: his mother opted for a utilitarian approach for the day. >> if it had been peace time she would have liked a white wedding but they were not really the done thing during the second world war. >> reporter: it's terry's father's trousers that are the giveaway recycled wedding day outfit in support of the war effort. >> he's got turn up ins and they were banned by the government in 1942. >> reporter: it was a waste. >> you can't imagine the fury this caused. here we are fighting, you know, for our lives in some sense. >> reporter: and turnup ins. >> and they banned turnups. >> reporter: everyone sacrificed but everyone expected to look good even when it came to carrying a gas mask. bbc news at the im per yal war
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museum in london. >> fascinating tough. lots more as always on our website and if you want to get in touch with me and the team please do so. i'm on twitter. you can get in touch via the bbc world facebook page as well. that's me and the team. as always thank you very much for watching. bye-bye. we pour 'em! we pass 'em! we pick 'em! delicious fun for everyone. hershey's miniatures are mine, yours, our chocolate. photos are great for capturing your world. and now they can transform it. with the new angie's list app, you can get projects done in a snap. take a photo of your project or just tell us what you need done and angie's list will find a top rated provider to do the job. start your project for free today. (mom) when our little girl was born we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever.
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. being patient, the world's markets wait to hear if america's central bank is moving towards raising interest rates. last one giant leap 50 years on from when the first man walked in space.
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is commercial becoming a reality. hello there. very warm welcome to you. this is world business report. in just a minute more on those process ahead of the european central bank inauguration. first this hour is an interest rate rate rise on the way over in the united states. a two-day meeting of america's central bank ends today and the fed faces a tough choice keeps rates low longer but risk rising inflation or raise rates soon but risk tipping the largest economy into a recession. markets will be waiting to hear if the word patient is removed from the chair's statement. expert says if this one word is dropped, then that could signal the fed will lift rates come june. however, such a move isn't supported by everyone. an unemployment rate of 5.5% is near the fed's target level. but wage growth is feeble and inflation remained well below
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that target. our reporter michele reports from the meeting in washington, d.c. >> reporter: regaining their appetite after the recession. americans are slowly feeling better about the recovery. and that's helping the owner of this new doughnut shop. >> i've been very encouraged by consumer spending. there's been plenty of customers coming through here that, you know, for doughnuts in particular, people are willing to spend a good amount of money for a superior product and that's really encouraging. >> reporter: over six years of record-low interest rates and many doughnuts later, unemployment in the world's largest economy has fallen to a level the u.s. central bank considers healthy. at this point you would expect rates to go up to fight inflation. the trouble for this woman, janet yellen the head of the federal reserve, is that the rising value of the dollar is complicating plans to raise rates because it lowers the price of goods importd into
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america. >> when you begin to think of will they raise rates in june will they raise rates in september, beyond it's really a function of how inflation is moving. it's not the level of inflation, is it trending lower or trending higher or is it flattening out. the fed can raise rates with low inflation and they will. they will not raise rates with low inflation that's trending lower and that's the key point. >> reporter: up until now, those inside this building have said they can be patient about raising rates. is that patience running out? keeping the word statement after each meeting doesn't mean a rate hike is imminent but she and her colleagues are trying to prepare financial markets when the day finally monetary policy starts to return to normal a world in which u.s. interest rates can sometimes actually go up. michele flurry bbc news washington. staying on that in
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frankfurt more than 300 people have been arrested during violent clashes. anti-capitalist protesters have converged for the inauguration of headquarters of the european central bank which has just started. police and firefighters were attacked. 80 officers are said to have been injured. police have used water cannons to try to disperse the crowds. thousands of officers have been deployed to protect the bank building which cost $1.4 billion to build. now, spanish fashion giant indytext the owner of zara has reported a 5% rise in profits thanks to a recovery in consumer spending. the retailer plans to open new stores in london and barcelona and severals u.s. cities including three in new york. earlier my colleague from the consultants capital asked if they're on to a winning formula.
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>> being responsive to the consumer. they tend to produce very close to spain which is where the whole design teams is. they learn when something is working or something isn't working and they can decide to increase production or nip it in the bud which means they're extremely responsive. not all plain sailing. the fact is in the text as a business has almost 30% of sales coming from emerging markets like russia and china. the product tends to be priced higher there than it is in europe. they make more money in many of those countries than they do sales and with what's happening with currencies in many markets there are some question marks about whether they will be able to price for the full impact of this. now 50 years ago today, soviet cosmonaut became the first man to walk in space floating outside his capsule for over ten minutes. since then space technology has moved on leaps and bounds. the global space tourism
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industry is predicted to be worth up to $100 billion a year by 2030. but when it comes to space tourism, the private space race between virgin galactic and xcorp is fierce. they've taken flight bookings at $250,000 each. the challenges are mounting. last october virgin galactic spaceship 2 exploded killing one pilot and seriously injuring another. concerns about the impact regular space travel could have on the environment are also growing. joining me in the studio steven, national director with virgin galactic. thanks for joinings us. 50 years on since alexi was in space and now you at virgin galactic are trying to help many more experience that same? >> yeah. we are. i think that moment 50 years ago and another 50-year anniversary coming up in the next few years was part of a remarkable decade and remarkable because, obviously, a lot was achieved in a short period of time but it
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involved people connecting with space in a real way for the first time. that inspired a generation. and i think a lot of people kids of that generation expected to be traveling to space themselves within a few years. that didn't happen. it remained the preserve of government employees. and we would like to change that. we know from our experience in putting together the first market for this product there appear to be many thousands of people throughout that would love to go. >> you're part of the teams helping to pioneer space tourism. of course as you mentioned, that was that awful disaster last october when the virgin galactic spaceship ii exploded. has that temperred your appetite for us in any way, seen a market lose its appetite and fall away from what you're hoping to achieve. >> we remain committed to our goals, a second vehicle, which is nearly ready to fly, we
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expect to returns to test flight this year. we were humbled by i suppose the reaction of our customers to that trammic accident and they've stayed extremely solid. we've been a risk averse society in some ways but when at the frontier of something like this which is hard but worth while, you test and you test to confirm and to evolve and understand and failure is sometimes part of that deal. >> your business is about putting people up into space but you're also trying to send more small satellites up as well. why is that? >> the investment we've made in infrastructure was to take people into space but it can also be used to put small satellites into space cheaply and frequently than is otherwise the case. a lot happening in a small satellite industry some of that the uk which is great, becoming smaller and smarter and cheaper.
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there's an insatiable desire for communication and data services mass production techniques being applied to small satellites, so they're coming within the grasp of a lot of organization and people buts the cost of availability of launch is as bad as it has ever been. what we are seeking to do is change that. for example, we could look at the -- >> we're going to have end it there. >> many thanks to you. commercials. many thanks for coming in and joining us talking about adventures in space. for me and the business team that's all for this hour. es) everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny because only he brings delicious cadbury creme eggs. while others may keep trying nobunny knows easter better than cadbury.
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sauber. hello. i'm nick marshal mccormack. this is "sport today." coming up south africa are the first team through to the world cup semifinals after a sri lankan collapse in sydney.
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the fallout from tuesday's champions league how they handled the pressure of penalties. and maria sharapova admits she was beaten by flavia pennetta's power and pace at indian wells. hello. wherever you are around the world welcome to "sport today." south africa have won their first knockout match at a cricket world cup and they are the first team through to the semifinals of this world cup after thrashing sri lanka, an uncharacterist collapse that did all the damage. none of their batsmen past 50. they were all out for just 133. the party has had no problems taking it down winning by nine wickets with 192 balls remaining. the biggest win for any team in a world cup. >> reporter: it's party time here in sydney if you're supporting south africa that is. a comfortable victory in the end for them. and they are through to the
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cricket world cup semifinal. 133 was never going to be enough for sri lanka. south africa's spinners that did the damage. jp dameny taking the hat trick and four wickets for saher. 18s over is all it took for south africa to complete the victory and give these guys big miles on their faces. look at that one there. how does it feel then to have won a match, a knockout match in the cricket world cup? >> it feels fantastic the way we've come back after losing to pakistan taking four wickets taking three wickets and all i can see is we just see ourselves in the final of the world cup. go south africa. >> you think it's in the final already? this is is guy has come from south africa to watch the cricket world cup. do you think they can win. >> absolutely. we passed the big c word choking first, we got our loss out of the way, win win win. >> let's see, let's put it to the test. come on are south africa going
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to win this cricket world cup? >> yeah! >> i think that's as yes. >> i think it is. lee james reporting in sydney. south africa's win unfortunately meant there was no fairytale farewell for gu mar sagcara. this was their last one-day international before retirement. well let's move on to football now and madrid's fernandoer to rez has yearned to live nights like this in the stadium. torres scored the winning score kick in a penalty shoot-out to reach the finals of the champions league. he said the win left me with goose pimples. >> translator: it's very difficult to train for penalty shoot-outs and we didn't. with nothing but trees behind the goal because it's not real. the psychological things don't play a part but the emotional things do. the fatigue exists after
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training, but it's not the same. it's more about the decision of the penalty takers and the goalkeeper. >> monaco through to the quarterfinals after knocking out arsenal. there was bitterness between the coaches at the end. leonardo accused ar sen of disrespect and refused to shake his hand after venga apparently did the same after the first leg. >> translator: well no i left the pitch. it's true that in the first leg when i wanted to shake ar sen's hand, they didn't thank me or shake my hand. this time monaco did everything. isn't the best condition possible but i decided not to greet him. right now, we are celebrating and we think that arsenal may be didn't show all the respect they should have done during the first leg.
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>> we have six quarterfinalists decided and need two more teams. we'll get them wednesday when manchester city take on barcelona. now over the last year manchester city have played barcelona three times and each time finished the match with ten men. here's the city coach. >> i think that tomorrow we must play in the way we did the second half but for me the most important thing tomorrow is try to play with 11 players the whole game. i not complain about the sendoff because i think it was the right decision, but i hope that tomorrow we can play 11 against 11 and hope that we see a team that will qualify. >> that was pelligrini speaking to us yesterday. louis suarez scored both goals in the opening leg but he was given a reminder there are others willing to put the boot in. look at that. brazilian teammate took advantage at training and then
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another brazilian danny alvarez thought it was worth while to stick the boot in not very friendly to louis. he scored the goal and i'm sure will score more if he gets the chance. to tennis sharapova says she was beat bin flavia pennetta's power and pace. the russian wept out in three sets. looking good for sharapova when she won the first set 6-3 but the italian defending champion took the next two sets to reach the quarterfinals. she'll play france's garcia and germany's sa bin. >> did mention from the beginning was a tough match but i tried to play my tennis, tried to be aggressive and everything was working pretty good tonight. i'm really happy about this win. >> world number one serena williams competing at indian wells for the first time in 14 years. she lost her first set on a tie break to fellow american sloane stephens before coming back to win the next two sets with just
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four games. rafael nadal is through to the fourth round. straight sets win over the american world number 47 donald young. nadal now goes on to meet the frenchman simon in the last 16. >> i am practicing every day, today i play with a little bit more but i am able to do it well. i feel confident that i am playing much better than i was a month and a half ago. >> i've heard it you've heard it rugby union described by critics as boring but when the coach of the world champions new zealand said the game is heading that way we better listen. steve hanson said massive rules meant matches featureded less attack and more attacking.
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>> there's been a lot said since i made my statement but, you know, i do have some concerns and not only the game is boring but, you know, it could go that way. >> less attacking, more defending. lot more around the world at bbc.com/sport. i'm nick marshal mccormick. bye-bye. will twizzlers mixed berry bites ever end their rivalry with jolly rancher filled gummy bites? not today. bites. little greatness.
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home spun superhero from africa one day take on the best of the west? >> there's no reason a superhero from africa wouldn't be as big as spiderman in the western world. >> the video games developer draws on african history and culture to populate its mobile video games. characters like the school boy crime fighter is sharing not all superheroes have to come from gotham city. >> the western world is choked
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with normals. south africa puts backgrounds. i feel we want to bring a difference in the superhero universe so that new franchises can be spawned out of our history, african history. >> we're going to build an app. >> reporter: if african superheroes have been on the ground so are tech start-ups. the crowd graduated from here at the entrepreneurial school of technology. >> i'm looking for $100,000. >> reporter: a school for start-ups, it's pumping out students likes these rehearsing their elevator pitches one minute pitch a project to a potential backer. >> with you -- >> reporter: they're taught to dream big. the school backers chose ghana because they saw ghanaians as smart and creative but
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possessing a certain swagger. ♪ >> reporter: start-ups are a precarious business across the rickety bridge is the incubator, where fledgling companies are nurtured through the shaky early years. dropfy is is a wedgist, manages client feedback detectings the client's mood from what they're writing. businesses know how to react. >> we are able to tell whether a customer is angry, is happy, or not, with just the tone of the it text. sometimes the best customers are the customers that get angry and then you try to, you know get them back so apart from telling you that these people are angry, we offer tips that you can use very handy tips to use to get these customers back. >> reporter: dropfy has won
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awards defying the large odds saying one out of ten start-ups succeed. should a developing country be playing this kind of roulette? think about it. three energetic 20 somethings hunched over laptops for a few months just to see if an idea will fly and potentially massive returns. well that's worth a punt suspect it? perhaps it's like the crime fighting superhero ansy out with appearing only a modest player rating itself for a moment takes on a leading role on a larger stage. >> i'm waiting for superman to give an answer a call by next year, help me battle crime in probably egypt or fight elections in kenya or yeah solve real world issues yes.
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♪ hello. i'm with bbc world news. our top stories -- benjamin netanyahu is heading for a fourth term as israeli prime minister as his likud party wins a resounding election victory. police in frank further clash with anti-capitalist protesters trying to disrupt the opening of the european central bank's new headquarters. police in serbia arrest seven people suspected of direct involvement in the massacre of bosnian muslims in srebrenica. 20 years ago. the highly addictive drug devastating the

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