>> up in smoke, again. an attack on in need of supplies and in afghanistan. and miles of toxic sludge that could take at least a year in tens of millions of dollars to clean up. and accusations the cia used a secret prison in europe to torture its most important terror suspects. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. coming up later for you -- win in on the front lines in afghanistan. in a dramatic change. and the province in western cambodia where surviving members of the khmer rouge say they are the victims.

the united states has apologized for the nato helicopter attack inside afghanistan that killed two pakastani soldiers and provoked the fury of the government in islamabad. u.s. helicopters mistook the soldiers for insurgents. police say militants have again attacked me know fuel tankers, destined to supply of foreign troops in afghanistan. it is the latest in five such attacks on me know convoys. here is orla guerin. >> it is becoming a familiar sight. nato tankers consumed by flames. today, a dozen gunmen torch to visit death of. a team rushed to the scene.

moments later, one correspondent had to run for cover. the taliban say they carried out the attacks, and this was followed by another. the more they are hit by u.s. drowns, the more they will hit the nato convoys. those convoys are sitting ducks. about 6000 lorries have been at a standstill since last week. this road has been blocked to nato traffic. coalition forces say they are managing without it. >> this is just one of several border crossing points. it is not impeded. we do not see any significant impact on our ability to cross the country. >> the closer it follows an air

strike that killed two pakastani -- the closure follows an air strike that killed two pakastani troops. the u.s. has apologized. they say that they mistook the soldiers for insurgents. cia drowned attacks are another source of tension. the are deeply unpopular here, and they are increasing dramatically. it is worried that militants could attack europe. pakistan's government has heavily criticized a leaked white house report. it accuses the government of failing to tackle al-qaeda and the afghan taliban head on. the americans and pakistan have a strategic alliance, but the relationship is under strain on a number of fronts. orla guerin, bbc news. >> police in hungary have opened

a criminal negligence inquiry after an ecological disaster. it will take at least one year to cleanup be toxic mud from an aluminum plant reservoir. 420 are undergoing medical treatment, three are missing. we have this report. >> it is hungary's worst chemical accident. the disaster struck at lunchtime on monday. it's covered everything in its path. the police are investigating the causes. more than 48 hours after the disaster, there has been a new change in the feelings of local people. shock and grief is giving way to anger. as the roads reopen, the sheer

extent of the impact is felt. >> my wife was covered by her hips down. my little boy cannot leave the hospital. he only feels safe there. >> the cleanup operation is finally in full swing. help was flown in. the next task -- to clean up mud and debris from homes and off the streets. >> 90% of the residents are saying they never want to move it back here, because no one can guarantee this will never happen again. >> the focus is shifting to new threats. the toxins are gushing for the river danube, 50 miles north. authorities are caught in a desperate attempt to neutralize the chemicals. this could pollute the water not only of hungary, but five countries downstream.

bbc news, in western hungary. >> of further setback for president barack obama's efforts to close guantanamo bay. a key prosecution witness has been barred from giving evidence. the judge has ruled that the testimony was not admissible as it was obtained through coercion. ahmed khalfan ghailani is charged in connection with attacks on u.s. embassies in tanzania and kenya. we have this from new york. >> this is ahmed khalfan ghailani, accused of helping al- qaeda blowup embassies in west africa 12 years ago. this with this scene after the blast in nairobi, which killed more than 200. the first ever guantanamo bay detainee to be tried in civilian court, his case in manhattan is being closely followed. now the judge has ruled that the

prosecution cannot called the star witness. why? because he was a witness while being interrogated in a secret cia jail. >> the problem the government has created for itself is that holding someone like him outside the law for so many years, engaging in torture or other techniques, it is much harder to bring them to justice. >> there are 174 detainees at guantanamo bay. when possible, the obama administration wants to try them in court. the obama administration is discovering issues with the rule of law. [unintelligible] this could have implications for the trials of other guantanamo detainees, including khalid sheikh mohammed, the architect of the 9/11 attacks. this is a problem for the

administration. here is how the top government legal officer responded today. >> the courts have shown an ability to handle these types of cases over the years. we can successfully do that in the future. >> and there are always the military commissions. the obama administration has not use them, but a former bush administration official says they are an important tool. >> now it is time for them to make the case for commissions. >> trials were never going to be easy, but ahmed khalfan ghailani was meant to be one of the more straightforward ones. bbc news, new york. >> the cia used a secret prison in europe to torture its most important terror suspects officials uncovered a secret

network. the bbc has learned there is evidence of a criminal standard of proof that khalid sheikh mohammed, the man accused of coordinating the 9/11 attacks, was tortured in poland before it joined the european union. >> hidden behind multiple layers of razor wire, the polish based thought to be a secret sect -- cia present. >> human rights officials are now convinced that it was here that the cia brought their most significant detainee, khalid sheikh mohammed, under controversial interrogation techniques. >> they were subject to very intense torture during interrogation, including, as far as we understand, water

boarding. >> flight logs show an executive jet linked to the cia left with khalid sheikh mohammed. the flight was secretly changed in budapest, and records now confirm that the plane actually landed in poland. we traveled to the small airport that documents now prove was visited by half a dozen cia aircraft since 2003. so the paper trail suggests that within days of being detained in pakistan, kalid sheik mohammed was brought here, to northeast poland, a place where the cia can operate in complete secrecy. a senior airport employee told us the american planes would had to the far end of the runway, to meet vehicles from the intelligence agency.

the cia's inspector general concluded that khalid sheikh mohammed had had 333 water boarding application since 2003. it did not say where. the man who first documented these presents told me that he believes the evidence is overwhelming -- america did torture and terror suspect on european soil. >> if i use the judicial standard of proof, then i say yes, he was in poland. yes, he was tortured. >> in response, the cia told us the program is over. agents do not discuss publicly where the tension suspects may have been or may not have been. -- where detention suspects may have been or may not have been.

bbc news, poland. >> militants in yemen have fired a rocket-propelled grenade. in another attack, a gunman shot and killed the top executive of an austrian will company. he is facing intense criticism over plans to make budget cuts, but david cameron says tough decisions must be made now to solve the budget deficit. speaking at the party conference, he said he wished there was an easier way, that there were not more job losses and spending cuts to come. but he also spoke of his vision for a smaller and more nimble states where citizens take more responsibility for their own lives. you are watching "bbc world news." still to come -- the battle involving money and americans and a football club.

more than 80 have been killed in landslides and flash flooding in indonesia. we have this from jakarta. >> this is what this town looks like from the air. huge swaths of land submerged under water. it has been devastated of -- it has been devastated by the rains over the last several days. it is estimated that 80% of the town has been destroyed. this is one of the most remote parts of indonesia, so getting eight year has been challenging. the bad weather has been made -- been making it more difficult. they are struggling to reach those in need this the most. there is concern that water levels are continuing to rise, putting a strain on rescue operations. to the people, the torrential

rain has buried this town and other towns like it. local support says many villages were carried away by the water. those who survived are now in desperate need of help. but whether they will get it soon enough is another worry. many were badly damaged in the floods. providing them with clean water in the place to live is a priority. some are slowly getting a helping hand. for the survivors, this refugee camp is where they will stay for the immediate future. there could be more rain ahead, which means heading home soon is unlikely. even if they do return, it is not clear what they have left to go home to.

bbc news, jakarta. >> the latest headlines for you on "bbc world news." police say militants have again attacked nato fuel tankers destined it you -- destined to bring foreign forces across the border in afghanistan. and authorities in hungary are investigating the leak of toxic chemicals from a plant. now, a u.n.-bank tribunal in cambodia has formally indicted the four most senior members of the khmer rouge of genocide. for many in cambodia, this may be just as at last. the khmer rouge killed up to 2 million people in the late 1970's. the prosecution has been met by anger. from there, we have this.

>> he is the most respected in the community. he has 29 grandchildren close by. some of them are building him i knew tense house. he tells me that they have a good life. there may be fun and games here now, but he used to be a soldier for one of the world's most feared armies -- the khmer rouge. this tax you, he tells me, protected him -- tattoo, he tells me, protected him from bullets. the khmer rouge families like these have been accepted back into society, some even joining be government and military. but now a u.n.-backed tribunal have formally charged the leadership with genocide for

people here, it is like a trail. >> they should release the khmer rouge leaders. what ever they think of them, they are getting old. they should be free. >> so, the officials in the tribunal have lot of explaining to do as far as these people are concerned, a public forum that offers pacifist prayers. [unintelligible] the prime minister has warned that too many trowels might plunge cambodia back into war. -- trials might plunge cambodia back into war. >> we need these and to realize the scale of what has happened. we have seen too many deaths in the space of three years. that is something that needs to

be eliminated. not just for the sake of this country, but for the international community, generally. >> there is plenty for this man and his khmer rouge colleagues to cheer. >> they were heroes, true patriots, fighting for the independence of our country. >> is only ever the losers who are held responsible. -- it is only average of users who are held responsible. >> people here have been through too much to want to fight again. they want to live in peace, even if they feel they are on the receiving end of the justice of the winners. bbc news. >> the afghan police force say that now is the first time in their history women have been allowed to join. we have this report. >> these are the first of the

few, a remarkable group of women who are signing up for the afghan police force. they say they want to fight the insurgency and defend their country. it is the first time in three decades of war that women have been allowed in the police force. and it is a significant breakthrough for women in afghanistan. >> i am based in the barracks. if there is a research billing on in the house, i will go there with the met -- if there is a search killing on in the house, i will go there with the men. >> it is early, and these women are still wary of acceptance in their own community. >> i do not go out because of

the situation in afghanistan. i come to work on my home, and i wear my uniform at work. >> others have very personal reasons for joining the force. >> my husband was a policeman. he was murdered. i wanted to join the police force, too. i wanted to serve my country. yes we proud to be a hero in afghanistan. -- i am proud to be a hero in afghanistan. >> it is still the number of police women in this country that is disappointing, with only one policewoman to every 160 afghan police. >> all in all, there are more than 100,000 police officers in

afghanistan. here, at the police academy in kabul, it seems to be unmans world. the police chief is proud of the record of recruiting women. >> you should know that under the afghan constitution, men and women have equal rights. the afghan interior ministry have paved the way for men and women to join the police academy. >> the test is a tough one for either sex. it has particular problems for women. >> people say it is dangerous for you. you are the lady. only my mom knows. i have not told anyone else. >> after her tough police work, it is back to her family, to her

young children who worry about her, and to a home where she is both mother and breadwinner. >> bbc news, kabul. >> apache military -- and apache military helicopter has crashed. it went down 180 e kilometers east of the capital, an area where forces have been engaged in struggles against the islamic militia. the crash is being examined as an accident caused by technical failure. it is one of the most famous names in soccer. liverpool soccer club is being sold to the owner of the boston red sox baseball team. >> the attempted takeover of the football club is not exactly a conventional deal.

it is being sold out from under the owners, who are now trying to block the deal. they have the heavy burden of $445 billion of that debt. fans are desperate to see them that. -- back. he expressed what many liverpool supporters probably feel about the reluctance to back up. >> and think it is a pity that at the end of an exhausting process, there has been at competitive bid, which we had, that they are not born to take the last opportunity to be the good guys and pass over the liverpool to be right owners. that is what they promised to do. and at the last minute, when it does not pay them what they see, they have chosen to do this. i can understand the disappointment. they are not going to get their money back.

this has been, for them, an exhaustive process. >> that the accord, the owner of the boston red sox baseball team said the sale would still go through, albeit through be humiliating mechanism of liverpool being put under administration through insolvency procedures. he will pay $480 million for liverpool, which covers only a portion of their back debt. the owners stand to lose $220 million that they have put into the club, and that is why able to all they can to block the deal. if the deal does go through, one way or another, liverpool will once again have relatively modest debt, which should be something of a liberation.

although that is no guarantee of sporting success. bbc news. >> wildlife researchers have discovered 150 new species in the area surrounding a river in southeast asia in 2009. this includes a fish with curved thanks, a snake without fangs -- a fish with fangsfangs, -- wi th fangs, a snake without fangs. the report said that the species could be threatened by plans to build a hydroelectric dam. the u.s. has apologized for the nato helicopter attack that killed at least two pakastani soldiers and provoked the fury of the government in islamabad. the be helicopter pilots mistook

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