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>> and now "bbc world news." new zealand morris, five days after the first mine explosion devastated, a second blast has left no survivors. ourns.aland m and ireland announces four years of austerity. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers in america on pbs and elsewhere around the world. shiny the light on the world of impoverished children in mumbai -- shining a light. a major exhibition from the grandam of british art. -- brand -- grande dame of

british art. hello to you. a national tragedy has unfolded in new zealand. a second explosion at the pike river mine has led them to say that all 29 miners trapped inside are now dead. some come from new zealand, britain, and australia. poisonous gases has prevented others from entering. phil mercer said this report from the mine -- sent to this report. >> hope, despair, and now grief. it has been a devastating time for the families of the minors. for five days, they prayed for a miracle, but rescuers were prevented from entering the mine

due to poisonous gases. they say the second explosion shattered any hopes the men could have somehow survived deep underground. >> we had to break the news to the family, who were extremely distraught. the blast was terrific, just as severe as the first blast. >> this is the worst news in a mining accident for at least 100 years. most of the burden will be sheltered in a small area of greymouth. two were from scotland. prince charles has offered his sympathy to the families of those who died. >> the new zealand people and what the families are going through. we just want them to know the we are with them during this terrible time of anguish. >> new zealand authorities have extended their cautious approach to the rescue. some families believe the

emergency teams should have been sent into the mine within hours of the first explosion. >> i should not have to bury my son. it should be the other way around. >> last night, at church services have to remember the dead, they comforted those left behind. bbc news, phil mercer, greymouth. >> the irish people today were presented with a grin notice. not only will they face cuts, but they will pay higher income tax, and anyone earning minimum wage will see their pay come down. all of that was after negotiations with the eu and the imf. we have this report. >> today, we have come to announce an four-year plan. >> budget cuts. today, they tune in to hear about four more. they were not the only ones putting on a gray face.

>> this is about ireland putting its best foot forward. ireland saying, "yes, this is what we are prepared to do." has tocowen's government squeeze roughly 9% of national income out of the budget. wages are going down, and welfare spending will be cut, and taxes are going up, including a rise in vat to 23%. as a share of its economy, ireland has also had more austerity than the british government is planning body and of parliament, and that goes with the steepest recession of anyone in europe. when i was here a few months ago, i was told about the human side of the irish crisis. the paramedics and the fire service. now, he says there are more people throwing themselves in the river, and he is answering

even more calls for help. >> when we get there, the true story, what has happened to them in their personal life, 10 minutes sitting in the back of the ambulance, taking them to hospital, and they are explaining exactly what happened to them, and it is an insight into what is really going on in society. it is tragic, really tragic. >> you might be surprised to hear that this could be the best year for foreign investment into ireland since 2003. the big, foreign multinationals are not just coming for the low tax rate. they're also coming for the young irish skilled work force. you can see a growth path out of this crisis for the irish economy that you cannot see so easily for the likes of portugal or greece, if they can just get out from under the mountain of debt. i asked the finance minister

brian lenihan about the heavy debt of paying that debt back. >> bar ring indefinitely. -- borrowing in definitely. we have done this for the last two years, and we have continued to do it. >> ireland enjoyed its boom. now, they accept a price must be paid for the blast. nobody expected it to be so high. bbc news, in dublin. >> in the u.k., tens of thousands of students have again been demonstrating against government plans to increase university tuition fees significantly. in london, there have been scuffles, and in whitehall, the heart of government. we were there. >> this was the moment the protests threaten to turn ugly. the police van is stranded in

the middle of whitehall. demonstrators clamor on to the roof, and as the youths gather, impromptu fires in the middle of the road, but this time, the police came prepared, lines of officers which helmets and shields at the ready keeping the crowds back. here, they tried to stop a surge of protestors from breaking away. the police have stopped the demonstrators following the original route of the march, and now they are trying to hold them here on whitehall. at one stage, reinforcements were brought in as scuffles broke out and fireworks were thrown. these were not official protests planned by the national union of students but organized by word of mouth and the internet. thousands of students, school children, and others on the streets, angry and determined. >> it is bad. it should not have gotten this

bad, but this is what happens when they do this to us students for so long. >> it is a massive mess up, and we just wanted to say, look. you lied to us. we are here to say it is wrong. ownin nick clegg's constituency, many were blaming him personally. in klesko, where there are no tuition fees, they nevertheless came out in support -- in callaspo -- klglasgo. students in cambridge vaulted over dates and even got into the senate building. at some elite university, it may be almost 6,000 pounds, and students took matters further.

tonight, the metropolitan police said 15 people had been arrested, mainly on suspicion of violent disorder and criminal damage. two officers were injured, while 11 members of the public were treated. bbc news. >> and just in on the london protests, the latest figures from the metropolitan police. 32 arrest in london, two police officer casualties. and a one-day strike in portugal over planned cuts brought many services to a standstill. the government said spending cuts and tax increases are vital to assure thatdoes not become the third euro zone country to need a bailout after greece and ireland. a court in virginia has convicted somali men of piracy. it is the first successful prosecution in well over a century. they were accused of attacking

the uss forget -- the uss nicholas. an initial government report suggests the stampede in phnom penh was started by the swinging of a bridge. some began shouting it was broken. north korea is accusing the south of driving the peninsula to the brink of war by reckless military provocations and by postponing humanitarian aid. it is now confirmed that yesterday's shelling of the north -- by the north -- according to washington, they will demonstrate the strength of their alliance and their commitment to regional stability. our bbc reporter is at the border. >> in ayer -- they were still

trying to extinguish the fires ignited by the north korean shells. it was eerily empty. giant holes were punched in the concrete. these two bodies were found in the ruins today. south korean fried to a security has been shaken, too. -- south korean security has been shaken, too. they have seen their homes bombarded. children have been targeting in bomb shelters. old women who lived through the korean war half a century ago may be thought such terrors where a thing of the past. -- children had been hiding in bomb shelters. >> "i was inside my house," she told me. "my home has burned down." what is striking about the civilians is how many are in shock, traumatized by what has

happened, and that is what shocked south korea, too, the way civilians have come under north korean shellfire for the first time. the south korean president has called it unforgivable, but his options in dealing with the north are limited. this man said he was distressed, "it was like hell." his daughter hug her children close to protect them from the explosion. -- hugged her children. this is pushing the two sides to the brink of war. this could enrage the north and new. the uss george washington leaving japan for exercises off of the korean coast. americans vow to defend their southern ally. south korean troops are on high alert. the problem is taking a tough line with the regime could yet

provoked the shooting. bbc news, on the korean border. >> police and gangs have clashed in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro. at least 10 people reported killed. police say drug traffickers are fighting back against their tends to pacify. it is reported heavily armed men are still stopping cars. this report. >> in this car, one of the latest targets in volatile rio. people have been pulled from their vehicles and then seen them go up in flames.

he had his men torched by gunmen -- his van torched. >> they opened the back door of the van to see if there was someone in the back. they saw that there was no one there and torched it. >> it started on sunday night. they have also seen stations shot at. military police have been deployed in more than one dozen slum districts. 1200 officers have been reportedly pulled off a desk duties to patrol the streets. there have been raids and arrests, and weapons have also been seized. the suspected gang members are behind the violence. >> we suspect these may be coordinated attacks, although we still lack evidence. it is just a portion -- just suspicion. it is likely it is a rio gang. >> they are taking back some

slums. they say the violence is in retaliation by those who have been driven out. the latest trouble here is likely to raise further questions over rio 's ability to host the world cup and the olympic games two years later. bbc news. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." new zealand is in mourning. a second huge blast has extinguished all hopes for the 29-missing since friday. ireland announces plans for huge spending cuts with four years to help deal with the deficit. well, the age of austerity, empty coffers, welfare payments strapped, not only applying to europeans. the irish parliament has reconvened after nearly nine months of deadlock only to find that the country has run out of

money. but now, with so many disillusioned with their politicians, a group of activists are taking the mp's to court. -- the other parliament has reconvened. >> about $60. for the past three months, she has received nothing at all. any time she goes to the benefits office, they turn her away. >> certainly, what have the politicians been doing here of the time? they have not changed our lives for the better. they should not be depriving us of this small amount of money. >> so what have the politicians been doing? well, the truth is, not an awful lot.

the political factions squabble. the parliament building languished. they are gathering dust. they met only once, and that was to authorize the payment of their own salaries. iraqi parliamentarians can claim over $20,000 a month. but they should not get too comfortable. there are those that feel the mp's should pay back all of the money they earned when parliament was not sitting. now, the activists are taking their case to the iraqi courts. >> they have not really done anything to get all of this money, and the iraqi people believe that the mp's have used the parliament to get money and gain money rather than provide service for the people. >> it certainly has taken its

toll on people's faith in this young, new democracy, and now, the politicians are going to have to show some results if they are going to regain the trust of the electorate. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, in baghdad. >> some awards paid tribute to the free-lance camera operators who risk their lives to bring pictures out of difficult and dangerous places. boardear's special sony went to one covering the indian city of mumbai. -- the senate award went to one covering the indian city. -- the sony award. >> the frenetic and filthy streets of an overcrowded mumbai. this is the city to which scores of homeless indian children flock every day.

she is just seven years old and sells flowers to help feed her family. a day's work earns her only a few coins. >> [indistinct] [speaking foreign language] >> this boy traveled alone.

he was introduced to drugs. >> we were genuinely very worried about him. they had done away with two of the older boys, one of them asif, and we had heard from several sources that there was sexual abuse going on. >> when asif reappears, the team call the police. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> it is a difficult moment

there to be calling the police and to be crossing that line, but our main interest were for the welfare of saddam. we were very concerned about him. those kids are still there. we have been able to do something for them since. i will never forget them. they touch me, and i would like to think they will not forget us either. >> caroline reporting on the documentary on the war in mumbai. one of the most significant british painters of the last century, now on the eve of the birthday, a major exhibition at london's national gallery. it includes many works.

we went to the gallery for a rare appearance by the author on camera. >> the grande dame of british art at the national gallery. this was painted directly on to the walls. >> these are the drawings that i have done. they all come down, but it is one painting that keep revising in finding a new aspect of it.

artists sure you ways of looking. this, so to speak, will be your own way of looking. you make relationships between various parts. you will find little repetitions. there is no system. it is an open competition. >> exactly how colors will interact and what they produce is not precise and" try them out. >> riley was the darling of the 1960's art world, and her art was on t-shirts. she has always been an advocate of high art and fought in the court about her work being used for design. today, she is associated with the highest of arts, and her new work at the national is a response to some of the great

masters hanging there. surrat, raphael, and mauritania -- montagne. what can they experience from this? >> i would like to think that this increases their pleasure. maybe they can look or find themselves of some aspect that the artist's most certainly would be engaged in. you can appreciate the work.

>> bridget riley. with david hannah. this pottery factory in the city of liverpool produces hundreds of thousands of monks -- mugs of prince william and kate middleton. it is also likely to give british manufacturers a shot in the arm. they are well aware that member abelia from the 1981 royal wedding are still highly sought out. you can find more on the website, bbc news.com/news. i met bbc mike embley, and you can also look at our facebook

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