>> and now "bbc world news." new zealand mourns. five days after the first mine explosion, a second glass has left no export -- and no survivors -- wait a second blast has left no survivors. and ireland is looking at four years of further austerity. and they are protesting a plan that would raise some university fees in london. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs to our viewers in america and elsewhere around the world. i am mike embley. the journalists who have shined a light on some children in mumbai. bridget riley.

hello. a national tragedy has unfolded in new zealand, a second explosion that has led police to say all 29 miners trapped inside since friday are now dead. most are from new zealand. others are from australia, africa, and scotland. prime minister john keyes says it could take months to recover. .-- john key says it could take months. >> hope, despair, and now grief. for five days, they prayed for a miracle. dangerous gases prevented

rescuers from entering the mine. police say a sudden explosion shattered any hopes the man could have somehow survived deep underground. >> breaking the news to the family, they are extremely distraught. i was at the mine itself when it actually occurred. the blast was horrific, just as bad as the first blast. >> this is new zealand's worst mining accident for almost 100 years. most of the burden was shouldered by the small coastal community of greymouth, but the entire country will feel the pain. prince charles gave sympathy to the families of those who died. >> what they're having to go through. we just want them to know this during this terrible time of anguish. >> some families believe the

emergency teams should have been sent into the mine within hours of the first explosion. >> i have lost him. i should not have to bury my son. >> last night, a church service was held to remember the dead and to comfort those left behind. phil mercer, bbc news, greymouth. >> the irish people were presented today with a grim perspective on their next four years. not only will their public services base cuts, they will face higher income tax, and anyone receiving minimum wage will see that go down. our economics editor has this report. >> today, we have come to announce a four-year plan. >> budget cuts. today, a four more years.

>> today is about ireland putting its best foot forward, ireland's saying, "yes, this is what we are prepared to do as a government and as a people." >> the government is still looking to cut borrowing by 15 billion euros by 2014. that is just over 9% of national income. the minimum wage is going down by one euro. welfare spending will be cut by $2.80 billion, and taxes are going up, including a rise in vat from 21% to 23%. ireland has already had more budget cuts in the last two years than the british government is planning, and it has had a much deeper recession. when i was here a few months ago, i was told about the human side of the irish crisis, which he has seen as a paramedic for the fire service. now, he says there are more

people throwing themselves in the river, in he is answering even more calls for help. >> what has happened to them in their personal life. 10 minutes as we take them to the hospital, and they are explaining exactly what happm. it is an insight into what is really going on in society, and it is tragic, really tragic. >> but not all of near -- ireland got this merkel was a mirage. this will be the best year for foreign investments since 2003. the big foreign multinationals are not just coming for the low corporate tax rate. they like the young,ed work force, and they like the fact that it is a lot cheaper nothing's to the prices. they can see a path of this crisis, better than the likes of portugal and greece, if they can just get out from that

mountain of debt. i asked the finance minister brian lenihanif it was fair about paying thattwo years ago,d ny that was loaned. you will get all of the options, day, this is a country that s on good will. >> portugal, spain. do you think that this move to them? >> i think if we stabilize ireland, >>ators took to streets tonight, b b biggest bombs down came from the marketates government rates went up portug. the future currency looks increasingly bound up with the future of ireland.

dublin. students ande u.k., tens schoolchildren have again been demonstrating against government plans for significant increasas, and 32 arrests,with the police at whitehall, the heart of government. banners.s.>>this was moment the protests demonstrators scrambled onto the middle of the road. time, the police came prepared. theyh officers s croro sese f the

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country to need a bailout, after greece and ireland. a court in virginia has convicted five some of the men of piracy, the first successful prosecution in the united states in over a century. they face a mandatory life sentence for attacking the uss nicholas when they mistook it for a merchant ship. but and the death toll in the capital of cambodia has risen. they think the stampede in montana was caused by a bridge -- the stampede in a month in -- in the capital of cambodia, phnom penh. north korea is accusing the south of driving the peninsula to the drink of war by reckless military provocations and by

postponing humanitarian aid. yesterday, artillery shells from the north fell on the south korean island. there were military exercises with the u.s., and according to washington, they are demonstrating their commitment to reach stability. we have this report from the korean border. >> on the island today, they were still trying to extinguish the fire ignited by north korean shows. giant hole was punched -- know your early empty -- eerily empty. though ferried back to the mainland, dozens of evacuees. they have witnessed trauma. children have been cowering in

bomb shelters, and women have thought that this terror was a thing of the past. >> "i was inside my home, and i was shaking with shock. my home was burned." many were in shock, traumatized by what happened at the island. civilians have come under north korean shellfire for the first time. the president called it unforgivable, but his options in dealing with the north are limited. the children when the shelling happens? this man said it was like hell. "i held children close to protect them from the explosion." north korea it says " they are

pushing the sides to the brink of war. the uss george washington leaving japan for phnom penh exercises off of the korean peninsula. along the frontier, south korean troops are on high alert. the problem is taking a tough line with the rogue regime. bbc news, on the korean border. >> do stay with us if you can on "bbc world news." still to come, they want their money back. politicians pay back their generous salaries. first though, brazilian police have shot dead at least 13 more people, trying to stop a wave of violence by suspected drug traffickers. thousands of officers havethey s

and burning cars. they have been forced out of their strongholds. >> this call are one of the latest targets in volatile rio. people have been pulled from their vehicles and then saw them go up in flames. this man had his van torched by gunmen. >> they started shooting. they saw there was no one there and torched it. >> the violence started on sunday night. shots were fired. military police were deployed. 1200 officers were reportedly called off the desk duty to patrol the streets. there have been raids and arrests.

security officials suspected gang members are behind the violence. >> we suspect these may be coordinated attacks, though we still lack evidence. it is only suspicion. it is very likely that these are attacks coordinated by a remio gang. >> they're taking back slums, long note in the hands of gains. -- gangs. this is likely to raise questions about them holding the olympic games. bbc news. >> good to have you with us on bbc world news. the latest headlines for you. new zealand is in mourning.

a second blast has extinguished all hopes for survivors from the explosion last friday. and ireland talks about four years of budget cuts to do with the deficit. now, the age of austerity, empty coffers. spare a thought for iraqis. it is not just europeans. the country has run out of money for charity payments and other is. a group of activists are taking them to court. gabriel gatehouse reports from baghdad. >> this man is 68 years old -- this woman is 68 years old. her husband is disabled, and she looks after him alone. there are no others to help with housekeeping. she has received nothing at all. every time she goes to the

benefit office, they turn her away. >> certainly, what have the politicians been doing all of these times? they should do something for us every once in a while rather than trying to deprive us of this small amount of money. >> so what have the politicians been doing? the election in march, the political factions squabbled, and the building languished, gathering dust. until this month, mp's have met only once, and that was to authorize the payment of their own salaries. together with expenses, iraqi parliamentarians can claim over $20,000 a month. but they should not get too comfortable. there are those who feel that mp's should pay back the money

they earned during all of those months when parliament was not sitting. now, the activists are taking their case to the iraqi courts. >> they have not really done anything to deserve to get all of this money, and for the time being, the iraqi people believe that they have abused the parliament to secure themselves to get money, to gain money rather than to provide service for the people. >> the past few months have certainly taken their toll on people in this young democracy. now that political life has restarted, the politicians are going to have to show some results if they are going to regain trust of the electorate. gabriel gatehouse, bbc news, in baghdad. >> some awards pay tribute to free-lance camera operators to risk their lives to bring pictures of a difficult and dangerous places. there was the special impact award that went into a story

about the lives of impoverished children in mumbai. "slumdog millionaire" was parallel. >> the streets of an overcrowded mumbai. this was a city to which homeless children flock to every day. she is just seven years old and sells flowers to help feed her family, earning just a few coins per day. >> [speaking foreign language]

>> >> saddam ran away alone and was taken in by a thief who introduced him to drugs. >> we were genuinely very worried about saddam. one of them, asif. we had heard that there was sex and abuse going on. reappears, theyf

called police. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> it is a difficult moment to be calling the police. but our main interests are for his welfare. we are very concerned about him. there are those kids out there. they are still there. they are the lucky ones, because we could do something for them. they touched me, and i like to

feel the we have helped. >> that was the document of life in rome by. now, it -- life in rural mumbai. and bridget riley is having an exhibition on the eve of her 80th birthday. it will be at the national. >> bridge riley, the grand dame of british art. this is painted directly on the interior wall. >> this is the second of these

circle drawings that i have done. and they all come down, but it is almost like one painting that i keep reviving and going on in finding a new aspect of it. it shows you ways of looking. that's what artists do. this will be your own way. you will make relationships between various parts. you will find little repetitions. it is an open composition. what colors will reproduce, you cannot be exactly

certain until you try them out. >> bridget rile, much to her anger, had her life that became the subject of t-shirts. she fought in the courts against to work being used for design. today, she is associated with the highest of arts, in her new work at the national is in response to some of the greats hanging there, surrat, rafael montagne. so what can the experience from this? >> if it increases their pleasure, maybe they can find themselves in the process of the

artist was engaged in, and you can appreciate it. >> bridget riley. plus, the date has been set. i am sure it is in your diary. they plan to produce hundreds of thousands of mugs in the city of liverpool commemorating the wedding of prince william and kate middleton. it is likely to also give british manufacturing a much-

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